since then, bill clinton lost new hampshire, won new hampshire to barack obama by a narrow percentage voint. mccain winning. i mention that because there's a headline this morning on the relevance and importance of the new hampshire primary. the question is to whether or not new hampshire will be first in 2020. guest: he's absolutely correct. texas republican champ had wanted to bring to this week's republican national committee meeting in south carolina a rule change to take away new hampshire's primary. ted cruz the texas senator who is a good friend of the republican chairman talked him into withdrawing that proposal at this time. and has said it's preposterous to talk about changing new hampshire's primary status. as bill, the longtime secretary of state, the longest serving state election official in the country, has said this is the first time he set the primary date in february 9th, of course this is the first time he hasn't had to break either democratic or republican primary rules in setting the date. despite a lot of the unrest we've heard from harry reid, republican s, the

since then, bill clinton lost new hampshire, won new hampshire to barack obama by a narrow percentage voint. mccain winning. i mention that because there's a headline this morning on the relevance and importance of the new hampshire primary. the question is to whether or not new hampshire will be first in 2020. guest: he's absolutely correct. texas republican champ had wanted to bring to this week's republican national committee meeting in south carolina a rule change to take away new hampshire's primary. ted cruz the texas senator who is a good friend of the republican chairman talked him into withdrawing that proposal at this time. and has said it's preposterous to talk about changing new hampshire's primary status. as bill, the longtime secretary of state, the longest serving state election official in the country, has said this is the first time he set the primary date in february 9th, of course this is the first time he hasn't had to break either democratic or republican primary rules in setting the date. despite a lot of the unrest we've heard from harry reid, republican s, the

. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 this morning. amy: good morning, new hampshire. 6:00 on saturday, january 23rd. i'm amy coveno. parts of the east coast waking up to this. this morning, officials urging baltimore to stay home and not go out. this could, in fact, be the biggest snowfall in the nation's capital in some 90 years. abc's kenneth moton is live in our nation's capital with the latest conditions. good morning to you, kenneth. >> good morning. the snowfall is steady here in our nation's capital. the bullseye of the storm. we are getting one to two inches per hour. can you believe that? look, this stuff is really piling up and this blizzard is just getting started. blizzard blast, blinding white-out conditions, heavy snow and bone-chilling wind. this morning, there are blizzard watches and warnings from d.c. to new york. airports in the northeast closed, thousands flights canceled. town. are covered. a snow emergency is in effect. and washington d.c. is predicted the 1920's, more than two feet of snow expected. >> it has li

amy: good morning, new hampshire, 6:00 on sunday, january 24th. i'm amy coveno. the snow has stopped and now the cleanup is underway and new york saw its second largest snowfall since 1869 and other places saw more than that. traffic on the roads and in the air, across the region, came to a standstill. new hampshire missed out on any snow from the storm. meteorologist josh judge joins us in the weather center with a look at what's left of the weekend forecast. josh: hi, yeah, it stayed completely to the south except for a couple of exceptions near the new hampshire-mass border and that's it. in northern, western new hampshire, below zero, and in the teens and single digits elsewhere as you can see right there. let's take a look in the southeastern border of mass and new hampshire, watch this, there's a little bit of snow that made it over the border and the storm came very close to new hampshire, but making virtually no impact except some extra wind last night and it will be breezy today. here is a look at the storm as it pulled away and it's still pulling away. s

when i get back to new hampshire week, we will get back to new hampshire and do our 50th town hall. we are making strides and it is moving us up in the polls and in the esteem of the new hampshire voter. we are looking forward to february 9. josh: have you identified an area you need to have? when it comes to the governors, the pundits, for the governors there is only one to get out of here. gov. christie: if there is only want to get out, it is going to be mine. i' m going to make sure we beat governor bush, casey and huckabee. josh: character and leadership is going to be a consideration. it up and criticize personally donald trump or ted cruz. is there a time when you do have to say look, this is the difference between he and i and this is why i am the person? there' s a difference between talking about doing things and getting them done. i get them done. i disagree on aspects of the immigration plan and on the fact reform plan. calling. i' m not going to get into bickering on the stage in the less and less as republicans. m going to keep my eye on the ball, beating hillary clint

ed: you live in new hampshire. you teach in new hampshire and you study new hampshire politics. but how much do you really know about what happens in the granite state? franklin pierce is the only new president of the united states, and in rindge there' s a university bearing his name. can you name the former white house insider who is the current president of franklin pierce university? mr. scala: that would be andy card. ed: andrew card. question number 2 -- former massachusetts senator and current new hampshire resident scott brown has hosted 10 presidential candidates this year at his "no b.s. barbeques," held either at his house, or in a barn in rye. the final one was tuesday night. who is the candidate that attended? mr. scala: that was ted cruz. ed: we are back with dante scala . question 3 -- as you know, there' s lots of shared political history between new hampshire and massachusetts. do you know how many candidates from massachusetts have won the new hampshire primary -- republican and democrat -- since 1952? i will give you -- it' s a is it two, four, six, or eight? m

amid the backdrop of the vietnam war, mccarthy won by losing to johnson in new hampshire, 50 to 42%. enough wind, and therefore you lost. josh mcelveen, wmur news 9 shelley wmur political reporter : john distaso breaks down some candidates have to beat this year in a story on wmur.com. while you' re there, sign up to get john' s weekly column, new hampshire primary source, delivered to your inbox. >> now, chief meteorologist mike haddad with your storm watch 9 forecast. mike: when stopping off over 45 miles brow or along the coast. time lapse photos up their market square where we did have a little bit of patchy snow left over on the sides of the roads. overall not too bad in terms of road conditions out there. those gusts again over 40 at times. seven below the average, but look at the morning low today, not all that frigid. feel downright arctic out there. afternoon. it cold into tomorrow morning and a wind chill factor right below at times. over the next couple of days, gusty as today. already five mile-per-hour winds but we' re not expecting higher than 35 or 40. temperatures back

>> the decision that new hampshire makes is so important. >> "inside politics." the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters. now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. thank you for sharing your sunday morning. the first of the new year. the election year. wow. with us so to share the reporting is julie pace of the "associated press." ed o'keef of the washington post. cnn's manu raju and ashley parkers of the "new york times." can donald trump translate strong poll numbers to state by state victories? iowa votes in 29 days. that's right. just 29 days. that's test number one. >> if you're having all sorts of difficulty, if your wife says she doesn't love you anymore. i don't care. get out and vote. all right. you have to get out and vote. >> now the billionaire businessman ran a low budget campaign in 2015, but says that's about to change. we're told to watch for trump tv ads any days now. what isn't changing is trump's style, if that's the right word for it. he likes to mix it up and drive the cable and internet chatter. last week it was bill clin

when i know and what i think the people of new hampshire know is that the people of new hampshire have a very important responsibility. they have not cast their votes yet. 80% of them have not yet quite made up their mind. they all know they want to see me debate hillary clinton. josh: we are notorious for relating to the last minute. the two names people are talking about a lot, obviously donald trump continues to be in the news, and ted cruz, what you see as the difference between the two of them and what you make of are they similar or they the same canada, one wearing cowboy boots? ms. fiorina: you know what a similar? both trump and cruz claim to the outsiders and both of them are the ultimate insiders. ted cruz has been inside the political establishment. donald trump has been a chronic capitalist buying influence from those in the establishment all his life. that is how he has rake in billions of dollars. what they engaged in was a fight about their power and position, had nothing to do with their american people, as the game of politics rarely does. it had nothing to do with pr

announcer: no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 at 5:00. adam: now at 5:00 -- a wintery mess down south. several states under states of emergency. new york city now shutdown. the latest on this historic storm. hayley: this is truly an incredible storm so close to us, but not close enough. who could get a few flurries tonight, and the rest of the weekend' s forecast ahead. stephanie: the countdown to the primary is on. candidates are embracing new hampshire' s forecast hitting the trail hard this weekend. now, wmur news 9 at 5:00. stephanie: a major winter storm is currently pounding parts of the east coast. but new hampshire is only being brushed by flurries. good evening. i' m stephanie woods. adam: and i' m adam sexton. let' s go live now. reporter: good afternoon from a cold new york city where the snow began falling last night. as you can see, it is still falling. the blizzard of 2016 hitting hard. new york city nearly doubling its expected snow totals. officials forced to ban travel on streets, highways, bridges, and commuter rail' s.

business travelers arriving home to new hampshire from new york say there was no calm before the storm getting out of the city . >> in going from the city to laguardia, the normal 25-30 minutes was an hour and 15 everybody getting there, so it was really quite crowded. >> it was a mess. it was really crowded. we heard one announcement where they were offering $900 back with the hotel for people to get off one of the flights to charlotte. >> wonderful, i' about it. thelma and louise. yes, thelma and louise. they plan to make their great winter escape after the storm passes. >> florida the end of the month. jean: but if you do have flight plans in the next few days, milne travel says airlines are offering waivers and suggests you be pro-active in shifting your schedule. >> the best advice i can say we' re lucky it's not coming to boston, but its going to be affecting the pattern all the way down the east coast. try to get out earlier, if they can change their plans to get out tomorrow, or maybe after the jean: it could take days for airlines to get everyone back on track. the good news,

after saying yesterday he planned to stay in new hampshire tweeted today i' m sorry, new hampshire, but i gotta go home his wife, mary pat, will campaign in his place this weekend. story. the patriots have landed in one giant step closer to big -- the big afc championship game at the broncos. the patriots players arrived for practice at 6:00 this morning. by early afternoon, the buses were on their way to the airport. on the latest injury report, 16 different pats players are listed as questionable for the game including key guys like rob gronkowski, julien edelman, and chandler jones but this happened last week as well, and they all played. edelman, in particular, is key to the team' s success on sunday. >> when the season is over, you look back. but right now, you don' t think about those things. you think about getting to the next one. we have the toughest team on the schedule with the denver broncos. tom: we' ll have live coverage starting tomorrow from denver. wmur' s jason king is there. shelley: everybody is looking from ronald reagan to mitt romney they' ve seen it all. the cand

maybe even his neighboring state of new hampshire. >> break tonight in new hampshire. new polls show sanders lead has grown to 27 points. the poll has sanders up 60% to 33%, as the race really gets interesting. brett? >> 27 points here in new hampshire? that's tough to believe, but it is what the numbers show tonight. as we mentioned a short time ago, ohio governor john kasich is polling well here in new hampshire. he's second to donald trump in the real headliclear politics a of polls. i talked to the governor about his campaign. >> governor, i listened to the first town hall with you here, i know you've been doing a ton of them. what's your feeling on the ground? >> great. we have the best ground game, no question, in the state and one of the best maybe ever, with the new hampshire and people who come from out of state. i think television really matters. but governor sununu told me long ago, he said when you put your ads up at the end, each one of them has less impact because there will be so many up. which is true today. i think the ground game is really going to ma

in new hampshire, we are live -- losing more than one person per day. three times as many as traffic accidents. hampshirene from new to where we have about 140 deaths from heroine and opioid, 13 related to sentinel the additive that has made heroine such a killer. in 2015 having over 240 deaths that were fentanyl related. this is a huge crisis. itare not responding to anywhere near the level that we need to at this country. that means law enforcement we need the -- the issues we need -- it means treatment, making sure there are been in new hampshire. we do not have nearly enough short-term detox beds, we do not have the recovery centers we need, it's not just about detox,erm helping people it's also about long-term. how do we keep people going back to drugs once they have come out of those detox units? it is about making sure we are not prescribing painkillers. it is really the increased prescribing of opioids that has led to the current problem with heroine because now it is cheaper and easier to get. >> what would you tell the fda commissioner coming i

in new hampshire, the new hampshire union leader, dropped as a debate sponsor for the last new hampshireepublican debate. which is going to be hosted by abc news next month. the "union leader" newspaper was part of the sponsorship of that debate. but donald trump has gone to war with the "union leader" and its publisher, joe mcquaid, recently and now abc has decided to drop them from that very, very important debate. >> what a pile of garbage that newspaper is. so i want to tell you, so we had an interesting thing. because you have a very dishonest newspaper up here. it's also a failing newspaper. it's going down the tubers. i remember when this was a big paper. look at the size of this thing. if they cut it down anymore you won't be able to find it. it looks like the things you know when you go to the grocery store where they give you a little handout. what do they call that? coupons? so this guy. his name's joe mcquaid. [ booing ] no, he's a -- he's a lowlife. i'm telling you. here, you can have it, darling. that's all it's worth. piece of garbage. >> that paper is the worst. run by pe

john kasich - wrong on new hampshire issues. right to rise usa is responsible tom: the museum of fine arts in boston is adding a new piece to its collection its first from the artist frida kahlo. shelley: this is the painting, called dos mujeres or two women. experts say the women are two maids, who kahlo had known since childhood. it was the first painting that frida kahlo sold. on the back are a number of signatures from kahlo' s friends including painter diego rivera, who she would eventually marry. the painting goes on display tomorrow. shelley: thanks for joining us for news 9 tonight at 11. tom: jimmy kimmel live is next, have a good night. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] (phone ringing) by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) hey can

new hampshire is one of a charges. jennifer: in the state's fight against substance abuse, the staggering few numbers on how many prescriptions for painkillers were written in the last three months. mike: here it is on radar, snow right now, and after it moves through tonight a cold wednesday follows. jamie: in sports, players in the chad battle of the badges hockey is the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million people combined. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultra-rich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. the middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. with your help, as president, we will. tom: right now new hampshire is one of the states where reputed drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman could land if extradited jennifer: guzman was one of several people indicted for conspiracy to distribute cocaine b

josh: the panhandling laws in new hampshires biggest city now face a new legal challenge. josh: that sound means we are on the storm watch tonight with a winter weather advisory in effect around the entire state. welcome back, i'm josh mcelveen. jean: i'm jean mackin. right now, you can see it there on our screen. traffic moving through the snow. here's chief meteorologist mike haddad mike: the snow is accumulating in the lakes region. not yet in the manchester area, but that will change in a little while. 32 about a half-hour ago, now down to 31 in the queen city. that means that the snow will begin to stick once it intensifies. elsewhere to the west and north, all below freezing. so a good chance that any steady snow is beginning to accumulate. you'll notice there's quite a gap in the upper valley, but the doppler radar is struggle to each over the hills to the north ask west concord. and that means there is light snow that's not being detected yet. also notice the area of snow blossoming just off to our south, through a good portion of massachusetts moving into central

coming up, a new hampshire town dispensary. where it would be located and why some residents would be upset. in our half hour of news 9 this morning. >> the town of merrimack has given conditional approval to a medical marijuana dispensary, but it has some neighboring businesses concerned. the dispensary will be located at the site of a former credit union. some say it's too close for comfort. >> it's now a vacant former credit union, but if all goes as planned, it will be the first of one of the medical marijuana facilities in the state. >> there's probably not too many better suited than this one. >> it's close to the highway and and they secure the banks and money, but drawing concern. the owners of rh cars worries it will hurt its business and leave the area closer to crime. the nonprofit prime alternative treatment center of new hampshire has been working to address those concerns and they have to submit a detailed security plan before the door opened. but image and values are a worry. thomas moore college is directly acros

. >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 tonight. shelley: donald trump says he will not participate in thursday' he said he knows a bad deal when he sees one. m shelley tom: i' adam sexton joins us now to sort out what the decision could mean for both iowa and new hampshire. adam: he is rewriting the rules of how to run for president. he is continuing to campaign as only he can. donald trump is taking his ball and going home. he is pulling out of thursday' s republican debate on fox news, pointing the finger at fox anchor megyn kelly. he will hold its own separate event to raise money for veterans. >> fox is going to make a fortune. i' m not a fan of megyn kelly. i think she is a third rate reporter and frankly is not good at what she does. i think they could do better than megyn kelly. adam: former wmur political director scott spradling, veteran of many a primary debate stage, says there' s a chance this decision could backfire for trump. >> this is a very risky maneuver because what could happen is a lot of people tune in on trum

in new hampshire that hasn't mattered. why? >> i don't know. you know, here in ohio we have a balanced budget. they don't in over in new jersey. our credit has been strengthened. their credit has been downgraded. we've got more jobs, and then beyond all of that, always the hit is he has a republican legislature. but i was chairman of the budget committee when we balanced the budget, and bill clinton was president. so, i can't explain it to you other than in ohio there's great optimism about the future here both economically and also the sense that everybody has a voice here in the state. why it's happening in new jersey, i don't know. but when you look at the records, you know, frankly ohio's doing one of the fastest growing and strongest states in the country with even rock solid pensions, which most states don't have. and so i guess that's it. >> let me ask you this, a republican strategist said this about your candidacy. i thought it was interesting. he's been trying to be aggressively bipartisan and that's kind of not whe the republican elec

>> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now, wmur news 9 at 6:00. tom: off the top tonight, an arctic blast has its grips on new hampshire tonight, and the strong winds making it feel even colder. good evening, i'm tom griffith. jennifer: and i'm jennifer vaughn. the wind chill was near or below zero for a good part of the day, so let's get right to mike haddad with a closer look at how long the chill will stick around. mike: feels like mid winter finally. over the past couple days we've seen the combination of wind and temperature resulting in a feel-like reading of sub-zero at times. mount washington, 128-mile per

there are a few flakes trying to reach the ground over southern new hampshire. most of the steady snow is over southern new england. a little piece of this may clip evening. most of the snow we will hear the west. those schools could lower visibility under 1/4 of a mile, most likely predawn through the late morning on monday. temperatures running at seasonable levels. not a big temperature fall overnight. by morning, 20 to 23. they could cool down during the afternoon as frigid air builds in behind the front to the west. storm moving out to sea. a piece of this may work back at new hampshire. we could see enhanced snow at the coast and more squalls up north tomorrow late morning into the afternoon as it tries to dry out in southern new hampshire. here is the timeline for the snow. flurries the next four hours. late tonight and overnight is when the steadier snow will likely develop in many spots. there are some breaks, also scattered squalls that may work heavier snow that may arctic back into southern new hampshire. we will keep that in through 11:00 tomorrow mo

it doesn' t end in new hampshire, it starts in new hampshire and iowa. i believe people are going to want to have a nominee that can beat hillary clinton. >> let me ask about the evolution of campaign. you had all the expectations on your shoulder speed is the pressure eased up a little bit? jeb bush: i always knew it was going to be a hard fight. i always had high standards on myself. we found our footing. we found it in town hall meetings and iowa. real people have real questions. the primaries. >> are there any identifiable differences you can point to when it comes to the issues themselves? >> iowa is a big agricultural state. it is the second or third highest in terms of farm income. in new hampshire there is a big interest in the fiscal issues. new hampshire is a live free or die state. and veterans issues. there are variances. that is what the common denominator is. that is what i' m excited when i get to talk about a balanced budget amendment. ending lifetime employment the things i got to do as governor in the state of florida resonates with peo

in new hampshire the problem is distance for access. that's not the same system we have in new jersey where we have a densely populated state. each state should have the obligation and the ability to decide for themselves. it's closer to the citizens and it respects our constitution. >> obamacare has been a disaster, millions of americans have lost their jobs and been forced into part-time work have lost their health insurance, their doctors, have seen their premiums skyrocket. in new hampshire premiums skyrocketed under obamacare, it's not working. if i'm elected president we'll repeal every bit of obamacare and then pass common sense health care reform that expands insurance personal and portable and affordable. that will begin by allowing people to purchase health insurance across state lines. so we have a true 50 state national marketplace, that will drive down costs and enable people to aafford low cost catastrophic health insurance. second expand health savings accounts, for more routine needs and prevention. and third we'll work t

a proposal is moving >> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wur "news 9 daybreak." erin: all right. good morning to you. you've made it to friday. thanks for joining us. i'm erin fehlau. sean: i'm sean mcdonald. we've been talking about it all week. the storm that is not coming to new hampshire. it is impacting travel. it is going to be a big deal. hayley: even as close as comments to the south of us in boston, it is going to be such a sharp cut off on who is going to get a good amount of snow. we're on the northern fringe of this. looks like southern communities from keene to salem and plaistow, portsmouth may get a dusting. that's looking less and less likely as we push forward here. almost a complete miss across the state. in the meantime the weather has been really nice, hasn't it? sunshine and temperatures getting in to the 20's. the winds have been a problem. we're in the teens right now across the state. make it feel colder than that. more like the single digits. there's the storm. it is just about to come in to washington, d.c. a little later today and bring

in new hampshire it's an eternity. gwen: bill clinton should know because the race in iowa and new hampshire is suddenly tight. >> guess what. that inevitable candidate is not so inevitable today. i know that it is like to be knocked down but not knocked out. gwen: tension is building among republicans as well, with sarah palin back in the mix. sarah: they stomp on our neck and tell us to chill. well, look, we are mad and we've been had. gwen: and donald trump and ted cruz tagging the other as creatures of the establishment. ted: there's a reason the establishment is attracted to donald trump. because he's written huge checks to hillary clinton. donald: this is a guy that has two bank loans and now he's going after goldman sachs. it doesn't work that way. goldman sachs owns him. remember that, folks, they own him. gwen: meanwhile, the supreme court steps in to stir the pot again. agreeing to take another look at president obamas immigration policies. and five long-held u.s. hostages are freed in iran as the nuclear dea

we are live in new hampshire, hopkins, new hampshire.illary clinton gets the endorsement of planned parenthood. cecile richards will be on hand for the event. you can watch it live getting underway at 4:00 eastern time on the c-span network. little rock, california, independent line, good one. caller: good morning, steve. i have to point i would like to ask you. yesterday's show, you had the young lady, the illegal immigrant on your show. -- you like to find out never put any republicans on the phone yesterday. second, you are not telling the truth about how many illegal immigrants there actually are here in the united states. 12 million.ng the you have been using that since ronald reagan became president. there don't understand is are 100 million illegal immigrants here. you talk about our unemployment. it is ludicrous. host: where did you get 100 million? caller: because i have seen what is going on with our communities. host: how did you come to the number? from michelleeard -- fox on saul centers news, was she has been saying about t

he has to do well new hampshire.e knows the only way he can win new hampshire if he can get in front of as many people as possible. he's selling new hampshire on his personality. he wanted to be in new hampshire doing town hall meetings and winning votes at every one of those town hall meetings. he wasn't happy he had to go back to new jersey and lead a storm response. he thought that it was unnecessary. i'm sort of sympathetic to that. but he clearly miscalculated a little bit by sort of poking people back home in new jersey in the eye about, you know, flooding and making a joke about that and, you know, hesitating in terms of whether or not he was going to come back at all. i was surprised how he handled it. >> are folks in iowa and new hampshire, are they seeing the chris christie that we know back here? is it translating out there? >> it is. they're seeing a milder version of chris christie. >> in what way? >> town hall meetings in new jersey there's a big, like, booming -- almost like a world wrestling event. th

>> no one covers new hampshire like we do. now wmur news 9 at 5:30. josh: we're on the storm watch again tonight as a mix of wintery weather makes its way toward new hampshire. welcome back, folks, i'm josh mcelveen. jean: and i'm jean mackin. some spots will see snow from this, some will get rain. but mike haddad says no one in new hampshire will be able to dodge this messy weather. mike: that's right. we're going to get rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow all over the next 12 to 18 hours. fairly quiet right now, but some increasing clouds. anything. could be a few mixed showers mid to late evening, so just be aware of that in any one given community you could see some slick conditions developing, but not a widespread issue. most of the action remains to our south, approaching d.c. at this hour with some heavy rain. by the time that moves in towards new hampshire, there will be just enough cold air for wet snow for some, sleet, freezing rain for others, and rain yet for others. here's a look at the map by early tomorrow morning. notice the area in gr

he is leading 2-1 in new hampshire. at this race, does that republican establishment have to catch him? if they don't catch him in iowa or new hampshire, can they stop him or is this a runaway train? >> a run away train in the sense of the establishment of the republican party has lost touch with a broad part of the base of their own party. they have to understand the rebellion is against them. if you add up all the establishment favorites, they get to about 40%. even if you set aside donald trump, the trump/cruz outsider phenomenon is bigger than what the establishment can handle. i don't think they can catch up. >> i think a lot of those people in that number are independent. that's why you see if bernie sanders was matched against donald trump, sanders would win. the ground game of donald trump is very weak. i think the polling suggests he could win by a margin that includes a lot of people hornet actually going to show up to the polls. his ground game in iowa, they said by november trump's people said we'll have a p

how do you think of the new hampshire primary has changed in its role in the particle -- political processthe newheen: i think hampshire role is still very important in the presidential selection process because it is still a place where candidates go and actually get asked questions. donald trump maybe one exception but most of the candidates still go there and engage with voters and talk about what they want to do, what their vision is for the country, and that is very important to the presidential selection process. in new hampshire, voters are engaged. we have a lot of voters that go to every campaign event for everyone running on both sides of the aisle. when i was home recently, i spoke with a woman and her daughter. they were getting selfies with every single candidate. i think there have been stories with them. people really go and listen to everybody. people who are independents can vote either in a democratic or the republican primary. it is important to still have in opportunity for people the country, for candidates to be able to go someplace where voters can actually access. i

that is why we are here in new hampshire are. -- here in new hampshire. we are here to make history. ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states of america, secretary hillary clinton. ♪ [cheers and applause] secretary clinton: are you guys ready to win an election? well, i sure am. i'm ready with your help and i am so honored to accept this endorsement of the planned parenthood action fund, and -- and as cecile just said, i have stood with you throughout my life and certainly throughout my career, and i promise you this. as your president, i will always have your back. we will work and fight together. this has been a pretty energetic and even an emotional afternoon, because you have heard so many great advocates, so many people on the front lines, fighting to preserve women's rights. i want to thank some of them. i want to thank the great mc, i want to thank donna burket, i want to thank natasha from brooklyn for her story. she is a patient advocate who has been a patient. i want to thank the student advocate from las vegas. i want to th

look, new hampshire. very good to the clintons over the years and yet she might be an underdog there. but her big bat s&l to make sure she wins iowa, and doesn't give sanders any ground. >> absolutely. and it's a real jump-ball here right now in new hampshire, chuck. the stakes really couldn't be higher because if secretary clinton wins here in new hampshire it would allow her to lock up the nomination early. but this is a must-win state for bernie sanders. and right now, as you point out, a number of polls show that he has the lead here. his message about economic equality taking on the big banks and wall street have really resonated with the progressive voters here. he has 18 field offices, and overall, in the last quarter, he raised $33 million just 4 million shy of secretary clinton. so he's in a strong spot. but secretary clinton trying to match that, she's added some events here in new hampshire today. she's deploying her not so secret weapon, former president bill clinton, tomorrow, of course, chuc

lamar: is grand mason a new hampshire name? every grand mason i have ever known was here. >> it is a french name. a lot of grand mason's. lamar: they are not all republicans, either, are they? >> no, and independent. lamar: out of that happen? -- how did that happen? >> god knows. lamar: i'm lamar alexander. good to see you. i would like to be our next president. lamar: i just got back from your home state. >> i am from maryville. >> i had a great time. [indiscernible] >> we went to dollywood. saw all the sites. lamar: was dolly there? >> she wasn't there. lamar: i was governor of tennessee when she opened that. the governor standing there. all of these people were saying governor, would you move out of the way? i wasn't important. >> good luck. i am walking to -- all the way to the sea. my way of getting to meet people. works you getting a break along the way? lamar: i just walk two or three days at a time. back in x down and come a couple of weeks and keep going. >> nice to meet you. good luck. lamar: you don't look like new

in new hampshire, an acknowledgment that more candidates view new hampshire as do or die than iowa. and the polling? it's catnip, but be cautious. in our most recent nbc/"wall street journal" poll, donald trump led followed by ted cruz. democratic side hillary clinton ahead of bernie sanders. but beware, look at where we were eight years ago at this eight weeks out, giuliani was way out in front. remember how his presidency turned out? he was doubling the showing of the eventual nominee john and hillary clinton? she had an even bigger lead thooefr illinois senator named barack obama, bigger than one she has over sanders today. in a moment, we'll look at the fight between the two leading candidates, donald trump and hillary clinton, over bill clinton's sexual past and we'll talk to two of the republican candidates making their do-or-die stand in new hampshire. but first, let's go to the centers of the political universe for the next 37 days, new hampshire and iowa and kristen welker and halle jackson are standing by. hallie jackson, we know that it's cruz and trump in iowa. but who e