in general i think hillary clinton killed it. from what i heard, everyone had developments. >> there were a number of moments where they were into the issues that the manned date brought up. was there one that spoke to you? >> i would say when she turned it around on the planned parent hoot issue and talked about the hypocrisy, they were quake to find if. that got a big reaction. >> they'll be the front run erp. doesn't come without the baggage. >> did the other candidates seize the opportunity to talk about liabilities. >> the only candidate bringing up liabilities what is chaffey, but i don't think the crowd were impressed. bernie sanders, he didn't want to the attack hillary clinton. the governor said at some stages we are different. he was noncritical. if the candidates wanted to jump at her, they didn't take the opportunity. maybe that's a good thing. maybe they'll move up in the polls. >> last question. before the debate everyone was loud. bernie sanders captain depend on the younger vote. will they vote. >> i think so. the

clinton, laying out how you beat hillary clinton. clinton was the dominant frontrunner, but she had vulnerabilities and they had to figure out how to exploit them. so what is really interesting for most viewers will be the unvarnished language they used about her and they argue that they had to take down hillary clinton not on policy grounds, but on character grounds. one of the interesting quotes is that the reason clinton complaint be trustcan't be trusted or believed when it comes to change is that she represents the washington insider syndrome. they write, quote, that she's driven by political calculation and not conviction and she embodies trench warfare versus republicans. so it goes through all of her weaknesses but highlights this issue of her character. and the question i have, is this going to be the strategy that one of her opponents uses this time. >> and is this the first time this will memo has been reported? >> yes. i published snippets of it previously, but this is the first time that the entire memo in full has ever

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clinton by a long shot. >> she did everything she had to do. >> hillary clinton was the winner of the democratic debate this week. >> is this diminishing the bernie sanders surge? and why are the democrats saying it is too late for biden. >> donald trump looked to the media as dishonest and beck become called them used car salesmen. >> on cnbc officials caving to the demand of donald trump not stretch the debate to three hours. and the attempt to salvage the reputation of dan rather after career-ending blunder is out. is it is whitewash i predicted? we will have a preview this is "media buzz." if hillary clinton was a big a winner in las vegas as most the commentators on the left and the right are saying, it wasn't because anderson cooper was toss, out easy questions. >> you are against same-sex marriage and now you for it, you defended president obama's immigration policy and now you say they are too harsh and you supported the trade deal dozens of times and called it the gold standard and now last week you are against it. will you say anything to get elected? >> i have been consiste

i do not support hillary clinton. >> reporter: he believes hillary clinton has much to answer for. >> republicans are going to listen to you and think this is some liberal trying to get hillary clinton off the hook. liberals will her you and say, look, see, he's exonerating hillary clinton. this committee is all political and hillary has nothing to sman. what's your message to these partisans? >> i'm trying to be objective about this. as i stated hillary clinton has a lot of explaining to do. we, however, did not have to shift resources to hyperfocus on hillary clinton and didn't have to de-emphasize or drop the investigation on different agencies or different individuals. >> reporter: clinton has faced intense questioning from congress on the state department in benghazi. >> as i've said many times, i take responsibility. >> reporter: republicans have accused her state department of denying requests for additional security at the us mission before the attack. and for being slow to acknowledge it was a terrorist attack. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a pr

democrats love hillary clinton. they also like bernie sanders and i think if they get to know martin oh molly and these other candidates, they will like them. i think the challenge is, one, it's created this press storm where all you've heard about from hillary clinton for the last four or five months now is the e-mails, bad polls and how the e-mails have caused her to have bad polls and that's a negative feedback loop that's hurt her. i think she has an opportunity start, this debate, as i said, pivot to something else and move forward. i think she can do that. it's going to take a lot of work and being transparent and nondefensive in how she answers the question, but the best opportunity she has is tomorrow night. >> but, david, whether it's -- dan, back to you. let's follow up on that. whether you think it's a real issue or not, or if you think it's something that is orchestrated by the republicans, it has become a talking point. she is being questioned about it. it has affected her in the polls and has affected

hillary clinton, this is a referendum, first and foremost about hillary clinton. i think there's a portion of the democratic electorate that's responded viscerally and strongly and probably more than they thought to bernie sanders. i don't think you can get to 51% by flanking hillary clinton on the left. if there is a way to fundamentally challenge her, it's with a majority of democratic voters. if she can answer the questions sufficiently for democratic voters, i think it's really hard for anybody else to get past her, just by being more desirable or seeming stronger. >> but she does also have to show that likable aspect of her personality, that charm. you meet so many democratic voters who have total clinton fatigue and just want something fresh and new. that's where the ground swell has come for biden. we'll see how she does with that. >> do you think that's how she's being coached, be as comfortable, relatable, conversational, have zingers. is that what her handlers are telling her? >> right. let's not forget, she's probably the most skilled debater up there o

is, for a political win for hillary rodham clinton. three times that year before khadafi was killed and turn your attention oother things. i yield back. >> well, congressman, that is only a political statement. >> i don't know what we want from you. do we want to badger you over and over again until you get tired until we get the gotcha moment he is talking about? we are better than that. we are so much better. we oar better country and we are better than using taxpayer dollars. to try destroy a campaign. that's not what america is all about. so you can comment if you like. i just had to get that off my chest. [applause] >> you had two ambassadors that made several, several requests, and here's basically what happened to their requests. they were torn up. >> that's just not true congressman. i know that -- >> madam secretary that didn't them. >> al jazeera's libby casey joins us from barn what's been the reaction to both sides of the aisle? >> as trey gowdy the chairman left the marathon 11 hour hearing yesterday, he admitted that the

he's exonerating hillary clinton. this committee is all political and hillary has nothing to explain. what's your message to these partisans? >> i'm trying to be objective. hillary clinton has a lot of explaining to do. but we didn't need to de-emphasize and in some cases drop the investigation on different agencies, different organizations and different individuals. >> clinton of course has faced intense questioning from congress on the state department in benghazi. >> as i have said many times i take responsibility. >> republicans have accused her state department of denying requests for additional security at the u.s. mission before the attack and for being slow to acknowledge it was a terrorist attack. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who decided to kill some americans? what poiwhat difference at this point does it make? >> several investigations have detailed the many failures of the obama administration in protecting americans in l

it's because the clintons -- we don't say hillary clinton, bill clinton, we say the clintons. they have been there. you can imagine hillary clinton in a black church. hard to imagine bernie sanders would know what to do in a black church. that long relationship is there. but he does have room to grow especially if he focuses on these criminal justice issues. these issues that are really mobilized and motivated these younger african-american voters and their allies. if he comes in hard on criminal justice reform where hillary clinton was not there until recently, he may be able to grow. but he's going to have to grow. >> one thing bernie sanders does have in common with donald trump, the huge crowds that come out to see him 30,000, 20,000, it's amazing what's been going on. people want to hear what bernie sanders, democrats want to hear what he has to say. >> it is amazing. when you see the images and pictures come out on twitter of just a sea of people showing up in all sorts of places, everywhere boston to oregon, it really is amazing. and i think that, you know, he's been ab

hillary clinton went after that. listen. >> we have to look at the fact that we lose 90 people a day from gun violence. this has gone on too long and it's time the entire country stood up against the nra. >> that is a very big number. if you look at the last year, it is largely correct, about 92 people per day in 2013. but this number also includes all suicides and all accidental deaths and all cases where we don't really know quite what happened. those distinctions do not make this a less important issue. but it makes her statements somewhat misleading. the economy was something that bernie sanders wanted to talk about, specifically in struggling communities. listen to him. >> african american youth unemployment is 51%. hispanic youth unemployment is 36%. >> boy, those are whopping numbers out there. huge numbers. look at that. the problem is, those would be the numbers that would represent underemployment. if you're actually looking at unemployment, the numbers from the government are much, much lower. 21 % and 13%

hillary clinton never saw this coming. when pressed on her growing e-mail scandal, bernie sanders swoops in to save the day. >> and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. me too. >> was hillary clinton ever pressed on any of her scandals? we'll take a closer look for you. >>> as for the night, the winner

that is a shot as hillary clinton. she tried to jump on mccarthy's comment about the benghazi committee try beating her up. listen. >> i have taken responsibility for it. i did say it was a mistake. what i did was allowed by the state department wasn't the best choice. i have been as transparent as i know to be, turning over 55,000 pages of my e-mails, asking they be made public and i'm going to be testifying. i've been asking to testify sometime. and to do it in public. this committee is basically an arm of the republican national committee. it is a partisan vehicle as admitted by the house republican majority leader mr. mccarthy to drive down my poll numbers, surprise. >> she went on to say "i'm standing". a direct appeal she's taking fire but is still the front runner. interesting she's trying to focus in on the problem was the benghazi committee but not addressing e-mail controversy itself because despite the back and forth with the republicans it does not change the fact there is a nonpartisan, criminal investigat

here is a portion of last night's speech with hillary clinton. [video clip] winner is a democrat in the white house, america creates more jobs. the economy grows faster, and deficits are smaller. it when ih they hate say this, recessions happene for times more frequently under republican presidents. [applause] afford to go back to republicans failed policies. for myt running husband's third term, and i'm not running for barack obama's third term, i am running for my first term. [cheering] and, i am running as a proud democrat. [applause] need to defend the progress we have made under president until all build on it americans have the chance to raise their income. host: hillary clinton, one of three democrats speaking last night at the jefferson jackson dinner. we were live into the evening. we covered katy perry and former president bill clinton outside the event that took lace and earlier in the afternoon. this morning, maureen dowd is writing about hillary clinton, and her testimony before the house select committee. she writes, no one plays th

and hillary clinton under fire for flip-flopping. our special report on her long record of as she calls it, changing her mind. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. we danced in a german dance group. i wore lederhosen.man. when i first got on ancestry i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all. 52% of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. ancestry has many paths to discovering your story. get started for free at ancestry.com. >>> we are less than two hours away from the first showdown between the democratic candidates for president.

this is a big hearing for hillary clinton. a major, major moment in her race for the white house as well. lots of political ramramificati. lots at stake to put it mildly. amanda carpenter is here. former communications director for senator ted cruz. and paul begala, helps run a super pac supporting hillary clinton. long time friend and associate of hillary clinton. it is fair to say the stakes for her today are enormous. right paul? >> very high. are the legal stakes. which is most important. she's going to be under oath. she's been under oath in the past. this politically, you know, frankly, the political polling is on her side. our super pac has done a poll on this. overwhelming americans think it's a waste of money, politically motivated. we didn't ask it as well as cnn's poll. is this for political gain? 72% of americans say yes. 75% of independents think this committee is out for partisan gain. it's because they are. i'd like to meet, by the way, the 20% that think they're not. i'll sell them some ocean-front property in

you thing the first thing is hillary clinton dealing with being hillary clinton. >> yes, clinton versus clinton. she's her toughest competitor. and this is what i mean by that. obviously, with the e-mail controversy or her recent moves on positions, it's less about, i think, for her, what others may bring to attack her on the stage and more how she takes this moment to explain those things. and we've seen her employing this strategy over the last month, we're seen her do a ton more interviews than in first five months of her campaign. and i think that she is trying to work out how she's going to answer certain of these questions that are potential vulnerabilities. when you look back at her debate history in 2008 there was that illegal immigrants, driver's licenses for illegal immigrants question that she flubbed in that 2007 debate. and she did it to herself. that's what she has to guard against, i think, coming into this debate tuesday. >> there was a tile when a lot of people said this debate would be just about hillary clinton, but that's changed now. bernie sanders is on this stage

clinton against hillary clinton? >> i believe it is hillary clinton against hillary clinton fundamentally in the debate and the race at this point. these two polls are an iowa check. iowa and new hampshire are anomalous, both 59% white states. one-third of all democratic primary voters in 2008, the last time we had a competitive race between president obama and hillary clinton were minority voters. today, hillary clinton is dominant among those voters. you see the numbers here in south carolina, we assume the numbers here in nevada. she's in a very strong -- until bernie sanders proves he can crack into that minority support and/or joe biden comes in and fractures that minority support, it is very difficult to see how anybody gets past her on their own terms. the issue really is not so much do a majority of democrats prefer bernie sanders to hillary clinton, it's whether a majority of democrats conclude that hillary clinton is or is not a strong, viable, general election candidate given the incoming she's taken over

hillary clinton had to approve of it. bill clinton made $1 million giving a speech to the bank that was brokering the deal. same with an electronics manufacturer that was trying to sell stuff in iran. had to be approved by hillary clinton. and, sure enough, bill clinton got $750,000 giving a speech to that same electronics manufacturer. this is all in schweizer's book. it's good stuff but should go to the heart of the matter if she'll be a good president. >> you have a book out. a new book. tell me about it quickly. >> "presidents in the prayers" and people talk about separation of church and state but i think found rz wanted to keep government out of religion but they didn't want to keep religious people out of government. we print some of the pr proclamations in prayer and my own faith journey. >> good luck. senator rand paul, everybody. >>> i want to say thanks to our crew for joining us. you can head over to foxnews.com/cashin.com for stock picks. >>> hillary clinton wants to be your next president. it's time to show

>>> hillary clinton on the hot seat for hours, hours and hours. an 11-hour hearing on the benghazi terror attack. this went late, folks. there were big emotional moments. we have new reaction this morning coming up. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. this morning hillary clinton is back on the campaign trail. she's in virginia after that exhausting and exhaustive 11-hour grilling by the house benghazi committee. again and again republicans pressed the former secretary of state about her response to security concerns at the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya. they drilled into her actions on the night of the attack on that compound, the attack in 2012, an attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens, foreign service officer sean smith and cia contractors glen doherty and tyrone woods. at times clinton's testimony was emotional. >> i wonder if you would like to comment on what it's like to be dealing with the allegation that you deliberately caused the life of an ambassador wh

hillary clinton won. in my entire career, i've never done that, asking a voter to ask my question, but i think with hillary clinton, it may become my common practice. i'm wondering if you think watching the piece and watching her lately whether you think she's getting better as a candidate. john: you know, i think she looks pretty good today, and you've got to attribute some of it to the fact that she is suddenly having this opportunity we talked about earlier to go on offense and not be constantly on defense. i don't know. i would like to see a consistent performance increase, better performance on her part before one renders judgment. i've seen her give a couple really good speeches this year. she looked better in that we -- in that retail setting then she has for a while, but she still seems like she is not firing on every cylinder. i want to see a little more. what is your thought about that? mark: i thought she was very strong today. when she gets into a problem, everybody focuses on the negative, bu

clinton's campaign and top former staffers who went to work for hillary clinton and they also did not see a path to the nomination for joe biden, and even though he wanted to run and feeling it in his heart, i think that he finally came to the realization that it was not going to happen, and so he had to come tout get the statement today. and quite extraordinarily, because i peeked out into the rose garden coming out of the pen and pad session, and it was not on the schedule, a nd then e saw dr. jill biden coming in, and his adviser ted kaufman. thank you, jim. i want to bring in jake tapper and also gloria borger and brianna keilar. this is clear ly a difficult decision for the vice president, jake. it is not an e easy decision. i think that the instinct was to go for it, but practically speaking, he, himself, acknowledged that unfortunately, he thought that he was out of time. >> it is very clear that he thinks that he would be the best president of everyone running. there is really no reason for him to take these kind of the dings that hillary clinton is saying at the democratic de

hillary clinton had a private server. that was new information. >> when they asked to turn it over, there's not enough time. but information about the e-mails that were turned over also about the e e-mails weren't turned over. so they have found out new information. >> on the e e-mails, president obama was on "60 minutes" and addressed this. here he was. >> she made a mistake. she's acknowledged it. i do think that the way it's been ginned up is in part because of politics. it is important for her to answer these questions to the satisfaction of the american public. . i can tell you that this is not a situation in which america's national security was endangered. >> so, yes, a mistake, didn't affect national security. your reaction? >> the president, while he made a passionate defense, is not an impartial observer here. the questions about whether or not there was national security implications and questions about some wrong doing, that's ultimately going to be up to the investigators. >> i want you to react to the new at

some exchange with hillary clinton. how they manage that, how do they have a confront tration with her about an issue, her character, consistency without going over the line is the great challenge for the other people in the debate who will be a factor, whether poll numbers move an ounce or not. they will be players, too, they're desperate. they need something to happen. they need traction. >> i know the name martin o'malley is not top of mind when we think about the debate but that's the toughest challenge help began as the likely alternative to hillary clinton, eclipsed by bernie sanders, now on the edge of extinction and has to perform well in the debate. he has to confront the question you raise, how aggressive should i be? how do i pause myself, how do be the younger generation candidate. you have a 74-year-old in sanders, 67-year-old in clinton, he's a younger candidate. he may make that new generation appeal. >> thanks so much. more from all of you throughout the night. one man will oversee the tone of tonight's

you saw a genuine hillary clinton coming out. you saw the authenticity that people have been wanting to see and she didn't seem rehearsed or practiced and it was almost as if she knew the only other person she was really debating on that stage wasn't on that stage, that it was biden. the number of times she mentioned her closeness to president obama was trying to signal biden, don't come in and two, you don't need biden, you don't have me. >> josh, we know, if you know anything about debates, we know the line about president obama trusts my judgment was written, was rehearsed, was memorized but was delivered as if it had just occurred to her. >> this is the issue that didder in in 2008 and she wants to walk past it and say that was asked and answered, i lost one election over that, i don't have to lose two elections over that. but the fundamentals in this campaign are very good for hillary clinton. the democratic party is aligned on hillary clinton. hillary clinton is the best known candidate, the most experienced candidate. she'

hillary clinton in the middle. poll standing will determine the order of opening and closing statements. no candidate can bring a phone or a tablet or notes or any props on stage. they will each be given a pad of paper and pen and have water if they need it. what will they face? an all cnn panel this time around. moderator is our own anderson cooper. he is joined by dana bash and juan carlos lopez and don lemon watching facebook and instagram for questions he will present to the candidates. each candidate will have one minute to answer a direct question. if one gets brought up in somebody's answer, they have 30 seconds to respond to that. lights will tell them they are running overtime. anderson has the discretion to let any part of the conversation to go on longer if he feel it is is needed for whatever reason. you can bet the candidates on the edges want every moment they can get to try to make an impression and rise in the polls and maybe closer to center next time around. christine, john. >> tom foreman for us.

hillary clinton has a lot of explaining to do. we, however, did not need to ship resources to hyper focus on hillary clinton. we didn't need to deemphasis, sometimes drop investigations on different agencies, organizations, and individuals. >> as you can imagine, this is a got you told you so moment for the clinton campaign and for other democrats who support her saying this is exactly what we said all along. that this committee, this select committee on benghazi is purely political, purely partisan. a witch hunt. as you can imagine, the republican-led committee they say this is absolutely false. there is no truths to these allegations and that he was fired for cause and that he's nothing more than a disgruntled former employee. >> dana bash, thank you so much. "state of the union" starts at the top of the hour. 9:00 a.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> next the controversial decision in cleveland. two separate reports conclude the cleveland police officer was justified in shooting 12-year-old tamir rice. them. then, let the principal he

they can attack hillary clinton. bernie sanders does not want to attack hillary clinton and he won't and he hasn't been doing it because he has something to lose if he does that. what does jim webb have to lose if he says where were you on the iraq war for example? you know. i mean, so that could be sort of the unknown thing here. >> that's what they have in common, webb was against iraq, sander was against iraq. remember what happened to hilary against barack obama when they ganged up. if they go after her, web might be tougher than sanders but that could be an important moment. >> could be good for hill arkhi >> this city was built on what do i got to lose? a lot of people went broke. >> stay with us, a lot more ahead. we want to take a look at a number of issues, john king will join us with where the candidates stand by the numbers going into the debate and as the democrats turn that doesn't necessarily mean it will be foot loose and trump free. we'll look how donald trump weighed in on the democratic field when w

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we know hillary clinton has been tracking left. that may not help her on some of these issues with bernie sanders supporters because some of them told me they think he's too far left and needs to move back towards the center a bit. it's not going to win her any fans among those supporters, anderson. >> joining me is former michigan governor who is senior advisor of the proclinton super pact correct the record and nia mallika henderson and gloria borger. governor, as a clinton supporter, do you worry when you hear, you see the enthusiasm for bernie sanders, huge crowds that have turned out tomorrow on that stage in terms of senator clinton, senator clinton or secretary clinton going after each other, can she afford to alienate that kind of enthusiasm? that support? >> i don't think she will. she will want to welcome and invite them assuming she gets the nomination but so much of that huge crowd buildup has to do with people feeling angry about inequality and lack of jobs, particularly young people saying where is our middle class an

he had a lot of slow zincers at hillary clinton, in the end, i respect what hillary clinton and her husband has done for our country. our country needs new leadership. that was the beginning of that alternative. >> hillary clinton said to him, i appreciated your endorsement in 2008. she was right. she was ready for that. >> he said something changed since 2008. >> right. >> you know, right at that moment, her team and her allies were sending out the full endorsement. >> how big a deal is it? bernie sanders said after the debate, they didn't talk enough about income and equality. they did talk a lot about wall street. i thought you saw a very important distinction. hick hick kept saying, hey, if states want to do that let them do it. that wasn't the question s. question is what will you do about banks and wall street. o'malley was strong on that, does it matter to the voters at least right now? >> i think it might. it's almost a republican argument that she kept making that this will all come down to the state. it's an elegant dodge, but it certain live wasn't the way that some democrats wou

hillary clinton went after. that listen. >> we have to look at the fact that we lose 90 people a day from gun violence, this has gone on too long. it's time the entire country stood up against the nra. >> that is a very big number. few look at the last year for which the centers for disease control have complete numbers, it is largely correct, about 92 people per day in 2013. but this number also includes all suicides and all accidental deaths and all cases where we don't really know quite what happened. those distinctions do not make this distinction a less important issue but without them. they do make her statement true but at least somewhat misleading. the economy also on the mind for many people out there. that was something that bernie sandersped to talk about particularly in struggleing communities. listen to him. >> african youth employment is 51%, youth unemployment is 36%. >> boy, those are whopping numbers out there. huge numbersing look at. that 61%, 30%, big numbers, problem is, those would be the n

hillary clinton. hillary clinton pushed back with the help of democrats playing defense. >> madam secretary i understand there are people, frankly, both party whose have suggested this investigation is about you. let me assure you, it is not. >> they set up this select committee with no rules, no deadline, and an unlimited budget. they set them loose, madam secretary, because you are running for president. >> if there is no evidence for a video inspired protest, where did the false narrative start? >> it started with you, madam secretary. >> i have lost more sleep than all of you put together. i have been racking my brain about what more could have been done. or should have been done. >> much of the coverage seemed to favor hillary clinton although not on fox. >> she sounded like a real human being trying to save someone who worked for her over there in benghazi in a very dangerous situation. i don't think it hurt her. >> a very bad day for gowdy and the republicans. >> frankly, republicans were tryin

hillary clinton: thank you. thank you. yes, the lady right here. here comes the microphone. >> thanks for picking on me. i have a question about the cdc, nd research that was cut off early in the 90's by the republican party. i think that if you can bring that back, if we could convince legislature to fund research into gun violence, what causes it -- i think we're hitting a lot of marks with that because we are getting mental health issues, we are getting what role guns play, how quickly people can off someone with a gun when they want to. if we can just analyze that data, i think we will be a lot better place. hillary clinton: i agree with you. what she is referring to is that the centers for disease control is responsible for looking at public health issues. if there is dirty water that is making people sick, we are expecting them to tell us what to do to prevent that. so, they were researching gun violence and trying to figure ut who is more likely to commit violence, what kind of arning signs there might be

hillary clinton against donald trump, it is 50% for hillary clinton and 45% for donald trump, and the margin of error here is 3%, so she does have a lead. and with her and ben carson, neck and neck, and that is fascinating. but look at bernie sanders against donald trump, he is nine points ahead of donald trump, and that is a bigger lead than hillary clinton. >> and we are hearing that bill clinton, the former president, is going with her to iowa to start campaigning for her? >> yes, in is a time that is a big political weekend in iowa, and you have the jefferson jackson dinner thar hillary clinton going to be at, and bill clinton is seen as an asset for hillary clinton, and sometimes he has not been, but he is certainly known as someone who is a very good campaigner, and so it is a noteworthy that she is going out to iowa with him. remember, he was not in the hall for the debate, right? he watched it in the hotel room. >> and he was not in the room, but he is effective campaigner. >> and yes, the democrats love him. >> and he is going to help her when he goes out with her. >> yes. >>

what are we hearing from hillary clinton's camp? i know she had a phone call with joe biden. >> she did. her spokesman said she spokes with joe biden after the rose garden speech, and clinton herself actually tweeted about this. she tweeted vice president is a good friend and a great man. today and always inspired by his optimism and his commitment to change the world for the better. clinton sort of emphasizing this theme in a statement she put out, a little bit of a longer statement in which she called joe biden a fighter, saying he will always be on the front lines fighting for us. our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows that clinton would be up about 20 points over bernie sanders if biden were to have gotten into the race, 25 points without him. so it's likely clinton will see a bump in the polls after this. she's obviously got the benghazi hearing tomorrow, that's going to be a big moment for her campaign. it will be interesting to see how her polls look next week, given the biden and benghazi news. >> and we're not seeing

so, too, has hillary clinton. a huge moment in the campaign as well, stay was. >>> huge day on capitol hill. hillary clinton face to face with the select committee on benghazi. answering questions they have been waiting mons to ask. answers she's been waiting a long time to give. >>> breaking overnight. paul ryan moves closer to becoming speaker of the house. the new support he's receiving. >>> inside the big decision from joe biden. not to run for president. details you have not heard from insiders about why and how and how late he made that decision. >> fascinating. >> welcome back to "early start." >> 31 minutes past the hour. it all happen this is morning. in just hours, hillary clinton goes before the house benghazi committee. questions and answers that could last all day. eight hours. the committee says the focus will be the 2012 attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in libya. the attacks that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. they're to ask her about the security problems at t

it wasn't just barack obama and hillary clinton. it was john mccain and lindsey graham. >> and france and uk. >> and europeans. allies in europe and many arab allies. it may have been a bad policy, but don't fool yoouurself that' not what this is about in the least. >> secretary clinton started talking about smart power and the use of power, but i think one of the things we haven't heard enough about okay, once you achieve your objective what then? what do you do in libya after gadhafi's been deposed or in iraq or syria or wherever? >> she also talked about her belief that the job of diplomats is not exclusively to sit behind a desk in an embassy. it's to go out in the countries that they represent. >> she invoked 19th century diplomats. >> few things about hillary clinton's foreign policy vision because of this hearing talked about willingness to put diplomats in dangerous situations, called it expedition diplomacy. she thinks success in libya was example of smart power and beneficial for the obama administration to lead from behin

hillary clinton stayed on message. bernie sanders found a wider audience and the three underdogs elbowed into the spotlight, if only for a moment. john burman live in las vegas on the morning after. >> a fascinating debate carol. you saw the experience of hillary clinton. the passion of bernie sanders. and you saw the granite of lincoln chafee. this

hillary clinton, we know she's in town. one of the very first thing she did, she went over to the trump hotel looking past her democratic rivals and was trolling the tycoon, going off on donald trump in front of his hotel in las vegas. she has a lot at stake tonight. she has not debated anything like this since 2008. she has to avoid make anything big mistakes. her campaign says her strategy goes like this. they're very aware people have been focused on the benghazi controversy, e-mail controversy. she was using a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state. that has put into a lot of public confidence in her and her candida candidacy. she wants to talk about the issues she's been dying to talk about in front of a big television audience. as for bernie sanders, the knock on bernie sanders inside the democratic party is that a lot of people don't think he can be president of the united states. so, he wants to come across as presidential, come across as serious. his campaign says he wants the viewing audience at hom

hillary clinton tweeting " a good friend and a great man. today and always inspired by his optimism and commitment to change the world for the better." bernie sanders had this to say" i thank the vp for his support of the middle class." and this this is from debbie wasserman schultz. will continue and to dedicate his life to helping every american do better. could not be prouder to call him a fellow democrat." what's your reaction to this news? alexandria, virginia. you are supporting hillary clinton. what do think about joe biden not running? sorry.'m i was going to call on another question. but biden not running. i'll tell you the way he has been flip-flopping for the last letter two, i'm glad he decided not to, because if you cannot make up his mind in the length of time he was given, then, but my question on the benghazi hearings, why i called. it'snow, what gets me is unfortunate four deaths. whenack in the iraqi war were.n. peacekeepers requesting two weeks to verify whether there was wmd -- aboutwe are going to talk the benghazi heari

voters like hillary clinton by more than a 2-1 margin. we can also show you the latest numbers on the republican side. the nbc news online poll. you see donald trump continuing to lead with 28%. ben carson the big news in this poll. we've seen this elsewhere, jumping up from 14% to 23% in the last month. also, take a look, jeb bush. look at this. jeb bush, who we all thought was the big front-runner at start of this campaign, down in sixth place at 5%. if you want to know where this carson surge is coming from, you can see it right here. a month ago, if you asked among white evangelical christians, ben carson was in second place. he had just 20%. in a month, look at that, he's jumped to 33%. he's overtaken donald trump among white evangelicals. that's a key group in republican presidential politics. that's why ben carson has surged in the last month. >> all right. you know, it's incredible to watch his numbers, though. steve, we've talked about it as well, ben carson has not revealed any big policy, not even as it relates to taxes, as don

hillary clinton said no, absolutely not. the democrats will talk about social security. >> hillary clinton is under especially difficult pressure tonight. talk about what she needs to do. >> hillary clinton needs to with stand a little bit of heat on what is qualified as flip flops, changes in her position, changes on the tpp and the keystone pipeline that she has come in line. i think presenting herself as part of the administration, now her own candidate and free to say some things. they'll try to corner her where she can go up against the obama administration, a place she has not felt very safe, and a place that the democrats don't want to see her go, but she has to go don't many of these candidates agree on the issues? >> don't many of them agree on the issues? >> most of them do, but they don't necessarily agree on how the candidates got to the issues. they don't necessarily agree that hillary clinton got there in a genuine way especially on things like tpp, where she has been a supporter of trade packs. her husband put

hillary clinton clashed are hillary clinton over the economy and gun control and other things. this is amid the growing