tulsi gabbard joining me from hawaii.ha. >> aloha, fredricka. >> this ad was personal for you. in it you explain your decision to serve in the iraq war. why is senator sanders speaking to you as the candidate of your choice? >> fredricka, the stakes in this election are so high. it is from that experience that i had serving in iraq, serving in a medical unit where every single day i saw firsthand that high human cost of war. i'm supporting bernie sanders because he is that commander in chief that will exercise good judgment and foresight, who will take seriously the need to defeat our enemies, groups like isis and al qaeda that are conducting horrific attacks, but will have good judgment to end unnecessarily interventionist regime change wars that cost our country trillions of dollars, thousands of lives, continue to take a toll at home. when you look at the money that's been spent on unnecessary wars, it is directly correlated to constraints on resources in hawaii and places like flint, michigan, and in other communities

he's also winning notable endorsements, including hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. on c-n-n's new day, she said sanders has far better foreign policy judgment. ( rep. tulsi gabbard/(d) hawaii) "with hillary we've the iraq war, she was the architect for the war in libya, which we've seen has resulted in tremendous loss of life." she's one of the first female combat veterans in congress, who stepped down as vice chairwoman of the democratic national committee to support sanders. (rep. tulsi gabbard/(d) hawaii) "you can look to dick cheney if we want to look for experience in foreign policy, but, to me, the real question is judgment." a new c-n-n o-r-c poll today showed a majority of democrats across the country favor clinton 55 to 38 percent over sanders. but the poll also had warning signs. 59 percent say sanders is more honest and trustworthy, compared to 36 percent who say clinton is. and ahead of super tuesday... former president bill clinton stumped for his wife hillary at a late rally monday night in worcester massachusettes. he got a warm introduction from mass

outside -- congresswoman tulsi gabbard from hawaii - who made a splash publicly switching her endorsement from clinton to sanders spoke exclusively to 10news. and hillary clinton did just that..fielding strong questions on bengazi. in the latest sanders is down a full 30 points to clinton. today, republicans face off in miami where marco rubio will be fighting for his political life and donald trump will work to expand his lead in florida. ahead of tonight's debate-- the republican candidates are hot on the campaign trail. donald trump in north carolina. john kasich in illinois. marco rubio and ted cruz both in south florida. and today -- tampa becomes center stage-- with both "hillary clinton and bernie sanders" making stops. clinton will be at the "ritz in ybor" this morning-- and sanders at the fairgrounds this afternoon. you can get all the information you need on anything "election-related"-- right in the palm of your hand. just download the "10news wtsp app"-- in your phone's app store. right now, parts of texas are under a flash flood warning. central and north texas have been hit

i think it's a big deal for congresswoman tulsi gabbard. she jiens us tonight for the interview. >> thank you for having me. it's great to talk to you. as vice chair of the dnc, you had to be impartial. you couldn't say what you felt, when did you come to the decision you wanted to endorse interknee sanders more strongly than you wanted to stay at the dnc and keep to that agreement? >> it's been increasingly frustrating over the last several months as i've seen the presidential primaries continue on both the democratic and the republican side and how cheaply both they and most of the media have taken the issues of war and peace and not challenging these candidates to really explain their positions in depth and examine what kind of commander in chief they will be for our country which is the most important job that the president has. as i was going through this frustration and trying in my own way to insert these conversations to push the media to be more accountable for these candidates, it came to a point where i had to see where can i be

as congresswoman tulsi gabbard endorsed sanders and resigned her post as vice chair to democratic national committee chairwoman debbie wasserman schultzgabbardi/isays: "i can not remain neutral any longer. the stakes are just too high." the lawmaker clashed with wasserman-schultz about whether the d-n-c was coddling clinton with too few debates... and gabbard has used her background as a military veteran to question whether clinton was too interventionist as secretary of state the endorsement gives the sanders campaign a desperately-needed shot in the arm as his aides also announced today they're closing in on raising forty million dollars in the month of february alone... and since democrats do not have winner-take-all states .... sanders walked away with 14 delegates from south carolina despite being blown out by nearly 50 pointssanders says: "we got decimated. the only positive thing for us is we won the actually -- the 29 years of age and younger vote. and that was good. but we got killed" in an interview with fox, sanders' campaign manager jeff weaver claimed south carolina was clinto

as congresswoman tulsi gabbard endorsed sanders and resigned her post as vice chair to democratic wasserman schultz gabbard says: "i can not remain neutral any longer. the stakes high." the lawmaker clashed with wasserman-schultz about whether the d-n-c was coddling clinton with too few debates... the death toll from a pair of bombings in baghdad has climbed to at least seventy-three. more than one hundred people remain in the hospital ... following sunday's back-to-back market bombings. at least five people are still missing due to the attack ... which is the deadliest in a wave of explosions that have targeted commercial areas in baghdad. isis has claimed responsibility for the bombings. united nations secretary-general ban ki moon says the cease fire in syria is holding "by and large" the fragile agreement remains intact for a third day today, even as monitoring groups report renewed russian airstrikes on areas held by opponents of the regime of bashar assad. violations - white house press secretary josh earnest told reporters they expected some "potholes" along the way... and says they

university of michigan in ann arbor, and he was joined for the first time on the trail by congresswoman tulsi gabbardwhere hillary clinton will hold a rally. sanders will hold a rally in miami. let's talk about with the first read team says is really how bernie sanders sees tonight. obviously, it's not his last stand, but they claim or believe that looking at some of his push in the last few days, he really knows that each day of this counts, which is obvious. >> absolutely. and this is a critical state. look, he has outspent secretary clinton in michigan, tamron. as you alluded to earlier, he has been aggressively on the attack, going after her for supporting past trade deals like nafta which are incredibly unpopular in states like michigan, throughout the midwest. her answer to that, coming back at him for opposing the auto bailout, which is popular in this region, which folks in michigan and throughout the midwest credit with saving millions of jobs. if you look at the polls, she has a double-digit lead, but privately, both campaigns think this is much closer. you cited the fact that senator sande

the hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. she said because of his judgment. he'd make a better commander in chief. this is one of the arguments the clinton campaign makes all the time that she'd be the better commander in chief. this is a compelling argument. she also had to step down as vice chair of the dnc to do this. a very interesting endorsement. one endorsement that didn't happen was elizabeth warren. just a few hours before the massachusetts primary. she's decided to not weigh in on this. the clinton campaign was worried she'd jump in for bernie sanders. but there are 41 million reasons the clinton command is still watching bernie sanders. all that's money he raised in february. incredible amount of money. >> as we all know from him, in small donations by and large. >> $27. >> so i've heard. much more ahead tonight on $360. i'll talk to governor kasich who is under growing pressure from his party to drop out of the race. some say he's tilting at windmills, but he is not giving up. ♪ ♪ ♪ for your retirement, you want to celebrate the little things, bec

that's representative tulsi gabbard from the state of florida who broke from the democratic -- she wasc and she left the dnc committee in order to endorse sanders. >> a rising star in the democratic party. congressman from hawaii. very, very impressive veteran. she left her position to support bernie sanders. she is young and signals a lot of where the youth of this democratic party is. >> they are not with the clintons. they want someone new. someone different. >> i'm actually surprised. i thought that was a very bold move of the representative. >> it was and sort of a microcosm of what's going on with the republicans. there is a big divide there with a new generation coming in. and have a new speaker of the house and i think that you see that in the democratic side, too. it's moving a little slower. definitely happening. >> but, for the life of me, i still don't -- i can't understand how hillary clinton can'tÑ% even put a spotlight on senator bernie sanders lack of record and that doesn't have any impact. she is on the run with him. >> she is not a natural candidate like her husband.

he'll be helped by his high-profile endorsement from democratic congresswoman and iraq war vet tulsi gabbard. he's not only done a lot of media appearances and campaign appearances on his behalf, she's cut hawaii-specific ads urging people to caucus for him in that state tomorrow. the third state where there's a democratic caucus tomorrow is alaska. and again, this is the third out of three taking place tomorrow where it's both a caucus and a state that's more generally thought to favor sanders over clinton in terms of the democratic electorate. that advantage, though, is being pressed in alaska by the sanders campaign taking absolutely nothing for granted. on the clinton side no clinton family members or campaign surrogates let alone the candidate herself have made their way up to alaska to campaign for tomorrow's caucuses. but bernie sanders's wife, jane, arrived in anchorage, alaska yesterday, did a campaign event there yesterday. she stayed overnight. she's doing campaign events all day today in alaska. she's staying overnight again. and she's doing more campaign events in alaska tomorro

what i saw in bernie was a heart of aloha. >> that's congresswoman tulsi gabbard speaking out for senatordeployed to iraq. let's go to washington now. nbc news political director, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. back with us, attorney and republican strategist ben ginsberg at the table as well. ben is a partner at jones day and while ben doesn't work on trump matters, jones day represents trump for president, i just wanted to put that out there. chuck, don't lick your wounds too badly, that was a good villanova team that miami lost to last night, my friend. >> no, that's true. you sort of saw it coming. i had hope at half time because villanova was beating the pants off of miami but miami was only down six. it was one of those you're like, "well --" and then the second half happened. my son cried. i feel like -- >> i think my husband cried, too, chuck. tell your son not to feel bad. >> it's a huge moment, though, when you have totally brainwashed your kids on sports and they cry over the seams you cry for. it's huge. >> if you came in the beginning of the season and said you're

. >> congresswoman tulsi gabbard, rank in the army reserve is major, if memory serves?> you got it, brian. >> congresswoman, thank you very much. >> have a great night. >> and we will be back with more coverage right after this break. >>> at 11:20 eastern time, we are back with a call. the minnesota gop caucus goes to marco rubio. we saw him speak earlier tonight with his family in miami. rubio campaign coming off a less-than-stellar super tuesday was all about pushing forward to florida. that was his ticket to the bank, joe namath pledge that he was going to win his home state of florida. donald trump certainly has other plans for his adopted part-time home state of florida, but rubio, nonetheless, the gop caucus in minnesota. we are back with our guests, our friends at this table. can i summarize your position this way at the end of a long night? >> okay. >> is it the end? is that -- >> well, no. >> okay. >> you contend, a, that chris christie has already had a centering effect, a mollifying effect on donald trump. >> based on tonight's performance. >> and -- >> do yo

part of a 90-second ad sanders is wonning running in h featuring congresswoman and war veteran tulsi gabbard. >> being a warrior is about believing in what you are fighting for. and holding strong to those convictions. i felt a sense of duty and i could not in good conscience stay back here in beautiful hawaii and watch my brothers and sisters in uniform go off into comb combat. these are people and -- friends who we never forget. bernie sanders voted against the iraq war. he understands the cost of war. that that cost continues when our veterans come home. bernie sanders will defend our country and take the trms of dollars that are spent on these interventionist regime change unnecessary wars and invest it here at home. the american people are not looking to settle for inches, they're looking for real change. what i saw in bernie was a heart of aloha. >> that's congresswoman tulsi gabbard speaking out for senator sanders. she, of course, was deployed to iraq. let's go to washington now. nbc news political director, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. back with us, attorney and republ