is, it had one good effect, which was the penny has finally dropped completely with the american people. what ever it is you care about, what ever it is you want to see change -- if you want your voice heard, election reform is absolutely the essential the andy: what can be done, with

years has traction it has not had, and it has been very frustrating to me, and i think very frustrating to a lot of other american citizens because the polling indicates 84% of americans think that our election system is very badly messed up and needs to be fixed. precipitating event. i think citizens united horrible things that it did and is, it had one good effect,

respective parties, kathy sullivan and steve from the rnc. let' s start with you. let' s talk about the race itself. how do you think things are going? where is the energy? >> there is a time of energy on the democratic side for both candidates. it' s really exciting. we have the 700 club dinner on we had screaming democrats for both candidates. every time someone said, after this is over, we have to be united, everybody cheered. excitement. whatever happens on tuesday, we

this very dangerous material along with the technology, the instruments that can be used for mass destruction. governor bush: the next president of united states will have to get the united states back in the game, and if they strike is necessary, we should do it. senator rubio: it is in the constitution of the united states -- i understand your question is about a preemptive strike, but my point is, there is in place a contingency to avoid any strike from going errant and destroying any assets of the united states are implicating her hurting any of our allies. -- or hurting any of our allies. clinton on this issue. and now for a democratic take on that another aspect of the race, we have presidential candidate bernie sanders joining us now live from bow, senator sanders, welcome. thank you for joining us. senator sanders: thank you.

every candidate on the republican side said i get a betty -- a better hearing in new hampshire than any other place josh: let me ask about the parties -- this is happening both sides -- is there too much involvement, they are trying to orchestrate everything? is that a matter of the ring such a large field? steve: in 2012, everyone said, do not call them on a weeks notice, do not concentrate them in three states, spread them out geographically, and cut the number down. we did that. in addition, we have done them in front of larger audiences, we had conservative voices, we had input on which networks get them based on their performance and how they are treated -- it has been a success. is it perfect? i argued long and hard, in the early ones, have the candidates divided into two lots. but we have to work with the networks. it' s a big improvement. it could get better.

josh: a 45% undecided voter cushion.

office. one of those people is actor sam waterston, best known for his roles in "law and order and the wmur' s adam sexton sat down with him earlier this week. andy: we are here with sam waterston. longtime activist for campaign finance reform. thank you for being here today? been following for maybe 10 years has traction it has not

s not leadership. that' s truancy. governor bush: how tough is it woman? millionaires. we need to rise up. josh: the republican presidential primary campaigning is as intense as ever, and on candidates debated just 12 hours ago in our abc news, wmur debate from saint anselm college. and still developing this morning, the threat from north korea, critics say the country' s launch of a long-range rocket is

absolutely the essential the andy: what can be done, with campaign-finance reform intertwined with the first amendment essentially? money equals speech question mark how do you separate those in a constitutional way? sam: there are moments, including in the united states congress to make an amendment, that makes a distinction between the free-speech rights of natural persons and corporations. so, that was prompted by

excitement. whatever happens on tuesday, we are going to be electing a november. josh: no matter what happens on tuesday, were definitely going to november. >> where you elect a democratic president is where you lost me. we are not about when a wing people out. we are giving a lot of candidates the opportunity to be the republican nominee.

ground game has been criticized. john: has been. josh: bernie sanders, we do not know what his ground game looks like. john: we know it is massive. i' m thinking about "the lord of the rings" when the orcs come down and there are millions of them. but do they know exactly where to go question mark you know what i am saying? maybe they do not have the numbers, but they have the strategy.

positioned than anyone else because of the ground game? andy: it' s always hard to rate the ground game, because everybody is going to say, we' ve got a great down -- ground game. i think the bush campaign, k-6, they have -- kasich, they have experience in running campaigns. below them would be christie and review. cruz is interesting because he has spent a lot of money. it may be a stealth ground game. when we do not know a lot about. i agree with john that the trump ground game remains to be seen, i think. john: i think there are very good people in the trump organization. i not saying that they do not have a ground game. i think it is better than it has been made out to be. but i think it will be hard to get all of this people waiting in line, all those thousands of people who have been to his rallies to actually get out i do not see any upset here in

special edition of "close-up." we have two days for campaigning. former secretary of state you clinton trying to does a gap in the polls. she is making the case she is the most experienced. secretary clinton, how you feel? a couple days to go. secretary clinton: i feel great. i have an uphill climb. i love this process, josh. i love the first in the nation primary.

candidates debated just 12 hours ago in our abc news, wmur debate from saint anselm college. and still developing this morning, the threat from north korea, critics say the country' s launch of a long-range rocket is meant to test banned technology for a missile that could strike , one day, the u.s. mainland. here is what some of the gop senator cruz: it is qualitatively different dealing with a country was they have nuclear weapons. it is what you prevent them having nuclear weapons in the first place. governor kasich: we have to intercept both ships and aircraft.

strategy. that is my take. bernie sanders could blow me out of the water. i think the democratic race is going to be -- no offense, and close. josh: i think that, too, and you probably do agree with that. it. i know i have got to get people s talk about the republican side. andy, is anyone better positioned than anyone else because of the ground game?