it's pathetic. >> why mark halperin? >> does anyone disagree. >> their boot on bernie's neck. >> they are accusing -- >> it's the truth. >> so the way they put the boot on bernie's neck is by accusing him of being sexist? >> they are trying to discombobulate him. >> they are doing two things. number one, yes, they are putting the boot on bernie's neck and bernie is having to respond to this attack, however ridiculous it might seem. but in fact they put him on the defensive. second, it brings more attention to the fact that he's way out of line with his party on gun control. so, you know, say what you will, but in the short term it's been pretty effective, i think, in making him defend his position in a defensive crouch way which ain't great for bernie. >> the gun control part is fine. i understand that. the sexist part is the part that's ridiculous >> he uses that line bernie sanders almost every time he talks about guns. he was on "meet the press" not long ago and he says we don't need to scream at each other about guns

back with us on set, managing editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin, also star of empire. we're going to start this hour where politics. >> willie has a question before we break into these polls. >> is it a personal question. >> to halperin. >> mark and i were just talking about given the polls, given how long donald trump has been at the top of the polls do you see a lot of people dismissive of his campaign now maybe not accepting but considering the possibility that he could be the nominee? >> they do in part because again, you've got four establishment candidates left who people think can do it, bush, rubio, maybe kasich, maybe christie. none are catching fire right now. i talked to someone the other day total establishment republican who spent a fair amount of time talking to me how trump could win a general election. this is someone who would never have thought that trump could be the nominee. he said trump's a self-funder. he might pick a provocative running mate. if we have trump as our nominee, how will we do. he was surprisingly engaged on the question. >> well, an

mark halperin joins me now. a provocative titles your piece here. ely next president is hillary clinton? mark: not a prediction nor advocacy. i think she's the most likely. if you take a snapshot of where we are now, disarray on the the fact thate, joe biden didn't run, bernie , the fact that she worked on her public presentation in a way. state activists there, testimony for the benghazi committee. even when she is at her best she is presenting better and i think her presentation now is good enough for people to get elected depending on who they elect. what is clinton derangement syndrome? mark: it has gotten a lot of reactions and republicans say -- we are not in denial, we get it. grassroots, elites, a lot of republicans cannot think straight. they are in denial. the party right now, the republican party, isn't doing great much to try to mitigate and lessen those advantages. ben carson was taking a double-digit lead over donald trump. benika: ben carson -- mark: carson has a lead in iowa. trump can make to arguments about that rather than be in de

mark: can i mark halperin. -- and i mark halperin. john: on the show tonight, and two dudes in manhattan and i don't mean us. candidatesto legacy about their messages and whether they can secure their party's nominations. hillary clinton and jeb bush are both in iowa today. her campaign is running an ad on cable tv, like we are getting it now, criticizing the congressman from california over his benghazi comments. >> the republicans finally admitted -- >> investigating benghazi was created to destroy her candidacy. >> republicans have spent millions attacking hillary because she is fighting for everything they oppose, from a portable health care people pay. she will never stop fighting for you and republicans know it. mark: on the offense there on benghazi. clinton is also drawing a line on gun policy. she is also previewing her proposal on financial regulations. she drove both those messages today in davenport, iowa. risk, anden ago after sometimes risk is associated with bigness in a bank. sometimes it can be in an insurance company

john heilemann and mark halperin. comanaging editor's of bloomberg politics.sure you tune in for the special debate coverage. the debate preview tonight at 5:00. much more ahead in the next 20 minutes of the bloomberg "market day." americansey shows think they will spend less in the coming months. what is the potential slowdown mean for a rate hike? we will dig into that. ♪ betty: good afternoon, and welcome to the bloomberg "market day." timeout for the business flash. plans to liquidate the micro business run by michael nova grants who will retire from the firm by years end he can the fortress macro strategy in 2002 and helped to build it into a business of more than 8 billion in assets at its peak in 2007. fortress plans to return all of the capital to investors by the end of 2015. shearing pharmaceuticals has captured the attention of the new york attorney general. making plans with 55 fold price hike with a rarely used cancer drug. now it is under investigation on concerns a move made violate antitrust laws. a big change for the imac. adding retina displa

mark halperin if sanders is prepared saturday night.morning, 6:00 a.m., bloombergpolitics.com, we have the last batch of our iowa poll, this time the republican presidental race. and on "with all due respect," reactions from two republicans, ben carson, and ted cruz, later in the day in iowa. for now, let's close by dipping into the big congressional news on capitol hill besides hillary clinton hearings. paul ryan appears he has sufficient support under the terms he set to be the speaker of the house. it's been fun watching him go from "no" to "yes" as the likely speaker. what would a ryan speakership be like for him, for the republicans on capitol hill, and for america? john: let's first acknowledge one thing, which is that republicans proved this week that they are not wholly suicidal. by being able to get it together enough to make the kinds of concessions and pull together an offer that unifies support for paul ryan. they showed they are not going to commit hari-kiri. the fundamental dysfunction of the party i don't know we will , s

david: let's bring in mark halperin. i'm struck there how much of this is about her personality. rk: a lot of reaction. they did not have a problem with her, but they were worried in a general election that other voters would. democrats like their choices. they are not looking at the republicans. about --ave concerns most revolve around personality. david: i'm struck by how she brought up gun control this week. she got emotional talking about benghazi. how effective has to like that been? mark: she is back on offense with benghazi. do better when they are talking about something they believe in. , both focushire groups showed she has a problems. when i asked them who is going to win the new hampshire primary, heller clinton that hillary clinton won in 2008. all of them said bernie sanders would win. a lot of them say i like bernie sanders a lot but hillary clinton will win. think sanders can win, the more dangerous it is for her. sanders being outside the mainstream, there is still this joe biden factor. what kind of factor is he playing? >> in the polls, he is doing ok. if he doe

david: thank you, mark halperin.angles on one of the biggest tech giants and its earnings. alphabet. we'll break down what to look for in the report and the latest rollout of its subsidiary, youtube ♪. ♪ ♪ david: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. on wednesday, youtube rolled out a new service called youtube red. can it catch on and maybe tackle netflix? talk about the calculus here. why is youtube getting into this game? >> visibly see the success at netflix. netflix has 70 million subscribers around the world paying for content. youtube has been a fantastic business for google. they don't disclose numbers but the market, five or $6 billion in revenue at youtube. it is all advertising revenue. this is one of their first steps into thinking about creating a service and product that people will potentially pay for. david: how annoying are those ads to people? there are so many ways to skip ads these days. online, there's ways to click around them, there is an block. -- add block. it's a challenge in the digital

mark halperin and john heilemann. taking on, bill gross pimco. bonking suing his former employer for the way it was ousted. ♪ pimm: live from bloomberg world headquarters in mentone, manhattan. i am pimm's. we want to begin with a check of the headlines on the bloomberg first word news. mark crumpton has more from the news desk. nikki haley is urging thousands of people who live in low lighting coastal areas to evacuate. officials are expecting more flooding in the next 12 hours as down swollenlows rivers to the coast. hurricane joaquin that one state agriculture officials said may have resulted in $300 million in crop losses. at least 19 people in south and north carolina have died due to the storm. oklahoma governor mary fallin has halted all of occasions in this date. her order follows the local newspaper report that prison officials use the wrong drug to stop an inmate's heart in january. the oklahoma state attorney general office is investigating. the associated press says the death toll from the stampede during the holy poker mitch is now m

here with mark halperin and kansas city, home of the royals. 2014 american league champions.the american league 2015 champions, because we can't tolerate the idea of a canadian baseball team in the world series. tomorrow, we will be interviewing ben carson, heading to iowa for a jampacked weekend of presidential politics. but first, it's hillary clinton on the hill day. so we have a big benghazi-heavy lineup today. since 10:00 a.m., the secretary of ste

mark halperin in new hampshire following hillary clinton. in tonight at 5:00 eastern for "with all due respect." mark and john will be in new hampshire and iowa to discuss the state of the race in the first to do primary states. insideread, prosecuting trading case is just got harder. many of those accused are breathing a sigh of relief. we are going to tell you why that is in a moment. ♪ live from bloomberg world headquarters in manhattan, you are watching "bloomberg market day." i am betty liu. let's start with a check on the bloomberg "first word" headlines. mark crumpton has more from the news desk. mark: we begin with the ongoing offensive in syria. nato wants russia to help solve the problem instead of complicating it. the secretary-general says russia should coordinate with the other forces fighting islamic state in syria. russian planes are flying missions targeting the militants, but the u.s. and other missions say russian jets are also targeting opponents of syrian president bashar assad. turkey says one russian jet violated its ai

one-hour preview live drum older, colorado on a special edition of "with all due respect" with mark halperinnd john heilemann. officercarolina school caught on camera tossing and dragging a female student across the classroom floor has an fired. the officer has been the subject of racial violence and excessive force allegations. the justice department and if the eye are investigating. the atlantic storm season is winding down with no major hurricanes. it has been 10 years and a major storm hit the u.s.. its 2005, every hurricane that has formed in the atlantic has missed the united states. your first word news. scarlet: i want to bring in our guest, torsten slok. we were talking about this profit recession without an economic recession and it comes sectionhow the economic is dominating the economy. with regardt bolden to oil prices and the strong dollar? torsten: this is an important issue. think of the shocks we're hit by in the economy -- that happens to the manufacturing's actor much higher than the service actor. that's why you see a divergence in services and manufacturing in terms of i

mark: i'm mark halperin. mark: "with all due respect" to those on the debate stage tonight, thanks for the shout out. >> with all due respect-- >> with all due respect-- >> with all due respect-- ♪ mark: the exodus from the desert well underway, the candidates, their surrogates, and the media making their way out of las vegas out of what was a reckoning. clinton, beset for months by controversy, held herself on stage much like maximus the gladiator. confident and with an unmistakable look in her eyes that said, are you not entertained? you can get your fix on hillary and our postdebate takes online. tell us john, where does last night leave clinton in the fight for the democratic nomination? john: she came into this debate, for all of her troubles, she came in the front runner, she exited a stronger frontrunner than she was the day before. she pushed bernie sanders all over the stage. the other three candidates made very little impact. she is in a better place than she was. if she can get to this benghazi hear

scarlet: mark: i am mark halperin. joe: i am john heilemann. we will put you down as a maybe. national multi-cheese day, sports fans. ain't sanders crying. the next speaker of the house, paul ryan? >> if he decides to do it, he would be an amazing speaker. he has got to decide on his own. >> there is a good chance. >> i will not run against paul ryan

mark halperin joins us now with more. mark, those are your words, not mine. a big turning point? mark: they are a reality which honest republicans will tell you is true. the last 10 days have certainly increased her chances of being president, it also teases a lot of structural and built in advantages hillary clinton has to win this. she is the most likely today, knowing that with the clintons thing happens in a linear fashion, but as i told up the advantages she has, she is the most likely. betty: what did the last 10 days show? mark: not having joe biden in the race makes a big difference. much more unpredictable, that is a help. her debate performance showed that she is prepared. shows thatin iowa sanders is not quite ready to play at the level she is playing at to try to change the dynamic of the race. as she goats momentum and becomes more confident, -- gets -- gains momentum and becomes -- betty: what about her likability? mark: is she everybody's cup of tea, no. it is not just likability and relate ability but her ability to talk about issues that are

.> i am mark halperin .> i am john heilemann ♪ happy world series game number two, gop debate numberhree. high, and i mount do mean high. we are checked to make sure our feed stays up for our entire show. donald trump was the man, tonight sharing the lead with an carson. mark: the questions will be detailed and specific on the economy. if ben carson gives decent answers, people would think he knows a lot. the bar is so low. there is pressure on trial -- trump on how he goes after ben carson. this is the trait -- the day that trump should do well. nprid a recent interview on on the debt ceiling versus the debt. i thought he was dangerously in over his head. pasould commit a faux tonight. people think that ben carson is stupid and ignorant. it was not evident in the interview. the guy asked the question three times in a row. not know thele did difference between the debt and the deficit. he is one of them. box: trump has a chance to cars and in a little bit. heard that he is going to want to school carson a little bit. we will see what the moderators do. if they try to make this a trum

mark: i'm mark halperin. john: i'm john heilemann. mark: "with all due respect" to the house of representatives, anybody seen kevin mccarthy? ♪ mark: on the show tonight, jeb, mark: on the show tonight, jeb, marco, and putin. but first, lots of lots of hillary and a touch of bernie. starting with a surprising announcement that an old socialist from vermont is giving hillary clinton a run for her money when it comes to money, as in fundraising. bernie sanders announced that he raised $26 million over the last three months, most of it from small donations. hillary clinton's campaign announced she raised a touch more, 28 million, mostly from big donors. does this parity in fundraising represent some sort of a fundamental change in the race? john: there are a lot of ways bernie sanders is not like barack obama. in the first quarter of 2007 when barack obama beat hillary clinton in money raised, it was a political earthquake. this is not quite that earthquake, but it's a big deal. mark: when barack obama was going against clinton, he had bo

mark: i'm mark halperin. john: and i'm john heilemann. and chris christie, we promise to keep it down tonight. ♪ john: ssh. two big happy birthdays today. thomas "tip" johnson and hillary clinton. and what better way for the latter to celebrate her 68th then topping our rundown tonight? mark's utterly compelling magnum opus on why hillary clinton is our next president -- the recent are several, including a strong performance in des moines this weekend. today, clinton put out a new ad in which she says she will do every she can to make sure women are paid the same. i know your global view about secretary clinton's strength -- give us a state of the front runners campaign. mark: the most likely next president -- strong against bernie sanders although she he could still topple this whole thing. but she has strengthened both those states and nationally the republican party is not positioning as well as the general. the: it is fascinating, extent to which we were marked on this before but it was clear in iowa how much this race will come down

mark: i mark halperin. and: and i'm john heilemann with all due respect to halloween, we are too tired to go trick-or-treating because we have been working our fingers to the bone. [organ playing] john: oooh! ooh! ok. night,appy cabbage sports fans. in our haunted house tonight -- a hunt for trump and carson, jeb, and our potion making poster. but first, the thing. marco rubio. supporters are happy that he was trick-or-treating in the part of town where the king size baby ruths reside. swagger, a memo today saying that marco is only candidates who can win the nomination. who was left out of that? john ellis bush bush. it is the rubio stock currently overpriced? mark: it is hot. it is rising in a lot of metrics, but until he rises in the polls and shows that he can turn just a fortune into money, he is overvalued. but in the site ops war between rubio and bush, rubio is winning. it is intentional -- john: provocative. mark: it is meant to crush bush's spirit. bush'sot just to crush spirit. him tont him to at

mark: can i mark halperin. -- and i mark halperin.ohn: on the show tonight, and two dudes in manhattan and i don't mean us. candidatesto legacy about their messages and whether they can secure their party's nominations. hillary clinton and jeb bush are both in iowa today.

mark: i am mark halperin. john: i am john heilemann. with all due respect to new york city, tonight, mark and i are at the center of the universe for real. it is the early-stage special, sports fans. i am here in iowa. these are two states that make up 1.4% of the entire population of the united states but have an outsized role in determining who will be the next president. let's start with the activity where you are in the granite state. hillary clinton's theory -- a flurry of town halls, there were two issues on which she seemed to be on offense. the first one is gun control. in manchester, clinton talked about her new proposal that has four main points, tightening loopholes for gun shows and online sales, closing additional gaps in background checks, stopping domestic abusers from buying guns, and repealing immunity for gunmakers and dealers. she ran that out with rhetoric like this. >> when the nra was on one of calling thes and alcohol, tobacco, and firearms jack-booted thugs, president h w bush resigned as an nra member and said, n

mark halperin, i want to go to you.called the strongest and best in the years. you said their scale has been exaggerated. i thought the inability to respond to student council president -- you can tell that they were in homeroom and say, let's say this about super pacs. and there's no response. where are the grown-ups or the pros on the stage other than chris christie and donald trump and who else -- >> they are two young aggressive ambitious senators that have the momentum from the debate to prove that the upside they showed on the stage can be moved to support by voters. cruz has done well with donors. let's see if rubio has done well with donors. it's in full panic. they were deeply unsettled before the debate. they are now in full panic and then the one silver lining for jeb bush in what was a truly disastrous night, they are getting what they want and what they've been trying to gin up which is more scrutiny from marco rubio. >> you can say one thing in the debate and if you don't tell the truth, let's talk about w

. >> as he gets in, we have this focus group that mark halperin and john hallman of bloomberg politicsut together showing voters in iowa and new hampshire weary of a run. and i wanted to play specifically on what one person, a voter, who also lost their child, had to say about the vice president and the effect of losing his child beau. >> i have to tell a personal story. our son died. i know there's no way that he could focus on what he needs to focus on for five years, probably. >> so that really seems to be the lynch pin of why people are willing to let joe biden wait as long as he wants to throw his hat into the ring and not progressively say, i want to be your president, america, and here's why. so how does he overcome that type of sentiment that exists for people that are questioning his reasons for getting in and also reasons for delay? >> well, listen, i think what you can't separate is the fact that joe biden's candidacy would be predicated on the -- let's be real here, the collapse of hillary clinton's candidacy. that's the only reason that there is a pathway for him to get in

so much more than a free credit score so do more with your score at credit sesame.com mark: i mark halperin: and i'm john heilemann and with all due respect to halloween, we are too tired to go trick-or-treating because we have been working our fingers to the bone. [organ playing] john: oooh! ooh! ok. mark: happy cabbage night, sports fans. john: in our haunted house tonight -- a hunt for trump and

mark: and i'm mark halperin. and "with all due respect" to john boehner, you ain't going anywhere anytime soon. ♪ it's a big newsday on the show. red-hot focus groups, but first red-hot house republicans. kevin mccarthy is donezo. he won't be majority speaker. here's what happened this afternoon. >> if we are going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. nothing more than that. i feel good about the decision. i have been talking with members, thinking about this, trying to get there. i just think it is best to have a new face. this benghazi committee was only created for one purpose -- to find the truth on behalf of the families of the four dead americans. i should not be a distraction from that. mark: there's a lot to unpack here, why mccarthy left. he says it's because he did not think he could unify the house republicans. what are the reasons that this guy will not be speaker? why did he start the day thinking he was running, and then pull out? john: this is a rarity in politics. his collea

both ben carson and ted cruz will join mark halperin and john respectn on "on all due -- on "with all respect." and three quarters of the u.s. accepts the scientific consensus that global warming is happening. that is the most compared to over four years of surveys. the biggest surprise is what is happening inside the republican party. if deny percent of those surveyed now say that climate change is happening, that is up those surveyed now say that climate change is happening and that is up from 39% six months ago. now, back to you. alix: thanks, mark. bloomberg news reported that the imf is expected to add the u.n. to its basket of reserve currencies -- add the yuan to its basket of reserve currencies. a it of ais is is political ego trip as far as china is concerned. in practical terms, it is not going to make a great deal of difference. about 70% of the world's central ink already has some yuan their portfolios. the other 30% are not planning on adding it in. so it doesn't make a huge amount of difference. but i think you could say that it is a safe symbol. it is a safe symbol for

mark halperin, nancy cordes our cbs correspondent jeffrey goldberg is the national correspondent for the atlantic. bob, you've seep a few committees. what do you make of the benghazi committee and this hearing? >> the successful congressional investigations eventually become bipartisan. senate watergate committee was set up by a vote in the senate 77-0, dozens of republicans say, we need to look at this. now we've got a fractured committee and so you wind up getting fractured partisan data. >> the fact that congressman mccarthy said what he said that hillary clinton is on the offense, that chairman gowdy shared that he does not know how to frame for the public, broad questions, what did the president know when did he know it. i think hillary clinton set up to be as strong and as powerful in this hearing unless chairman gowdy sitting on some secret which anyone could imagine. >> dickerson: mark makes good point, this goes down the rabbit hole very quickly. take us back to 30,000 feet, what is the big question this year about u.s. policy and -- >> hearing about the wrong subject as it

mark: i am mark halperin. joe: i am john heilemann. we will put you down as a maybe. happy national multi-cheese day, sports fans. ain't sanders crying. the next speaker of the house, paul ryan? >> if he decides to do it, he would be an amazing speaker. he has got to decide on his own. >> there is a good chance. >> i will not run against paul ryan. gets theyan nomination, i would support paul ryan. >> his time is now. many of us believe you will answer the call. >> i think he has gone from a hard no to he knows he has to consider it. all of us are trying to understand he understands the support will be behind him if he chooses to do it. >> mitt romney's 2012 running mate in the current ways and means chairman is under pressure from all sides to run for the speakership. his answer is no, definitely not, almost certainly not. probably not. mark, does that mean he is going to definitively be the guy? mark: he might be. right now, it is the most likely option. there is a recess for 10 days. he will talk to his wife and have his first serious conversation about it. his dre

mark: and i'm mark halperin. with all due respect to lunch and dinner, breakfast. don't you know? it is the only meal that is good all day. john: on the show tonight, two dudes in manhattan -- and i don't mean us. but first, two legacy candidates with doubts about their messages and whether they can secure their party's nominations. hillary clinton and jeb bush are both in iowa today. for her part, clinton has gotten her groove back in the last couple days. her campaign is running an ad on cable tv, like we are getting it now, criticizing the congressman from california over his benghazi comments. >> the republicans finally admitted -- >> republican kevin mccarthy and investigate in benghazi. created to destroy her candidacy. >> republicans have spent millions attacking hillary because she is fighting for everything they oppose, from a portable health care people pay. she will never stop fighting for you and republicans know it. mark: on the offense there on benghazi with that video that is running on limited cable. clinton is also drawing a line on gun policy. she is also preview

john: i'm still try to get over that little mark halperin-lady gaga sing. the sender's campaign -- sanders campaign, we asked of those guys what they would consider a win. sahil: i think 2 things -- taking his message to a broader audience, improving name recognition, not nearly as much as hillary clinton. the big thing is appealing to nonwhite voters. he is behind about 50 points with blacks, he does not do well with hispanics come either, and the clinton name is known with minority voters. he has to offer a message that will kill to them as well. -- appeal to them as well. john: talk about immigration? what is the issue that breaks through to them? sahil: the fight to an institutional racism, criminal justice reform, and he is not a known quantity like the clintons are and he has to persuade them that he is serious about issues and he will fight harder than hillary clinton. mark: obviously, the debate is a "but i like to look to the next thing, her testimony before the ghazizzie -- ben committee. jennifer: that i don't know a whole lot about. some of it i

. ♪ mark: i am mark halperin. joe: i am john heilemann.respect to paul ryan, we will put you down as a maybe. happy national multi-cheese day, sports fans. the thunder neighing -- fundraising numbers are not lying. bernie sanders ain't crying. the next speaker of the house, paul ryan? >> if he decides to do it, he would be an amazing speaker. he has got to decide on his own. >> there is a good chance. >> i will not run against paul ryan.

mark halperin, managing editor of bloomberg politics. and host of "with all due respect." and abc's cokie roberts. cokie, i'm going to start with you. i'm going to go back to this debate that's coming up. the debate is tuesday. hillary clinton is a formidable candidate. what do the others do? to counter her? and just your expectations for the day. >> she's a very formidable candidate. we talk about her sliding. she's still at the top of the polls. she's is a very good debater. so is bernie sanders. all of them are experienced debaters. so the two dynamics going on. one is the hillary-personny and how do they handle each other. and the other is, the also-runners who are eager to use this debate as a way for people to pay attention to them. they look at how carly fiorina did and say, that could happen to me. >> you think there will be fireworks in this one? maybe not as many. >> i think we'll be hearing about flip-flops. >> and to that point. you heard in the piece earlier, for the fourth time in less than a month, hillary clinton has gone contrary to what president obama wa

mark: i'm mark halperin. john: and i'm john heilemann. "with all due respect" to democratic candidates debating here tonight, you can run, but you can't hide. ♪ baby, vegas.gas, good evening from the first democratic presidential debate. we are at the win hotel -- winn hotel here in sin city. although you could call it spin city. it's the spin room, the spinderdome. we will be your spin buddies for the next hour as the candidate get ready to debate. national front rudder hillary clinton and college campus front runner bernie sanders. one a household name for two decades, closer to three. second, a socialist that makes a monster impression. what we make -- what we look for in that cage match? mark: bernie sanders can get away with mistakes. if he is himself and is not nervous and is able to talk about policy positions that he wants, he is almost a lock to be a winner tonight. john: it would be good to show some humor and optimism, it would be good to show us offside. mark: maybe tell a story about a real person. john: we have heard them sp

here with mark halperin and kansas city, home of the royals. 2014 american league champions. we hope, the american league 2015 champions, because we can't tolerate the idea of a canadian baseball team in the world series. tomorrow, we will be interviewing ben carson, heading to iowa for a jampacked weekend of presidential politics. but first, it's hillary clinton on the hill day. so we have a big benghazi-heavy lineup today. since 10:00 a.m., the secretary of state gave her secretary to trey gowdy committee. the republicans were by and large familiar, but the gop tried to break new ground on the vulnerability of the compound where ambassador chris stevens and three other american officials were killed in 2012. and on a narrative crafted by clinton and the obama administration why the attack happened. we also saw a somewhat new approach involving clinton's longtime friend and former advisor, sidney blumenthal. republicans implying that clinton was more attentive to blumenthal than ambassador stevens when asking for security in benghazi. >> you have got a lot of e-mails from si

mark: i'm mark halperin. due respect" to those on the debate stage tonight, thanks for the shout out. >> with all due respect-- >> with all due respect-- >> with all due respect-- ♪ mark: the exodus from the desert well underway, the candidates, their surrogates, and the media making their way out of las vegas out of what was a reckoning. clinton, beset for months by controversy, held herself on stage much like maximus the gladiator.

flip-flopping is a strategy, mark halperin? >> well, look, she's doing two things at once on foreign policy, she's trying to establish she's more hawkish, and eventually i think she and her campaign will say bernie sanders is not the same level to be commander in chief as she is. on domestic policy, there's fear on the part of the clintons that bernie sanders is more in line with the party. not just as an outsider and someone saying we're going to have a revolution. the party would prefer single payer over obamacare. the party would prefer to say absolutely not to the keystone pipeline. the party would prefer to say trade deals are bad for workers. she comes into this with some positives. some momentum. her "saturday night live" appearance was very good and kevin mccarthy did more to help her presidential campaign than james carville and paul begala combined. but she's under extraordinary pressure. david brooks represents the view of the media at large. one mistake by hillary clinton in this debate will be the only story. she k