john: i'm john heilemann. mark: and i'm mark halperin. and with all due respect there is a new sweater in town. hello again from our bloomberg politics studio. four days until the iowa caucuses. and there is a new early state pull out today in iowa for donald trump leading with 32%, of eight point for the same poll earlier this month. senator ted cruz is in second. five.rubio in third, up

other polls show trump leading in new hampshire and south carolina. that is the statistical prelude to tonight's republican presidential candidate debate, here in des moines at the iowa event center. is notknow, donald trump planning to be at this foxnews debate. he is holding his own competing event to raise money for veterans. we will talk about that in a minute. the other white house hopefuls will have a high-stakes evening of cuts, thrusts, and hail marys. what are you looking for? john: i am looking for how many different types of weapons are deployed against ted cruz, and how many cut, lacerate, or bruise him. he will be the target on stage tonight as the cold front runner. everyone will try to take it down. mark: i think you are wrong -- i

think the target will be marco rubio. he is now the strongest of the establishment candidates. you look at the other people on all have tothey stop marco rubio, who was now possibly going to emerge from iowa with a strong third-place finish, and they need to stop that possibility. i think russo may end up have -- i think cruz will have to -- john: if that were true, i would have to eat my hat. cruz -- there is no doubt that rubio is rising. some people in his world are starting to think he could fit into second place, but now people outside are looking at the polling data, cruz following rubio rising. mark: this caucus has not been accounted for as of now, and all these establishment candidates, the christie and bush people in the case of people, all of then

say rubio will be the top establishment candidate. the trick is to slow him down and not let him come out. remember, cruz and rubio and maybe christie has been the best debaters. watch them go at it. john: looking forward to it. turning out to that alternate trump-a-thon. instead of taking the stage with his or public and rivals, the donald says he will be holding his own protest events at drake university in an auditorium less than five miles away from the debate. mike huckabee in rick santorum said they would join trump at his rally, which is ostensibly a charity. the wounded warrior project has been under fire for using a large chunk of its money on lavish conferences and set of veterans. all this buildup -- is there a

chance that this event will backfire on trump? mark: i think a debate with trump is a big attraction. there will be a lot of interest in a debate without trump, because there is a whole new dynamic. it will be fascinating to see the interaction. going to these guys stand up and give stump speeches? mark: the trump event -- trump does not do that events. his events are entertaining. but they have to put it together -- there may be a lack of energy, given the nature of the event, given the participation of others. people talk about a split screen, i think we're talking more like picture in picture. john: i think there is a chance that this trump event -- he is obviously a captivating figure, i just think there's a little chance that this may be the most outlandish thing he has done, walking away from the debate, setting up an alternative event. it's clear everyone but fox news is going to cover it.

i think there is some chance unless he does something special that people will come away and say -- really? hubbub to give usive ut that? mark: i still think trump will not pay a price. john: i don't necessarily think -- mark: it takes away the split screen. the trump versus fox news war has escalated over the last 24 hours, since trump decided he would not go to the debate, and battle positions of hardened on both sides. in an interview, donald trump son called fox news "childish," managernn his campaign said that they should have to disclose that one of the managers from fox news has a daughter that works for marco rubio. of how exhausting this back-and-forth is for all

involved, look at how trump handled the issue on the o'reilly factor last night, as he was talking about how he thrives under pressure. >> that is why i am doing your show tonight. i'm only doing it because i agreed to do it last week, but i made a commitment. >> donald, you have to understand -- kelly's question was within journalistic balance. >> i disagree. >> ok. and that's good, you major case, you won the debate. that's what america is about -- don't walk away from it. >> let's talk was of the more important. let's talk about something more important. let's talk about the more important. mark: so john, assuming he doesn't show up, who has the current upper hand in the fight, and does it matter? dumping it matters -- but let's start with the question whether he is or not going to show up. i think there was some suspicion

a day ago we would say -- i believe some people in the cruz world say there's a 50-50 chance that he will show up. if you look at the back and forth today, all that stuff, the positions are hardening. it makes it unlikely he will show up, and i do think it matters. if he ends up declared the winner, he will have proven himself to be eager than the biggest force in the conservative party. mark: talks will obviously be fascinated. if the ratings are really low, they may have to go back -- as they did before -- tail between their legs -- and, o'reilly and hannity fox and friends, they are their own entities. they are able to have relationships with guests that transcend. think there is any doubt that trump's relationship with the network overall will be soured going forward, unless something changes. he's willing to forgive and forget. john: very short memory.

mark: he doesn't care about the past, and that is a good trait, because if he is the nominee, he is going to want fox on his side again. john: we will talk about it later. when we come back, we have our breakfast with bernie. guess it works on the campaign trail today? you'll see after this. ♪

john: today at a breakfast in this room, hosted by al hunt, bernie sanders showed a rare flash of anger when he was asked about whispers from clinton

allies that the sanders campaign might be planning to bust voters in from out of state on caucus night. thate clinton people say they are, in places like ames and iowa city, worried that a number of out-of-state young people may try to show up. they will make a major effort to make sure that is not the case. >> really? is that what they are saying? you talk about negative stuff, really? based on what? >> i don't know. >> based on david brock's long history of honesty and integrity? the man who tried to destroy -- is that were this coming from? everyone of you knows -- you know it -- every day you are flooded by this negative stuff from secretary clinton's super pac. this is the first time i've heard of it and i to want my integrity and honesty to be impugned. i have no idea the said it. this is a lie. john: ok.

so this raises megan the. eck ins race is not neck. they are both complaining to each other about how it is negative. the ads are clear shots. what do you think about the risk of the negativity? theither side going over line in a way that might hurt them on caucus night? mark: this race has become more intense as always in the republican race. with republicans, there are so many different combinations that no one campaign is directing all animist towards a single campaign. this one is intense. you saw that in senator sanders and you hear it from the clinton people. the clinton people have allies in the state, but there was an interview that bernie sanders did a couple days ago, and he suggested that the clinton campaign didn't have as much fire and energy. they took that quote and packed

it up at clinton headquarters. both sides are looking for passion and emotion, and there is a quote from senator sanders that the clinton folks have taking it intact it up in the locker room. you see it in senator sanders, and although there may not be an explicitly negative ads, it is intense. john: there is a lot of kabuki going on. the sanders campaign runs a goldman sachs atd, both sides have gone negative in that way. eight years ago, by this time in the iowa caucuses, three clinton surrogates have publicly suggested that barack obama had been a coke dealer in college. that is negative campaigning. we have nothing like that in this race so far. this is been genteel. it's contents, but gentoo -- it's intense, but genteel relatively speaking, and nothing

that will turn islands off this race. today, i caught up with former president clinton in waverley, iowa, where an audience got a close look at the clinton classic. take a look at this letter. -- this sweater. the most newsworthy thing about the campaign was not what he was said, it was one of the people traveling with him, the legendary democratic operative michael hooley. he's widely known as a maestro. he worked with michael dukakis, and he is widely credited with helping both al gore and john kerry's campaigns. here is what happened when i ran into him. >> mightily, why are you here? >> volunteer. >> that's a long way from home. flyer you hear? -- why are you

here? this resident, michael who leave here. liewhy is he here? >> he is a man of uncommon gift. >> what does that mean for hillary? >> [indiscernible] his associates say he is here to travel with president clinton to keep them up to speed on what's happening in iowa. other clinton people coming -- one is going door-to-door, but the fact that michael whouley, is that a good sign or bad sign? john: good and bad. he's -- this is a very inside

baseball topic. a for numerous said he was the kaiser something of american politics. then the wolf from pulp fiction, the guy who comes with there's a mess to clean up. that is what he has done consistently for every democrat -- many candidates, including hillary clinton. it's good news in the sense that he is good at what he does, but it is bad news in the sense that you don't call him until you are in trouble. mark: five clinton people say he is not here to take over the operation. you saw president clinton stopped talk about it. if you're trying to win a democratic nomination, there are few people you would rather see on the ground, even if all he's doing is playing hearts with president clinton. it does show the fact that the clintons, who always talk about where are our people, fly the state and help them. we saw the sanders operation up the street -- it continues to be

about six people. the scale of what the clintons have is big, and it also shows loyalty. one thing the clintons like as longtime loyal. john: it's true. it'sthe case that usually only the clintons that are in jeopardy -- when they get all hands on deck, it is usually in jeopardy mode. it gets to the question of confidence in politics. it's a real thing for a candidate. rickg up, david concho and tyler from the ted cruz camp, right after this. ♪

mark: two man who are both impervious to pressure. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. i want to bring you guys together to talk about marco rubio. [laughter] >> my favorite topic. mark: tell me where you think they stand. >> you have to ask the rubio campaign. do they seem strong mark -- m do they seem strong? we keep hearing from the rubio people that there is some chance marco rubio will pass ted cruz in iowa. is that possible? >> no. mark: not possible. >> if possible but highly

unlikely. mark: first or second? >> second. john: we were talking about the trunk debate tonight. -- the trump debate tonight. how will it be different without trump? i know you might think he will be on stage -- >> donald trump will be on the stage. john: we have to rip up the show them. n. [laughter] >> 20 million people in one audience and seven and the other -- where will he be? john: you don't think there will be cameras? >> there will be cameras, but he won't be able to handle it. john: you think you'll definitely be on the debate stage. a huge mistake on his part? this is all good for you? >> people wanted this debate and now he won't be in it. john: smart or dumb? >> i think it's dumb. it's not about donald trump or megyn kelly, it's about the voters in iowa. they get a lot of

their information from fox news. i don't think it is a smart move at all. i'm not sure i agree with rick on him showing up -- i know my boss that $20 he would be there. i'd be happy to collect on it. john: explain it to me -- if donald trump gets coverage from msnbc, cnn, cbs, every other cable network, everybody in the world cup is the event, how is that not a bigger audience? not., it's just the fox audience will be the biggest audience, combining everything else he might do tonight. wille way, i think it provide an opportunity for some candidates to talk about real things, think people care about. her or not it's about tax cut plans, going after isis --

it is time to talk about the issues and voters in iowa are produced areas about -- are pretty serious about getting to the issues. the season is almost over now. mark: cnn had a video of your boss and an event saying if donald trump iowa he may not be possible to stop. is that what your boss thinks? if so, is that a message he will continue to cheer? >> if donald were to win iowa he would be difficult to stop. i'm a little suspicious of his voters coming out, and the fox news poll you showed earlier predicted a turnout of 300,000. there is not a pied piper in the united states that will turn out hundred thousand people. -- turnout 300,000 people. we'll see, but look, one thing about donald trump, you did bring the audience to the debate. but they watched all the way

through. i think they will stay with the debate. all these good people came in, we thought it would be 6 million and it turned out to between 4 million. i'm guessing it will be over 24 million again. john: be honest, just a little bit, just for a moment. [laughter] john: i know that trump's decision does not discombobulated your campaign. u were not personally -- so how did it change your debate prep? you change it? >> you have to do debate prep as though it was both trump and trumpless. it takes more time. there is a different dynamic. mark: there is a series of debates where your supporters

and donors have said, tonight is the night, jeb bush needs to have a big night. he's had better debates, but not where he has dominated. is he ready tonight? is tonight the night, where he projects the kind of person you have seen? >> i think governor bush has improved and gotten stronger in every debate, and with donald trump not in a debate it will allow more time for serious issues. that is where his strength lies, talking about policy, things american people care about. if we have that opportunity without the sideshow of donald trump, i think you will do very well. john: you know iowa as well as any republican operative. we've all been watching the establishment candidates here. that of them ever gather up that big chunk of establishment vote. between now and the caucuses, is there some chance of a surprise? --h, christie, somebody else

is there a chance we will see a , the weather puts them in third or second or makes them stronger? >> i think the establishment, the mainstream portion of the pit., is a giant mosh john: it just remains fragmented, there is no clear leader coming out of iowa? >> i think that's right. >> rubio -- there are a lot of people who want to push down rubio, so they don't want into come out as the establishment candidate. that ted cruz is the target and he may be but i think marco rubio will also be a target. mark: mr. trump and senator cruz for a while had a detente. do you anticipate that continuing as we had to new hampshire, or might they go back to their corners? >> i think we are at the stage

in a debate where people want to know the differences between candidates. donald trump has been pro-amnesty, pro-stimulus, pro-tarp, pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage. everything he says he wasn't -- mark: and that will continue. >> yes. mark: thanks so much, good luck to your candidates. coming up, what bernie sanders told us over breakfast, right here after this. ♪

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with presidential candidate bernie sanders, led by our and friend, al hunt. the senator, senator sanders, his meeting with the president yesterday. this is what he had to say. >> i have known barack obama for, i guess, 10 years now. 2006, he came to vermont, the me.aign for i remember it like it was yesterday. we were at the university of vermont. of course, there were far more people than the chapel could accommodate. to go out and do the speech. he was very helpful to my campaign in 2008. best to campaign for him, to get him elected in 2012. hisrked hard for re-election. so we have a solid relationship. the vastpported majority of initiatives brought by the president. say is, look, obviously

election time people are very partisan. hadnswer your question, we a -- i think a good discussion as friends do. talked about foreign policy a bit. i wanted just to review with him we were inought terms of isis. domestic about some issues. and yes, the issue of politics did arise. barack obama knows a little bit about iowa. so we chatted about that as well. >> and what did he say? >> private conversations. >> so, al, here's my question. gets a -- it's a huge gift for him to be at the white house with barack obama the iowaw days before caucuses. what do you read into that? the sanders people have a theory happened.this i'm curious what yours is, how that meeting got scheduled with this particular timing. >> well, i think obama is clearly for hillary clinton. he can't say it. he won't say it right now, but he thinks she has the best

chance to succeed him and legacy --he tain his retain his legacy, if you will. but it probably would be a disadvantage to tilt that way. i think he's going to play it even. 90% popularobama is in the state of iowa. revered figure. for bernie to wrap himself around barack obama was a gift. you, sanders has two congressional endorsements. many more. president barack obama has one member. the democratic think, oh, in if sanders is a nominee, that's okay, or is it a nightmare? >> i think the members of are really more afraid. but i don't get a sense out here in iowa -- based on two days -- i don't get a sense that there's a whole lot of republicans who say, we're really worried about it. sure. minority for i don't get that fear among

democrats out here. >> let's play another bite, senator sanders, when he was the washington post, very critical of his campaign. he hit back here. >> senator, do you want to react to the washington post editorial to very strongly say that you're essentially lying to voters about your plans and what get done? would you like to react to that? >> i would. thank you very much. i mean, that's not a new argument. we have been hearing that for months and months. sense, whatin a this campaign is about. ist this campaign is about have iny few people fact talked about in recent history. people are telling us, whether it's the washington post editorial board or anybody else, our ideas are too ambitious, can't happen. too bold. really? the washington post wants to say

that our ideas are bold. i accept that. but right now, that is precisely and theking families middle class want. they are tired of working longer hours for low wages and seeing almost all new income and wealth going to the top 1%. we've got to stand up to that. my view, we've got to create an economy that works for the middle class and whether the not,ngton post likes it or that's what i intend to do. >> so washington post, theyesting to me that wrote that editorial. pretty strong. is the criticism from that point washington post and others, that sanders is too bold or not specific enough? >> both. if he were really specific about how bold he is, they wouldn't like that. less.be even >> in a face-off between the washington post editorial page among iowasanders gift forers, that's a bernie too. the columnist was sitting there smiling.

but she wrote a very good piece about what bernie did. >> they're the establishment too. they're the establishment. and the post editorial page is new yorkral than the times. and so i think sanders loved to to join that question, it, to make all of the points that he likes to make on the campaign trail. play this last piece of tape right now. we spent a lot of time this know, talking about going negative. here's a little bit of that. adi've never run a negative in my life, not many politicians who have run for office can tell you that. i have not. and for two reasons. number one, in this case, i've clinton for 25 years. i have a lot of respect for her. and i think she has done a very good job serving the american people. so i'm not here to attack her. that.ouldn't do and b, it doesn't work. people are tired of hearing great, i'm say i'm perfect, i'm wonderful, but everybody else is awful. that.on't do

but, you know, what a campaign is about is a contrast in ideas. run for office if my views were not different than hillary clinton? philadelphia last night to raise substantial sums of money from an investment bank. know how much money she raised. but that's what she was doing. money how she has raised throughout her political career. millions of dollars from wall veryt and from other powerful special interests. that's fine. i don't raise money that way. >> al, 20 seconds. both sides accusing each other of being viciously negative. are they actually being viciously negative? so bean bag. if this is negative, my gosh! money from wall street. so what? she's been a little bit more -- her campaign, particularly david, brock and company, have certainly been more negative than anything sanders has done. world, it's not that negative. i think what he said was totally legitimate. if you talkly mad

about the negative stuff they do on him. >> they'll accuse him of having gout. >> ah! how dare you. >> have you ever had gout? >> never. never. >> i'm happy to hear that. you're awesome. fantastic. and amazing. up, the chairman of the republican national committee. right after this. forget. if you're washington us in washington, d.c., you can listen 99.1 f.m.on we'll be right back. ♪

>> joining us now, just hours before the final debate before the iowa caucuses is the

of the republican national committee, reince priebus. to see you, sir. here's my question. there's this debate tonight. that.y have heard about it's a big deal. um, why have you decided not to, now at least, because there is still time, why have you decided not to try to step broker some type of resolution between trump and fox? >> i don't think it's our place the middle of it. remember back in november, the candidates didn't want us to get in the middle of it. that thety is candidates wanted to negotiate on their own. and that's what they wanted to do. let thems what we've do. >> you guys obviously have been in the middle of the debate process in a variety of ways. >> sure. >> you presumably do not think this is an optimal outcome. better if donald trump was on that debate stage? >> sure. that's what we would anticipate putting up the calendar months ago and having the candidates agree to the calendar. also said, and i've said it a million times so it's like something frozen in my

that our job and what we did was said here are the debates for the 2016 election. compete in any debates you want. you don't have to compete in all debates. but if you compete on a -- >> so this will be better for iowa, voters across the country, and better for the party to be on that debate stage. be helpful?r to what would be wrong with that? whatfer to be helpful in way? >> in mediating, trying to bring the parties together. >> i just don't think it's the for the party to be the mediator between a debate outlet and the candidates. and so, you know -- and i also think that, you know, the trump make theis going to decisions they're going to make, just like all these candidates. i'm not going to sit there and a campaign that's decided that it's in their interests not didn't go just like i to rand paul, and say, rand, you've got to be in the debate, boy, the whole thing -- i don't care. if the candidates want to can.te in a debate, they

if it's in their interests not to, then who am i to say? you are playing is you pick the media outlets debates.sor these one you picked put out a press release mocking one of your candidates. >> well -- >> the front-runner. >> is that appropriate? >> well, listen, what i think is a war ofously there's words that goes on sometimes between media outlets or reporters and candidates. and that happens. when national review, for written they had critical articles about donald trump. in i was fine moving forward the national review, an article here or there. that was not the issue. publicationentire comes on and says, this is our editorial opinion -- >> but -- >> that's not what happened. donald trump was on o'reilly last night. >> the union leader was removed debate. >> that's right. >> let me take it away from fox. is it appropriate for a sponsor the debate to put out a press release mocking one of the

candidates? is that appropriate? from your point of view? >> i'm not going to get in the middle of it. i know you want me to get in the middle of it. >> i'm asking you to weigh in. you're fine with that? entities up to the two to argue about. if an entity says our mission -- >> let me ask you -- >> or promote a particular candidate -- >> say you and i are teaching a for young students, just doing a hypothetical. just a hypothetical. media 101.d int is it good manners for a debate sponsor, within days of the to put out a press release mocking one of the candidates? would you tell our students, yeah, that's fine. say, you know what? probably not a good idea? what would you tell the kids, mr. chairman? >> look, i would tell people to treat other peopled a you'd want to be treated. okay? but the fact of the matter is, between reporters and media outlets and candidates

are not disputes that we're to get in the middle of every one. but i will call the shots when chosen to be totally promoted or totally opposed. >> what's the difference? is it different? how are you making the distinction between it's -- >> because -- degree of criticism is okay? >> because it's a one-off. >> it really is. think it's a one off. >> first of all, they've engaged in a war of words, as you said, for months. >> but look at the air time. look at -- i mean, i can't -- possibly. >> you can't think it's okay for them to mock him because he agreed to do a show on their channel? >> i think it's okay for particular reporters in some publications to have a tough about a particular candidate. publicationactual publicationwide position -- >> they didn't do a tough story on donald trump. they mocked him in a press release. there's no journalistic need for that. thumbing theirst

nose at him. >> i hear you but that doesn't mean that someone is excluded debate. entire just like one article in the wall street journal doesn't mean a debate sponsor. >> i think the wall street journal said this is our candidate and this is the person we support as an editorial board, if they said that, they can't be in the debate. anything that fox news could do to any one of the candidates that could cause debate away from fox? >> if they said as an entity, person or allthis opposed to this person and they time, like their air a particular magazine or newspaper would, then i think you would make the call. you the -- let me ask you the question. who have you met that reminds trump?donald particular. >> no one in particular. okay. >> okay. either.n't work ha ha! debatehe republican

without donald trump, is that like a debate without sunshine? is this going to be worth watching? he's a front-runner. >> of course they were. just like the first debates were watching. i think you're going to have a lot of people watching. going to be -- i don't know how many millions but i think it's going to be something that would certainly record from the past. >> all right. chairman, thank you. always,e priebus, it's not just a pleasure, but a delight to have you at this table. again. >> happy birthday to your son. we'll be right back. ♪

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1996 campaign of iowa's own senator tom harkin. tothis race, jeff plans caucus for hillary clinton, although you're a clear-eyed assessor of what's going on. first tell us why you chose over bernieton sanders. >> i think hillary would make the best nominee for the democrats. >> meaning most electable? >> most electable. to get the experience real results. i think she can move the country she has because relationships on both sides of the aisle and has the experience to get things done. while sanders has a great message and is great in theory, i just don't think it will ever reality with bernie sanders. >> i want to ask you this question. hat off for a minute. do an honest assessment on two fronts. sanders's ground game here, his operation in the state, strong or weak or

in between? assess that. and second, is he closing strong fading a think he's little bit at the end? >> i'd say his ground game is pretty good. his social media game is excellent. i think they're doing great with snapchat and instagram and everything else they're doing. that their actual ground game, the traditional door-to-door effort, probably to be improved, only because they got a late start at it. but they have smart people and doing really good things. the one thing that does sort of trouble me about the sanders made a bigs they've effort now that they're going to rent all these vans and they're to take skids from college -- kids from college campuses and send them back to homes. i think it soun sounds like a gt theory. when you actually try to execute on that -- the problem theot getting back to caucus. the problem is once the caucus is over and you say, okay --

kids home? get those >> not only how you get them going to watche the results and celebrate with their parents instead of the kids they've been working on the whole time?h this >> if hillary called you and said, jeff, what can i do that i'm not doing now to win the caucuses, what would you tell her? go out in rural iowa and make your case and be yourself. she's notthink spending enough time. >> you can always spend more time. >> what's your prediction of what it's going to be? >> i don't think we're going to that we had40,000 in 2008. my guess, it's going to be butwhere under 200,000 probably north of 150. >> is there a number above which high,say, if it's that senator sanders is going to win? 200,000, hes over has a good shot at winning. >> is he closing strong or fading? or fading?ing strong >> i don't have any proof of this. we'll see what the poll says on

saturday. just felt like last week, he had a lot of wind at his sails. feels like sort of that has... >> who knows if it's true? whatever reason, i had the same impression. >> does she have that wind in our sails? think she's had some really good events. i really like the close that she a couple of these new spots. real progress. i think that's the best formulation they've had so far. >> why didn't you think of using garfunkel? >> ha ha! >> this is going to end probably with no one running what any of three of us would call a negative ad. why are they resistant to do that? >> i just think it's been a different sort of race. we've got a small field which not accustomed to. and i think because of the free-for-all on the other side, it really has engendered a lot of negativity. i think there's been some resistance to even go back that

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problems at the school must be fixed and that the state-appointed emergency manager must be fired. they have been protesting since the start of the year. bernie sanders releasing a new goldmancritical of satch's role in the financial meltdown. however, it made no mention of clinton. clinton's campaign accusing sanders of breaking his pledge not the run negative advertising. tightening sanctions against north korea. calls for that of anyone developing weapons mass destruction. and brazilian president is nations in latin america and the caribbean to discuss ways to cope with the spread of the zika virus.