this could be a book for mike barnicle to write.romantically involved with one or two of the escapees. and she helped facilitate. you had a correction officer who acted improperly if he didn't directly facilitate. he acted inappropriately and providing them material. you have this practice of an honor block which i understand the concept which is to keep the inmates having a positive incentive. because if the inmates are well behaving then it's easier on the guards easier to manage the prison. but we have a lot of work to do investigating both the cooperate cooperators and making the point that that cannot happen and if that happens, that will be fully prosecuted. and number two, overall systems of the prison and what went wrong and are the systems that we should change? >> you were there from the very beginning. from your vantage point, what are you going as the legislature to do if anything to change the way the prisons are run to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> yeah. i don't think this -- i don't know if we need legislati

. >> mike barnicle? >> well you hear the stories about more advisors bombing runs body counts. >> right. >> we've been here before years ago. >> we have been here before. and, you know, this is mission street. do we stay on? >> no. >> do we do nothing? generals are always fighting the last war. we're all exhausted by 12 years of war. but what's -- do we just stay out of iraq and let isis take it over? >> no. you sense that it's a muted split within the administration among people who want a far more vocal and far more forceful response. >> right. >> to the growth of isis. something this president clearly wants to stay away from. i think everyone wants to stay away from the growth of this war. but at some point we've got to address the fact that we're involved in a global war. it's not just -- >> we are involved in a global war. you're right. it's not just us. "the new york times" is suggesting that president is not doing enough. and it's always damned in you do and damned if you don't. 30,000 troops was

look hillary clinton is doing very well. >> so mike barnicle. now new hampshire poll out.bing. >> do you believe that? >> yes i do. >> that is a rocket ship man. >> i wouldn't loly gag this around. >> doesn't mince words. means what he says. in the first rally i heard presidential campaign hillary clinton unveiled her stump speech. the former first lady senator and secretary of state bashed the financial industry outlined a populous domestic agenda and talked about the role model if her life her mother. >> prosperity can't be just for ceos and hedge fund managers. democrat isn't can't just be for billionaires and corporations. prosperity and democracy are part of your basic bargain, too. my mother taught me that everybody needs a chance and a champion. she knew what it was like not to have either one. her own parents abandoned her and by 14 she was out on her own working as a house maid. you know by now that i've been called many things by many people. quitter is not one of them. like so much else in my life i got this from my mother. i will propose that we make preschool

with is now, mike barnicle and managing editor of "bloomberg politics" john heilman. >> heilman is here>> let's keep going. >> the republican field looks set to expand again. a report in political he could says chris christie could announce his campaign as early as next week. christie finishes sixth in a new poll, the new hampshire primary, where donald trump rocketed to second place after his high profile announcement. >> let me stop for one second. john heilman, a couple days ago that you and steve schmitt were saying don't -- >> david remnick was very upset. >> he was offended. and it was shocking and ghastly. just offended. >> he was very offended. i'm sorry, david. maybe i came on too strong. >> that whole day he acted like he smelled something bad on set and perhaps he did. but you and steve schmitt said that in manhattan and washington, d.c. would make a mistake in underestimating donald trump. here we have him second place in new hampshire. what is driving that? >> look he's always been a better, more popular -- >> name recognition. >> he is a more popular candidate in new hamps

mike barnicle, casey hunt michael steel also with us and joining the conversation, managing editor of director and moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. good to have you all onboard. does he trip up the gop? if so how? donald trump announced his candidacy for the republican nomination yesterday. did he so before supporters of the tower that bears his name in a colorful speech full of his signature brevado. >> i will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. i tell you that. >> the american dream is dead. >> bring it back! >> but if i get elected president, i will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make america great again. our country is in serious trouble. we don't have victories anymore. when did we beat japan? at anything? they send their cars over by the millions. and what do we do? when was the last time you saw a chevrolet in tokyo? i'm using my own money. i'm not using donors. i don't care. i'm really rich. i'll share. that and by the way, i'm not even saying that in a bragging -- that's the kind of mindset, that's the kin

walter isaacson and mike barnicle are still with us.least five people are dead after a balcony collapsed onto a sidewalk. the victims include a number of young irish citizens. several other people are injured and being treated at the hospital. officials say they're investigating what could have caused the collapse. the building hasn't been evacuated but firefighters and city officials are at the scene. turning now to the fight against isis where there are signs that the forces that are trying to repel the terror group's advance are making headway. kurdish militias and other rebels have helped push fighters out of a border town and the iraqi fighters released this video claiming they show some of their air strikes are hitting isis positions. nbc news has not independently confirmed the authenticity of the video, but with us from capitol hill, we have a member of the senate intelligence committee, senator mark warner of virginia. thank you so much for being with us. we always appreciate you being here. >> thanks. >> i guess the $64,000 qu

mike barnicle and katie cay are back with us. to us about politically. first, dennis hastert is about to mag his first public appearance since his indictment in lying to the fbi and breaking banking laws agreeing to pay $3.5 million in hush money to cover up past misconduct. joining us gabe gutierrez. do we expect to hear from hastert himself today? >> that is the big question right now. today, hastert is set to formally hear the charges against him and enter a plea. he was once one of the most powerful politicians in the country, but for the past 12 days, he has remained absolutely silent. this morning, former house speaker dennis hastert is preparing to face charges he violated federal banking laws and then lied to the fbi. he's hired high profile attorney thomas green, who hasruptiments clients in major scandals. >> he has not been indicted for sexual abuse of minors. and no one has been indicted for extortion. and those seem to be the two real underlying issues here. >> though not spelled out in the federal indictment, law en

we have mark halpern, casey hunt mike barnicle along with willie and me this morning.h american pharoah? >> i have evidence i thought it was going to happen. >> come on. you did not. >> the big winner. that's the framer. not the real bet. that's the one you frame. that's the $2 bet at the belmont on american pharoah to win. >> that was such a race. >> 40 cents? >> there were other bets placed that were perhaps more lucrative. it was incredible. truly incredible. you heard going in this horse might be different than the other ones. >> didn't you feel like we have heard this before? it's going to be a letdown? >> yes, and you're waiting right here because this is usually where it falls apart, on the back stretch coming down the homestretch for the horse to fall behind. look how strong american pharoah is widening the lead as he goes, and an incredible story. first time since 1978. >> 37 years. >> will it happen? and it finally happened saturday. >> i had chills. that was an incredible moment. i always kind of feel bad about horse racing but when they're in the full gallo

mike barnicle with us as well.ng about there is still a battle over what this battle was about 100 years later. 130 years later. >> barbara in the tease said the civil war is still going on. it's still being fought. it can still be lost which means a lot of these issues and the flag is the symbolic representation of these issues are still with us. and we've got to have now a courageous conversation about this. we're not having it. we're pushing stuff around the plate. we need to link the gardners we need to link the brown, we need to link ferguson we need to link all of these things and understand that this issue of slavery is our original sin and when we escape its specific gravity we grow as a country and this is one of those inflexion moments. >> what is fascinating though is there are still debates over what the civil war is about at the beginning and the people in the north say it was about slavery. most people in the south say it's about slavery. i remember shelby foot preeminent civil war historian who says

>> mike barnicle this is -- >> i think it's bad. >> i have not read this editorial yet.stion i was about to ask you. if you're going out lacerating the justices two or three days before a critical ruling on your signature piece of legislation, are you not picking a fight that you know -- >> is about to happen? >> -- is about to happen. it seems like he knows he's going throeso lose this battle. >> i don't know how you get indications from the supreme court which way they're going to go on a ruling. i agree with you. someone must be whispering in his ear that you're going to go down. >> go ahead. >> april, i feel if he lose this is battle it is potentially could backfire on the republicans. what is your gut? >> well, we have to wait and see what the ruling will be. and that's one of the main things. i think what happens is if he definitely wins of course it will backfire on the republicans. but if not if this is gutted the way that we're hearing that it could be could is the operative word at this time. it could actually be a win for the republicans. you have to remember