do find that there is an opportunity for pete buttiegieg, for vice-president biden, even for amy klobuchar to come out and speak on these experiences, lived experience. even though mayor pete didn't serve in the military for 15, 20 years. he served in the military. vice-president biden, decades, decades long experience negotiating with foreign leaders and being diligent and disciplined in the kind of behavior and professionalism that one needs to do this job effectively and be successful, not just for the american people, but what's happening around the world and making our american people in the country safer here at home. >> i talked to the congressman about the lack of diversity that is increasing now among the democratic contenders, something that many of us wanted to see and something the dnc was happy and boastful about. now that we are getting a dwindling amount, does it put pressure on the person to have a person of color or black or latino or woman as a running mate? >> i think it does. you have to look at iowa, new hampshire, white majority states, large majorities. you also have

and recently pete buttiegieg got fried on line for slicing a cinnamon roll and eating it like a chicken wing. >> my hope is instead of us harping on candidates when they make these mistakes, we encourage them to ask questions, right. when you go into a restaurant you've never been to before, to say, i haven't had this, but i'm so excited to try it. >> reporter: over the summer we stopped in columbia, south carolina, at the world famous clie burn fish fry hosted by jim clie burn. it was his largest ever. more than 44 fish sandwiches served for thousands of voters, there to see nearly two dozen candidates. >> here we go, a moment of truth. um. that is good. >> did it pass the test? >> of course you did. >> reporter: in iowa a state fair is a stop for any presidential contender. there's corn chops to flip and ice cream to lick. they had a local democratic steak fry. >> you're catering for? >> 10,000 attendees for the steak fry. >> how many of these have you been through? >> i don't know, lots the >> reporter: candidates flip steaks and buy the beer and try to prove they've got what it take

only candidates on that stage would be joe biden, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, pete buttiegieg,uchar. two statewide polls came out with tom steyer in nevada where he is now in third place, tied with elizabeth warren, and in south carolina where he is in second place those two statewide polls were enough to put tom steyer on the debate stage next week, and he joins us now from new hampshire for his first interview as a presidential candidate here on the last word. thank you very much for joining us tonight, mr. steyer you didn't need to do that in the polls to qualify t i just want to make that clear. but thank you very much for joining us. m >>> i want to go to impeachment because you began a national tv advertising campaign advocating the impeachment of donald trump in october of 2017, two years before the house of representatives moved on impeachment. whatd did you see then before e end of the first year of the trump presidency as the grounds for impeachment? >> lawrence, i saw clearly in october of 2017 that this was the most corrupt president in american history, and he star

and recently pete buttiegieg got fried on line for slicing a cinnamon roll and eating it like a chickenf us harping on candidates when they make these mistakes, we encourage them to ask questions, right. when you go into a restaurant you've never been to before, to say, i haven't had this, but i'm so excited to try it. >> reporter: over the summer we stopped in columbia, south caro,

he has in some ways just as much experience -- he has more than someone like pete buttiegieg, the mayorand yet he hasn't really cracked that 5% threshold. there are several reasons for that. you have to raise money. and when you call a donor at this point, you know, donors are kind of tapped out. there's a lot of candidates to go around right now, and so that's part of the problem. but right now cory booker needs a moment. he needs a break-out moment. we'll see if that can happen. >> let's talk about the state by states. michigan is interesting where you spent four years as a wolverine. wisconsin is interesting. do you buy into -- are these any state by states you look at and think, okay, i buy that as a real ticket to the bank trend for the snapshot in time that it is? >> yes. here's what happe here's what's interesting. i think the most important status to look at what happened in 2018 in the midterms. both wisconsin and michigan elected democratic governors that year. the turnout was massive in those states. and i think trump wasn't even on the ballot. so really democrats should be l

they want to look past new hampshire and make this mano a mano going past elizabeth warren and pete buttiegiegut between elizabeth war skpen bernie sanders especially after this moment on the cnn debate stage. >> i think you called me a liar on national tv. >> what? >> i think you called me a liar on national tv. >> let's not do it right now. you want to have that discussion, we'll have that discussion. you told me -- let's not do it now. >> i don't want to get in the milled. i just wanted to say hi, bernie. >> good, okay. >> the candidates are trying to mend the rift, but the supporters aren't as willing. how damaging could this be? >> it remains to be seen. now, what we know is that sanders and warren have both kind of been tight lipped since that debate moment. she was asked repeatedly here in iowa over the weekend about that moment and she continues to say, i have nothing else to say about that. i've made my comment, and me and bernie sanders are friends on the same side of the issues. progressive groups have called for them to come together and focus on defeating biden rather than s&p 500

pete buttiegieg came in with the next highest donation number at nearly 25 mill. >> asking for a changevenue, that's the request from the lawyer for the man charged in a deadly bart stabbing. the man john lee cowell is accused of killing nia wilson at the macarthur bart station in oakland in 2018. cowl is also charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing wilson's sister who survived. his trial is set to start later this month inial immediate a county. however, his lawyer is requesting a venue change saying he cannot get a fair trial locally. >>> a sentimental story about friendship. a high school basketball jersey was stolen. that jersey belonged to a marin county teenager who was a star fleet. athlete. he died six months ago. his friend has been wearing that jersey in his hnbc bay area's cs more. >> reporter: he is practicing for tonight's game. the branson school senior has been wearing the jersey of number 11, quinton wiggins. >> i wore it in our first home game and it was really special just to have that feeling that he was present. >> reporter: wiggins was a beloved and acc