Into a little bit of anger. Good morning. Tuesday, february 6th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set, we have msnbc contributor, Mike Barnicle. Looks kind of awake this morning. I am. I dont know whats going on there. Been up all night. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst, Steve Rattner. And washington bbc world news anchor, katty kay. Good morning. Good morning. Good. Should we get right to news . Sure. If you want to. Are you joking . You guys want to talk about something . A good story. It is good. Johnny damon wants to play baseball with the yankees. They need somebody. I should have gone with it. When conservatives gather at cpac, theyll do so without one of the most popular Republican Leaders in the country. Have you heard this . I did. Conservative Chris Christie will not be invited to speak at the conference despite him having a record high 74 popularity with the voters. Here are some that will be invited. If youre going to get the guy who has a 74 Appr
Primary by mail in ballot. Kentucky is a closed primary, meaning no independence, a factor which could favor clinton but sanders could fare better in oregon. Jon there are 116 delegates at stake in both states. Joining us now, a. B. Stoddard, associate editor and columnist at the hill, david druckers senior Political Correspondent at the washington examiner. Hillary clinton has been campaigning hard in kentucky. I guess that is some signal of the states of this race . Yeah, senator sanders 110 of the last 12 contest and shes hoping to put it away today but i really think if you look at the issues here, with Bernie Sanders voters and how resistant they are to Hillary Clinton if she has a nice win in kentucky i dont know if she can still race tomorrow. She still has a Bernie Sanders problem with a portion of the little liberal part of the party that really doesnt want to warm up a to her in the fall. On the issue of trade, they will bevoting for trump. Jon Bernie Sanders is claiming the
I think its too complicated. I think the rnc rules Committee Going forward with making rules amendment suggestions is it is not a good idea. It is politically charged all right. Donald trump blasting the republican primary process, calling it crooked in a rally in upstate new york, but his Campaign Manager seemed to sidestep the entire thing on fox news sunday, calling trump the presumptive nominee. Opponent john kasich responding to trumps complaints, trying to wind himself into getting an a, his words. And ted cruz continues to make his case after sweeping all 14 delegates yesterday at wyoming state conv lot at stake in new terms of dell got count. Take a look. 95 up for grabs for republicans. 247 for democrats. We have fox team coverage. Well begin with john roberts live in Staten Island, where donald trump had a huge welcome today, huge, john. Absolutely huge. Donald trump really had the arena to himself. He had hundreds of people there. They had perfectly good seats to sit in. The
Chairman of the Republican National committee. Mr. Chairman, it is good to have you on the program this morning. Welcome. Good morning, maria. Can you lay out the road ahead for us . Tell us what an open Convention May look like. Do you expect we would get an open convention . And what are the scenarios that could lead to that . Okay. Well, first of all, at the rnc, were preparing for any scenario, so well be ready. Weve got candidates that have a pathway to getting to the majority of delegates before cleveland. But if that doesnt happen, obviously, well be prepared to run the most open and transparent, open convention in the history of our party. Obviously, it doesnt happen very often, so were getting ready, and were getting ready for any possibility, maria. So, you think anything can happen . You know, you speak to the Cruz Campaign, and they think they have a real road to the nomination. They feel that if he does well in utah, in arizona, which they say he is doing well, that he may
This chaotic president ial race appears to be wide open for both parties. This morning we will keep with three of the republican candidates, jump, john kasich and jeb bush. Lets begin our coverage with sara murray, she is live in charleston, South Carolina. What a night, sara. Reporter what a night is right, alisyn, donald trump finally pulled off what many people thought he a could never do, he notched his first victory winning New Hampshire handily. Last night he thanked the voters there for delivering his first win. New hampshire, i want to thank you. We love you. Were going to be back a lot. Were not going to forget you. You started it. Remember. You started it. Reporter now, trump may have had the biggest finish, but the surprise of the night was Ohio Governor john kasich. He came in second and to many people it seemed like it came totally out of nowhere, but i talked to john kasich on his Campaign Plane overnight on his flight here to South Carolina and he said he wasnt surprised