50 years of experience in mainstream politics. joining me now is alex, msnbc political reporter for south by southwest, and editor-in-chief for politico magazine and here on set, associate professor of political science at fordham, university. stick around one minute. i want to go quickly to msnbc's reporter joining us by phone following the bernie sanders campaign in a snowy new hampshire. good to have you with us. get first your take on some of these 2020 hopefuls, because most of them are actually at south by southwest but sanders in new hampshire. what was the crux of his message? why wasn't he one of the high profile speakers at south by southwest? >> reporter: exactly right. we're trekking through the snow with him. here in new hampshire, generally overall on the campaign trail, we talked how he's trying to weave in more of a personal