in atlanta i am joined by bloomberg's political reporter kevin cirilli. good morning. >> happy friday, milissa. >> to you, too. do you think there will be any real fallout for the sanders campaign improperly accessing clinton voter data? >> the bottom line is that the senator sanders campaign is saying that they did nothing wrong, in that they immediately got rid of this information. they didn't access it, didn't print it. their distancing themselves heavily from this. they're blaming the dnc, which, of course, escaped a lot of questions lately about just organizing the debates in general, and when they're scheduling them. but this is not a good look for bernie sanders at all. particularly, yeah, he's doing well in new hampshire. but you know, how is he going to be able to compete on super tuesday? the self-described socialist facing a lot of questions heading into tomorrow night's debate. >> on the heels of the gop debate in las vegas, the focus on fighting isis, hillary clinton lays out her own plan in an op-ed this morning. will this be the dominating

." >>> in washington, i'm joined by bloomberg reporter kevin cirilli.nks for being here. >> happy friday, gigi. thanks for having me. >> we do have several new polls out there. one showing americans are more afraid of a terrorist attack than any other time since 9/11. is this sense of dread propelling donald trump forward? >> well, i think that what it's doing is really forcing the issue of foreign policy and national security to the front of the political debate and discourse in our country right now. you know, after paris, after san bernardino, a lot of questions being raised about president obama's foreign policy proposal, and, of course, some tough questions that former secretary of state hillary clinton's going to have to face in a general election match-up. but no question that the billionaire celebrity is once again drowning out all political headlines and sucking out all the oxygen in the room. >> and tapping into national anxiety. we know trump supporters are more passionate than ever, but new nbc numbers showing most americans do actually oppo

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