. >> jay caruso, thank you. >>> much more on the race for president, including michael bloomberg reversing his decision on nondisclosure agreements after being called out by elizabeth warren. we're going live to india where the president is now. we are back in a moment. i used to think that traditional disinfectants

at the washington examiner magazine jay caruso. what are you hearing from republicans about the question or, sorry, i should say the ousting of lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, the recall of ambassador sondland, especially when you juxtapose that with the tweet coming out from donald trump jr. saying the quiet part that's supposed to be in their minds out loud? >> well, this is typical of donald trump, people i've spoken to say this is what donald trump likes to do. look at what he did at the state of the union address, any good will that he had coming out of that is pretty much gone going into -- you know, from his behavior at the prayer breakfast to his little victory speech later on to firing -- firing people that testified against him. now, you go back to the whole idea the president has every right to do that, these are people that serve at his pleasure to there's nothing illegal or untoward in that

d.c., managing editor at the "washington examiner" jay caruso. good to have you with us. so in the few minutes before i came to you, we have been updated that michael bloomberg has in fact qualified according to the latest poll that he will appear on tomorrow's debate stage that we are here hosting at msnbc in nevada. i'm curious now to get your thoughts about the significance of this. michael bloomberg is confirmed to appear for tomorrow's debate stage. >> well, it's significant in that bloomberg is finally going to have to answer to his rivals. so far he's basically poured hundreds of millions of dollars into ads. it's worked in some respect, national polls now, he's third. he's bypassed, you know, pete buttigieg, he's bypassed amy klobuchar. he's sitting there this third place now. now is going to be the time he's finally going to have to face scrutiny about stop and frisk, other policies, things that he has said, what he's planning on doing. there hasn't been a lot of details, most of his ads have been attack ads on donald trump,

managing editor at the washington examiner magazine jay caruso. what are you hearing from republicans about the question or, sorry, i should say the ousting of lieutenant colonel

msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos, and managing editor at the "washington examiner" magazine, jay caruso. jay, let me begin with you first of all if i can in d.c., how might president trump's potential senate acquittal expected to take place wednesday afternoon impact the relationship between republicans and democrats. when you kind of look at some of these statements we have been playing for you. some people saying it's inappropriate. what he did was wrong, not removal, let the american people decide. >> yeah, i think that it's interesting, republicans probably would have done better had they said that right from the start. had they said, hey, what the president did here was probably not in the best interest of the country. and it was wrong. it was inappropriate, but i don't think it's worthy of removal. instead they kind of had to be silent up until the point where we're about ready to have a vote. how it's going to affect the relationship between republicans and democrats, i don't know. this is washington, d.c., you know, these people have been through a lot. they do this all the time

jay caruso live in d.c.sure. >>> former president obama took to twitter to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the recovery act which paved the way for more than a decade of economic growth and the longest streak of job creation in american history. president trump seemed to respond on twitter writing quote did you hear the latest con job, president obama is now trying to take credit for the economic boom takes place under the trump administration, he had the weakness recovery, despite quantitative easing, now best job numbers ever. if dems won, the trump campaign continued to hit back against obama's claim in a statement to fox news writing in part quote president trump reversed every single failed obama era economic policy and reversed the floundering obama biden economy, obama and biden orchestrated the worst economic recovery in modern history. president trump has created the hottest economy on record. however, when looking at the numbers under obama, the unemployment rate peaked in 2010, at 10%,

. >> joining us now, managing editor of the washington examiner magazine, jay caruso. great to have you with us this monday morning. let's talk about the outcome of the caucuses. interesting for joe biden. first what do you make of bernie sanders win notably with young and hispanic voters and the way the coalition looks. how does he propel this momentum going forward. >> the big thing is sanders beating the polls by 12 points. he's got 47%. that's a huge victory for him. how much it affect going forward, i'm not really sure, especially in south carolina. let me leap ahead a little bit. it's going to be a big thing for the march 3rd, for super tuesday. that's a big deal, how much momentum he has there. if you look at a state like california, california has 495 delegates or something like that, and the way they are handed out is candidates have to get either in congressional districts or statewide 15% of the vote. if you look at the last three polls, one poll shows the only one with over 15% is bernie sanders. another one has joe biden at 16 and another has elizabeth war