republican jim jordan will question clinton as she testifies to the house benghazi committee. he spoke earlier this week with sharyl attkisson. sot sharyl: "is there anything you feel the coittee has learned or done to extend the knowledge?" jim jordan (r-house benghazi committee): "we've got a ton of emails from her that none of the other committees had access. we've talked to 7 eyewitnesses that the other committees did not talk to and interviewed different folks who had information about that tragic night." you can see the rest of the interview with jordan... as well as an interview with the former head of the house committee on intelligence, on how u- s foreign policy played a role in the catastrophe... this sunday on full measure with sharyl attkisson. that show airs at 10-30 here on kmeg 14... right after face the nation. larry>> it sounds like the stuff of science fiction... using *lasers* to burn away fat. coming up after the break in tonight's healthwatch... how one clinic in new york is turning a scientific "fact." diana>> liposuction is the gold standard to get rid

hillary clinton, she is keeping a relatively low profile ahead of her testimony in front of the house benghazi committee this thursday. her campaign released a mini documentary yesterday and it touts her experience as secretary of state, without specifically mentioning benghazi. clinton will be rachel's guest on the rachel maddow show friday night at 9:00 eastern on msnbc, and the campaign for jim webb announced the former virginia governor -- or senator, i should say, is considering running as an independent. he's holding a press conference today at 1:00 eastern. we'll get more information on that. >>> one-time olympic hero oscar pistorius was released from prison last night. it comes a year after being convicted of gunning down his girlfriend in an incident he says was a herbal mistake. his release was a full day early. pistorius was secretly escorted from prison under the cloak of darkness. nbc's jeff boston has more from johannesburg. >> reporter: he has served less than one year of his five-year sentence. pistorius was convicted of

. >> after 11 hours fending off republicans on the house benghazi committee -- >> i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. me too, me too. >> coming on the heels of a debate which saw her poll numbers spike and the decision by a formidable rival, vice president joe biden not to run for president. >> unfortunately i believe we're out of time. >> hello everybody! >> hillary clinton now returns to the campaign trail with the wind at her back and her husband by her side. >> i'm back. >> the many challenges hillary clinton faces include the complicated democratic record of

preview of hillary clinton's testimony before the house benghazi committee this morning. we have more live road to the white house coverage. senator ted cruz holds a town hall meeting in council bluffs, iowa. after the event, the texas republican will take phone calls from c-span viewers. that is live friday at 8:30 p.m. eastern. saturday, we are live with the democratic presidential candidates at the jefferson jackson dinner in des moines. our live coverage starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. biden said he is not entering the 2016 presidential race. endedresident biden months of speculation he would run for president a third time after unsuccessful bids in the 1988 and 2008 races. he made the announcement in the white house rose garden. was joined by his wife jill biden and president obama. vice president biden: good morning, please sit down. mr. president, thank you for lending me the rose garden for a minute. as my family and i have worked through the grieving process, i have said all along what i have said time and again to others. that it may very well be that th

it shows 46% believe the house benghazi committee is unfair and too partisan, while 29% believe it'ssting, just simply don't know enough. could clinton's testimony put this issue to rest? is that even possible? or is she in a no-win situation on this issue? >> i don't think she's going to put it to rest in these varyings. but i do think that there's a possibility that republicans will overplay their hand. we saw kevin mccarthy, the majority leader do that, earlier this year when he said that her sagging poll numbers were related to the benghazi investigation, since then we had a new york republican congressman who said that the committee was designed to go after her. and i think there's a real moment here for republicans where they basically have to prove that this investigation that's been going on for 18 months was a worthwhile endeavor for taxpayer money. at the same time hillary clinton's going to have to show that she has not acted inappropriately. >> and just to make a correction here, that poll showed 36% believe the house benghazi committee is unfair and too partisan. and i w

hillary clinton faces the house select committee on benghazi. facing tough questions about what happened on that compound, facing questions about her e-mail. what will her strategy be? >> paul ryan could be speaker of the house if he wants it. new support overnight from congress's most conservative republicans. >> how joe biden got to know. we have new information about the decision he made, how late he made it and who knew, when did they know it? there were a lot of people surprised yesterday. >> i'm john berman, welcome to "early start." >> i'm christine romans. >>> this morning, hillary clinton goes before the house benghazi committee. the committee says the focus willing on the 2012 attacks on the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya, attacks that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. the republican-led committee is expected to ask then secretary of state hillary clinton about what she knew, about reported problems at the compound and why the u.s. even had a diplomatic outpost in benghazi. there are huge political

. >>> another blow this morning to the house investigation into the benghazi attacks. just weeks after house majority leader mccarthy credited the investigation with damaging hillary clinton, a former staffer for the house benghazi committee has come forward with claims that seem to reinforce mccarthy's boast. cnn's chris frates has the latest from washington. >> reporter: good morning. a former staffer with the house committee investigating the benghazi attacks says the panel's probe is a politically motivated inquiry targeting hillary clinton. it is a politically explosive charge sure to resonate on the campaign trail as clinton runs for president. major podliska says after news broke earlier this year that clinton used a private e-mail server, the republican control committee set its sights exclusively on clinton. podliska says he was fired because he refused to focus on clinton and he took military leave. he plans to file a lawsuit and ask a court to give him back his job with back pay. podliska is considered a conservative republican and he tells jake tapper what w

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the new york times is calling on lawmakers to shut down the house benghazi committee. the very same committee that made the startling discovery about clinton's private e-mail arrangement. monica online opinion editor and leslie marshal fox news contributor. >> great to have the two of you together. >> monica, there's this call, here it is. new york times edtorial today to shut down the benghazi committee. that's why we know about the hillary clinton private server. >> that's why you have this editorial today because all of these scandals have been generated by the investigation. they're now calling for a shut down of the investigation which obviously is not going to happen. >> the main treem immediate wra has been accused of being a mouthpiece for the left. this is an example of that? >> i think a lot of people are feeling like you have so many congressional committees. you've had so many hearings and if you'rely on a truth finding mission why haven't you found the truth yet. we haven't found any evidence of a cover up. enough is enough. let's move on. >> she deleted s

>>> also, tomorrow, hillary clinton will go before the house benghazi committee.e will preview what her testimony could look like, what republicans want to hear and why democrats call it all a political side show and i know my nerd friend john berman, you know what today is? >> the day we pretend we saw "back to the future 2." no one saw it. it was "back to the future 1" everyone saw. >> a terrible human being. >> i wasn't arguing about this in the break. i think it's cool. >> thank you for playing with me and engaging me. >> thank you, cool. >> >>> can diplomacy stop the violence in israel? secretary of state john kerry involved as new attacks break out overnight. we will take you there live. zplmplts. >> steaks john kerry takes off for europe and the middle east today. he plans to meet with the palestinian president to somehow ease tensions israeli defense force announcing the arrest of hasan josef and encouraging the execution of israelis all this as u.n. secretary general moon arrives in jerusalem. we go live to jerusalem and bring in cnn's phil black. any hop

today, democratic frontrunner hillary clinton is prepping for a house hearing on benghazi that she says is motivated by politics. super burned in presidential candidate :09-:14"i don't know that i have very much to add. this is after all the eighth investigation." house republicans say the hearing isn't about her last name. super burned in / chairman, house benghazi cmte :17- :22"we've already talked to fifty people not named clinton. we're going to talk to another couple of dozen not named clinton." at a north texas presidential forum featuring six gop candidates ... clinton was an easy target. presidential candidate :28- :35"hillary clinton's rational for her candidacy seems to be that she's a woman." it was a stage for showcasing conservative credentials. presidential candidate :39- :43"when god fixes a problem, he doesn't just do a painjob; he fixes it from the inside." esidential candidate :44-:52"in public life today, is so important to bele to pray and to think about things calmly because the world s beenrned asunder." it was also an opportunity tosge donald trump - theontrunner

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sunday night, capitol kay, i don't the explosives new claim by a fired staffer who accuse the house benghaziee of partisan attacks on hillary clinton while the committee chairman strongly denies that >>> plus, after weeks of uncertainty, republicans try to persuade a familiar face to become the next house speaker. >>> deadly force, nearly a year after the fatal police shooting of a 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun, what two independent reports say about the killing of tamir rice. >>> the hidden world, forgotten in a famous bell tower, now uncovered after decades collecting dust, revealing secrets of our distant past. >>> and the homecoming, how one small town managed to bring back high school football almost three decades after the last touchdown. nightly news begins now. . >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, kate snow. >>> good evening. we begin with those new claims by a former staffer on the house benghazi committee that would seem to reinforce what hillary clinton has long been saying. an intelligence officer in

there is a new controversy tonight surrounding the house benghazi committee. the panel that was set up to investigate the terror attacks in libya that killed four americans, including ambassador christopher stevens. committee investigator bradley podliska was fired, but he and the committee chairman disagree here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: podliska's claims are another blow to the house benghazi investigation, but republicans say he's lying. the air force reservist says he was fired as an investigator for the committee because he refused to focus solely on former secretary of state hillary clinton and her e-mails. investigation. i honestly do not believe this investigation was set up to go after hillary. i believe it shifted that way. >> reporter: but republican trey gowdy who chairs the committee said podliska was terminated in part because he himself manifested improper partiality against clinton. he says podliska's accusations came only after he demanded money from the committee in mediation, and the committee refused to pay. democrats say it is more proo

brianna keeler. >> the there really is this sort of multifront attack against republicans on the house benghazi democrats who support hillary clinton are launching really the latest volley in all of this is this. the 140 page book called the complete guide to the benghazi select committee put out by david brock who is a chief defender of hillary clinton. and his super pac, correct the record, which is actually working in conjunction with the campaign. this is a group that we've learned is going to have a war room staffed with 30 people as clinton testifies tomorrow. which we expect is going to take several hours as it did back in 2013 when she testified. we do understand that republican groups who are against hillary clinton run will be doing something kind of similar. but hillary clinton, she's been laying low for a few days. she's been preparing for her testimony before the committee. her campaign certainly, i think they feel like they are in a good place going into this. but they are also concerned that if she does have some stomaabe this could stymie some momentum she's had. the campaign ac

. >> we'll talk with congressman jim jordan, a member of the house committee, about benghazi, and clinton. >>> plus, paul ryan announces he's running for speaker. >> if i can truly be a unifying figure, then i will gladly serve. >> our sunday group tackles whether he can heal a divided republican party on capitol hill. and our power player of the week, the nba's don walsh, growing up on and off the court. >> you understand that you're not put on this earth just to be a basketball player. >> all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again from fox news in washington. well, this weekend marks 100 days till the iowa caucuses. and there's been a big change in the republican race. the front-runner there for months, donald trump, has now fallen behind another outsider, ben carson. we'll speak with dr. carson live in a moment. but first, the shrinking field of democratic candidates gathered last night in iowa for a big dinner, that's often been a turning point. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live in des moines to tell us what happened. ed? >> chris, for hillary clinton, this

and i'll also talk to one of the republicans on the benghazi committee, as well as one of the few democrats in the house voted in favor of starting the benghazi committee in the first place. his senate campaign is now calling that decision a circus. we'll get into that. >>> but we start with the big news of the day, biden's announcement. today ends 82 days of speculation about his presidential ambitions. in fact, here's a timeline of the twists and turns. august 1, maureen publishes a column suggesting biden might run because of his son beau's dying wish. three weeks later, biden meets with elizabeth warren at his residence. four days later, he tells dnc members on a conference call that his heart and soul are pretty well banged up, but he left a hint he was thinking about it. september 3, in a speech to atlanta synagog, biden cites the emotional energy of his family as the most relevant factor in his decision. four days after that, he attends a pittsburgh labor day president with richard trump ka by his side and sounded all the bit of a candidate. few days later, he throws cold water on a run with late

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. >> and then -- >> clinton, on the campaign trail, has also focused on the house benghazi hearing a week from today. an anti-clinton pac, stop hillary, is running a controversial new ad with fake voiceovers on top of photos of the americans killed in the attack. as well as the gravestone of u.s. ambassador to libya. meanwhile, senator sanders says his campaign raised over $2 million following the debate. and with all that attention, a new question, does donald trump have a new target? he went after sanders at a rally in atlanta last night. >> this socialist/communist, okay, nobody wants to say it. he's going to tax you people at 90%. he's going to take everything! and nobody's heard the term communist. but you know what? i call him a socialist/communist, okay? because that's what he is. >> that was part of a big day for team trump. the donald, along with two of his children, fanned out in an all-out media frenzy over several networks. on nbc trumped talked about bernie sanders' olive branch moment with hillary clinton over her e-mail server. >> bernie made a mistake. he got a great

the clinton administration and we'll get his take on the hillary clinton testimony before the house benghazi committee. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span and you can join the conversation by phone or on acebook and twitter. >> i say this is quite unusual for me but i do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for the planning of this wonderful evening for me. i shall remember it always. and thanks to the young people for this great welcome. >> pat nixon was the first republican first lady to address the national convention. she traveled more widely than any first lady before her. she made volunteerism her issue, was chief supporter to her husband richard nixon, and behind the scenes political adviser. pat nixon, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies, influence and image." examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama, sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american hist

and he will respond to the house committee on benghazi's charges against him coming up. >>> welcome to "the lead." while polling shows queens high in our politics lead, we are pushing everything to the center of the pot here at the wynn resort in sin city, las vegas, nevada, adding a new show to the strip tomorrow night the first democratic debate. welcome to "the lead." i am jake tapper live from nevada. nevada is of course the site of the third primary or caucus contest in next year's democratic presidential race. february 20th mark your calendar. but right now the focus is on tomorrow night as candidates are trying to prepare for the democratic debate. what cards are lincoln chafee and webb holding, what can martin o'malley do after riding a summer long hot streak to become the chip leader in new hampshire, is bernie sanders now playing with house money? or will his luck change? and does hillary clinton need to do more than just cover the spread? if she busts tomorrow night, will that be enough to convince vice president joe biden to pony up and join the table? i want to get right t

the democrat ranking member on the house benghazi committee, he was in front of former secretary of statethe only reason all eyes were on capitol hill today was because republicans especially those on the benghazi committee are trying to ruin her chances at becoming the 45th president of the united states. let's bring back our panel cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin, amanda carpenter and paul begala as we await clinton who will resume testimony any moment. jeffrey, we were talking during the break, there's a big question here that you have not heard answered or even necessarily asked. >> which is why were american officials in benghazi at all? benghazi is not the capital of libya. this was an outpost. why in this extremely dramatic moment where libya is edging towards chaos did ambassador stevens who wanted to be there, why did he go? and was that a smart idea? another point, similar point, you know, we've heard a lot about the cia's role in what happened in benghazi. >> most of the americans in benghazi that night were cia or cia contractors. >> exactly. where were their employers?

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. >>> first our sunday group on hillary clinton's testimony this week before the house benghazi committee. >>> plus if you were on the committee, what would you ask clinton? just go to facebook or twitter @foxnewssunday and we may use your question on the air. >>> let's just take a minute and point out this committee is basically an arm of the republican national committee. >> hillary clinton at the democratic debate setting the stage for her testimony on thursday before the house benghazi committee. it's time for our sunday group. fox news senior political analyst brit human, lisa lerer who covers politics for the associated press. syndicated columnist george will, and charles lane from "the washington post". brit, i don't think that there's any doubt that hillary has been helped by a couple representatives who basically said the committee was all about trying to hurt her poll numbers, beshe has to testify before them all day. they're going to be asking her questions on the basis of their 17-months investigation. given that, what do you expect from the committee? what do you expect from

"(are you looking forward to the house benghazi hearing?) i am." bbides grilling clinton on her own emails... still being released... lawmakes are expected to unveil new information today: eight thousand pages of email from ambassador chris stevens. "so where does the fault lie for the timing of this? it lies with the state dpartment who only 36 hours ago has released some of ambassador stevens' emails." stevens asked for more security before he was killed. he didn't get it. clinton's team says those requests never reached her deek. "i expect that secretary clinton will push back on the half-truths and the outright fabrication of these crazy conspiracy theories." the committee wants to know why stevens requests were denied? were there warnng signs? and - given the risk k why were we there in the first place? today clinton's expected to push for more security training... and more diplomacy in risky areas. "republicans can play political games, but hillary clinton will always stand strong." the super-pac backing clinton's campaign is running this ad

benghazi. she will be back up on capitol hill to testify again before the house select committee on benghazi. in the wa"the washington post" morning reports this, virtually all of the benghazi select committee's investigations has focused on the lack of security at the benghazi diplomatic compound. only ambassador stevens and state department communications specialist sean smith were killed there. both died of smoke inhalation while seeking refuge in a supposed safe room from militants who set the building on fire. of the two other americans who were killed, security accountors tyrone woods and glen doherty were hit by mortar fire at a nearby cia annex where u.s. intelligence agents on a separate mission were based. the cia contingent had far more protection including heavily armed private american security guards. woods was assigned to the intelligence annex and doherty was one of the contingent of guards flown to benghazi from tripoli, the libyan capital, after the initial attack. mike, in newington, connecticut, a democrat. hi there, mike. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my c

. >> another blow this morning to the house investigation into the benghazi attacks. weeks after house majority leader kevin mccarthy credited the benghazi investigation as damages hillary clinton. now a former staffer for the benghazi committee investigation comes forward. cnn's chris brace has latest. >> reporter: alison, a former staffer investigating the benghazi attacks says the probe has become a political probe targeting hillary clinton. it is a politically explosive charge sure to resonate on the campaign trail as clinton runs for president. an air force reserve intelligence officer says after news broke earlier this year that clinton used a private e-mail server, the republican control committee set its sites on clinton. he says he was fired as a investigator because he resisted to focus on clinton and he took military leave. he plans to fire a lawsuit over his firing and ask the court to give him his job back with back pay. he is described as a conservative republican. he tells cnn what was a broad probe on the attacks in benghazi became a quote partisan inve

. >>> up next, we'll talk about this with congressman jim jordan, but also as a member of the house benghazi committee about his sharp questioning of hillary clinton this week. what did we learn about the americans. >>> coming up, what hillary clinton told her daughter chelsea the night of the attack. asked her about it at this week's hearing. >> there's no evidence for a video inspired protest. where did the faae narrative start? started with you, madame >>> after hillary clinxon testified for 11 hours before the house benghazi committee this week, the consensus was republicans found no smoking gun. but there were some tense moments, especially when congressman jim jordan confronted clinton about what she told the american people after the attack and what she was s ying in private. congressman jordan joins us now from ohio, and welcome back to fox news sunday. >> good to be with you, chris. >> before we get to clinton and benghazi, i want to pick up with what the discussion we were having with the panel about paul ryan who says it's almost certain to be elected speaker this week. when you w

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the chairman of the house benghazi committee with an outburst. gowdy tried to turn the conversation away from other republican congress members. they are saying the benghazi committee with the focus on the clinton e-mails was out to politically damage her. a claim that clinton endorsed on cnn with jake tapper. >> i don't know what to expect. i think it is clear that whatever they might have thought they were doing, they ended up becoming a partisan arm of the republican national committee with an overwhelming focus on trying to, as they admitted, drive down my poll numbers. i have already testified about benghazi. i testified before the senate and house. i don't know that i have very much to add. this is, after all, the eighth investigation. >> gowdy says he is less interested in clinton e-mails than e-mails to chris stevens. he sought additional security in tripoli before he was killed in the benghazi attacks. for more, let's bring in cnn's chris frates in washington. >> reporter: good morning. gowdy says the e-mails will reveal that stevens e-ma

coming up tonight, new accusations of partisan will politics involvetion the house committee on benghazi hillary clinton. plus, receithe reaction in clev after two conclude that the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun was justified. a remarkable window on the past rediscovered after decades in a famous bell tower. and by popular demand, how a small town brought back high school football after an absence of 27 years when we see you in just a few minutes for "nbc nightly news". >> we'll be right back. > > >>> brittney is back with more. >> plenty of sunshine as we head back to work. 75 degrees but tuesday is the only day where wre going to see a chance of showers, temperatures at 73. then we start to cool things down as we get towards the end of the workweek and into next weekend. >> thanks, brittney. that's nbc 10 news. for brittney, amy and all of us, i'm denise nakano. see you here after the game. "nbc nightly news" is next. >>> on this sunday night, capitol kay, i don't the explosives new claim by a fired staffer who accuse the house benghazi committee of partisan

not a particularly effective rationale for voters. >> reporter: clinton will testify before the house benghazi committee thursday, testimony that could last eighty. on the republican side, donald trump continues to lead. he's won virtually every national pom for four months. >> i don't want anybody's money, they form all these packs, >> reporter: the secret service is checking the trump and ben car cons team t. neurosurgeon admitted to receiving many threats and one more note from a busy campaign trail, democratic candidate jim webb is holding an event later today, where it is believed he may drop out of the democratic race. he is polling at just about 1% and start an independent run. last week he repeatedly complained he wasn't getting enough time to talk. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll talk presidential politics with former first daughter chelsea clinton. and this morning, federal investigators are look nook an e-mail breach with national security implications. the personal e-mails of two high ranking officials, including the director of the cia have been

benghazi. i testified to the best of my ability before the senate and house. i don't know that i have very much to add. this is, after all, the eighth investigation. >> gowdy says he is less interested in clinton's e-mails and e-mails of the ambassador chris stevens. stevens sought additional security before he was killed in the benghazi attacks. let's bring in chris frates with more. >> reporter: good morning. gowdy says the e-mails will demonstrate stevens requested for security. gowdy says the e-mails show a disconnect of what was happening in libya and what was going in washington. stevens wanted more security in the response to the growing violence and washington wanted help with how to spin the increasing violence. the e-mails have not been released, but here is how gowdy put it. >> he needed help with security, john. he not need help with pr. he was asking for more security. on one occasion, he even joked in an e-mail maybe we should ask another government to pay for security upgrades because our government is not willing to do it. >> reporter: despite

benghazi. if they think that they can do a better job than the house intelligence committee, the house armed servicic committee, controlled by republicans, then we have got to see what they are going to do differently. sharyl: hillary clinton is appearing before the committee. should president obama answer questions about benghazi? >> i think he has answered questions within the white house. but as the head of the executive branch, i don'think you should go before congress. thereris something called the separation of powers. sharyl: administsttion officials acknowledged thahamistakes were made, but they said there was no malice behind it. and yet, nobody high up as part of making the decisions have been held accountable. in fact, if anything, a lot of them have been promoted. why is that? >> i think that is a fair i point. don't know why. there should have been at mid-level management, a lot of good rerting has identified failures of communication, but we know fromhe house armed services and intligence ommittee, despite all of the accusations by the republicans, there was no standdown order, there wa

perception on somebody's else standing in the race, that's not clinton will testify before the house benghazi committee on thursday...testimony that could last 8 hours. -nat - on the republican side donald trump continues to lead--he's won virtually every national poll for four months. (sot trump) i don't want anybody's money. // i'm not selling myself to special interest groups, or insurance companies, or lobbyists. the secret service is reviewing requests for protection from the trump and ben carson campaigns. while carson has denied the request came from his team...the former neurosurgeon who's second to trump...admitted to receiving many threats. brook silva-braga for cbs news. jake>> democratic presidential candidate jim webb could drop out of the democratic race soon. his support's hovering right around one - percent... and there are reports the former virginia senator is now thinking about running as an independent. jake>> the f - a - a is planning to start registering recreational drone users. a department of transportation task force will start registrations as soon as this holiday s

. >> clinton, on the campaign trail, is also focussed on the house benghazi hearing a week from today. an anticlinton pact is running an a newed a with voice overs on top of the photos of the americans killed in the attack as well as the grave stone to the u.s. ambassador to libya. and sanders raised over $2 million following the debate. andrurump have a new he went after sanders last night. >> this socialist, slash communist, nobody wants to say it. he's going to tax you people at 90%. and nobody's heard the term com communist but i call him a socialist/communist because that's what he is. >> and they fanned out in an all out media frenzy. on nbc trump talked about the olive branch moment over her email server. >> bernie made a mistake. he got great couple of seconds but he took a situation that's very serious where hillary's being investigated by the fbi and he just gave it away. and he's losing big, if you look country wide. so, i think he made a mistake. >> and that wasn't the last trump versus sanders moment. "the tonight show" said they got ahold of rare footage, trump and carso