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starts right now. >> martha: thank you both very much. im martha maccallum and this is the story. former president trump about to hold a rally in virginia, a tight race right now. hes trying to become the first republican presidential candidate to win the state in 20 years. biden won by ten points last time around. we will see what he has to say. we expect in any moment and will take you there. clearly he will reflect on last nights debate, which was very consequential in many ways, no...

Polling thing, of enthusiasm versus pragmatism. thats been a story since the beginnings of the primary season. we talk about bidens electability, his prominence has been cut into a little bit what does that say to you about that argument which is central to what the democrats are dealing with >> i think elizabeth warren and joe biden even though theyre close in age look totally different on the campaign trail, on the national stage during debates. joe biden is familiar to a lot of people. i thin...

Do you have people in the field to win the caucuses? i have been there. joe biden needs a team on the ground to pull it off. the lower names are interesting to me. when i look at elizabeth warren, cory booker, i look at people who look like they could jump two or three percent. if i were kamala harris, i appear to be doing well. elizabeth warren has moved ahead. maybe shell spend more time in iowa. i dont think the poll doesnt mean anything. it doesnt mean as much in iowa as in a primary state. ...

Now. roger stone is a friend of the president. i suspect everything he hears by the special counsel gets relayed to team trump. what does rudy giuliani know that we dont? >> i think people like roger stone, jim corsi, people like that, have been providing information to the presidents lawyers. jared kushner and donald trump jr.s attorneys are also sharing information. but i think youre right, what youre seeing is there is sort of a closing in of the circle here, and what it means is that the pre...

And separate the president from his campaign. because thats exactly what is consistent with both of these statements. whether he is defending or representing the term campaign, its irrelevant in a sense. what is relevant to me is a fact that there is a coupling there. you are trying to separate the president from the campaign. why are you working now at this date, after what we know has come out, to do that? you did it in some pretty interesting ways on camera last night, in audio last night and...

Elements of the trump story in it. but i think that as the president continued to criticize him, comey got his backup. in some ways, this showdown was prompted by the presidents constant criticism of comey long after he fired him. >> we know its gotten under the presidents skin as hes been tweet, calling him a slime ball and liar. the white house press secretary said yesterday, quote, one of the presidents greatest achievements will go down as firing director comey. your reaction to that assessm...

Them. so with this mexican rapist comment, for instance, you have already a divergence within the field. some candidates are saying, you know i support the sentiment in which he was applying the description and then others saying that hes an idiot more or less. and on the polling thing, i think we need to recognize, phil is right. tons of name id which is get being him to second place in the republican field. the flip side of this is if you look at any of the polls, hes the most despised candida...

And you get this term, you lie. >> you do get that term. >> use it -- you sit on a throne of lies. >> also benghazi. >> you know, chestnut. >> one of the definitions of corruption, bill, is the use of dishonesty to gain or keep power. >> barack obama. >> i like him as a human being. but somehow it seems like hes over his head. >> i just want to say to my critics, i hear your voices and im aware of your concerns. >> so maybe you can shut the hell up for a second, maybe i can focus, you know. >> t...

>> i dont understand politics. >> this could turn into a robert froths -- robert frost poem. >> when the three of you guys were on the screen it was like every white guy neck tie. >> i just want wait to see the ron paul people. >> you are all white guys. >> are you saying the neck tie options are not available to noncaucasians ? >> i am not saying that. >> specificity. >> lets go to the polling thing. jill said, and you all commented on this cell phone business. it is apparently not entirely tru...

>> and sometime tierrist, peter orourke tells me there is something funny about this campaign. its the economy, stupid and nobody knows the economy better than jack well etch. ill ask him what he thinks of the republican race. and filmmaker ed burns, how he used twitter to make his new movie. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. all eyes on new hampshire, a state known for knock downing front runners. there seems to be little chance [ kate ] most women may not be properly ab...