This is a night for Team Coverage indeed. Kevin cork straight ahead with the president s message from arizona, bret baer, howard kurtz here late tonight with top moments from the debate. Lets begin with peter doocy in las vegas. Reporter Democratic Candidates who spent weeks leafing through binders of Opposition Research about Michael Bloomberg did not wait long to start using it. That broadened for space lesbians and im not talking about donald trump, im talking about mayor bloomberg. The warren campaigns is lines like that helped her have her best fundraising hour ever tonight but it was Bernie Sanders who had bloombergs attention arguing sanders is unelectable and called democratic socialism communism. The bestknown socialist in the country happens to be a millionaire with 3 houses. What am i missing here . You miss that i work in washington, live in burlington and like thousands of others forgive me for that. Let us tax which tax haven. New york city. And joe biden was at centerstage but didnt get much attention from his rivals the way he did when he was polling better. Instead bloomberg and sanders were treated like they are the ones to beat. We could wake up 2 weeks from today, the day after supertuesday and the only candidates left standing will be Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg, the two most polarizing figures on this stage. And most americans dont see where they fit if they have to choose between a socialist who thinks capitalism is the root of all evil and the billionaire who thinks money got to be the root of all power. Pete buttigieg was not spared from the aggressive elizabeth for and when healthcare came up, she rattled off a list of research that left buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar laughing. Pete buttigieg has a slogan that was thought by his consultants to paper over a thin version of a plan that would leave millions of people unable to afford their healthcare. Its not a plan, it is power point. Amys plan is even less. It is like a postit note, insert plan here. I am more of a microsoft word guy. Post it notes were invented in my state. Because this is las vegas the event was of the script but the crowd was cheering and booming of laughing and really into it and away we have not seen it previous debates and the debate is winding down, other headliners like brian kerry or share or way new not just getting ready to start their shows. We dont want to come back for my are maria katie but when you have a great candidate we will come back to you. A study in contrast with the president rallying the faithful while democrats reach a point of vitriol and seen on stage to this point in the rest of the top three moments in a debate lets bring in bret baer, anchor of special report, great to have you. Key points in your view . The big picture, the biggest winner donald trump. This moment of seeing democrats go at each other was a moment where Michael Bloomberg for all of the ads and all the money was sort of like the wizard of oz when they pull back the curtain and realize it is this guy, hes not the guy in the ads. It felt a little i that. The first one was with Amy Klobuchar about taxes. Take a listen. The number of pages, thousands of pages, cant go to turbotax. Everyone here has released their tax returns. It is a major issue because the president has been hiding behind his tax returns. Even when courts order him to come forward. I dont care how much money anyone has. It is great you have a lot of money but you have to come forward with your tax returns. They will be out in a few weeks, that is as fast as i can do it. I only entered this race ten weeks ago. All my associates have been at this for a couple years. It was noticeable that they were in midseason form and he was not. She stepped in a couple times in the dustup with Pete Buttigieg but bloomberg had a rough go. The democrats are obviously upset about his wealth, being a huge tactic or a huge edge, going after him about his money and his homes and that sort of thing, no surprise seeing that attack. Was before and had the best strikes. I dont think overall she tends the ball against Bernie Sanders. That is which he had to do, change the dynamic with Bernie Sanders the big picture donald trump is the big winner but in the democratic picture Bernie Sanders is the big winner. She did have a great strike against Michael Bloomberg where he was really flustered about nondisclosure agreements. Are you willing to release all those women from those nondisclosure agreements so we can hear their side of the story. We have a very few nondisclosure agreements. How many . None of them accused me of doing anything other than they didnt like a joke i told and let me agreements between two parties that wanted to keep it quiet and that is up to them. They signed those agreements and we will live with it. Im not going to end these agreements because they were made consensually. And have every right to expect that they will stay private. If they want to release it they should be able to release themselves. So yes. Joe biden at the end at a couple of moments but then regressed. He didnt have a big night. He needed to tonight and it was not that. Did you sense desperation from lowerlevel candidates knowing they didnt perform well tonight. Could be curtains pretty much. I think they since the races changed. With the money bloomberg has put in, 400 million and the theme that Bernie Sanders has behind him, they had to change the dynamic. There was a moment where bloomberg came back and said we as a party cannot elect a socialist but he didnt say socialist. I cant think of a way to make it easier for donald trump to get reelected and listening to this conversation. It is ridiculous. We are not going to throw out capitalism. We tried that. Other countries tried that. It is called communism and it didnt work. Bernie sanders said that is not us, thats a cheap shot. Its not communism, it is democratic socialism. To my first point, that line is Bernie Sanders is the nominee will be used in some trump add. The most fascinating moment was at the end where they went down the road and said what about contested or open convention and Bernie Sanders said the person with the most delegates should win and all the others said the process should play out because guess what tonight meant Bernie Sanders still has momentum. He still looks the same. He is still the same guy and is probably going to get the same delegates and when you get to milwaukee he probably is going to have a plurality of the delegates and it is going to be a big challenge for this party to figure out of the democratic socialist will be the nominee. Mike it did not surprise me they were eager to punch away at Michael Bloomberg. Mayor pete hit his central point, we are not going to let god by it blow up the system. I thought Pete Buttigieg have a strong night overall, the big toptier as far as Bernie Sanders and bloomberg, buttigieg had some striking moment against Amy Klobuchar and that was to the detriment of klobuchar and i do think that he is very polished, very good what he does about delivering it but whether that will move the needle in this race, the race after this debate is the same race we saw going and with that is shocking but it is. Mike Elizabeth Warren came out swinging on nondisclosure agreements, did she do anything to change her course . I think she had some great punches against bloomberg. I dont think she had great punches against Bernie Sanders and that is a lane she needs to own. She needs to own that lane. There are a lot of trucks and buses and the moderate lane. Bernie sanders has a clear ride in the hov progressive lane and that is the difference. I think Bernie Sanders is wellpositioned to be the nominee of the Democratic Party as of tonight. Bloomberg had his moment. It was not tonight. It happened but hes not the guy in those campaign ads. Are you surprised he didnt have a better answer on the mbas . Yes. I heard he was very practiced and practicing with debate prep and all kinds of practices. I would think the guy, one of the moments he would push back on. There were good moments he pushed back on the party going down the road of socialism but overall i think this is a pretty bad night for Michael Bloomberg. The president making his case to arizona in a keep America Great rally. Kevin cork joins us from phoenix. Good evening. Good evening. Is expected the president spent the majority of the time talking about his accomplishments but also uses or marks to target the policies espoused by some of the leading democratic president ial candidates most notably democratic socialist Bernie Sanders and new york city former mayor Michael Bloomberg. A new member, no boxes, we call him no boxes. And i hear he is getting pounded tonight. The dnc will take it away from bernie, that is okay because we dont care who it is, we are going to win. Reporter the president referring to the rough night mayor bloomberg had. The rally was in many ways the perfect counterprogramming for the president as the democrats hit the debate stage but also a chance to build energy and enthusiasm for his own reelection bid. Arizona part of the go west to with stops not just here in arizona. He also spent part of the day in california. On thursday he makes his way back to nevada and over to colorado for a rally and then the big rally coming up friday night in las vegas, nevada. Campaign officials tell me they believe in number of these states he is visiting notably arizona, nevada and colorado are all in play. He did when here in 2016 but they are taking nothing for granted while making a strong push for nevada and colorado. Mike thanks a lot. This was the most divisive debate yet among the democratic field struggling with this race. Howard kurtz joins us next with his top moments. Stick around. Do you ever get that . Its nice to finally meet you in person. Youre pete nocchio . Oh, the pic . That was actually a professional headshot. Im sure thats it, yeah. I, uh, i think ive lost a few pounds recently too. Im actually doing a juice cleanse. Wait you dont. glass breaking gasp ah oh. with geico, the savings keep on going. Just like this sequel. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more on car insurance. Senator klobuchar for a minute, this is not right. I understand she provides a name. It happens but lets be clear. Missing a name all by itself does not indicate that you do not understand what is going on. Beyond going after each of the Democratic Candidates got a little testy with the moderators. Lets discuss with howard kurtz. What about the moderator . The msnbc moderators were very aggressive, none of this tell us your thoughts why donald trump is a terrible president , lets take a look. You release three letters from your doctors but now will you will not release anything more. What happened to your promise for full transparency. There are some democrats who like you a lot but worry that this plan medicare for all will take away private insurance and goes too far. Are they right . Now. What does that language say about how you view people of color or people in minority neighborhoods . Reporter the last question about Michael Bloombergs record on stop and frisk in new york city, specific questions that produce clashes between the candidates and the smartest thing moderators did was disappeared and let the rivals go at it, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg dripping condescension. After iowa and New Hampshire some candidates trying to change their momentum. How do you think these candidates dealt with one another . Bernie sanders took a fair amount of incoming, was the best debater on the stage but also his flipflop on releasing his medical records which he promised to do after his heart attack. The dog that didnt bark, joe biden had some aggressive moments but took almost no attacks on stage reflecting his reduced standing on the polls. The punches that were thrown in las vegas. Mister bloomberg had policies in new york city, stop and frisk went after africanamerican and latino people in an outrageous way. I dont think theres any chance whatsoever and if he is the candidate we will have donald trump for another four years. A billionaire who calls women fat bronson horse faced lesbians. Close to 5 million young black men up against the wall. Michael bloomberg was treated as if he were the front runner and he had a really poor night. The fact that he hasnt done interviews with journalists showed how out of practice he was in that exchange, the history of alleged sexist remarks in which he disputes. He didnt have a good answer. Elizabeth warren cleans his clock in that exchange and got the better of him when it came to the attention behind stop and frisk. Michael bloomberg brought a knife to a gunfight and no question, he lost a lot of blood from these attacks. Elizabeth foreign may suffer backlash aggressive style but she brought howard to to a gunfight and wasnt afraid to use it. The former Vice President was jumping out trying to say dont forget about me. Im the former Vice President of the United States which i know these foreign leaders. I was there when president obama did these things, what about Vice President biden . I thought coming back to bloomberg that biden scored a few points are landed a few blows when he talked about how bloomberg was trying to act as Barack Obamas best friend but hadnt endorsed obama in 2008 [and] had he used to be a republican. The question there, just as donald trump used to be a democrat and was friendly with the clintons Republican Voters cared about the future. I dont know how much that hurts bloomberg but once he had to be on that stage and handle himself without hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising he had a challenge to make a good impression and had some good moments but it was a tough might for him and didnt do anything to stop sanderss momentum even though bloomberg wasnt shy about saying he didnt think sanders could be donald trump. Is Bernie Sanders your winter . Bernie sanders went into this debate with all the momentum, the lead in the polls and i dont think he got thrown off track so i would say he was my winner. Elizabeth war and was stronger than i expected and i have to call Michael Bloomberg. Doesnt mean he cant come back but it wasnt an impressive debut on the national stage. Thanks for your time and your analysis. Have a great night. We will have more analysis straight ahead of the president s keep America Great rally and congressman mark meadows of the great state of North Carolina is on deck. So when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. Thats how you do it right. Usaa insurance is made just the way martins family needs it with hasslefree claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. Because doing right by our members, thats whats right. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. 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It is wellknown the president isnt a fan of being told what to do especially by those who work for him. A spokesman said he would do whatever he wanted when it comes to the roger stone case or anything else at the justice department. There is a long precedent of president s talking about various cases that are ongoing. The president can make his opinion known. He has a right to do that and does so on a routine basis. The white house didnt back down amid reports his attorney general might resign in protest over continued president ial tweeting and commenting on open criminal cases like former Trump Advisor Roger stone. The attorney generals spokesman at talked about beltway rumors, the attorney general had knows plans to resign. Tomorrow William Barrs prosecutors will make their recommendation at stones sentencing hearing but whatever the judge rules wont take affect until stones motion for new trial gets its day in court, the president could always pardon stone or commute his sentence as he did for bernard carrigan to illinois governor Rod Blagojevich who today was unrepentant. I broke no laws, cross no lines. They use the standard to convict me that if applied to those congress