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Of a normal conversation that occurred. however, that being said, i held a press briefing that 150 members of the press came to last week, excuse me, three weeks ago, where we walked through the delegate nomination process, people asked us about different rules and procedures that are going to be different for the cycle and, of course, the conversation of does a contested primary, is that being covered and the answer i would say publicly, privately, in a phone booth, of course, we plan for every...

Jon: apparently he was shouting "black lives matter," a protester who has been arrested self times. but people like that trump is direct and confrontational. >> a big chunk of the republican party likes it. thats why hes sitting up on the top of the polls. but if you go into a general election. people will be looking for at his demeanor. they will be look at whether hes somebody who can unite rather than divide. they will be looking to somebody who is not as divisive as donald trump has shown hi...

Congress. >> it is not complicated he said where i stood. also not complicated who did not stand there. he is speaking directly about marco rubio, jeremy. >> of course. this is classic ted cruz where he highlight what is he has done without talking about opponents. he is clearly drawing a contrast here. if you know as the narrative currently pointing to maybe we could see a fight with marco rubio and ted cruz for the nomination, the issue of immigration is probably going to be central to that de...

With the nuclear codes. what is your reaction to that? >> steady hands. >> that is true. he has steady hands. >> its a little scary. you talk to establishment republicans and theyll look at these numbers and theyll say, oh, that doesnt really matter because trump or carson arent going to be the nominee. if you combine their numbers theyve been above 50% zurg the entire nomination process, as establishment republicans fight over whether theyre supporting bush or rubio. i think we need to prepare ...

There were a couple of big no-shows. they seemed to enjoy it. rnc was definitely not invited. the candidates have very frustrated because last year the national republican party would be be a socialing debates into their nomination process. something that never happened before. they want to control debates in early voting states and elsewhere. carson and trump did face gotcha questions, or some senators and governors got few particularly in second want changes. rnc wants their advocate, not thei...

Democrats need a high turnout. republicans dont want to give any reason to empower these folks to come out like they did for obama. theyll have to address this issue. but in a republican nomination process, they are just not relevant and a pretty good target at this point with some of the extreme elements of that group and some of the things they are saying. >> so you agree with chris christie in he saying the president is encouraging this environment? >> im not agreeing with chris christie. im ...

Years. why would anybody tell us not to? they want to! what the hell are we getting involved for? the fact is, its easy. you dont have to put on makeup. look how beautiful everyone looks. wouldnt it be easier? right? wouldnt that be easy? >> talking about women wearing burqas in afghanistan, thats exactly what i think, ron brownstein. im so sorry. let me introduce you both. ron brownstein, cnn political analyst and editorial director for the national journal and john, the senior strategist for r...

These republican nomination process. we have a debate obviously coming up tomorrow. these debates are important. they are playing a role. but look at the state numbers. in iowa hes lost ground. trump is still up in new hampshire and south carolina and florida. those are numbers we need to look at seeing if there are significant changes in the ar s states. >> somebody is going to try to wiggle in there. and the maybe thats going to be jeb bush. jeb is just going to be jeb, as the tough and kind o...

Facing our country, my belief that i can provide the best leadership in order to meet these challenges or my intentions to remain fully engaged in the debates that are facing us. how i remain as a voice will depend on what kind of support im shown in the coming weeks as i meet with people from all sides of americas political landscape, and i intend to do that. >> so we are hear right there from jim webb the fact he is withdrawing from the democratic nomination process. one thing we did not hear ...

>> and why donald trump is accusing jeb bush of doing a plant. >> i dont think that youre a friend to women. >> when "all in" starts right now. geek from new york. im chris hayes. it is exciting, exciting night. im speak agof the democratic presidential primary finally gets started in ernest as five candidates take the stage in las vegas for their long awaited first debate, it is an uncommonly late start for the nomination process. at this point in the 2008 cycle, the candidates had already de...