kerry sanders hit the road and has our report tonight. >> reporter: if you're among those in traffic this labor day weekend, then you already know gas prices have not been this low since 2004. >> it's a whole lot better for everybody. gas prices are cheap. >> reporter: the national average is now $2.41 with the lowest in sbg outh carolina averaging 1.99. the 35 million motorists will save $1 billion when compared to last year when on average gas cost a dollar more a gallon. why the price drop? thank china's slowing economy. >> it's just old-fashion said supply and demand. there is ample oil supply. >> to give some context on how cheap a gallon of gas is today, in the early 1970s, some stations sold a gallon for 33 cents. in some parts you could have it for $1.85. if you add for inflation, some are paying less today than they did back then >> we found four friends on u.s. 27 in the florida everglades. they made a 16-hour spur of the moment drive from maherville, tennessee, just to pose with an alligator at holiday park. and then take an air boat ride. >> we wanted a vacation so we got

for "today" kerry sanders nbc news. . >>> sheinelle is back with another look at the top headlines. >> good morning. >>> investigators in illinois are hoping a new piece of evidence will help them find three suspects in the killing of a police lieutenant. investigators won't say what they found but do say they are getting closer to idding someone they want to talk to. >>> investigation underway this morning into what exactly caused a deadly crash in spain. at least six people were killed when a car ran off the road during a race. >>> and a kayaker in malibu, california is recovering this morning after he was bitten by a shark. dylan marks was dangling his foot off the side of the kayak when he was bitten. he's in stable condition in the hospital. >>> let's send it outside to dylan. >> a final check of the weather. >> hey, it's gorgeous out here now. we are loving the labor day weekend here in new york city. we have temperatures in the 80s and back into the 90s by the ti we get to monday and tuesday. we want to take a look at the tropics. we have another storm system that developed off

kerry sanders, nbc news, miami. >> here's a look at gas prices around the bay area.s to be the cheapest on average, $3.11 a gallon, oakland's average is $3.14, and san francisco, $3.29. look at this. one of our nbc bay area staffers recently spotted this price. 2.60 a gallon, just under that. took a picture at the gas and shop on north 33rd street in san jose. no word if it is still that cheap today. >>> after being lost six weeks in the wilderness of yellowstone national park, a colorado man's dog is back home safe and sound. nelson garcia has more on the pup's amazing journey back to his best friend. >> reporter: of all the sights to see at yellowstone national park. >> beautiful, it is gorgeous. all of the wild animals, we are both nature people. >> waterfalls, bears, remember all of the memories from being a child. >> reporter: for david and laura, none were as beautiful as this. >> come up here, jay. >> reporter: jay, the australian shepherd. july 23, they were driving through yellowstone and crashed into a car. they were injured and jay ran off. >> hurry up get

nbc's kerry sanders has the latest for us. >> reporter: a monster mudslide in southern utah. billions of gallons of water and debris moving an estimated 35 miles an hour, set off by heavy rains this weekend. 60-mile-an-hour winds in the pacific northwest led to unusually large waves in lake washington. in seattle, those winds are blamed for two deaths, including a 10-year-old girl crushed by a falling tree branch. from the plains to the northeast, what could be the season's last heat wave is coming. temperatures across the region will hit upwards of 90 degrees this week. meanwhile, unusually warm waters in the pacific are fueling three hurricanes near hawaii, none expected to make landfall. and in the southeast, the problem isn't heat, it's rain. tropical storm erika left a trail of wreckage in the caribbean. 20 confirmed dead in dominica, reports that dozens are still unaccounted for. in florida, sandbagging operations are under way. >> it's going to be coming for a couple weeks straight now. so we'd better be prepared. >> reporter: the tampa bay region's already saturated w

nbc's kerry sanders has more. >> reporter: as friends and colleagues mourn the loss of kendra hatcher. >> we want to remember her. >> reporter: this morning, dallas police announce a suspect killing. authorities say the 35-year-old dentist was gunned down wednesday night shortly after pulling into the parking garage of her apartment building. detectives release a picture of interest of an older model jeep cherokee. that car slipped past the security gate when a driver followed another car through before hatch er er arrived home. >> the individual walked in her direction. the individual gets back in the car. >> reporter: the person under arrest, a 22-year-old woman crystal cortez. she is being held on $250,000 bond. authorities say she admitted involvement in the crime. claiming she was paid $500 and drove a man to the scene who shot and killed hatcher. friends and family are stunned by her death. >> she had a really big heart. i don't understand who would do this to her and why they would want to do this to her. >> reporter: a crime left a community shaken this morning. for "today," k

kerry sanders has more. >> reporter: as friends and colleagues mourn the loss of kendra hatcher -- >>emember her. >> reporter: this morning dallas police have announced a suspect is in custody for the killing. >> one female is possibly shot in the neck. >> reporter: authorities say the 35-year-old dentist was gunned down wednesday night shortly after pulling into the parking garage of her apartment building. detectives released surveillance images of a vehicle of interest and an older model jeep cherokee with faded paint. they say that car slipped past the security gate with a driver following another car through just before hatcher arrived home. >> the individual appears to walk in in her direction. witnesses described hearing a gunshot, and the individual gets back in the car. >> reporter: the person under arrest, a 22-year-old woman named christa cortez. she's charged with capital murder and is being held on $250,000 bond. authorities say she admitted involvement in the crime claiming she was paid $500 and drove a man to the scene who then shot and killed hatcher. hatcher's friends

here is kerry sanders. >> reporter: when kids post on social media, it is there for anyone to see.omputer program in orange county is combing the internet for their social media accounts. and some complain school administrators looking is a violation. >> i don't like it. that's a private thing for me to use. >> reporter: in orlando, where kids returned to school less than two weeks ago, administrators say it's a sign of the times. in maryland three years ago, a student opened fire at school. the teenage gunman had posted threats on facebook before the rampage. in washington state last year, a student gunned down four classmates after posting violent threats on twitter. orlando believes the computer program from a company call eee snaptrends could save lives. >> it monitors key words that present threats, gun or attack or kill, words of that nature. >> reporter: the district says because social media can be the source of bullying, school threats or mass cries for help, we believe it is appropriate to monitor public sites where anybody can view comments. some parents say they welcome

kerry sanders has more from san antonio. >> reporter: here in texas, football is a religion. seemingly targeted a ref may have to explain why they did what they did to more than police, because police are now investigating this as a possible crime. this morning new fallout from the shot seen around the world. watch the referee get blindsided. first one player tackles him from behind, then a second diving in head first. it's called spearing the ref. today those two high school players are in a world of trouble, suspended from the team, from school, and under criminal investigation. and now police say the ref was targeted. >> two of the teammates had been ejected prior in the game, including the quarterback, but there is no excuse for this. >> social media called this inexcusable, and the school said they will not tolerate this kind of behavior. they will be scheduling a due process hearing. watch as one player takes him down. the ref's collarbone was broken and he was eventually awarded a $275,000 settlement. seven states have lost particularly protecting sports officials. the

nbc's kerry sanders has the latest from san antonio.rning, new photos of referee robert watts immediately after he was violently taken down by two high school football players. his face red and looking dazed. his injuries requiring a doctor's care. at an emergency meeting of the group that oversees texas high school athletics. one official ticked off a litany of problems with the game. >> in this ball game, there were multiple ejections. there were punches thrown. unsportsmanlike penalties. arguing with officials. that seems to me like a time bomb waiting to happen, and it did happen. i didn't see any leadership coming from the coaching staff. >> one member of that staff, assistant coach mack breed, is being accused by some of making comments that may have instigated the attack. he's now on administrative leave and could not be reached for comment. >> whether or not the coach uttered any words that led the kids to believe that they could do what they did, it is not reason enough for those kids to have assaulted that referee. >> and ther

kerry sanders is snaan antonio with the latest. good morning. >>> good morning, natalie. today is when attention turns to tomorrow's high school football game. friday night lights, of course, is part of the fabric of texas. while the team here at john jay high school will take the field, it will be minus the two players, held responsible for that horrific attack on the ref. and the game will be played like, unlike any other, because there will be security both a ufand on the field. this morning, new photos of referee robert watts immediately after he was violently taken down by two high school football players. his face red and looking dazed. his injuries requiring a doctor's care. at an emergency meeting of the group that oversees texas high school athletics one official ticked off a litany of problems with the game. >> in this ball game, there were multiple ejections, punches thrown, unsportsmanlike penalties, arguing with officials. that seems to me like a time bomb waiting to happen and it did happen. i didn't see any leadership coming from the coaching staff. >> one

kerry sanders is in san antonio. kerry, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. here in texas high school football is like a religion. but if the two players who seemingly targeted a ref are expecting forgiveness they have to explain why they did to what they did to more than a priest. this morning new fall out from the shot seen around the world. watch the referee get blind sided first one player tackles him from behind then a second diving in head first. it's called spearing the ref. today those two high school players are in a world of trouble. suspended from the team, from school and one criminal investigation and now police say the ref was targeted. >> two of they are teammates were ejected prior to the game. still, there's no excuse for this. >> reporter: social media is lighting up calling the hit ruthless, an assault. one calling for john jay high school to disband the school's football program. the school district says in a statement it will not tolerate this kind of behavior. and promises today it will schedule a due process hearing, interviewing offici

kerry sanders is in orlando this morning with a look at the controversial new program.> reporter: good morning. parents may well understand this challenge. trying to figure out what your kids are doing on social media. now as the school year begins here in orange county, florida administrators will be actively monitoring kids' facebook, twitter, instagram, and any other social media. some kids and some parents call it unwarranted snooping. when kids post on social media it's there for anyone to see. now a new computer program is combing the internet for their social media accounts. some complaints of administra administrators peeking at their postings is a violation. >> i don't like it. >> reporter: because? >> it's a private thing for me to use only. ♪ >> reporter: but in orlando where kids return to school less than two weeks ago, administrators say it's a sign of the times. in maryland three years ago, a student opened fire at school. the teenage gunman had posted threats on facebook before the rampage. and in washington state last year, a student gunned down four cl

kerry sanders is in san antonio. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. here in texas high school football is a religion. if the two players who seemingly targeted a ref expect forgiveness they may have to explain why they did what they did to more than a priest because police are investigating this as a possible crime. this morning new fallout from the shot seen round the world. watch the referee get blind sided, first one player tackles him from behind. then a second diving in head first. it's called spearing the ref. today, those two high school players are in a world of trouble. suspended from the team, from school, and under criminal investigation and now police say the ref was targeted. >> two of the teammates had been ejected prior in the game including one, their quarterback, but still there's no excuse for this. >> reporter: social media is calling the hit ruthless, an assault, one calling for john j. high school to disspanned the school's football program. the school district says in a statement it will not tolerate this kind of behavior and pro

for "today," kerry sanders, nbc news. >> so sad. >>> now to the newest encounter on the summer of sharksn the united states. this time talking about a hammerhead off the coast of l.a. and one lucky fisherman. >> reporter: lurking beneath the surface of the nation's coast, sharks showing up, making headlines. this weekend dylan marks was the latest to tangle with a shark. >> definitely got a taste of mortality. >> reporter: he's quick to point out it wasn't an attack. >> i wasn't a victim. i was a perpetrator. >> reporter: he was fishing and decided to hook a hammer head and decided it was more than he bargained for. >> i wanted to take the hook out and i didn't get out of the way. >> reporter: another close call with a hammer head for these kayakers near san diego. the same day a great white chomped down on a long board near morrow bay and sunday in cape cod a great white rescue effort as dozens of beach goers rushed to help a beached shark with buckets of water. experts say warm el nino temperatures brought sharks closer to shore. this year, 34 sharks in the u.s., including a series of

kerry or elizabeth warren. we already have her. >> third name is bernie sanders.say joe biden's saves the of voters' money? >> i have no idea. that the fact that they call him plan the is accurate. it is always in a disastrous such a -- a situation right now he is like a lifeguard and he is watching hillary drowned he doesn't want to get wet but inevitably he knows he will have to pick up and go after her even the white house's strolling her? >> is working very well. you know, they called the obama lighthouse trying to get fbi and they're not taking her call she is a control freak. whole strategy is i will smother opposition and roll my way into the white house of all this for maliki i will measure the drapes in april. she's scared everyone off and she is the goldwater girl and but that was the last time she was a libertarian. the last time she had any idea this. >> now what came out once he was safely dead. >> she met him and they fell in love bin she was a mistress. that is another story. arnold schwarzenegger iran donald trump. who is next? jesse ventura? the w

sanders isn't here either. al gore, joe biden, john kerry.oe biden hasn't announced, but he is going to be having a news conference with governor cuomo of new york today to support a $15 minimum wage. what is going on here? >> i know something the new york times doesn't know -- america's looking for new leadership. our party always looks to the future. and that is what is happening right now. in both parties, people are looking for a new leader. the candidate that are attracting -- that are the lightning rods that are attracting the angst we feel, the anger that we feel at our established leaders for letting us down, allowing our economy to become so manipulated that only a few of us are able to get ahead in a deed, the wealthiest among us, people are expressing that anger through the candidates that most represent -- that most say no to the established candidates. but in the longer course of this race, people are going to be finding a new leader, a leader who can get things done, who is speaking to wear our country is going, not where our co

kerry lee peterson joins me on the phone. mr peterson, thank you for joining me. you heard the story we ran. senator bernie sanders's campaign says some of the activities of your super-pact are illegal and sent you a seize and desist order. have you complied? >> me and bernie sanders's counsel, we have been in communication since the letter was issued. this is probably back in the month of june, and, yes, compliance has been met due to the fact that, you know, we are rules. that's definitely not what i'm here to do. we are here for the political action committee, supporting the cause of the movement of bernie sanders getting closer to the white house, and when we got the letter, it was obviously pertinent. it was an important situation. >> beckel, the reporter we talked to discovered you had legal and financial troubles, evictions, arrest warrants. you said it is not relevant to what you are doing right now. >> well, we are not going to talk about when i got a traffic ticket 10 years ago, we are not going to talk about business deals i did with a buddy that d go as planned. we are not going to talk about, you know,

kerry. we have this history. i don't want to take away from what bernie sanders is doing, but i do think it's early to see how sustainable the clinton campaign reacts. >> annie, you eve been out on the road. do those analogies hold up? >> i think it's really hard to know. i mean, quite frankly, does everything everybody has said so far this year has been wrong. and one of the critical things is when you talk to people and i spent a lot of people talking to people in new hampshire, you say, what is going on with the clin tom campaign? there was a cbs poll earlier this week that suggested she's 22 points down in new hampshire. i've been asking people why? how is this happening? new hampshire? a place that really for all of this discussion of bradley and previous campaigns, new hampshire is supposed to be a very, very friendly place for her. that was always supposed to be the way that it was. and the answer that i'm getting is somewhat alarming for clinton's campaign, which is that -- and i know you discussed it before, but that this e-mail story hasn't gone away and she hasn't shut it down. and when you look forward, i mea

. >> bernie sanders at five. john kerry at seven. mark holden, who is he?panies has led the conversation about criminal justice reform. we were talking about it here on the show yesterday. and another big that we're seeing throughout this list, politico magazine editor writes in his letter about this is the year that so many ordinary people changed the conversation. at number three we have the three women who started black lives matter. started back in 2013 but became such a part of the conversation this year part of that civil rights conversation and up at hashtag politico 50, we have a graphic that shows hashtag black lives matter and how it trended over the years. at the other end of the spectrum, number 37, the two women who started the idea of having a woman on the $20 bill. we're calling it breaking the paper ceiling. >> i'm looking at number 11. elizabeth warren leading from the sidelines. >> both elizabeth warren and paul ryan are mentioned in here for people who decided not to run, probably would have had very promising candidacies but instead want

kerry. the guy who is now beating hillary, i believe in new hampshire and iowa, is senator sanders. he is resonating with people. he is issue oriented. he is judgmental of dirty campaign. they have blinders on. that is a great question. it goes back to the previous caller as well. in new hampshire and iowa, nobody expected bernie sanders to be doing this while at this point in time. now, there is a very real chance that he could beat hillary .linton in either or both the big question is does he have activist feeling for the party. in iowa, you need to be able to organize for the union. bernie sanders is starting to reach out to those groups in a more aggressively than he did in the past. hillary clinton has a fundamental advantage among those constituencies. joe biden would have an advantage over bernie sanders going head to head among those constituencies. one iowa andders new hampshire, he would be the story. there would be real panic in the clinton campaign. i would certainly not rule him out primaries and caucuses. he is planning -- they are to have a game plan, the center's cam

kerry decide. if it's undecided when i become president, i will answer your question. >> meanwhile there's new evidence suggesting that a recent attack on vermont senator bernie sanders is backfiring back time on the clinton camp. one of the super pacs supporting clinton recently sent out an e-mail linking sanders to remarks made by a british labor leader jeremy corbin, including corbin's praise for venezuelan dictator hugo chavez. the sanders campaign responding by fund-raising off the attack, raising more than $1 million in less than 48 hours. the website that processes the donations, called act blue, told msnbc that the response was one precedented. at one point bringing in 180 contributions a minute. the federal -- meanwhile the federal reserve says it will keep interest rates locked at near zero percent for now. citing concerns about the strength of the global economy, stock market turmoil and persistently low inflation, fed chair janet yellen told reporters that the central bank wanted to wait and see what impact, if any, those factors will have on the u.s. economy before they decide to lift the rates for the first time in almost a decade. >>> while the decisio

sanders is surging. martin o'malley cannot get traction. how do you break through? chafee: history shows that john kerry in 2004 was not going anywhere until the very end. then people start to focus in december and january. . record ofe a good what you have done in public service, and your character of honesty and vision for the future, that will eventually sift through to the voters and you get momentum in those states. >> what are make of the possibility of joe biden entering the race? >> i think he is going to get in. dynamics are changing with the front runner. different issues are occurring, but i welcome everybody at the race. i hear from new hampshire voters once again, they show a clip of the parades, people saying i am glad you are running, we want choices. >> let me ask you about your history, how did you evolve -- that's not the right word, morph from becoming republican and independent and then democrat? >> i never changed on the issues. i have been pro-choice my whole career, antiwar, for the environment, for social problems -- social programs to build the middle class. roomhere is less and

sanders in iowa. and democratic officials are for something called a plan b. someone like al gore? john kerry? or of course, joe biden. >>> plus, donald trump says his rival about carly fiorina's face wasn't about her looks. it was about her persona. where is the outrage from women's groups? the rnc says no comment. >>> and president obama steps up the response to the crisis. some republicans are already against the idea of that. finally, the father of that television reporter who was shot and killed on air down in virginia. he is vowing to do whatever it takes to get congress to enact gun safety laws. >>> bernie sanders is now leading hillary clinton in iowa, according to a few quinnipiac poll out today. he is winning in iowa. it is 41-40 with biden still at 12. my name is mark amann. i'm a gas service rep for pg&e in san jose. as a gas service rep we are basically the ambassador of the company. we make the most contact with the customers on a daily basis. i work hand-in-hand with crews to make sure our gas pipes are safe. my wife and i are both from san jose. my kids and their friends live i

they're even talking about john kerry, all of them fine folks, but the guy who's beating hillary, i believe, in new hampshire and iowa is senator sanders. he's resonating with people and you know, he's issue oriented and he doesn't engage in nonsense or dirty campaigning, so -- >> go ahead. so what's your question? >> have blinders on about mr. sanders. >> that's a great question. it goes back to the previous caller as well. in new hampshire and iowa, those are taylor made -- i don't think anybody expected bernie sanders to be doing this well. now there's a real chance he could beat hillary clinton in either new hampshire or yane. -- iowa. south go to -- in carolina, i -- you need to have support of african-americans mplingt you need to win his panic supporters. western person -- bernie sanders is starting to reach out to those people. hillary has had an advantage. joe biden would have an advantage over bernie sanders. if sanders won yay and new hampshire, that would be the story. i would certainly not rule him out in the upcoming primaries and caucuses. he's planning -- they have a game plan, the sanders campaign, to focus on the cauc

sanders in iowa. and democratic officials are for something called a plan b. someone like al gore? john kerry? or of course, joe biden. >>> plus, donald trump says his rival about carly fiorina's face wasn't about her looks. it was about her persona. where is the outrage from women's groups? the rnc says no comment. >>> and president obama steps up the response to the crisis. some republicans are already against the idea of that. finally, the father of that television reporter who was shot and killed on air down in virginia. he is vowing to do whatever it takes to get congress to enact gun safety laws. hey babe, last one home cooks? ♪ ♪ ♪ another tie. order in? next time i drive. the right-sized nissan rogue. ♪ so you're a small business expert from at&t? yeah, give me a problem and i've got the solution. well, we have 30 years of customer records. our cloud can keep them safe and accessible anywhere. my drivers don't have time to fill out forms. tablets. keep it all digital. we're looking to double our deliveries. our fleet apps will find the fastest route. oh, and your boysenberry apple scon

bernie sanders is not going to go good enough for the party leadership. they want somebody who may be in the place if a gore or kerrying to do it. >> what do you think? joe recently has the confidence that has come out that can be respected. but he doesn't have the emotional juice. he just endured a family tragedy. >> and you have hillary's mea cul culpa. >> i believe she meant her apology. i think it should have happened earlier. but i think the apology in and of itself was find. what's happening with vice president biden, that interview was incredible. it is and was. and i do think the country believes he is this incredibly authentic figure. he has been for his entire career. what i like about all of this is that whether or not he entered the race, i don't know. i do think that it would add a tremendous amount of strength to whatever ticket emerges next year. >> i asked my followers the following question, does joe biden make him stronger candidate should he jump in the race? >> he will wait until after he sees how well hillary clinton does in iowa and enter the primaries in march. >> he's got a limit. i think in

primary campaign flanked by senator sanders of vermont and only mildly curbed by james webb, dismissive of vice president biden and casting a wary grant at john kerry in switzerland who is preparing to have an accomplishment to contrast with her accomplishment-free tenure at the department of state. she is in fact a dreadful candidate, and? fact had a cass struggle tenure at the department of state. if you're a dreadful candidate with difficulty connecting, with people raising issues as karl rove raised about her health, if you cannot brunt into the age issue as ronald reagan ran into it and you have to confront it squarely, and if you have nothing on which to run, what do you do? i'd suggest to her a platform with five large planks and won't detail them. i think she ought to run on let the people decide campaign. she ought to campaign vigorously against the institution of the electoral college, proclaiming it embodies white male privilege from the 18th century, which was written by white males in the 18th century, not many people understand the genius of the electoral college. it's easily lampooned, easily run against, and if it is ever done away

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sanders, o'malley is struggling. how do you break through and get your voice heard? >> it is a long process. history shows especially in '04 john kerryhe was not in the picture until then. people started focusing in december and january. if you have a good record of what you did in public service and your character of honesty and courage that will sit through to the voters and you get momentum in those two states. >> what about the possibility of joe biden entering the race? >> i think he's going to get in. dynamics are changing with the frontrunner and different issues occurring. i welcome everybody for the race. they showed a clip of people at the fourth of july parades and they were saying i am glad you are running, we want choices. >> let me ask you about your political history. how did you morph into being a republican and independent into a democrat? >> i never changed on the issues. i have been pro-choice my career, anti-war, for the environment, for social programs to help build the middle class. my party changed. there was less and less room for moderate liberals such as me. in 2006 in my re-election for the senate i had a p

bernie sanders is not going to win this nomination because there's only so many hyper educated white progressives. this is about joe biden saying i'm going to carry kerrygacy and square the own narrative. >> foreperson run, would that be bad for her? >> you know, i think competition is healthy. we're not going to have a field split into 16, 17 parts, but i think in the end hillary will win the nomination and the white house as well, and i don't think biden is going to run. >> well, neil, to your point hillary is busy bashing biden on the campaign trail, they like competition but hillary doesn't neptune competition because while she's great on paper, she has not proven herself to be a great candidate on the campaign trail and heaves this over and over. >> i apologize for some of the audio problems we seem to have. and the senate has passed the bill to avert the government shut down, it's going to go to the house and a lot of people saying it's perfunctory. i don't know. more after this we're cracking down on medicare fraud. the health care law gives us powerful tools to fight it. to investigate it. prosecute it. and stop criminals. our senior medicare p

bernie sanders: that is why it astonishes me, and it really hurts to hear many of my republican colleagues talk so easily and loosely about getting into another war in iran. and secretary kerry have worked long and hard for one simple goal and that is to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and that is something we must do. but what they have put together is a process and an agreement which allows us to accomplish that goal without going to war. and i hope we all support that. [cheering] conclude,ders: let me and i have probably gone on too long and i will get yelled at by somebody -- [cheering] bernie sanders: let me conclude by begging you to do one thing. and that is think big, not small. do not get into the argument of whether we should cut education by 2% or 4%. do not get into the debate about whether climate change is real or it is not real. what i want you to think about is what we in the wealthiest country in the history of the world can accomplish. please do not tell me that in the united states of america we cannot join the rest of the industrialized world and cap -- guarantee health care to all people as a right. [cheering] bernie sanders: which is why i su

kerry. the guy who is now beating hillary, i believe in new hampshire and iowa, is senator sanders.e is resonating with people. he is issue oriented. he is judgmental of dirty campaign. they have blinders on. that is a great question. it goes back to the previous caller as well. in new hampshire and iowa, nobody expected bernie sanders to be doing this while at this point in time. now, there is a very real chance that he could beat hillary .linton in either or both the big question is does he have activist feeling for the party. in iowa, you need to be able to organize for the union. bernie sanders is starting to reach out to those groups in a more aggressively than he did in the past. hillary clinton has a fundamental advantage among those constituencies. joe biden would have an advantage over bernie sanders going head to head among those constituencies. one iowa andders new hampshire, he would be the story. there would be real panic in the clinton campaign. i would certainly not rule him out primaries and caucuses. he is planning -- they are to have a game plan, the center's campa

if sanders beats her in iowa or new hampshire and there's no other major candidate in the race there will be panic. >> coming up on "morning joe" the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be right here on set with us. also white house press secretary josh earnest. plus the man running to replace john boehner as speaker of the house we'll ask kevin mccarthy why he wants the toughest job in washington. a look ahead jeb bush and chris christie join the table. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ when you're not confident your company's data is secure, the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at at&t we monitor our network traffic so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. ♪ >>> let's take a look at some of the morning papers from the "new york times" and all over the world. in afghanistan the taliban reportedly has captured the city of kundu. if the militant group succeeds in maintaining control it's the first