mark theissan and bill burton are here next with what that means for mrs.linton and bernie sanders. bernie sanders. >> what iowa has begun tonight♪ [screaming] ♪ ♪ the bold nissan rogue, with intuitive all wheel drive. because winter needs a hero. now get a $199 per month lease on the 2016 nissan rogue. nissan. innovation that excites. >> i wish governor o'malley the best. he is a great public servant who served our country. and i am excited about really getting into the debate with senator sanders about the best way forward to fight for us and america. >> still an amazing sight to see the former president standing behind her. isn't it? it's just amazing what's happening on that side. that was hillary clinton earlier tonight. right now the race is in a dead heat. the fox decision desk calling the democratic side too close to call tonight. james rosen is live at bernie sanders headquarters. james? >> good evening, shall i say good morning. aides to senator sanders tell me they don't know which way this is going to go. 94% of the precincts have reported in. a

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. >> joining me now, bill burton. good to see you. >> what did you think? >> it was a good debate.l conversation you haven't seen because of you know who not being there. >> why are people not saying donald trump's name tonight? >> he's not there. >> no, i think tonight they're right before the caucuses. people are looking at how candidates are feeling and you have a sense of who felt like they're doing well and who felt like they're not doing that well. >> what did you think, mark? >> this is amazing. this is the campaign we're supposed to have before donald trump jumped in and offended everythi everything. we were debating serious, substantive issues that might actual happen. >> that is a fascinating observation. we had our two outlines. until the last minute, you know, people were saying he might show up. you've got to be prepared. it would have looked different and issues would have felt very different. and if he had been there, because of the issues injected into the campaign. do you think the republicans benefit, though? >> i think absolutely. we'll find out. the big winner o

. >> and your buddy, bill burton, says he thinks it's a mistake bernie sanders is so directly running against the obama presidency. >> well, today bernie sanders said that he closed the leadership gap between the president and the american people. i think a lot of democrats were offended and surprised by that statement. we thought there was a lot of leadership demonstrated when he pulled us back from the brink of another depression, for example. >> so you agree it might be a mistake for bernie sanders to run against the obama record to a degree? >> president obama's numbers among democrats are about 90%. and part of his critique here, you know, bring the revolution, that's a revolution after eight years of a democrat in office. so in some ways it's a bizarre message to have during a primary with a popular president. >> s.e., just quickly if you could, ted cruz is out there saying iowa has weighed in, new hampshire has weighed in, now it's a two-man race. i kind of see his point. do you disagree? >> well, in that iowa picked one person and new hampshire picked another person. >> just t

. >> joining me now, mark thiesen, and bill burton, former obama white house deputy press secretary. hypocrisy on this issue is rich in washington, and both sides are guilty. mark, when he said, it was taken out of context, i was talking about hypothetical vacancy, well, that doesn't change it. >> he was for blocking supreme court nominees in an election year before he was against it. this was -- there was no vacancy at the time joe biden said this. he said this as a preemptive strike. he said if the president nominates somebody in an election year, it is essential we will not confirm them. chuck schumer said the same thing in 2008 and now they are outraged what republicans are doing what they twice threatened to do. >> but on the other side, bill, we have the republicans, including mitch mcconnell, who, at the time came out and said -- when this was being done -- not giving up and down votes when the republicans wanted them, this is an excuse for our colleagues to run out the clock on qualified nominees who are urgently needed to fill vacancies. apparently they're not that urgent on

bill clinton was at usc upstate campaigning for his wife. aly:allyson: she got a selfie. that is pretty good. bob burton sent this in on sunrise on glassy mountain at cliffs of glassy. geoff: puddin the pug. we have not heard from him in a while. puddin for president. allyson: our last picture. michael cinammon sent this picture in of the rainbow we had last week after all of our severe weather. a nice way to end the week. geoff: that was wednesday. allyson: midweek. dale: puddin voted in both primaries. allyson: he just walked under their feet. they did not know it. geoff: you're right. it is monday. our news continues now. announcer: you're watching live, local, breaking news with geoff hart, allyson powell, and weather with meteorologist dale this is wyff news 4 today in high definition. geoff: in this morning's headlines, the boy scout surprise freezing temperatures by covering himself with leaves. 12-year-old make it through a freezing night. allyson: the countdown to super delegates on the line. the 2016 white house nation hoping to gain support. geoff: the story of the boy scouts is something, is

bill murray signing autographs. take a look at the autograph. phil signed his head "jay-z". number 7, hawks and hoosiers. jarrod uthoff dunking at home number 6, deonte burton. number 5, grayson allen for duke. three steps, lands before he shoots. buzzer beater. number 4. kentucky doing kentucky things. dunk. aaron gordon. the dunk contest has been pretty stale for the past few years, but last night, gordon lit it up. nine feet up in the air with the alley-oop, with help from the orlando mascot. zach levine, here is your winter. from the free-throw line. tonight. kurtis: wintry mix during the early morning hour. warm up later in the week. steve: we will see you tomorrow. you by the iowa clinic captioning sponsored by cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> announcer: stephen colbert! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: good evening, everybody! (cheers and applause) whoo! whoo! welcome to "the late show"! we're here! we're doing the show! (audience chanting stephen) (cheers and applause) thanks, everybody! thank you so much! as i said, welcome to "the late show." i am proud to be your host, stephen colbert. happy president's day. (cheers and applause) all of