they are going to every part of south carolina.st going to columbia and greenville and charleston, the big cities. but they're going to small counties. el coney county, jasper county, barnwell county. and they're talking to constituents about all types of issues. just in denmark recently i went there because they have a problem. i know you did so much great work on the flint water issue. we have a problem in denmark, south carolina, a small town near my hometown of orangeburg where they've been putting this chemical in the water for ten years. people's hair is falling out and those types of things. so elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, cory booker, a number of these candidates donated water and supplies. and really are talking about these environmental justice issues. and that's really, really important. >> in terms of the state's overall political cast, i think democrats from outside the state look at south carolina and they are pleased that south carolina is an early state because it really affords the first test of whether or not

south carolina critical. also the first state where african-american voters make up a major part of the democratic electorate. with that in mind, here you go from the post interior. their new poll over the weekend. biden out in front in south carolina by 31 is points over his nearest competitor bernie sanders. so, yes, very clearly that biden bounce extending to south carolina. i mentioned south carolina again. black voters play such a large part of the primary there in 2016 more than 60% of the primary voters in south carolina, democratic primary voters, were african-american. with that in mind, look at the breakdown by race. among white voters in south carolina, biden is in first place. look who's in second place. pete buttigieg running at 18%. second place in south kaycaroli white voters. and look at this, joe biden doing 20% better in south carolina at nearly 60% among black voters. pete buttigieg second place, 0% with black voters in south carolina. something we've seen with him as well. his appeal demog

whoever wins south carolina will be the democratic nominee. we're going to test that theory with somebody who dwells in these numbers. more on south msnbc national correspondent steve kornacki. do you think that's true? >> south carolina in 2016, i think it told us that that moment that hillary clinton was going to be the nominee because it told us she had such an advantage with black voters and that bernie sanders was having such a problem breaking through there and in the end, i think that was the biggest single reason he wasn't able to win in 2016. this is the new poll out of south carolina. you see biden, we've talked about a bounce for biden nationally, 31 points ahead of his nearest rival in south carolina. it's bernie sanders in second place right here. south carolina is a majority black electorate in the democratic primary. check out the breakdown by race. among white voters, biden is in first place. second place is actually pete buttigieg among white voters in south carolina. get about 35% of the electorate in south carolina next year

he is a south carolina native. is that okay with you? >> is he voting in south carolina? joining us now from new york, craig melvin. [ cheers and applause ] >> hey, lawrence. good to see you, buddy. senator harris, good to see you again. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> good to see you, craig. >> you know, senator, in the past you've said that you support debt-free college. you've talked about scheduling payment based on income. you've even said there should be a total conversation about loan forgiveness. you may not know this, but you're on a campus where the graduation is 80%. nationally it hovers around 50%. if you stay in college longer, it ends up being more expensive. moreover you have colleges and universities graduating kids who don't necessarily have the skills to get the jobs to pay back the loans. we know where you stand on student debt. where do you stand on holding colleges and universities more accountable to students and parents? >> yeah. i agree with you. it's a really important point you're raising. one, the student loan debt issue. here in sou

there is this new poll, south carolina. joe biden way out in front of the pack, widening his lead since launching the campaign. the surge driven by support from african-american voters. since south carolina unlike iowa and new hampshire has a very diverse electorate, that state is going to be a very critical early test for democrats. joining me now "washington post" opinion writer and msnbc contributor. heidi who is nbc news national political correspondent and steve kornacki at the big board. steve, this isn't just any lead. this is a huge lead in south carolina. so what's going on for joe biden? >> very interesting numbers in this poll. we talk so much about iowa and new hampshire. south carolina, the first test for democrats where african-american voters play a major role. overall, more than a 30-point lead in south carolina for biden over sanders. we can say that bounce we have seen for biden we have seen it in new hampshire, very much a factor in south carolina. we mention that question of african-american voters, of r

south carolina came here to d.c. with a three-judge panel including now supreme court justice judge kavanaugh. fact it was, in interesting, as part of different senate factors, there had been a big debate on a license plate that said "coon hunting." you can make what you want of that, but the african-american community objected and the governor at the time, mark sanford, who like to hike the appalachian trail actually vetoed it because he saw the implications of what it meant. i admire him for that, but it was in the report. 96 southou grew up in carolina. you would not think anything at all if you went to the gas noon for lunch and a couple of your friends were hunting? i said of course i would be upset because you go reckon hunting at night time and most of the time you get possums. ceasedtes attorney and d said to me -- the states d.c. do said to me in you think republicans are racist. to think somer are not very sensitive to racial issues. for instance when a gorilla escape from the zoo, a republican said that's

he is a south carolina native. is that okay with you? >> is he voting in south carolina? >> we can find out. we can find out. joining us now from new york, craig melvin. [ cheers and applause ] >> hey, lawrence. good to see you, buddy. senator harris, good to see you again. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> good to see you, craig. >> you know, senator, in the past you've said that you support debt-free college. you've talked about scheduling payment based on income. you've even said there should be a total conversation about loan forgiveness. you may not know this, but you're on a campus where the graduation is 80%. nationally it hovers around 50%. if you stay in college longer, it ends up being more expensive. moreover you have colleges and universities graduating kids who don't necessarily have the skills to get the jobs to pay back the loans. we know where you stand on student debt. where do you stand on holding colleges and universities more accountable to students and parents? >> yeah. i agree with you. it's a really important point you're raising. one, the

black voters not registering in south carolina.e what happens. >> is the real issue for everyone except joe how much the gap has widened? >> yeah. >> i mean, he's so far ahead. everyone else, are we kind of talking tiddlywinks? >> there was so much question there with biden about what was going to happen when he got in the race. the fact that his numbers have gone up double digits pretty much everywhere, i think there was a large, a significant component of the democratic electorate that was just waiting on that decision that liked him, wanted to see if it was real. and now that it's real, yeah. remember, we were showing for months biden was running high 20s, maybe 30%. you heard all the talk that he's a weak front runner. now he gets in the race, starts to look different. >> i'm looking at kamala's number. to me it sticks out like it's a low number. is it? >> again, this is the overall number. you could do the break down. kamala harris 9% with white voters doing a little better with african american voters. one of the theories of

the navy decided upon trying to get some piece of the sea islands of south carolina right south of the coastline near charleston. you see charleston at the top, and then here is what are called the sea islands. sea islands are so close to the shore that honestly when i first, don't tell anybody, a welcome c-span might come anyway when i first went to buford i didn't know i was on an island. i cut them thought weight, i thought as a supposed be on an island by now. there's short little bridges. you don't feel like you're causing overmuch. what that means is these become the base for this launching expedition hopefully to retake sumter but also to just simply have a safe place for the atlantic blockading squadron. so early in the world of november 1861 the navy launches an attack on port royal island and the main town of buford. this the text that bombardment which was undertaken by the way, they got it in a day. they quickly overtook the island. marines ran ashore with the american flag and then they found themselves marooned for the next four years. of course they could get out and bac

why this south carolina teacher quit mid year.ds and all consumer nature of the profession are not sustainable. i want to bring in that teacher who wrote that letter. she's a former teacher who now lives in georgia. before we get started, i want to read a portion of this resignation letter for our viewers and listeners on satellite radio. you wrote in part this systemic abuse and neglect of educators and other public workers in the state of south carolina should have its citizens so enraged. the unrealistic demands, all consuming nature of the profession are unsustainable. i'm still a human being. i cannot let a career dictate and demand all of me for another minute and i will not be bullying to do so out of misguided guilt of possibly neglecting the children. it's unrealistic to expect this much from teachers but we're still people. you talked about how much you love your students and the guilt of leaving them mid year. why make that decision? >> i had to put myself first. i had to think about, i guess the way that we were all be

students at the university of south carolina.come. we appreciate you weighing in on this. it's an important time as we head towards 2020. j.d., i'm going to start with you, you've hit the ground with several candidates like bernie sanders, kirsten gillibrand. the des moines register sent reporters across the state to find out what voters are interested in hearing from. healthcare, climate change, education, and all sorts of things like that. when you're talking to the candidates, as you see them come to iowa, is this registering with them? are they giving the voters what they want to hear? >> absolutely. we have such a wide variety of candidates. i think there's something for everybody in the field. so i told every candidate if you're willing to come to western iowa and listen to me talk about agriculture i'm happy to show you around. it's been pretty successful so far. >> in your politics you've host host host host host hosted kamala harris and others. >> we've hosted so many candidates we feel like we're running out of eggs at

i'm in south carolina, a red state today. i was in tennessee yesterday. where is the republican leadership? it seems that they've all gone silent and have given this to the president and those in his cabinet to just run amok with this kind of "it's all right to let this go down with russia and therefore open the door for other adversaries to do this"? >> republicans need to stand up and do what's right. they need to say what's right. they need to not be so concerned about whether or not what they're saying will impact the next election, but they need to think about what do we say that's in defense of america, and what's the right thing to say? just like with the response to charlottesville, republicans need to stand up and say what's right and what's true. the south carolina u.s. senate by the way said the right thing in response to charlottesville. he's the only african-american in the united states senate, and he said it well, and he wasn't afraid to say what is right and what is true. we need more senators to do the same. >> adrienne, are we looking at

the big chunk of it in south carolina. so why are you getting hurt by tariffs? want to make more and more parts in south carolina. but we don't have enough volume. and so we actually have come up with a plan that we're not getting any traction on. we're hoping the trump administration can give us like a five-year umbrella of no tariffs at all. liz: like a waiver? >> like a waiver for five years. in that period we could double, triple our production. it would put pressure on our competitors to follow suit, and we really feel that once we can get the volume up to 3 or 4 or 5 million, that we could get lots of the parts makers to set up factories in the united states. >> liz: i have to tell you, we profiled an audio company out of seattle last week, and he's a 40-year-old company. they are getting crushed, even though they make everything in the u.s., and i think 60% of their parts are made in the u.s. so just 40%, but it's really hurting them these tariffs. i got tweets from people saying deal with it, that guy has to adjust to the atmosphere. you have adjusted ov

for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> pursuant clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. he ayes have it. the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from ennsylvania, mr. thompson. mr. thompson: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the

the key for kamala harris, she needs to win in south carolina or do very well in south carolina.ot just go there and visit or do these town halls, but really get surrogates on the ground who will do the work when she's traveling across the country. people who are either faith leaders or pillars of the community who have some sort of respect, who can then build in her name recognition and her name i.d. when she's not there. and so that's the gulf that she needs to cross. it's still very early, we're eight months away. the media follows certain candidates. >> shine owe objects, you cy ob it. >> we know kamala harris will do well on the debate state, pete buttigieg will do well on the debate stage, they'll get an elevated bump after the first few debates just because kamala harris is very pointed, we've seen her in the judicial committees in the senate. this is sort of a natural stage for her. elizabeth warren has a plan for literally everything. and pete buttigieg, with his sort of message of honesty, he's kind of the positive hope candidate of the 23 right now. i think that will r

vaughn hillyard is in greenville, south carolina. understand, what makes this state so crucial for democr democrats. >> this is a state, geoff, that will be the most diverse in terms of the electorate. this is a place where kamala harris sees a great opportunity. once you come out of iowa and new hampshire to send the message that she is a candidate that can pull out the black electorate. 60% back in 2016 were african-american voters. this is a place where kamala harris will be here for her town hall and drilling home the message. i want to play for you a little bit of interview that we had with a couple voters here in greenville earlier today. what is important to you? >> integrity and what is best for the masses, not just for one group of people. i'm not saying things need to be given out for free or anything, but i'm someone who looks out for the better interest of everyone. >> elizabeth warren, i'm in college right now. of course, she interests me with her policies. >> geoff, that very first woman you heard from, jada campbell. s

she worked that vote in south carolina.iden going to do to work that vote in south carolina? >> meanwhile, if the race is joe biden and the rest, that's good for joe biden. >> that's what the trump primary was. >> it was trump saying what he was saying and everybody else was blah blah blah. they went off one by one. >> the idea he can keep it as a tiger versus the field thing is dated. he is not going to be able to do that for long. it is not just gas, joe biden. >> no, who's coming up? >> i don't think we know yet. that's key. i think the debates will make a difference. a lot of people aren't paying attention. they know the names, they know joe biden and bernie sanders, they know elizabeth warren, she has more attention. they know pete buttigieg. my concern for joe biden, this is not ageism, not just him looking old, it is him sounding old. >> even the policies. >> and you can't just stand up there as you mentioned and say barack and i did this and that. hillary clinton said bill and i did this and people didn't care. they

>> reporter: in south carolina, chants of "we want joe."hkend, former vice president joe biden made his first campaign stop in the state. in columbia, he set out to directly appeal to black voters. he denounced the "legacy of systemic racism" and referenced his former boss, president barack obama. as barack says, "when two equally qualified people, one jamal and one john, they both ply for a job and john gets the job." that's the reality in america. >> reporter: in the early voting etate of south carolina, unl iowa and new hampshire, the majority of democratic primary voters are black. south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg also ralliedn south carolina over the weekend. sunday at a high school, he spoke to a crowd in north charleston. he later acknowledged that he needs bett voters.ch to black the mayor has made faith a cornerstone of his campaig earlier on sunday in georgia, he attended former president jimmy atrter's sunday school. in iowa, vermont bernie sanders crisscrossed the state in a series of rallies. he pushed back on vice pres

so this south carolina poll actually is going to be more reflective of what happens, not only in southjoe biden and his team have to feel pretty darned good about those numbers. >> yeah, you're exactly right, joe. i mean, this poll is huge for joe biden, he's widened his lead, and of course, you've got a field of 18 candidates. i don't think that the entire pool of candidates was pooled for this particular poll, but this is significant for biden. and what it shows and demonstrates is that he does have a lot of support, not only among white working class voters, but among african-americans. and what was particularly surprising to me, also, about this poll is where cory booker is. this is a state that cory booker has to either win or finish in the top two or three for, in order to legitimatize his campaign and go forward to super tuesday. the fact that he's polling around 4% is really surprising to me. you know, he's probably not going to do very well in a state like iowa or new hampshire, but south carolina is a state that he has to do very well in. so joe biden's got to be feeling real

shows up in boston and hears about this opportunity in south carolina. goes to south carolina.ichard harvey kane had been moved by the ame church to revitalize mother emmanuel. and you all know about mother emmanuel because of the nine martyrs were so horribly who were so horribly murdered that day. he hires elliott. elliott runs for the state legislature and then for the congress. when richard greener graduates from harvard in 1870, and less -- endless opportunities. does he go to new york, stay in boston, philadelphia? he goes to charleston south carolina. that's where the action was. we cannot imagine that today. you can't imagine how much promise and energy and optimism -- think about it. think about what that was like if you had been enslaved until 1865. endless horizons. then within 12 years, all gone. i often think, i'm sure you do too, what it would have been like to have been black with the same capacities now. you would not have gone to oxford. i would not have gone to cambridge and i wouldn't have gone to yale. of course you are. we would not have had those opportuni

biden was in south carolina.upport group for biden and a notable source of weakness for sanders in 2016. eugene robinson and msnbc contributor and ron mcclain. former chief of staff for then vice president joe biden. what's going on here? bernie also sent out a mailer. he is going after biden more than any of his other competitors. >> we had senator sanders' choice. we are at the stage where vice president biden is focussed on laying out his ideas, his vision, his agenda for the future. his campaign is about joe biden. if senator sanders wants to make his campaign about joe biden we will have two campaigns about joe biden. right now joe biden is focussed on what he can do to make america a better place and to get donald trump out of the white house. >> eugene, does this shape up as the two 70-year old plus guys against each other. >> the two elderly white guys are leading this race right now. that's just the reality. it's early days. let's at least wait until the debates start and see who else emerges to be in th

now we're getting numbers from key states like south carolina.is one that came out over the weekend. in south carolina, among white voters buttigieg is running second place behind biden, 18% among white voters. among black voters, more than 60% in the primary next year, look at this. you have to go down to find pete buttigieg, 0% in this poll among black voters in south carolina. 18% with white voters. something we have been seeing. how about this. a poll in virginia. buttigieg, 17% among white voters in virginia, among black voters, down there at 3%. there's the same pattern. how about this. how about a place where buttigieg is maybe better known than other places, how about indiana, his home state of indiana. poll out in indiana last week. look at this, among white voters, joe biden, 32%, democratic voters, joe biden 32%, buttigieg second with 25%, among african-american voters in the poll in indiana, biden, 45%, buttigieg a zero in his home state. these are individual polls. the numbers can bounce around, but the pattern with buttigieg has bee

he goes to charleston south carolina. actionwhere the was. imagine how much promise and energy and optimism -- think about what that was like if you had been enslaved until 1865. then within 12 years, all gone. i often think, i'm sure you do too, what it would have been like to have been black with the same capacities now. i wouldn't have gone to cambridge, i wouldn't have gone to yale. of course you are. we would not have had those opportunities. heartbreak,e the when you read the speeches in the church of 18 -- and, in douglas went to lincoln hall and made another speech separately the negrobetrayal of . you ask why they would do this. somebody had to pick that cut. you are moving it from an economy where labor was free. replaced to be maximize profit with a form of neo-slavery. you saw 3, 4 black men on the street, they could be arrested. that's where they all come from. and 1930, 3700 black men are lynched. are accusedl, many of rape. raping white women. nobody was accused of raping a white woman during the civil war in the south when the

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in south carolina, this is about african-american voters. hillary clinton wouldn't have been the nominee in 2016 if she had not overwhelmed bernie sanders in states where african-americans make up the majority of the vote. for the first time on this biden campaign, so far, we saw them at the rally site here, the video highlighting his connection with president obama. his connection with obama makes him powerful in south carolina with black voters. gigi? >> mike, thanks. thanks to all of our road warriors for the reports. we are nine months from the iowa caucus. sanders and biden have remained at the top of most early polling. this week, three different polls showed senator elizabeth warren breaking into the top three. one poll had warren with a one-point lead over sanders in a statistical dead heat. joining me to talk about this is susan. let's talk about the quinnipiac poll with warren making headway. she's putting out a lot of policies and has a lot of plans. is this what is resinating with voters? >> it is. just today i got in my email or

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s why am i doing better in south carolina?ple who are conservative and most are in south carolina see me trying to help the the president and giving hem advices saying let's reconsider this so it works both ways and i enjoy my gene never had more fun during the trump presidency. it is a great time to be alive. >> neither have i -- >> fox news has having a lot of. >> literally having fun doing it things that other wouldn't do that they should have done. >> we're on of declassification what do you expect to see once with all of this information is put out there in the public sphere? >> system totally out of control. people who are blowing through stop signs normally there to protect american citizens and added too that weps want her to win so therefore we can't charge her with a crime. how does she win if she gets charged with a crime that's why she wouldn't charge and counterintelligence investigation you you're going o learnte in great detail that thy have nothing to do with a russians but they went on anyway. you're going to

yeah, pete buttigieg is here in south carolina trying to connect with african-american voters.is a key early voting state, and here in north charleston the population is about almost a 50% african-american. according to our late cnn poll, pete buttigieg is in the top five candidates right now. he's polling at about 7%, but when you look at where he's polling with non-white voters, he's polling at about 3%, and that is something that mayor pete buttigieg has admitted he needs to work on. he says he needs to better connect with a more diverse audience. now, just last week we saw the merrymeeting wi mayor meeting with al sharpton in west harlem, a traditional stop for many democratic candidates and he asked reverend sharpton for advice before coming here to south carolina. the reverend told him to just be himself, so it will be interesting to see, fredericka, whether tonight he's going to stick with his traditional script or he's going to switch up his message a little bit and try to cater to a more diverse audience. also, we're just learning that mayor pete this morning made an u

talking about national and south carolina politics.te silver had a talk about challengers and presidential races, and get a bump early on. presidents have to deal with reality and scrutinized every day and the actions they take every day are under the microscope and challengers say who here is what i would do if elected. and put rose colored glasses on it. and those polls don't scare me. it's a horse race on the democratic side. >> you make a good point. it's difficult for challengers, especially when the economy is good. the times that challengers have been successful and go back to h.w. bush, to ronald reagan, reagan winning, bush losing. the question though is, what changes between now and next november? it's a long time that makes your assumptions not work? >> well, right now with the economy growing again at 3.2%. gdp growth, that's the lowest unemployment rate since the summer of the moon landing in 1969. these are incredibly positive things. you said it, the economy is what people typically vote on. while the president may be ar

bernie sanders spending time today in south carolina. of course, a key early voting primary state. the first primary in the south, and a heavy influence of african-american voters in the primary. he's rolling out a plan for black voters in south carolina. this is called the thurgood marshall education plan in homage to the supreme court justice who was sitting during the landmark v. board of education 65 years ago, and what sanders talks about in his plan is using the federal government to enforce that standard that public schools across the country should be desegregated and this is something african-american leaders have called for for some time, and this is something sanders said he will push for when he becomes president. that's not the only thing that he talked about today. this was a ten-point plan. one of the big headlines, a call to end for profit charter schools and call for accountability for schothose scs that exist. he wants to institute a $60,000 a year floor for teachers' salaries and leaphe wants to in in free universal meals for students across the country and invest

>> we did it in south carolina. we went out, we helped our work force get better educated, we had tax policies and other regulatory policies in south carolina, and lo and behold, within a decade we attracted the auto industry from europe. they came here because of free trade, by the way. today they provide tens of thousands of jobs across my home state. my home region, when i go home there now, it is incredibly more prosperous than when i was a little boy because of right to work policies in south carolina that attracted foreign investment and because of free trade which allowed other companies in other countries to come in to our market and set up and provide these jobs, and in this case, really good expectations for our market. that's a good answer. government, whether republicans or democrats, they do a lousy job of picking winners. >> there are some people who have been losers in this equation for doing nothing wrong. they did what was expected of them and i think democrats and republicans have not been as hones

and to mike's point, the african-americans of south carolina weren't fwlflocking to initially.loved bill clinton, they knew hillary and they were very contractible and comfortable, so it takes time to build the relationship. >> and mayor pete talking about faith, this is something that he has been really vocal about. watch. >> the devout episcopalian often talks about his faith. you spend a fair amount of time talking about your faith. >> yes. >> why? >> it is important to me. and i think it is also important that we stop seeing religion used as a kind of con jew gallon visit as if god belonged to a plit party. if he did, i can't imagine that it would be the one that sent the current president into the white house. >> matt, you're nodding. >> look, i think democrats suffer when candidates of faith don't talk about it. it is part of authenticity and also this is a country that is deeply religious. and if you are a candidate and you believe, you should make that part of who you are and part of what you are talking about. moreover, to his point, donald trump pretends to be religio

south carolina. how are you going to fix that with african-american voters? pete: we have to get known. part of it is the groundwork that you have to do. robert: is there a policy you can offer them and say, this is my way in? pete: that's the other part. but i think the substance again is an area where i would hope most democrats are aligned. the way i talk about an agenda for black america is to look at all of the different ways in which we have inequity and to be ready to tackle them head-on. that is home ownership, that is entrepreneurship. that is health. that is education. and of course that is criminal justice reform. and for all of those to get better, we also need to be paying attention to democracy because when i talk about tuning up and even structurally reforming our democracy, part what have i'm talking about is systemic things that are happening like voter suppression, that of course are targeted mostly at black and brown communities. until we have a more equal voice, we're going to hav

nancy mace is a conservative anti-abortion state representative in south carolina. she was the first woman to graduate from the citadel military academy. here is a speech she gave when a law excluded rape and ip zest. >> i'm beginning to think you all think all women who say they've been raped, that's not the case. from some of us who've been raped, it can take 25 years to get up the courage and talk about being a victim of rape. my mother and my best friend in high school are the only two people that knew until october of 2018. and i am standing here listening to some of these voices today talk about women who are just

another note, bernie sanders isn't the only one in the south, another 2020 candidate is also in south carolina. andrew yang tweeting this photo of the waffle house with a caption, back in the south. with me now is democratic senator chris coons of delaware on the judiciary committees. senator, good to see you. coming to us from philadelphia there. >> we have a gorgeous day here in philadelphia for joe biden's announcement speech. my wife and i got here from delaware. i'm blessed to be the successor of joe biden. what i'm excited about is to hear his message today. this is a community that knows joe, knows how whole heartedly optimistic he is about the american people and what we can do together. his announcement video and how president trump divided the country has taken us to a place where our international standing has gone down and the divisions are in our part. it reminds me the joe i know is a great fighter for america, somebody who helps represent us bravely and successfully. someone who understands what it's going to stake to get the middle class back and growing and back on the world s

>> jon karl is on the trail in south carolina. we'll break down the politics, smoke out the spin, the facts that matter this week. >>> good morning. welcome to "this week" and to all the moms watching today, happy mother's day. as we come on the air, the battle between president trump and congressional democrats has broken out into all-out war. a brand new analysis in "the washington post" shows the white house is blocking 20 separate congressional investigations by filing lawsuits, stopping aides from testifying, refusing dozens of requests for documents, stonewalling on a scale that democrats say amounts to a constitutional crisis. >> the president is almost self-impeaching because he is every day demonstrating more obstruction of justice and disrespect for congress' legitimate role. >> the president defiant, calling the congressional investigations pure politics that will put him back in the white house. >> they want to do investigations instead of investments. they want to do what they're doing which looks so foolish, and mayb

one example is republican state congresswoman nancy mace from south carolina. i want to play for you what she had to say in her statement. >> i am beginning to think some of you think that women who say they have been raped, for some of us who are raped it could take 25 years to get up the courage and talk about being a victim of rape. >> and i know, governor, this is an issue that is very personal for you. can you talk about how going public in your view could help to change the debate or shape the debate? >> well, i think so many of these decisions are made in a vacuum with a bunch of men sitting around a table and deciding what a woman's rights should be. what her access to health care and trying to control women by controlling our bodies. the fact of the matter is sadly legislature like the one you just played or me when i was in the legislature have to go to the microphone and tell our most personal, sad, toughest stories because we want to put a face on

commander of the south carolina american legion department. he was married to marlene for over 50 years and had two daughters, stephanie and stacey, and his grandchildren, victoria, exearna, and mitchell. describing what type of husband gary mitchell was to his wife, she stated he was her best friend and the kindest person she ever knew. the world is a better and kinder place because of the life of gary lee mitchell and he was a man who served his god, his family, and his country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, and still i rise a proud american and i rise because i love my country. mr. speaker, as i stand here today i would call to the attention of those who are within the view of what we're doing the fact that we're now some 35 days since the mueller report has been made public. it was released before that, but it's been made p public some 35 days. and -- made public some 35 days. and this means that for 35 days

elan mui is in south carolina for us tonight. >> rough 1,000 bikes a day roll off the assembly lines here as bicycle corporation of america. workers spray the aluminum frames with special powdery paint, lace up spokes with the rubber wheels and attach theda pels and handle bars and all of these pieces, most of them come from china. >> from everything from the handle bars. >> the pedals and basically 100% of the components are all from china. >> these parts got hit with a 10% tariff when president trump and china started last year. on friday that could go up to 25%. arnold campbeller, ceo of kent international, said a direct blow to his bottom line. >> we've had no choice, but to pass these costs on to our customers and then the customers had to pass it on to consumers. >> we've gotbo lot of s here. >> yeah. we have a surus of inventory. >> the factory has beenil stockping parts in case the tariffs go up. they've cost the company $16 billion and that translates to money out of your wallet. a bike that used to sell for $150 at wmart now goes on $170. >> we're an american company. we do

she's been investing quite a bit of time in south carolina.know that last night's town hall was her sixth visit to the state and she plans many more. i would definitely keep an eye on her. we know she's targeting the african-american woman contingency in the state which is very influential within the democratic party there so i would definitely keep an eye on her. however for right now, joe biden has that name recognition standpoint. >> hey, corey, quickly, how do democratic candidates go about tackling the economy. so often when you're running against an incumbent president. economy is the way to beat an incumbent president. here, the numbers are looking good for the economy. as he sticks the economy as he hits the campaign trail, that's going to do well for him. if you're a democratic candidate, how do you go about that? >> i think it's all about the numbers. if you look at the economy as a whole, i think that's right, the economy is doing well. but when you look at distribution of wealth, when you look at how people at the bottom are doing.

how strong is joe biden in south carolina? >> he's extremely strong in south carolina. the poll that the state newspaper recently did shows him with a strong lead over everybody, and with 52% of the african-american vote in the state that is going to have a big african-american vote in the primary. so he's in a very strong place today. where he will be tomorrow or the day after, we'll have to see. >> are you comfortable with joe biden if he was the nominee? i know you're not endorsing, if you endorse at all, it won't be close. would you be comfortable with joe biden as the nominee. >> i'm very comfortable with several of the candidates. i just came out of a meeting with mayor pete buttigieg. i can't pronounce the last name. >> i think you did a good job. it says a lot, actually. to me, if people can pronounce his name, they're thinking about supporting him. >> thank you so much. well, i was very comfortable with him. i think he's done a great job. i think kamala harris is doing great. cory booker. i think that sanders is doing a good job. all the candidates are doing we

>> reporter: yeah, we're in south carolina here.arris is going to be holding a town hall with lawrence o'donnell later this evening on msnbc. we're down the road in greenville, talking to voters about in 2016 about 60% of the democratic electorate in the south carolina primary were african-american voters. 37% of which were african-american women. that conversation that donald trump is trying to push is not only trying to weaken joe biden in the primary, but also part of the president's general election push, too. people of color turning out to vote. a big reason the democrats took back the house of representatives in 2016, specifically on the crime bill, which garrett was talking about, we have been having that conversation with some voters there who acknowledge essentially the row that joe biden -- role that joe biden played. take into account what he has done there. this is vantage johns. >> the 1994 crime bill. does that have impact on him voting for the crime bill? >> i haven't dug into it. i heard things on social media, but t

ainsley: when rudy giuliani was the mayor, everyone knew who he was in south carolina. it was 9/11. through some of the numbers. steve: when bill de blasio in march went to concord, new hampshire, 20 people showed up. they knew he was coming. ainsley: concord. steve: he went to nevada. nine people. so the big question is, is anybody out in iowa has the number, let us know, when he goes to iowa, how many people will show up to hear his important message, how many people in south carolina, it would be a good gauge. ainsley: we still have a year-and-a-half. i can do this. is this name recognition, so he can run later? brian: we know this. meatless mondays are something schoolkids have to deal with. >> forget about that one. brian: using steel and glass in new york city, prepare to be fined. >> paper straws. brian: he could bring that to the nation, if you're that person can be converted. 26 minutes after the hour. bring in sarah sanders from the white house. she is the press secretary there. sarah, welcome. >> good morning. great to be with you, guys. brian: we'll not talk to you about

except, conventional polling shows him with bigger leads in south carolina. a poll a couple weeks ago gave him a 31-point lead, including a massive lead of 40 points among african-american voters. also on the question of who is most electable, this poll of a couple weeks ago in south carolina, 90% said joe biden had the best chance at defeating donald trump. >> okay. >> if that is the fundamental question of the election, how to get trump out of office, there's your answer in south carolina. >> a lot of that, as you pointed out, is name recognition. this is a sponsored segment called turn it to the pros. i'm going to ask the pro at the desk. >> oh, yes. >> do you think that the most interesting dynamic in that poll and other polls that have been taken is the contest between elizabeth warren and bernie sanders? it seems elizabeth warren has a chance to knock bernie sanders out of this race early. >> so what i was saying about beto a few days ago, how he's retooled his campaign and is keeping his head down, knocking on doors, holding town hall meetings, that ha