you just saw a short clip from john fetterman's ad.donald trump, you recently called him a name i'm not sure comfortable saying on tv. it's -- >> well, we just summed it up in one sentence press release where donald trump is a -- that is a tip of the hot to western pennsylvaniaese. >> pittsburghese. >> and it's synonymous with a jerk but with its own distinctive western pennsylvania twist. >> someone who is obnoxious or stupid. in your opinion, is it a smart idea to take on somebody who, let's face it, on the republican side is getting a lot of support? >> well, a lot of support isn't a proxy for actually saying and doing meaningful and important things and having thoughtful conversation, so i could get a lot of attention, you know, yelling and screaming and ranting on a street corner but that's not necessarily good attention or is it meaningful attention. donald trump is kind of off on his own as this stand-alone carnival barker, to his credit, that has captured the imagination of people in his own party pipt healthy in one aspect of

senate, john fetterman.nd applause) and for everyone at home, join our conversation right now on twitter @nightlyshow using the hashtag "tonightly." earlier in the show, we were talking about the race between bernie and hillary and how bernie is gaining. let me give you some numbers. bernie is catching up to hillary in iowa. she's at 42% and bernie's now at 40%, and he's ahead in new hampshire at 53%, while hillary's at 39%. >> wow. >> larry: everyone thought hillary was going to beat obama in 2008. will she be obamaed by bernie? >> my campaign officially endorsed bernie sanders for president today. >> larry: what?! so you might be asking the wrong guy but if you're asking if she's been obamaed, she already has been. but the fact you're asking and the fact it's disclosed. a lot of deja vu, i would imagine. >> larry: how uncomfortable is that camp going to be? >> seriously. polls are always weird o me. i don't know how things will shake out, but i feel like, if bernie does beat her, she will be the susan lucc

today we hear from the first of the democratic primary candidates, john fetterman, in the spring primaries katie mcginnty, former chief of