Leadoff Caucus News Today

He made that proposal. the first two days he was getting 30%, the last two days 38%. so another sign that maybe those comments is helping him. just about an hour from now, we will have a more definitive look at that question. an nbc poll will be coming out to answer the question, what kind of effect did that proposal have on donald trump and on this campaign? one more thing to note, when you look at south carolina, this is the vote of evangelicals. theyre a big part of the electorate in south ca...

Biden. 30% ng to get in. really what the numbers are telling you is that if hes looking just at a pure political calculation, if theres an opening, theres a smaller opening than a week or two ago. if he says, i dont care, i want to get in, i want my best last shot at it, maybe he still will. we can show you the republican numbers, donald trump, thats the highest he has been, 25%, ben carson with strong support from white evangelical christians, they are particularly important in the leadoff cauc...

Thul people when asked who they could see themselves voting for increasingly say that mch this is where are prp there, its the highest that donald trump has been in the nbc news/wall street journal poll. this is the highest number hes got yet. ben carson has been surging right behind him. you see a lot of his support is coming from white evangelical christians toe pechlt. >> p right now ben carsons biggest potential is in that leadoff caucus state of iowa.

Less bombastic than chris christie ted cruz or donald trump. trump appeared on the oreilly factor last night. after having den grated senator john mccains military service last weekend said he respected him but then trashed him for not fixing the veterans administration. >> certainly if there was a misunderstanding i would totally take that back. hopefully i said it correctly. certainly shortly thereafter i said it correctly. i would love to see him do a much better job taking care of the vetera...

Less bombastic than chris christie ted cruz or donald trump. trump appeared on the oreilly factor last night. after having den grated senator john mccains military service last weekend said he respected him but then trashed him for not fixing the veterans administration. >> certainly if there was a misunderstanding i would totally take that back. hopefully i said it correctly. certainly shortly thereafter i said it correctly. i would love to see him do a much better job taking care of the vetera...

Plus rumbling that a budget deal could actually happen on capitol hill, possibly as early as tonight. so lets get right to the press box. nbcs katy tur is with the trump campaign in new hampshire. nbcs andrea mitchell has more on the dust-up between clinton and sanders. and julie bike wits of the associated press has details from the closed door meetings in houston where the bush family is hoping to give jeb a jump-start. we start with the republican nomination fight. less than a hundred days aw...