kerry sanders is following in south carolina today, what is the conventional wisconsin o dom for this race moving forward? >> the unconventional candidate has hit the ground and really disrupted politics in america nap is donald truch flp is no a not -- trump is. he won by more than 10%. he did an amazing job. when they attack a look at what he brought to the table, he doesn't go out and shake hands. he has a little phone banking, but he does it very different. he gets in front of a large crowd, he gives a speech, and he urges them to go vote. yesterday he collected phone numbers, he was texting voters saying please go out and vote. as we look at the numbers here, donald trump wins in south carolina. remember he did well, number two in iowa, he won in new hampshire. this was only did trump last night. >> i just want to congratulate the other candidates, it's not easy running for president, i can tell you. it's tough, nasty, mean, and vicious. it's beautiful. when you win, it's beautiful. we're going to start winning for our country. >> it was are a dead heat for second place, marco ru

as kerry sanders reports from south carolina, they include voters who had pretty much dropped out. >> reporter: today 51-year-old laurie bins road. her return to the voting booth for one reason: donald trump. >> i felt good. i felt like i was voting for somebody who would do what they say they were going to do for a change, or at least try to. >> reporter: one in ten voters who went to the polls in south carolina today is a so-called lost voter. apathetic americans who had given up on the process until now. who was the last president you remember voting for? >> uh, ronald reagan. >> reporter: that was 36 years ago when 64-year-old charles parish was a firefighter. indifferent since president reagan left office, parish says he's now back, involved in politics because of donald trump. >> the man is a billionaire. so what is it really for him to gain? you could say more power, perhaps. maybe. but the man is already powerful. so to me he's more apt to do the right thing for the country. >> reporter: surveys show 27% of the lost voters break for trump, while rubio draws only 4% and cruz ev

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. >> i want to bring in kerry sanders.nversation has been partly about justice scalia's record and life, but it's also been immediately about the high octane politics here. what are you seeing out on the trail? >> interestingly, i'm hear at the debate site just outside where you can imagine there are lots of people who have gathered, voters that are very enthusiastic, so i stopped and talked to some of them. they're here supporting their individual candidates. but each one seem to agree that the death of scalia scalhas rai what's been an emotion aal campaign and make it even more emotional and making this current primary here for the republicans and democrats that much more important. because they realize what is going on. in fact, i was curious to see what sort of issues do they follow from the supreme court? and i also spoke to the former u.s. attorney from -- u.s. attorney from the southern district of florida. all of them seem to agree to say that issues like roe v. wade are always on the tip of people's tongues, citiz

a wild card yet to be kerry sanders, nbc news. columbia, south carolina. >>> before we go tonight, late information out of south carolina. nbc news projecting that donald trump wins the south carolina republican primary tonight. more on nbcnews.com and updates throughout the eepg vening. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, good night. of my moderate t

waterloo, iowa, and kerry sanders, kerry, i mentioned the voters of iowa. there is a fair amount of caucus fatigue. if you live in iowa, you've probably been contacted by no fewer than six people offering you a ride to the caucus. you can't escape the television ads. the leaflets. any signs of caucus fatigue as in, let's get this thing going? >> well, let's put it this way. i've been now covering donald trump throughout iowa. i followed him through new hampshire. i have been with him in south carolina. i have never seen a speech like he gave today. dare i say, it was low energy. it was so unusual to see donald trump walk into a facility here, an auditorium that was not full with standing room only. as a matter of fact, as you take a look at some of the video we took just moments ago, you can see that oddly, there were even empty seats. and i think that maybe the cavernous nature of all of this kind of led to a lower energy speech from donald trump which, again, caught us all off guard. this was really suggested that it was going to be a pep rally and at the

debate -- we don't have kerry sanders.ng back to perry bacon -- and he is there. live television. kerry, if you can hear me -- >> i'm trying to get a little information from an insider. give me a couple minutes. he doesn't want to use his name. >> go ahead. i appreciate that. that's how it looks when we're all doing our reporting on one hand and doing breaking coverage with no commercial breaks on the other hand. thanks for staying with us. you see reporters moving in and out of the shot awaiting the president's remarks about justice scalia and what comes next. so as kerry works the phones. going into the start of the debate you already talked about how ted cruz may benefit. i question whether donald trump, who has been basically bullet proof and impervious to so many other moments people thought might have hurt him. i question whether he is prepped. you can only do so much reading and twittering going into tonight. you mentioned marco rubio suffered from the idea he had talking points. if this is a detailed discussion, ca

kerry sanders? >> yes. there was a lot of cat calling going on tonight, a lot of boos. donald trump said that he didn't pack the house, that it was his wife and daughter that were in the audience, that he didn't have pac money behind him, that it's all his own money. one of the more interesting -- appeared to be an off hand comment when donald trump said look, none of these guys up here are going to win the primary. he's very confident and we'll hear what he has to say. this is the spin room where they will come in and everybody will claim the high ground. as we've seen in the past, donald trump, it appeared that ted cruz tried to call him out on this, when there is an issue up for discussion, it then turns into a personality back and forth, and ted cruz tried to call him out on that. but the limited time in the debate where each person has so much time, it didn't feel like they had a chance to follow through. ted cruz made a point on that. donald trump sort of pushed past on that. >> gabe gutierrez, you've been following the rubio campaign. he got about nine minutes of

nbc's kerry sanders. thank you, sir. >>> i want to return to the faith forum. that is where nbc's gabe gutierrez is following marco rubio. he just wrapped up some of his thoughts there. how long as he been speaking, gabe? >> much as hallie did, i'll keep my voice down so not to interrupt marco rubio's speech. he's been speaking 10 or 15 minutes, and i must say, he has been very well received by this crowd here for religious conservatives. he is really trying to make the case that he's best positioned to take on not just the democrats but to unify the party. he has repeatedly said he's better on national security and foreign policy. that's the distinctions he's trying to make right now in his stump speeches he's had the last few days. he's taken on donald trump and especially ted cruz. ted cruz is especially important when it comes to marco rubio's strategy. he is trying to peel off some of the conservative religion voters, the ted cruzes, that he's been so successful in getting their support. i also asked him about that ad that you mentioned earlier, the attack

kerry sanders is at the trump rally, and kerry, have you spoken to supporters who are going to the trump rally and also going to be caucusing tonight? or do these folks just want to come out and see donald trump, who knows if they're going to caucus? >> i obviously didn't talk to everybody in this room, thomas, because there's so many thousands. i did get a chance to speak to several people here. one man said indeed he is going to caucus, he and his wife. in fact, they volunteered to help organize it. then he said he has never done this before. he's born and raised here in the reno area, so this is all knew to him, but he feels drawn to the donald trump campaign and specifically what donald trump says. the donald trump campaign, as you know, was confident in iowa at that caucus but they didn't do as well as they had hoped, coming in behind ted cruz. they were criticized in the aftermath about the ground game. take a look here as we look at this video. this is part of the ground game that's a little different from iowa, the caucus there. as voters are coming in here, they're being met wit

kerry sanders, thank you. >> thanks very much, kerry, and thanks peter alexander.e republican national committee hit another low with donald trump saying the republican national committee is in default for how it doled out debate tickets to a crowd that wasn't trump friendly. >> i have to say, as a businessman, i get along with everybody. i have business all over the world. >> okay. >> he said there were weapon of mass destruction, there were none and knew there were none. there was no weapon of mass destruction -- >> okay. >> the world trade center came down on your brother's reign. >> michael, msnbc political analyst and the former chairman of the republican national committee and joins me now from the hill. michael, the audience at the debate booing donald trump when he went after jeb bush is not at all the same as the audience the people in line there, that gentlemen that kerry sanders just talking to, donald trump through and through, no matter what he says about the bushes. >> reporter: there is stark differences between the two. there was a bit of a stacked

>> kerry sanders on a cold day in south carolina. t will heat up inside that rodeo arena behind you later on. kerry, thank you very much. we want to alert everyone to a political story we are following on our watch right now. an outgrowth of last night, an outgrowth of the past couple weeks. it has to do with new jersey governor chris christie. as you may know, two things are important here. he staked everything on new hampshire. he spent a lot of time in that state. the result last night for him was not what the christie campaign was looking for. they were in single digits, did not crack double digits, and someone said last night on cable he committed a political murder-suicide. he knocked down marco rubio and is responsible for the bad finish of rubio but did not help himself in the process. and today we may see the second part of that rumored to be the day chris christie pulls out of the race. kelly o'donnell has covered him for months on and off. she is in trenton, new jersey. kelly, what do we know about the christie for presiden

>> indeed, kristen welker, kerry sanders. let's listen to donald trump speak in waterloo. >> they've been treat so horribly and badly. we raised in one hour, listen to this one, $6 million, okay? and i'm not going to talk about polls today, because the polls today, we have our ultimate poll, so i don't have to talk about polls but the one that just came out in new hampshire has us way, way up because of the debate. because of what i did. people respected that we don't take this stuff from people that shouldn't be treating us that way and they respected it. i think they like the fact that we didn't just not do it. we did something that benefits so many people and in this case, the great veterans. and veterans causes. so we've given away, i raised $6 million. i have some friends, you don't know, a great businessman, he put up half a million dollars. phil ruft put up a million dollars. marvel entertainment what, they did is incredible. marvel, they make the great movies. i think he's got five of the top ten grossing movies of al

kerry sanders, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> that's that will do it for us on this saturday night. we will have coverage of the south carolina this nbc station. msnbc and nbcnew.com. i'm lester hold. for all of us as nbc watching and good th >>> decision 2016. here is lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. we are watching, of course, two major votes in race for the white house tonight. south carolina gop the polls have closed in south carolina. right now, it is too close to call. we can tell you it's a three-way race. appears to be a three-way race among trump, cruz and rubio. are well behind. too close to call in the south carolina gop primary. >>> also today, the nevada. nbc news projects hillary clinton will win. holding back a charge by bernie sanders who came out of new hampshire with a lot

kerry sanders, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> that's that will do it for us on this saturday night. we will have coverage of the south carolina primary tonight on this nbc station. msnbc and nbcnew.com. i'm lester hold. for all of us as nbc news, thank you for night. this is a wis news 10 decision 2016 special report. the gop republican primary. wis is live around the state with voters and candidates with comprehensive with the first in now, here is judy gatson and charles. >> good even, everyone. thank you for wapping our special election night coverage. i'm judy. >> and i'm charles. the polls are closing across south carolina. >> wis is with you throughout the evening covering every aspect of the primary. we are with the candidates around the state as they wait for the results we are also at polling places as the final numbers come in and we are tracking the results to bring you the specifics on the numbers. >> as the final votes are cast in the republican presidential primary in south carolina, where big news coming out of nevada. that's where hillary c cnton has been proj

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that is where we find kerry sanders.skipping new hampshire they say due to weather. >> reporter: he may try to get the momentum. one thing he's done released a new radio. mcmaster. >> our future is bright. our best days are ahead. but we have to act. this is henry mcmaster. please join us. >> some may be wondering, who's henry mcmaster, even people in south carolina weren't sure he's the lieutenant general, or lieutenant governor. when i had a chance to talk to them, this is what they had to say. >> so who is henry mcmaster? >> i have no idea and if i show you his picture, mean anything to you? so if this guy endorses donald trump, what does that mean to you? >> he's for donald trump? >> yeah, but you don't know who he is, so does it mean anything to you? >> no. >> he's lieutenant governor. >> of, south carolina? i didn't know that. >> so it doesn't sway you either way. >> not really going for donald trump. >> i show you his picture. do you recognize him? >> no. wait, i seen him on the news somewhere. if he endorses, wha

kerry sanders, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> that's that will do it for us on this saturday night. we will have coverage of the south carolina primary tonight on this nbc station. msnbc and nbcnew.com. i'm lester hold. for all of us as nbc night. are enjoying it a lot." the principal river walk downtown was a popular place to get out and soak up the sunshine... and for good reason... good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm jodi whitworth. i think it's safe to say -- that most of the snow around the metro has melted. and the above average temperatures has people thinking spring. meteorologist amber alexander joins us now for a first look at forecast thousand of people paid their respects to supreme court

kerry sanders, nbc news, columbia, south >>> that's that will do it for usg n this saturday night. we will have coverage of the south carolina primary tonight on this nbc station. msnbc and nbcnaw.com. i'm lester hold. for all of us as nbc news, thank you for watching and good >> announcer: the following is a >>> decision 2016. . >>> decision 2016. here is lester holt. >> and good evening, everyone, we're watching of course two major votes in the race for the white house tonight. primary. the polls have closed in south carolina. right now, it is too close to call. we can tell you it's a three-way race. appears to be a three-way race among trump, cruz and rubio. the other candidates are well behind. too close to call in the south carolina gop

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>> all right, kerry sanders with the trump campaign. as usual, kerry, thanks so much. ted cruz who just about an hour from now will be holding a campaign rally here in las vegas. hallie jackson has been following the campaign for us. she's inside that event. let's talk about ted cruz today. he'll take the stage in about an hour coming off third place in south carolina. he clearly wants to be the guy to take on donald trump. >> reporter: yeah, and that's how he's been framing it and how his campaign is framing it, he believes it will become a two-man race between him and trump. why does he talk about it? because potentially he could benefit if it's a two-person race rather than a three-person race. marco rubio still in the mix, very much so, and hoping to make it, in fact, a little bit wider field than cruz wants. you still have john kasich and ben carson. kasich raised some eyes at his own event earlier today when he said this. listen to this. >> i went to washington following my mother's advice. i had been in the legislature before that at the age of 26. how did i get

kerry sanders, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> that's that will do it for us on this saturday night. we will have coveragag of the south carolina primary tonight on this nbc station. msnbc and nbcnew.com. i'm lester hold. for all of us as nbc news, thank you for night. michael: welcome to a special presentation wyff news 4 coverage of the republican primary. good evening, i'm michael cogdill. carol: and i'm carol goldsmith. today south carolina voters had their say on which republican runs for president in the fall. the polls have closed in south carolina. right now, it is too close to call. we can tell you it's a three-way race. appears to be a three-way race among trump, cruz and rubio. the other candidates are well behind. too close to call in the south carolina gop primary. >>> also today, the democratic caucus in nevada. nbc news projects hillary clinton will win. hillary clinton holding back a charge by bernie sanders who came out of new hampshire with a lot of momentum. again, it looks like hillary clinton will carry the day. let's bring on moderator of "meet the press"

kerry sanders, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> that's that will do it for us on this saturday night. we will have coverage of the south carolina primary tonight on this nbc station. msnbc and nbcnew.com. i'm lester hold. for all of us as nbc news, thank you for night.the latet details following hillary clinton's big wim in nevada. and -- what's in store for the state's medicaid plan. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm macleod hageman. we begin with decision 20-16. in the race for the white house -- it's showdown saturday. hillary clinton wins the nevada caucus against bernie sanders -- where nbc news is projecting clinton is the winner in a cllse all his rivals in uth carolina. steve handlesman has the latest. for hillary clinton...a huge relief. gathered to vote in their threatening to win again. but as south carolina :xx -xx) "i just voted for trump." the gop frontrunner looked poised for a win... whether he opposed the iraq war and trump, last night, fondly relating an unproven hundred year old toughhuy leggnd about a u-s general killing 49 muslim extremists in the philippi

kerry sanders, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. >>> that's that will do it for us on this saturdayve coverage of the south carolina primary tonight on this nbc station. msnbc and nbcnew.com. i'm lester hold. for all of us as nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> is kanye completely out of control? welcome "access hollywood." taylor swift didn't say kanye's name at the grammys. she didn't have to. we all knew who she was referring to. coming just days after kanye previewed his song famous. where he took credit for tayl taylor's fame. he has a history of erratic behavior and meltdowns. but lately it seems he has taken it to a whole new level. >> >>> decision 2016. here is lester holt. >> good evening, everyone. we are watching, of course, two major votes in race for the white house tonight. south carolina gop primary. the polls have closed in south carolina. right now, it is too close to call. we can tell you it's a three-way race. appears to be a three-way race among trump, cruz and rubio. the other candidates are well behind. too close to call in the south carolina g

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kerry sanders in little rock, arkansas with the trump campaign. they're still drawing big crowds there. >>> digging deeper into the feud, donald trump and ted cruz who did beat him in iowa, their animosity appears to be escalating. trump accused him of stealing votes. cruz said, reality has hit the reality star. since iowa no one is talking about donald trump. that's why he's popping off on twitter. there are twitter addiction therapy groups, and he should check in with his local chapter. cruz himself weighed in a short time ago, tweeting that donald trump was having a temper tantrum. rick tower, by the way, and on our show, national spokesman for the cruz campaign. you can play some defense or some offense. who put out that mailer and tried to scare people coming out the. >> we sent out that mailer and that mailer was molgded, especially, off the, that everyone up and down the ticket is an official benefiting from. >> why do you call him an official? >> i can show you a lot of mailers that get different attention. >> we get them about important,

>> kerry sanders is down in south carolina. kerry, thank you. katie tur is here in new hampshire.onald trump had he made it here for the snow. his campaign was saying he couldn't get here, that airports were closed on either end. >> the airports weren't closed but the weather was hairy, and it is a hairy driving situation here, so i wouldn't necessarily fault the campaign for not flying here. i think it makes sense. people are saying maybe he should have stayed overnight here last night. >> we had the mayor out of manchester a little earlier, and as he was leaving, he made a comment that it was interesting that donald trump had gotten stuck because he went back to new york. >> that's been one of donald trump's strengths, really, is his ability to get from one place to another in a really quick manner. this is where it sort of bit him in the behind in this case, because he was not here, he couldn't just get up this morning and go to his event and rally the people. i think the timing of it is especially bad for them, because we're so close to tuesday, we're so close to the vote. the

kerry sanders is up there for a donald trump rally. kerry, this back and forth between rubio and cruz, donald trump getting into it last night with harsh words for ted cruz, he's still clearly keeping an eye on ted cruz. >> well, you know, it fits his strategy which is what he has done first starting out with jeb bush, just hammer away at the person that he wants to take down. he says that he only attacks those who attack him and now he's not his laser focus on ted cruz and again last night. now, he was on the strip in vegas, you know, getting tickets on the strip is always a challenge. this was really amazing. 5,000 people showing up in las vegas to hear donald trump speak and among the things that we often see at donald trump rallies are protest e. now, at most of the gatherings they play a pre recorded audio telling those who are there to support donald trump. that if there is a protester don't touch that protester. surround them and start shouting trump, trump, trump. they did not play that audio last night and there were about a l

kerry sanders watching trump's campaign for us. kerry, thanks so much.closer look now at the ted cruz campaign on this caucus day. hallie jackson is here with me in las vegas. how you doing? >> hi, kate. >> he's busy, too. about to hold something this afternoon? >> he's at 3:00 up in the northern part of the state and then he comes to las vegas for what he hopes to be sort of a victory rally, not expecting to win but momentum picking up here in nevada. he's trying to pick up -- we talk a lot about the southern part of the state where most of the population is, about 60%, but you do have a lot of folks in those rural areas that cruz sees potentially as very amenable to his message, people who will respond to him and who will respond to the very sort of conservative message he's pushing out, this idea that he wants to coc coalesce conservat around his campaign, including libertarians and tea partyiers. you said in your intro there that trump could maybe lock this up in a few weeks. cruz is saying, not so fast, i will beat him. >> here we have ted cruz talk

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kerry sanders is standing by with some folks at bush headquarters on that very topic. kerry? >> as you can see, they've closed the partition into the room. the room is emwhere jeb bush gave his speech. most of those who have gathered have left. of course, jeb bush was the punching bag for donald trump in the very beginning. now the question becomes for jeb bush supporters, like jeanie farmer who is here with us, if donald trump becomes the eventual nominee, can you support donald trump? >> not me personally. >> because? >> the office of the president of the united states should be a position of dignity and respect and donald trump does not exemplify somebody of character. he is not somebody who, if i were to vote for him, i couldn't explain it to my two young boys why i voted for him. he is not a man that i respectful he is a man who has trashed women and muslims, people of multiple faiths and religions, he is in a fight with the pope. he is a bad choice from a character perspective. >> where does that leave you as a republican if he turns out becoming the nominee? >> that's

kerry sanders is standing by with some folks at bush headquarters on that very topic. kerry? >> as you can see, they've closed the partition into the room. the room is empty where jeb bush gave his speech. most of those who have gathered have left. of course, jeb bush was the punching bag for donald trump in the very beginning. now the question becomes for jeb bush supporters, like jeanie farmer who is here with us, if donald trump becomes the eventual nominee, can you support donald trump? >> not me personally. >> because? >> the office of the president of the united states should be a position of dignity and respect and donald trump does not exemplify somebody of character. he is not somebody who, if i were to vote for him, i couldn't explain it to my two young boys why i voted for him. he is not a man that i respect. he is a man who has trashed women and muslims, people of multiple faiths and religions, he is in a fight with the pope. he is a bad choice from a character perspective. >> where does that leave you as a republican if he turns out becoming the nominee? >> that'

. >> kerry sanders is with the trump campaign,.frontrunner donald trump, although he certainly isn't absent on twitter, showing jabs at ted cruz. here's the latest, how can ted cruz be an evangelical christian when he lies to much and is so dishonest? his response? sounds like another trumpertantrum to me. to paraphrase margaret thatcher, when one resorts to personal attacks, it means they have not a single political argument left. kerry sanders is in tampa, florida where trump will be speaking tonight. we heard this liar accusation from donald trump last night. what's he talking about? >> reporter: well, he's talking about push-pulls. let me explain what that is. political season, we're used to hearing about polls. people may call you on the phone, sometimes it's a computer, and you answer questions. a push poll is designed to sound like a poll but it's actually designed to push your opinion a different direction. so you answer a question, and the way you answer the question, the following question is then designed to perhaps shed

thank you, kerry sanders. too big a room, too small a crowd. that's advance's problem. >>> let's go to des moines covering the democrats. what are you hearing from the clinton and sanders campaign? by the way, alex, we got two different polls. one closed friday, one closed last night. the one that closed last night said sanders. what do you read in that sequence? >> reporter: i think all the polls now, we have to essentially treat them as tied, everything is within the margin of error. the des moines register poll, the gold standard, has clinton up a little bit but that's narrow. that said, having both been at their final rallies last night, having come back to the bernie sanders headquarters where bernie came and gave a pump-up to his troops, very much alone. last night senator tom harkin, one of the big supporters in the state, said he smelled victory in the air. the sanders campaign is about how far they've come, how nobody gave them a chance, nobody thought they would come this far, and a victory just to be tied with her going into caucus ni

nbc's kerry sanders is also on the trail, covering jeb bush. orter: i'm pulled over. i've got to tell you what. jeb bush mom may be 90 years old, barbara bush, but we're having trouble keeping up with them today. they're really moving quickly around the state, on their way to a rally tonight in central. and indeed, they've got all the energy of the whole bush family behind them. jeb bush has his two brothers that are nonpolitical brothers, his wife, his son, they're all traveling with him, they're all engaging with voters, trying to tell them that, as jeb bush says, this is not a vote about popularity, this is a vote about the future of the country. and telling them that they believe that jeb bush is the one that they should vote for. of course, as you take a look at the polls, jeb bush is teetering in what looks like fourth place according to the polls. of course, it's a very different day when it comes to folks going to the actual voting booth. so we'll see how that all plays out. meantime, the media, the press is picking up steam on looking a

kerry sanders who has covered campaigns for nbc news for 25 years now joins us from south carolina onawaiting donald trump and a big event today. >> well, he's hours away from arriving here in tiny pendleton. people may know pendleton, south carolina, because it's so close to clemson. interestingly, the gathering here tonight is at a livestock arena. i spoke to one of the managers here that holds about 5,000 people. they have never seen a political rally inside the livestock arena. they have already started setting up here. donald trump will be arriving here probably to a rather joyous crowd after what happened in new hampshire and how well he did coming out of new hampshire. of course, one of the questions in south carolina is how is he going to possibly draw voters who are traditionally those who would vote democratic. because this is an open primary state, as a matter of fact, people don't even have to declare a party on their registration cards like they do in most states, the anticipation among the trump campaign is that the so-called dixiecrats, the reagan democrats, the more co

>> kerry sanders down in south carolina with donald trump.eantime, has returned back to springfield, illinois. it's literally the day nine years ago that he announced his bid for the white house in springfield, and now he's speaking about the state of american politics. let's listen in. >> the fact is we've gotten a heck of a lot done these past seven years, despite the dwr gridlock. we saved the economy from a depression. we brought back an auto industry from the brink of collapse. we helped our businesses create 14 million new jobs over the past six years. we cut down unemployment rate from 10% to 4.9%. we covered nearly 18 million more americans with health insurance. we ignited a clean energy revolution. we got bin laden. we brought the vast majority of our troops home to their families. [ applause ] >> we got a lot done. we're still getting a lot done. and our political system helped make these things possible. the list could go on. there's no doubt america is better off today than when i took office. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is a

kerry sanders, you've got to give the trump campaign credit for making what is a routine political mailer something -- trying to make it a story on this last day. we'll see if it has that much of an impact. kerry, thanks very much. >>> as i said, with me now our initial panel here, jose diaz-balart, andrea mitchell and i've got the rest of our campaign team here, kristen welker and hallie jackson. andrea, let me start with you. let's big picture here, it's been probably 30 years since we have had a caucus monday like this where we go into it and there are so many scenarios that will totally blow up this race and alter how things are perceived in less than 12 hours. we think we know who might win, but we are not sure. >> we are not sure. anyone who says that they are sure of who is actually going to turn out -- when you're talking about the quinnipiac poll, that's because they have a different model of how many people are going to show up and that is the key factor. we don't know who is going to show up, how many will show up and there can be switches. when you have half the republican vot

. >>> kerry sanders is in pendleton, south carolina where donald trump will have a rally later todaynd peter alexander in mt. pleasant, south carolina is at john kasich's first event today. kerry, first to you, donald trump in victory heading to south carolina and trying to prove that he has the staying power outside of the first couple of states. we know he almost came in first in iowa and had this resounding victory in north carolina. is this -- excuse me, in new hampshire, is this going to propel him into south carolina? >> reporter: well, he believes and his campaign believes they're going to do very well here, in part because south carolina is an unusual state when it comes to how the primaries are held. first of all, it's an open primary, but voters don't register in their specific party. they just register to vote. and that means that democrats can cross over into the republican primary and you're not really sure who is who. there's not like that data necessarily available to the party -- to the campaigns to determine who is who. but they do know that they are the so-called re

nbc's kerry sanders, dave gutierrez and peter alexander. kerry, let's start with you.s sending up the attacks on cruz even though he got the lead in the poll. that's what you expect in stanley cup from him. >> reporter: well, i'm in sumter, south carolina, and donald trump will be here to meet with voters. inside the soda fountain which is attached to the cut rate drugstore, this is the oldest restaurant in sumter and in south carolina established in 1935. but we have some voters sitting here having coffee this morning. geraldine is here. i'm curious, when you hear the back and forth between the president and donald trump, how does that make you feel as a voter to hear that sort of rhetoric? >> well, it makes me feel that there's too much against each other. i don't think they should be bringing each other down. stick with what you want to do. >> reporter: you're a south carolina voter. when he thinks that voters are going to be more sensible than to elect donald trump, what do you think? >> well, i don't know. donald trump's saying a lot of things that people want to

. >> let's go to kerry sanders in iowa, two hours northeast of where we'll see donald trump in just a few hours. kerry, good morning. >> well, good morning, and folks have already started to line up inside here, where they're going to hear donald trump give as much of a pep rally as a political speech. some of those lined up are telling me why they're here, and it's sort of an interesting peek into the crowds that you see show up. first of all, i spoke to michelle, 55 years old. she's a grandmother, a homemaker, standing in line here with a trump sign in her hand. i asked her, well, so you have made up your decision. will you be caucusing tonight? yes, indeed, i made my decision. i said, so it's for trump. she said, oh, no. not at all. i said, you're standing here holding a trump sign. she said i want to see all of those out on the stump. she has her grandson with her. she said she's going to be voting for cruz. the reason she says she's going to be adding that vote for cruz is she says what she wants to do at the caucus is actually place her vote for fiorina, but she says she feels a

let's go to kerry sanders in waterloo, iowa. two hours northeast of des moines. that's where donald trump will hold a rally in about an hour to make his final case before caucusgoers. give me more insight here. the donald trump we're hearing this morning, the guy that appeared on the "today" show a stark contrast to the confident player who was willing to throw the cards on the table and dump out of the fox debate. what are you hearing from his team? >> well, those that i hear from the campaign say that this is now the beginning of the beginning. and so they really know that this is where it really starts tonight. with the caucus. you can see over my shoulder here that we have some of the folks who have already started to fill in here. donald trump is not expected here for about an hour. it's a slow process getting past the magnometers that the secret service has set up. i expect the area will fill up. when we look at the polls, let's look at the "des moines register" poll that shows donald trump right now with the most recent poll, up 28% over ted cruz at 23%. t

kerry sanders is live in little rock, arkansas, where trump will hold i guess a march 1st state rally tonight. kerry, what does the campaign say about why they're not in new hampshire? >> reporter: well, they feel comfortable in new hampshire and they figure they want to get ahead of things in what according to a gallup poll is the third most conservative state in our nation. he's going to walk into some very friendly territory here. i'm at the state fairgrounds and the coliseum. quite frankly it's a little bit of a festive atmosphere. they've opened up the concessions here. people are getting popcorn, nachos and cheese, they're getting hot dogs. because donald trump isn't here beverly is going to let me slip by. thank you very much. we're going to get a chance to talk to voters. some folks started showing up here a good five hours ahead of time. sir, first of all, did donald trump lose in iowa? >> yeah, he lost in iowa. >> and so you're here thinking what? >> i see "morning joe" every morning 5:00. >> reporter: we appreciate you watching "morning joe," but you're here to watch donald

nbc's kerry sanders joins us now from phone. he's in elko, nevada, where marco rubio and ted cruz will be campaigning, and also there's confusion whether donald trump is to hold an event there as well. what's the latest? >> the plan from what we understand was that there was going to actually be an appearance here today by donald trump. now, some of the residents we're talking to who also thought that indeed donald trump would be coming here are wondering why he's not coming here. in part, they saw look how beautiful the area is, when they say of course donald trump should be coming here. they felt donald trump should come here because as you know, it's nevada, and they feel that if they get the attention, it will be important. now, we were told via an event notification that donald trump was coming here. then, we were notified that donald trump by the campaign, is not coming here. in fact, i had to reach out to the spokesperson for the donald trump campaign. she says that the information about donald trump's initial visit here