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Breakdowns that we have seen today, this footage today released today and the statements made in all probability not coincidental. iranians have taken to social media today making light of the diplomatic breakdown with the neighbors in the persian gulf region saying, you know, we have sustained decades of sanctions. what will we do now that the saudis and other gulf states have now broken relations in a sarcastic and joking way and ups and downless here. very unusual to see such a sort of a conc...

Grade school that those tactics really are for grade school, and ive gone far beyond that now. >> do you plan on watching? >> no. >> would you do "snl" if asked? >> no. >> why? >> because i think the presidency is a very serious thing, and i dont like making light of it like that. >> joining me now, msnbc political analyst and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn and nbc senior news political director mark murray. we do have our republican strategist lee carter on the panel, but lee i...

"saturday night live" as carson claims he has no interest in appearing on "snl." >> i think the presidencys a very serious thing. and i dont like making light of it. >> carson is up with his own ad promoting his record remix to rap music. ♪ >> as for rubio hes still weathering criticism about using a party charge card for personal expenses in florida. >> for years ive heard about marco and his credit cards. to be honest with you i think hes got a problem there. >> reporter: rubio today brushin...

A wider lead, trump released his first round of radio ads in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. >> if the people vote for me, youll never be disappointed. i dont disappoint. i produce. >> reporter: the ads ignore trumps toughest rivals, even as the candidate takes a hasher tone in interviews and a mistakenly released promo for "saturday night live." >> let me say this, ben carson is a complete and total loser. >> reporter: as carson claims, he has no interest in appearing on snl. >> i think...

We have all of it covered beginning with nbcs chris jansing tracking the carson campaign. chris? >> reporter: well, ben carson is now on his way to two more appearances here in florida. every book buyer, a potential voter, trying to build on momentum of polls showing him not just leading the republican race and now neck in neck with the democratic front-runner hillary clinton. but being the front-runner means you are a target. hes had a little back and frort with dmp ant trumps appearance on sat...

You may have seen that i recently launched a snap chat account. i love it! i love it! those messages disappear all by themselves. >> that was hillary clinton making light of the investigation into her e-mails. smart move or dumb joke? we will hash it out with the best on television. former communications director for the democratic national committee and former montana governor and eric fern strom adviser to the romney campaign and former communications director for ted cruz. thank you for joini...

You may have seen that i recently launched a snapchat account. i love it. i love it. those messages disappear all by themselves. >> that was hillary clinton making light of the investigation into her e-mails. smart move or dumb joke? were going to hash it out right now with the best political team on television. mo ee lee think, eric fernstrom and former montana governor brian schweitzer and amanda carpenter, former communications director for ted cruz. thanks, everybody, for joining us. amanda,...

Democratic side reet night now. that e-mail controversy, that joke she made, that gave an opening to republicans. you saw donald trump going after her. you will see other republicans will say, hey, this is no joking matter and put her back on defense there. the iowa democrats in the room, they chuckled at the joke. i dont think that they felt as concerned about her making light of it in the room and talking to some of the folks there. but what she did do to try to sort of deal with the sanders c...

Take questions from reporters here and there al show she doesnt do it frequently but she doesnt want to be heckled. she has to get herself in more of those situations. >> anna, she took a more serious tone when speaking with reporters about the e-mail controversy. however lets listen to how she handled the issue last night at that wing ding dinner. >> you may have seen that i recently launched a snapchat account. [ cheers and applause ] i love it, i love it. those messages disappear all by thems...

Their hope is to stay there and deal with the chaos. its fascinating. more poll numbers coming up at the top of the hour on "state of the union." next a new sign of hillary clintons weakness? highlighting the path republicans think gets them back to the white house. first politicians say the darnedest things. listen to president obama in kenya making light of those who argue hes not eligible to be our president. >> i suspect that some of my critics back home are suggesting that im back here to l...