And were told they will take turns coming on stage to speak to the crowd. The candidates have been making Campaign Stops here today ahead of tonights dinner. Hillary clinton held a Campaign Event in henderson earlier today. Bernie sanders. Fresh off campaign visits last week. Also stumped today. As did martin omalley. Nevada is the third state up in the primary race. With the caucus just 6 weeks away. Were told candidates will ramp up their efforts here in the coming weeks. Just as they have in iowa and new hampshire. Those are the two states ahead of nevada in the election cycle. I recently sat down with the Nevada Democratic partys chairwoman. Roberta lang. To talk about tonights event. She told me its a big deal to get all three candidates together during the home stretch leading up to the caucuses. Roberta Lange Nevada Democratic Party Chairwoman it means a lot to our state, theres a lot of excitement here, it continues to build, having them here is even more of a boost to us as we
Things. Not on everything. But a lot of things. And lets start with our Common Ground. When 75 of the American People think the federal government is corrupt what does that mean . Its democrats, republicans, independents, its young, old, men, women. When 80 believe we have a professional class that cares more about its privilege than on getting anything done republicans and democrats have exempted themselves from all of the laws they passed then matt means once again democrats, republicans, independents agree we need do Something Different and that is why i am running for president. [applause] we all know who you are. I would like to thank you for calling on me. We know who you are. I would like to introduce myself to you. I am holly, a u. S. States navy member. [applause] i dont actually have a question for you tonight what i do have is a challenge. You see during bill clintons Second Administration in the middle of the night by wave of the pen he changed the terminology to pow mia to
Threats to my family, to my grandson, to my husband. Theyve attacked the place where i have a daytime job. This is my volunteer job being chair of the party. They attacked my workplace and they have said very awful things. Look, as a state party its my responsibility to let the dnc know what happened in nevada, let them know those threats have threatened to carry into the dnc convention. Just this afternoon, dnc chair woman Debbie Wassermanschultz putting out a statement, there is no excuse for what happened in nevada and incumbent upon all of us in leadership to speak out and senator harry reid weighing in with this. Reporter what happened . Thursday, i talked to him friday and a few minutes ago. Him and i had a very long conversation for me, some of you know my conversations arent very long a lot of times. We talked about 10 minutes or longer, a very good conversation. I laid out for him what happened in las vegas. I wanted to make sure he understa understands, has heard what went on
Democrat since then has lost by double digits. Secretary clinton blew out barack obama by 36 points in kentucky. But there were real worries in the clinton camp that she would lose the state tonight to senator sanders. So even though tonights win is a squeaker, its still a big one for her. It also, not incidentally, makes Bernie Sanders path to the nomination less like an uphill climb and more like the scaling of a sheer vertical cliff at this point. But the Sanders Campaign at this point is dealing with a lot more than just its results in couple. My friend Chris Mathews is here. All night long. I know. Did you get a snack . I guess its a pizza. What you said was powerful, bill clinton carried this state of kentucky twice in the general election. How times have changed. We had pretty much the same social issues. Not so much. We had a concern about the economy then. But what has changed . A ratcheting up of the 2nd amendment issue. You can call clean call all you want. People know the f
Are locked in an ugly war of words. Clinton now fighting the battle on two fronts, as she is also trying to stop Bernie Sanders recent election day dominance, voters at polls right now in two states, kentucky and oregon. Thats a Clinton Super pac releases new attack ads today against donald trump using his own words. And frequently vulgar language in describing women. Trump, firing back, releasing a firestorm of tweets calling clinton a liar, charging she cannot close the deal against Bernie Sanders, attacking her over the email controversy, and labeling her husband an abuser of women. Joined by my special election day panel of distinguished experts. But begin with jim acosta at trump headquarters in new york city. Report trumps comments about former president bill clinton, for mr. Trump to raise the spector of bill clintons infidelities, it seems like an attack from a glass trump tower, if you will. Is this really the best line of attack . Whats the thinking here . Reporter james jast