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let's go back to our friend chris matthews in iowa right now with jerry reid and steve schmidt. >> i am with jerri reid and with steve. i want to congratulate hallie jackson for that brilliant random sampling. she found the voter who now explains to me the cruz support level. he said he didn't care about personality. by the way, the guy kept look like he had much personality either. he said, i like him on the issues. i thought that was great. he probably likes me saying that, this guy. he's a tough-looking customer, baseball hat. let me ask you, i understand i think the trump thrill. wild, exciting, funny, like a standup comic, a rich guy, running against the establishment. cruz has a much more somber approach. the fact that that guy, that brooding face that hallie got out of that guy, i don't care about personality, i care about issues, he's with my issues. that was a good sampling. >> cruz reminds me of the people who read redstate.com. they sit there and write diaries about specific issues they care about. he's is national review, the standard. the intellectual movement conservativ

she did. >> steve schmidt is with us as well.howing the democratic race effectively tied. in a poll conducted from tuesday through last night hillary clinton is at 44%, senator bernie sanders at 42%. a 2 point difference inside the margin of error. >> so national polls, let us just say mean absolutely nothing. that said, jeff greenfield, it is kind of hard to ignore a 29-point swing. >> it is. the only thing that i would say, you know, back to my past is we have seen this before. massive shifts in polls because a candidate does well, because supporters have second thoughts. it doesn't tell you what's going to happen, it just tells you that there is -- and i think this is fair to say -- a low level feeling within a lot of democrats that the coronation of secretary clinton may not be politically wise or may not be where they are standing. on that i think you're just speculating. >> exactly. we are in the fog of war. i hear people say so many things that are up in new hampshire, saying, oh, this is happening and that's happening and

steve schmidt / republican strategist 1:13-1:19 "the more candidates that are in this race - makes it possible for trump to win these elections with 33- 34% of the vote." donald trump has a 16-point lead in the polls in south carolina. the nevada democratic caucus and republican primary in south carolina take place on february 20th republicans will vote in february 23rd. democrats have their say in south carolina... on the 27th. super tuesday is march first... iowa senator charles grassley says he won't endorse a presidential candidate... but he will support the republican nominee. today he told us, if republicans don't get behind the nominee... hillary clinton or bernie sanders would just create a third term of the obama administration.. 37:31 all you have to do is look at there campaign. that there are in tune with everything obama has done and even go beyond that. 37:44 when they are asked about a particular problem that we should be working on in washington, there will always be three answers. more regulation, more taxes and more spending. 37:59 senator grassley says if he would e

. >> steve schmidt is with us. >> in washington, nbc political contributor editor of the fix at "washingtont." sam san antontein is also with >> we'll go to steve shmittchsc. steve, we brought up this remarkable fact that donald trump got more -- this is so funny, the spin. he's a loser. he is this, he is that. donald trump got more votes than any other republican in the history of iowa caucus politics. yet, he lost by 6,000 votes to ted cruz. have you seen a turnout operation as extraordinary as ted cruz's this side of barack obama's in '08 and '12? >> no. look, the cruz turnout organization lived up to all of the hype. at the end of the day iowa has performed as it's always performed, the evangelical christian candidate emerged atop of the field here in iowa. the thing for donald trump, though, joe, is that he's been in command for every facet of the race literally since he descended the escalator in trump tower and announced his candidacy. now donald trump is in the position of having to do in new hampshire what ted cruz had to do last night. ted cruz had to win in iowa in order to go on

steve schmidt as well.ng with us. >> so let's look at actually inside the numbers of the results, hillary clinton's loss showed what about what the voters were thinking as they went to the polls last night? >> so as you look at this this race going forward, those numbers show two things now. hillary clinton is in an ideological race. she has a challenger from her left championing what i would call elizabeth warren-ism against clinton-ism for the heart and soul of the democratic party. she's also now facing a character test. and you look inside these numbers at honest and trustworthy where she was decimated and i think republicans when we think honest and trustworthy we default right away to thinking about the e-mail server, the obfuscations there, the scandals from the 1990s, but democrats when they think of honest and trustworthy with regard to hillary clinton, they're thinking about the wall street speeches. they're thinking about the hundreds of thousands of dollars taken in from goldman sachs and i thin

and ted cruz and marco rubio moved on to south carolina which could help the frontrunner (sot steve schmidt / republican strategist 1:13-1:19) "the more candidates that are in this race - makes it possible for trump to win these elections with 33- 34% of the vote." like donald trump plans in south carolina. (insert ends) handelsman, nbc news, manchester, new hampshire. >> democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is getting a big boost in fundraising. the vermont senator's win in the new hampshire primary quickly turned into big bubus. his cacaaign says it raised more than five-e-llion dollars in the 18 hours s ter pollllclosed in new hampshire. half of that w raised in the first few hours after being declared the winner. the haul is even more than the three-million sanders raised after hillary clinton edged him out in iowa. the ongoing water crisis in flint, michigan, was the focus of a hearing on capitol hill today. but,michigan governor rick snyder declined an invitation to testify at the house democratic committee hearing. his spokesman said snyder had to deliver a budget speech

with msnbc contributor and strategist steve schmidt.f wisdom. >> i'll do it until i get it right. >> and we love every minute of it. but the thing that's so special about the iowa caucuses are that its people that you've been talking to, it's americans getting involved so directly and it takes effort. you have to go to the caucus on the democratic side. you've got to stay for a couple of hours. listen to your neighbors, argue, go back and forth, maybe change your mind. >> and same thing about new hampshire. john mccain, they get used to it. they get to vote and leave. the downside for iowa, i think it will change this year is the voter turnout is generally low. you get 16% of the vote an that's a big deal in iowa. this year, i think the trump factor will drive the number way, way up. >> the registration has not shown that surge but it could happen tonight. they could walk in and register as they walk in. steve, what do you see happening on the republican side? i'm frankly mystified whether the trump thing really happens. we saw in water

let's go back to our friend chris matthews in iowa right now with jerry reid and steve schmidt. >> i reid and with steve. i want toe found the voter who explains to me the cruz support level. he said he didn't care about personality. by the way, the guy kept look like he had much personality either. he said, i like him on the issues. i thought that was great. he probably likes me saying that, this guy. he's a tough-looking customer, baseball hat. let me ask you, i understand i think the trump thrill. wild, exciting, funny, like a standup comic, a rich guy, running against the establishment. cruz has a much more somber approach. the fact that that guy, that brooding face that hallie got out of that guy, i don't care about personality, i care about issues, he's with my issues. that was a good sampling. >> cruz reminds me of the people who read redstate.com. they sit there and write diaries about specific issues they care about. he's is national review, the standard. the intellectual movement conservatives who don't really care about personality. >> bill buckley had more joy than this g

steve schmidt, i don't know if you've been to a trump rally or not, but those people in that auditoriumo 5,000 people who were there through a driving snowstorm answered the question on tuesday night, will they get out and vote. >> and we found out a caucus is a caucus and you never know how polls will translate. >> no doubt about it. john mccain won the nomination in 2008. he never won a caucus state. romney won the caucus state, john mccain won all the primary states so as we look ahead, there's more primary states than caucus states and no person who goes on to win the nomination wins all of the states and no republican has ever won both iowa and new hampshire. so donald trump has won new hampshire, he's got a head of steam coming into south carolina, he's clearly the front-runner now for the republican nomination. top two candidates donald trump and ted cruz. ted cruz has a problem in that he's strongest when he's able to get donald trump in a one on one race for but the foreseeable future you have at least jeb bush, john kasich hanging in the race and both have the rationale to be

steve schmidt, halperin and i have been asking for six months and keep that up. base? because in primaries especially, generalists don't win. you need a crowd. you need people that will walk through a glass -- like a glass window for you and keep walking. >> or blizzard. >> or a blizzard. and those numbers right there, rubio's numbers, over half, still could change their mind that suggests that's kind of the case. who's his core constituency? >> his core constituency become what is we call the establishment in the republican party if he comes in third place tonight. it positions him in new hampshire as who is the alternative to these outsider candidates? these outsider candidates right now, you have to look at the trump, carson, cruz votes. >> let's say he finishes a distant third. let's put up the latest new hampshire poll. the latest new hampshire poll that came out after trump decided not to be in the debate has donald trump up by 20 points, 25 points. ted cruz in second place and there you have rubio tied for third place, possibly fourth place. can he then sa

let's bring in steve schmidt. your party gets bernie sanders in the cross hairs. nominee. what kind of a campaign would he face from the republican side? >> bernie sanders is a 74-year-old socialist from vermont who believes the top marginal tax rate should be 84%. he's far from the outside of american politics. he's extraordinarily far to the left of president obama. we had a debate in this country about paying your fair share. fair share being defined as raising the top rates to 39.6%. bernie sanders from a economic vision for the country is not something that is sellable in the mainstream. democrats, should he be the nominee, will be shallaced. >> how many will he win in. >> i think he wins a handful of states. maybe vermont, california, oregon, washington state. not too many. >> he gets the left coast but not the east coast. >> i don't think he gets the east coast. he doesn't get ohio or pennsylvania. i'm not sure if he gets new york or new jersey. >> a man without a party. he's not part of the establishment. if he wins tonight, will be republican establishmen

steve, you ran the john mccain campaign, steve schmidt. you know how to win a general election, or not win one. you know how to do this. trump, like a one-man takeover of the republican party. if he wins tonight. >> if you look at the republican party, the republican party's lost the popular vote in five out of the last six elections. you look at the states where democrats have won six out of the last six elections. they stand at 242 electoral votes. look at the states where they've won five out of six. 282, with 270 necessary for victory. republicans look at donald trump as a prospective nominee. they see someone who has the potential to break outside this box, the republicans have found themselves in, able to compete with blue collar union democrats in michigan and wisconsin and ohio. somebody as we were talking during a break who could appeal to someone in south philly. who can appeal in the new york suburbs. somebody who can get the republicans up above 1% with the african-american vote. it's important to remember, african-american vot

and steve schmidt.ust want to get a sense, there are two front-runners nationally, hillary clinton and donald trump. >> yes. >> how are they going to progress from this night's business? how do they stay there and win these things? hillary first. >> well, hillary clinton is a couple of delegates ahead of a 74-year-old socialist senator from vermont, started out the race 50 points ahead. she's likely to lose new hampshire. she has to crush him in south carolina. south carolina, 60% voting each population is african-american. she has to show that his progressive white liberal appeal does not extend into the african-american base of the democratic party. on the republican side, donald trump tonight leaves iowa having lost. he is for the first time in this race no longer in command completely of his own political destiny, and he must win in the state of new hampshire. if he does not win in the state of new hampshire, the trump campaign will collapse like an imploded building. now, ted cruz will come out of

chuck todd's here, eugene robinson, and republican strategist steve schmidt, senior adviser to the great looks to me i've been arguing newton's law of motion. you have got to stop these guys, stop bernie, stop trump. they are not just going to die. that's been an illusion of the crit. on trump is a clown, he is going to fizzle. and. >> the clintons need a message, they need an elevator pitch. i can go up in ten seconds and tell you what bernie sanders message is, okay? i can't do it with hillary clinton. i tried it with every one of the establish -- >> why do you want to be president? >> i think she hasn't figured it out. yes they are going to have to take it to sanders and that comes with some risk going after sanders. on the republican side who is going to take trump on? somebody has to. i think the most fascinating thing to watch in the next ten days is figuring out who goes after who. >> let me drive something by you. status quo -- kpruz and rubio have to fight it out now. >> look, you got -- i think jeb and trump share more potential vogters in south carolina than anybody else. and

in lower manhattan, linda schmidt, fox 5 news. steve: voters going to the polls in two states tomorrow and the races are more heated for democrats and republicans. dari: been a crazy 24 hours. sharon crowley shows us the last-minute push for votes in >> this is the biggest liar i've ever seen. >> reporter: fresh off his feud with the pope, republican presidential candidate donald trump was back on the campaign trail in south carolina. polls show he is still leading heading into saturday's south carolina gop primaries, but the lead has shrunk in the last week. >> had a lot of momentum coming out of new hampshire. he did a really, really good job, and it was an impressive win. and yet he went into that debate and some people described him as petulant. >> i will do what i can as president. i'm hoping if we win back the senate and the white house the republicans are going to see the error of their ways and quit using immigrants to divide our country. >> reporter: democrat hillary clinton and bernie sanders are criss-crossing nevada for vote

steve: linda schmidt went out the to find if getting inked can be addicted. addicted. reporter: it has exploded from tv shows to celebrities. one of the poster boys for at that times ma -- maroon 5 front manned am levine, that was 6 months in the bake, he said he was addicted to getting tattoos. village, jeff is in process of getting tattoo number 41ish. >> do you think you could see yourself getting tattoos everywhere? >> i have a my arms, legs, chest and back, probably will do more, i don't know if addicted is the right word but as soon as you get one, you want more. reporter: a pew study found 30% of people with tattoos, say they are addicted. but clinical psychologist said it not a true addiction. >> medically speaking it would be difficult to call that an addiction in classic turn you don't have the withdrawal or toll tollerrence. >> he said some people get more of a euphoric rush from a tattoo, and the attention that comes with it. >> in some ways, after they get the gratification of a beautiful tattoo, after going through the pain, they know it is like a reporte

prize winning columnist, eugene robinson and republican strategist steve schmidt who was senior adviser to the great john mccain campaign. i have to start with chuck here. it looks to me like -- i have been arguing newton's law -- emotion. you have to stop these guys. you have to stop bernie, you have to stop trump. they're not just going to die. that's been an illusion i think of the critics on the left, oh, trump is going to die, he's a clown, and this guy ask is a socialist, an old fogey, but they're doing well. >> they are. the clinton campaign, number one, they need a message, an elevator pitch. i can go up in ten seconds and tell you what bernie sanders' message is. i can't do it with hillary clinton. i tried it with her surrogates today. >> is this the ted kennedy question -- why do you want to be president? >> i think she hasn't figured it out yet. yes, they have to take it to sanders. that comes with some risk going after sanders. on the republican side, who's going to take trump on? somebody has to. i think the most fascinating thing to watch in the next ten days is figuring o

steve: linda schmidt explains what to watch out for. >> what's interesting is there's a new bacteria that can cause lyme disease. >> reporter: dr. her >> reporter: he says the new strain is spread through deer ticks and mice, which is what we are used to. treatment is the same as treating the usual lyme disease cases. however, with the new species, a patient's symptoms are a little different. >> the rash in particular is different. instead of the classic bullseye rash that we see with lyme disease, many of these individuals appear to have a much more diffuse, less organized kind of general rash. people tend to be more nauseous. there's more neurologic problems with this particular bacteria. species appears to be relatively rare so far, and according to the doctor, we don't need to be worried about it in the tri-state. >> this particular health problem is not a major health problem. it's not in our area. it's not severe. >> reporter: the doctor tells us today that it is predictable we're going to start seeing more species as well as new infectious diseases. the reason? our environment

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steve schmidt.i think that the argument you're making is by experience, accomplishment, temperament you are the republican candidate who is most fit to command. walk us through the next ten days. how will you make that argument in south carolina and overtake donald trump who in the exit polls is viewed by new hampshire republicans as the candidate most trusted in a crisis situation to deal with the toughest problems we face? >> well, that's a great question because he is -- he comes across as strong but when you hear him speak it isn't strong to say, for example, you know, that we -- that we're going to outsource our national security concerns about korea to china. it's not -- that's not strong to call for a 45% tariff across the board that would lead to a global depression. the things that he says needs to be challenged. so i will do that. look, i'm not -- this is not beanbag, i know that when you go against donald trump he gets all upset and starts tweeting a firestorm of insults, but to show my s

steve schmidt in the studio. andrea mitchell. chris matthews. chris, i want to hear what you think it is. one thing to talk about and perhaps donald trump winning new hampshire. it's quite another to see the full screen graphic with that little check mark next to the peacock and say how does it feel now that donald trump has won the new hampshire primary? >> i'll try to do my best. i think we americans left, right and center we're not comfortable with the word ideology. we have two winners who have ideologies. donald trump. his trade policy is immigration policy, his policy about banning muslims coming here on the short term. these policies including policy going it alone in foreign policy are nationalism. he's selling nationalism. on the other side, bernie sanders is selling democratic socialism, very strongly. it's very powerful and very compelling especially to people in need and young people. we have made world news tonight. i expect now in the morning papers that are being put together in europe right now and around the world and japan and

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two women were taken to bellevue steve: a study questioning whether all children should be screened for autism. dari: linda schmidt explains why some experts do not believe this type of testing is beneficial. >> it goes against expert consensus and against scientific research. >> reporter: autism speaks is disheartened by a federal panel's decision not to recommend universal screening for autism. the u.s. preventive services task force found that more evidence is needed before it can make a recommendation for doctors to screen for autism in children under 2-1/2 years old. >> we needs to know more about the best age, the best screening tools and whether screening all children improves their quality of life. >> reporter: the screening is a five minute questionnaire for parents about their child's development. the task force says until it has evidence, it cannot recommend for or against autism screening in young children. autism speaks, a leading science and advocacy organization, says early screenings are critical 18 months or whenever a parent requests. >> expert advice and scientific research has shown us that scr

steve: city getting ready to roll out an app that lets you pay for parking with your phone, linda schmidt with how it works. reporter: instead of running to meter, mayor said by the end of the year, all you will need is a smartphone and an app. >> a new app in town. you can use it to pay for parking at all 85 thousand metered parking spots in 5 are boroughs. it will be available by the end of the year. >> that is fantastic. reporter: drivers download the credit card and license plate number, you bunch in muni -- punch in munimeter number for the app. >> this will be able to notify you when your time limit is asproaching and if you return to your vehicle prior to your max time, you can get refunded that unused time that is a great improvement compared to what have you now. reporter: you will still be able to use muni meters old fashion way with coins or a credit card, but sinclair said that app provides drivers with a beneficial option. >> consider in washington, d.c. they use this system, they have seen a 50% drop off in number of people -- tickets that are given out because of the expire

steve: can't count on it. uncle sam wants to make it easier for us to watch what we eat. dari: linda schmidt has more on the government's push to help us make better food choices. >> what do you check for? >> i check for sugars and all kinds of stuff. >> i'm looking for how healthy the stuff that we're getting is, like how much it would benefit myself. >> reporter: the idea behind nutrition labels is to make you an educated consumer so you know what you're buying and what you're eating. so how helpful are the labels detailing the amount of calories, fat, protein, sugar, >> i know what i'm looking for. so how much sodium, how many carbohydrates, sugar, protein, fiber, all those things are important. >> reporter: do you think they're easy to understand when you look at them? >> they're not. i wouldn't say that. i would say they're confusing. they're contradicting half of the time, i think. >> reporter: the fda wants to revise the nutrition labels including redesigning them. among the changes, well, making the calorie information more prominent as well as changing what is considered a single se

steve: federal nuclear officials were at the indian point power plant trying to figure out the radiation leak. there's no immediate health risk but as linda schmidt tells us, aren't so sure. >> reporter: the n rc has inspectors on site here at indian point every day. that's normal. it's normal protocol. as a result of the latest leak, it has brought in a specialist to help investigate. it turns out the amount of radioactive tritium that leaked is 80 percent higher than first reported on saturday. entergy that owns around operates the plant in westchester county says higher concentrations were found in groundwater monitoring wells. they say 80 percent may sound like a large number, but says there is no need for concern and no threat to the public's water supply. >> the levels that are in the ground are .1 of 1% what the federal government permits. we voluntarily notified the federal and state governments because we want toe transparent. >> reporter: governor cuomo, who has been critical of indian state agencies to investigate. westchester county executive rob astorino is not concerned and says he does not want politicians blowing this out of propo

steve: it's frightening. everybody is more on alert. that's for sure. thanks. the uber driver accused of going on a deadly shooting spree being held without bail. dari: linda schmidt joining us with more on what happened when the suspect faced a judge. hi. >> reporter: that's right. hi to both of you. this is new. the shootings. the sheriff says uber is cooperating with authorities because dalton was picking up passengers in between the shootings. 45-year-old jason dalton was arraigned in court today via video conference and charged with killing six people and injuring two others. >> are you jason brian dalton? >> reporter: dalton, a driver for uber, is accused of going on a shooting rampage saturday night while he was working in kalamazoo. he randomly picked his victims, one outside an apartment complex. then a father and son at a car dealership. after that, five people in a restaurant parking lot. adding to this chilling crime, authorities say dalton continued picking up passengers. this couple, who wanted to remain anonymous mentioned the shootings to dalton during their ride. not the shooter, are you? he said, no. i said are you sure? and he said no. i'm just

schmidt, received awards large enough to make him a billionaire. the ceo is already well on his way. emily: david, the largest one-time stock award ever was steve0, given 40 million options fight over $600 million at the time. are we making too much of this situation? do think this is significant? david: it is an awful large restricted stock grant. by the time, i think you is making a dollar a year. he was very focused on that. any upside was something that shareholders would be happy to have given the performance of to that point. google, right now, as just firing on all cylinders. i think that the ceo has come in and in a terrific job taking over the core property. i'm not surprised that they want to reward him, and i think it is testimony to just how successful google thinks it is right now and how critical he seems to be in the company. emily: also how critical the core search business still is to alphabet. caleb, how closely tied are these awards to performance? caleb: they're only tied to performance in the sense -- sense that they are tied to the stock price. a lot of companies will determine the exact number of shares that you get based