Attorney general for, quote, taking charge. Seeming to indicate that bob barr, bill barr had a direct hand in the Justice Departments move to undercut prosecutors recommendations to sentence trump ally roger stone. They wanted stone to spend 7 to 9 years in prison for convictions, we should note, on several charges including lying to congress and witness tampering. Hours later, trump called that very unfair and the sentencing request was watered down. Now four prosecutors who won that conviction have quit the case. Clearly we have a lot to get to. Lets begin with the results in New Hampshire. Phil mattingly is here. What do you think we should focus on when we look at how this all shook out . I want to start with the top two. If you go back to 2016, Bernie Sanders just dominated New Hampshire. This was a different race, a different field. Different money, different organizations. Different results. But theres a reason Bernie Sanders won. Bernie sanders won the three largest townships in the entire state. Ran up some numbers there. Thats obviously important for him. Not unlike 2016, he also won big Public University towns. A lot of progressive voters and younger voters. If you want to go into plymouth, into durham, these are big areas Bernie Sanders did well in. As i noted, this wasnt just a Bernie Sanders blowout. Pete buttigieg keeping it narrow just behind him on that. Pete buttigieg punctured an area Bernie Sanders dominated in twep 2016. Thats the vermont border. The light green is Pete Buttigieg. Also doing well in the southeastern part of the area. Its affluent, a little more educated as well. Thats why Pete Buttigieg made some cracks in where Bernie Sanders dominated. Bernie sanders got the win. Equal on the delegates side. Top two clearly coming out of New Hampshire. What about senator Amy Klobuchar. She needed this night. She had her own comeback kid moment. The senator totally focused on iowa had her moment in New Hampshire. And the reason why is twofold. If you look at some of the dark green, this is Amy Klobuchar. Down here as well a lot of these townships are republicanleaning townships that she capitalized on with her message. Also clearly late deciders moving heavily towards her. Clear momentum coming out of the debate on friday. Out of all three of these top candidates, including Amy Klobuchar, no ideological lane in how these townships broke down. First, second and third, almost throughout the entire map, was klobuchar, sanders and buttigieg. Klobuchar in the top three in almost every single township in the state. And thats why she ended up in the top three at the end. Thats a big overperform. Phil mattingly, thank you. Jessica dean joins us from manchester. Also political commentator karen finney is in d. C. Karen, buttigieg overperformed again here. It is a win, although equal on delegates here. Is that the real surprise from these first two races . Well, i think, yes, because, obviously, Bernie Sanders had a 22point having been there last time 22point blowout in 2016. So to see another candidate come on so strong, someone who did not necessarily have a near state, a neighboring state ou look at the combined e effect of Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, and you look at the number of votes and percentage of votes that Bernie Sanders got, that shows us that this moderate more far left dynamic is going to continue to play out. Now when we get to nevada and South Carolina where we have much more diverse populations, Amy Klobuchar has her own issues with africanamericans. So well see how she is able to build those bridges and lets see how she does in those areas. I think that record as a prosecutor in minnesota, et cetera, is going to come much more into focus starting right now. Jessica, so joe biden actually went to South Carolina last night. And that says a whole lot. How much are they banking on, on that state . Its everything to them right now, poppy. His travel plans yesterday which were announced, you know, midmorning, tell you everything you need to know. They saw the writing on the wall in New Hampshire. They previously said they didnt have to win here or in iowa but they did not anticipate the results Phil Mattingly was just showing us. They did not think hed be that weak in New Hampshire. Now they are hinging all of joe bidens fortunes on, can he deliver on this promise that he can build this Diverse Coalition that when hispanics and africanamericans start voting in bigger numbers in this primary process, can he deliver . So now hes not only expected to win South Carolina, hes really got to blow it out. Karen finney, a lot of talk about, of course, the division between progressives and more moderates in these races. Do you learn anything by adding up the returns for buttigieg, klobuchar, even biden against the returns for a sanders and warren, more for the progressive wing or really is it a mixed message at this point about where democratic voters preference is for the general . More of a moderate or progressive candidate . Look, thats a great question because were not quite sure yet, right . It could be that what voters are trying to say, let me just say, i think well have a long primary so we will be having this conversation many times over because thats what we saw in 2016 and 2008. Voters could be telling us that they maybe want someone more moderate. I think what voters are trying to sort out is who can beat donald trump, right . And so the question the challenge for senator sanders, hes now got to explain to the American People, to voters in these upcoming states why socialism, democratic socialism, as he defines it, can win in other parts of the country. As we get to some of these super tuesday states, they dont have they have more of a mix in terms of democrats who are not necessarily to the far left. More centrist democrats. Theyre trying to sort out between the two, but the strength of senator sanders is something we all have to Pay Attention to because clearly there are parts of his message that are very strongly resonating in addition to the strength of his supporters. So whoever takes this is going to have to figure out how to walk that balance as well. No question. Well have a lot of opportunities to measure out who walks that balance best Going Forward. Jessica dean, karen finney, thanks very much. As some 2020 democrats look to build off a big night in New Hampshire, others are dropping out of the race entirely. I am the math guy. And it is clear tonight from the numbers that we are not going to win this race. Joining us now is fw yang. Thank you for being here. Its never easy on a morning when you make such a tough decision. We appreciate your time. For sure. I appreciate you, poppy and jim. Thank you. It was a tough night for many people, but were really proud of the race that we ran. And were excited to keep making progress on the issues that so Many Americans have come together to say that, you know, we need to actually improve peoples lives here on the ground. I saw someone, i was at the book store yesterday in brooklyn. A man was in there with his daughter. As he was walking out of the store, he had a math button on the back of his hat and it made me think about you, obviously. Youve changed, i think, the party, the race. What do you think you left it with in this process . I hope one of the big lessons that the other Democratic Candidates take from my campaign is that we cant just run against trump. We have to run against the reasons that got him elected. Hes the symptom of a disease thats been building up in our communities for years. And we are to get to the harder work of curing the disease. Too Many Americans feel theres not a place for them in the 21st century economy, thats transforming before our eyes. That we need to start rebalancing the most extreme winnertakeall economy in the history of the world and put more Economic Resources directly into families hands. Okay. Youre out of the race now. Who is the democratic candidate best able to do that, to counter not just trump himself but trump the message in the general election. Are you endorsing anyone . Well, right now were still, obviously, like reflecting on our own campaign. I am already on the record saying ill support more whoeve democratic nominee is. This process is very important for voters to make their voices heard and see what the direction of the paerlrty is. So no endorsements right now, although other candidates have been reaching out to me over the last number of hours which i appreciate a great deal. Andrew, i think many people discounted you way too early. Many people didnt think youd make it this far. Are you going to run again . Well, certainly the problems that animated my campaign are not going away. And im not going away. The yang gang is not going away. So the plan is to keep on pushing the ideas of this Campaign Across the finish line. So were not going anywhere. I would certainly not rule out running for office again. Okay. You are aware of the split in the party. You have your progressive candidates running. Sanders winning the primary in New Hampshire. More moderate candidates in buttigieg perform willing in iowa and New Hampshire. Who gives democrats the best chance . What kind of candidate . A leftleaning candidate or more of a moderate . To address the very problem youre talking about, which is again, not just to go out for the man trump, but trump and the forces that elected him. I genuinely think that the spectrum that weve come up with for leftleaning versus moderate capitalism, socialism, the entire thing is really out of date. We never anticipated that technology would come along that could do the work of thousands of people in mine who said something i thought was really apt. We never knew that capitalism was going to get eaten by its technology. We have to try and push our market economy to a point where its actually built around making us and our families stronger and healthier and not maximizing the bottom lines of these companies. I dont know if thats a moderate, centrist idea or leftleaning idea but that to me is the future. Andrew, how do you feel about theticket . Do you want to be a Vice President ial candidate . I would certainly be honored to serve as someones running mate. Im going on the record saying if i can solve these problems as someones Vice President , a member of an administration, we just need to start solving these problems for the next generation. And im happy to do my part. Im also happy to do my part to campaign for the nominee and beat donald trump in the fall. Andrew yang, thank you for your time and also thank you to your wife for coming out a few weeks ago so bravely in that interview with our dana bash about what she endured and the sexual assault. I think she helped countless women in this country. So our thanks to her for her bravery as well. Well see you soon. Thank you both. See you back in new york. And ill pass that along to evelyn, poppy. Good luck to andrew yang. Still to come this morning, the president congratulating attorney general bill barr for, quote, taking action, but the backlash over the dojs decision to reduce its own sentencing recommendation. 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Officials revised the sentencing recommendation for stone, a longtime trump ally, just hours after the president called that recommendation by the career prosecutors who brought it about unfair. That move prompting all four of those prosecutors to withdraw from the case. Tell us how it happened and, for instance, was the president s comment about this via twitter, was it connected to the Justice Departments decision . That was the case on everybodys a big question on everybodys mind yesterday. And even if the Justice Department is pushing back on the idea there was some direct connection, you cant ignore the tweets. He made his opinion very clear. It starts on monday night with the Justice Department filing this routine memo. What they say is the recommendation is seven to nine years. Thats the statutory the sentencing guidelines. So that number was not picked out of the blue . Its not picked out of the blue. Part of whats happening is theres a sentencing enhancement for the witness tampering. So thats why you see what you might think an extreme sentencing there for the recommendation. Trump then tweets, mere hours later, doj does a complete aboutface on this, putting out a statement saying theyre shocked by it. And then what do we see . One by one, all of these prosecutors start dropping off like flies from this case and then finally the culmination of a new sentencing memorandum and it reads like a defense brief, guys. They talk about roger stones age. They say basically he should be he should be given leniency. The sentencing memo that reads like the president unleashed. Its not just this. You know, its the firing of vindman, more firings are going to come. A top treasury position taken away from someone else. Listen, poppy, when you put it all together, the things that laura just described, those other cases of retaliation, the statements hes made about adam schiff hasnt paid the price yet, the invitation to Rudy Giuliani to submit information about the bidens to the Justice Department, theres no other way to look at this than as a straight up assault on the rule of law. And the question is, what will constrain it . The president , as ive written on cnn. Com this morning, is the First American president we had who does not recognize our societys distinctions between truth or falsity, right or wrong, morality or immorality. And that means theres every reason to expect more of this as we go forward. The one possible break on his actions are republicans in the United States senate. They have given no indication so far beyond mild and ineffectual expressions of concern that theyre going to do anything about it. Susan hennessy, you were a lawyer on the National Security council. Explain to us for folks who may not understand how unusual this is to have this kind of intervention, not just from the president but from the attorney general. These were career prosecutors who were following sentencing guidelines here. Yeah, one reason were seeing such tremendous pushback, not just from department of justice, but also from the prosecutors who have withdrawn from the case at least one resigned from the department over this, is because this is such an astonishing assault on the notion of independent law enforcement. And this is really an overt politicizization of whats supposed to be an apolitical process. There are processes within the department of justice to determine who to investigate, who to prosecute and what sentencing is appropriate to serve the interest of justice. Thats not a perfect process. It doesnt always produce faultless results but its a process that is designed to be based on the interests of justice and not based on who is the president s friends and who are his political opponents. And so what happened in this case is that process produced this recommendation, seven to nine years, consistent with the sentencing guidelines. And what occurred here is