every single one of these issues is about dignity. joe biden s decision in the to seek the presidency already having ripple effects on the campaign trail and beyond. our reporters are all following reaction to the news. katy tur donald trump, kasie hunt in washington, sarah dallof from biden s hometown in delaware. we ll do a whip around in the business, go to each one real quick. alex, you have some news on hillary clinton and biden. that s right, kate. hillary clinton called joe biden after his speech congratulated him or acknowledged his decision to drop out of the race and probably feeling pretty good herself. hillary clinton will see almost certainly a big bump in the polls according to nbc poll, biden with about 15% of support and like allot go to her without biden in the poll.
sanders struggled so much. take joe biden out of the race. we have a poll last week of south carolina, just hillary clinton versus bernie sanders, look at this. 84% to 7%. she leads by 77 points in south carolina. what does that mean in south carolina poll? this is it. a 50-point lead. joe biden is out of the race. this means in south carolina, hillary clinton is now 50 points ahead of the nearest rival. that means if sanders goes into iowa and pulls off the upset next year, he has to make up 50 points in south carolina. and what that really means is eat into a 77-point gap among black voters. that s a big problem for bernie sanders so far. he s not shown any sign to make significant inroads with black support. really right now hillary clinton, the campaign talks about south carolina as a firewall, it is.
decided not to. donald trump already coming out this afternoon with a tweet saying i think joe biden made correct decision for him and his family. personally i would rather run against hillary because her record is so bad. i would rather run against him. i guess we kind of you know? you don t get to run against who the democrats pick. she will have to run against whoever the republicans pick. you know, he fails to fade. everybody sits around and chin scratches and oh well geez he s going to fade. he s going to fade. he is the top of the poll again this week. james carville thank you. chris matthews, thank you, as well. appreciate it, guys. reaction pouring in from all over the political world. so much we can barely keep up with it. donald trump plus the other candidates out there. we ll bring you that coming up. other big political story today, will paul ryan get the full support of the party for
barbecue with a chance for voters to speak their minds to the candidates. haven t seen any ugly ads out of your pam pain and appreciate it. reporter: how important are events like these to connect with the voters? this is my opportunity to tell people what i wanted to tell them, but to listen. reporter: the first district of south carolina runs from myrtle beach down to charleston. ground zero for the confederacy. the first shots of the civil war were fired and now this district will most likely send the first republican to capitol hill in over 110 years. we have evolved to the place where no matter what you look like, if your issues are consistent with the values of the people you want to represent and if you have a track record of having represented that, you have as much of an opportunity of winning as any legend from our state. in some regards, it does reflect this post-obama era that we re in. reporter: according to the state s naacp president black support for scott