Good morning, its thursday, february 11, were back in new york. On set we have former Communications Director for president george w. Bush, nicolle wallace, former governor of vermont and former chair of the Democratic National committee howard dean, and in columbia, South Carolina, managing editor of Bloomberg Politics, Mark Halperin is with us as well. We have to ask nicolle, how is your father. Has he called you with gloating calls about trump, trump, trump. I will do dramatic reading. [ laughter ] theyre super happy. Super happy, yeah. Really. Yeah. Now, my mother has been a registered independent for many years, she went down to the Republican Party head quarter ins reno, nevada, to register as a democrat to she can caucus with donald trump. So they here in and proud. Howard dean, youve done this before. Can you believe what happened the other night with not just trump but Bernie Sanders. Hes got the vermont connection. Holding hillary to 38 . Stunning. Well, bernies a talented po
Toe in a debate slug fest shown here on cnn. Both are now fighting for momentum and hispanic votes ahead of tuesdays all important primary in florida and beyond. One small area of agreement, bashing gop front runner donald trump. Each were asked is donald trump a racist . I was the first one to call him out. I called him out when he was calling mexicans rapists, when he was engaging in rhetoric they found deeply offensive. I said basta. I they this the American People are never going to elect a president who insults mention c c mexican, women, and more. It was michigan casting a shadow over the events. The stunning upset victory that really cast this in a whole new light. Hillary clinton has been trying to pivot to the general election. Shes not trying to pivot anymore. Madam secretary, i will match my record against yours any day of the week. A new confidence from Bernie Sanders in this new campaign reality. After the huge sanders upset in michigan, this could go on for a while. Ive w