kelly is colligan, democrat line. -- calling in, democrat line. i'm a strong hillary familyer, and so has my than. we are tying again. i have been listening to all the shows and comments, and the one thing i don't think that people realize that maybe, because i have been involved in a lot of elections, presidential elections, is that they are a , as far as bernie sanders. he is a good guy. he has a lot of good qualities. great that he is sticking to the message and not getting into dirty politics. what people are not realizing is that the reason why bernie is doing so great is because the republicans are not touching him . they want him to win, because they don't want to run against hillary. hillary is the one who can win, not bernie. immigrants need to remember that. we need a vote for somebody who can win. host: are you worried about hillary's chances? caller: what do i think? i'm concerned because of the dirty politics and the fact that people are not understanding, again. she has been a target for a long time from the republican side. he keeps

have been, not of the democratic electorate per se but in looking in trying to bring in democrats frome rural areas because they have been very pro-gun historically. >> this is part of hillary clinton seeking out not just in the primary process but also looking ahead to the general the obama coalition as her path to victory, right? so where she may have taken positions let's say in the 2008 primary she would look ahead to the general and then be afraid of certain -- >> when the president called her annie oakley. >> right. >> she's looking at it the same. >> democratic presidential nominees have not made a big issue about this, wolf. not al gore, not john kerry, and it wasn't until after the shootings in connecticut, sandy hook, which was after he was reelected that president obama started talking about it in a major way. >> right. bernie sanders has a d-minus rating from the nra. not enough but a d-minus on that point. we're only minute as we from the polls closing in south carolina. state officials there have described the turnout as steady. will enough voters turn out to give bernie

after nevada, democratic contenders will go next to south carolina which has a democratic electorate that is 55% african-american. after south carolina, democrats will head into the march 1st states, the big super tuesday contests. a number of those states have a similarly heavily african-american demographic in terms of who's going to turn out and vote in the democratic contest. nationally, hillary clinton is viewed as having a huge to the point of prohibitive advantage with minority democratic voters of all kinds and particularly african-americans. the last national polling on this was done between iowa and new hampshire. it showed secretary clinton with a lead of 74 points over bernie sanders among african-american democrats. a 74-point margin between them in terms of african-american democratic support. so you'd think that would make the next few races predictable. but wildcard here is that senator sanders is working triple time to try to close that gap. he has announced a number of endorsements from prominent african-american leaders and elected officials in recent days. and in

now for the democrats. >> on the democratic side, we still don't know who's won. they're calling this too close to call. we've had a little bit of an emerging mini story. a little while about 25 minutes ago we got word sometime within the last hour i should say we got word that the sanders campaign was claiming that the iowa democratic party had failed to put party staff at 90 precincts. there's 1,600 something precincts. 90 did not have democratic party staffers at them. they said that the iowa democratic party had asked for the campaigns to help count at those precincts. this would be 90 out of 1,600 plus. it wouldn't be a huge proport n proportion. we have now had a statement from the iowa democratic party absolutely denying this charge from the sanders campaign. this is a statement from the iowa democratic party. we have just got it in. quote, we are currently getting results from our small number of outstanding precincts. the reports of precincts without chairs are inaccurate. these out standings precincts have chairs. we are in the process of contacting to g

janet: what about democrats? david: a home win for bernie sanders but he broke all of the ideological and demographic barriers. david: it did. hillary griffin has a few problems but young women versus older women, she has to figure that out quickly and she has to solve that problem and i' m sure she' s solving that. south carolina she has a 30 point lead, 60 to 30. according to latest averages. that first set of polls today or tomorrow will be probably 20% that puts sanders in striking distance. ed: obviously the larger african-american population in south carolina, although that isn' t necessarily going to bernie sanders. david: i can' t see her losing south carolina. it is a much more significant chunk of the vote. if you are sanders, every african-american voter you see is like 4 because it is a four ed: you said that donald trump despite saying every unkind word, you' re a member george carlin saying the words you cannot say on television. -- you are member george carlin. janet: he feeds into the antiestablis

new york was a critical state for democrats.hat's going to be a hotly contested primary in new york state. we intend to -- why the clinton campaign seems unwilling to debate in new york city remains a mystery to me. it would be great in they can explain. watching your news this morning, maybe the lynne people can look into it. >> i'll be speaking later this hour with hillary clinton. i'll ask her what's going on with the debate, and we'll get back to you on that. keep watching cnn, jeff, and you'll get an answer directly from hillary clinton. jeff, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. always a pleasure. >> thank you. let's take a quick break. we're standing by to speak live with hillary clinton. she's the winner barely, but she is the winner of the iowa caucuses. >> the iowa democratic party has announce thad 100% of the precincts have reported that hillary clinton is the winner barely, but is the winner of the iowa caucuses. bernie sanders coming in a very, very close second. we're going to have much more on thi

democrat,e of a new moderate to conservative democrat. today, hillary clinton is saying he's a progressive and she's fighting bernie over that definition. wow! love it! keep the fight up! you know, that's really so interesting, that now this is a can embrace,y where before they would run away from progressive. they would run away from liberal. that mean? that means we're running away from a lot of opportunities to look at new ideas. >> let's go to a democrat. elizabeth, go ahead. >> yes. sir.morning, i don't call often. i listen quite a bit. call that often. it gets frustrating and confusing a lot. lady, she is very sensible. said! love what she just as i listen, i'm hearing realism.vs. bernie sanders is idealistic. that's fine and good. we wish the world was like that. the world isn't that way. live in, ae realistic world. now who is presenting the issues?c hillary clinton. so give me a minute, please. don't cut me off. don't call often. now, do you know what? the republicans, i've heard them a couple ofump and go againstt to bernie. you

for the democrats.andidates's surrogates give speeches, so that will take at least 90 minutes, and then they all move around the room. iowa is not a winner-take-all state. even ted cruz comes in second to democratic strategist donnie fowler -- donald trump, the closest thing to the establishment is marco rubio. for the democrats this is a more serious issue, because hillary clinton is ahead, according to the latest polling, but well within the margin of error. we know she is 20 points behind in new hampshire, so if bernie sanders because particularly well, this gives you momentum. david is right in saying that the outcome of iowa is only right about half of the time, but it is about momentum. we have spoken to mike huckabee who said if he doesn't do well, he may be out of the race. rick santorum who won the last time around, even though it was declared to be mitt romney, if he doesn't do well, he will have to rethink his chances, as will carly fiorina. let's go to michael shure. tell us where you are, m

great considering respecting the democratic r rults to come in more slowly. on the republican side, we've got 20 percent of the present reporting now ted cruz still holding that narrow lead over donald trump 30 percent to 27 percent marco rubio right in the 18 or 19 percent zone all night long ben carson now at 10 percent rand paul four percent jeb bush at two percent mike huckabee is going to be up next onon the extra page at two rcent john casey quan percent these numbers haven't really changed much brought the evening and we get to the bottom three chris christie one percent accent on one percent and still rounding down the 04 gilmore. we've been getng reports of pretty good tnout are then expected a l lot of plas and one y was saying that something we needed was bernie sanders.in the high tutuout britney hibbs s t his camp whwhh is at the holiday inn airport in desesmoines and what some would le there britney? >> good evening guys were here the burning headquarters we are all sort of have her eyes glued to the tv bulgur phones looking at the numbers as ar

democrats, (202) 748-8000.owa voters and it new hampshire voters, we want to hear from you. .202) 748-8003 let's begin with the closing arguments from the candidate yesterday. one is what the front runner the republican side had to say. [video clip] really get it. one of the things that came out is that by far, the tromp person is the most loyal by far. i should not say this in front of jerry. behave in front of jerry. they say donald trump can do anything and they are still going to vote for him, 67 to just about with them, i get into the 90's. other people are at 9%. my people, i adore you. you are going to make a decision soon. we're going to make america great again. host: he made his closing arguments, as did the other candidates. comments as your well. the front page, caucus as if you were living under a rock. voice be heardur today. who is your candidate and wide. here is a tweet that says it is the beginning of election season. karen says who is my candidate? we will see who when our primaries come up i

democratic party.o, really, we have got these first four contest. there is a lot of press. but now we are getting into states that are more representative of the country. and with those with half the delegates are chosen and the two weeks between the first and the 15th. i think by the end of that, it has been a vigorous race. i knew it would be. and the handicap -- you had to get the other side, donald trump wins today in south carolina, i think he is probably well on his way to the nomination. anything could happen. but, listen, we've only had two contest. we have got a long way to go. i chaired hillary's 2008 effort. that went all the way to the end, all the way to south dakota at the end. we went to the last couple primaries. so we are just starting. governor mcauliffe, you skipped over a little bit what is happening in nevada today. was supposed to be the start of hillary clinton's firewall. re representative of the broader national population in terms of demographics. if she does not win in nevada

a democrat. hello. caller: the morning. may i say that i agree with the previous color, you do have a beautiful smile. you do an excellent job. host: thank you. glad that hillary one. -- was the winner. it was a close election. sanders, after new hampshire, he will probably abate. i hope hillary gets in, that is because she will continue the good policies of president obama. thrilled to death got a trumpingmp last night. the elections in november will totally do away party which isa the worst thing that ever happened to our country. host: thank you. victor, georgia. daniel and pennsylvania, hello. hello. yes i'm for donald trump. what he did for the service people i think is great. he would benk that a good president, that is because he is not a quitter. that this of the way government is being run by obama. she has ruined our military. he has ruined our country. that is as far as our debt. people cannot see this. they need to look and see about other people. republican of pennsylvania, mark, ind

it's another democrat. you'll have two democrats running and splitting their vote.he's been fighting and pounding away at republicans for how long now? you know, to take all the guns away. he wants a tax slurpees and sodas. the guy's a liberal democrat. so great. >> so what's your reaction to a possible bloomberg run? >> well, my reaction is the same that you and i have talked about several times on this topic. and that is that when michael bloomberg takes a very close look at the two cloiss that ultimately voters will have, he'll see that issues that he is concerned about and that he's fought for are really well cared for in the democratic party. look what's happened on the other side, wolf. you have donald trump, who has, you know, won the new hampshire primary. ted cruz who won the iowa primary, and you know, at the end of the day, the most extreme conservative out of touch candidates have been the front runners winning the most delegates in their party's primary. and so, clearly, when americans go and make their choice in the general election, i'm confident tha

she registers as democrat. she put on her blue democratic shirt.into caucus with the other party, nobody is the wiseer. okay. so wendy voted. that's tomorrow. that's the november democratic caucus tomorrow. now, scene change. there we go, whohoo, well done, my people. it's now, tuesday. tuesday february 23rd. you are looking now at a republican caucus site if nevada. note all of the changes, new sign, new sweater, also grasses, very nice republican voting rolls in nevada closed more than a week ago. so you can't show up and register same day like you could as a democrat. only those registered as a republican can caucus with the republicans at this republican caucus. so you see, some of these previously registered nevadaens are here, these folks in the red shirts, they sign in, they're registered republicans. they have been registered since before february 13th. they head into their caucus. hey, look, there is sneaky wendy, as i said, she's a registered republican. while she just registers as a democrat three days ago, you know what, she's still on

we kept on hearing democrats, democrats, democrats.m wondering if she was drawing the distinction because bernie sanders is not a registered democratic. why is the cbc drawing that distinction? >> i think that's one point. i think david pointed out in the last segment, look, bernie sanders has been an independent, and has always been an independent. that helped him in new hampshire where a large number of independents were able to participate in the primary a couple of days ago. and now you're moving into states where democrats are the only ones who will be able to participate. i think what you heard congressman meeks sort of pointing out is that now it's going to sort of be in the party, in the family conversation. but j john, i think i want to go back to a larger point i think they're making as well. many of these members have worked with her as first lady, as senator, as secretary of state, and it isn't lost on folks who have followed many of their careers that these are all about relationships and that's the other point i think tha

why are we here, what's the mantle of being a democrat all about? organized labor is the bedrock. my grandfather a union been very good to my family and millions of other families. i think it's something we have to stand up for. >> ben, let's come back, is teach for america not necessarily theoretically but functionally anti union and for the privatizesation in affect the privatization of public schools as brian was saying over here being laid out. >> not at all. first, all of the teachers nonprofit organization, modelen the peace core, they all join the union, they're all cft members. >> cft and cps schools. >> a member of the nla affiliate. >> a lot of your members are teaching in private schools and in charter schools; is that correct? >> not really. we have no teachers in private schools. very small percentage, less than 25% teaching in charter schools. some teach preschool and head start centers too. public schools in senate tee or dayton, they're union members? >> all the of rules for the teacher willing in that district. major democrats like

first in the south -- the democratic primary. good morning and thanks for joining us for this wis special edition of saturday morning, i'm mary king. and i'm len kiese. 9:30 is the time -- and if you haven't already gotten out there yet, voting in the 2016 democratic presidential primary is well under way. polls will be open until 7pm tonight. that's when we'll see those election results start rolling in. on the ballot... former secretary of state hillary clinton. vermont senator bernie sanders. and -- chicago businessman wilson. he's a 3rd candidate on the ballot here in south carolina, but he's stll fighting to be recognized as a candidate in other states. we'll have more on his campaign ahead. nationally -- the battleground is officially set for the two top-polling candidates, clinton political experts and early polling numbers are predicting clinton will be the victor in south carolina's democratic race. likely south carolina democratic voters finds about 58-percent favor hillary clinton. 32-percent favor senator bernie sande

in terms of the expectations of the two democratic -- major democratic candidates, you know, i think the reason you're hearing hillary clinton is calling it a victory party, and you're hearing her predict a victory, there's no way she can lose gracefully. there's no way she can lose in iowa and spin it positively. so he has nothing to lose in the way she's spiing it, right? whereas bernie sanders could lose in iowa, he has new hampshire coming up, where he's expected to win, so he can lower expectations. >> it's a bigger blow to hillary clinton, you're saying. >> it's a bigger blow to hillary clinton. so she can -- why not spin it as a victory. >> democracy on live television. enough about this studio. look at what's going on in iowa. we're going to take a break and come back with our live coverage. >> people can't wait. people who have health emergencies can't wait for us to have some theoretical debate about a better idea that will never, ever come to pass. >> what secretary clinton has implied throughout this campaign, that somehow i, who spent my life fighting for universal healt

a record number of democrats turned out to vote in 2008. 240,000 democrats in iowa. this year in iowa, it was 172,000. in new hampshire in 2008, again, huge numbers. a record set on a democratic side. 288,000 people turned out on the democratic side in new hampshire. that year it was 288,000. this year it was 247,000. these numbers for democrat turn out this year are not bad numbers. they're not record breaking numbers. they are lower than the last competitive democratic contest in 2008. that is a particularly cold splash of water when you consider that the republicans in both iowa and new hampshire this year, they have had record turn out while the democrats have not. that's not good for democrats broadly looking ahead to the general election. that's not good for senator sanders who has not just been claiming that he can generate record voter turn out, he's put the claim at the very center of why and how he's running for president. why he could win and how he would govern if elected. if it's not true, if the record turn out isn't coming then the sanders campaign wil

to do but we turn first to the democratic deal. clinton andlary bernie sanders on the stump today. >> i want the people here in state to know what i think you saw in the debate again last night. only one candidate who is prepared to do all aspects of one.ob on day >> sanders, however, at the debate last night argued that more to the choice than that. concede thatully secretary clinton, who was fourtary of state for years, has more experience. that is not arguable. but experience is not the only point. judgment is. >> it was a different kind of debate, with only two contenders stage. and days after a whisker-thin hillary, the gloves came out. what does it tell us about the threats and opportunities that the sandersand folks are facing, reid? >> right now we're seeing a democratic party that is as divided and as evolving as the soublican party has been, explosively over the last couple of years. the reason is democratic sort ofn has been masked, i think, in recent years, is because they have one party inhead of the president obama. b

as you said, no result on the democratic side. there's a clear winner on the democratic side. the popping of champagne. the democrats watching the results. no matter what the campaigns say, we cannot call it. we're waiting for the democratic party. as of the last update, there's nothing. however, we have spoken to the hillary clinton campaign on her bus. and they're saying that they believe that they have won. that they will win. but only by a hair. they said they had a large turnout, second only to 2008. and they argue that actually helped them. but by winning, remember, iowa is an expectation game. and hillary clinton was said to be this inevitable nominee with this huge ground game. and if she wins by just a hair, is that really winning, given how well bernie sanders has done against hillary clinton? >> chris, i mean, winning is winning. but clinton's camp, i think was interesting, took a very different tone in terms of their opinion on how tonight went than bernie sanders. what are they saying? >> well, the clinton campaign say they believe when the results are settled, th

that might turn on democratic operatives. that does not turn on the base of democratic voters. and i think you're going to see really low turnout here in south carolina. >> let's not have a heart p palpitation. i can guarantee you when you look at registration right now, democrats are still, you know, going out there, they're registering to vote. republicans have the lyons share of the media attention, the lyons share of the media. but i don't believe what we are seeing in the four states, south carolina, nevada, will give us any evidence of what's going to happen. >> you talk about that -- >> some therapy with the gala because he's not sleeping. >> i'm a huge christie fan. >> i don't think we should panic right now. all i'm saying is when we look at registration, people are still going about registration. >> so the party, how do you -- you talked about trying to fix that enthusiasm. >> i think it will change. i think that especially democratic base voters are getting more excited. i was giving the example i was coming because i knew i was coming on the show with anderson. i ha

the democrat side but the primary difference between the republican and the democrats is that there is not the same kind of element of suspense. yes at some point we had martin o'malley in the mix and we had willson who was here yesterday but every poll shows that it's a two person race for the democrats and 59 delegates at stake and they have been consistent at this point, secretary clinton is winning by a wide margin in support from the african american demographic. black voters make up 55% of the demographic and black women voters are likely to turn out here as previously like in all presidential cycles. clinton has a powerful hold on them, especially older african american women and while she got democrats flocked to obama, right now her opponent sounds nothing like him. clinton has scored endorsements from some of the most in influential black leaders. she is known for the black democrats and cliber would have backed her last year if not for the chance to back up the first black president. her popularity has never gone away. senator sanders has a well financed campaign here and

the democrats, about 61% father, according to the exit polls. of course a vast majority of republicans are white. here are the interesting things, 70% in exit polls in the democrats today said keep the obama policies, keep fanning on obama. republican voters said they're angry, they want to change everything. the democrats today, 42% said the economy is their top concern, republicans last saturday, 28%. here's the one that really disturbs me about the democrats, the republicans last saturday in the polling said terrorism is their top concern. only 10% of south carolina democrats today are worried about terrorism. that, to me, is a -- an indictment of the democrat party, of the socialist leengz, of seven years of obama and what he has done to raelg reek havoc on this country internationally. that's what i'm concerned about. >> why should democrats be concerned? you know what some president obama has led on foreign policy. ask osama bin laden if you want to know. and we know that hillary clinton is probably the most experienced candidate when it c

and, look at democrats. 80% today was democratic. 57% clinton, 41% sanders.ing well with independents did well with independents today here too but they make up 19%. she wins democrats overwhelmingly women wins the people that want to continue barack obama's policies and they made up huge chunks. so this is how she won in nevada. >> i think your point about the independent es is critical. hillary clinton is doing very well among the peoplewho are supposed to like her, her fellow democrats. and you know when you saw the big win for bernie sanders in new hampshire, so much of his support does come from independents. >> so as this contest moves to more closed primaries where just democrats are participating, we move to super tuesday and beyond that is advantage clinton. >> no question. >> she has a slightly impressive win there, it's not necessarily even thaul close. look at the numbers now. 52.3%, 47.7%. it's not necessarily neck and neck. it's an impressive 4-point win at least as of now with the actual numbers coming in. >> i think the numbers that john was p

now democrats have it in 2016.ink this is also a problem that iowa democrats never release, you know, the raw voter data either. that would help clarify maybe in a close race who really did the best job of turning people out. so i think there are some questions moving forward. i understand what the sanders campaign is doing. even though i don't know if it really matters all that much in the sense of, if hillary is the clear winner or sanders is the clear winner, i think they both politically got that what i needeneed -- what they needed. but i think it is smart for the sanders campaign to throw in doubt and make this more of an issue into new hampshire. >> thanks so much. >>> candidates fanning out across new hampshire. why several say this could be the state that makes or breaks their campaign. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma

that is helping fund the democratic takeover of congress. so if the people of south carolina think it was a good thing that harry reid and nancy pelosi became majority leader and speaker of the house, you can thank donald trump for helping fund the political effort to make that happened. i would note that donald had been unsuccessful in helping democrats get majorities in both houses, we would have never had obamacare. donald trump is a direct cause of obamacare passing. because if either house had remained in republican control, it never would have passed. and donald helped fund the democratic takeover of both houses of congress. nobody who cares about conservative judges would help fund during the senate over to the democrats. planned parenthood is responsible for the deaths over the years of millions of unborn children. being pro-life and supporting planned parenthood are fundamentally incompatible. nobody who is pro-life one out of the words, planned parenthood does do wonderful things. --ook forward to any lawsuit and let me note, one o

bernie sanders is only a new democrat. he's a democratic socialist from nearby vermont. hillary clinton trying to remind people that she's been a lifelong democratic and in the middle comes the tussle. who is the true progressive? >> we're going to win. >> reporter: that's the question hanging in the air tonight as hillary clinton and bernie sanders try and win over undecided new hampshire voters at the cnn presidential town hall meeting coming off the closest democratic caucus in iowa history. >> it was kind of a low blow when senator sanders said in response to a question, well, you know, maybe she's a progressive on some days. >> reporter: she was responding to sanders who questioned her progressive record. >> some days, yes. except when she announces she is a proud moderate. >> reporter: their sharp exchanges exploded on twitter. she said a 40 year record of progressive results boiled down to some days. >> i get accused of being kind of moderate and center. i plead guilty. >> reporter: sanders sent out a series of tweets and held his ground with cnn's wolf blitzer. >

and that is 28% of iowa democrats. so a lot of iowa democrats are looking for the right experience.is the split, though. you've got right experience versus honest and trustworthiness. you've got cares about people like me versus can win in november. it's the battle of the heart and the mind. and we see it's totally tied up. >> and anderson, that helps explain why it's a virtual dead heat right now. >> yeah. still is. let's look on the republican side. do you think for donald trump it was a mistake to pass on the last gop debate? >> excuse me. yeah, i think it was. the iowa voters are very fickle in the sense that they want you to make sure you that genuflect toward the caucus process. and also, 90% of politics is just showing up p p so when you don't show up and you don't genuflect toward the process i think those voters would tend to have a harsher judgment for candidates that don't do that. i think it would cost a lot of people. in a race where it's this close, second or third, it might have been enough to cost him that. >> it's interesting because the night of that debate there w

weekend is the nevada democratic caucuses. thursday, c-span's road to the white house coverage continues with presidential candidate hillary clinton. she is speaking to voters at a caucus rally in east las vegas, hosted by a local labor union. that is live at 11:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span's coverage of the presidential candidates continues this week with campaign events in south carolina and nevada. leading up to the south carolina gop primary and nevada democratic caucuses on saturday, every 20th. live coverage starts saturday, 7:30 p.m. eastern with candidates speeches and your reaction on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> senator ted cruz spoke at a news conference in seneca south carolina, to address his ongoing legal feud with fellow republican president candidate donald trump. this is 35 minutes. donald's lawyer sent our campaign a cease-and-desist letter. this letter, i will say, having practiced law for many years, this letter is one of the most remarkable i have ever read. mr. trump's lawyers contend

henderson, the head of the polk county democratic party. it can't get any closer than this. >> we're going to have to wait until all the votes are counted. it is going to be very close. it is a limit like 2012 with the republicans. cynthia: do you think it could be too close to call even tonight? >> i think they will have the numbers in by the end of the evening. but i can't tell from this board who -- from this board where we are looking for both from. that might dictate who might win. cynthia: how close does it have to be to be too close to call? >> at this point, i think you would want to count all the votes. cynthia: hillary had a very small organization, bernie had the enthusiasm and brought a lot of new caucus-goers. >> having you do something up right there. -- i think you just summed it up right there. enthusiasm to the race and i think it has got a lot of new voters heading to the caucuses. it was always predicted to be a photo finish. cynthia: we heard hillary had to have a resounding win for her to consider a win. >> a win is a w

karen has been at the democratic tally site. and after a rocky start today, karen, i guess things have smoothed out. >> reporter: yeah, they did, dave. there were some technical difficulties with the nevada democratic caucus website. it crashed, so those results were not being updated as they were coming in. they were released to another source. first one started coming in afternoon. shortly after 50% of the precincts had reported, hillary clinton evers reported the winners. bernie sanders did not fall far behind. at one point he had a slight lead over clinton. thea other times they were split down the middle. a handful of deck of cards were handed out to break up those sides and one evers used. we saw long lines at several polling sites. >> you never know until caucus day how many people are actually going to show up. so i was telling someone else earlier today, it's kind ever like going to a movie where everyone knows what time the movie is and everyone shows up at the same time and there's a line. we had tens of thousands of

is a democrat, dee.aller: i just wanted to say that what i have learned is that going needs to listen to the debates themselves and not listen to the next a reports. they are heavily edited. been no candidate has even why the republicans keep the young, elderly, and students from voting. those who close those -- the government for two weeks and still collect a paycheck and has done everything to obstruct our president who has voted twice for his vision. i see that if we need to do anything, we need to understand water andve poison homelessness. the republican leadership does not care about that. sorry, i thought you had finished. nearly 15 months after trying to , the attempt has been dropped. the documents were signed by legal officials and posted wednesday come in drawing condemnation from the them is lawyers, one of whom called the suit nothing short of breathtaking. but on tuesday, city officials said that the $500 claim was unintended, and the city was withdrawn yet. in a news conference, mayor fran

a democrat. that she hasn't really been, you know, walking the walk. >> he was asked about that tonight. let's listen. >> and it is true. [ applause ] it is true, not to be denied. i am the longest serving independent in the history of the united states congress. people are vermont sent moo to washington as an independent nap is true. but, on the other hand, when i was in the house for 16 years, i caucused can democrats. in the senate for nine years caucused with the democrats of course and i was elected pi the democrats to be chair of the veterans committee three years ago, which viechl proud of and now am i ranking member on. budget committee. i am running for president as a democrat. let me be frank. i do want to see major changes in the democratic party. i want to see working people and young people come into the party in a way that doesn't exist now. and you know what? i want a 50-state strategy so the democratic party is not just the party of 25 states. >> john can i go, is that realistic a

but my understanding is from talking to democrats is that even though 39 out of the 44 democrats in the senate have endorsed hillary clinton, elizabeth warren does not plan to endorsing in this primary. but you can bet if this race goes on and sanders and clinton are locked in a fierce battle, there will be enormous pressure on her to change her mind. >> in a word, leverage. jackie? >> so we've been talking a lot about how women especially young women have been voting for bernie sanders. but well before people were feeling the bern, i was talking to pollsters who say after focus group after focus group, young women were not into hillary clinton. this is before the bernie sanders rise. and so you have to think that maybe instead of tearing bernie sanders down, this is a problem with hillary clinton and her appeal to that demographic. >> maybe they should have caught it a little bit earlier? i'll close with this. a big decision in the next 24 to 48 hours for ohio governor john kasich. after placing second in new hampshire, his plan was to just dabble in south carolina, then move on and ge

and we'll also talk about the democrats. we don't know who won the iowa caucuses and may not know until wednesday night when hillary clinton and bernie sanders take the stage for a cnn town hall event moderated by anderson cooper. what timing. how important could this be? with this race now just locked in a virtual tie. that is wednesday night 8:00 p.m. only on cnn. >>> also ted cruz takes iowa, marco rubio could be the next story line as you just heard. what is his success in iowa due to trump and due to the others moving forward? also donald trump is not used to playing second fiddle. we have been seeing him tweet all night, folks, what one of his top iowa supporters has to say, what they have to say may surprise you. i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all. 52% of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. ancestry has many paths to discovering your

should democrats be worried? >>> you may remember two years >>> you may remember two years ago ran in a primary for u.s. senate in wyoming. she battled carpet baggers. she announced she'll run again. she will run for wyoming's house seat. she made an error. she announced her bid on facebook. the attack ads write themselves. >>> i was expected to come in anywhere like 10, 11, 12, 13. i ended upcoming in second. didn't devote tremendous time to it. didn't devote tremendous money to it. in fact, i guess in terms of money per vote, i'm at the bottom meaning the most efficient. i came in second. a came in a strong second. third was quite a bit away. i think 2,500 close to 3,000 votes away. it was a big difference between second and third. >> everyone was wondering what does it look like when donald trump finally loses. that's what it looks like. spinning his second place finish. about an hour ago in millford, new hampshire trump appeared with the man who endorsed him, scott brown. he lost his bid to become senator two

the 1976 republican, the 1980 democrats and the need to 72 democrat. in each of those, the person who won in the primaries won the nomination because the delegate stopped. however, this does not mean that conventions are completely gone because it all depends what happens in the primaries. it's entirely possible that someone, particularly in a field, it's entirely possible that nobody walks into their convention with a majority of delegate. it is entirely possible that it is split, better. if there is no first ballot, then you have a convention. in the old days, that used to happen quite frequently, although the 1924 convention which went something like 118 ballot was unusual. but in the old days, it pays to have been quite regularly. it doesn't now because the primary voters kind of sort this out and that is why it doesn't happen anymore. so finally, i asked often, isn't there a more rational way of doing this? this doesn't make ends. why don't we have a national primary? why don't we have regional primaries? there's a ton of smart ideas about their a

the democrats understand that bernie is not a democratic socialist. he is not a democrat. he is an independent and decided to be a socialist. revolution is about all to nothing. those people who are dissatisfied -- the points bernie is talking about, we can agree on those things. when you are going, a revolution, how are you going to have that happen? we've done things are party has wanted and when we've done those things we lost power in congress. democrats did obamacare without republicans. we lost the house. ,ecause those same democrats you cannot come out just during the presidential cycle and vote. you did not vote in the midterms. you did not vote enough in your state and local elections. you have to look at this -- we are going to have a revolution? i know better. you said hillary clinton has to sharpen her edge against bernie sanders. what does it she need to do? caller: she needs to help the democratic party realize bernie wants to be the adopted son of the democratic party. use the nameto when it is a convenience. he is trying to use the democratic apparatus to a

both the democratic establishment. you have bernie sanders, somebody who describes himself as a democratic socialist. basically tying with the ultimate insider figure, hillary clinton, here in iowa. and on the republican side outsider candidates really winning the day in that contest. jeff zeleny is with the sanders campaign and has some news for us. jeff, a powerful speech for bernie sanders. what's next for him? >> jake, it was a powerful speech. of course he said that iowa started the revolution here. so he's going to take that energy on to new hampshire, where he's leading so much in the polls, has so much energy. but i'm told by a senior strategist to the sanders campaign that they do not expect a final result tonight. they have been told by iowa democratic party officials that there are 90 precincts across the state of iowa out of some 1,800 precincts that do not have a result. but never mind that. senator sanders said it's basically a tie, they will split the delegates and go to new hampshire. but jake, i can te

the democrats. reporter sabrina with iowa democratic party chair dr. andy mcuire to explain how the iowa caucuses work for the democrats.reporter sabrina ahmed sits democratic party chair dr. andy mcuire to explain the democrats.reporter sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa democratic party chair dr. andy mcuire to explain how the iowa caucuses work for the democrats.reporter sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa democratic party chair dr. andy mcuire to explain how the iowa caucuses work for the democrats.reporter sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa democratic party chair dr. andy mcuire to explain how the iowa caucuses work for the democrats. lukas: and on the republican side... it's a little simpler. there's no "viability threshold." iowa's republican party chair shows us how it works democratic party chair dr. andy mcuire to explain how the iowa caucuses work for the democrats. reporter sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa democratic party chair dr. andy mcuire to explain how the iowa caucuses work for the

now look at the democrats. and hillary clinton ahead, 53% to 47%, this is with 23% of the precincts reporting. ali, so this has been at least for the last 20 minutes, this is what we've seen. >> that's right. what you haven't seen yet is pall county, des moines, where that demographic will change a little bit perhaps to bernie sanders. we know it's early. what's more interesting is look down the ticket on both sides, on both sides, the democratic ticket, martin o'malley not registering a percent yet. what donald trump and ted cruz are doing, after that rand paul. the more establishment candidates not registering, virtually not registering at all. in fact you don't see mike huckabee on that list, john kasich, you see carly fiorina, just stretching up. some of those candidates aren't even here today john. john kasich, jeb bush, chris christie, they didn't even come here. they are in new hampshire right now today getting ready for the next contest on february 9th. the battle for top of spot still playing out still

democrat in 2008.igh turnout but not as high as the republicans did and not as high as their record. is that an issue for shadowing the general election? are demming going to have an excitement problem republicans aren't going to have and what does this do to the new hampshire race? before iowa bernie sanders had a huge lead in new hampshire. him doing so well in iowa, or if indeed he wins in iowa, is that going to rattle democrats? is that going to shake up his numbers in new hampshire? because people were expecting had imto come in as the underdog? >> it's a lot easier to say what this result doesn't do and what it does, because had the result been a bit different, had bernie sanders won and a convincing victory in iowa, then we could project it would boost his total in new hampshire and it might -- and then he would have two and that might change things in south carolina a bit. who knows? >> or it might electrify the democratic establishment around clinton to get urgency. it could -- >> exactly. cou

southern democrats have one thing in common northern democrats don't. and interest to expand slavery. this is ominous. this shows the politics of the party through this political culture were becoming increasingly sectional. what year was the kansas nebraska act? >> 1854. prof. balcerski: what year is the civil war? >> 1865. prof. balcerski: that is when it ends. >> 1861. prof. balcerski: the kansas nebraska act is 1854. the civil war starts 18 61. that's only seven years away. look, this becomes the civil war. what do you think of this example? go ahead. >> i think it's more politics. you have northerners battling for their views. if they all live in one house, that is how they got their job done. prof. balcerski: well said. the power of the domestic sphere and politics. other thoughts on that? remember these guys. the f street mess made quite a mess. what comes out of the f street mess, but comes out of this is my third category. affairs of honor. this is not to say that affairs of honor did not take place in the earlier time. because they did. the mo

take down the presumed front runner on the democratic side. so he's watching this more closely than anyone and the clinton campaign predicted a win in this state. so we continue to watch that side. >> it is 11:00 p.m. on the east coast. we have a winner on the rin side, ted cruz is the winner and we're awaiting his remarks but the big indecision at this moment is the democratic side. hillary clinton 50% to 49%, perhaps a little ticking up of the vote total. let's try to get a breakdown. >> we're going to go live to our campaign cowboys, space cowboys, it's odd. they know what they're doing and chris wallace is in charge of them. >> in charge? yes. i'm here with my lion whip and ready to try to handle my tigers. joe trippi where are the democratic precincts we haven't heard from yet? >> mostly in the college we call it college counties of johnson county and story county, they're pretty much all in. and bernie sanders is beating hillary clinton in those two counties but not nearly by the margin thought of. >> the precincts are in areas that tend

democrats. bernie is trying to win by the biggest margin that he can and hillary is trying to lose by the smallest margin she can. i've never seen a campaign like this. but for the spin, obviously the clinton people say if we can get it down then we've got a big victory. the spin that i've heard from the sanders campaign, which i love, is, look, in iowa she won by 0.25% and they declared it a huge victory. so for us anything other 0.25% is momentum. >> we've got to take a quick break. up next, the first exit polling numbers starting with the key question which did voters settle on the candidate they voted for, how long did they stay undecided. answers to that next if we look at a live picture. some of those voters still waiting to cast their ballots in this first primary of 2016. at safelite, we know how busy your life can be. oh no this mom didn't have time to worry about a cracked windshield. so she scheduled at safelite.com and with safelite's exclusive "on my way text" she knew exactly when

iowa democratic party declaring hillary clinton the winner of the state democratic caucuses.s a very tight race between secretary of state and vermont senator bernie sanders. officials say clinton won by a razor-thin margin. the race now moves to new hampshire where bernie sanders as far ahead. on the gop side donald trump finishing second in the iowa caucuses, ted cruz and passed him strong support from evangelical and conservative voters marco rubio finishing behind donald trump with the lead surgeon hawkeye state. as donald trump comes in second in the iowa caucuses there's a report that is star on hollywood walk of fame was the face. someone drew a swastika overdoes star. los angeles times said soon after the chamber of commerce discovered the vandalism they cleaned up the star. donald trump was inducted into the walk of fame in 2007. >> alphabet unseeded apple to claim the title as the world's most valuable public company things to 4% jump after hours. the parent of google is valued at $565 billion, that is more than apple last $539 billion. of the topping at elected a c