let's get back to claire mccaskill.rump campaign on the way back from iowa, they were in a plane and ben carson, who had a seat in first class. went in the back saying hello, everyone took a snapshot. she said one of these things is not like the other. hence they made him squat in the aisle so he was visible. they made ben carson squat. what the hell is she talking about, rick? >> nobody makes ben carson squat, number one. charles: they made him squat. >> actually a bigger problem. he was not the only black man on that airplane. charles: by the way, there were more blacks on this plane than at the democratic debate stage. >> yeah. that is actually true. i saw your tweet. >> democrats again going after the race card. claire mccaskill is a fool for doing this i thought she was smarter politically than this than to go there, ben carson with a high public profile, if you do this, by the way, ben, i have known ben a long time. he will talk to everybody on the plane. >> it was offhand remark. it was very stupid one, i grant y

former democratic senator, claire mccaskill of missouri. nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt and former republican senator john e. sununu of new hampshire. welcome, welcome. i want to take a closer look at that "boston globe" tracking poll. since tuesday, the day after iowa, bernie sanders has held very steady and in fact regained the lead, though barely as you can see in this line graph. pete buttigieg has soared from 15 when the week began to 22 now, though his momentum appears to have ebbed a bit. elizabeth warren has gained a little but she's still well behind buttigieg and sanders. and there's joe biden who dropped sharply and fallen into fourth place and amy klobuchar had the biggest post-debate bump yet, 3 points in this poll today so new hampshire is delivering perhaps, kasie hunt, a photo finish, first time this century, that new hampshire and the democratic party -- primary may matter. >> it's remarkable, chuck. i think you're seeing this in how your interview with pete buttigieg, interesting for this reason. he potenti

former democratic senator claire mccaskill, from the root jason johnson, chief public affairs officer from move on.org and deon de pierre and michael jackson. and we'll start with the action. cal perry is in iowa reporting on the chaos thatten shoed last night. von hilliard is still in iowa. in new hampshire ahead of next week is ali vitale on the road and mike men alley is there and shaquille brucester has just landed with the sanders campaign. we just played mayor pete's reaction and it is on brand for mayor pete to speak to the frustration that people feel. but the vibe or the signals coming out of supporters were they were on track to have a decent showing last night. >> reporter: nichol, i just talked to a came aide and they expect, when the results -- in about 56 minutes when the initial results are supposed to be released, the iowa democratic parties has indicated that a majority, at least 50% of the results, will be displayed here at the top of the hour. but for the buttigieg campaign, that campaign tells me they expect the results to indicate them to be competitive. really go

claire mccaskill? >> well, a couple of things.portant how dark blue those rural counties are in iowa. so many of them. you know, this is a little bit of an echo for me. because i remember all of the talk that white rural iowa would never go for a black man. and then i heard white rural iowa will never go for a gay man. and pete buttigieg has done very well at attracting rural and small-town voters. and that, maybe it's just too close to me, because that's where i got killed, was in the outstate areas of missouri. the two urban centers, we had record-high turnouts, record-high margins, record-high performance. but it was those outstate areas that were really a problem. so watch that going forward. and the other thing that tom perez said about the app, you know, they can't blame only the app on this. i know that there was someone taking phone calls last night from precinct captains. and you know why he quit after 1:30 at night? because they were instructing him to call the precinct captains who had not reported. and you know where t

clair mccaskill, former senator, eugene robinson from "washington post," and chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official. with us on the hill, garrett haake. you covered mitt romney a good long time. you came to know the man and i'm curious what part of mitt romney's character was familiar to you in those remarks and stood out plainly and clearly. >> reporter: this was a moment that people who have known mitt romney for a long time have thought that he was capable of and not always seen. right? nobody's won big money betting on mitt romney to take big, bold, public stands. that's not something that he's done in the course of the career but as long as i have known him and covered him and known his family the thought is that he is a good, decent people deep down inside and i thought from the moment they took the oath that swearing an oath before god for mitt romney is like unlocking his superpower. there's no one in that chamber going to take that oath more seriously and more personally. you heard that in his speech. he said he hasn't been able to sleep and obsessive

. >> claire mccaskill, what will happen as a result of this, what will the party do? >> i think the party will have a reflective moment over this chaos. and caucuses are hard. you know, my thing last night when i was railing at -- eugene and i were railing on caucuses. our party ought to be the party that's trying to expand voter participation. >> what's good about caucuses? >> there's this anachronism in terms of where you're in a room with your neighbors and everyone is celebrating the participation and talking to your neighbors, b for this person, no, b for this person. that's all well and good. i think we need to be thinking about who can't be in that room and how we vote for two weeks instead of three hours. >> a casserole party followed by voting. >> there you go. >> steve kornacki, i'm told there's something coming from the decision desk? >> the decision desk is monitoring this with everyone else. they characterize this, buttigieg and sanders vying for first place from our decision desk. just to tell you, getting a sense of where the outstanding vote is, the mo

and claire mccaskill claire mccaskill. she got so friendly towards me.ds i've ever ran. she tried to convince people that we were best friends. butjosh ended up winning by 5—6 points, you are unbelievable, you were tough, and you were something. and one of the greatest supporters of the impeachment hoax wasjosh, he was incensed. he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were saying. you know, i had some who said," oh i wish he didn't make the call." it's totally incorrect. then you had some that used religion as a crutch. they never used it before. an article written today, "never heard him use it before". but today, it's one of those things — you know, a failed presidential candidate, and that's what can happen when you feel so badly running for president. but josh, i want to thank you, you are right from the beginning. man, did i make a good choice! thank you, josh. tremendous future. a man who is brilliant and who actually was deceived to an extent comes from a great state of utah, where my poll numbers have gone through the roof. one of t

is the guy he was the attorney general did a phenomenal job in the state highly respected and claire mccaskill phil the theory was you couldn't beat or great campaign or remember the last campaign she was going to be taken she was always going to be taken and she wins and people say had or that happened didn't happen with him but she got so friendly toward me fact one of the ads i still have i'm putting it in the archives as one of the best ads i've ever met. and she tried to convince people that we were best friends but josh ended up winning by 5 or 6 points you were unbelievable you were tough and you are something and one of the greatest supporters on the impeachment hoax was josh ali he was incensed actually i watched he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were saying and those were the ones you know i had some that said or i wish you didn't make the call that's ok if they need that it's it's incorrect it's totally incorrect and then you have some that used religion as a crutch they never used it before an article written for they never heard him use it before but today you

compete nationally >> thank you very much i want to bring in former senator and political analyst claire mccaskill this is looking like it'll be a good night for senator sanders. >> there is no question, jose, senator sanders is going to come out of the nevada caucus process as the firm front runner in the presidential nomination race for the democratic party he's got resources he's got a large number of volunteers he's already working hard in super tuesday states it's going to be very difficult for someone to catch him at this point. although it's not over till it's over >> so does it matter who came in second some of the candidates are really looking for a comeback story out of this. >> hard to say if second place is going to be important. unless it's not joe biden. and then he's got tremendous pressure on him next saturday in south carolina and then, of course, three days later the big haul of delegates comes on super tuesday. these candidates that are not bernie sanders have got a lot of work to do and perhaps some of them will take a second look at whether or not to stay in this race >> senat

peter, thank you. >>> we're joined by claire mccaskill and rich lowry again. claire, what are democrats saying about this debacle in iowa? >> i think most democrats are coming to realize that caucuses are terrible for participation. our party is the one that wants to expand voter participation. the republican party is the one that is trying to shrink it. why do we have a caucus when we have a limited ability to participate. you're seeing the death of caucuses for the democratic party. >> it seems like a gift to republicans for this disarray to be unfolding in iowa, and they're certainly seeming to make the most of it. >> well, republicans have been mocking it i've mocked it myself. you get down to it, this is terrible for democracy and the idea that all of the blood and the sweat and the tears of candidates, all their supporters, to go for not because of this idiotic debacle is really a disgrace >> the president was saying the other day, i think he tweeted, he's all for iowa and going first and he's all-in for iowa going first. do you think that on the republic

>> you already see the trump campaign going completely nuclear as claire mccaskill expected they would on mitt romney, expelling him from their parties, the gatherings of conservatives and seeking to exploit the president's popularity in utah. and i think claire correctly predicted mitt romney will walk a difficult road. but in our interview with angus king and other communications, removed from the hot ring of fire around the politics, hopefully somebody like mitt romney did what he did because he thought it was the right thing to do and expected the politics to come down where they have in the last hours. >> we're expected this to be centered around the vote in the senate. jeff bennett is our senate whisperer on the hill. i heard them say we're in recess, subject to the call of the chair. what happens now? and when and how? >> reporter: this intervening period was technically not part of the trial. but right now they're preparing to move back to the trial portion of the proceeding. you'll see the chief justice and then they will take the voteen the final judgment, these two articles

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liz: claire mccaskill was saying that. that was her reaction. what do you think?nk that people are disgusted with ault shenanigans and all the political bickering and fighting. they want leaders working together to solve problems. i've seen some tape of people calling in to shows who are lifelong democrats, who are saying they're just not going to vote for a party that wants to foment a lot of fighting and isn't really getting things done. people want to live a good life. they want affordable health care. they want to have an affordable house. they don't want the backbiting and fighting that goes on. it is notable by the way, that my opponents in california, mr. newsom spent last night sitting there tweeting insult after insult at the president. he is not governing this state. he is making the state unaffordable and unliveable for people. i think people are going to get sick and tired of that. they want something done. they want to have a good life. liz: many took to twitter saying, pelosi, quote, got played. that she is heralded as a master strategist but the gop

defeat could look like for the candidates, we welcome chuck todd and nbc news political analyst claire mccaskillyou don't look like you flew from miami. go chiefs. >> even the earrings, just so you know >> we have to go from football to politics. >> if you make me. >> yes let's talk about the caucuses. it feels here like it's wide-open. the polls are all over the place. and there's late deciders here, people who they don't know who they will caucus for >> there's two groups of voters, people certain for sanders bernie sanders has this concerted effort there is no doubt he feels as if he is a lock for first or second, in some form of another. there is this other group of voters who have anxiety for picking the perfect candidate. they know what they want, the candidate that can beat trump. they don't know which one it is. do those folks coalesce to the same person? say joe biden. or are they just as decided or undecided after as they are going in >> we expect high turnout. bernie sanders says that favors him. there's a question of who gets a ticket out of iowa how many tickets out of iowa are ther

claire mccaskill. the theory was you could not beat her. great campaigner.he was always going to be taken out, she wins, and people say how did that happen? didn't happen with him. but she got so friendly to me. one of the ads, i'm putting it -- shedes -- archives was trying to convince people that we were best friends. josh ended up winning by five points. you are unbelievable, tough. one of the greatest supporters on the impeachment hoax. david: we have in listening to donald trump speaking from the east room. speaking after his acquittal in the senate yesterday. it is a wide-ranging speech, starting back to when he came down from the escalator with melania trump first announcing for president, said people were after him from the beginning. he described it as corrupt what alsoone to him, evil, and described it as dirty cops. he also said if mr. comey was not fired, i would not be standing here any longer. he also talked about bob mueller in a disparaging way. he said we have bee vindicated. as i say, a wide-ranging speech, unlike the state of the union. it

and claire mccaskill. the theory was you couldn't beat her.reat campaigner, remember the last campaign she was going to be taken out, and she wins and people say, how did that happen? it didn't happen with him. but she got so friendly toward me. in fact, one of the ads i still have, i'm putting it in the archives as one of the best ads i've ever made, and she tried to convince people that we were best friends, but josh ended up winning by five or six points. you were unbelievable, you were tough and one of the greatest supporters on the impeachment hooks was josh holley. he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were saying. i had some who said, well, i wish you didn't make the call. that's okay if they need that. it's incorrect, it's totally incorrect. then you have some who used religion as a crutch. they never used it before. an article written today. never heard him use it before. but today, you know, it's one of those things. it's a failed presidential candidate, so things can happen when you fail so badly running for presiden

clear when he was calling out individual lawmakers by name specifically in josh holly against claire mccaskill, he said he won that race by bear huging the president. that does send a message much like in the past with mia love, you weren't for me so that's why she lost. speaking of going after lawmakers who didn't support him, there's mitt romney, kimberly adkins, and he was on the dally this morning. >> what kinds of consequences do you think you'll endure for this? >> unimaginable. i don't know what they'll be. there's some i know. i know there will be consequence, and i judge unfortunate have to recognize that and do what you think is right. >> so, kim, what do you think? >> yes, i mean, mitt romney absolutely knew what would come after his vote and after the words that he said yesterday. he is in a more politically safe place than just about any other republican in washington. he's not up for re-election again until 2024. he is popular within his state. and he is, even though they probably won't say it out loud, popular within the republican caucus on capitol hill. he is respected and he'

we had claire mccaskill helping get the more extreme republican todd aiken nominated to the republicanmination in 2012. democrats talking up rick santorum later on. but, you know, as the column noted, sanders could win south carolina. you know, biden still leads in polling in the state, but sanders still could win the state. we still have a couple of weeks until they vote, and you know, sanders could still be a very competitive candidate against trump. >> this primary seems to have been built early on as progressives versus moderates. do you agree with the take the democrats are disillusioned with the price tag of some of these programs. they want an alternative. >> we have to keep in mind, only two states have voted so far, and we don't have official results in one of them. in the case of the whole moderate lane versus progressive lane debate, there could be an opening for a more moderate candidate. as biden has faltered a little bit but there's still a lot of voting left to go. we'll see how things go in nevada and south carolina in the coming weeks. >> a lot of people are talking ab

and claire mccaskill. so the theory was, you couldn't beat her, great campaigner.ember the last campaign, she was -- she was always going to be taken out and she wins and people say, how did that happen? she got so friendly towards me, one of the ads, she tried to convince people that we were best friends. but josh ended up winning by five or six points. you were unbelievable, you were tough and you are something. and one of the greatest supports on the impeachment hoax, he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were saying and those were the ones. i had some who said, i wish you didn't make the call. that's okay. it's incorrect. it's totally incorrect. then you have some who used religion as a crutch. they never used it before. an article written today, never heard him use it before. but today, you know, it's one of those things. but it's a failed presidential candidate, so things can happen when you fail so badly running for president. but, josh hawley, you were right from the beginning. man, did i make a good choice. thank you, jeff. tremendous futur

he was the attorney general and did a phenomenal job in the state, highly respected and claire mccaskilleory was you couldn't beat her. a great campaigner. remember the last campaigned? people say how did that happen? a didn't happen with him but she got so friendly toward me. in fact one of the other still have in the archives is one of the best ads i've ever read. she tried to convince people that we were best friends but josh ended up winning by five or six points. you are unbelievable. you were tough and you are something in one of the greatest supporters of the impeachment hoax was josh hawley. he was incensed. i watched him. he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were saying. i had some that said i wish he didn't make the call and that's okay. it's incorrect. it's totally incorrect. then you have some who use religion as a crutch. they never used it before. an article written and i never heard him use it before. today it's one of those things. it's a failed presidential candidates of things can happen when you fail so badly running for president. josh hawley i want t

if this isn't a mess in iowa, as i said to claire mccaskill, it will do until the mess gets here. >> other things worried me. apparently the turnout is not what i would have expected. others have spektexpected. the numbers are still coming in. the polling averages have not been very good the last ten days. and i've seen some pretty good polls that show enthusiasm among democrats is not as high as we would like it. so there's something as people are watching this process that is concerning. i do want to take a chance to congratulate mayor pete and his staff. that was a remarkable night they had in des moines. i think this is not going particularly well so far. w this party needs to wake up and make sure that we talk about things are relevant to people west need to go back to 2018 where we had good, diverse, strong candidates that had real connections and talked about real things. we don't need to become british labor party. that's a bad thing. it's not going well over there. so democrats, i want to say, don't these candidates, and mayor pete has something going. hopefully senator warr

and claire mccaskill. so the three was you couldn't beat her. great campaigner.ver the last campaign she was always going to be taken out and she wins and people say how did that happen? didn't happen with him. but she got so friendly toward me or contact one of the ads i still have. i'm putting in the archives as one of the best ads i've ever ran. she tried to convince people that we were best friends, but josh ended up winning by five or six points. you unbelievable. you were tough and you are something. one of the greatest supporters on impeachment hoax was josh hawley. he was incensed actually. i watched that. he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were saying, and those with the ones -- i i had some is that i wishe did make the call. that's okay, if they need that. it's incorrect. it's totally incorrect. and then get some who use religion as a crutch. they never used it before, on article written today, never heard him use it before but today, you know, it's one of those things. but you know it's a failed presidential candidate so things can h

jason johnson is politics editor at the root, claire mccaskill from the great state of missouri, joy reid, and robert gibbs, former white house secretary under president obama. it is great to have you all here tonight. it's very exciting. >> yes. >> first of all, six people on the debate stage. second of all, a new guy. obviously, everybody is going to be craning their necks and trying to figure out the bloomberg factor here. but all of these candidates have a ton riding on what happens tonight, don't they, claire? >> oh, yeah. and really, bloomberg is going to get incoming. it's going to happen. there are going to be massive swings taken at him. and the issue will be, how does he respond to those wings? >> he has to know it's coming. >> he does. >> preparation is presumably half the battle. >> this is a guy who's famous for being prickly when people criticize him. will he take the criticisms and pivot and punch back with something positive in his record? or will he dig in? i mean, we have a guy in the white house that's no fun to hang out with. i think it's going to be hard for bloo

. >> and see what claire mccaskill did. >> trump campaign, similar language.he campaign as bernie sanders. this is not donald trump. this is tim on behalf of the trump campaign. we condemn and reject foreign interference in american elections in any form. >> chuck, we have seen this with a lot of trump officials willing to say what the leader himself has been unwilling to say. i mean, at least we have unloaded the 400-pound person and won't say putin, stay out of the elections and to see him face to face and do that, as well. so it does not erase the fact that the president is openly been, you know, advocating for bernie sanders. setting up this notion that even if bernie sanders doesn't get it, the whole thing was rigged. >> right. >> so he wants to have bernie sanders. bloomberg campaign said the other day that they believe that there's a treasure trove of oppo research that the republicans sitting on, who knows if that's true or not? >> bloomberg campaign, you are going to do that? play it f. you say it, put your money where your mouth is. you have a lot of

claire mccaskill. it was said that you couldn't beat her. and people say how did that happen? it didn't happen with him. but she got so friendly toward me. one of the ads that i have, i am putting it in the archives is one of the best ads i have ever read, and she tried to convince people we were best friends, but josh ended up winning by five or six points. you were unbelievable. you were tough, and you were something, and one of the greatest supporters of the impeachment hoax -- on the impeachment hoax was josh hawley . he was incensed, actually. i watched him. he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were saying, and those were the ones. i had some saying, i wish he didn't make the call, and that is ok, if they mean that. it is incorrect. it is totally incorrect. and then you have some who used religion as a crutch. they never used it before. an article written today, never heard him use it before, but it is one of those things. but you know, it is a failed presidential candidate, so things can happen when you fail so badly running for president, but josh hawle

former democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri and former republican senator john sununu of new hampshire. welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in manchester, new hampshire, from the new hampshire presidential primary, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> and a good sunday morning from manchester, new hampshire. we are back again at our better than ever headquarters in new hampshire where two days from now voters will either untangle the mess created in iowa or more likely further complicate the democrats' path to the white house. one thing we did learn this week, iowa may not be able to count, but it still counts. pete buttigieg's strong showing and joe biden's fourth place iowa finish have sent their candidacies in opposite trajectories. the latest wbz boston globe suffolk tracking poll shows bernie sanders with just a two-point lead over buttigieg, who has surged this week, 24-22 with elizabeth warren, joe biden and amy klobuchar trailing. of note, klobuchar picked up the most overnight, perhaps

and claire mccaskill. the theory was you couldn't beat her. great campaign-the art.emember last campaign, she was always going be taken up. peoplpeople say, "how did that n chemicals go it didn't happen with him. i'm putting this in the archives is 1 of the best ads i've ever made. she tried to convince people we are best friends, but josh ended up winning by five or six points. you are unbelievable, you were tough, and you are something. one of the greatest supporters of the impeachment hoax with josh hawley. he was incensed, actually. he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were doing. i had some who said, "i wish you didn't make a call," and that's okay. if they need that. it's incorrect. it's totally incorrect. and you have some who used religion as a crutch. they never used it before... an article written today, "never heard him use it before." but today, it's one of those things. it's a failed presidential candidate, so things can happen when you fail so badly running for president. but josh hawley, i want to thank you. you were right from the beg

not a surprise, claire mccaskill has rejoined us. >> yes.t of the matter when it comes to bernie sanders is, in fact, the young voter. he does terribly at the other end of the age spectrum, closer to where i hang out in age. he doesn't do as well. but with the young folks. so the college campuses, that's where he's going to run up the score. now that we're getting this popular vote along with the delegate, that it's all going to be reported at the same time, that's why everyone is so interested to see if you could get two different results. that you could get someone winning the raw vote but not getting the most delegates out of iowa. >> there's been -- the proof of the pudding is in the eating in terms of the case bernie sanders has. the theory is there are a lot of young voters or infrequent voters, tuned out people who can be marginalized with the combination of organizing. to the extent you can do that, this is a test pilot of the undertaking, right? if you can do that in these circumstances, that at least shows a proof of concept. if yo

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look at the tweet from former senator claire mccaskill.t like earths hint, they made him squat in the aisle so he was visible. mr. secretary that is referring to you. how do you feel about that tweet? >> tells you some people are so desperate to look for something to criticize that they will take a perfectly innocent photograph. i came back from the first class section. seats were occupied. i didn't want to ask anybody to get up. i bent down so everybody could be seen. you know, completely innocent thing. people want to make it into something that is racist. that is one of the things that really bothers me. you know, there are people on the other side who assume everything has some racial component. to me that is the epitome of racism. they assume if you have a certain pigmentation you have to think in a certain way. if you don't think that way, you're either crazy or or traitor or some ridiculous thing when in fact you may be the very person who is looking for the mechanisms that will allow people to excel in this situation. they don't te

. >> pete, it's claire mccaskill. i'm curious. iowa was expensive in terms of the amount of money you spent on television and the organizational effort you had on the ground. you had a lot of paid staff. these are coming very quickly now, and you've taken some criticism. one thing i think all of us admire bernie for is his ability to gather low donations from lots and lots of people, which is a perfect way to finance a campaign. how are you doing on the money front? the big donations with the comma in them versus those small donations that can make the difference of you staying competitive going to next week, the following week, and then the big one on super tuesday? >> well, those small donations are critical. it's, again, why it's so important for me to ask folks to go online, go to peteforamerica.com and chip in. look, mayor of south bend, indiana, is obviously not known as an establishment fund-raising powerhouse. we got to where we are because of the support of people supporting this effort at every level. and now that we hav

claire mccaskill, david pluff, are watching along with us tonight. us, starting with you, claire, assuming you heard nicolle's dramatic reading of congressman clyburn's remark on, shall we say, another cable network, about what needs to happen tonight in the superstructure around joe biden if joe biden has a big night in south carolina? >> i think it's fair to say there's been a lot of discussion about joe biden's campaign. it's hard to explain why his fundraising has been so low. i mean, if you just look at south carolina, it is amazing that someone who is expected to win the state tonight and whether he wins by 10 or 20, it's a big victory. spent a million and steyer spent almost 20 million. that is an imbalance that is, frankly, astounding. so there is questions about why his fundraising has not been stronger, if they are utilizing all the tools, especially online fundraising. >> claire, congressman clyburn said in that interview that he had been holding his tongue until he made the endorsement. but now that he's on the inside, he is basically goin

sexist names which some so many races where patty murray is called the mom in tennis shoes or claire mccaskill gets the oopponent who talks about rape as -- it's somehow the fault of the woman and you just go on-won't produce a baby, and all that kind of stuff. you go legitimate. -- he called it, legitimate rape. those things start to boomerang and hurt opponents who say these things. i had someone who worked for my opponent call me a prom queen. i wish. and daddy's little girl. no one even noticed it because i didn't make a big deal. so my point is either no one notices it because it's so minor and just unnecessary and you don't think you need to bring it up, but if you do are it boomerangs. the real challenge is the thing that is so hard to define, when you're a minority, whether you're racial minority or you're minority because you're a woman, only 20 of us in the senate and you always do wonder sometimes, was i not included in that gang to work on that group because they have no women in it? they wanted to hang out with each other or just picked people they wanted to have in the group and

know that at the credit union, they asked one question, and we passed a law that i wrote with claire mccaskill and senator nema was helpful in the house, to give immunity to banks and credit unions so they could those kinds of questions and not violate privacy laws. do you think further questions would have been helpful? what do think would have alerted you? >> i do, i think their frontline is a banks and credit unions. we have talked about it since. wase were many signs that i being scammed. in hindsight, i can see now. but the banks would have been ie frontlines for me because watch very, very little tv camera and a very rarely listen to the radio. so maybe it sounds like i live butr a rock, i don't know, -- sen. collins: no, you have a busy life. less fish i think all of us might be better off not watching television these days. [laughter] that is a joke, for all the news media here today. [laughing] >> if i had been asked those questions, i think that would have helped. to. collins: that is helpful know, because getting the word out is so important. mr. groshon, you have given us a whole d

know that at the credit union, they asked one question, and we passed a law that i wrote with claire mccaskill and senator sinema was helpful in the house, to give immunity to banks and credit unions so that they can ask those kinds of questions and not violate bank privacy laws. do you think further questions would have been helpful, or what do you think would have alerted you?do y >> i do, i think that's the front line, is the banks and the credit unions, for that.we h we have talked about it since.ee there were many signs that i wai being scammed that in hindsight i can see now. but the bank would have been the front line for me, because i wat watch very, very little tv and i very rarely listen to the radioo so maybe it sounds like i live under a rock, i don't know. >> no. >> but that's not part of my day. >> you have a busy life. i think all of us might be better off not watching television these days. that's a joke, for all the news media here today.toda >> yes, if i had been asked more questions at the bank, i think n that would have helped.that w >> that's helpful to know, he because ge

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it could be a fight for the nomination >> we're joined by former senator claire mccaskill, and also richowry. good morning to both of you. let's give sanders his due win in new hampshire he seems poised to go the distance in terms of this primary season now, let's talk about the others klobuchar and buttigieg had a surprisingly good night. do they have what it takes to keep going and can moderates coalesce around a candidate >> buckle up the next 30 days will be a wild ride for the democratic party and finding the nominee. i do think building a plane while it is in the air, when you see how quickly these contests are coming, for a campaign like buttigieg and klobuchar, they've got a lot of work to do in a lo of plalo of places in a very short time i'm not saying it couldn't happen and hats off to them they had great nights last night. buttigieg, think about this. he was tied in iowa and barely lost to bernie in a state that bernie dominated four years ago. he's on fire >> there were a lot of late deciders in new hampshire. >> yeah. >> the whole thing about iowa, i can't believe i'm still

debate and what it means going forward, i'm joined by former democratic senator of missouri, claire mccaskill. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i don't think there's even dispute even from the bloomberg folks this was not a good debate for him. can he overcome this, basically buy more ads and hope to overcome the performance >> clearly that's going to be the strategy this guy has unlimited resources and he has organizations on the ground in all these super tuesday states there's staff in all these states for mike bloomberg. >> there's some things money can't buy. that was a particularly weak performance. he didn't seem to have answers of course, he was fired on from all directions >> it was interesting to me they were in las vegas where there was one of the most dramatic brutal shootings in our country's history, very little time on guns frankly, i was shocked that the mayor didn't pivot to that, because that's one place where he can legitimately say i've used my wealth to try to go after the nra and the gun lobby and, frankly, it is one of bernie's vulnerabilities >> let's talk about

know that at the credit union they asked one question and we passed a law that i wrote with claire mccaskill and senator sinema was helpful in the house to give an immunity to banks and credit unions so that they can ask those kinds of questions and not violate to bank privacy laws. do you think further questions would have been helpful? what do you think it would have alerted you? >> i do i think that is the front line, the banks and creditit unions. we have talked about it since, there were many signs that i wast being scammed. in hindsight, i can see now. but the bank would have been the front line for me because i watch very, very little tv and i rarely listen to the radio. so maybe it sounds like i live under iraq, i don't know. but that's not part of my day. >> i think a lot of us might be better off not watching television these days. that's a joke for all the medianews people here today. >> if i had been asked more questions at the bank, i would have helped. >> that is helpful to know because getting the word out is soo important. >> mr. gross sean, you have given us a whole differen

know that at the credit union they asked one question and we passed a law that i wrote with claire mccaskill in the senator was helpful in the house to give immunity to banks and credit union so that they can ask those kinds of questions and not violate bank privacy laws. do you think further questions would've been helpful. what do you think would've buller did you? >> i think that is the frontline, the banks and credit unions for that. we have talked about it since. there were many signs that i was being scammed, in hindsight i can see now but the big would've been the frontline for me because i watched very little tv and i very rarely listen to the radio so maybe it sounds like i live under a rock i don't know. >> now. >> you have a busy life, i think all of us might be better off not watching television these days. that's a joke for all the media here today, if i had been asked more questions at the bake i think that would've helped, that is helpful to know because getting the word out is so important. >> mr. groshon, you have given us a whole different picture today in a really importan

claire mccaskill, your interpretation? of the free form evening we just witnessed. >> it was a little bit like a presidential version of "survivor". there was a lot of punches. and counter punches. you can tell they -- the stakes have been ratcheted up. there are candidates that were on that stage tonight that know they won't be around in 30 days. >> maybe ten. >> maybe ten. maybe after super tuesday. so tonight was a big, big night, and it showed. i thought elizabeth warren came out swinging, and landed some significant punches on michael bloomberg. i don't mean literally, obviously, but figuratively. she was certainly lived up to her moniker of fighter tonight. i thought she had a strong debate performance. i thought mayor pete did very well tonight, and i thought joe biden had one of his better debates. this has not been his moment, these debates. i do think that i was disappointed that we didn't have any discussion about the rule of law being systemically dismantled in our country. that's what is on my mind. i think it

and, claire mccaskill so, the theory was you couldn't beat her. great campaigner.emember the last campaign, she was always going to be taken out and she wins. people say how did that happen? didn't happen with him. but she got so friendly toward me. in fact one of the ads i still have. i'm putting it in the archives as one of the best ads i ever made. she tried to convince people that we were best friend but josh ended up winning by five or six points. you were unbelievable. you were tough. you were something. and one of the greatest supporters on the impeachment hoax was josh hawley. he was incensed actually. i watched him. he was incensed at what they were doing and what they were saying. those were the ones. i said some saying oh, i wish he didn't make the call. that's okay. if they need that. that is totally incorrect. you have some used religion as a crutch. they never used it before. an article written today, never heard him use it before. but today, one of those things. but you know, it is a failed presidential candidate so things can happen when you fail so

senator and nbc news and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill. about the state of the union with impeachment as a backdrop, but also with the debacle in iowa as a backdrop. your thoughts? >> yeah. you know, the iowa caucuses have been troubled for some time. i think we've forgotten about what happened in the republican primary just a couple cycles ago where first they said it was romney, then they said it was san forum, this he finally said it was rand paul and people ended up going to jail for bribery around the rand paul victory. so this has happened on both sides of the aisle. unfortunately for us it was at the moment everyone was watching and it's time to get rid of the caucuses, they are not fair, they're not open enough, not enough people can participate and go to a whole new primary system with perhaps a different order every year so we have more fairness in the demographics that are represented. it was a mess. it's still a mess. we are in the world of the rest of the results right now. >> yikes. >> yeah. >> gene? >> so, claire, we sat here

claire mccaskill is with us, robert gibbs and joshua johnson.t to ask you about david plouffe's point about health care. we shouldn't skip over that. nancy pelosi, health care, health care, health care. the decisive front-runner in the democratic primary who is for medicare for all. >> well, i think, as david said, medicare for all makes that argument much more complicated. i think if you watch the 2018 elections, as a democratic strategist and you were walking into the 2020 elections, you want medicare for all or this public option discussion replaced with pre-existing conditions. that's -- >> the biden position. >> well, yeah. that's what drew those white suburban women that david was also talking about, into the democratic fold and got them excited, because it's a kitchen table issue. >> right. >> and i think that's -- i agree with everything david said. in terms of -- bernie sanders, if he's the nominee, he's going to have to make a broader health care argument, because, look, reality, medicare for all is not going to be debated any time soo