it is adam nagourney.ack from a reporting trip to las vegas which is kind of like my reporting trips to vegas. i know what happens. he is going to talk about what he learned about the democratic race in nevada. adam, give us an overview. i want to hear about what you ate. how are the nevada caucuses shaping up? adam: on the democratic side -- if we were to have this conversation six months ago, it is not that big of a race. clinton will probably win iowa. it is way out in the west and nobody wants to go, but this is a very contested race after a loss in iowa, getting thumped in new hampshire. this is her way to test if she is back on track but it is also a place where she has been popular. bernie sanders will try to expand his appeal. it is a much more diverse audience. it is a fairly new phenomenon in nevada. we don't really trust any of the polls. being out there, it seems to me this is a very, much more close election than we would have thought. one of the signs of it is there is a lot of energy for san

. >>> our first guest tonight comes from my old west coast stoming grounds, los angeles, adam nagourney, the bureau chief of the new york times, a reporting trip, ends quote, to vegas, like my reporting trips. i know what happens when you go to vegas. he is coming here to talk to us about what he learned about the democratic race in nevada. adam, give us an overview, i don't want to hear about what you ate or weird indulgences. >> on the democratic side, so i think if we were to have this conversation six months ago, we would have agreed, you know what, not big race, clinton is probably going to win iowa, way out in the west, nobody but you and me wants to go, but it has become a very contested race, after her near loss in iowa, after getting thumped in new hampshire, this is becoming a big place to test. not only her ability to get back on track, this is a place where clintons have been popular over the years, but whether or not bernie sanders can expand his appeal to more than the white voters in new hampshire. a much more diverse audience. from being out there, a fairly new phenomeno