good day to all of you and welcome to weekends with alex witt. a fight within the democratic party could spill over into the democratic debate, but who is going to be watching the saturday before christmas anyway? that is what two of the contenders are asking. >> and president obama recounts the memories of the victims of the san bernardino shooting, and the takeaway. and it could be a white christmas and messy one. look at that pileup in the midwest. and where is that snow headed ne next? >> and what would you do if you found a $32,000 canvass bag in a

local restaurant? we will tell you what one man did. we begin in new hampshire, where right now the democratic presidential candidates are prepa preparing for the final showdown of 2015, and debating tonight at anslem college, in new hampshire. and we have hillary clinton and bernie sanders head g toing int debate with an apparent fight over to the data breach, and how is that going to be playing out, kristin? >> well, it is going to overshadow the debate, and this is the first time that bernie sa sanders is under fire, and clinton is on the attack, and her campaign is accusing him of stealing the data, and the legal issues have been resolved, but it is clear that the gloves have come off. >> reporter: overnight, a deal, the democratic party agreeing to give bernie sanders' access once again to a database of potential

voters, and this is after a firestorm of controversy, and sanders facing questions about why one of the staffers took advantage of a computer glitch in the national committee's data files to access hillary clinton's voter list, and the staffer was fired. >> i did not download any voter data. >> and the dnc cut off temporary access to the voter files. >> this is taking our campaign hostage. >> reporter: and outraged, the sanders campaign is claiming that they were purposely trying to have the hillary clinton an advantage. >> if the shoe were on the other foot, and the clinton campaign had illegal accessed their data, they would expect me to react in

the same way. >> reporter: and they said that the campaign agreed to the party investigation, and we are happy that all of the candidates are moving forward and the parties and the candidates can reengage with voters that support them. and while hillary clinton gave a pass in the first american debate. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about the damn e-mails and now the question is will clinton attack him tonight because of the breach. the frontrunner sometimes acting as the nominee already. >> as president, i will work with responsible gun owners. >> and the dnc has launched an independent audit and the clinton campaign saying they want that process to take place as quickly as possible. i spoke to a clinton campaign official who says they are in the process of having secretary clinton respond to all of this tonight, but it is no doubt it is a big issue here. alex. >> and kristen, as you know, the dnc has been a accused particularly by the sanders' camp to throw support to the

front runner with with the whole data controe rever si, and what impact might that have on the candidates tonight and going forward? is that going to change the den nor of things between them? >> well, it is going to be interesting, because there is some speculation that bernie sanders might try to make it an issue tonight. i will go to talk to his campaign manager in a short time from now, and i will put that question to him shgs ba, becaus strategy runs the risk of backfiring, alex, and focusing thet attention on the fact that one of the staffers did ak a stesz data and was fired for it, and still, this is something that rallies the sanders' base, and this notion that he is fighting against the machine, and if he does not address it in the context of the data breach, you can expect him to in some shape or form go after the dnc and as the point that you pointed out at the top that this debate is being held on a saturday. thank you, kristen welker. president obama has arrived in hawaii more the holidays, but

not before stopping in san bernardino to meet with the family members of those killed in the attack there. and he spent nearly three hours at a local high school, and the president calling it moving. >> we met some the folks that despite the pain and the heartache that they are feeling, they could not have been more inspiring. most proud of their loved ones and more insistent that something good comes out of the tragedy. many of them are already taking initiatives to reach out to speak out on behalf of community intolerance and treating people with respect. >> and before that meeting the president held his traditional year-end news conference at the white house, and he talked about a variety of issues including a fight against isis. >> and the united states continues to lead a global

coalition in the mission to destroy isil. isil has lost 40% of the populated areas that once controlled in iraq, and it is losing territory in syria. our air campaign will continue to hit isil harder than ever taking out the leaders and the commanders and their forces. we are stepping up the support for partners on the ground as they push isil back. >> and nbc's kelly o'donnell is in honolulu hawaii for us, and covering the president's trip there. and good day to you there, and what is the readout on the meeting with the families, because nearly three hours, and it was not expected to go that long. >> it wasn't, and that is really a sign of the fact that there was a real dialogue happening e between the president and first lady and the representatives of the families of the victims. this is an opportunity for the president to really listen as much as offer his sympathies and engage in conversation. so three hours is a substantial amount of time when you consider

the demands on the president of the united states. so it is an indication that once mr. and mrs. obama were in the room, they did not want to rush that meeting, and so what we have learned is that a little bit of the insight from what the president said, and it is the fay chur of private, and we are not knowing what the president said, because it is private, and we have a sense of what some have told him about the attempts of trying to do something good coming out of this. this is what the president had to say. >> it is difficult as this time is for them and for the entire community, they also represent the strength and the unity and the wealth that exists in this community and in the suffering. >> so the idea that some of the families have suffered so much, and really reeling from the t j tragedy, and are aware of the fear and the concern that goes beyond their own families and their own community about what could be the rereality of isis'

type attacks in the united states by trying to be a voice for tolerance and for being open to others about what has happened to the them, and that is the kind of thing that seemed to impress the president based on what he said after his private meet iing, and those te to be very emotional settings, and we have learned are from other times when the president has met with families that tears flow, and the emotion is real. on all sides, because it is such a difficult time in their lives and then you bring in the president of the united states into the room, and there is a level of sort of intense emotion that you can imagine that would take place, especially in this case where the president has a different kind of responsibility as he is talking about what the u.s. can do to try to be mindful of this sort of of new it ration of isis attack or are where you might have small groups of perpetrators who may be in europe or the united states as we have now seen, and how can he form a policy to try to deal with that, and in addition to

the more personal side of trying to relate to them. alex. >> okay. kelly o'donnell there in honolulu. thank you so much, kelly. >> let's bring in the washington post reporter david mcnamara, and in the news conference, the president took on national security and something that he is criticized for recently, and i want to bring you a quote from peter bacon where he writes that mr. obama now says that he was slow to respond to public fears after terrorist attacks in california and acknowledging that the low key approach led americans to believe that he was not doing enough to keep the country safe. is that characterization accurate, and did he make that admission, and how big of a deal is that? >> he made those remarks to a foreign policy columnist, and it is revealings because as you are recall, the president went to asia for the nine-day trip, and you can say that he is plugged into what is going on out here,

and when you are that far out, the white house was slow to realize the fear that people had after a brazen and tragic attack in paris and now one closer to home in california, and you can see that the white house is playing catchup, and have the president out there to talk more about keeping the country safe. ultimate ri wily what it is com down to is that he is getting pressure from campaign strategies and folks within his own party, and others to do more about the terrorist attacks and the war against the islamic state, and also to do better in keeping the country calmer, and maybe the rhetoric needs to match the moment. >> is that why we have the visuals of the president visiting the pentagon and the national counter terrorism center this week? >> absolutely. it is a coordinated effort, and the president is called weak by the opponents on the campaign trail, and donald trump and others and the white house has been shocked how much donald trump and others have been driving the message in the public space, and so what the

president and the generals have been talking about, the image and the imagery is trying to speak for him. >> and so the president was insis the tent that -- insisten is not going to get too much done in the next year, but he wants to get something done like guantanamo bay when he ran for the presidency the first time to close it, and here we are again, and it is still not closed. >> yes, he wants to close that facility and congress does not want to and the republicans are against it, and the white house recognizes it is almost impossible for congress to move forward and the president said in the news conference he is not going to be giving up on it, and plan to close guantanamo and get to 100 detainees next year and move as many as they can in other methods, but then you might try to see the president use it as an executive action in the campaign season when the agenda is high on people's r

radar, and use it to hit the white house to say they are not serious to make sure that we are safe from the terrorism. >> can i turn out to the piece now that you wrote about the republican race specifically about the trump campaign and the op goi-- ongoing rallying secur, and what does it do for his image? >> well, if you are not a fan of donald trump, you say, what is going on there? and this is a candidate at the lectern while others are protesting and shouting him down, and he starts to shout out to the protesters themselves, and in a way that can rally up the crowd, and talk to secret service executives and that is not the reaction of the candidates to maintain order, but if you are a fan of donald trump, this is what you like, and he speaks the truth, and aggres ively and you need to be a stronger country, and everybody has heard him say these thing, and it feeds into the narrative and the secret service is there to maintain security around the candidate and in this case, donald trump, and they do not deal with crowd

control, so it is up to the campaign and the local security guards hired by the venues to maintain order with the local police. and it is interesting that we have talked to one protester who said he did not feel it was a safe environment, and the campaign would argue otherwise, and you will continue to see this and the energy and the enthusiasm is what donald trump is trying to get and this is his own way to do it. >> and let's see, donald trump is not about doing the norm, face it. >> absolutely. >> thank you, so much david nakamura. >> other news, the u.n. security council endorsed a process for peace in syria. the agreement sets forth a timetable for talks between syria and the opposition, including a cease-fire and peace talks, and it does not address who wroel bashar al assad would play. >> and a tennessee high school is remembering one of the star high school football players as the 15-year-old was gunned down after using his body to shield three girls from bullets during a wild shooting spree.

investigators say it is one of three shootings in three hours and it is gang-related, but the teen killed was not the target of any suspect. one suspect died of gunshot wounds and two others in custody. christmas came early for a california family after an honest waiter returned $32,000 they lost. it happened at applebee's when the family stopped for dinner. the mother left their life savings in a booth. >> our heart dropped when we didn't have the money, and i did not think that we would find it. >> the waiter does not want to be identified, but he said it exceeds his annual savings after taxes, and he returned it, because it is the right thing to do. >> and now, looking at the weather. a 52-car pileup. thankfully nobody was injured, but this is one of hundreds of accidents out on the roads, and so for a look at the weather

across the countries, we are joined by kate parker of the weather channel. >> check out the forecast, because it is totally different than earlier in the week. look at the temperatures, 52 in dallas and 31 in chicago, and different than the 60s in chicago last weekend, but this is average. you are average, and in the northeast and across much of the southern plains. now we have lake-effect snow in the west, and out west we are monitoring for more rain to move in. check out the late effect snow, and where the bands are set up is crucial, because it will make the difference of 1 inch, and 12 inches of snow. so dangerous driving conditions as you get the holiday week start and take it slow and easy on the roads, and 52 in atlanta for the high, and in the east, it is definitely going to have a chill in the air, and you can rebound next week and you are et getting warm again, and the warnings out west, and we will continue with the snow in the west, and rain in the higher elevations, and two feet

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president obama, this week attempted to reassure the american people that his admintration is making progress in the battle against terror. >> are we are going to defeat isis. and we are going to do so by systematically squeezing them and cutting off the supply lines and the financing and taking out the leadership, and taking out the forces, and taking out the infrastructure, and we will do so in partnership with the forces on the ground that are sometimes spotty, and sometimes need capacity building and need

the assistance and the training. >> and the president visited the pentagon and met with counter terrorism officials and talked with news columnists. >> and let's bring in democrat james langevan, and welcome to t the broadcast. i want to take your take on this, because the president has been criticized about his response to the paris and san bernardino attack, and in fact, the president said that his low-key approach has made americans worry that enough was being done to keep them safe. and so behind the scenes, has the president given confidence. >> and the president is doing the very best that he can under difficult circumstance, and it is a long-term fight against a long organization with eisis

overseas. and hijacked the muslim religion, and perverted to use as an excuse and the way to promote their thug ideology, and certainly everything they can do dismant it, and the president is acting very aggressively in this way, and obviously, more can be done, and he is in the administration, and the american people can stand ready to do whatever they e need to do to disband isil and make sure it is defeated. in terms of what can be done, there is a recent example that security is increased at theme park parks across the country, and do you know if that is in are response to something specific, and how much have all of these concerns caused your constituents to stay at home if at all. >> well, look, we certainly need to be more security minded, but at the same time, we cannot change our way of life, and change our values and compromise

our values in any way, because if we do that, the terrorist win by de facto, and we can't allow that to happen, and we are in a change environment, and be more aware of the surroundings, and prudent security measures is essential and i believe that the law enforcement, and the intelligence officials are redoubling the efforts to do just that, and certainly the american people can be more security minded for their surroundings, and if they see somethi something, say something, and those are the best we can do, and look, we cannot allow the terrorist terrorists to scare us, and keep us hiding in our homes, and changing our way of life. i will not allow that to happen, and the american people i know feel the same way. >> and the shootings as you know are carried out by the husband and the wife, and the six-month-old baby, and the authorities have shown no direct link thus far, and the president in a news conference has the difficulties of fighting the

threat, and here is that. >> it is very difficult for us to detect lone wolf plots or plots involving a husband and wife in this case, because despite the incredible vigilance and professionalism of all of our law enforcement, and the homeland security, et cetera, it is not that different from us trying to detect the next mass shooter. you to -- you don't always see it, and they are not always communicating publicly, and if you are not catching publicly, them it is a challenge. >> and so how are the officials adjusting the strategies to cope with this threat, and do you sense progress is being made? >> well, i know that our law enforcement, and intelligence officials are going over the san bernardino shooting situation, and finding out what if anything was missed. it is like peeling back the layers of an onion and finding

out if there are things that we can do better and the next time we will catch it in advance and it is not carried out as a t terrorist attack, but as the president stated, and i agree that these types of situations where the people are self-radicalized are difficult to prevent and detect, and we have to be as vigilant as we can be, and if there are giveaway signs that law enforcement or intelligence community is tipped off so that we can disrupt those types of terrorist attacks before they ever occur, but no doubt, it is a real challenge, but we are doing everything possible. we are learning as we go, and we will adapt, and look at this as not a sprint, but a marathon, and systematically dismantle and detect these types of situations wherever possible and be vigilant about it. >> while i have you specifically here, sir, you are a member of the house homeland security x t committee, and you have access to a lot of information, but generally speaking, is there

something in light of the attacks that ep keeps you up at night? >> well, certainly, i have been at this for a long time, and both as a former member of the intelligence committee, and the armed services committee, and the homeland securities committee, and the terrorism threat has been something that keeps me up late at night, and certainly something that is on my mind, and i know that we have rededicated individuals that in our law enforcement intelligence community that are on the job 24/7, and making sure that the american people are safe. now, look, you can't prevent everything, and predict everything, but it is just whether it is criminal activity or terrorist situation, we cannot allow that to happen, and so we will continually be aggressive and adapt as we go, and do everything possible to keep the american people safe. we have great confidence in the intelligence of law enforcement,

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and angzerlina maxwell. what are you seeing about this, zerlina? >> well, it is a serious issue, because the data in a campaign is everything, and especially talking about the iowa caucus where the field is really how you win is how you win in making h sure that you are going door to door, and taking the voter file people that you enter into the database, and ensure they are going out to caucus for you. this is an important thing. i would be interested to see how the sanders' campaign addresses it this evening. are they going to be defensive about it, and attack the dnc on the stage at a democratic debate. >> well, i think they have something to say, and the first thing that he has had anything

to enter into the conversation. >> and do you think that he may go after the dnc and accusing them of tipping the scales in hillary clinton's favor? >> well, it is a tricky question, and on the one hand, the supporters are upset with the dnc and they believe that he is in the bag for hillary clinton, and on the other hand, you don't want to attack the party for the nomination, so he has to walk a tricky line here. but i think that it is concerning to me that there is a breach of data, and i want to know exactly what they have access to, and i don't know that we should put this aside and make it a big deal. it is something that we need, and the dnc is going to be finding out exactly what they have access to. >> and martin o'malley is going to put it in the event, and both clinton and sanders will cause damage, and he could cause them damage in the next debate. >> i am curious how important are the voter registration roles and the information gathered?

>> they are the difference of senator obama, and president obama, and that is what is at stake when you look at a this. and as a matter of fact, president obama's team was widely recognized for how much work they did when they collected the voter files for personal data, and they kept it separate are from the dnc, and they didn't want to have to share their information for dnc and they did a phenomenal job, and it is really what led to the presidency, and the re-elect, and he was careful on how he kept it updated and who he chose to share it with. >> i want to go to the bromance between donald trump and vladimir putin me vladimir putinment for all of you, this is trump on "morning joe" praising the russian president. >> i have always felt fine about putin. i think that he is strong leader. he is a powerful leader. he has represented his country the way that the country is being represented and he has popularity within the country, and they respect him as a leader and certainly over the last

couple of years, but they respect him as a leader, but he is up in the 80 and you will see the obamas in the low 30s and 40s and he is up in the 80s. >> how comfortable are you, susan with the front gop frontrunner allying with president putin? >> not at all. and what continues on the clip is joe scarborough say s ts tha does kill journalists and people who don't agree with him, and he went on to consider it is complimentary. and it shows that complimentary is no end. and so if that is someone that i am not expecting with the world le leader and somebody who is happy with the opposition, because he calls him a strong leader. >> and zerlina, given our country's tense situation with president putin, it is giving

donald trump an advantage for it. >> this is going to be a moment to stee how the rest of the republican party is with the bromance, because he has taken a field that no one else has taken, because you should not say that donald trump is a nice guy and then compliment a di dictator, and it shows yet again, that donald trump lacks substance and seriousness that is required to run for president in the united states, and this is yet again another example that shows that he is not ready to take that job. >> to that point, jeb bush is the one who jumps on it. and he has taken an aggressive stance, and you will see himming a gres slifly, and this is it for him, and he has to take a stand, and he will do it against donald trump. >> and to that, i want to ask about the polling data, because, susan, it is showing that donald trump leads, and if you match him up in the national election, and he slips. how do you read that? >> well, winning is getting more

people to your side and donald trump is inalienating more people. and women, unfavorable with, and independents, and he is turning away the independents left and right whether it is the national polls or the state by state polls, and you cannot win a presidential election unless you take the independents. >> and so if donald trump wins iowa and new hampshire, does he then go on the win the nomination? >> if he with wins both of those, he can run the ticket, yeah. i think it would be possible, because he could win south carolina as a result of that, and then it is super tuesday in the south. >> buckle up. >> frightening, right? >> and on the concept, i don't believe that he is going to be winning both new hampshire and iowa. >> thank you, susan. >> it is a breakout year for one of hollywood's actresses who is racking up all kinds of award nomination nominations. we will speak to the star of "the danish girl" and one of the

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girl." thank you for coming in. >> it is great fun. >> did you think that you would take on a role that was so e emotional? >> i i i h >> i had heard of the script, and it was an epic journey. it is the first time that i read the script, and i had that emotional journey until the last page reading it. i knew it was about the early transition manage the 1930s, but i was mostly struck by the realization that it was really this epic big love story at the heart of it, and insight into the all of the stages that a marriage can go on. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. these two avant-garde and your character is very, very avant-garde in the 1920s and '30s. >> and working woman at that. >> yes.

and add that to the fact that you are a dancer, i know, and certainly working woman now, bu t the artistic part, and watching you paint. did you learn how to paint and draw? >> oh, i grew up having a sister who was very good at drawing. i wasn't. i always thought that if i ever played pick shun their i kind of draw a line and point at it so that everyone knows what it is. but for me to, when it is wonderful in film to the try thing th things that you would not normally ever probably do, and i love paintings, and artists. >> the emotional journey in this film runs the gamut, and in the start you are sassy and confident and then become somewhat insecure and uncertain, and deeply in love and heartbroken at the same time, and what a journey you take there, and where did that come from the emotion to play this part? >> i think it is interesting that tom hooper, the director, he gave me a nice kind of

element to work with when we met. we had two to the three weeks of rehearsal which is a luxury, and very rare. >> yes, very rare. >> it is my first long period like that, and he said that eddie already has a physical change, and he was like, i knew that you have dance and let's find something that is her element to her physicality, and that helped, because i was so impressed that she is so giving and caring and support ing ing e story, but never seems passive even on the page, and so it was fun to kind of try to find that energy and force to her. >> well, in terms of the emotion, i think that there is no more emotional scene than the one that we are going to be taking a look at right now, so for all of you who have not seen the "danish girl" or for those who have, let's take a look. >> you should have been there. >> how could i? look at me. >> not everything is about you.

i need to see my husband. can you get him? >> i can't. >> i need to talk to my husband. i need to hold my husband. >> i can't. >> it is hard to watch. >> it is a beautiful scene in the script that one, and i don't know if other actors can agree, but i remember that sometimes when i read a script there is one scene that stands out, and you kind of, and you cannot treasure it so much, and so when you shoot, and kind of pinpoint that date, and shoot this scene. i remember, and i thought, oh, it is in three weeks or four weeks and four days and count it do

down, and it is something that i loved so it much in the script that it meant a lot to me. >> and when you mentioned eddie, what was that like when you went from playing with him, man, woman, and then the last time that you had to play with him on the set when he had changed. >> one of them was extraordinary is that the immense amount of work that he had put in, and that lilly was already there, and he was a kascharacter and interesting to see that it was the kind of layers to let him out, and it is almost like peeling the layers off between the scenes and the transition from the beginning to the end, and that is the immense amount of profound kascharacter work. already have discovered, and best of luck during the awards season, and accolades and all of the best the you, alycia.

>> thank you. the teenager who used affluenza as a defense is on the run. a look at the reasons why next.

president obama has arrived in hawaii for the holidays but not before stopping in san bernardino to meet with the families of the victim of the attack there. and he spent nearly three hours with the families at a local high school before departing to hawaii. a $5,000 reward is being offered for the texas teen who used the affluenza defense. they say that e ethan couch fled after failing to check in a probation officer last week. he killed four people in a drunk driving crash in 2014. his defense was that he was coddled into a condition of nonresponsibility which is a condition called affluenza. and why run now?

because there is witnesses who say that there is images caught on a party with alcohol there, and although couch is not seen drinking in the video, and nobody is seen drinking, and the authorities are not saying that couch was drink, but joining me now is weekend today, and analyst karen desoto and with a welcome to you, and even if he feared jail time for this party, he has to know what he is up against on the run. >> exactly. and there is an extreme fear of going to jail here, but you know, here is the problem, back in november, the prosecutors made a motion to move his case from juvenile to adult, so if there was a violation of probation, he is facing adult court, and if it in fact does go through, but the problem is that if you violate probation once, you can end up doing the ball lance of the term in prison, and so an extreme fear, and obviously, this is someone who can't handle prison and obviously would run.

>> and the speculation is that he fled with his mother, and she has not been heard from for two weeks or the father, and neither of them have, and what could happy to her? could she face charges? >> yes, personally, she should have faced charges when the dui took place, because this youth, the 16-year-old was living in the house unsupervised alone, and so they should have been charged back then. what mom would take their kid on the run? obvio obviously, staying behind and a dealing with the problem is much better than now ruining both of your problems and being on the run. >> and the reason that the whole story grabbed national headlines back in the day is this so-called affluenza defense. what is this? is it common? >> is that a defense? no. of course not it is not a defense. >> and what is it? >> well, what is it, and the court said or in this particular case, they said that his upbringing and the prif are ledged nature made him not understand the consequences of

his bad actions, right? does that make sense? obviously a lot of outrage, and it is not like the insane defense or the insanity defense or even an intoxication defense, the i'm too wealthy to go to jail defense. so we have two systems of defense one for the wealthy and one for the poor. >> and so if he used this affluenza defense once before, could he use it again? >> well, lightning does not strike twice, alex. no two pbites of the apple. and so he had two years to cure his own defect, and with that in mind, remember that he killed four people, and one of the eighteen agers in the car with him can't talk and bedridden for the rest of his live, and so there are psychological consequences not that in any shape or form that he should have had ten years probation, because he should have gone to jail in this case, and four deaths and the carnage that happened, and the boyles for

instance. mr. boyles lost both his wife and only daughter, and the trauma will never end in this case, and so ten years probation for somebody who they said was a little bit off, obviously, it didn't work, and ten years probation for somebody like that, and then also dealing with the psychological issues that he is going to have from killing people, and putting one of his friends bed rid d.e.p. for the rest of his life is a lot to take in. >> and for a number of reasons, that is one of the stories that we will follow. thank you, karen desoto. >> okay. >> and let us know if you are going to be spending the saturday night before christmas watching the democratic presidential debate. we will tell you why it is a point of contention among democrats. .and making sense. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise)

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happened. >> it is true. all of it. >> and it is a box office beast. how that new "star wars" movie is making history. good day to all of you. welcome the "weekends with alex witt." now hours before the democratic presidential debate, bernie sanders is looking at cutting a deal over unaccessed data. this happened friday after allegations surfaced that sanders' staffers had illegally accessed hillary clinton's data. the dnc said it took them hostage by denying them access,

but the committee chair debbie w wassermann schultz reacted. >> if it were on the other foot, and the sanders' campaign would expect me to respond in the same manner. >> and lingering questions over the data breach could cause for interesting debate for the final debate of the year. and kristen welker is in manchester for us, and i know that you heard from bernie sander sanders' campaign manager, and what did he tell you? >> he said that bernie sanders is prepared to address this issue, if it is going to be coming up at the e e p ba-- de e debate, and you can bet it will. and he is going to say that it came up, and he fired the

staffer, and also, you could have him making the point that this highlights the fact that he has felt as though that he is fighting against the establishment, and the campaign believes it was an overreach by the dnc to shut off their access to their own data, and that is why they filed the lawsuit. they were moments away from going into court last night when the dnc and the sanders' campaign came to an agreement and the dnc agreed to essentially re-establish the sanders' access to their own data. this is what the sanders' campaign had to say about how damaging it would have been if they couldn't access the data. take a listen. >> look, we had the data taken from us at a critical point in the campaign and we are a few weeks from the iowa caucus, and the campaign was frozen. admittedly, some staffers on the campaign who did something improper, and we fired that one person, and we are investigating

others, but it is not fair for the dnc to impose the death penalty on our campaign as a reare sult. >> and the big question is how will hillary clinton's campaign respond? i am told by one of her campaign officials that they are still trying to determine that. it is likely she is largely going to be staying above the fray. she is allowing the campaign to be the bad guys, if you will. yesterday they used strong language accusing the sanders' campaign of stealing their data, and today, they are insisting they want that independent audit that the dnc to have been launched into this to be executed as quickly as possible. >> so, kristen, even though the sanders campaign is getting access, the lawsuit is going forward? if so, how does that affect the campaign? >> no, the lawsuit is not going forward. they were moments away from going into court when they came to the agreement. so essentially the legal issues have been resolved at this point. the broader questions are

political, could this really impact bernie sanders' campaign, because when you look at the po polls, he gets high marks for the trustworthiness for example, and some analysts say this issue undercuts the fact that he has run as a trustworthy candidate, and that is going to be the real issue going forward and of course, this is going to overshadow the first part of the debate tonight, alex. >> thank you, kristen welker. >> okay. donald trump's support is on the rise according to a new poll by fox. last night it are revealed that he is up 11 points since november, and senators ted cruz and marco rubio round out the top three. and we are have new news for the race for the nomination. kasie hunt is in cedar rapids, aye y iowa, and von hillier is in d.c., and so, kasie, what should we expect main the campaign fro

donald trump? >> well, there are upwards of 1,000 people who are expected at the rally coming in right behind me, as cruz is now topping the national polls by a larger number than we expected, and of course, here in iowa the question is whether or not trump can rival ted cruz in particular, and ben carson and others on the ground. they have of course, quite a few of these rallies and the rallies are well attended and get the big crowds and the question of whether or not they can convert the big numbers into the caucusgoers at the end of the day, but there is some focus, alex on vladimir putin and the positive comments that he made about donald trump, and marco rubio telling cbs that trump should not be happy about those comments that putin made, because putin has been on the world stage and such a negative force to the united states, and rubio naming the downing of that aircraft over the ukraine. and so, looking today to see

whether or not trump is going to continue to address those comment, and whether or not the weekend before christmas, they can hit the numbers at this point, alex. >> and kasie, what about the campaign, what do they attribute this rise in popularity? >> well, it is a combination of they feel that he is striking nerves and people are clearly not put off by the comments that trump has made, and also some infighting going on amongst the rivals and one of the themes in this great campaign so far is that we have seen the republican candidate after republican candidate try to take on donald trump in one way or another, and try to fall flat. tr trump starts to go after them, and trump starts to stick in the case of jeb bush, and he had a case to fight back against jeb bush's low energy, and now bush is making the decision to go after trump on the campaign trail, but now you have rubio and cruz locked in the fight over

essentially who is more opposed to amnesty and who is not. and the overall effect is to potentially push them all down, and the rereality is that at the end of the day, that benefits donald trump more than anyone else. >> okay. k sash kasie hunt from iowa waiting for the rally. and now, going over to the von hill hiller, and this is not the first stop of the day for ted cruz? >> no, it is a seven-state tour, and the super tuesday tour. they are calling it after iowa, a new hampshire, south carolina and nevada, you have 12 states voting march 1st, and she is going through the swing here, and the focus is is the southern states where he believes he can win f. he can do well in iowa and new hampshire and do well in south carolina, the campaign is viewing the southern states as

really an opportunity for him to solidify coming out of souper tuesday a lot of momentum coming out of the nomination, but one of the things held up in the process is the debate. of all of the candidates we are going to be seeing ted cruz flat footed in the nomination, and he is the last guy that you would see, and marco rubio has turned the immigration talk to everything that you see. here is marco rubio. >> turning to the borders and stopping immigration is a mat e of national security. that is why i fought so hard to defeat president obama's amnesty plan. >> and that is the last shot of mar coe rubio with the gang of eight, and that is added into the commercial, and 24 hours l earlier they had released the same ad, but it was on defending ted cruz's position to being long-time opposed to legal

status and citizenship, and now it didn't seem to go far the, and so now with that commercial is to turn the focus to marco rubio that he is the one-time who has been for the long period of time defending the citizenship and a pathway. ted cruz is trying to reflect and push the attention back over to marco rubio. >> well, that is a money shot there for ted cruz the one that you are highlighting this there. thank you, vaughan hilliard. >> and now, the first family arrived in honolulu this morning, but before arriving on the islands, the president met in san bernardino to meet with those who lost loved ones in san bernardino. we have kelly o'donnell joining us with that beautiful setting behind you. what did he said after meeting with the families? >> well, alex, it was important p for the president to alter the itinerary and make that stop in

san bernardino where perhaps the most surprising thing is how long he and mrs. obama met with the families. it went three hours, and if you think of the time for the president of the united states to allot three hours to the group of families, that is really significant, and it is a private meeting so we don't know exactly what was said, but you will get a sense of what the president said before he spoke to the cameras after the meeting that he was, too, was affected by the families who have survived so much in the recent weeks, and how they are looking forward. this is what the president had to say. >> we met some of the the folks that despite the pain and the heart haik they are feeling, they could not have been more inspiring and more proud of their loved once, and more insistent that something good coming out of the tragedy. many of them are already taking initiatives to reach out to speak out on behalf of community

intoleran intolerance, and treating people with respect. >> you are will get a sense of how this is a case of where the president is grappling with the different emotions, and a different mood to be with families who are going through most difficult time in their lives and to be able to listen to them, and talk to them about issues, and to be dealing with the wider problem of isis or isis-inspired attack, and this is of course, set in hawaii coming for the family and the holiday season and the peacefulness of the setting and the holiday time. and the president did his year-end news conference where the issue of what the do with radical jihadist and terrorism was pressed against the president again, and lot of approach to him, and he was talking about eisis in a way tht the u.s. believes that the territory, the physical territory controlled by isis has been reduced, and he considers that a positive sign. this is what the president said in his news conference.

>> the united states continues to lead a global coalition in the mission to destroy isil. isil has already destroyed 40% of the area of iraq, and they will hit the area harder than ever to take out the leaders and the forces. we are stepping up the support from others as they continue to force isil back. >>s the president continues here in the vacation in the earliest hours, i suspect that the obama f family is dealing with the time zone challenge. they have arrived in early hour s hours, and only on the ground for a short time, and so we don't have a sense of what his public day may be in terms of resting or relaxing in coming days, but the issues of isis and national security are following him here to oahu, and no public events are scheduled but the work and the concerns that follow him to the desk in the oval office are coming to hawaii

as well. alex? >> it is always a working vacation. okay. thank you so much, and for you, too, there in hawaii. >> thank you. >> and a developing story coming from the united nations for a way forward, and what does it mean in a fight against isis, and we will speak to the russian ambassador about that next. thousands of people came out today to run the race for retirement. so we asked them... are you completely prepared for retirement? okay, mostly prepared? could you save 1% more of your income? it doesn't sound like much, but saving an additional 1% now, could make a big difference over time. i'm going to be even better about saving. you can do it, it helps in the long run. prudential

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talks. it is one of the few times that russian officials have been able to see the common ground on the situation there, and the the resolution is going to the call for new elections, but makes no mention whether syrian president bashar al assad would be able to run. let's bring in a msnbc contributor and am bas. i want to bring this up, mr. ambassador, because it is the first time since the five-year civil war began that u.s. and russia were able to take this step to agree a plan for talks. >> well, is it is a a good thing when the great powers ingagree the security council of the unit united nationsing a e gree. we should applaud secretary kerry for getting to this point, but it is not an agreement to move forward or an agreement for cease-fire or new elections for the simple fact that neither

president assad nor the opposition have agreed to the terms of deal. so all of the external watchers and observers if you will have agreed for a plan for syria to move forward, but the syrians, themselves, have not signed up for it. >> vladimir putin said that the russia and u.s. have narrowed the difference, and what does that mean for the future of the assad government in syria? >> well, it is a symbol, as a signal, a symbolic signal that a good thing and has to make assad a little bit nervous, but president putin has never said that assad must go, and the people of syria must determine who their leaders are, and he has never changed his position on a new government in syria, right. he said that we need to talk about it, and have the elections, so there is a lot of e wiggle room for assad to interpret, that and in fact, his partner, his partner who is fighting in his country to support his regime is still behind him. >> and what about this

agreement? could it be the first step building some international coalition that would include both the u.s. and russia to defeat isis? >> in theory, yes. i think that in practice, no. i mean, the real e focus of this resolution was to try to get a negotiation about a political transition in place, and you know, now that process begins, and maybe there is going to be a way to do it this time that has failed the previous two times when i was in the government. geneva i and geneva ii failed. but in terms of guidance, it does not really help in isis. and in order to defeat isis, russia has to stop attacking opposition forces that we suppo support, and that is the western coalition, and start to attack isis direct ly. so far, what they are doing in syria is against those that we sup por -- that we support, and

not isis, itself. >> and in that news conference that donald trump was a quote bright personality and talented person, and of course, mr. trump accepted no time in accepting and returning that compliment, and let's see what he said in morning joe yesterday. >> do you like vladimir putin's comments about you? >> sure, when people call you brilliant, it is good, and especially when the person heads up russia. >> and it is also the person who kills journalists and political opponent opponents, and -- >> invades countries. >> and invades countries, and obvious ly, that is a concern, isn't it? >> well, he is running the country, and he is at least a leader unlike what we have in this country. >> but again, he kills journalists who don't agree with him. >> well, i think that our country does plenty of killing, too, also, joe. >> so mr. ambassador, what do you make of this mutual

admiration society? >> well, putin's motivations are clear, and they have said for a long time trump is the guy, because trump doesn't care about the russian invasion of ukraine, and he doesn't care about the things that were mentioned on that show, according to them. i don't want to put words into mr. trump's mouth. that has been going on for months, and that is what is striking me strange is what trump thinks an endorsement from putin is a somehow good thing for him. and just like the colleagues just said, this is not a man respected around the world. just look at the public opinion polls for the simple fact that he annexed territory in ukraine. he violated one of the sacrosanct rules of the international system, and he does some nasty things at home. for me, i just don't quite understand trump's strategy, and i'm not a political guy, and so i don't claim to understand the american electoral politics, but

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it started when revelations surfaced that bernie sanders' campaign staffers improperly accessed voter data compiled by the clinton campaign. and then the dnc cut off sanders' access to the base. and that triggered a lawsuit by sa sanders' campaign against the dnc, and then the two struck a deal moments before it went to court to settle a deal. and so welcome in joy reid and bernie mack, so let me start with you, joy, as bernie sanders is trying to the say that the dnc is sabotaging their campaign, and showing preferential to the hillary clinton, and is that what you are hearing? >> i asked one of the deputy heads of the democratic national committee if there was favoritism happening, and he said parse and specifically and said that the board, and that the members of the dnc are

working hard to show favoritism, but he was less clear when i asked if the head of the dnc debbie wassermann schultz who everybody knows is a long time supporter of hillary clinton if she was showing partiality toward the clinton campaign, and i will tell you that the the bernie sanders' supporters feel very much like there is favoritism afoot, as do martin o'malley's supporters. they have the thumb on the scale to quote david axelrod on the vote for hillary. >> do you see ta the? >> well, certain are hidden the campaigns in the bushel, a a ndu don't have many of them, and you even had democratic members of congress complaining that there are not enough debates por people to look at the good

alternative campaigns, and bernie sanders is not a democrat, and if the democratic committee preferred as an existential plan that the democratic committee would be be more supportive of a democratic candidate, but as senator ryeback said, you will hope to get an equal boost from the dnc, but whether or not they are, the per isception, the perception is they they are ingrained to clinton. >> and what are you seeing there? >> well, the dnc has a perception problem, and in politics, it is all about perception, and hillary clinton is doing very well, as joy said, and she is the like lie winner on the democratic side, but she going to be needing bernie sa sanders' supporters and those millennials who are so excited about him. so this flap is the worst thing

that could have happened. when you talk about the debate tonight, the democrats are going to have the debate and going up against the nfl game, jets/cowboys and "star wars," and who is going to be watching the dem debate? a slim amount of people. so i the think that the dnc does have to work on the perception problem that they are favoring hillary clinton. >> well, you know, joy, in fact, the conservative "new york post" editorial board is saying that this is by design suggesting that the dnc does not want clinton's rivals to gain any traction, and how does the dnc justify the timing, and the fum number of debates, and as bob points out, the jets/cowboys game. >> and "star wars," and on a saturday night when people are typically out with the families, and also, the week before chris marks and so it is a source of disgruntlement where the o'malley and sanders' campaigns want more debates. you is have the black lives m

matter group going up gains tts dnc wanting more debates, and whether democratic voters are seeing the candidates on top of the conspiracy theorizing because of the company that ran the data breach that the sanders' campaign took advantage of it, or members of it took advantage of is run by the former chief technology officer of the hillary clinton campaign in 2008, and on and on and on, and the republican national committee having a field day with this and tweeting away the "new york post" article to accusing the dnc of impartiality, and it does present a problem. it is that you need enthusiasm and not just the percentage, but it is about the enthusiasm, and it is difficult to gin it up as if we are discussing here the young and the energy voters are feeling that they are doing wrong by the party. >> and bob, the gop debate this past tuesday drew 18 million viewer

viewers, and they brought in 14 million and the one that watched in october, and tonight is only the third democratic debate, and it is the second on the saturday night, and only 8.5 million watched the one last month which is also on a saturday by the way, and should other democratic leaders be calling out the dnc, bob? >> well, it is smart for hillary clinton to say, well, we should have more debates, and that would lead to more debates that foster goodwill with the democrats who are not fond of hillary clinton, and that is a wise political move. to this point, hillary clinton sa said, listen, i'll do whatever i want, and i'll do whatever the committee says, but if she were more forceful, it could win her some points. she has done very well in the debates, and especially the first debate. if she had done poorly, joe biden would have gotten in the ra race, but she hit a home run. that is is a weiss thing. i don't think that the democratic leaders on capitol hill are going to be getting into the fight. there is no need for them. but as the pressure buildings

and sanders and o'malley talking about it more, and sanders has to be doing more, and he has not been pressing her on the e-mail controversy or pressing her on the debate, and he has to press it tonight, and then he may get the wish, a couple more debates, but if hillary clinton calls for them, it will happen. >> and of course, bernie sanders famously said that he is sure that america is tired o'haring about her damn e-mails, that poin point. >> yes. >> and now, the bromance, joy, between vladimir putin and donald trump, and the confidence he is bestow iing on him. and on "morning joe" he said that russia could be a bigs asst to the peace process, and he has been slammed. >> this ist another example of donald trump reading the voters, and reading a good chunk of the base of the republican party better than the establishment does quite frankly, because if you will recall, that vladimir putin has come out with the blustery statements as sort of the riding on a bear kind of

attitude that he takes towards the world, it a actually has drawn praise from republicans. you have had even some establishment figures like rudy giuliani saying he is a better leader than president obama, and the comparison of putin to obama, and favoring putin is a people -- meme on the republican right, and it is playing to the base of the republican voters to have that same bluster and bravado into the white house, and so he is reading the tea leaves of the voters. if the establishment people like jeb bush slam him for it, it just helps donald trump on that issue with the voters. >> you scratch your head and say, how did that happen? you agree, bob, he is just play ing to the base? >> yes, he is being provocative and that is like him, and he has thought about the muslim process before he released it there. is danger on this though in the

next republican debate, because other republicans are going to be seizing on it, and they have seized on it, but they could go after him on, okay, what is the plan to get crimea back, and what about the downplaying as joe scarborough has said about the russians that have been killed, and there is a risk, but that is how he plays, a risky game, and he is winning so far. >> thank you both, joy-ann reid. i love it. >> thank you. >> and it is the biggest movie weekend with the latest installment of "star wars" hitting the theaters. this film is making $250 million so far this weekend. and the force awakens has made history being the first film to the make $100 million in a 24-hour period. in a moment, the lingering questions after this week's mistrial in the baltimore police offic

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because of injuries he sustain ed in a police van. welcome in, james, from philadelphia. did the mayor set the right tone with the comments? >> well, she tried to make people protest peacefully, and a little too much attention to the happenings of last spring, and not enough with the media and the challenges of the city of baltimore, and what are the justice remedies to be put in place for this community after we have gotten through all of the trials. this is a mistrial, and maybe another one added on to the end of the next five or six trials that we will have. so i the think that the focus should be less on worried about whether or not baltimore is going to e erupt, because we didn't see any evidence of that at all in the aftermath of the

mistrial this week, and keep the focus more directed at what are the social justice issues that make the long term solutions possible for the city of baltimore. >> what is the reaction when the mistrial was declared? >> well, alex, my understanding is that the reporting of the trial was sort of inject ed int the narrative and in terms of considering exactly which stops or between which stops freddie gray may have become paralyzed and lost his capacity to speak and to move at all, and it is awful that we are sort of aju ajudekating the black lives matter call, and also, these are complicated thing, and it seems simple to us in the media, and you say, wait, somebody lost

their life, and they can be culpable, and the facts of the case can be much more complex in the adjudication process. >> after the mistrial was declared, there was no violent reaction and many did expect that to happen, and is that a disservice to the people of baltimore to have that expectation. >> i believe it is, alex. and i believe it is a disservice to the activists and organizers on the ground. and remember, alex, the protest in the spring was a culmination of things and not just freddie gray, but the long history of challenges in the community that they are charged with protect thing, and large history of municipal government of baltimore doing more for b business than for poor people, and that eruption is going to be for history and not just that one particular moment, and what you are seeing in the aftermath of the particular trial, there are folk s s in the city of

baltimore who don't have faith in the system and the government in terms of getting justice for this particular case. >> and i know that you are not a lawyer, but the fact that officer porter's trial ended in a mistrial, does that complicate the prosecution of the other fi five? >> yes, of course. it is not a win, and the lawyers would say it is a draw, but it is not a win for the prosecution, and brings up the reasonable doubt, and in this case, it will impactb the narrative has to be in the successful cases, and by the end of the day, freddie gray lost his life after being arrested in seemingly hard to pin down charge, and he was denied medical care, and those facts have to lead to the conviction in the minds of the public opinion, but whether or not that ends up being the processes in the court system is a much more complex, and muff more detailed and nuanced process that we all know. and there is no word how there is a retrial for william porter, and begins next month, but

rega regardless of the verdict, james, are you seeing that this case made it to the courtroom, and some victory for the citizens of baltimore against police abuse? >> well, it is a pyrrhic victory if nobody is held to be responsible for the murder of freddie gray. the medical examiner determined it to be a homicide, and so, yes, it is certainly a victory at the time, and for these o officers to be brought to trial to be indicted as -- listen, alex, the fact that they were indicted is a victory given the terrain in the nation of law enforcement not being held accountable for the murder of unarmed civilian, and these are small victories, but they end up being pyrrhic in the sense that nobody is held accountable. we can't say that justice has been done, and then long term

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