in washington, peter nicholas is a "the wall street journal" white house reporter. and here in new york amy chozick is a national political reporter at the "new york times." i am pleased to have all of them here on this program as we talk about the democratic race. so what is going on? what-- how do we val yait the so-called sanders surge. >> right, so for awhile the clinton people said they expected polls to narrow. but i think in the past week you have seen a really jarring strategic change. she went from barely mentioning bernie sanders to really hitting him pretty hard. and every signal is that they are very nervous about this, that they could lose iowa and new hampshire and that could send a ripple fek of losing donors and having to scramble. she could still capture the nomination with those setbacks but i think they're really bracing for that. >> rose: and would it weaken, if it makes her appear weakened, would that maybe suggest other people could come in or it simply would be all the weight would be on bernie sanders? >> well, i mean, there are a couple of s

in washington, peter nicholas. here in new york, amy chozick at the new york times. i am pleased to have them here as we talk about the democratic race. what is going on? how do we evaluate the sanders surge? amy: the clinton people have said they expected poles to narrow but you have seen a jarring strategic change. she went from barely mentioning bernie sanders to hitting him hard. every signal is they are nervous. they could lose iowa and new hampshire and that could send a ripple effect of losing donors and having to scramble. she could still capture the nomination but they are bracing for that. charlie: does it make her up amy: there are a couple of schools of thought for the establishment would stick with her. i don't think people necessarily think they would get behind bernie sanders the way they did with barack obama. guest: the thing would look for, the back-to-back defeats in iowa and new hampshire. there is a large african-american vote that is typically loyal to her but defeats and i'll and new hampshire would be troubling for her. it could entice other c

nicholas baer from downtown. 38-31 iowa at the break. 2nd half, peter jok heats up. 3 from the corner. 16 points for the valley alum, lead up to 11. then its uthoff again. 23 points for the u. hawks stay undefeated in the big 10, 82-71 over michigan . if there's a team that needs a win, needs some momentum. its the drake men. bulldogs have lost 5 in a row, and 9 of their last 10 games. trying to right the ship today at home against southern illinois. 1st half. kale abrahamson, 3-ball corner pocket. dogs up 3 early. later off the miss. jacob enevold, putback for the big man. but not enough. 6th straight loss for drake 81-76. drake women make it 5 wins in a row. bulldogs crush illinois state 76-41 after a much needed win at take on oklahoma monday night. sooners will likely be the new number 1 team in the country when the rankings are released tomorrow. right now. students already camping out at hilton coliseum to get a spot for mondays game. and by camping out i mean in an 'ice house.' blaine rockman from spirit lake borrowed his dad's ice house . now. thats how you do it, especially w

peter jok was honed in as well.....gets the deep triple to fall off the feed from adam woodbury......hawk s take the three point lead.... then its nicholas baer from three point land....you betcha.....iowa led 42-26 at halftime.... and they kept it rolling in the second half...jok from the corner.....he had four triples on the day....26 points to lead iowa... the hawkeyes have won 14 straight at home......85-71 the final. alex in the northern sun conference, the stretch run is underway before postseason play begins..... out in wayne......the wildcat ladies have won seven of their last nine......today, they hosted university of mary... wayne state fourth in the n-s- i-c south division....the marauders sixth in the north..... late second quarter...maggie schul-tee.....finds some room off the screen and buries the jumper....wildcats up 38--19...... then right before halftime....brittan y dietz buries the three for the maruaders....38-22 wayne state at recess.... to the third quarter we go.....rachel weir strikes first for mary.......the visitors opened the second half on an 11-2 run to get within seven.... stopper.......great move in the pa

the other scorer was peter jok - tie game in the first - jok hits a three - iowa takes a 21-18 lead. and it was all iowa from there - nicholas baer for three - hawkeyes hit 7 triples on the day. jok adds one in the second half to put iowa up 16 - jok scores 26 and the wayne state women, 9-and-6 in northern sun play, hosting the u of mary. second quarter, wildcats up 9 - and finding anna martensentreaking to the lane - martensen converts, plus the foul - she had 12 points. later, wayne state up 12 - let's make it 15 - jasmin bretoi from deep - one of 6 wildcat threes - bretoi had 9. then wayne state goes inside to taylor reiner - reiner also scored 9 points - cats hold that 15-point edge. just before the half - sadie murren - great take - plus the foul - maggie schulte adds 17 points and 10 boards as wayne state rolls, 70-to- 54. on the men's side, wayne state falls 99-80 to the marauders. the loss drops the wildcats to 3-and-13 in the n-s-i-c. the wayne state men and women are on the road at m-s-u moorhead on friday. the musketeers haven't been home a month. january 3rd was the last time sioux city took the ice at the tyson.

peter jok continues to impress. 3 from the wing. hawks starting to stretch the lead in the first half. more from deep. its a bear sighting. nicholas baer, 7 points off the bench. haks up 42-26 at the break. 2nd half. jok, in transition. somehow gets it to drop. pete scores 26. lead up to 23. then anthony clemmons, baseline bucket and the foul. iowa would lead by as many as 29... northwestern makes it respectable after iowa puts the subs in.. hawks win 85-71. the talk after the game. peter jok. iowa and indiana tied for first at 8-1. maryland, michigan, purdue all lurking iowa hosts penn state on wednesday. hawkeye women try to make it a sunday sweep of the wildcats...and bluders bunch gets it done 79-64 over northwestern northern iowa ended a 4 game losing streak on wednesday with a win at bradley. panthers now just 3 and 6 in the mvc. back home to take on southern illinois. 1st half. bennett koch wakes up the mc-leod center with the hammer --22 for washpun finds klint carlson -- 2 more with a 2-handed flush -- panthers down 3 -- but not after this -- matt bohannon from the corner -- drops one home -- ties it at 25. uni gets a muc

know to see nicholas bear, brady, and dom uhl do what there doing and we got great play from amod he didn't score but he gave us quality minutes especially, when we got in foul trouble. (peter jok) we went in there the second half our main focus was defense and miss stops we get were a running team so we get a lot of stops we get easy buckets on the running our main focus is defense (adam woodbury) were excited to get to 8-0 and further on so right now it just means one game at a time for us were not really looking to hard, getting better everyday and that's a position we want to be in (mike gesell) you know it just means we've had a great start. we're not even halfway though the big ten season yet so were definitely not hanging our hats on that we have a lot of games left to play i think were finally getting the recognize for being a good team and we have always believed that we're a great team so i think we stay away from looking at what were ranked because the only ranking that matters is at the end of the year (alex giaimo) and we have always believed that we're a great team so i think we stay away from looking at what were ranked because the only ranking that matters i