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ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin with the caucuses in iowa. the first contest of the 2020 shall primary season getting under way while president trump is expected to cruise past his two challengers, the democratic contest far less certain, adding to the uncertainty of it all the highly anticipated des moines register poll, iowa's marquis survey was shelved at the last minute after pete buttigieg may have been left off the list of candidates to choose from. that leaves the emerson college poll conducted from last thursday through yesterday as the final indicator of where things stand. it is senator bernie sanders who remains on top with 28%, joe biden places second with 21, pete buttigieg and elizabeth warren are in statistical ties for third place. buttigieg with 15, warren with 14. despite today being the day things are still a bit fluid 34% of democratic caucusgoers say there is still a chance they can change their mind, however,

bernie sanders appears to have the first or the firmest footing, 74% of his supporters say they will definitely vote for him. 69% of buttigieg supporters say their minds are made up, followed by 68% of warren supporters and 66% of biden's. closing arguments get under way today in the impeachment trial of the president after senators voted not to hear from witnesses on friday. the vote came despite new revelations from "the new york times" that the president reportedly asked john bolton to pave the way for a meeting between rudy giuliani and the president of ukraine. in a 51-489 vote republicans were able to keep new evidence and witnesses from being introduced. senators mitt romney and susan collins were the only two republicans to side with the democrats. later this morning closing arguments will begin with each side getting up to two hours to speak. after that senators will be given the opportunity to make speeches on the floor until wednesday when they are

scheduled to vote on the two articles of impeachment. >> despite friday's vote senate republicans appear to be breaking with the president's defense that he did nothing wrong in his dealings with ukraine. >> what i believe he did, one, was that he called the president of ukraine and asked him to become involved in investigating joe biden who was -- >> you believe his wrongdoing began there not before. >> yeah. >> not before? >> i don't know about that. he admitted that. the president admitted that. >> okay. >> he released the transcript. the second thing was at least in part he delayed the military and other assistance to ukraine in order to encourage that investigation. those are the two things he did. i think he shouldn't have done t i think it was wrong. inappropriate was the way i'd say. improper, crossing the line. and then the only question left is who decides what to do about that. >> well, who decides what to do about that. >> the people.

the people is my conclusion. >> i think ferreting out corruption is absolutely the right thing to do. now, if he was trying it to other things, that's -- that's the president. it's probably something that i wouldn't have done, but focusing on corruption, absolutely. >> he didn't mention corruption in that call, he just mentioned joe and hunter biden and burisma and then this conspiracy theory about ukraine interfering in the election in 2016. >> again, probably not something i would have done. >> so it was wrong? >> he's done it now -- the president has a lot of latitude to do what he wants to do. again, not what i would have done. >> so senator marco rubio of florida put out a statement saying on part on the first article of impeachment i reject the argument that abuse of power can never constitute grounds of removal unless a crime or crime-like action is alleged. however, for purposes of answering my threshold question

i assumed what is alleged is true. under these assumptions it would be in the interest of the nation to remove the president, i will not vote to remove the president because doing so would inflict extraordinary and potentially irreparable damage our already divided nation. senator rob portman said, i believe that some of the president's actions in this case including asking a foreign country to investigate a potential political opponent and the delay of aid to ukraine were wrong and inappropriate, but i do not believe that the president's actions rise to the level of removing a duly elected president from office and taking him off the ballot in the middle of an election. >> senator lamar alexander who you just heard from moments ago also tried to defend the president's actions arguing that perhaps trump didn't know that he should have contacted the attorney general if he was concerned about corruption in ukraine. watch this. >> what the president should have done was if he was upset about joe biden and his son, what they were doing in ukraine, he should have called the

attorney general and told him that and let the attorney general handle it the way they always handle cases that involve public figures. >> why do you think he didn't do that? >> maybe he didn't know to do it. >> okay. this has been a rationale that i've heard from a lot of republicans, well, boy, he's still new to this. >> well, a lot of people come to washington -- >> what point is he no longer new to this? >> well, the bottom line is not an excuse. he shouldn't have done it. and i said he shouldn't have done it and now i think it's up to the american people to say, okay, good economy, lower taxe , conservative judges, behavior i might not like, call to ukraine, weigh that against elizabeth warren and bernie sanders and pick a president. >> in reaction to the senate's vote against calling witnesses in the impeachment trial house speaker nancy pelosi wrote in part the president was impeached for abuse of power and obstruction from congress. he is impeached forever. there can be no acquittal without a trial and there is no trial without witnesses, documents and evidence.

additionally pelosi tweeted it is a sad day for america to see senator mcconnell humiliate the chief justice of the united states into residing over a vote which rejected our nation's judicial norms, precedence and institutions which uphold the constitution and rule of law. adam schiff in an interview yesterday also weighed in. >> i still think it's enormously important that the president was impeached because the country is moving away from its democratic ideals and i think by standing up to this president as we have, by making the case to the american people, by exposing his wrongdoing we are helping to slow the momentum away from our democratic values until that progress away from democracy can be arrested and we can return to some sense of normalcy and support for the founders' ideal, but i'm not letting the senators off the hook. we're still going to go into the senate this week and make the case why this president needs to

be removed. it will be up to the senators to make that final judgment and the senators will be held accountable for it. >> all right. still ahead, all the high lights from last night's super bowl. the kansas chiefs are this year's champs after overcoming a ten-point deficit against the san francisco 49ers. as we count down the final hours before the iowa caucuses president trump and mike bloomberg spent super bowl sunday attacking each other. we will take a look at their back and forth taunts. those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. n your weather when cweome back these folks don't have time to go to the post office

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welcome back, everybody. let's go straight to des moines, iowa. author of power up we find jackie ala mean. let's tick through some poll numbers we were talking about just in the last block or so the

emerson college poll because the des moines register poll as we talked about left off pete buttigieg so we are not going to talk about that poll. in this emerson college poll it seems as if bernie sanders at the top of the ranks followed by joe biden, pete buttigieg and elizabeth warren as you can see in fourth place, then amy klobuchar and andrew yang. what do you make of some of the numbers with bernie sanders leading the pack at 28%, jackie, quite a stretch. >> there is no doubt that the senator is having a lot of momentum at the moment. i was at his campaign rally in cedar rapids on saturday night, there were 3,000 people there, it's been the biggest event of 2020. the energy was palpable, to say the least. that being said this field is still really malleable. as you mentioned per the last des moines register poll two in five voters were still undecided and voters are still making their their minds today. i talked to so many voters over the weekend from door knocking with amy klobuchar field organizers to going to an

elizabeth warren welcome back from d.c. rally to an andrew yang canvassing office. people who are self-described precinct captains orging for these candidates who say they are still concerned about their choice or maybe potentially might change their mind. so i think the bottom line is these four top tier candidates have traded places so many times throughout this race, bernie sanders, joe biden, elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg, that it's really up in the air now and at the end of the day i think what's going to make the big difference here in order to push that candidate over the edge is going to be the ground game. >> if you are a bernie sanders supporter you would marvel that his perfect timing of peaking so late right before the iowa caucuses and all the other primaries get under way, what do you attribute that to, jackie? what is it that made bernie sanders who had been hovering definitely in the top four throughout all of this suddenly break and get a bit of a lead in the final stretch here? >> that's a great question and

that's what i really tried to figure out this weekend by just talking to as many voters as possible on the ground here in des moines and around iowa. it has been a remarkable trajectory. he just had a heart attack a few months ago, from there came back and saw this remarkable rise. i think there is a few things that contribute to that, one, he has sort of benefitted from low expectations, he's been able to go under the radar without that much scrutiny. the trump campaign did start to more recently attack him, you know, his campaign manager remarked on a podcast that he thought that the trump campaign apparatus was sophisticated that they sensed that bernie sanders was rising before it was reflected in the polling. but i think what i hear time and time again here is that bernie has a very loyal following, one that's similarly loyal to that of trump's following. it's because of his consistency and because of the fact that

he's really been driving all of the issues here. a lot of voters say if you look at the conversation in 2016 versus now, it is markedly different and bernie is the one who has really pushed the way forward here. but at least in iowa i know that his campaign is super organized, they've gone out of their way to be more organized than they were in 2016, they have had he had mock caucusing and persuasion workshops and the energy is high, especially that under 35 age range, you are going to see a lot of college kids turn out and that enthusiasm i think really goes a long way. so if as bernie said yesterday during his final rally, you know, if the turnout is high, that's going to be really good for him. >> all right. jackie alemany, thank you so much. we will talk to you again in just a little bit. let's switch gears, get a check on your weather with janessa webb. >> phil saw his shadow, you heard that? >> there was a lot going on this

weekend. >> so he saw his shadow, early spring. >> early spring. >> i could have predict that had without the shadow. >> people are asking me what i think and, you know, in my years of forecasting i always kind of go the opposite of whatever phil says. great groundhog, but -- >> love him. good guy. >> good guy. but i want you to stay ready, have that winter coat handy, even though temperatures are well above normal this morning. kansas city celebrating and we're seeing temperatures currently in the mid 50s, jackson currently at 48 degrees. our next coast to coast storm system is making its way across the four corners and this will dramatically change into severe weather potential for tuesday. wednesday into thursday. damaging wind gusts, wills that heightened awareness of tornadoes really going to make its way across the deep south and this heat is allowing those storms to really build. potential for that ten-day forecast threat from nashville all the way to little rock. we will be watching this very closely as potential for 2 to 3

inches in this area. >> thank you so much. let's turn now to sports with a third time this nfl post season that kansas city chiefs returned from a double digit deficit to come out on top. last tight earning them the title of super bowl champions. we are going to pick it up in the third quarter as the teams return from halftime at hard rock stadium in miami gardens. the 49 irs appear to take control of the game. after first settling for a field goal to go ahead by 3 the niners defense keeps the pressure on kansas city, nearly recovering a fumble after sacking quarterback patrick mahomes and halting the chiefs' drive on the very next play with antuover allowed san o drive 55 yards the opposite way, finishing with a one-yard run, you see it, into the end zone for running back raheem mostert. a ten-point lead for the 49ers. pretty much a lot of folks

thought that was it. the fourth quarter doesn't start much better for kansas city. mahomes' pass intended for receiver tyreek hill is bobbled and he is picked off once again. two times in the game. san francisco unable to capitalize on the turnover. punts on its next possession. all right. time to cue the kansas city come back. the chiefs use a ten-play 83-yard drive including a 44-yard reception by hill to find the end zone on a short pass to tight end travis kelce. that cuts the niners lead to three. kasie forces a three and out on san francisco's next possession. with a return to the deep ball this time a 38-yard pass to receiver sammy watkins,

welcome back. this year's super bowl delivered on a pretty exciting game, an electric halftime show and, of course, on the commercials. google went within a heart warming story for their super bowl ad which told the story of an old man using google's features to help remember his late wife, loretta. watch this. ♪ >> hey, google, show me photos

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>> remember i'm the luckiest man in the world. come on, boy. >> it was like an emotional roller costar watching the commercials between the game and halftime show and the commercials, taking you from a beer to a man remembering his wife. >> it's interesting to see the tactics companies use, some use humor, a little bit of a dry sarcasm to deliver home their message on a product, others obviously pulling the heart strings. >> emotional ones are the ones that get me. >> they are the ones that people remember. >> they resonate the most. this year's super bowl feels -- fell, actually, on groundhog day, for jeep's super bowl ad they brought us back to the 1993 i would say classic film starring bill murray by the title "groundhog day."

♪ >> okay, campsers, rise and shine. it's grond hog day. >> oh, no. oh, no. >> phil? hey, phil. >> no, not you. >> it'sme, ned. ryanson. >> okay, little fella. >> that'job. hey. >> he got the groundhog. >> phil? >> hey, you're going to freeze to death. >> who cares. see you tomorrow. >> safety first. >> he's got the groundhog. >> phil? >> it's not personal, it's just a game. >> not a bad day, huh? >> i don't know where we parked.

i was following you. >> that was awesome. >> that was one of my favorites i have to say. that was brilliant. >> all right. still ahead it's going to be a pivotal day in iowa after democratic presidential candidates made their final pitch to voters in the hawkeye state this morning. >> what some had to say to their supporters ahead of today's big vote. we are back in a moment. of tod vote we are back in a moment.

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the latest iowa poll from emerson college showing bernie sanders on top with 28%, joe biden following behind in second with 21, pete buttigieg, elizabeth warren are in statistical tie for third place with 15 at buttigieg and warren at 14. >> and senator bernie sanders brought the party to iowa on saturday, drawing a massive crowd of what his campaign said was more than 3,000 people to his rally which featured live music by grammy award winning band as well as introductions by several democratic poll significances. event found the cellular center in cedar rapids why concession stands were open and selling beer in the crowd. sanders rounded out the weekend zeroing in on the importance of iowa predict ago dismal fate for president trump. >> the whole world is looking at iowa. the whole world is asking whether or not the people in iowa are prepared to stand up

and fight for justice. >> so tomorrow night is the beginning. it is the beginning of the end for donald trump. >> so with just hours to go until thecus begin pete buttigieg is distancing himself from former vice president joe biden and senator bernie sanders in a fundraising email sent out just yesterday the former mayor writes this in part, vice president biden is saying this this is no time to take a risk on someone new, but history shows us that the biggest risk we could take would be to look to the same washington playbook and recycle the same arguments. he goes on to write this, i hear senator sanders calling for a kind of politics that says you've got to either be for a revolution or for the stat does quo, but that message is coming it he very moment when we actually have a historic majority. buttigieg took similar swiepts at his democratic opponents during his last minute efforts to woo iowa voters over the weekend.

>> sometimes you may get the message that we have to choose between either a revolution or the status quo. i think there's another way. and that is to harness the american majority of democrats, yes, but also independents and quite a lot of future former republicans ready to see to it that we have a new president and a better way. >> all right. more than 1,000 people reportedly flocked to des moines yesterday to hear joe biden's final pitch to voters in that state at the rally the former vice president brought home his campaign's push for party unity and reminded iowans of their crucial role in today's caucus. >> democracy starts here in the state of iowa and it starts here in the state of iowa and it starts with you. you know, you set the nation on a path to determine who their choices are to be president of the united states of america. you whittle it down, you narrow the choice. i refuse to get engaged in a democratic primary, i'm not

going to attack another democrat, particularly with things that aren't true and that's what i'm not going to do. we can't do that. we choose hope over fear. we choose science -- science over fiction. and we choose unity over division. and we chooselies. we are the united states of america. >> so also with the impeachment trial adjourned over the weekend senators elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar were both on the ground in iowa making last minute pitches to voters. warren was scheduled to hold a rally in des moines on friday night but ended up missing the event because of the impeachment proceedings. later in the night she met with hundreds of rallygoers who were willing to wait to hear her speak. over the weekend warren cast herself as the best candidate to beat donald trump and explained that the party must come together to do so.

>> i also want to say thank you to everybody who got in this presidential race, whether they're still in it or not. you know, people got in this out of an act of service to our country and some different ideas about how to do it, but all wanting us to build a better america and we're down to the final strokes here, but understand we will -- we must come together as a party and beat donald trump. that is our job. yes. >> so senator amy klobuchar also campaigned across iowa over the weekend. she explained to her supporters that the impeachment trial would keep her in washington today, so she asked them to help with her fight. >> i was gone the last ten days, something i never expected to happen. i do a lot of grassroots politicking, you are not going to see one of my ads in the

super bowl tonight. maybe if the vikings were playing, you know, you would have, but instead i have been doing this the hard way and i was punching way above my weight. there were certain pundits that predicted when i start that had speech in the middle of the mississippi river in a blizzard that i would never make it to the end of the speech. now here i am nearly a year later. >> of course, referring to the bloomberg and president trump ads aired during the super bowl last night. and senator amy klobuchar will be a guest by the way coming up later on "morning joe." stay tuned for that. >> joining us once again from des moines, iowa, author of the "washington post" early morning newsletter power up jackie al man manny. you have bernie sanders and joe biden running neck to neck in iowa, bernie has a slight lead. what impact is this having in the late hours, if you will, before the caucuses actually begin? >> look, a lot of the undecided voters are looking for external

validators right now to help them make their choice. i spoke with voters all weekend long to really take this duty very, very seriously to, you know, help push the democratic nominee potentially help pick them. i think it's why there was a lot of sighs of relief when that des moines register poll was canceled on saturday night because whoever was going to be at the top of that poll gets the sort of extra boost of momentum here. so without that poll, you know, do you really have these four -- you have joe biden, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg who have all sort of traded places over the past few months. you know, biden and bernie are being the margin of error so it's really malleable, but, again, as i sort of touched upon before, this is where ground game is really going to come in handy. it's where, you know, a candidate who has a really robust field organization who has been working over this past year to turn out as many people as possible and has really

enthusiastic precincts captained at the caucuses tonight to potentially pull people who might be their second choice, that's where it's going to make the difference and potentially put people two or three points over what they're actually polling. >> jackie, talk about how pivotal iowa is, especially in a more historical context. >> there has been a lot of controversy over iowa, thest democratic primary because of a nd doesn'tversity, it's a necessarily reflect the demographics of america. illinois, for example, is perhaps the state that is most representative of, you know, whot democratic population. that being said, iowans take their responsibility very, very seriously. i believe nine out of the last 11 democratic nominees won high with a. it's where president barack obama famously got his boost. iowans were really veering

towards the safe bet, towards hillary clinton, john edwards and instead voters decided to go with their gut, go with their instinct and put their support behind the wild card and ultimately that was the democratic nominee. what i've heard this time around is a lot of caucusgoers say we don't want to repeat the mistakes of 2016. we want this to be more like 2008. you know, we have sought out as much information as possible and the fear of donald trump winning reelection is very real amongst all these voters, but that being said, you know, the last time, you know, this is what voters have been telling me, the last time around we went with the safe bet and look how it turned out. i think you might see a few surprises tonight of voters who will going to potentially vote with their heart rather than their head. coming up a, a special

edition of "morning joe" live from java joe's in iowa. mayor pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar of minnesota and also businessman andrew yang all d moines starting at 6:00 a.m. right here on msnbc. moines starting at 6:00 a.m. right here on msnbc.

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approved this message. george started playing football when he was four years old. he would wake up every saturday ready for the game. that became our life. he had aspirations about going to the nfl. on a friday morning george was shot. george didn't survive. i just kept saying, you cannot tell me that the child that i gave birth to is no longer here. lives are being lost every day. it is a national crisis. i heard mike bloomberg speak. he has been in this fight for so long, he heard mothers crying so he started fighting. when i heard mike was stepping into the ring i thought, now we have a dog in the fight. i know mike is not afraid of the gun lobby. they are scared of him. and they should be. mike is fighting for every child because you have a right to live. no one has a right to take your

hopes and dreams. >> i'm mike bloomberg and i approved this message. >> those were the dueling super bowl ads from president trump and 2020 candidate mike bloomberg. the president went after bloomberg in his super bowl sunday interview and on twitter. early sunday morning the president tweeted out many of the ads you are watching for are paid for election against crazy bernie. here is the president doing his interview with sean hannity of fox news. >> michael bloomberg. >> very little. i just think of little. you know, now he wants a box for the debates to stand on. okay. it's okay, there's nothing wrong -- you can be short. why should he get a box to stand on? he wants a box for the debates. why should he be entitled to that? really. does that mean everyone else gets a box? >> i guess if they want one. we will have to negotiate boxes. >> it's interesting. cory booker and all these people couldn't get any of the things that bloomberg is getting now. i think it's very unfair for the

democrats, but i would love to run against bloomberg. i would love it. >> and bloomberg's campaign released a statement saying, quote, the president is lying, he is a pathological liar who lies about everything, his fake hair i his obesity and his spray tan is. here is the response from the candidate himself. >> the president lies, he lies about everything so it shouldn't be a surprise that he said things like that. i will stand on my accomplishments of what i've done to bring this country together and get things done. i've been doing it for a long time. i stand twice as tall as he does on the stage, on the stage that matters. this is what happens when somebody like me rises in the polls, all of a sudden the other candidates get scared and i think donald trump knows that i can beat him. >> all right. we have some new debate qualification rules by the democratic national committee allowing a path for mike bloomberg to participate in the party's february 19th debate in las vegas. the new regulations require

candidates to get at least one delegate out of either the iowa caucuses or new hampshire's primary or to register 10% support in four national polls or 12% in two single state polls of nevada and south carolina. for the first time candidates do not need donations from tens of thousands of supporters in order to qualify for the debate, opening the door for bloomberg who is funding his own campaign and has refused to accept any donations. the dnc has received backlash for this move with many suggesting it is unfair to change the rules just to accommodate the former new york city mayor. >> and after the senate vote to reject impeachment witnesses senator lindsey graham called for a republican led investigation into former vice president joe biden and his son hunter. here is the senate judiciary committee chairman making a direct appeal for that investigation. >> so how -- you are not going to give him a pass. how are you going to get to the bottom of it? should we expect your committee to call to testify hunter biden,

the whistle-blower, adam schiff, all of those names you've been talking about, is this going to happen this upcoming week, then? >> it's going to happen in the coming -- coming weeks. jim rich is the chairman of the foreign relations committee, jim, if you are watching the show, i hope you are, we need to call the chief of staff to john kerry who was told about the conflict of interest with hunter biden being on burisma's board early on. george kent told the state department it would be a conflict for hunter biden to be on burisma's board. let's start there. let's call these people in. eventually we will get to hunter biden and i want to know why the obama administration did nothing about this obvious conflict of interest. >> in a "washington post" notes that senator rich did not immediately respond to requests for comment. a new poll showing that americans remain divided on whether the senate should vote to remove president trump from

office despite a majority believing that trump abused his power and obstructed congress. according to the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll 49% as you see there of voters said the senate should not vote to conflict and remove the president while 46% said the senate should remove trump from office. just over half, 52% of americans believe trump did abuse his power by asking ukraine's president to investigate the bidens and 53% said the president obstructed congress by not cooperating in the impeachment investigation. this is coming among a split on whether the senate has enough evidence to move forward in trump's impeachment trial. 39% believe the senate has enough information, 37% said it needs to hear from additional witnesses and collect more information. >> gop senator joni ernst of iowa warned that former vice president joe biden could be impeached if he wins the presidency n an interview with bloomberg news ernst said in part, quote, joe biden should be very careful what he's asking

for because we can have a situation where if it should ever be president biden that immediately people, the day after he was elected would say we're going to impeach him. the biden campaign said iowa has the words to say donald trump and joni ernst fears the most, i'm here to caucus for joe biden. let's get a check on your at janessa webb. >> good morning. we're watching this very strong storm system that's impacting the foreign corners. it's starting to intensify for utah to colorado where we could see record amounts of snowfall, but this will be our next weather maker and it's going to be a coast to coast system that potentially is going to bring severe weather for a multi-day event across the deep south. starting tomorrow afternoon we're watching the potential threat of large hail, damaging wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and then that potential for

tornadoes and pretty rare to be talking about that severe weather potential for february. on the backside of this system we will continue to see heavy snow. also with that severe threat is heavy rain for the tennessee to mississippi valley, forecasting right now 2 to 3 inches. that's the big weather headline. the good news to start off your week, two-thirds of the nation you can lose that heavy winter coat, look at the bubble of goodness, warm air 10 to 30 degrees above average from new york city to new orleans, we are talking 75 degrees this afternoon. it won't be broken down for your tuesday, 57 for philadelphia and then finally behind that, though, late week is cooler air from cincinnati to cleveland where more average day time highs start to enter the midwest into the northeast. we will watch the warmth build for at least 48 hours and then

there you go, that storm system, severe weather for the south and then midweek we will start to see things clear up for the upper midwest. it will transition to very sloppy conditions, yes, once again for the start of your weekend for the northeast and even those higher elevations from northern new england, potential of 6 to 10 inches. february is kind of known for the coldest month, but we are starting off with a bang with warmer weather. >> thank you, janessa. still ahead, the kansas city chiefs are super bowl champs for the first time in half a century. we will have the highlights from last night's thrilling come back victory over the san francisco 49ers next. e back victory over the san francisco 49ers next

all right. let's turn to sports real quick where for the third time in this nfl post season alone the kansas city chiefs return from a double digit deficit to come out on top last night earning the title of super bowl champions, excuse me, it was a long night. >> it was a long night. >> long game, long night, especially when you have to get up at 2:00 in the morning. >> we are going to pick it up in the third quarter as teams return from halftime at hard rock stayed numb in miami gardens, florida, tied for 10 when the 49ers appear to take control of the game to go ahead by 3. the niners defense keeps the pressure on kansas city. nearly recovering a fumble after sacking quarterback patrick mahomes. then halting the chiefs' drive on the next play with an

interception, the turnover allows san francisco to drive 55 yards the opposite way if i know thing with a one-yard rush into the end zone foray meme mostert and a ten-point lead for the 49ers. the fourth quarter doesn't start better for kansas city. in the red zone mahomes' pass intended for tyreek hill, it is bobbled, he is picked off once again his second interception of the night. san francisco unable to capitalize on that turnover, punts on its very next possession, time for the kansas city come back. the chiefs use a ten-play 83-yard drive including a 44-yard reception by hill to find the end zone on a short pass to travis else kelsey. that cuts the niners lead to three points. kc forces a three and out on san francisco's next possession. this time a 38-yard pass to receiver sammy watkins, the chiefs cap a 65-yard drive with a five-yard touchdown pass

hauled in by damian williams. the 49ers are stopped on their next drive and the chiefs put the game out of reach with one minute left to play as williams rumbles 38 yards down field to the end zone to make a 31-20. that would be the final score. can you guess who was the mvp, folks? that is a no-brainer. quarterback patrick mahomes earns the honor as the game's mvp as the kansas city chiefs capture their second super bowl title in franchise history and the first in 50 years. more importantly for andy reid the longest nfl coach, 21 seasons to play without winning a super bowl title. congratulations to him. you can see the emotion that is all the players have for him winning. >> an emotional game to say the least. can i get a play by play script of the halftime show as well? >> i wasn't allowed to watch it. >> you weren't allowed to watch it? >> no. >> from the dancing, from the hips, from -- i mean, and then j.lo actually had her daughter up on stage at one point singing which was incredible to see.

it was a night dominated by women during the halftime show which was incredible to see. kind of like the sisterhood between j.lo and shakira and the representation of latin women across the board just awesome. >> a lot of people were watching this halftime show wondering if it was going to include diversity and pay tribute to women. >> there was diversity and there was women. >> so cool. such a great halftime show. >> culturally diverse, indeed. up next 2020 democrats make a final pitch to high with a voters ahead of the today's caucuses. the vote against allowing witnesses in the trump impeachment trial lawmakers are set to hear closing arguments. back in a moment. ers are set to hear closing arguments. back in a moment can my side be firm?

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