Of the coronavirus. Most Democratic Candidates are in New Hampshire today. Most were on the stage last night. The only candidate not in the state today is mugaichael bloomberg, hes in alabama. They have three days to make their case is in New Hampshire. What bernie says, he says he wrote the damn thing, but hes unwilling to tell us what its going to cost. If we do what joe wants, well be spending some 50 trillion on health care over the next ten years. Thats the status quo. Its not who has the best health care plan, all the plans are better. The question is who can go toetotoe with mr. Trump. Three of us were jurors in that impeachment hearing you said it was exhausting to watch and you wanted to turn the channel and watch cartoons. If you want to beat this president we have to be ready to move on from the playbook that we have relied on in the past and unify this country around a new and better vision. Donald trump is not the cause of our problems. Were making a mistake when we act like he is. Thats right. He is a symptom of a disease that has been building up. We bring our party together. Its an issue we can all agree on and fight to end the corruption. Were the democrats. We should be the party on the side of hardworking people. Already today, several candidates speaking at a forum moderated by Stephanie Rhule that focussed on the future of the federal courts. We have seen a right wing radical unethical take over of our court system and we have to acknowledge that because thats where we are. The roe versus wade framework has the support of most americans. We shouldnt be afraid to put federal legislation in place to establish that. I think being prochoice is an absolutely essential part of being a democrat. Donald trump is now appointing judges that are unanimously declared unqualified by the american bar association. The fact were appointing Supreme Court justices and people are looking at them, saying this person is going to be alive for a long time, that does not make any sense. All this as a new nbc news poll shows Bernie Sanders holds firmly hto his lead in New Hampshire with 25 of the vote. Joining me now is mike mem lee and shaq brewster. You have senator Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail after the debate, what is he saying . Reporter hes following the debate performance by taking his message directly to supporters. Hes going to be on stage for a couple minutes. Im going to keep my voice down because the program is starting. Hes going to be rallying his volunteers, theyll go out and knock on doors. He started the day with our Stephanie Rhule in manchester. Listen to what he told her about the idea of court packing. I will not just be the commander in chief of the military. I will be the organizer in chief for the Progressive Movement in this country. I think what we need is a movement in this country led by a president , obviously, to go to states all over this country to rally the American People to stand up for their rights against a congress right now that is dominated by wealthy and powerful campaign contributors. Reporter and this Campaign Says they knock on doors, at an average of one door per second. Thats what these people behind me are going to be doing in a second. Shaq thank you for that. Mike well go to you in a moment but were delighted to welcome to the broadcast senator Amy Klobuchar, president ial candidate and busy woman these days. Thank you for joining us. Thanks, alex. How did it go for you last night at the debate . What was your biggest take away from it . Well, it went very well, if you talk to that group of undecided voters that msnbc put together. It went incredibly well. I need this surge right now. We are feeling that were so strong. That debate gave me the opportunity to really define myself and as i said, if people are trying to decide between filling their prescription drugs or their refrigerator, i know you, and i will fight for you. If youre looking to pay for Long Term Care for your parents or child care for your kids, i know you and i will fight for you. The argument here is i am the one who has won the only one on that stage in a state like New Hampshire, im the only one who won in red areas leading a ticket, brought people with me instead of shutting people out. Its exactly what we need right now. So im very excited about our efforts here in New Hampshire and how well we are doing. Im going to say that you always put in a strong debate performance. But how much do you expect that to translate to voters . How much do you need those independents and democrats behind you, because right now you may have heard the results from our latest poll, you rank at 8 . Well, i think that was before the debate, is my guess, right. True. It didnt happen overnight. And i have a number of other polls been at 13 in the last few days. I think what youve seen is incredible volatility, youve seen a bunch of undecided New Hampshire voters. As i pointed out last night, read the New York Times endor endor endorsement of me and elizabeth and the three solo endorsements i got from three papers in New Hampshire. They get im the person that can unite our party and lead our country and thats what we need right now. Youre fighting for the moderate vote there, you have put forth a moderate voice there, how much is the rise of Pete Buttigieg in the wake of iowa hindering your efforts . How much is it affecting your campaign . I just keep running my own way, so im going to be barnstorming this state going to five diners tomorrow morning, thats how i campaign. It was hard for me to do in iowa because i was performing my constitutional duty, which i thought was important for the impeachment hearings. As i said last night, when it comes to mayor pete i know he says things that are popular, but when he was in iowa, when we were in the chamber as jurors with this incredible important moment of our time, with the courage we saw from people like doug jones whos facing a really hard race in alabama and mitt romney whos in tears explaining how he couldnt vote to not impeach this president and i heard one of my opponents, mayor pete, saying in a room, im sure it was popular, its exhausting watching those senate proceedings, you want to switch the channel and watch cartoons. This isnt a moment for that kind of leadership. This is a moment for someone who does popular and unpopular thing and is willing to take on things consistently. You want a president that isnt afraid of making unpopular decisions. Obamacare wasnt popular, Social Security wasnt popular at first, but we had people willing to fight for it. You saw fighting for the wrath of trump, there is a sense that much of the sentiment of what people are looking for from this president ial campaign is a democrat and electability. Someone who can beat President Trump. Are you that person, and why . I am. First of all, the midwest isnt flyover country to me. I live there and i cant wait to say that to him on the debate stage. While he is treating the farmers and workers with his trade wars and other things with poker chips in one of his bankrupt casinos, they are my friends and neighbors. Im the one that can face him. Ive done it time and time again. Every republican ive ever run against, those guys have all left politics for good. I think that sounds good when it comes to President Trump. Im tough enough and nimble enough on the debate stage and ive done incredibly well in my own elections with rural, s suburban, and male voters. Im enjoying waiting to take him on. We love you here. Love you in the matching blue. Well court nated. Joining me now, michael bennet. I know that you were not on the debate stage last night, which im sure is a disappointment to you. Well get to the reasons for that, but i want to talk about the president s new firings. Pretty outrageous acts in the minds of some, how about you . What went through your minds after the process of impeachment, then the acquittal. The president is firing people in the administration who cooperated with that investigation. What went through my mind, alex, is that hes shredding the rule of law. Thats what the American People are watching before their eyes. It wasnt just when he got there, it was when Mitch Mcconnell said, im not going to hold a hearing for merrick garland. You can draw a Straight Line from that lawlessness to the lawlessness were seeing now with donald trump. Thats whats at stake in the election. We have to save our democracy from these people. Is there anything that anyone in congress or anyone can do to stop this from happening or does the president have free rein to in a sense retaliation. I hope he doesnt. We saw Mitch Mcconnells willingness to cover up for Donald Trumps misdeeds. As i said during the trial, the documents and witnesses were pounding on the outside of the doors of the capitol, and the senate was either too lazy or too much in the maw of donald trump to do our constitutional duty and hear those witnesses and hear that testimony. There were only 100 americans, out of 330 who were responsible for that, and the senate failed in its duty. I think the real check on this behavior is going to be the election in november. But as you think about these last several months of the impeachment process and the subsequent acquittal. How do democrats weigh that with how the president is reacting in this victory lap . Was it worth it . Well, i think its all part of the same thing. Nancy pelosi waited as long as she could on impeachment. There were a lot of people i saw coming on your network saying for months and months that he should be impeached. And nancy pelosi waited and waited and waited until she couldnt wait anymore because what the president admitted to was lawless. More than 50 senators said it was wrong for him to do it. The fact he was able to muscle an acquittal is unfortunate. I dont think it means we shouldnt have gone through this process. Now it means we have to pick the pieces up and run for the general election. And we have to expose the president s lies for what they are. The other night he gave a town hall im sorry, he gave the state of the union and claimed all of these victories on the economy. He is such an expert at landing on third base and claiming he hit a triple. We were creating more jobs when barack obama was president than were creating now that hes there. Wed have a million more jobs if we were creating them at the same rate when barack obama was president. Farm bankruptcy is up 20 , farm exports are down 6. 4 , 4. 6 billion. And donald trump has borrowed 28 billion from the chinese to cushion the blow. Its ridiculous. No other president could have gotten away with what hes done and i think we have a very strong chance of beating him in november, but we have to come together in november to do it. Lets get to the 2020 race then. The latest poll of voters, the nbc news poll says you have about 1 there. How hard is it going to be to overcome these numbers at a time when it seems the conversation has switched from talking about issues over all to just electability, someone who can beat donald trump . Well, i think if it were on electability, i would win the nomination. I have won two very tough National Elections in the state of colorado, which is a state thats a third democratic, a third republican, and a third independent. No other candidate has won a race in remotely as swing a state as that and we have to win the purple states if were going to beat donald trump. I got bounced from the debate stage prematurely i think by the dnc rules and it made it hard to race money. Im doing town hall after town hall, doing my 50th today with james carville, who endorsed me, who the last time he was up here he was winning an election with bill clinton, the first president to knock off an incumbent republican in a long time. Well run through the tape on tuesday and see what happens. Im not trying to throw cold water on this, is there a point you decided you would suspend your campaign if the numbers dont improve . For instance, is New Hampshire a make or break state for you . I think i have to come in the top three or four in New Hampshire, if i dont well reassess. Were doing everything we can to get there, New Hampshire has been known in the last few days to switch things around. Well see what happens. Well see what happens with you. Very good to speak with you. Thanks. Lets go to mike, hes following former Vice President joe biden in manchester. Hows the Biden Campaign responding to the latest New Hampshire poll and debate reaction . In. Reporter well, alex, you heard from the former Vice President last night, rather surprisingly saying yes, he took a hit in iowa and may well take a hit here in New Hampshire but hes back on the campaign trail for the first time in a couple days, he took two days off the trail to get ready for last nights debate. The Biden Campaign feeling good about his performance, not just the performance but the response theyve seen from the grass roots Online Fundraising base. They said they had their best fundraising night after any of the debates last night. Weve seen them respond to the gut punch, as biden called it in two ways, hes been much more directive taking on the rivals as we saw Bernie Sanders last night. And joe Biden Campaign putting so out a snarky video of the Vice President s issues hes dealt with and the mundane issues Pete Buttigieg dealt with as mayor of south bend, indiana. I asked a Senior Adviser for the campaign a question about the hit they took in iowa. We have the resources we need to compete in this race, not just here in New Hampshire but nevada and South Carolina on through super tuesday. We have a number of new Office Openings in alabama, virginia, North Carolina and california. We plan to compete. Hes not out of this race and i think it would be a mistake for anyone to count joe biden out. Count joe biden out at your own risk. The Biden Campaign saying hes the best retail politician in the state of New Hampshire. Hes doing an event behind me here, but expect a lot more mix and mingle with voters here in New Hampshire before tuesdays primary. Anybody within the Biden Campaign sharing what they think is the biggest threat to him as they get into the vote on tuesday in New Hampshire . You know that hes been focussed on Bernie Sanders for a few months but clearly the fact that Pete Buttigiegs surge in iowa cost him dearly there, that new video shows theyre focussed on movable votes that they think buttigieg has right now that they think they can win back. Be sure to catch our New Hampshire primary coverage tuesday. It all begins at 6 00 p. M. Eastern here on msnbc. A quarantined cruiseship is back at sea after more cases of the coronavirus are found on board. It was briefly docked today to remove passengers who tested positives for that virus. This morning we spoke to a newly wed couple on the ship. The captain was saying the numbers were going up and more passengers are testing positive. So we were just in panic mode. The food situation hasnt really gotten much better. Were trapped here. Yeah, were trapped. Everyone is saying if you can survive this you can survive anything. I guess this is our test for in sickness and in health. Meanwhile, a u. S. Citizen in china is the First American to die from the coronavirus. Molly hunter has more on this from hong kong. Molly . Reporter alex, thats right. Big news out of with yuhan, thet american death happened in wuhan, the epicenter of this outbreak. We know he was a 60yearold man, the embassy in beijing confirmed this to msnbc news. We know theres one other american in the hospital here. Here in hong kong, increased quarantine measures, any travel traveler, anyone coming from Mainland China into hong kong will be kwarn teed for 14 days. Weve been talking about these cruise ships, theres one behind me, it has 3,600 people on board. Theyre testing everyone. Its going to take at least four more days. We havent heard of any confirmed coronavirus on that. But the princess off the coast of tokyo, we know there are 64 cases of confirmed coronavirus, 13 americans. Weve spoken with passengers there, it runs the gamut, some are nervous they want to get off. Some are rolling with it, they feel like theyre being taken care of, theyre taking their temperatures and theyre waiting for this to ride out. We spoke with rebecca frazier, shes one of 13 americans. Everyone diagnosed has left the boat. Shes gone to a japanese hospital where shell receive three days of treatment. If she imp