Now playing Next USA The heat's on all the 2020 Democrats as first NBC debate nights near Analysis: From the Biden-Sanders slugfest to Warren's solo, there's no margin of error for anyone. 14/06/2019
Now playing Next USA 'Really dangerous stuff': Top elections cop warns of foreign governments' efforts to meddle In an exclusive interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe," FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub reiterated that taking anything of value from foreign governments is illegal. 14/06/2019
Now playing Next USA How Trump built the outrage wheel First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 14/06/2019
Now playing Next USA DNC names 20 candidates who will appear on stage for first Democratic debate The Democratic National Committee set two ways for the candidates to qualify — fundraising and polling. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next USA 'Of course I could': Anita Hill says she'd be open to voting for Joe Biden In an interview with NBC News' Andrea Mitchell, Anita Hill said she doesn't consider Biden's handling of the Clarence Thomas hearings disqualifying. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Biden's 'Back to the Future' dilemma Analysis: Biden's record, the main selling point since the early days of his campaign, is fast becoming his biggest vulnerability too. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Government watchdog calls for Kellyanne Conway to be removed from office for violating the Hatch Act The top aide to President Donald Trump has previously said the law prohibiting White House employees from engaging in certain political activities would not "silence" her. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Beto O'Rourke: U.S. can do 'far better' than Biden O'Rourke's comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" were the most pointed criticism yet of the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump's interference admission raises difficult questions for Democrats First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Why hasn't the Trump campaign paid all its police security bills? Ten city governments from Arizona to Pennsylvania say the president's political committee has yet to pay hundreds of thousands in security bills. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Bernie Sanders defends democratic socialist label, touts 'economic Bill of Rights' The 2020 presidential candidate compared today's America to the U.S. of the 1930s, and said it was time to pick up where Franklin D. Roosevelt left off. 12/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Bernie Sanders has upped his game, but does it matter? First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 12/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Biden, Yang feud over former VP's absence from candidate forum "To me, I have to admit to you, this particular person said he would've been there," Biden said Tuesday of Yang. "Well, I have different values than him." 11/06/2019
Now playing Next USA As Biden and Trump battle in the trenches, Buttigieg attacks from higher ground Analysis: The military veteran mayor suggested U.S. foreign policy and national security would be stuck in the past with either the current president or the former VP at the helm. 11/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Everything you need to know about the first Democratic debate The first debate will take place on June 26 and June 27 in Miami. 11/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Buttigieg vows to seek repeal of post-9/11 war powers resolution The Afghanistan War veteran drew sharp distinctions with President Trump in his first major foreign policy speech as a 2020 Democratic candidate. 11/06/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump 'an existential threat': Biden to take aim at the president as they cross paths in Iowa If Trump is elected to a second term, "he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation," Biden will say. 11/06/2019