the sanders campaign obviously casting at least the prospect that some of these unaccounted for precinctsht be having their numbers reported by partisans, by either clinton campaign or sanders campaign workers. >> guess what this moment calls for? >> what? >> our des moines bureau, chris matthews, is with, shall we say, an election law expert of the other party, who thereby will be dispassionate about this. >> let's bring in ben ginzberg, my friend, who is an expert at recounts. you probably watched recount with kevin spacey, saw this guy in the movie. you were telling me off camera that this is a kind of a thing we saw four years ago with that close election between mitt romney that was eventually won by santorum, and you had late failure to report by precincts, just like this. and why? >> well, it's getting late. sometimes the people who are the precinct chairs named by the party go home, go to bed. it's tough to use the microsoft app to get in the results. some places don't have connectivity. the phone lines that are the redundancy behind it might have been busy. at any rate, we had a

the phone now jeff weaver. he is the campaign manager for the bernie sanders campaign. jeff, can you hear me okay? sure can, wolf. how are you? >> thanks very much. you saw the statement put out by the iowa democratic party that hillary clinton is the winner. she received 700.59 so-called state delegates. equivalents, 696.82 state delegate equivalents. your reaction? >> well, wolf, you know, when we started this campaign, we were at 5%. secretary clinton in many polls at 67%. you know, at the end of the day we ended up 50-50. we went toe to toe with the establishment, and i think what we demonstrated to people across this country is that the sanders campaign and senator sanders' message galvanizes people, like it did in iowa, and the large crowds that we have there will translate into people actually coming out to caucus or vote. we're extremely fwratfied. if you look at the end of the day here, where we are now, we've asked to see tally sheets and there's a storm out there, so it's slowing us down a bit. we would love to see some tally sheets. it's looking at a handful, literally in single digits

campaign that was first on the ground. the sanders campaign opened three offices in alabama back in december. the clinton campaign only opened their first alabama office this month. in tennessee, it's the same story. secretary clinton is expected to have a big advantage in tennessee. the last poll in tennessee was back in january. it had secretary clinton leading by 32 points. the sanders campaign in tennessee was first on the ground. they were first to open campaign officers in that state. they have offices in memphis, nashville. the hillary clinton, we're told, arrived in tennessee and opened its first offices in that state last week. now, there are some states that will be voting march 1 where it's hard to get perspective for a variety of reasons. for example, vermont is different than every other state because it's a home base and a headquarters for senator sanders. arkansas isn't exactly equivalent but it's home state for hillary clinton. oklahoma is going to be voting on march 1. nobody in the state seems to have any idea what i

casey hunt, our consporresponde traveling with the sanders campaign. sey, explain what is going on. >> reporter: we just got over the bus and about to board the sanders charter to new hampshire but there is concern bubbling about 90 precincts. the sanders campaign received late word tonight the iowa democratic party did not staff 90 of these presents and they were, the party was in touch with them and essentially this is on background from campaign aids, that they are being asked to help with the count and of course, it's not clear exactly what that means. the sanders campaign is not clear on what they are being expected to contribute, whether or not this count will be done fairly and of course, with the margin what it is, i think we might be able to show our viewers just how close the number of delegates that we're talking about here. these 90 precincts represent 5% of the number outstanding and has not moved over the course of the last hour or so and of course with the race potentially to get these delegates into the single delegates, single digit und

jeff zeleny is with the sanders campaign and has some news for us. jeff, a powerful speech for bernie sanders. what's next for him? >> jake, it was a powerful speech. of course he said that iowa started the revolution here. so he's going to take that energy on to new hampshire, where he's leading so much in the polls, has so much energy. but i'm told by a senior strategist to the sanders campaign that they do not expect a final result tonight. they have been told by iowa democratic party officials that there are 90 precincts across the state of iowa out of some 1,800 precincts that do not have a result. but never mind that. senator sanders said it's basically a tie, they will split the delegates and go to new hampshire. but jake, i can tell you the most important element of the speech at least in the short term is the fund-raising possibility of it. senator sanders has built an enormous online fund-raising capacity, more than barack obama, more than any other politician of this era. so this is going to be a very big moment for him going forward. and a

and that is one thininthat the sanders campaign has asked for. we've asked for r formation like that. we've asked for information regarding the coin flips. part of our editorial. >> amanda: mmhmm. >> lynn: and the coin flips have been over blown, as far as their effect on the results. but it's the totality of all of these concerns and why we feel that there needs to be more information to check the results. >> amanda: let me ask you, in your opinion, or maybe the opinion of your board and other people on your staff. what went wrong on caucus night? >> l ln: well, what appeararto us is that t t party was unprepared and we, you know, saw the long lines of people. we saw lots of confusion about where people were supposed to go. i was at a location where you had republicans from one precinct, democrats from 2 precincts all in the same area, next door. people were getting in line in the wrong place. they had only a couple of volunteers who could help people. there wewe a lot of new registrants, t ty were having to go off to the side. editorial board me

new hampshire we started 30 points to do just fine tomorrow. " the sanders campaign also received a boost today from amherst. their study of sander's economic proposals found if fully implemented... by nearly 23-thousand dollars... poverty would fall to 6-percent... and the economy would grow by more than 5-percent per year. shortly after sanders left manchester.. hillary clinton arrived for her own rally. she was joined bill clinton. the hotter this election gets, former president for just a few months, not the spouse of the next one because i have bill clinton turned up the heat last night... describing the sanders campaign as "dishonest" and accusing sanders supporters of being "sexist and profane". it isn't the heat... but the cold that hillary clinton is worried about. "i am thrilled to be here the day before the first in the nation primary to make my final push to convince as many granite-staters as possible to come out and vote for me tomorrow. i don't think a little snow is going to stop anybody do you?" new hampshire is under a winter weather advisory until 6-a-m tomorrow.. one h

campaign believes they can go the distance here. one top advisor to the sanders campaign told me just a few minutes ago, wolf, that regardless of the outcome here, we are going to take this fight until june 7th. june 7th, of course, is the end of the road. the end of all the democratic primaries with the california primary. the sanders campaign believes a strong showing here this afternoon and tonight can propel them all the way forward until the end of this nominating fight. >> stand by. an to brianna keilar as hillary clinton campaign headquarters in nevada now. what are they saying own herb there, brianna? >> reporter: hi there, wolf. clinton campaign folks are mentally preparing for what could be a very good story line for brernie sanders coming out f nevada. whether a win or just bernie sanders doing very well tying things up with hillary clinton. a far cry from a month or so when clinton backers is scoffing at the idea sanders could do well here. the clinton campaign confident they've had the organizational edge here, pulled out all the stops when it comes

and the sanders campaign thinks that's because they don't have them. in many cases results were reported by delegate percentage.. not vote totals. that process went well into the night. now because of the close race, sander's campaign wants the iowa democratic party to go back and check its numbers. 14:46:24 you have numbers that are reported-whether it's through an app or over the phone- and also people at each location that's putting it down on paper. we're all human, we make mistakes party leaders say the results have already been verified... something staffers with the clinton and sanders took part in. doctor ben carson wants his party to take a look at what happened before the caucus. he says a tweet from congressman steve king sabotaged his campaign just as the caucus was getting underway... in it, king suggests carson may be dropping out of the race.. leading iowans instead to ted cruz. but he says the tweet was only a would take a break following the caucuses. it all left carson's campaign trying to knock down rumors... as voting was underway. a

the sanders campaign is a small team. are you ready to expand across the whole map? >> we actually have a big team. it's a grassroots campaign. we have a lot of people on the ground, and we had them in iowa and new hampshire. we're redeploying in the states. >> reporter: the sanders campaign is already planning to air tv ads in four super tuesday states. night for him, expect the clinton campaign to escalate their attacks. lester? >> all right, thank you. >>> we want to bring in chuck todd and andrea mitchell. chuck, you have seen some of the new exit polling data. what are we learning? >> reporter: we're learning that the democratic electorate in particular looks like an electorate that bernie sanders should do well with. let me start with the age gap here. this is something we tracked in iowa. look at this. among voters under 30, bernie sanders, 86% to 13% for clinton. voters 65 and older, clinton won a majority. that's not nearly a large enough gap for her to be able to win if those numbers hold. let's look at the issue make-up. most important issues among democrat

didn't have the materials. >> so 90 precincts unaccounted for, and so a tie between clinton and sanders. >> yes. >> robert, what's your title. >> state director for the bernie sanders campaign. >> all right. thank you for chatting. >> so now that we're at the next morning, let me shed some light on what he was saying. my understanding as of right now -- and it is 2:30 the day after the caucuses and we filmed that -- i mean, howl late was that last night? >> well, think -- by the time we were finally able to get our nightcap in at the holiday inn bar, we got there at last call so 1:45 or so. >> call it 12 to 14 hours ago we filmed that clip. my understanding now is what happened is the microsoft app did as it was supposed to do but there was a delay in sometimes once they pushed the button to getting the feedback. i spoke with one precinct captain who said they sat around and agreed on the number, put submit on the app, but then they got a phone call an hour and a half later saying they didn't have the numbers there was a they doesn't know it was a data delay so they figured it out and called and as of today all these numbers have been accounted for, but in that space last n

the sanders campaign is saying, next week will be much better than tonight. wolf, that matters in this campaign. if tonight is bad, the sanders campaign will have to remind supporters they should stay in it for a long time to come. >> jeff zeleny, thank you. i want to go to jake tapper. he has more. jake? >> that's right, wolf. it's so interesting, let me bring in dana and david just to talk about this along with you, wolf. this is such an indication of the day is night, night is day contest, comparing hillary clinton in 2008. she lost south carolina by almost 30 points to barack obama. >> that's right. >> but now we don't know the results, but it looks as though bernie sanders doesn't feel he even can compete in the state so much that he has not spent much of the week in south carolina. >> that's right. it is completely different. and in large part because hillary clinton is running to effectively be the third term of barack obama. >> that's right. >> you know, in years past, when you say you're running as a third term, it was a negative. but she's embracing

. >> reporter: hand now she's neck and neck with bernie sanders, her campaign sidetracked by the e-mails. >> bernie sanders! >> reporter: and by a surging sanders tapping into voters' hunger for an outsider. clinton even left iowa to fund raise in philadelphia with the threat of a long battle ahead dollars. her campaign haunted by what happened here eight years ago when another insurgent outsider, barack obama, turned a seemingly inevitable victory into defeat. this time her campaign is using obama's playbook. nearly 9,000 volunteers, more than 1,600 precinct captains, one for each caucus location, and tonight with the help of an app using complex data and math to steal a delegate here and there from sanders. >> so the great thing about this app is it will give you suggestions on the best way to try and gain another delegate. >> reporter: clinton looking for anyone's to win. kristen welker, nbc news, des moines. >> bernie! bernie! >> reporter: i'm casey hunt with the bernie sanders campaign where against all odds he has a chance to beat hillary clinton, spending the day pushing for one l

the clinton campaign in the boiible belt? my guest, bill de blasio. >>> and bernie sanders, ahead the man running the sanders campaign. plus my guest today, the man who was the surprise leader in iowa not that long ago, dr. ben carson will join us. rootmetrics, in the nation's largest independent study, tested wireless performance across the country. verizon, won big with one hundred fifty three state wins. a t and t got thirty-eight, sprint got two, and t mobile got, zero. verizon also won first in the us for data, call speed, and reliability. a t and t got, text. stuck on an average network? join verizon and we'll cover your costs to switch. ♪ ♪ ♪ does the smell of a freshly fill you with optimism? do you love your wireless keyboard more than certain family members? is your success due to a filing system only you understand? does printing from your tablet to your wireless printer give you a jolt of confidence? if so, you may be gearcentric. someone who knows that the right office gear helps you do great things. and there's one place that has it all. office depot officemax. gear up for great. >>> welcome back to "the

the young people, african-americans and those who are working minimum wage jobs that senator sanders is counting on to win the state primary. today i sat down with hamilton grant, who works for the sanders campaign. over the next 16 days he says south carolinians should expect to see a "boots on the ground strategy" from the vermont senator. he says sanders will travel throughout the state communities. but the strongest fight between the two democratic candidates is for the african-american vote. and the latest nbc poll shows sanders still has a long way to go in that area, trailing clinton 17 to 74 percent. i asked grant what will attract black voters in this state to sanders over clinton. "i think when you look at his track record of how he marched with dr. king and how he stood with students in chicago who wanted to integrate dorms and his record in that instance. i think it speaks to the notion that he's not new to racial inequality and racial reform. we have to remember that it was under president clinton's administration the three strikes you're out rule which incarcerated a large amount of african americans." sanders plans to return to palmetto state early next week. i'm told his campaign

that's clearly what the sanders campaign wants to be a part of and wants to join. >> there's the gop e. it could certainly be bernie sanders far away. let's talk about the follow-up. what's largely his follow-up speech right there to the big debate? >> his follow-up to the debate, sanders' campaign feel as though he has played into his overall message and largely spent talking about the issues he talked about. they feel like he didn't have any negative moments where it might have become a problem. and get the e-mails off the table and clinton campaign is criticizing him but the sanders campaign is feeling confident about this point. >> sanders made his way to exeter. >>> up next, donald trump, his campaign on the ground. there are some concerns. now that a single event plan today has been cancelled and trump was headed to south carolina. could this impact the vote tuesday? we'll be right back. listen up! i'm here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. and give her the strength and energy to stay healthy. who's with me?! yay! the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ens

. >> i'm calling in the bernie sanders campaign. he's one of 15,000 supporters on behalf of bernie sanders. he has als. >> one door knocking at a time. >> each campaign is fighting for one vote at a time. >> iowa. >> today the sanders campaign announced it raised $20 million this month alone. a sign his pace could be picking up. over the last 3 months of 2015, sanders raised a totaled of $17 million. >> new information about a deadly raid carried out oz dneeronss arr >> now that the three inmates who escaped from county jail are back in custody. the last two escapees arrived in los angeles county jail. the third escapee surrendered on friday. meantime authorities in florida search for two teens who escaped through a chain link fence outside a detention they were outside a yard this morning when staff were looking at the fence. both were facing charges of grand theft auto. >>> a deadly attack in eastern nigeria. witnesses say hm a tree as he watched extremistle witnesses say female suicide bombers blew themselves up among people tryin

the sanders campaign looks strong in both states. her big surprise they say they plan on collecting on super tuesday is massachusetts. that's what makes this brand new poll hot the presses, that's what makes this poll hugely important. look, look. according to wbur, bernie sanders is no longer leading in massachusetts. hillary clinton in the poll is at 49%. bernie sanders is at 44. there's not been a ton of polling in massachusetts thus far, but these new numbers are the first massachusetts polls to show hillary clinton leading in that state. if this poll is born out on tuesday, and secretary clinton wins in massachusetts, that would put the democratic presidential contest in a qualitatively different place than in this goes the other way. bernie sanders is counting on massachusetts. massachusetts has so many delegates, and demographically it's so designed for a bernie sanders win. neighbor's his home state just as new hampshire does where he did so well. if he doesn't win massachusetts, senator sanders path gets way, way narrower tha

i understand what the sanders campaign is doing. gh i don't know if it really matters all that much in the sense of, if hillary is the clear winner or sanders is the clear winner, i think they both politically got that what i needeneed -- what they needed. but i think it is smart for the sanders campaign to throw in doubt and make this more of an issue into new hampshire. >> thanks so much. >>> candidates fanning out across new hampshire. why several say this could be the state that makes or breaks their campaign. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma

because of the close race... sander's campaign wants the iowa democratic party to go back and check its numbers. sanders told the "today show" this morning that he's optimistic he will win the democratic nomination and beat any gop nominee. presidential candidate :52-1:06 "it's not a hundred percent sure that we didn't win it. but we feel fantastic." "if you look at the match up polls that have taken place recently, bernie sanders against republican candidates, we are mr. trump by a whole lot, a lot more than hillary clinton." hillary clinton may have won in iowa...but she now trails sanders by 29 points in new hampshire. she will need to reclaim she is a winner in new hampshire before the next state vote on february 9-th. tonight the two will debate on cnn's town hall event moderated by anderson cooper. it will air on cnn tonight 8 p-m central time. a metro couple is rooting for opposing sides for the presidential race... what's most important is to encourage our children to know that politics is important and you can be part of

and i think the struggle that bernie sanders has had, you know, i think the toughest hit the clinton campaign put on bernie sanders was on hitting him for trying to primary barack obama. the whole point of trying to surface that issue, that radio interview that bernie sanders gave back in 2011 saying, you know, maybe it would be a good idea if president obama were primaried, surfacing it was exactly for this moment. to send that message to african-american voters, hey, wait a minute, as bernie sanders says he's trying to be more like obama, just look at this. and you have to look at these numbers and say, wow, that is -- to me, anything -- i would have been impressed with 70, 75%. the fact that sanders couldn't get in the 20s, i thought he had a shot to get 30 to 35% of the african-american vote. but i go back to something i said earlier, rachel and brian, something has changed in the sanders' campaign. it feels like they're doing a very much narrowing of their goal of just trying to accumulate delegates, where they can. so minnesota, colorado, yes, they can accumulate delegates there, but go

more from south carolina. >> putting up all the stops indeed for the clinton campaign, coming off the back of success in nevada, for the sanders campaign, and this is the charleston headquarters. they went out this afternoon, loud and clear. they have less than a week to, as they say, get her done. >> thank you nevada. thank you so much. >> fresh off a win in nevada. hillary clinton is preparing to come to south carolina. the democrats first in the south primary five days away. >> at a campaign office volunteers are working the phones, encouraging supporters to get off and vet. >> in nevada support... >> we'll bring it home. >> in south carolina, that message is no different. build on progress, not burn it. >> we wonder if we can count on your support for been bill clinton. >> this is a clinton campaign volunteer. >> he has been going out knocking on doors. we have to get the voters out. if we are doing what i'm doing, with our people putting it in, and knocking on doors, we have the win. >> over at the sanders campaign officers, volunteers are making calls. despite the loss, sanders and supporters say they can pick up ground

the sanders campaign says it doesn't have a problem with the coin toss tiebreaker. 14:47: 13 folks that don't follow it as closely can get a little jumpy - oh there was a coin toss here or a coin toss there- you know, it's part of before it starts 23 but since first and second place were so close, the campaign is asking the democratic party to check its count. it wants to look at all the paper reports to make sure that the results from each precinct matches what was reported. the sanders camp says isn't questioning the integrity or the party or any caucus volunteers, but it does want to rule out human error because any change could alter the outcome. 14:48:06 but the fact that this thing turned in such a short period of time in such a competitive caucus race in the history of democratic caucuses, everyone wants to get it right and i include the party folks in that 19 the democratic party says what the sanders campaign is asking for - the paper records- is not going to happen because it isn't a primary or straw poll, it's a caucus. some iowa voters are heading to the polls today... but t

how long is the sanders campaign going to go on? 's important to remember only 4% of the delegates have been picked here. by vowing to fight all the way to the convention, this could divide this democratic party. tonight as senator sanders is making his way here to minnesota from texas, where he was earlier tonight, there's a new endorsement from the minneapolis star tribune that is endorse hillary clinton. it says, we believe that clinton is the clear choice over sanders for heart and head alike. a force on the national landscape for more than 30 years. clinton has distinguished herself in foreign and domestic policy in ways that make her well suited to represent the i november. of course, just one endorsement tonight from the minneapolis star tribune as senator sanders is coming here to make a stand in minnesota. this is a key state for him as well. the sanders campaign believes they can win in states like minnesota, michigan and certainly the west coast. at some point you have to start winning again to make this whole, wolf. tonig

and that staffers with the clinton and sanders campaigns took part in that process. hillary clinton is now chasing history... and the history she made in iowa started her on the path... channel 13's justin surrency has the born seven year's before women first had the right to vote...she's seen just about everything... but monday night for pleasant hill's ruline steininger was a first... "i know what we are capable of doing."the iowa caucus victory was more than just a slim edge over bernie sanders... "it will go down in the record books as the 1st woman to win the iowa caucus." dianne bystrom,iowa state director of the carrie chapman catt center for women and politics says it will have a lasting effect... "research shows that when women run for higher office including when hilary clinton ran in 2008, that it inspires other women to run for levels of office, kind of a role model effect." an impact that cannot be ignored in iowa "she's empowering other women...in 2015 the state elected their first female u-s-senator in republican joni ernst and this year republican repr

you have the sanders campaign. now talking about the longview.s is going to be a delicate fight. it is just the way she sounded in 2008, which david remembers better than anybody else lost the state by 28 points. if there are red flags there, it could be among the white voters. we'll have to see about that. it is very clear hillary clinton has made up a lot of ground with this electorate she did not have in the previous states. >> i think it is important for her to study. there were times when she was very warm on stage. there were times -- one of our town halls. those are the numbers personally. they know that feeling. she can be as warm as oprah one on one. you don't see that on tv often. i think she should go back and look at the warm moments and see if she can roll it out. a lot of what people get their hack els up about hillary clinton, it is not sexist. it is not that. tonally something can get off sometimes. when she is lining up that strength, conviction, policy smarts and the right tone. >> warm is better than hot, basically. and when sh

for its part, the sanders campaign says it isn't challenging the results but isn't conceding either. sanders campaign manager said they will ask for the raw voter counts. but for now, the focus shifts to new hampshire. and sanders is basically on home turf there. let me bring in my colleague cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny who is with hillary clinton's campaign there in manchester. jeff zeleny, we heard the relief again sort of echoed by hillary clinton. where is the focus now moving forward? >> brooke, the focus moving forward is on the next seven days in new hampshire. it was the narrowist of wins. the sanders campaign, one of the reasons they're not contesting this is the sanders campaign has so much strength here, but they also view this as a victory in its own right, a moral victory, an ideological victory and they're raising a lot of money off it. but no question about it, hillary clinton has shaken the sort of specter of iowa from her back that's really been hanging over her campaign. ever since she got in almost a year ago. she lost there eight years ago, as sh

here in south carolina the sanders campaign hopes to mobilize 81 voters and get the same result. sanders has been at it for fourth decades, making the same argument in the .60s and as the mayor of burlington, vermont. >> when you look at the cost of telephone bills and electric bill and housing and health care, and education, the average american worker is in disparity. >> he smashed hillary clinton which 22 points in new hampshire 40 years later and the message remains the same. >> my friends, we must tell the billionaire class and the 1% that they cannot have it all at a time of massive wealth and income inequality. >> reporter: for most of those 30 years sanders has been largely ignored open the national stage. while he won a house and later senate seat in vermont, some declared the democratic socialist was too far to the left. but what is sanders appeal to young people, why now? socialist is a word that carries a stigma for many older americans. conjuring images of the cold war and nuclear annihilation. , slamming sanders to motivate their voters, the republicans. >> none of o

the future of his campaign. reena, kendis? >> show shawnna, thank you so much. we'll bring you the mood from the sanders campaign and all the memorable speeches from new hampshire as our coverage continues. that's later this half hour. >>> first to some other stories we're covering this morning. two months after the deadly san bernardino shooting the fbi still cannot unlock one major clue. the head of the fbi says investigators have not been able to access one of the killer's phones. james comey tells congress it's one example of how encryption is interfering with terrorism investigation. and over in baltimore, a judge must now issue a decision about whether a convicted killer whose case gained attention through the podcast "serial" should get a new trial. his case was the subject of a five-day court hearing that was two days longer than expected. he's serving a life sentence for the murder of his ex-girlfriend. there's no timetable for when the judge will issue his written rulinging whether sayid should get another trial. >>> nasa says it is unlikely a man in india was killed by a meteorite as indian g

members of the sanders campaign tell wis they're aware of clinton's big lead in the state--but that a win for sanders is within the realm of possibility. if you're voting tomorrow--polls open at 7 a.m. across the state. you must take a form of photo identification to your polling place. license, a state-issued photo i.d., military i.d., or u.s. passport. if you don't have proper id, you can still cast a provisional ballot by signing an affidavit explaining your situation. to check where your polling location and get answers to any other election day questions go to wistv slash big red 10. and for continuing coverage of the democratic primary--stay tuned to wis starting at 9 tomorrow morning. our team coverage continues tomorrow evening with live reports and expert analysis as the polls close and the results come in. and as voters head to the polls--it will be perfect weather, maybe a little chilly start in the morning. ben tanner joins us now with your primary day forecast. enjoy the sunshine all weekend with lows in the 20s/30s and tonight, a midlands restaurant wednesday. tonight, a

she is saying she is more able to put together >> so and you look at the coalition that the sanders campaign is putting together. on the campus of south carolina has got some of the young. >> well, it's bernie sanders. >> he has the young dynamic leaders who want this democrat. one was a clinton supporter and switched gears. they have excitement but will that translatento vote on saturday? >> i don't know. i will see like anybody else. i think the politics are more than just your identity. if it's just the identity, then might be a very popular figure in the black community but if you actually go out and do the interview, it's not the case. it turns out it doesn't matter that only he happens to be having a legal career but he is not as popular as obama, why is that? because people look beyond are attacacd to the academic part of the african american experience and cornell west and some scholars and the woman who wrote, jim crow. there is all folks that may be involved with the level of identity race and the ideas, basically arguing in the nation magazine that i used to write, like any argume

record straight. >> it wasn't the sanders campaign who said the sexist things. >> that's true. e happy to see senator sanders come autoand ask his supporters to stop doing that. it's something that's real when women are voicing their opinions. they're getting trolled and attacked online. >> let's talk about madeleine albright. she said this before. she said it at a hillary clinton campaign event. generationally, there are young women who say, yeah, you know, this is not how we are making our decisions right now. and if you look at the polls, bernie sanders is leading among women in new hampshire. >> i have to say that hillary has been a close friend of madeleine albright for years. loves and respects her. as you know, she's been an incredible leader for women, breaking down barrier for women for years. it's a well known quote of hers. she has said it for a long time. hillary has never asked anyone to support her because she's a woman. of course she believes in women helping women. she's asking women to support her because she has the best plans to make the difference of life in

do you feel as though secretary clinton or her campaign has lied about you in any way? distorted? bernie sanders: theyes. to compare our campaign to the republican campaign would be absurd. other areas in your campaign where you feel they have lied on? or misrepresent a question mark ted?ie sanders bernie sanders: yes, the idea that i want to do away with people's health care after fighting for universal health care my entire career. they say i will do away with medicaid. obviously what medicare for all is about is provided health care for all of our people, stronger health care for all of our people. when the secretary puts an ,dd-on implying -- ad on implying bernie sanders is attacking planned parenthood, i think they are one of the greatest organizations in america. i am not attacking them. lobby?otecting the gun yeah, really. i have an opposition to the nra. thankfully, this is not reach the level of the republicans. john: i want to bring up the topic of attacks and escalation, because your campaign puts out press releases that are critical. do you participate in the back-and-forth? i wonder if

the sanders campaign is bracing for the worst as polls are set to close in south carolina. sanders has hardly campaigned in south carolina this week. his advisors are downplaying expectations. instead, he is looking ahead to super tuesday states. he is sharpening his attacks against hillary clinton. >> if you are going to give a speech to goldman sachs or other institutions and if you give that speech behind closed doors, why don't you make those transcripts public? >> reporter: even more telling than that, he is going to be in minnesota as polls close in south carolina. that's one of the states he is looking to on that super tuesday map. he also wants to do well in massachusetts, vermont, colorado. all places where there's a lower share of minority voters. lester? >> casey, thanks. >>> let's bring in our political director, chuck todd. he has been looking at exit polls for insights into today's election. what are you seeing? >> i can tell you, it's older, more diverse, less leb iberal. it does not favor bernie sanders. as you can see here, voters in south carolina just 32%

bloomberg reports that the sanders campaign is outspending the clinton campaign in ads in the tulsa and oklahoma city markets by more than 2-1. the tulsa world newspaper today told us that sanders now has six staffers in the state. he's got four staffed offices. hillary clinton in contrast has just one. so the sanders campaign we can now report seems to be ramping up pretty hard in oklahoma, appears to be spending more resources and more money trying to win that state. look at how close the state is, at least according to this new ppp poll just out today. in oklahoma, the distance between hillary clinton and bernie sanders is 2 percentage points, hillary clinton up by two. we didn't necessarily expect to see such a close race in oklahoma. in 2008, hillary clinton beat then senator barack obama in oklahoma by 23 points. earlier this month, an oklahoma poll had hillary clinton leading bernie sanders by 16 points in oklahoma. that lead has now shrunk to just 2 points. look what else we learned today. the clinton campaign has just announced that bill clinton will be heading to oklahoma for