i share jamie harrison's vision for what a senator from south carolina ought to be like. i'm supporting jamie with all that i have and i think the kind of candidate at the top of the ticket that will be helpful to jamie will be the kind of candidate that would do what is necessary to make what i call the greatness of america, accessible and affordable by all. if it's health care, the candidate that makes health care accessible and affordable. housing, accessible and affordable. education, accessible and ffordable. whatever it is comes with a platform that makes this country's greatness accessible and affordable by all. now, there may be different ways of doing that. but, the candidate that makes that connection with south carolinians rural and urban, black and white, rich and poor, irrespective of your sexual preferences, that's the candidate that i think will help jamie the most. john: less than 10 minutes left with congressman james clyburn the majority whip in the house on "newsmakers" this week. before we leave south carolina, two follow-up questions. you said you don'

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vision jamie harrison's for what a senator from south carolina ought to be like. am supporting jamie with all that i have and i think that the kind of candidate the top of the ticket that will be helpful for jamie will be the kind of candidate that will do what is necessary to make what i call the greatness of america accessible and affordable by all. thet is health care, candidate who makes health care accessible and affordable. housing, accessible and affordable. education, accessible and affordable. whatever it is, come with a platform that makes this country's greatness accessible and affordable by all. there may be different ways of doing that, but the candidate that makes that connection with south carolinians rural and urban, black and white, rich and your irrespective of sexual preferences, that is the candidate who i think would help jamie the most. john: less than 10 minutes left with john clyburn. but -- jim clyburn. to follow up questions for you -- you said you do not plan to publicly endorse, but you may do so. what would drive you to do so? if i beli

this is a race for me, it's about jamie harrison versus lindsey graham.ho is better equipped to serve the people of south carolina? that's why we are building this grassroots movement. >> you think it's that way across the country, depends on the candidate across the country who that is, you think -- >> you know, i think that's what it is. and folks just need to focus on their races. they need to focus on personalizing their races and talking about the issues that the people in their states are -- >> got it. >> focused on and concerned about. >> got it. >> don't get messed up with the presidency stuff. >> got it. good advice. jamie harrison, thank you. good luck down there. i just left your state and it was beautiful. i appreciate it. thanks for the hospitality. >> it's a beautiful one. thank you, don, take care now. >> i'll see you soon. >>> president trump holding a black history month event at the white house. as his campaign rolls out a, quote, woke campaign, to reach out to black voters. that's next. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up

you got democrat jamie harrison taking on senator lindsey graham.is the top of the ticket to that race? >> well, listen, i'm not going to disagree with my congressman, particularly on live television. that will get me fired quicker than anything. but the bottom line here is that i tell everybody, make your choice, make your choice for who you think best represents your values, and let's select our nominee, and, yes, the nominee often does have impact on down ballot races. but jamie harrison is a fantastic candidate, he has every opportunity to beat lindsey graham, we're building the strongest, largest grassroots field program that this state party and these campaigns have ever seen, and while i think it certainly does have the top of the ticket has an impact, we are not going to know who our nominee is for probably a couple more months. so i'm not as worried about that as some other people are. i just believe our job is to whoever the nominee is, we got to defeat donald trump, and we have to defeat lindsey graham and we can do both of those things.

jamie harrison is doing well here in south carolina and he would do much better than he's doing now if we had a presidential candidate like joe biden. >> we're going to have jamie on in a moech in a moment. he is running against lindsey graham for the senate seat there. the language was down ballot carnage if bernie sanders is the nominee of the party. >> i think i was in texas about three weeks ago, i talked to the faith community down there and they were very, very concerned about whether or not you'll do something, have somebody on the ticket that will cause down ballot carnage. that's our biggest problem in my members. we want to see somebody on the ticket that will allow us to expand our numbers, not having to run some kind of rare god campaign to keep from being tarnished with a label. >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you so much, jim clyburn, majority whip of the u.s. congress and leading figure in south carolina politics. thank you so much for coming on tonight, sir. it's good to see you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead. more on the crucial contest in south carolina, also l

jamie harrison joins me now.democratic national committee and is challenging lindsay graham for his u.s. senate seat in south carolina. why is senator graham not worthy? >> he's not worthy because he doesn't spend the time here to really address the issues that the people here in south carolina desperately need him to address. this is -- this is a great state with amazing people. as you know, south carolina, you know south carolina so well, beautiful landscapes and all. but we've had four rural hospitals that have closed over the past few years, we have 12 counties in this state that don't have any obgyns. about a third of the state does not have wi-fi correcti wi-fi c. i can go on and on and the problem we have is that we have a senator who's focused on things in washington, d.c., and the politics in washington, d.c., and not focus on doing what he was sent to washington, d.c., to do which is the work of people here in south carolina. that's why i say that lindsey graham is not worthy of the state. one, you know

and praying for one south carolinian in particular, all of you in general and that is brother jamie harrison. stand up jamie. [applause] when i ran for president in 2004 1 of the things i learned is that there are people that are solid and there are people that are shaky and flaky. you judge people by their character, what they are grounded in, not by what they can flash for a moment or two. the bible said -- nor to the strong but for those that can endure. there was a woman that endured from silva writes activism days and road -- rose to the pinnacle of the power in washington but never forgot her commitment to the movement and the cause in young people and that was emily clyburn. this woman took strank that many of us don't have. it takes some kind of strength to be out front. it takes more strength to take a step back and push the ones out front and not let your ego get in the way of your agenda. and that is why we wanted today to give an award in her name because you don't have to star on every show. you don't have to be out front of every gathering. you don't have to be the one on the f

how real is the threat that jamie harrison poses to lindsey graham?> lindsey graham is going to carry south carolina, donald trump is going to carry social security. we're talking what is the margin going to be? we're in a good situation statewide with all of our candidates from the top of the ticket all the way to the bottom, having the president and lindsey graham on the ballot in the same cycle so we feel good. >> often times you'll read and hear folks questioning why lindsey graham is such an ardent supporter of just about everything the president does and whether that might affect him negatively politically at home. >> we are certainly not seeing that in south carolina. they support the president and he's not going to have a problem in november. >> drew, thank you. good to see you. >> a new case of the coronavirus here in the united states raising alarm this morning. up next why it could mark quite a major shift in the government's response. iate whats each person unique. that's why i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and

and we have a candidate, jamie harrison, running for the united states senate.terest to us. and we think we have an opportunity to pull off a great win in south carolina with jamie harrison. and so we are concerned about having a ticket from top to bottom that we can really be successful with. >> because you said just this morning on abc you said for south carolina voters the words democratic socialist have always had dire consequences, and you're talking big picture. you're worried that the democratic socialist label that bernie sanders embraces might cost you seats in congress. yes. we just got back. i've been in congress 28 years. and for 22 of those years, i've been in the minority. and there's some things that we need to do. we've got to make this great country, all of its greatness, accessible and affordable for all of its citizens. to do that democrats need to be in charge in the house. we've just passed over 400 bills that are sitting over in the senate, and we need somebody over in the senate that will bring those bills to the floor. the way is to maint

and while we're on the senate race, jamie harrison running to in the lindsey graham fall, how is senator graham doing, and the popularity of trump and the fallout from the impeachment and south carolina? still popular in south carolina and lindsey graham is joined at the hip. i suspect we all know how he is doing. i do not share lindsey graham's admiration for trump. vision jimmy harrison's for what a senator from south carolina ought to be like. i think at the type of candidate at the top of the ticket who will be helpful to jamie is the type of candidate who will do what is necessary to make the greatness of america accessible and affordable by all. accessible and affordable housing. making education accessible and affordable. the platform that makes this country's greatness accessible and affordable by all. that makes that connection with south urban,ians rural and black-and-white, rich and poor, irrespective of sexual preferences, that's the candidate that i think would help jamie the most. we leave south carolina, two follow-up questions. you have said you don't plan to publicly end

it is about jamie harrison and those others who will be running for the congressional and legislative seats. that is one reason that i think that joe is best, because i believe he is the best person for us to be running with if we want to keep the house and get the senate back and then elect legislators all down the line. that is why i am doing it. >> jamie harrison is challenging lindsey graham, the incumbent senator from south carolina. as you know, the former vice president is confident that he is going to win south carolina saturday, but he also says that hit is just as important that he wins even by only one point. do you agree? would one point be enough to propel him into super tuesday which is three days later? >> one point may be a win, but it is not the propelling that we need. i want to see a much bigger victory than that, and i want south carolina to play the usual role. when bill clinton came to south carolina, he had lost eight contests, and we propelled him into the presidency. and barack obama came to south carolina, and he had just lost new hampshire the week before, a

guest: i am so proud of jamie harrison because he is an american story.other up with a single in the home, and she worked extremely hard for him to matriculate at some of the best elite institutions in this country. if people are listening, jamie harrison has a story that is reflective of the american dream and he is speaking to his heart. he is addressing south carolina issues. we really have not seen senator graham in south carolina for some time. he appears to be following this president around serving as a hype man when we have critical issues in our state. so jamie harrison is motivating people from all different backgrounds, and he is speaking to a lot of young people who want to have hope for a better future. it is very possible for him to be our next united states senator. we are counting on him to do well. and he can win if we have a big turnout and voters are listening to the substantive issues. host: let's see if we can get one more color in before we switch -- caller in before we switch. let's go to larry calling from tennessee on the democrat

maybe make room for jamie harrison for health care, hasn't had a town hall in three years, has no ideaven going and talking to people that live here. >> not at all. >> who needs to fall back? >> people need to fall back and all the money going on with the politics, like too much money going on. almost made me feel like i need to be in the politics. but yeah. i just feel like yeah, fall back from all the money going onto that, you can see who trying to make a change. >> that's interesting. as many people know, hip-hop does celebrate success. nothing wrong with that. you're talking about the idea that people have billions and they're using it to drown out other people's voices. >> yeah, definitely, yeah. >> how about that? >> i think super delegates are who needs to fall back to be honest. i don't believe in the idea that folks here who cast their vote should have their votes overtaken by other people who decide they know better. that's not making an argument for any particular candidate, i just think the results need to -- >> what do you think about that. you were telling us about why y

challenge of lindsey graham not just donald trump is beaten, but that graham is taken out as well and jamie harrison an african-american democrat who has deep roots in that state is having quite frankly a positively surprising run. he's been able to defy expectations for fund-raising nearly every quarter and people are worried about a bernie sanders at the top of the ticket and what that do to that race in particular in that state. >> on that note, "the new york times" has reporting on where former president obama stands on this. as mr. sanders, as he gains steam, mr. obama said he'd support any of the candidates but the task of rallying around sanders is difficult. it kind of sounds line he's trying to walk a fine line here. >> he's certainly trying to walk a fine line. he has been clear about that the entire time and the truth of the matter it's a bit of a six and a half one dozen of another. we know that thereby might be trouble bringing sanders supporters back in if there's a differe different nominee. an ad has been airing in south carolina and other places that has been incorrectly and falsify

. >> another big race not for tomorrow but the general jamie harrison' running a campaign against lindseyham. what do you think the odds of that look like? >> i think that because people have so much trump fatigue that it could drive people to the polls. it would be interesting to have two african-american senators one which would be a democrat and one republican from the state that started the civil war, that would be really interesting. jamie's raising the money. he just has to do kind of what steyers has done. you have to go beyond the churches and the colleges and to fish fries to the neighborhoods. and you have to go to where people have been pushed out from the city, where people live and work every day and find out what those people are thinking about, what roads feed to be fixed, what schools need to be improved. how to help them get health care. how to help them start a business. that's the kind of outreach he has to do. he has to talk to people and figure out what their needs are, and i think he can win. >> you know, lindsey graham is a fascinating political figure in many ways.

coming up, i am going to be speaking with jamie harrison.you can party here who is trying to unset lindsey graham. we are going to talk to him about the importance, the significance of the south carolina primary and what the electorate says about the rest of the country. >> but we have a lot of breaking news to get to, starting with the four new cases of coronavirus reported on the west coast. >> officials, are apparently stunned as three of these patients reportedly contracted t the disease without a travel history or spoesh exposure to s with the disease. one report says an oregon patient works at an elementary school. >> in another case, a high school in washington state. the school closing its doors for deep cleaning and some who were in contact with that student, now quarantined for two weeks. total cases in the united states, at least 60. yet to be officially confirmed by the cdc. at least eight states are now reporting cases. >> nbc's scott is outside the hospital. b the first coronavirus patient who had no outside contact in sacramen

jamie harrison, you're also, as rachel said, running for united states senate.lot yourself sort of. >> our primary is june, in the first part of june, and so we're excited about that. >> a separate primary? >> it is a separate primary, and we're building a great movement here. you know, lindsey graham had the president here to fund raise with him last night. >> yeah. >> but, listen, he's going to need the president and a whole lot of other folks because we are going to send him home. that's why we're building this movement, telling people to go to jamieharrison.com to be a part of it. >> when i first met you, you were working for one jim clyburn. >> yes. >> you were his top staffer. so you know better than anyone else how powerful he is in this state and how important he is as a political figure in the state. i was talking with one of our staffers, one of our folks on our team who said she was talking to an african-american voter here at this establishment tonight who said she was undecided. she made up her mind at the last minute. she was asked what helped make

therefore, i believe that the democratic ticket coming out of our convention and certainly with jamie harrison being at the top in our state is going to really help galvanize the base going into november. leland: all politics are local and we appreciate the perspective, the opinion and the expert analysis, mr. middleton. good to see you, sir. we'll have you back throughout the campaign to discuss this issue. >> same here. leland: good to see you, sir. >> thank you so much, appreciate it. kristin: so what is the 2020 strategy for republicans as the democrats try to whittle down their presidential candidates. we're going to be asking republican senator marsha blackburn all about it, plus trump saying minutes ago he's going to be holding a press conference on the coronavirus today at 1:30 p.m. we'll bring it to you live as it happens. (narrator) this is chet. he loves work but lives for the weekend. and now, he needs a new truck, so he came here and saw what others paid for the truck he wants. now he can recognize a great price. true car. buy smarter. drive happier. kelly clarkson! what're you do

jamie harrison on a primary day, thank you so much.im to appear on the show. >>> next up, how does sanders find a path in this and other states? as mentioned, he's got a lot of momentum in over super tuesday states. whatever happens out there today, remember, you have the hilton app. will the hilton app help us pick the starters? great question, no. but it can help you pick your room from the floor plan. can the hilton app help us score? you know, it's not that kind of thing, but you can score free wi-fi. can it help us win? hey, hey! we're all winners with the hilton price match guarantee, alright? man, you guys are adorable! alright, let's go lose this soccer game, come on! book with the hilton app. if you find a lower rate, we match it and give you 25% off that stay. expect better. expect hilton. as parents of six, this network is one less thing i have to worry about. (vo) why the aceves family chose verizon. we all use our phones very differently. these two are always gaming and this one is always on facetime. and my oldest is lear

jamie harrison is only down by two points and raising as much money as lindsey graham.is cravenly opportunistic. you can get reelected. i hope the people in south carolina have said we had enough of this guy. ted cruz is the norm now. they have either left the party likest a courageous vote mitt romney against donald trump. host: let's go to pam joining us from arkansas. good morning. caller: i am independent. i vote according to my jesus vote who would for if he were here on earth. would not vote for a group of people who believe in murdering , on gaysin the womb which is an abomination to god. on false gods from other countries. guest: i'm muslim. i'm not arguing. the reality is if jesus came back and saw donald trump putting children in cages, there have been six children die in u.s. custody. would jesus support that? would he support a man who demonizes women who talk about being abused? cruelty andsupport segregation? my mother is catholic. i am down with jesus. i wish those people who want a government who all is the teachings of jesus would look at what jesus sai

you'll see, who can help jamie harrison beat lindsey graham?dent is now being introduced behind me. brian? >> mike memoli, thank you for that. we'll watch the vice president enter the, what is the union headquarters here in las vegas for the ibew, with his wife, dr. jill biden, with him. we will hear from the former vice president, take his comments, before switching to aa rr arii in new york. >> hello, nevada! >> hello, hello, hello. thank you, thank you, thank you. well, y'all did it for me. y'all did it. now we're going onto south carolina and win and then we're going to take this back. i want to thank everyone that caucused for us, but i particularly want to thank the precinct captains, all our volunteers that are here. all the people that made all those phone calls. i plan on coming back to win this state outright. look, you know, couldn't have done it without -- i want to start off, i got to recognize a few of the congresspersons here. you know, dina titus has been incredible. there's a guy name horseman? you ever -- >> right there. >> i

harrison. stand up, jamie. [applause] >> when iran for president in 2004, 1 of the things i learned is that there are people -- when i run for president in 2004, one of the things i learned is that there are people who are solid and people who are shaky and flakey. and you judge people by their character. what they are grounded in. not by what they can flash for a moment or two. the bible said, the race is not given to the swift, nor to the strong, but those that can endure. endureds a woman that from civil rights activism days and rode to the pinnacle of power in washington, but never forgot her commitment to the movement and the cause and young people. cliburn.was emily strength thatk many of us don't have. it takes some kind of strength to be upfront. to push more strength back on that front and not let your ego get in the way of the agenda. tot is why we wanted today give an award in her name. because if all of us had a little emily in us, we would be -- down the road. anydon't have to star on show. you don

to rugby union, and jamie george will stay with harrison is that mike saracens.lt. it's definitely been different from what i normally used to. i‘ve had a lot of exhibition work, a lot of interviews. it‘s been very, very busy. i get recognised in the street a lot more now. i‘m loving every minute of it. the fact i get to play in the premier league is awesome because i‘ve watched it on the television the past two years and it is great to be a challenger, amazing. i like to be helping women in sport because in dart we play the men and all that so i‘m quite happy that i can push through the barrier and help women in sport in general to show they can compete against men. ronnie o'sullivan is through to the fourth round in snooker. you will return tonight for a place in the final. —— in the quarterfinal. i‘ll be back with more on those stories, after half past. ireland‘s centre—right fianna fail party will seek to form a government that does not include left—wing nationalists sinn fein according to a senior member of the party. two of the three largest parties will ne