they are just desperately looking for whoever it is who can survive in the ring. >> let me ask john heilemannhn, who has the fortitude, to use that word, to stand face to face with trump when he starts purging people all around him? >> well, i think, chris, it's a little -- in a weird way, it's a little too early in this campaign to tell. we have had a very gentle democratic primary so far. what has passed for negative campaigning in this race has been minimal to this point. we are finally starting to see a little bit of gloves being taken off. democratic voters that i talk to are looking for is a lot of what howard is talking about but that's what the next few months is going to be about. the race is going to get down and dirty. there is going to be more conflict in this race and i think part of the question voters are asking is who can throw a punch? and who can take a punch? and right now, that's one thing that hasn't been tested. policy's been tested up to wazoo. but what hasn't been tested so far is that very question and i think we are finally about to get there. maybe starting tonight

you know, john heilemann, go through the history of iowa and start in 1980. ronald reagan, widely seen as the guy who's going to run away with the race. beaten by an unknown. to most republicans, george h.w. bush. and, of course, bush talked about his big mo. new hampshire saved reagan in '80. of course, you know the rest of that story. 1988 when it was george h.w. bush supposed to sweep through iowa. he got beat there. came in third place behind pat robertson and bob dole. goes to new hampshire. everybody's saying this guy -- again, another vice president, this guy is beaten. he's battered. no way he can win. he wins in new hampshire and makes a vow that night, i will not forget what you have done for me here. i think dukakis came in third place, in the iowa caucuses as well, in '88.

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john heilemann, what is your take of the night's events?t is right, i think the most important thing is what happened last night to potentially slow the momentum of bernie sanders. that is what the central question of the debate is. we saw people -- it was a messy sloppy debate. first segment before the break was at some times more chaotic laced than anything we've seen in the entire cycle so far. there was a period of time where they were literally screaming at each other like cross shouting for a solid 45 seconds and each one was flailing their arms and legs. but sanders did seem rattled and it was the first time where there were not as many clean hits against sanders as they were against bloomberg last week, but a lot of the oppo that we've been hearing was deposited out on the stage and to see the whole field turn against sanders that way, something we had never seen before, i think that it may have kind of arrested what had seemed to be a kind of unbreakable momentum on sanders' part and we'll see now what these -- again, if you think

our thanks to john heilemann and mara gay. coming up, our next guest says the guide to understanding the import of this week right now might be what happened in the autumn of '73. >>> that's a stunning development and nothing even remotely like it has happened in all of our history. all of this adds up to a totally unprecedented situation, a grave and profound crisis in which the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. nothing like this has ever happened before. and what it means is that the worst dreams of everyone who is worried about the president's secret tapes have now become true, become reality. >> john chancellor came up with the original wording of "nothing like this has ever happened before." we're still on his coattails using that same worked just about every night. therefore echoes of that dramatic event in political history known as the saturday night massacre in what's going on right now. october '73 nixon ordered the firing of watergate special prosecutor archiba

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and john heilemann, co-host of show times the circus and nation national affairs analysts. three of you -- first of all, bena, escorting him like he's been -- like he was stealing money from the cash register or something. treating him like he's a bad-news character. >> and his brother, the nsc lawyer. the president doesn't feel like the acquittal is enough. and i think it says something about what senator mitt romney did, which is to say he pierced through the sort of myth the white house was casting about this impeachment trial. that it was just a partisan witch hunt. and the fact that mitt romney came out and voted for one of the articles of impeachment to convict, i think caused a reaction in the white house. and -- and what they're doing is they're showing people that speaking out, even under oath, even telling the truth, is something that's punishable behavior in this white house. >> he wants to expunge everything. >> no. no. he doesn't want to expunge them until he makes a spectacle of them. >> okay. >> this is roman coliseum stuff. okay. donald trump is coming up he

back with us tonight, two exhausted journalists, john heilemann, national affairs analyst, co-host of "the circus" on showtime, editor and chief of "the recount" and mara gay, former new york city bureau chief at the "wall street journal," these days a member of "the new york times" editorial board. mara, to you first. bernie, pete, klobuchar. what just happened? >> you know, i think that much like "the new york times" editorial board, voters are split on who they should choose. >> artfully done. >> no, i think it's true. listen, there's so much anxiety among democrats right now because they just don't know who the right person is to go up against donald trump, and they are desperate to beat donald trump, and there's a lot of gamemanship being played. will people vote for a woman? will people vote for a socialist? nobody really knows the answer. i do think that it's notable that if you were to add up the votes for say pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar, you know, the moderates actually are looking quite strong in that sense, but their votes are divided. then you have kind of the sanders

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and john heilemann, national cohost of "the circus" on show time. thanks for being here, everybody. i would like to begin with you. walk me through the danger of the president of the united states saying there's 15 patients, calling this a hoax, and his chief of staff saying this is not ebola. >> let's break that down. in terms of the number of cases, we are massively undertesting in this country. we've performed less than 500 tests for coronavirus in the u.s. south korea, for example, which is a much smaller nation has performed 65,000 tests. so they have a much better sense for what is circulating in the community. calling this a hoax, that's exactly the language that was used by west african leaders and people in the community back during ebola, and that was really an effort to politicize the problem and not really address -- not own up to the measures that were going to need to be taken. >> you heard the chief of staff when he followed saying this is not ebola, saying, well, there will be schools closing, disruptions in public transportation. how does that differ from your proje

but i'll start with john heilemann on the campaign trail covering all of the campaigns. there is something of an address lynn rush and a bit of desperation if you're not in the front-runner spot that sinks in. i know it from both more the latter category from my years on campaigns. what is the mood among the sanders camp and the biden camp, the two for whom the stakes are highest in saturday's contest? >> reporter: hey, nicolle. good to see you. hear from you. good to be with you. hi. >> you look sharp today. what is that jacket. >> reporter: somebody stuck it on me. somebody took it from -- this is the homeless dress in charleston. you know, i think a little bit of both the way you just said. adrenalin and desser pati -- den and i think more desperation and put bernie sanders in one category and adrenalin is there and they know they're about to face a withering onslaught. they saw what happened to michael bloomberg last week in vegas and i think it is written, people will maybe go back to that debate and ask why so many people spent time attacking a guy whose name was n

. >> john heilemann is back with us. and, john, it's just so difficult to listen to.are many other members of that team who are saying the same thing over a period of years. ultimately 177 athletes involving other teams in wrestling. the political question for us with jim jordan is, what i have not understood about this, since this started, even before this testimony, is why isn't jim jordan chased down every hallway in congress with microphones asking him to answer for this? >> i don't know. i mean i know, i think, because, you know, there's some -- there's the banality of evil and the way in which the coverage of politics is -- people are very comfortable staying in their lane, asking the questions they're supposed to ask, talking about process, talking about legislation, talks about things that are in the normal tool kit. if you ask political reporters, most of them to behave like human beings, they get very uncomfortable with it. i don't think it's a question of anybody is trying to cover up for jim jordan. there's just a discomfort with this kind of -- with this

the solution to the priest shortage is to send missionaries to the region and speak to algiers john heilemann in rio de janeiro forests john i imagine they'll be disappointment after this move by the pope what exactly was a council that was on the table and why was it put forward. yeah as you were just saying that it probably will be a bit of disappointment especially as it was latin american bishops who forward this proposal last october i think as you mentioned it's important to clarify the proposal wasn't the priests who were already all day and should be allowed to get married it was for all the sorts of married men of some standing in these communities be allowed to them be ordained to make up for a bit of a chronic shortage of priests in the midst of region this is a region that's composed of knowing countries really have parts and souls in the summers and region and it's estimated that at least 85 percent over villages in the amazon region all able to celebrate mass every week so there is a real shortage here in this week one of the ideas to try and get to grips with it now the pope si

great mike barnicle. >> so john heilemann, a lot of talk coming out of iowa now.es. we get reports that they're trying to interfere in south carolina, trying to help bernie. of course donald trump going to be laughing about packing the streets to make it harder for people to get around tonight because he's going to have this big rally up here. again, it's politics. none of those things that i said are illegal. none of them close to being illegal. but the democrats should be on notice. >> pretty sleazy, though. >> these people are going to do whatever it takes to win and democrats need to be ready and fight back. >> i think the president has -- we've seen incumbent presidents in the past who put their thumb on the scale and have intervened. barack obama in 2012 tried to help rick santorum to give him a chance against mitt romney. people -- incumbents get involved. this is a slightly different thing. i think a lot of mistakes got made in iowa but the notion that the phone lines were jammed when people were trying to call in the results and getting busy signals, it's

great to have you on this morning. >> and john heilemann, what are you looking for tonight?g about politics, joe. you can turn yourself from a tomato can into a superman with one great debate. mike bloomberg has extraordinary resources. we know that. this debate for him is as black and white as this question about bernie sanders which is, people will give mike bloomberg a second chance having utterly failed last week. if he comes in, give as strong debate performance tonight he's in position to rise up potentially and be the main moderate challenger to bernie sanders over the long haul because the only one with the money to go deep, deep, deep into the race and been competing in the super tuesday states. as i said before with the early vote, bloomberg's got a toehold or foot hold in a bunch of states. this debate is hugely important for bloomberg, too. if sanders wins south carolina. you win nevada, new hampshire and south carolina historically unprecedented for someone who won basically the first early states to then not be the nominee. it's true the establishment will look

msnbc news national co-analyst and co-host of "the circus" and editor and chief of "the recount," john heilemannleston, south carolina, john, we're picking up a few things. first of all, the endorsement yesterday obviously in carolina, jim clyburn means a world of a difference in his endorsement. >> huge. >> also the news of bernie sanders, that he's leaving the state on friday. he's going to start campaigning up in massachusetts -- to try to finish elizabeth warren's campaign off once and for all. and also something i found very interesting. donald trump and his campaign team starting ads in south carolina once again trying to damage joe biden. they really -- he's holding a rally. >> -- they really fear this guy biden? >> yeah. so all of those things are true. the clyburn endorsement huge for joe biden. i would say from the ground here, joe. i can't find anybody who's plugged in here, particularly in the world of african-american politics who does not now think that joe biden is clearly going to win this race on saturday and the question is by how much. some people, there was a clemson poll yes

very excited, john heilemann. he brought his grave diggers best. those pants right there. >> yeah. >> oh, my gosh. >> they're george off the abby road. >> i've had a hard couple weeks. these were intact before this primary started. >> yeah. >> you see a hard couple weeks are those are $500 in brooklyn. >> exactly. >> and just like -- >> but they're here! >> it happens in iowa. >> look so cool with all those torn, like, parts of your jeans. >> anyway, let's go around. there's nothing i love more than planned spot -- >> it's great. >> and those jeans are screaming but that's not why people tuned into this show today. tuned into the show because first of all let's talk about what was going on across the street. last night. >> everybody's going to be looking at the pants. look -- i see you laughing. see? what a poser. come on. he bought them yesterday in a brooklyn hipster store for like $8000. >> i'm the only one that's allowed to be mean to john. >> let's talk about the trump rally last night. i got to tell you, penal were waiting outside in the cold

people in brazil 2nd city live under the thumb of what experts say is an even more powerful force john heilemann has more. a gun fight in rio de janeiro reputedly between drug traffickers and another force in the city one that many might not hurdle they're known as the militia they've been quietly expanding the areas they control to cover more than 2000000 of rio's inhabitants. said to be made up mainly of retired or off duty police officers soldiers and firefighters it all started as an attempt to protect the neighborhoods from criminal gangs that many say they've since become a mafia who control almost everything in their zones so they can say all you water and they can say oh you a martyr you have. a lot of options and for these days militia is also selling drugs experts say they've even got into real estate illegally developing learned when 2 buildings collapse last year in a militia controlled neighborhood 24 people died. but despite the grip on parts of the city authorities have been reticent to speak about them this area is notorious for being run by the militia and the only reason that w

would have challenged the roman catholic tradition that requires priests to be celibate it's john heilemann has more from rio de janeiro. the probably will be a bit of disappointment especially as it was latin american bishops who forward this proposal last october i think important to clarify the proposal wasn't the priests who were already all day and should be allowed to then get married it was for older sorts of married men have some standing in these communities be allowed to them to make up for a bit of a chronic shortage of priests in the midst of region this is a region that's composed of 9 countries really have parts and cells in the summers and region and it's estimated that at least 85 percent over villages in the amazon region on able to celebrate mass every week so there is a real sure to cheer and this was one of the ideas to try and get to grips with it now the pope's instead said that another solution could be sending missionaries to this area instead of going for the other option which was older married men be being able to become priests and there will sort of a thaw in th

cultural agency john heilemann reports. in mexico where the style has become intertwined with the city's identity theft. from this comes this traditionally made ton of it a paltry which you miscues just declared and tangible true heritage. it starts with the clay in pueblo in central mexico they believe only the local variety can be used for true tyler better. from then on it's almost exclusively homemade and elaborate process which is survived 500 years salvador joined a long line of television a potties putting their hand to the wheel 27 years ago. i saw how just from a lump of clay you could make art that captured my attention that the masters here made art from nothing. the intricate patterns which make tell a very unique one hand painted in workshop. which opened its doors 200 years ago there were only 6 permitted colors this blues come all the way from africa north but given that there is one that dennis is basically we don't just use any materials they are very special and we can take 3 months to finish a piece and t

murder of a 7 year old girl in mexico has increased i preach and finance against women nationwide john heilemann reports from one of the latest protests demanding government action for better protection. and chanting no. women have taken over this toll booth on the outskirts of mexico city to protest against years of femicide the man they want to end this so much violence i don't know any woman who has itself it here on the outskirts be difficult nor is where they come to write about is. more than 10 women a killed every day across the country and it's getting worse in 2090 the number was double but 4 years previously. but this month the she came to a head with to her. ingrid ischemia was stopped inflate 7 year old fatima to get was kidnapped outside his school then raped and strangled. after ingrid's murder this is what president lopez obrador had to say. i don't want the theme of this press conference to just be about homicides it's very clear that issue has been really manipulated by the media those who don't like us take advantage of any circumstance to generate campaigns of defamation. to p

they would have very sudden without any warning so this kind of have to be vigilant about that john heilemann of the logic there thank you so much for attack you. and the u.s. ambassador to germany on sunday issued a warning to nations who use quote untrustworthy and quote telecom tech in their 5 g. infrastructure saying it could affect intelligence sharing now ambassador richard grinnell tweeted that he had just received a call from president donald trump aboard air force one and was instructed to make clear that any nation who chooses to use an untrustworthy 5 g. vendor will jeopardize our ability to share intelligence and information at the highest level now clearly the ambassador is referencing the use of chinese giant wild ways equipment in the implementation of 5 g. in europe specifically germany which has yet to decide whether to ban the company now the u.s. attempted to play similar pressure on the united kingdom however the country decided to allow use of weiwei equipment in a limited capacity last week you will remember the u.s. prosecutor in the u.s. prosecutors brought additional

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of beneficiaries of the so-called balsa familia or family bag so that a huge waiting list as john heilemann reports from rio de janeiro. at the end of a dirt road outside of real de janeiro palace souza is engaging in a weary daily struggle to make up for a laugh or they think today we had nothing to eat i had to wait and ask a women to help us we had no fit yesterday a pastor and my husband asked some fishermen nearby to get him something from their cats until 3 months ago they received cash from the government the program is called bolsa familia the family bag it was only about $40.00 a month but it helped keep them afloat now for them and about a 1000000 other brazilians that benefits been stopped the number of families newly admitted to the program has also plummeted to a fraction of those accepted before it's meant a ballooning waiting list of half a 1000000 people sell it 58 and unemployed is among them she says she's been given the runaround since she tried to join up last august no thank you they see the authorities don't care they push me from one place to another like a pingpong b

become serious enough to prompt the creation of a department to deal with religious hate crimes john heilemann has more. this is a new panda ceremony in rio de janiero you know it's just one of brazil's african influence religions but its followers and those of cunt don't play another african based faith have been struggling against harassment as evangelical christianity gains ground in the country. they can run from discrimination from family members to abuse in the street where they were close to their religion to worse indigenes affairs in 20177 temples in the block right behind our place were attacked but these attacks have been happening for a long time across the country just in rio de janeiro there were 200 complaints of religious discrimination in 2019 more than double that the year before and 176 temples of african based religions shut the doors things were bad enough that a police department was set up in the city to investigate those attacks along with other hate crimes chief jill but stephen a joke told us the worst case is a link to a bizarre phenomenon an evangelical drug traffic

msnbc national affairs analyst, could host of "the circus" and editor and chief of the recount, john heilemann new hampshire, but sort through you spent a great deal of time in iowa, sort through the latest there and also let us know how that's impacting the campaigning where you are now in manchester. >> yeah, well, you guys have been on it all morning, joe. i think as chaotic and crazy as the last 24 hours were, i think yesterday -- the thing is the verdict on iowa now as you guys have said is a debacle and the notion that we still don't have results, it's wednesday, nobody knows when you have the results, the party is saying you might have them by the end of today, a full 48 hours after the caucuses. s it's not like there is any part of the legitimacy of what happened on monday night that is to be saved at this point. they are trying to take care when they get the results to us that we can have faith and confidence in them. i don't think at this point there's anybody who really has faith and confidence in the results that will come out of iowa. what's the affect of that? i think, you know,

"the boston globe's" james pindell, joy reid, john heilemann.g to be watching tomorrow night? >> i'll be watching a lot with nbc. we'll be watching exactly -- watching dover. i'm also watching the first results will probably be coming from manchester, which will be critical particularly to get a sense if bernie sanders is going to once again create a broader coalition beyond his base. so ward one in manchester, the northern part, it's more affluent, but a heavy mix here. it's establishment democrats. if you can get some of them, that's where it's at. another place to watch is he really ran up the score in keane, which is where he finished his campaign tonight. cheshire county, he got 70% of the vote against hillary clinton. then one other place which is kind of really interesting on this pete buttigieg versus sanders and elizabeth warren is the upper valley, which is what we know as dartmouth college, lebanon, hanover. that area. it is right on the vermont border. a lot of people who work at dartmouth live in vermont. it's also highly educated,

significance of calaveras pottery has been officially recognized by the un sculptural agency john heilemann reports from mexico where the style has become intertwined with the city's identity . this comes this traditionally may tell a bit of pottery which you miscues just declared in tangible cultural heritage. it starts with the clay. in central mexico they believe only the local variety can be used for true tyler better. from then on it's almost exclusively homemade an elaborate process which is survived 500 years salvador during the long line of television or potters putting their hand to the wheel 27 years ago. i saw how just from a lump of clay you could make art that captured my attention that the masters here made art from nothing. the intricate patterns which make tell a very unique one hand painted in workshop. which opened its doors 200 years ago there were only 6 permitted colors this blues come all the way from africa north but given that there's one at the end of this basically we don't just use any materials they're very special and we can take 3 months to finish a piece and t

live under the thumb of what experts say is an even more powerful force known as the militia john heilemann has. a gun full in rio de janeiro to reputedly between drug traffickers and the love of fools in the city one that many might not heard of the known as the militia they've been quietly expanding the areas they control to cover more than $2000000.00 of rio's inhabitants. the said to be made up mainly of retired or off duty police officers so just and 5. it all started as an attempt to protect the neighborhoods from criminal gangs that many say they've since become a mafia who control almost everything in the zone so they can say all you water and they can say oh you a martyr you have. a lot of options and. for these days militia is also selling drugs experts say they've even got into real estate illegally developing learned when 2 buildings collapse last year in a militia controlled neighborhood $24.00 people died but despite their grip on parts of the city authorities have been reticent to speak about them this area is notorious for being run by the militia and the only reason that we

beneficiaries of the so-called also familia or family back it's led to a huge waiting list as john heilemann reports from rio de janeiro. at the end of a dirt road outside of real de janeiro. gaging in a weary daily struggle to make up for a laugh and i think today we had nothing to eat i had to go away to ask a women to help us we had no fit yesterday i kicked some pastor and my husband asked some fishermen nearby to give him something from their catch until 3 months ago they received cash from the government the program's coo bolsa familia the family bag it was only about 40 dollars a month but it helped keep them afloat now for them and about a 1000000 other brazilians that benefits been stopped the number of families newly admitted to the program has plummeted to a fraction of those accepted before it's meant a ballooning waiting list of hof a 1000000 people sell it 58 and unemployed is among them she says she's been given the runaround since she tried to join up last august no thank you they see the authorities don't care they push me from one place to another like a pingpong ball. both

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john heilemann, thank you very much for joining us. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, the effort to figure out what the attorney general of the united states is up to while admitting today to getting involved in easing the jail time for trump's friend roger stone. the a.g. goes on to say the president's tweets make it impossible for him to do his job. >>> meanwhile, john kelly finally speaking up candidly about what he saw on the inside about trump's handling of lieutenant colonel vindman and the ukraine debacle. we also learned today this familiar face is coming back to the white house as a counselor to the president. >>> plus as mike bloomberg sizes up super tuesday, donald trump attempts to size down the former mayor, who quickly reminds trump they know a lot of the same people and what people are saying about him back home. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on this thursday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 1,120 of this trump administr

celibate but the pontiff says the solution to the shortage is to send missionaries to the region john heilemann has more from rio de janeiro. the program will be a bit of disappointment especially as it was latin american bishops that put forward this proposal last october i think important to clarify the proposal wasn't the priests who were already all day and should be allowed to then get married it was for all the sorts of married men of some standing in these communities be allowed to them the old thing to make up for a bit of a chronic shortage of priests in the ahmanson region this is a region that's composed of knowing countries really have parts of themselves in the summers and region and it's estimated that at least 85 percent all villages in the amazon region on able to celebrate mass every week so there is a real sure to cheer in this was one of the ideas to try and get to grips with it now the pope's instead said another solution could be sending missionaries to this area instead of going for the other option which was older married men be being able to become priests and there will

of a 7 year old girl that mexico has increased outrage and violence against women nationwide john heilemann reports from one of the laces protests demanding government action to better protection. the chanting. women have taken over this toll booth on the outskirts of mexico city to protest against years of femicide that. there's so much violence i don't know any woman who hasn't suffered and here on the outskirts of the forgotten war here's where they come to throw the ball to. more than 10 women are killed every day across the country and it's getting worse in 2090 the number was double but 4 years previously . but this month the issue came to a head with 2 horrific murders ingrid. inflated 7 year old fatima to get was kidnapped outside her school then raped and strangled after ingrid's murder this is what president lopez obrador had to say. i don't want the theme of this press conference to just be about homicides it's pretty clear that issue has been really manipulated by the media those who don't like us take advantage of any circumstance to generate campaigns of defamation. to play ni

john heilemann. >> of course, last night, call me at 3:00 in the morning on the red phone. >> yeah. >t line. the heilemann hot line lights up and, of course, we have the ringer off but i see a red light and the amber glow all over the room. go over, pick it up, you whisper to me, biden's going all-in. explain! okay. maybe it didn't happen that way. maybe just texted me five minutes ago, but, still. come on. have a little creative license with it. anyway, you say, regardless of how it was transmitted to me, you told me, you're hearing on the ground, biden's going all-in. all or nothing with new hampshire? >> i like that version of events better and i was just going to say i enjoy the fact i can call night or day and you know some of the circumstances are not that plercasant yet you always pick up the phone. always pick up the red phone when it goes off. i appreciate that. >> i know the best bell bondsman throughout, the best bail bondsman. exactly. go ahead. report, report, my man. >> been here four days now and haven't been in jail yet. that's good. making progress. yes. the reality i