this guy, his name is joe mcquaid. he's a low life, i'm telling you. >> new hampshire also a crucial state in the democratic presidential contest. hillary clinton leads bernie sanders by a fairly wide margin, sanders has the lead in new hampshire where a victory would upend the approach that sanders would -- that would establish sanders as a genuine contender. bill clinton will campaign for his wife. hillary clinton accused trump of a penchant for sexism, prompting trump to accuse bill clinton the same thing saying if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband with this terrible record of abuse, she's wrong. he attacked hillary clinton for calling him sexist. >> i think it is fair game because his presidency was really considered to be troubled to put it mildly. she's playing the woman's card and it's like give me a break. i've had so many women say you've got to keep her out. she is just terrible. >> now editorial page educator for the new hampshire union leader, the paper that ran that front page editorial blasting t

ul publisher joe mcquaid reads back a letter that he received from trump two days after that forum. publisher): "and i hope this along with many other of my correct decisions will lead you, a man i have great respect for, and the union leader to endorse me at the appropriate time." but last month the paper gave its endorsement to new jersey governor chris christie.. and trump accused christie pulling strings at the u.l. to print monday's editorial.. while alsoso weighing in on the new jersey bridge scandal. oice of donald trump, (r) presidential candidate): "chris can't win because of his past, i dont believe you've heard the last of the gw bridge thing. because there's no way he didn't know about the closure of the gw bridge." christies campaign declined comment on the feud.. but mcquaid says he's actually surprised it took trump as long as it has to take aim at the paper. (joe mcquaid, union leader publisher): "donald trump has no business running for president of the united states, its a free country so i guess he can but he shouldn't be, which i told him a year ago." >> four rep

trump was slamming joe mcquaid and his newspaper. in typical trump fashion, he didn't mince words. >> so this guy, his name is joe mcquaid -- he is a lowlife. i'm telling you. i watched this guy. honestly, he is a loser. you have a very dishonest newspaper and a failing newspaper. it is going down the tubers. >> mr. trump served up those gems hours after mr. mcquaid wrote this in an editorial. he reminds us have the grown-up bully biff in back to the future movie series. on february 9th, we trust new hampshire republicans will send biff trump somewhere, anywhere but on the road to the most important elective office in the united states at a most crucial time for this nation. mr. trump has been hurling new attacks. his newspaper has endorsed chris christie. mr. trump has had a lot to say about that as well. tonight, we are going to give mr. mcquaid the floor. he joins me now. thanks for taking the time. >> hey, jim, how are you? >> donald trump certainly had a lot to say about you last night at his rally. let's go through the list bri

sounds of donald trump going after joe mcquaid. >> this guy's name is joe mcquaid. no.ing you. >> i can tell you. i have known him a very long time. he is no low life. he is a class act. it is interesting to see, trump. for someone to be a loser. will people get tired of that after a while? >> we are all in agreement that joe is a classy guy. i think we all agree as well. he is going to get a whole another round of free media. the media will run the ads. the commentary will continue and continue. that is what it is. he is trying to take his campaign to the next level. >> i want to clarify names for viewers. not just because joe mcquaid compared him to this. they come out and supported chris christie. that is a big deal in new hampshire higher. that is a big bomb. a result of this in new hampshire higher. >> i will tell you why. he will go after christie for two reasons. secondly, what he said was true and kind of pathetic. he is right. there is a list of conservators in the bridge gate trial that is about to be released. the question is, is chris christie on it. donald

he had asked me to speak at events, joe mcquaid, he's a real low life.here's no question about it, and then on top of that, he does this. and i knew he'd do it because i didn't do his debate. his debate turned out to be a total failure, i didn't do his debate. >> voters lack consensus in new hampshire. take a look at the latest poll. trump is the clear leader in new hampshire. rubio, cruz, christie, bush, kasich. if you add all their numbers up, it would be enough to overtake trump for first place in the state. but the key question, can all of that establishment support consolidate behind one of those candidates before primary day? remember, not included in that establishment lane is ted cruz. cruz is tied for the second-place spot, he is counting on iowa evangelicals to help him shift support from trump to capture iowa. snagging either iowa or new hampshire has been a must in modern republican politics. no one, no candidate in the modern era has ever won the gop's nomination without either state. >>> and joining me now is the publisher behind that seari

joe mcquaid joins me live. thanks for being here, joe. >> you're welcome, miss welker. how are you?great. we appreciate you being here. we want to get your reaction to everything you heard donald trump say last night. he called you a lowlife, said your paper's going down the tubes. what's your response? >> history repeats. 32 years ago, guy named ed muskey pulled up in front of the union leader and said william loeb was a liar and he didn't walk, he crawled. i'm trying to figure out, just ask the guy in the studio whether a lowlife is better than a crawler or a walker and how he gets around. >> so you're not backing down from what you published earlier this week, that's for sure, but what i want to ask you is what type of impact you are actually seeing it have on new hampshire's republicans. you called on them not to vote for trump. as you know he's got a lot of support in your state. he is leading in the polls handily. are you actually seeing what you wrote have an effect at this point? >> well, as i know -- i don't know what mr. trump's support is in our state or nationally, for t

adam: he also called joe mcquaid a low life, a loser, and the lapdog of chris christie. lavished attention on new hampshire and donald trump through some shots at him also. >> the people in new jersey want to throw him out of office. adam: the campaign chairman said the union leaner -- leader is insulting the conservative race. >> shame on the establishment hinting that they are even anything but great americans because they want to come out and support somebody that field finally is going to support them. >> he finished lambasting the union leader with a dramatic flourish. >> here, you can have it, darling. adam: mr. trump was interrupted by a protester chanting the word fascist. the man was escorted from the rally without incident. adam sexton, wmur news 9. tom: fellow republican, ohio governor john kasich also today. kasich took part in a candidate series in manchester this afternoon. he also held a town hall in derry this evening. kasich is making stops for the second day of his trip tomorrow in nashua and keene. republican jeb bush will also in the state tomorrow with an event in pete

, joe mcquaid. he is a real low life. on top of that, he does this. i knew he would do it. i didn't do his debate. it was a total failure. i didn't do his debate. >> i'm craig melvin. this is msnbc live and joined by anchor and correspondent steve kornacki. steve, what's going on here? give us context. most folks probably don't know who this mcquaid guy is. >> "the union leader." a newspaper editorial. why does it matter? it's the biggest newspaper in the state and also a very conservative newspaper. so it has particularly influence with republican voters but here's the key thing. "the union leader" does what basically no other newspaper in the kunduz anymore. it runs its editorials and really cares about something on the front page. and it uses blunt, heavy handed language to go after politicians it doesn't like, to support politicians it does like and the newspaper and the publisher joe mcquaid whose name on the e toirl they do not like donald trump. they let the world know this morning. donald tr

>> i think it's joe mcquaid.mp loves slaying sacred cows and he is a sacred cow up there. >> we'll be watching. great to have both of you with us. >> thank you. thanks for all of you watching msnbc live. i'll see you back tomorrow tonight. \s >>> trump throws shade at big bill. let's play "hardball." good evening, everyone. i'm joy reed in for chris matthews. we are awaiting a campaign rally in new hampshire from the man who continues to top the republican presidential polls. yes, you guessed it, donald j. trump. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. >> let's start with what seems to be the front-runner's attempts to vault right past the primaries and look to a general election matchup with hillary clinton. case in point, trump's escalating

so this guy, his name is joe mcquaid. no, he's-he's a low-life. i'm telling you. >> all right.ow's this for publicity? according to "usa today" in the week before christmas the gop front-runner generated just over 50 million interactions on facebook. we're talking likes, shares, posts and comments. that's nearly double the combined 29.6 million total of all of the other presidential contenders. how about that? then there's the old-fashioned way. bernie sanders will debut these four ads on the economy and healthcare in brimary states starting today. >>> in you haven't already you'll soon see those campaign lawn signs pop up in your neighborhood. but do those signs generate votes? a new study led by a columbia university professor shows they don't have a huge effect. but enough to sway a close election, and increase in voter share by 1.7 percentage points on average. interesting. >>> the san yule survey of america's most admired woman and man is here. hillary clinton takes the top spot for a record 20th year. second place mallely yew saf today and. president obama has more than t

, joe mcquaid.eal low life. on top of that, he does this. i knew he would do it. i didn't do his debate. it was a total failure. i didn't do his debate. >> i'm craig melvin. this is msnbc live and joined by anchor and correspondent steve kornacki. steve, what's going on here? give us context. most folks probably don't know who this mcquaid guy is. >> "the union leader." a newspaper editorial. why does it matter? it's the biggest newspaper in the state and also

leader published a front page editorial saying trump insults voters' intelligence by publisher joe mcquaid. he compared trump to biff from "back to the future." he said trump has shown himself to be a crude blow hard with no political philosophy and no deeper understanding of the important and serious role of president of the united states that one of his goons he lets rough up protesters in his crowds. trump accused the paper of colluding with christie's campaign who the paper endorsed and while campaigning in nash shaw he also compared the paper to iowa's des moines register who called on the front-runner to drop out of the race earlier this summer. >> between that and the union leader which i think might be worse, okay. what a pile of garbage that newspaper is. so we had an interesting thing. because you have a very dishonest newspaper up here. it's also a failing newspaper. it's going down to -- i remember when this was a big paper. look at the size of this thing. if they cut it down any more you won't be able to find it. it looks like the things, you know, he you go to the grocery sto

"joe mcquaid he's a real lowlife.there's no question about it. and on top of that he does total failure i didn't do his debate the editorial also called trump a crude blowhard who doesn't have a clear political philosophy. that paper has now endorsed republican chris christie instead she was favored to win and she got bleep those comments from trump on hillary clinton's loss to obama back in 2008 went viral. and started a feud between the two candidates...and now he's defending that word he used. :51-:56 it's a common word and it means to be beaten badly and now he's taking aim at former president bill clinton. this is after trump who for advice before getting into the race...and even invited clinton to his wedding! he's now blasting him over his treatment of women...tweeeting that he... demonstarted a penchant for sexism, so inappropriate. hillary clinton and donald trump are actually both on the list of this years' most admired public figures. this is from gallup's annual survey. 17-percent of people picked obama...then 13-percent picked clinto

the paper ran a front page editorial yesterday by publisher joe mcquaid, with the headline "trump campaign insults new hampshire voters' intelligence" and calling trump a grown-up trump fired back last night calling the u.l., a, quote, "pile of garbage." mr. trump: you have a very dishonest newspaper up here. it' s also a failing newspaper. it' s going down the tubers. i remember when this was a big paper. look at the size of this thing. if they cut it down any more, they won' t be able to find it. >> donald trump has no business running for president of the united states. it' s a free country so, i guess he can, but he shouldn' t be and i told him that a year ago. sean: "the union leader" has already endorsed new jersey governor chris christie. two other republicans have town hall meetings scheduled in new hampshire today. john kasich plans to be in nashua and keene. and jeb bush will meet with voters in peterborough. meanwhile, democratic frontrunner hillary clinton has town halls planned in portsmouth and berlin. firefighters say a wood stove is likely to blame for an intense fire in un

joining us live on the phone is the publisher and president of the "union leader," joe mcquaid. thank you for being with us. guest: good morning, steve. host: let me first ask you about the debate could this is the only democratic debate in new hampshire before your primary on february 9, correct? guest: yes. much to the chagrin of a letter of aew hampshire voters -- lot of new hampshire voters. there was an odd twist to this one because the local abc broadcastedhich is and participated in these kind of things, was thrown out of the debate as a cosponsor because of the labor issue with its station. host: i was going to ask you about that because you did cosponsor with abc news, and wmur did pull out. what happened? guest: i think it was really overreaction by the democratic candidates and the dnc. there is a small labor unit at the station, and they were bargaining. and they had a dispute about pensions. and according to the station, a negotiation date had already been set. they said no. they demanded that the candidates demand to agree to talk right now. and the station said we

. >> quickly, chris christie was endorsed by joe mcquaid in the manchester union leader. i know the power of that paper that still remains. basically, christie has been hired by the union leader as the prosecutor to try to destroy donald trump in new hampshire. christie will be covered to a fair-thee-well if he does it. that's the role he's been asked to play. this is my interpretation knowing joe and having talked to him about who he picked. >> continuing to endorse him day after day unless he does that job? >> christie will get the full backing and full coverage to the extent he is willing to do what he was picked to do. i know mcquaid doesn't like trump and thinks he's a phony. >> this is a contract. thank you, katy tur. whack the guy or you will lose your coverage. katy tur, love your coverage. fergus, nice to meet you. i do hope that party you talk about exists. >> it does. >>> the politics of planned parenthood. did the heated anti-abortion rhetoric on the right contribute to a deadly shooting at a colorado clinic? if so what should we do about it? >>> 13-14 democra

this guy is named joe mcquaid. [boos] mr. trump: he is a lowlife, i tell you. host: the publisher and union leader comes out against him. what -- what do you think of donald trump's strategy? is it a smart one to go after john mcquaid? guest: he seems to change the rules on everything that people think should happen. i tend to think he is trying to make news. there is a pattern when a candidate starts getting more momentum, he will start attacking cruz. he started attacking christie last night because he has a lot of momentum in new hampshire. you can usually tell how well a candidate's doing in these early states. there is some momentum for christie. some inside campaign polling is saying so. now you see trump going after christie, for he is going after the clintons and the news media. that story is now back in the news, now he's going after the leader, and he's back on the front page of every article. and it stops christie's momentum. that is been his strategy the whole campaign. you have something outlandish, the media reports on it, he is number one in the

host: the publisher, joe mcquaid, comes out against him.ndorsederver has chris christie before this. what do you think of this strategy? change theeems to rules on everything that people think should happen. i tend to think that he is news. to make there is a pattern, when other candidates get a little momentum he starteda state -- attacking cristy last night because he has gotten a lot of momentum in new hampshire. well a usually tell how candidate has done by how many of us they have done in a state. kristi has done 130 events in new hampshire. now, you see trump go after .hristie now, he is going after "the union leader." he is on the front page of every article. that is his strategy. there is a pattern. he says something outlandish, the news media reports on it, he is number one in the news and the people making some rise, kind of stuff. i do think there is a base of support for truck. i don't think he will win iowa, by do think -- we have a big, big group of candidates in new hampshire. jeb bush will not drop out, chris christie will n

." >> joe mcquaid is a real low life, no question about it. >> a full on air ware in new hampshire. >s man is absolutely terrible. >> donald trump alleges a republican conspiracy to defeat him in the granite state, and he says he knows who's behind him. >> that's why i go against chris christie. he's the one that got mcquaid to do this. >>> then why the republican front-runner is officially feeling the bern. >> he has said that he thinks wages in america are too high. >>> and no charges in cleveland. >> the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. >> making sense of the tamir rice announcement when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening

joe mcquaid attacked in trump terms. the trump supporters are clapping for it but you have to w wonder how it's playing in new hampshire. >> reporter: you also have to look at the amount of time he spent talking about "the union leader" and chris christie bringing him everything from bridgegate to his fly-over superstorm sandy with president obama. his speech was devoted to hitting "the union leader" and calling the editorial a pile of garbage or a piece of garbage. when you talk to folks that come out here, i had a conversation with one couple in line and they said, hey, right now trump's our guy, we like him. we like that he tells it like it is. i said, okay, so you'll vote for him on february 9th? they said, not so fast. people's minds are not made up yet. they reminded them to get out there and vote. and interestingly, lawrence, another big headline coming out tonight, trump got specific. he said he will start spending what he called big money starting january 4th, next month, one month until the iowa caucuses. he's

let's bring in the publisher of that paper, joe mcquaid. i know you've endorsed chris christie in the g.o.p. primary but who did you like and dislike from the democratic debate last night? >> i was in the front row and it was the first time i got to see all three of them in that respect. i've had both governor o'malley and senator sanders in our offices for long, in-depth interviews. i found them both engaging. i thought mrs. clinton was a little -- she could have mailed it in. she really was all the talking points whether they addressed the questions or not. who did i like? personally i like bernie and i like o'malley. o'malley's family was right next to me. his wife is a district court judge who doesn't get to go out to these things. her take on it was interesting. i don't think she's watched a lot of this stuff. her husband didn't get called on i thought nearly as much as the other two. it's tough in a race with 8 or 9 to give everybody equal time. there's only three here. that goes into 180 minutes only so many times. >> did you hear an

today, trump firing back calling publisher joe mcquaid a low life. >> he's a real low life, there's nostion about it. >> reporter: and taking a shot at chris christie over bridgegate right as his fortunes are improving in the granite state. >> chris can't win because of his past. and i don't believe you've heard the last of the george washington bridge because there's no way that he didn't know about the closure. >> reporter: those are the harshest attacks we've seen so far from trump against chris christie. and gives you a sense that even though trump might like to be in a general election fight with hillary clinton right now, first he has got to make it through these republican primaries and of course new hampshire is a vital state for that. we'll see if those shots against chris christie were a preview of what he'll have for voters here in nashua tonight, jim. >> sara murray, thank you so much. joining me cnn contributor hillary rosen also terry jeffrey, conservative syndicated columnist. if i could begin with you, terry, just the method to the madness as it were. i mean, it's easy

was in retaliation after he refused to take part in a newspaper-backed forum. paper's publisher joe mcquaid a "low life." trump remains at the top of the polls in the granite state. erika: it's now 6:08. festivities, boston deals with--and dismisses--a terror a threat, described as new york city's 9-1-1 system yesterday morning. at first it seemed aimed at boston but soon security agents realized the caller had said "bosnia" not "boston." with terror attacks in san bernardino and paris fresh in everyone's memory, first night security preparations have been underway for weeks. governor: we've been talking about first night for a while now. those conversations will continue right up through first night and into first night. erika: baker says, as in past years, security preparations will be adjusted to meet any hint of a threat. antoinette: a grand jury decides not to indict two white police officers who killed a 12-year-old black boy. tamir rice was shot to death in a cleveland park in 2014. the boy was carrying a pellet gun. although the call to 9-1-1 indicated tamir was a child playing with

. >> his name's joe mcquaid. nah. he's a low life. i'm telling you. >> reporter: mcgrade used his paper's monday to call traump crude blowhard, reminiscent of biff tanon in the "back to the future" trilogy. >> i want to say one thing, good bless america. >> reporter: since starting the battle over sexism with hillary clinton, trump tip toed around the word that stirred the pot in the first place. >> can i say the word? obama. i won. clinton of unnamed acts of abuse towards women and warned that allegations of his past infitelt were fair game in his wife's campaign. hillary clinton's camp called trump's words degrading and that outrage immediately morphed into a fundraising appeal. we can't make donald trump stop talking, said a campaign e-mail, but we can make sure he never, ever becomes president. trump's online attacks were enough to force several gop rivals into his corner. >> every past president is fair game t. fact that one of them happens to be married to a presidential candidate doesn't change that. >> i don't think it's hilla

today, trump firing back calling publisher joe mcquaid a low life. >> he's a real low life, no question about it. >> reporter: and taking a shot at chris christie over bridge gate. right as his fortunes are improving in the granite state. >> chris can't win because of his past and i don't believe you're heard the last of the george washington bridge because there is no way he didn't know about the closure. >> reporter: these are the sharpest words against trump so far. it gives you a sense that trump is not willing to pull any punches as we get closer to the first voting states in iowa and new hampshire. we'll see if he brings any attacks to the stump here tonight. >> sarah murray with donald trump in new hampshire. thank you. i want to get reaction to trump's latest attacks and counter attacks from one of his republican rivals. senator and presidential candidate rand paul is joining us live from his home state of kentucky. senator, thanks so much for being with us during this holiday break and, you know, listening to donald trump go after bill clinton, of course, it reminds us that you

. >> joe mcquaid, you've indicated you like donald trump personally but you feel he's ill prepared toe that there is a floor for donald trump, that he does not go below that -- >> there's a floor but there's as will ceiling. everybody is fixated with the polls, the polls. and the polls flip $ ins hillary was down and out in new hampshire eight years ago. obama was going to think here. i didn't think show. she won. if the kwa mt alisten, pay attention, we got to back somebody. >> but check be that's the problem. every one of those people they're the one that can stop donald trump. so nobody drops out and they keep dividing the pie. >> look, this primary calendar, particularly early on, favors the confer winner of iowa. i get what mark is saying about the the establish winner of wa, but the conservative they're set to do really well on march 1st and sec tuesday. i think joe's receipt trmt that might be the way it used to be you needed just one surrogate to say rally votes in the 70s and 0s. maybe it's reversed the establishment is going to rally around one if they open to survive this c

joe mcquade. how do you arrive at this? mr. mcquaid: we are fortunate in this state to go out and see the candidates. we' asked them questions. all of them have been in at least twice. we get to kick the tires and ask things that maybe the national press is not asking them and see how they respond. i have a fairly new editorial editor this year, a new hampshire kid who went to dartmouth, snuck in as a conservative. he and i talked it out yet i talked to my editorial staff. i talked to people in the community and then it boils down who' s got the best chance of actually winning. josh: one of the short comings you have been asked about his christie' s stance when it comes to guns, the second amendment. mr. mcquaid: i look at christie' amendment and do not find it troubling. he has a states rights take on individual states, the reciprocity growth, which i do not go along with. i think second amendment, you should have the right to bear arms in any state. he says that is a state-by-state issue and i guess that is where we differ. he has ve