like a presidential event, and that is so far and away, so different from where any of his rivals are. and you re seeing that definitely in the poll numbers as well. kasie hunt, thank you very much. interesting roundup. let s keep it going. we have new developments on the democratic side. just moments ago, senator bernie sanders picked up a big endorsement from a powerful union, the communications workers of america. these are live pictures. the union which represents 700,000 workers nationally is, by far, the biggest union to date to back sanders. meanwhile, the democratic front runner, hillary clinton, picked up a big endorsement of her own yesterday from billionaire investor warren buffett. let s bring in host steve kornacki for more on what it all means on the democratic side as we wait for that debate on saturday, steve. that s right, tamron. this elm diddic race overshadowed in so many ways by the republican race over the last few months. but this is a big development for ber
caucuses, and here s the more significant thing, when you get past iowa and past new hampshire into state ts that are more up democratic side, hillary clinton holds enormous leads in those states. we re talking 40, 50 points. and bernie sanders so far has shown no ability to cut into that lead. that advantage hillary has particularly among black voters. so that s the key thing when you get beyond iowa and new hampshire. but for sanders campaign, tamron, obviously they will take an endorsement like this today. it is a big development for them. also another big development, i understand you have some information on ben carson canceling a trip he had planned. yeah, carson had been planning to take a trip to africa. that trip has now been canceled. the carson campaign going out of its way to say this has nothing to do with the recent slide in national and key polls for ben carson. ben carson obviously has been looking to bolster his credentials on national
move forward with the trials of those five officers and come back and try porter again. i talked to an attorney a baltimore attorney yesterday. and the thinking was that they would try porter first because they thought perhaps this could be the easiest case to win. keep in mind, not only was he not only was the jury hung on the top count, the jury was hung on the bottom count. they could not even get a conviction on misconduct in office. it really remains to be seen, the strategy moving forward. not just whether he will be retried, but when and how they retry this officer. all right. thank you very much, craig. greatly appreciate the report. live on the ground in baltimore. imts a and developing now, i want to show you live pictures. senator bernie sanders getting a big endorsement. he may be lagging behind hillary clinton in pretty much all of the polls out there, but he is set to receive this big endorsement from cwa, a big union, and we ll have the very latest. this as ted
america, the cwa, their president saying in this statement just a minute ago bernie has called for a political revolution, and that is just what americans need today. so the cwa has about 700,000 members. sanders had also picked up earlier endorsements from the postal workers union, from a nurses union. that said, hillary clinton s campaign can claim endorsements from some major unions that total about 12 million in members. so hillary clinton dwarfing bernie sanders when it comes to total support from unions at this point. you say that debate is coming up on saturday night between hillary and bernie. that will be held in manchester, new hampshire. new hampshire, the site of the first in the nation democratic primary. the most recent polling out of new hampshire again, this is interesting given the relative lack of attention to the democratic race lately, their most recent poll does show bernie sanders ten points ahead of hillary clinton. and that lead-off primary state. we should qu