And you have a delay like youre overseas or something. This is kind of nuts. How are you doing . Im living one of my nightmares right now. I hear your voice echoing in my head because youre a coffee cup toss behind me right now. Im hearing you twice with your cackling laugh, just like the dreams that make me awaken in a sweat and a fury. Lets talk about iowa, though. We were on air two nights ago. I had to leave early. You had to get your beauty rest. I left at 3 00 a. M. Early. Almost a tie. I mean, 26. 1 for sanders. 26. 2 for buttigieg. Listen, no matter if you get 100 in and mayor Pete Buttigieg comes out second, thats an accomplishment for him, basically an upstart in the political business, especially when it comes to being on a stage this big. Even when if he comes in second, still a win for him. But is he going to get a bump from it . He got a little bit of a bump. The state party cheated him out of the bump. Bernie sanders, strong in iowa. Huge in the popular vote advantage. E
These people have the best seats and best roles in the proceedings. And what has Hillary Clinton been up to lately . Shes been flying under the radar. She has been up to a lot. Well have all the details ahead on the show. We begin with the message that president obama will deliver to the nation on tuesday night. Details of a major tax proposal that hell offer in his state of the Union Address leaking out overnight. Basic idea is one that the president and his party have been stressing for years, asking the wealthiest americans to pay more using that money to help working and middle class americans. Tax reform is also something republicans talk about. Though their idea of reform may be very different from what the president is about to sell. With all of the details on the president s plan what he will be saying on tuesday night, we turn to nbc News White House correspondent kristinen welker. A lot coming out this morning. Take us through it. Just to reiterate the point, you made the pre
Has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity, and most recently, threats and violence. I am repulsed by each and every one of these. And again, this is just the latest in this movement of the gop establishment trying to coalesce around a senator ted cruz, who they think is an establishment figure that could go against donald trump in a oneonone contest. Now, let us remind you that three people remain in the gop nominating contest. Governor john kasich of ohio, senator ted cruz of texas, and donald trump. The one with the best chance right now leading up to the july convention for the gop in cleveland is donald trump. The delegate math supporting the chances of donald trump getting to the needed number of 1,237. But, ted cruz would tell you that there is still an issue for donald trump, if he is able to achieve that number and get much closer to the delegates needed, john kasich has a bigger uphill climb, getting there. And people have been discussing the
Attacks. Restaurants and bars. A soccer match. A concert. All hit nearly simultaneously by three coordinated teams of terrorists leaving 130 people dead and hundreds more wounded. But it was this man who soon became the center of the investigation. 26yearold French National Salah Abdeslam who Police Believe handled the logistics of the attacks and was the only suspected terrorist of the ten involved to have survived. Hours after the attack, abdeslam managed to evade authorities and travel towards belgium with two acquaintances. The car he rode in was even stopped near the belgian border and his documents checked. But police didnt know who they had and they let him go. Touching off a massive manhunt. In the months since, there have been some 100 separate raids and the arrest of nearly 60 suspects. But, still, no abdeslam. The search for the fugitive turned into an international dragnet spanning multiple countries, including even the United States. But the trail was cold until tuesday of
Flipping away yet. See the scores on your phone. Welcome to mtp daily. The Republican Party cute in a cross current fignightmare. Trump is well on his way, though not a slam dunk to potentially hit 1237 before the convention to win the nomination. Right now hes got 261delegate lead over cruz. He needs to win 54 of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. Its an achievable goal for trump. Consider he won 60 of the delegates this past tuesday. And that was in a fourman race. Now, its down to three. There are no good options for republicans when it comes to trump. Basis fractured, partys infrastructure is a mess, establishment hates the frontrunner, the tea party hates the establishment and everybody down ballot is caught in the cross fire. Republicans may have to choose between saving 2016 election and saving the party. According to nbc exit polls nearly 30 of the millions of republican primary voters this week said they would not vote for trump if hes the nominee in november. O