And the numbers released by the Iowa Democratic party, buttigieg has a razorthin lead in the states delegate count, typically used to determine a winner. While sanders won the raw popular vote. The latest Boston Globe Suffolk University tracking poll. Released overnight, it shows sanders and buttigieg roughly tied at 24 to 23 . With buttigieg jumping 12 points since monday. Meanwhile, joe biden has dropped seven points. Tonights seven candidates will spar on stage here in manchester in the final debate before New Hampshire voters head to the polls tuesday. In an event i witnessed here in manchester early today, senator sanders gave what i think is a glimpse of what we might see tonight. Pete buttigieg has most exclusive billion donors of any democrat. Thats that was from forbes. The hill. Pete buttigieg tops billionaire donor list. Fortune, Pete Buttigieg takes lead as big business candidate in 2020 field. Washington post, Pete Buttigieg lures even closer look from wall street donors following strong iowa caucus performance. I like Pete Buttigieg. Nice guy. But we are in a moment where billionaires control not only our economy but our political im joined right now by Campaign Manager for Bernie Sanders. Faz, you know, i think it was the great press secretary for bobby kennedy. In washington, ignore everything said after the word but. Your candidate has called Pete Buttigieg the candidate of billionaires. He says he is the leader in getting money from the billionaires. And then he said quoting woody guthrie, what side are you on . The theme this morning was about. What side are you on . And he put is he putting himself on one side and Pete Buttigieg on the other . Explain. For sure. You you and i were both there this morning, chris matthews. And we saw the case that Bernie Sanders made. The choice is clear for voters. Do you want a candidate who fights for the working class . In Pete Buttigieg, you have somebody whos received donations from over 40 billionaires to cow tows to big Healthcare Companies and Drug Companies and why does that matter . Because at the end of the day, he fights for policies that reward those companies. Hes not going to take them on. At one point in time, he used to be for medicare for all. Hes since backed away from t t that. Bernie sanders clear flag planted in the sand. Has been where hes always been. Saying i will fight for medicare for all when i am in the oval office. Has he been bought . Hes in the tank. Is that what youre saying . Hes in the tank . Rather than use chinese words, lets use american words. Is he in the tank . Well, chris, you and i both know that the political system is corrupt. Its rigged. Billionaires have a lot of influence over it. Big money has influence over it. Its no surprise to any of the people watching this show. And the question is are you willing to take them on . And if so, how . Tell me how youre going to take them on. One way we know you arent going to take them on is when you take their money. When you take their super pac money and sit in close door rooms and tell them, yeah, you can have special access to me. Thats not what Bernie Sanders does. Its not what hes ever done. So if you are looking for somebody who has the credibility to go up against donald trump who says hes going to go fight for the working class, who sold you out, who betrayed you. Now, im somebody you can believe in and thats Bernie Sanders. People want to vote for pete for all kinds of reasons. Are they corrupt . No, not at all. I think theres theres a lot of things that people take into consideration about when and why they vote for certain candidates. And our job, chris, and you appreciate this as a Campaign Needs to make the choices clear, from our perspective, of why one person is a better choice than another. And i understand voters will take a lot of different issues into consideration. No, i know how this works. I know i know a congressman who would tell me when he when he went in the Committee Subcommittee markups, he could tell who in the room was in the tank with some special interest. He could tell. Are you saying to me that you predict, or your candidate does, that Pete Buttigieg will be in the tank if hes president . He always he already has been. He already has been. Thats thats the point. I mean, lets not sugarcoat it. He already has been sitting in those rooms talking to those people receiving their moneys. Okay. Last question. Faiz, look, i have been let me just tell you. This are you willing to say tonight why your candidate has all of a sudden gone after Pete Buttigieg when Pete Buttigieg now threatens him winning in New Hampshire . And you didnt do it before. Whats new, fuspussycat as i li to say. Why are you all of a sudden attacking now . Could it be that youre even in the polls . Yes. Yes. Its a tight race and its our job to make it i have found an honest man. I have found an honest man in politics, faiz. You have just admitted the truth. The reason you are trashing this guy is he catching up to you. Thank you. Clear choices. Clear differences. Well said. They are definitely different. I watched both in the last two days. They are very different. Joining me now is sullivan New Hampshire cochair of the Pete Buttigieg campaign. Maura, i saw you yesterday with the service people. How do you respond to that attack from from Bernie Sanders against buttigieg saying hes basically in the in the corruption business . Hes part of the problem. Hes on the wrong side of the working people. Thats what he said today. Yeah. Well, first of all, chris, its great to be here and theres just so much excitement on the ground. And you saw it yesterday at the town hall. Where we had veterans from all around our state. Veterans of all eras who were there to hear petes message of unity. And thats what he is going to do. Hes got an agenda that is inspiring progressives, moderates, independents, and even future former republicans as you have heard him say. And theres just, you know, theres just no denying whats happening here. You know, the the results in iowa are exciting. But whats happening on the ground here is really a movement. And its just its been an electrifying few days and really exciting to be a part of. Okay. You know, one thing ive learned in politics, we learned it from the swift voting of john kerry, the trash they threw at john mccain, if you dont respond, you dont if you dont challenge a threat, this guy just came on, the Campaign Manager for senator sanders. Said your candidate, Pete Buttigieg, is not only is corrupt. Hes owned by the hes in the tank with the big corporations. Hes corrupt thats what they just said. Do you have a response . Will you have a response at your candidates opportunity tonight in the debate . Yeah. Absolutely, chris. Let me just be very clear. Pete is a veteran. Hes a fellow veteran. He served our country with honor, with courage, with commitment. He raised his right hand and swore an oath to something greater than himself, the constitution of the United States. Pete put his life on the line for our country. And i got to tell you as i look around at all the candidates and think about who i trust to be in the situation room, pete has the judgment, hes got the experience, and hes got the temperament to be our next commander in chief. And youre not going to respond to the charge of being corrupt by your the guy youre about to pass, perhaps, in the polls. Hes getting a little worried, apparently. His Campaign Manager just said the reason they are taking shots at your candidate is your candidates catching up to him. No response from you, is that the Campaign Position . No response . No. Chris, let me be clear. Thats absolutely false. You know, Pete Buttigieg is a great american. And let me remind you and all of our viewers, he is part of the 1 of our country who has served our country. Put his life on the line for our country. And to suggest anything otherwise is just simply not true. Thank you so much. By the way, i like your appearance yesterday with all the service people. It was great. It was nonpartisan. It was uplifting. Thank you so much, Maura Sullivan with the buttigieg campaign. Former Vice President joe biden was not in manchester yesterday in the wake of a fourth place finish in iowa. He called a gut punch to him. The Washington Post reports that biden gathered with his top advisors at his home in delaware seeking a, quote, reset, close quote. Well, today in a staff shakeup, elevated a senior aide ahead of tuesdays primary. With me now symone sanders, Senior Advisor to the biden campaign. This challenging time for you folks and i am just wondering what does this shakeup mean . Is it cosmetic . Is there a new Campaign Leader . Thank you for having me today, chris. Look, i dont want folks to read too much into what theyve seen in the news today. The reality is that Vice President biden came out of iowa, came here to New Hampshire, and he told the people of New Hampshire and folks across america that he was ready to fight. And hes been knocked down before. This is the first time. This wont be the last. And he is ready to fight for this nomination and what he believes in. So our campaign has made some additions, some expanded roles to ensure that we are putting together the best operation not just here in New Hampshire but nevada, south carolina, and supertuesday. We intend to compete in this nomination, chris, and we think weve got a great shot. We think Vice President biden will be the democratic candidate and the next president of the United States of america. I think changes are in the works. The fact in the first time ever, a whole year of runup, for the first time in over a year, well more than a year, your candidate, joe biden, has agreed to do a sunday interview show. Why now, after all these months of refusing to do those programs . And i know everybodys been after them and they will be ill be ive been after him for a year, too. Everybodys been after him. Hes finally agreed to do an Interview Program on sunday. Why has he changed his strategy now . Well, chris, as i noted at the beginning of my comments, were ready to fight for this nomination. And so we Vice President biden has been a fighter. And, look, we feel good about our operation here in New Hampshire. I do believe that our sunday show interview will be out on the campaign trail with us tomorrow. Here in New Hampshire. So, look, i just dont think folks should read too much into this. I know the media wants to write our campaign off. But the reality is no. No. I want joe biden on my show. What, are you crazy . Are you crazy . I want him on the show. I want him on the show. I want a piece of the guy. Ive always waned ted to interv him. Youve been hiding from us. Chris. Go ahead. Chris. Oh, chris. Now, i take offense to that. Let me tell you why. We ever really prioritized local media in this campaign. I know, chris, lots of reporters and lots of correspondents across this country would love joe biden on their program. But the reality is that we have prioritized local interviews everywhere Vice President biden goes. He does local print, local radio, local television and we know folks are watching. We also know folks are watching your show on msnbc so we are going to get around to all of yall. But we have made it a priority to make sure we are speaking directly to the voters, to their local media. Thats what, frankly, we are also going to continue to do. Local medias been very important to us. Were excited to be here in New Hampshire. We know its going to be a fight here. But we are looking forward forward to tuesday. Okay. Symone, id like to have one hardball theyd like to hear from. They have known him for years. They want to talk to him. We want to talk to him. But thank you. Request it right here on live air. Let me tell you my request has been in. You can talk to tj. You can talk to kate beddingfield. You can talk to everybody. I keep asking. Please, release joe biden. Unleash him. Thank you for joining me on hardball tonight. He has been unleashed. Look forward to seeing you tonight on the debate stage. Okay. Good luck. By the way, we have a Program Ready to see him. Thank you symone. Its a purge. Donald trump today retaliated against two of the National Security officials who testified in the impeachment trial against him. Trump promised payback. Well, apparently, its begun. You pay for telling the truth and my colleagues joy reid and chris hayes will join me a little later. 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In a statement, sondland writes, i was advised today that the president intends to recall me Effective Immediately as the United States ambassador to the european union. It comes just hours after Lieutenant ColonelAlexander Vindman was escorted from the white house. Physically removed from his position as an aide on the National Security council. Vindman, a decorated combat veteran, was one of Many Administration officials to testify during the impeachment proceedings. I was concerned by the call. What i heard was inappropriate. And i reported my concerns to mr. Eisenberg. It is improper for the president of the United States to demand a Foreign Government investigate a u. S. Citizen and a political opponent. The president brought up vindman, personally, during his white house impeachment remarks yesterday. Fortunately, for all of us here today and for our country, we had transcripts. We had transcribers. Professional transcribers. Then they said, oh, well, maybe the transcription is is not correct. But Lieutenant Colonel vindman and his twin brother, right, we had some people that really amazing well, actually, you know, i got to stop here. The president s made fun of physical handicaps. Hes made fun of people who arent tall enough for him. Now, hes making fun of peoples perhaps a trace of a foreign accent. Isnt that really clever . Vindmans attorney released a statement saying, in part, there is no question in the mind of any american why this mans job is over. Why this country now has one less soldier serving in the white house. Lieutenant colonel vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth. His honor, his commitment to right, frightened this powerful person. People familiar with the president s decision tell the Washington Post that trump is eager to make a symbol of vindman soon after the senate acquitted him of the impeachment charges. A source says that vindmans twin brother, who was an attorney at the National Security council, was also removed from the nsc. For more, i am joined by howard fineman, nbc contributor bena, and John Heilemann, cohost of show times the circus and msnbc National Affairs analyst. All three of you, i want you to get your thoughts. First of all, bena, this thing. Throwing this guy out the door. Escorting him like like he was stealing money from the Cash Register or something. Treating him like hes really a bad news character. And his brother, the nsc lawyer. And i think what you are seeing is the president doesnt feel like an acquittal is enough. And i think it says something about what senator mitt romney did, which is to say he pierced through the sort of myth that the white house was casting about this impeachment trial. That it was just a partisan witch hunt. And the fact that mitch mitt romney came out and voted for one of the articles of impeachment to convict, i think caused a reaction in the white house. And what they are doing is theyre showing people that speaking out, even under oath, even telling the truth, is something thats punishable behavior in this white house. Hes trying to expunge. He wants to expunge everything. No, no, no, he doesnt want to expunge them until he makes a spectacle of them. Okay. This is roman coliseum stuff. Okay. Donald trump is coming up here on monday to have a huge rally in the arena across the street from here. Okay. And he is trying to steal the attention away from everybody else for the democratic thing. I wouldnt be surprised if he could get away with it, hed bring vindman and his brother up here to parade them through the southern New Hampshire. Like conquered barbarians. Yeah. Because it doesnt prove his point about his power unless he humiliates other people. And by the way, i talked to one white house person yesterday, who said youre going to see a long line of stuff. In other words, theyre going to take every one of these people and make a spectacle of all of them as he gets rid of them to show that he is not only vindicated but further empowered. Anyway, sondland and vindmans removal comes a day after the president raged against democrats and others he sees as his political enemies. Heres the president from earlier today. Press secretary said well, youll see. Youll see what happens. Well see what happens. John heilemann, you were the last one to comment on this. Is this the spectacle . Is this the roman coliseum where he wants to torture before killing, if you will . Sure. But i i i the political analysis and the sim bymbiotics it are interesting but its also against the law. Its illegal to to practice retribution, to mete out retribution. So what it shows me apart from all the other things, the other panelists are right. Hes trying to send a message. Th this is mafia territory as usual. He looks at the vindmans and he says hes a rat and says im going to punish the rat not just because of the spectacle but also to send a message to other rats because the president knows hes done a lot of bad things. And he wants to make sure everyone that might come forward in the future recognizes that he will force them to pay a price. But i do but i do wallaalso point out that a president whos just been acquitted of two counts of impeachable offenses just like in the last go around. The moment that the mueller thing was over, he went and did something that was impeachable. Just now, the impeachment is over, and hes doing another thing that is, again, an illegal act. The president cannot stop himself, chris, from not just behaving the way he behaves but from breaking laws left and right. He is a lawless president. Well, sounding like a vengeful count of maralago, trump made clear he wont let go of his desire for retribution anytime soon. The Washington Post reports that in this years election, quote, advisors to the president said trump is already thinking about a scorched earth, ninemonth campaign against the democrats. Lets talk about whats happening up here up here in New Hampshire. And it looks to me like according to all the polls, including the globes poll, it looks like a twoperson race right now. I had esay yes and id say the big news from our poll, particularly with Suffolk University as well of course is that Pete Buttigieg has been inching upwards since iowa. And i think whats evidence the fact that iowa, even with the debacle that happened with the results reporting, still is having an effect. Still able to catapult certain kinds of candidates. I am happy to talk about why i think thats a bit of a distortion of our electoral politics. For one, i think iowa and New Hampshire both play an outsized role that they really shouldnt be playing in shaping our president ial field. But for the time being, yeah, we are down to a two person race. The assault has already begun on his enemies. Mini mike he calls them. Makes fun of the stature of the former mayor of new york. He makes fun of their accents now. Everything is fair game. Youre a democrat. Even bernie has been through a lot of fights. What are you facing with trump . Well, i think i think thats what the voters here that i have talked to and that ive seen at events are asking the themselves . Who do they have that he is going to get in with this guy and do the combat . Even with the buttigieg thing, we were both at yesterday, i had some of these people tell me, you know, i sort of like pete. I think im going to vote for him because older people dont want to vote for bernie. But one guy said to me, wouldnt it be great if Mike Bloomberg is up against donald trump, and donald trump calls him little mike or mini mike . And Mike Bloomberg says, well, lets compare sizes, mr. President. Mine is 60 times bigger than yours. Oh youre talking loot. No, im talking 60 billion. So that, in the reasoning of New Hampshire voters, one of the thi things they are thinking about down the road. By the way, bloombergs advertised enough up here. They are just desperately looking for whoever it is who can survive in the ring. Let me ask John Heilemann. John, who has the fortitude, to use that word, to stand face to face with trump when he starts purging people all around him . Well, i think, chris, its a little in a weird way, its a little too early in this campaign to tell. We have had a very gentle democratic primary so far. What has passed for negative campaigning in this race has been minimal to this point. We are finally starting to see a little bit of gloves being taken off. Democratic voters that i talk to are looking for is a lot of what howard is talking about but thats what the next few months is going to be about. The race is going to get down and dirty. There is going to be more conflict in this race and i think part of the question voters are asking is who can throw a punch . And who can take a punch . And right now, thats one thing that hasnt been tested. Policys been tested up to wazoo. But what hasnt been tested so far is that very question and i think we are finally about to get there. Maybe starting tonight on this debate stage in a real way. Yeah. I think i think tonight were going to see a big fight with bernie going after buttigieg. And also, joe biden trying to punch his way back into this fight. Thank you howard fineman, thank you bena im sorry, bena i worked on this. Its not a hard name. I just didnt do it right. Thank you, John Heilemann. 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As donald trump begins the campaign of payback he promised after his impeachment acquittal, democrats are battling for the chance to take him on. The stakes couldnt be higher. Joining me now are two expert colleagues of mine. Joy reid, host of a. M. Joy. And chris hayes host of all in with chris hayes. Thank you. Lets go with a pattern of we are students unfortunately of this president. And we watch him like a bull fighter watches a bull. We notice one thing about him. He gets emboldened. When he beats the judge, when he skips town, when he escapes justice, which he did this week, he becomes the worst. Yeah. I mean, susan collins, who came out and said, well, you know, i think being impeached taught him a lesson. Ha can i make one of my classic laughs . You can. Ill do it with you. Ha. Has she learned anything . Has she met donald trump . To put it in showbiz terms, hes joffrey baratheon. Tell me who that guy is. He was the teenaged king in westeros in the game of thrones. And he got worse and worse and worse the more he was enabled by his family the lannisters. The more sadistic he got. The more cruel he got. Exactly. So power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. And republicans gave it to him. Lets not forget they have given him permission to act as a monarch and they should not be surprised when he acts as a monarch. Like a kid, he is gate ettint of hand. The thing i keep thinking about is he could have done this during the trial. The president has power to recall you as ambassador, the president has the power to fire the people in the nsc. But what it shows to me is like there is a degree of calculating here and a degree of restraint and discipline that is dangerous, right . Because he is generally extremely undisciplined. And extremely impossible to restrain in his impulses. But whoever it was that got in his ear, the white shoe lawyers who defended him in the well of the senate, they stopped him from doing this during the trial because it would look terrible. He basically stayed out of the limelight. As soon as its done, hes out with the entire sort of angry patriarch wedding toast that we saw in the in the east room. And now, taking these concrete steps that as John Heilemann said, its unclear whether they are lawful and they go against promises that were made by secretary of defense esper that they would not stand for any retaliation. Does it matter if theyre lawful if the republican party, backed by their new dershowitz theory of Donald Trumps ability to rule is that nothing he does is unlawful so long as he gaves them judges, he can do what he wants. Does anybody legitimately believe that william barr is going to defend the law, the rule of law . You know, theyre all the hand of the king at this point. A certain dictator, whose name we dare not use. When when the people tried to kill him around 1944, the collaborators, he not only hanged him, he hanged him with wire. He had movies taken of him being hanged. He said he made is so their clothes would fall off so he could watch the movies. Is this guy that bad . When i was watching this sort of feast to donald trump that took place in the east room yesterday in the after the prayer breakfast. It was a bit like sort of no one wants to be the last to stop clapping for saddam. Everyone wanted to make sure they were the loudest applause and the greatest cheers. I was thinking north korea, chris. When i watched the synchronization of the applause in the chamber of the house. Their faces like in north korea. The face at the same they must all smile. Let me say this. This is clearly someone who, from the from 10 or 20 or 30 years back if you look at interviews of him, had this kind of authoritarian impulse. He thinks its kind of a bad system. He admires other systems that dont have democratic input. Hes been very clear on that. Hes also fundamentally a coward and hes fundamentally incontinent in his ability to control himself. Wait a minute. Two things. You said one you said he showed restraint. So hes not incontinent on that part. He can keep it together for small periods of time but then the dam bursts. Changed your metaphor. Important to sort of keep your eyes on here is i think in a bizarre way, if you look to the Approval Ratings of the president , during impeachment, his Approval Rating ticked up. Even though the subject of the news was the president s misdeeds, he was absent from the proceedings. He was not actually in the chamber. When he comes back out and gives the weird wedding toast he gave. When he comes back out and starts firing and going after people, people are reminded of the person who is actually sitting in the white house. He also is money conscious and he saw 250,000 jobs were created in the last month. And he heard that this morning to start his day off. He feels very confident he can knock somebodys block off politically. Speaking with republican friends who know trump well enough, i i texted one of them to say whats going happen next . And they texted me back one word, bloodbath. That donald trump is out for revenge. That if he gets a second term this is republicans talking whos left on the list . Hell try to get rid of anyone the bidens. What i think we should be worrying about right now is his sense of sense of vengefulness is so complete. And his sense of being completely free to do whatever he wants is so complete that they are now looking at you have republicans looking to go after the bidens. To do the work that they couldnt get ukraine to do. He will now direct we dont know. We dont know what hes going to direct the department of justice to do. We dont know what he is going to direct the irs to do. Suddenly, the irs is free to turn over Hunter Bidens information when they couldnt turn over trumps. This is an unrestrained force and it is not a democratic force. This is not the way democracy works. Whats your hunch as we get the judgment for the Supreme Court about the new york push to get his tax returns . Could he be in the woods again . Could he be not the free man he thinks he is . The the the question thats going to come before the court, as i understand it, not as lawyer but married to a very good one is fairly clearcut lylely. This is not that hard a case you got to tame em over. Its very clearcut. We all saw at the state of the union when he shouted out Brett Kavanaugh and neil gorsuch and they looked at each other. Its mcconnell, its trump, its gorsuch and its kavanaugh sitting there. And the question is are there five votes on the Supreme Court to order the president to actually follow the law . Even if the law is clear. By the way, he embraced the chief justice too. Exactly. Thats what i was going to say. He seems to be on the team. I dont think john roberts liked that picture. Thank you so much, joy. You guys know your stuff. Joy and chris hayes, thank you. Well be back at 11 for a live postdebate coverage. Great night for him and the American People who are actually going to see some of the some of the guys who gotten through people who have gotten through the earlier debate coming into another one. Up next, what do democrats want in 2020 . Other voters are still trying to decide which candidate to support, iowa entrance polls show they have made up their minds about which issues matter. They do want medicare for all, based upon the entry polls. I am going to talk to president ial candidate senator Michael Bennet of colorado and Deval Patrick, former governor of neighboring state, massachusetts. Check out my new podcast. You say you want to be president . 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And and hes talking about the jobs and we know that during the obama administration, we were actually creating more jobs than under donald trump. And the American People need to hear that. The American People need to know that farm bankruptcies are up 25 this year. Farm income is down 16 . Our farm exports are down 4. 6 billion. 30 of farm income in this country, chris, this year is from the federal government. And its trump borrowing 28 billion from the chinese to try to soften the blow of his idiotic trade war that hes claiming credit for during the state of the union. Why is his numbers of job approval come up . Because were in the 11th year of a of a of a of a recovery. And, you know, he is lucky to be president when were in the 11th year of recovery. I think there is no evidence that hes had anything to do with it. Who is out there hauling people out of their offices because they dared testify to the truth, under subpoena, like vindman did. He did what he had to do under the law. And this guy escorted him out today like hes some sort of miscreant, some sort of bad guy. The public seems to like it. He says in his rallies, beat up that guy. The cops. Beat em up on the way out. Dont hold his head when you put him in the squad car. What kind of thinking is that . Our democracy is at risk chris. It was at risk before he got there. I dont think he is the central cause of all or problems but he is a mass i have symptom of our problems. Nobody is above the law in this country and donald trump is testing the outer boundaries of that but he is not the only one. When Mitch Mcconnell says, when he is the majority leader of the senate, when he says im not going to give garland a hearing. And donald trump says im going to fire these people because i can get away with it, haa thatt ancient roman empire starts to collapse. He is marching on rome. You know how you make jellos with gels . This primary fight doesnt seem to be gelling. It just doesnt. I know youre not doing that great. Youre not the top of the heap. But its not gelling. I dont sense it going anywhere except to a big cataclysmic fight with a guy with billions of dollars to spend. And i dont know if thats good for the party. I think we have to get into a place where our head is straight and we are focused on what matters. We succeeded in 2018. We we flipped the house. We won 40 seats. 39 of 40 people ran on a public option. They did not run on medicare for all. And we flipped suburban seats in pennsylvania all over the country. He was on defense on healthcare. Sques and he should be on defense on healthcare again. He is the only president in American History whos taken it away, health care, for millions of americans. Michael bennet, you would do very well in those suburban collar counties in philadelphia that you are talking about. I agree with you. Thank you. Thank you. Up next, still ahead, president ial candidate Deval Patrick says it will take an act of radical grace. An interesting phrase. To reunify america once trump leaves office, assuming he does. The former Massachusetts Governor will explain how he thinks he can make this happen when he joins us next on hardball in about a minute. Dont go anywhere. As a caricature artist, i appreciate what makes each person unique. Thats why i like Liberty Mutual. They get that no two people are alike and customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. Almost done. What do you think . I dont see it. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. We stood up for the rule of law. For the america we love. Eightpointfivemillion strong banded together to impeach donald j. Trump. President trump has just been impeached on both article one, abuse of power, and on article two, obstruction of congress. And were not done yet. Senate republicans voted for a coverup. 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Deval patrick, who was a late entry to the was a late entry i november and has been traveling the state of New Hampshire, trying to get his message out and gain the support of undecided voters. Im joined by former Massachusetts GovernorDeval Patrick. You want the 5 thats sitting out there. Thats what i hear. Im not thinking about percentages. Im thinking about particular voters and meeting them where they are in every sense of the term. I meet them everywhere. People say, i dont know. Isnt it amazing . Even this close. I dont know people that say, i dont know. Yeah. Whats causing the clog in the arteries of the Democratic Party . You know, i have a theory. Its like weve been bullied for so long by this president , by these circumstances, that we do what happens when people are bullied. We swing from rage to resignation and back again. You want to get even or get over. Having been bullied myself when i was in the seventh grade, in a way, you have to outgrow the bully. You have to be bigger than the bully. We have to offer an alternative for voters, which isnt just our version of what he does, which is bully back and belittle and trivialize people who may not agree with us. We have to offer a different politics. I remember being bullied in the third grade by a fifth grader. I got him behind the neck in a choke hold. It felt good. I was hanging on for dear life actually. Let me ask you, you know, i watched bernie this morning. He gave a very strong, very passionate case about health care. Thats where his skin gets red in the face, very passionate. It is an idealogical approach. I saw buttigieg yesterday with a lot of service people. Its a, ill get you home together, the designated driver. Yeah. Does the party want cultural and idealogical shift, a revolution as bernie puts it, or do they want the government to get straightened out . Probably a combination of both. Sooner or later, and i hope sooner, and certainly what im trying to do is respond to people the way they come at me, the way they ask questions of me. Theyre not asking questions about their health care from the perspective of being a democrat. Theyre not asking about Climate Change from the perspective of being an independent. What they want is a country. They want someone to speak to them as a patriot. To say, look, we can solve these problems and bind our divisions. We can do that. But we have to that was your friend barack oba obamas obamas. I was with him in a tough neighborhood in philly above city hall, around temple. Sure. It was a poor people crowd. 9 00 in the morning. Huge crowd. Yup. It wasnt when he promised benefits. When he talked about unity, i was so struck. Right. People dont have a lot. They live in row houses. May be tenants. What they wanted to hear was a guy who was going to unite people. Chris it is powerful to hear that. When i think about how my faith in the American Dream was given to me by poor black people on the south side of chicago, who had every reason to question whether the American Dream was about them, it makes me tremble. I got it. I got it deeply. I know that that anguish and hunger for a place in tomorrow, thats being felt all over the country today. We need to speak to that. Thats what im trying to do. I do that by the way, the patience to me, and i think about it a lot, 250 years of slavery, 100 years of jim crow, 50 years of whatever, and theres still this hope. Yup. There has to be. The whole country is founded on hope. The whole idea was a shot in the dark. The notion that you can have a country organize around civic ideals instead of the way countries are usually organized, geography stay at it. Race. Stay at it, governor. You dont need me to say so, but please do. Thank you. Highly respected public official. Thank you. Civil servant to the country. 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The senator of vermont hit an issue weve addressed on hardball and will many times, voter suppression. If i cannot win an election based on my ideas, then i shouldnt win the election. How cowardly can you be, if you dont think your ideas are going to prevail to get out of politics and get another job. I like what sanders said because the only reason to be in politics, as maine senator once told us, is to be out there all alone and be proven right. Thats what this president ial election is about. At least in the early going. From here in New Hampshire to nevada and south carolina, its about standing out there and hoping that people will listen and agree. Up here in wintry New Hampshire, it looks like a snow fight between pete and bernie. Stay with msnbc for the analysis of tonights debate. Chris hayes will be here in New Hampshire with a live studio audience. Thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us, and stay with us on msnbc. We are live on the ground in New Hampshire tonight, and it is all happening right now. New polling. A debate that may be do or die for several candidates. New signs about what New Hampshire voters want in policy and in their stance against donald trump. Let me tell you something. If you watched this show, you may have heard it before, the early polls dont matter much. National polls hardly ever matter. I saw that myself traveling the country working on a president ial campaign in 2004. Youve probably seen it yourself following campaign cycles, where obama trailed in early polls for months and months, or Rudy Giuliani and herman cain were allegedly number one in national polls. You know what can matter . What the