sebelius and patrick walker. >> thank you so much for joining be us. i'm patrick walker. steve is on vacation this week.. all three democratic candidates are in town organized by harryw reidi dubbed the first of the ab countdown dinner. i sat down with chair woman whoge talk about what to expect out of the event and more.th >> start with the evening itself. we've seen a few of them. how unique a nevada democrat party. >> we are excited. senator reid was hopeful getting the candidates here and the party along with senator reid are going to be hosting them and

what should we expect to hearth them talk about?o >> hear about what their plans are. it's not a debate a chance just to talk with us. they won't be on stage at the same time and tholeic talk about their plans.w a month out, a month and a half out from the caucuses. >> patrick: nevada on the democrat side third up. what does it say to have the candidates six weeks out talking about iowa and new hampshire and take a time out and talk aboutu thee issues. >> a lotar going on for a long time and continues to build. even more boost as we move toward the caucuses. >> we've seen democrats putting in a lot of effort.

offices. the hilary campaign a lot longer. how are they doing?t's >> i won't endorse until the caucuses i go to events bothef candidates and both organized and both getting out and talking to voters making phone calls. a lot of people. great for our ticket, our democracy ticket. >> also other seats. the legislature goes all red in 2014. strategist that i've spoken with how the data is a major deal for

is moving to the right. getting a democrat in and electing democrats up and down and we feel confident we willar turn the legislature blue this year. a lot of effort there. a big deal for him. i mentioned when trying to get that seat filled what kind of a challenge is that for the party.opl it's competitive., >> the competitive rating.

that's a good place to be. she's one twice when she wasew attorney-general and that's amo great ready. >> i think finally crunch time the last months now before theau caucuses trying to pick up momentum to the general later in12 2016 we- are the people that make

are working hard but our people are working 14 hours a day. for our caucuses and get our nominees for president. >> that event is wednesday. both sides putting in a lot of work leading up to the caucuses. now that 2015 is in the rear view mirror we take a look back to the biggest stories inla nevada. start in fixing our 50th ranked schools a priority managed to pass the largest tax increase inave state history to fund that.s there was blow back.ogr anti-tax legislators to file suit against them and the schoolvic program. see lawsuits filed.sch democrats hoping to roll that back.

srted with the shakeup and continues. >> the first medical marijuanather dispensesies opened after aas decade. first brick and mortar shopss on opened up. still issues to work out but largely smoothly and full legalization is on the 2016 ballot. smith was diagnose diagnosedund with a brain tumor before the legislature session began. she tends to be here before they r next session. and on the national stage las vegas now posting two debates anat early robin and a public one.

the center this october. >> it represents the nation as a whole.

works next.now." > ((patrick walker)) > presidential candidates are again turning their attention to las vegas as we approach the new year. the nevaducu aa >> candidates turning their attention to las vegas as we make ourks wayw t into the new year. a littleer over six weeks away so how does a caucus work?h caucus-goers elect delegates whor electty delegates to state conventions who send to eachit party's national convention to vote for a candidate.

publicly make your avoid known. de >> republicans who preempt use athe paper ballot to vote.the for democrats they divide theco room. if a candidate doesn't get their side others can absorb them. that can be the case for martin o'malley and begin the processu goes. kyle warren says that canunn make it or break it for candidates trying to catch the front-runner. the democrats will caucus ahead

nevada republicans caucus on tuesday the 2rd three days after the south carolina primary. the "politics now" team will beri there with coverage of both of the caucuses on those days.f the vote here in nevada highlights the ways caucuses differ. the influence in the republicanco caucus is much, much greater.tr 2008 and 2012 momons accountednt for a quarter of caucus-goers led byy c cruise and rubio to line up influential leaders here in nevada. h working for the rubio camp in

mark hutchison and the northern part of the state ted cruz lined up with ira hanson to help theesi caucus-goers. >> this is the race where wers break down stories in politics for the week. bernie sanders held severalng events in nevada through the state. >> you know i find it interesting and very telling about the nature of the american society in our criminal justice system that you have youngrms people who are caught possessing marijuana to get a police record and the ceos of wall street who destroy the lives of millions of people get away scot-free.rea >> sanders hit on thinks usual themes of economic and equality.was criminal justice and breaking up

pledge to not take money iske something that supporters at a connion spring high school rally got them excited. and voucher style educationid program is key for republican candidate jeb bush.o the former florida govern touting it as an example he would like states to do with education once he takes the t federal regulation out. the couple of court cases willthe decide the face of the program which lets students take theirepu funding to private schools in the form of a scholarship.y. and a major shakeup three top aides including the campaigno manager, his i didn't and thehi communications director stepped down. carson dropped into third placeck and both. sides say his team needed reinvigorating. back here in nevada our face-off panel weighs in on the publiclc

subsidies. stay with us. uh just gonna hang out. with gary and todd? yea. i've been meaning to ask you, is there any drinking going on in this crowd? no. so if any of your buddies ever pressure you to take a drink, just tell them you promised

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they really do hear you. for tips on what to say visitderagedrinking.samhsa.govface-off.. where the right and left weigh in on the big subjects of the week. joining us today.. michael schaus.. communications director for the nevada py sestut >> welcome back. joining us today theht.n communications director for the policy research institute andm current executive director ofok. education today. adriana martinez from the left. both of you thanks for joining us. they decided to roll back suck cities to soler customers. s good idea or bad idea and the ramifications of that getting back to governor sandoval. >> a bad idea. it was the office of economic development that actually recruited soler city to come. and so now it is his own appointed public utilities commission said no.

a travesty for our state. 2,000 jobs. talking jobs. jobs are important for the state of nevada. we are harvesting the sun, we want that renewable energy we are working so hard to inn tyce and here slapping them down and saying you're out. this is horrible for our state because we are sending everybody else a bad message we'll recruit you as the office of the economic development and go ahead and say we've decided we don't want you so you set up shop. you are out the door. >> i think so much of when it comes to subsidies a broader issue than soler or what have you. people shoo be able to play on the same level playing field. when you take industries and give subsidies or tax breaks or we call them incentives. essential when you're looking at these that distorts the market. basically creating a demand for

able to survive on its own. there's incredible stuff going on when it comes to soler and wind and renewable energies but let them survive and advance on their own so they become competitive without the hand of handouts. >> and the same position with future. >> exactly. something that we were upset about when the entire tax abatements were proposed for farah day. those low taxes should apply to everybody. this is something we see small businesses struggling with higher taxes right now and working at special deals out to a billionaire from china. >> but the deal has been made. if the governor makes a deal and shakes your hand and can welcome to nevada you're open for business we are giving you incentives i would hope that they hold true to their word and says okay.

made whatever the deal was we'll keep the promise that was made. >> depending on government mandouts. government can give you something, government can take it away. this is part of the overall philosophy behind the limited government. as you have a limited government and you're not playing favorites with industries there's nothing there for government to take away. everybody is going to be playing off the same field and help you plan out your future better long-term. >> out to donald trump talkingar about billy clinton's affairs. now he's using that with hilary so out of bounds or is that a fair topic? what i mean by that is hillary clinton did have a role in all the scandals. the way she handles herself and the situation these are things you can talk about. talking about bill clinton's

but if you are talking about how hillary clinton handles the situations, in cob forecast to what she's saying today, recently any woman who accuses somebody of sexual assault should be believed. that certainly wasn't her attitude when people were accusing her husband of sexual assault. >> are you along the same lines? >> i think that donald trump bringing this point, look, this is something that's old news and he bringing that up is a distraction just like everything else that comes out of his mouth is a distraction. the other candidates but now he's targeting hillary clinton and going after her against jeb bush is out of the game now. that was his go-to guy, his punching bag per say and now a way to distract the true issues. so for instance it detracts from talking about economic development. detracts from talking about

this is his way of distracting everybody saying look over here. talk about something other than the true issues that matter. >> and something, a little bit of truth to that especially running for president. nothing is off topic running for president. every piece of your life is put under the microscope so might not be out of bounds. that said other things we can be talking about right now? of course. >> before i let you go, quickly political story of 2016 what's the big story we'll see? >> the presidential election, obviously. the two front runners going after each other. it's going to be a long year. the political issue or story of 2015 because we are electing our new president. >> nationally speaking it's going to be donald trump whether he wins or loses. he's not going to be quiet and go back to his office in new york and go back to selling

front main screen. locally it's going to be the education savings accounts because those are starting to get imped and see those unfold and so far the popularity is unbelievable. >> the two lawsuits pending. >> a reason why -- >> why. >> see how those wrap up. thank you so much for coming in today. >> happy new year to both ofe you.s >> coming up watching wall street. several candidateseak pittedree wall street as the bad guy in the election. we break down who is taking the most wall street money to fund

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wall street. candidate also getwe tough on big banks and get rid of too big to fail. weo wantr to look at who is taking the most money from wall street.an this comes from responsivet politics and regular finding and prominent facts affiliated with each candidate.dat next reports date is not until january so this is october's1 a filing date. wall street dumped $67 million into the presidential electionre i with 61.5% of that going tol republicans. here's howl all of those republican donations break down. jeb busht received about $35 million from the financiald industry for a quarter of histh total that he's raised so far. ted cruz is in second with $12 million. more than 18% of the total. chris christie in third place with $5.5 million but that is the highest percentage of total earnings coming from wall street

not taken any. on the democrat side that's a runaway, hillary clinton has taken 6% of her total. bernie sanders and martin o'malley barely register comingt t in at less than hundred thousand dollars each. and what to watch this the coming week.n her team here in nevada nextbli week trying to get momentumrn going in the state.owd she has a group of republicanof quarter. a lot of ground to make up.. and the harry reid and state party organized presidential forum is wednesday.it all three candidates will bet giving speeches. they will not be debating a dinner have you to pay to attend wednesday at the mgm grand a lot going on.ar

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