and our reporter, bill mitchell, came up.said, you know, we probably ought to get back to the station. i said, yeah, you're probably right. but she looked really convinced. i would hate to leave and then hear it had fallen down. so we waited. we almost both gave up at this point and almost turned our heads away from it. and then all the sudden a big slab of rock came down. >> 30,000 tons of mountain crashes down on to the road. it takes only seconds for rocks, earth, and trees to descend on to the road where the men were just standing. >> the rocks hitting the ground -- you could almost feel it shake. all you could hear was that rumbling sound. it sounded like something out of a movie. it sounded like cars crashing. the rocks were hitting the ground. all of a sudden, it stopped and everything came to a standstill. >> i was standing there looking at this thing, not believing my eyes and then the whole thing comes rushing down the slope, an immense amount of noise and dust. and you never see something like this in person. >> th

i think it's a very strategic -- >> andrea mitchell is with bill clinton.. >> i love this place. >> reporter: how did you feel about the kind of campaign donald trump is running, sir? >> the republicans will have to decide who will be nominated. how i feel is only relevant -- we are trying to win a primary. >> thank you. >> reporter: president clinton -- >> reporter: sorry. >> sorry, guys, no questions. >> reporter: can hillary win this one? >> sure. win here? sure. but it's going to be hard. >> reporter: what's your advice? >> work hard. that's all you can do. no candidate who ever borders new hampshire ever lost a primary here but i think she can. they have been good to us. we worked hard. >> andrea mitchell on the rope line, chuck todd -- >> love andrea on the rope line. love it. >> got some answers from bill clinton, can she win. >> what's the most important thing? she hit the trump question. we all know and we know, trust me, the clinton campaign, clinton veterans will know this, there is nothing they feared more when he was president than the rope lin

bill clinton's presidential library released transcripts that he had with tony blair, made public in response to a freedom of information request. the conversations cover difficult times at home and abroad. nbc's andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: bill clinton on the campaign trail. at a tumultuous time for his presidency. waging war with iraq, denying his relationship with monica lewinsky. demonstrating his ability to decompartmentalize. only this possible oblique reference. after i get all of this crap behind me, i would like to talk to but this. about what was censored by the government. >> this is someone dealing with a domestic trouble at the same time as dealing with the dangerous of war on two continents. >> reporter: considering air-strikes against saddam hussein. >> from camp david the night before clinton said i have no interest in killing him or hunting him down, i just don't want his chemical and biological program going forward. adding, if i weren't constrained by the press i would pick up the call and reveal the son of a blank. the transcripts reveal that george w. bush running against al gore was only pretending to be a moderate. i have to figure out how to expose the fraud that clinton is

bill clinton is now officially part of the 2016 company. for how he's handling trump's attacks? he's a andrea mitchell and katy tur. >> reporter: bill clinton at a popular restaurant in manchester living up to a famous snl parody. >> can hillary win this time? >> sure. but it is going to be hard. >> reporter: back in his element, despite trump's attack attacks. >> i said how the hell can she do that when she's got one of the great women puzers of all time at her house. >> how do you feel about the kind of campaign trump is >> how i feel is only relevant [inaudible]. >> hillary clinton in iowa also refusing to engage trump? >> i've adopted a new year's resolution. i'm gonna let him live in his alternative reality and not going to respond. hillary calls bill her secret weapon. >> this whole thing is the biggest fair tael i've ever teen. . in new hampshire, raising $33 million in the last three months. only 4 million less than clinton's 37 million. all as both clintons try to stick to their game plan, ignoring donald trump. >> i'm katy tur on the campaign trail with donald trump, where he continued to sw

bill clinton is now officially part of the 2016 campaign. but how is he handling donald trump's attacks? for that we go to nbc's andrea mitchell, and katy tur. >> reporter: bill clinton at a popular restaurant in manchester. living up to a famous snl parody. >> say you going to finish these fries? >> reporter: both clintons taking nothing for granted this time. can hillary win this one? >> win here? sure. but it's going to be hard. >> reporter: back in his element despite donald trump's attacks of the former president's past womanizing. to counter hillary clinton's charge that trump is sexist. >> how the hell can she do that when she's got one of the great women abusers of all time sitting at her house. >> reporter: bill clinton following a campaign decision not to take trump's bait. as much as clinton clearly wanted to. how do you feel about the kind of campaign donald trump is running, sir? >> the republicans will have to decide who is going to be nominated. >> reporter: hillary clinton in iowa also refusing to engage trump. >> i've adopted a new year's resolution. i'm going to let him live in his alternative reality and i'm

nbc's andrea mitchell has more. >> reporter: bill clinton on the campaign trail. at a tumultuous time for his presidency. waging war with iraq, denying his relationship with monica lewinsky. demonstrating his ability to decompartmentalize. no m f is er war on two continents. >> reporter: considering air-strikes against >> from camp david the night before clinton said i have no interest in killing him or hunting him down, i just don't want his chemical and biological program going forward. adding, if i weren't constrained by the press i would pick up the call and reveal the son of a blank. the transcripts reveal that george w. bush running against al gore was only pretending to be a moderate. i have to figure out how to expose the fraud that clinton is the new president. and he could get squishy on democracy. the relationship was indeed special. blair calls clinton mate. clinton offers to baby-sit blair's son. they chat about everything from pink panther movies to the tragedy of princess diana. >> the president said i think anything you could do for the boys, about

trump ended up at the bottom end of the poll, but it's interesting on that rope line with andrea mitchell and bill clinton, chuck todd also said that bill clinton is famous for letting loose on the rope line. that's where you really get him to answer a question without the standard, you know, list of points that they like to hit, but the strategy is really to keep bill clinton locked in until they are ready i guess to unleash. >> it's amazing on the republican side, as you said, how few people are going after donald trump. almost as they conceded. jeb bush, interviewed him earlier this morning on "morning joe," he is going after donald trump. went after him yesterday in new hampshire. >> none of the campaign ads. >> it's rubio against cruz and these others. >> donald trump gets a free ride and has not had to spend a lot of money for advertising. >> working for him. >> because we're always talking about him. >> working in the na polls, but the polls out of iowa could be an interesting night for tet cruz, especially if he brings in his father who is a minister and certainly will appeal to the evange

mitchell begins our coverage. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is bill clintons first solo trip in this campaign, trying to pull hillary clinton over the finish line in new hampshire. bill clinton at a popular restaurant in manchester. living up to a famous snl parody. taking nothing for granted this time. >> can hillary win this one? >> win here? sure. but it is going to be hard. >> reporter: back in his element. despite donald trump's attack of the former president's past womenizing, to counter hillary clinton's charge that trump is sexist. >> how could she do that when she has one of the great women abusers of all time sitting at her house. >> reporter: today bill clpt not taking trumps base. as much as he wanted to. >> how do you feel campaign donald trump is running, sir? >> the republicans will have to decide who they will nominate. how i feel is only relevant [ inaudible ]. >> and hillary clinton in iowa refusing to engage trump. >> i've adopted a new years resolution. i'm going to let him live in his alternative reality and i'm not going to respo

delegation is backing a bill directing the government to sites. mitchell field, roosevelt field, the hempstead plains, bethpage, farmingdale, where historic firsts took place. a huge field largely forgotten on nassau boulevard in garden city was where the first u.s. air mail flight launched bound for nearby mineola. the distance between the two villages just a couple of miles did not give the pilot enough time to land. so the first u.s. air mail was thoroughly dropped from this plane on the roof of the mineola post office. the new goal, preserve these cherished memories and the lands they once occupied. future generations learning from the greatest generation. from the cradle of aviation museum in garden city, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >> new york politicians on both sides of the aisle say they back the national aviation bill. >> so much history on so many it and you don't even think of it. it good to be reminded. >> profound. >> drop the mail. >> coming down! olaf laugh. >>> coming up next, we saw a lot of drivers doing it today. texting at red lights

bill clinton talking to andrea mitchell, you can see him bite his tongue. he put his head down, said -- felt he wanted to say something and side you know what i'm not going to go there. how long can they keep this up. if this is a general election match-up how long can you anything for donald trump. >> nobody is smarter politically than bill clinton. no one is better than asymmetrical political warfare than donald trump. >> bill clinton has used this saying before that my grand mom used to say in rural georgia, never get into a fight with a pig you'll both get dirty and the pig will like it. the fact of the matter is donald trump, he doesn't care if people don't -- he doesn't have foundations where he goes around and people pat him on they'd and tell him he's jesus' only son. bill clinton -- >> he has himself to do that. >> bill clinton, he's got a reputation to pain taken as a senior statesman for the rest of his life. he doesn't want to get in the mud with donald trump. it does him no good. he'll lose that fight. >> that's right. you saw the overall numbe

. >> andrea mitchell caught up with bill clinton after his first campaign speech today. >> reporter: how do you feel about the kind of campaign that donald trump is running, sir? >> the republicans will have to decide who they're going to nominate. how i feel is only relevant when they pick a nominee. >> today in iowa a voter asked hillary clinton to respond to another trump attack. >> i'm interested in your response to the donald's comment that you and president obama created isis. >> i've adopted a new year's resolution. i'm going to let him live in his alternative reality and i'm not going to respond. [ cheers & applause ] >> joining us now, howard dean, former government of vermont. he's also an msnbc political and analyst, rick wilson and joy read is here, msnbc national correspondent. the clintons are not going near the latest round of donald trump accusations. >> it's interesting. the clinton's political pedigree is you hit them once and they deck you like in the face 18 times in response. and that they have this disproportionate response is what people expect. they're employi

bill clinton did that today. you played back the clip of andrea mitchell. there were later comments he made insinuating donald trump is trying to change the narrative, steal the election, what have you. part of their strategy is also to have other people point out, which i'm surprised hasn't been pointed out yet, here is donald trump trying to make the argument i'm not the sexist. bill clinton is the sexist. in so doing, he is making an inherently sexist argument that hillary is to blame for her husband's infidelities. you are starting to see women from all political stripes speak out on this. it's something i don't think sits very well with all women. >> let me go to david drucker on that. the decision to bring clinton into the campaign was interesting. to do it in the beginning of the year. was it considered to be a helpful, bringing a bit of joy to the campaign? clinton is a happy warrior. hillary is more of a trudge, not as delightful as bill clinton is as a campaigner. was it to bring joy into the campaign? if so, is that going to work? >> bill clinton

it's a great move for him last night i think when andrea mitchell brought up the bill clinton sex scandals and sanders kind of dismissed the question, said the media's focused on this. i think the people do sort of resonate with certain things about the way sanders is a different kind of politician. you can imagine if hillary heard a vulnerability about somebody she would take it on. sanders took this moment that could have helped him and said i don't want to run for president like that. >> although to your point, he's quite a deft politician as the world is learning, he also got in there i think bill clinton's behavior was deplorable, i don't want to talk about it, which is as political as anybody could do. perry bacon, ezra klein, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> still to come, donald trump focuses his attacks on ted cruz but will cruz fall as easily as trump's previous targets? plus, four americans make their way home after their release from iranian prison. i'll talk with someone who knows firsthand how that feels. and later, as bernie sanders' poll numbers continue to rise,

mitchell reports" -- we are live on the trail in new hampshire as bill clinton makes his first solo campaign stop for his wife's 2016 campaign. >> every presidential election, people run and believe it or not, it's kind of scary this year but believe it or not, most everybody actually tries to do what they say they're going to do when they're running. they're telling you what they believe and so you got to take them seriously. >> just 28 days before the voters get their turn. as donald trump releases his first tv ad today, taking direct aim at the democratic front-runner after trashing her husband. >> i know many of the people in the clinton campaign. the last person they want to run against is donald trump, believe me. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell live on the trail in nashua, new hampshire, for president clinton's first official public campaign event for his wife hillary. speaking moments ago, in a state that has been very good to the clintons. but vermont neighbor bernie sanders is proving to be a tougher than expected competitor this time around. donald trump has raised iss

we have andrea mitchell getting to bill clinton on the rope line and asking this trump-related question way the former president responds to andrea. >> how do you feel about the kind of campaign donald trump is running, sir? >> the republicans will have to decide who they're going to be nominated. how i feel is only relevant once they pick a nominee. we are trying to win a primary. we have to do that first. >> the answer from the president and stayed meta, not getting specific about trump and both you and chuck todd commenting on this after the encounter about the discipline needed for the president here. >> that's right, thomas. he really was disciplined and sometimes you can end up getting into trouble by, you know, stepping in and saying that kind of question. but what was really clear to me was that bill clinton was saying, we have to win this primary in new hampshire and the polling that shows that bernie sanders up 2 points. it is a very neck in neck contest race and they have a fight not with donald trump but with bernie sanders in the granite state. >> so when we look at when's