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These results to come back. thank you so much. >> youre welcome. well, turning now to "first read" on politics this morning, the house gop holds its secret ballot in the next half hour to nominate the next speaker. but a group of hard-line conservatives says its not backing the current number two, kevin mccarthy. plus, why a taylor swift reference on the campaign trail has a student calling out john kasich. joining me now to talk about it, nbc news senior political editor, mark murray. so ma...

Sometimes when you give shots a little bit of blood can reflux up the needle and into the syringe. and so the concern is, you know, blood from one patient, even if it was only a few drops, could have been transmitted to another patient. now, that risk is very minimal. it doesnt happen with every shot that blood would reflux back up into the syringe. presumably she would have noticed that, but this is a breach. protocol and sounds like it is being taken very seriously. for you as the average cons...

Donations, averaging just $37 apiece. that is at least $8 million so far, not bad for a self-described democratic socialist from vermont. >> i think he can beat hillary clinton. >> reporter: even democrats admit he may not be the best shot at the white house. just 2% say sanders best position to beat a republican in the 2016 general election according to a new cnn poll. >> im a hillary clinton fan, too. >> reporter: but its early in the race and long term doubts have not slowed his momentum so f...

Msnbc reporter alex seitzwall was there and talked to some of his biggest supporters. >> reporter: 5,000 in burlington. 5,000 in denver. $3,000 in minneapolis. and in madison, wisconsin, almost 10,000 people. >> tonight we have made a little bit of history. we have more people at a meeting for a candidate for president of the united states than any other candidate has had. >> ive been very frustrated and bernie has that -- is like the lone wolf out there, you know speaking for people who dont ha...

Obama term, and shes not running for a third term of her husbands administration either for that matter. and on most of the issues where shes broken with the white house, shes lined up with the left wing of her party. you know, keystone and tpp being the latest. and in general, you know, she has to balance here between wanting to show a difference from the white house and wanting to appeal to the left, but also not wanting to weaken the white house too much. its very difficult for a party to win...

Reached from day one. i believe that the transpacific partnership is nothing more than a continuation of disastrous trade policies which we have experienced for the last 30 or so years which have led to the loss of millions of decent-paying jobs. >> joining me now live from our washington bureau, msnbc political reporter alex seitzwall who is covering the clinton campaign. here you have now pretty much a guarantee of strong support from some organized labor as well as i think something youve poi...