>> breaking overnight, a deal between bernie sanders and dnc. >> i think i'm going to do well with everybody. i think i'm going to win. we're a country that doesn't win. we can't beat isis. which don't win wars. >> new polls giving donald trump more confidence. trump promising better relations with russia. >> i look at his achievements him he's got no achievements. he's got negatives, not

positives. >> he met with the terror victims in san bernardino. we'll talk to one of those members about the president's message. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good morning, everyone, i'm amara walker. >> i'm victor blackwell. >> this deal that has been reached between bernie sanders and the dnc over access to a crucial voter database. this comes after tensions, we saw them, on live television friday, it started when dnc cut off sanders. saying they wrongly accessed information belonging to rival hillary clinton him they filed a lawsuit. early this morning, the two sides come to an agreement. this is an uneasy one the dnc says the sanders campaign met their demand, but in a statement

they say they will continue to investigate to enshire the data inappropriately accessed has been delete and is in no longer in possession of the sanders campaign. for their part, the sanders campaign says the dnc capitulated and reversed the decision. we have cnn reporter steven collington, wreaked those two statements, are we to believe this is over? >> i don't think it's over him i think as you say an unacy truce has been reached. hours before the next democratic debate. this would have oversha deed that debate. it allows parties to move onto the issues him i think this dispute was very interesting, it showed us something that has been boiling for a long time. there are a lot of resentment toward the leadership of the democratic national committee. they believe the committee has

cooked the booked. they've allowed hillary clinton, ork kneesed it in just such a way, hillary clinton could have a nomination. there are less than half the number of republican debates. they're apgry about the scheduling. saturday future a week before christmas is not a big tv audience. there are tensions between the campaign and democratic leadership. >> we heard yesterday from harrisburg willing's prain campaign, the press secretary thed this. listen. >> reporter: it was an egrowingious breep, a violation of the rules. for someone like senator sanders who said he was going to run a different campaign, this is below the belt as it goes. he should come clean and fire the staffers beyond the ones today, that we can move forward and have a fairly waged

campaign. until this happens, there are sanders request come clean by what his staffers took from the clinton campaign's million dollar investment in the data we have gained through sweat equity of our thousands of volunteers in iowa and inch, by knocking on doors, making calls, they have 24 hour different occasions, they downloaded that data and tried to get an upper hand through nefarious means. it's unacceptable. for somebody that said they would run a different campaign. >> strong words there it's interesting he puts a value on the information that was accessed. do we expect the clinton campaign will try to recoup that money or if they're going to call for greater sanctions? >> i think that is an interesting comment. i think we may see the campaign coming down on bernie sanders to allow hillary clinton to perhaps

take a more and more high ground latter in the debate. i think they were reacting to the strong push to make this a political issue in the primary. they try too fire up the grass roots supporters that made bernie sanders is up a powerful force in this campaign. i think what the:t campaign's strong response shows they were worried that could happen. hillary clinton has been quite successful in stomping that moment item as we saw earlier on in the summer him i think they didn't want this to build into a strong ground surge behind sanders. let's face it now a few weeks away from the iowa caucuses. >> thanks for your insight on that him we'll take a moment here, but we want to stay with you for another discussion.

s stay with us. >> in the meantime, a new fox news poll the first national pom since tuesday's debate here on cnn, has the billionaire businessman dominating the field 39%. zplmplts . trump's also still defending his controversial remarks about banning muslims. in a new interview, the republican front runner said his campaign would do well with everybody in a general election. >> do you think that you will be able bring muslim americans and what will you do to bring a big group of muslims americans in? obviously, it's important should you make it to the general

election? >> i think i will win, the fox poll has me boating hill rim i will take the jobs taken away, many shoum have never happen him i'll be bringing back jobs and i will be billing up the military him we will take care of our vets and get proper health care, not obamacare, which turned out to be a disaster, with premiums going up 35 to 45%. we will do a great job. >> we have stephen collins in, let's look at news new numbers him stephen, there is this common expectation this will come down possibly top a three-man race, trump, cruz, rub y. inside the numbers, they draw it town to foured candidates. right now, 41% of the voters, if this goes down to a two-person race. i don't know if this is the latest graphic. if it goes down to 4.

>> what's interesting to me about these numbers as well is donald trump appears to be expanding his base. there has been a question whether he could get above this ceiling we seen in many of the polls. it looks like the last few polls, he's starting to nudge 40%, which suggests when we get closer to the real voting in this case. the conventional wisdom, perhaps establishment support and start to close that gap is not being borne out. you are right. i think you suggested that. we could see ben carson's vote go to ted cruz. i think that's right. if we have a three-man race,

this gets us to a position when no candidate can possibly win enough delegates to win the nomination. that's where we get really interesting scenarios about possibly deadlocked convention next summer. >> what is most important is who can boat hillary clinton in the fall? the fox news has his down 11 points. a month ago, he was up 5. what are we learning from that? >> that's a poll that really worries republican leaders. they're very worried donald trump could win a nomination and also make it impossible tore the republicans to win the presidency. his remarks about barring u.s. mum limbs on house soil, that's popular with a certain segment of the republican base, may be increasing his support. it's not a chance popular in this country as a whole. this race, how donald trump

could have the republican party going forward. as we've seen, he's confounded convention am wisdom through this race. is it possible he could expand more moderate motives. it's possible. we den know. it's interesting as we get close to iowa right now. >> thank you so much. all right, a canadian general says his soldiers blai played an intek ral role against isis. does canada's involvement against the terror group. new this morning, obama talking to the victims of the san bernardino terrorist attacks. >> despite the pain and hardship they're feeling, they could not be more inspiring and more proud of their loved ones. >> and a police officer in florida punched and shot during

a traffic stop. it's all caught on his cruiser's dash cam. >> put your hand on the hood. >>

. >> well, just a few hours ago, president obama met with the victims of the san barndz shooting. >> the president says he was moved by the strength of those families. >> as difficult as this time is for them and for the entire community, they're also representatives of the strength and the unity and the love that exists in this community and in this country. and as we go into the holiday season, even as we are vigilant about preventing terrorist attacks from happening, even as we insist that we can't accept the notion of mass shootings in public places or places of work

and worship, we have to remind ourselves of the overwhelming good that exists out there and if you met some of these folks, despite the pain and the heartache that they're feeling, they could not have been more inspiring. >> the president spent nearly three hours with skrimt i victims and their families. ryan reyes lost his partner. ryan, first off, we are very sorry for your loss. i can't imagine what the last few weeks have been like for you. can you tells us a little about what the president and first lady said to you, how you felt? >> i actually felt ver good about what they were saying. basically we were just told that, you know, the nation stand behind us and mourns with us and okay, they are there for us for

whatever we may feed and he did discuss that, you know, he is going to do his best to try to put a stop to all of this from happening and you know take care of business, bring everything back to form am again. after that, it was pretty much like a q & a. we were aloud to ask him some questions and have him respond to, you know, our concerns. i, personally, did not have any questions for him that was marked daniel's umplle, who raised him. he had some questions for him. and unfortunately i'm not at liberty to discuss what those questions were. >> i would imagine some of the concerns are staying safe after these kind of attacks and during president obama's end of the year news ramps, we heard him say, it will be very difficult. these type of lone wolf astacks.

especially when you have these people self radicalizeing. do you feel the government is doing enough? do you trust the president when he tells you, we are doing everything we can. >> i absolutely trust the president when it comes to that aspect. obviously, we value our freedoms here in this country. i the know some of the families were quite upset this was not caught in advance. at the same time, there was no reason to be looking at these two spec people because they were self rad cagized. so there was no communication between them and terrorist groups. it was amongst itself. so it wasn't caught in time to have warrants to look at them. so that's where this situation kind of fell through the cracks, but i do trust that our government is going to help us in anyway possible to pre vent

these from happening in the future. >> did the issue of gun control come up at all? as you know, president obama is tightening access to guns, when it comes to the gun show loop homeing where are your thoughts on that and did that come up at all in your negotiations with the president? >> he did not bring it up specifically. it was kind of in the round about way of you know we are looking into ways of pre venting this from happening again. personally, even though i do believe everyone has the right to own a weapon. i think there need to be different laws and slafgs for certain things. obviously, you do not need an assault rifle for personal protection. so stuff like that should not be i believe i able to be legal to own in this country. because have you no reason to

have an assault rifle. that is not something you would want to be youth using. you don't need it for protection, a revolver or a handgun work just as good. >> ryan, we appreciate your time, we thank you for you sharing your thoughts and experiences yesterday with us. i appreciate it. >> right. cade forces striking back against isis on the ground. biggest defensive, 18 months ago. we'll talk about how they are working to get the upper hand. look at this, his teammate itself, the sheriffs office there, state law enforcement. u.s. marshals, now the fbi, the 18-year-old that used thetimed teen defense. the latest in the search nor the ainfluenza team.

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>> 22 minutes after the hour. new this morning, canadian ground forces taking the fight to isis after the terror group attacked northern forces. the canadian special forces say they are training local forces, and they've provided supporting fire only to back up the kurdish fighters. tear roam to train, advice and assist sometimes involved active fightle. >> we will talk with this with leiutenant general mark letterling, great seeing you as always, this is sounding familiar, rhetoric we heard after the u.s. special ops hostage raid in iraq several weeks ago. obviously, this debate is raging in canada as well after this uptown offense happened. when does the role of assisting and advising, this is attribute

us, as you all know. it's targeting, when we talk about that, more fuss term of boots allegheny county. people are confused. this will alsos be fighters, what we're trying to avoid is a large weren't ma niefred if prese maneuvered. that's a critically important role. it's not a large number of boots oak. that's what we're trying to avoid, a large western presence who fight this global islamic jihad movement. >> i'm curious to know what you thought about president obama's end of the year news conference yesterday. he talked about the fight against isis. he did admit it will be

difficult if not impossible for those lone washington attacks. are you concerned about this new strategy that seems to be playing out with isis when it comes to simply inspiring attacks as opposed to directing these kind of attacks? >> there are a lot of people studying this movement, especially those in the military or diplomatic war, as the pope said interestingly, this is a global islamic jaukd. it's a movement. unless we encountry toer it in the idea ol, assisting in a somewhat counter-insurgency campaign, it will be difficult to stop. you will see vitd individual itself who believe in this. pause they have been separated from the rest of society. they feel they're put upon by

those bias towards muslim. so that only a draws more people into the movement. so we got to be very careful in terms of not only how we fight on the battlefield, but how we counter this ideology within the culture. >> it's a strong point. you got to fight isis militarily and idea logically as well. let's talk politics and the deal reached overnight between bernie sanders and the dnc over access to this crucial voter database. what impact could this have on tonight's debate? look at the official february, u.s. marshals, joining the fight for the 18-year-olds who used the spoiled rich kid defense after being charged in a deadly dii crash. first, the critically aslam chef renee has been at the forefront of the new in order ij

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>> breaking overnight, the democratic national committee and bernie sander's campaign have reached an adream over access to a crucial voting database him access should be restored this morning. it comes after they filed a lawsuit friday after the party cut off sanders from internal voter files, saying staffords wrongly accessed information belonging to his rival hillary clinton. all this happening as democratic candidates meet in new hampshire for their third debate tonight. i want to start with you, errol,

the question of this deal, do we expect it's the end of this, i don't know, what to call it this conflict between the sanders campaign and dfc? >> in the short term, victor the issue at hand, whether or not they get access to voter files, that is resolved, frankly, it was going to be resolved in their flavor. it was a beach of contract suit. the deal called for the dnc to terminate on 30 days notice, not ten minutes notice. the larger issue, though, you suggest, is important, which is that the sanders campaign feels it's treated unfairly. then the specer of a third party candidacy, which can harm the:t campaign. >> that sort of looms off in the

horizon. >> maria, it was the information collected by the clinton campaign that was accessed here. the sanders campaign used the term solen. we will use it for access according to our conversation and a million dollars on that, do you expect the company will recruit that money? as for sanctions, it was interesting he put a dlar amount on it? i'm not sure what the clinton campaign will do specifically about. that i doubt, victor, they will do anything about that right now. look, the reality is that hillary clinton is ahead, when you go into a debate or a choice where you are ahead, you don't have the need to whack the other guy, if you will. she's not ahead by one or two points. she's ahead by 20 points by 25 points in some national polls. >> 31 in the latest poll. >> exactly. i think what she will do and the

clinton campaign will do here and out, which is to focus on her policy proposals. what is she going to do about the critical issues, national security, economic security. >> that is her strength. >> that i think she will focus on in the debate. brian fallon's response was an inappropriate one. it was an egregious breach by the sanders campaign, admittedly so, they fired the staffer that did it. he got it out there. they were very upset. now they will focus on what's at hand to underscore and believe she will be the best americans moving forward. >> it was clear tuesday night, among republicans, who there democratic target was? hillary clinton, her name was mentioned several times, above 30.

who does she focus on? trump, rubio, cruz? has she identified that primary opponent? >> gee, what we heard from her kind of blasts all that. usually, she takes the worst statements by donald trump and attributes them to the field. that's fair game, actually. when donald trump, you know, is leading by a sizable margin in the national polls, comes down and says things like we want to ban all muslims from emigrateing to the united states and the other candidates say, well, i don't quite want to do that. it makes the party look like they're pulled to the donald trump extreme. hillary clinton will tar all of them with the same brush and have the added advantage of responding to some of the attacks. as you suggest, during their debates, they come after her over and over again by name.

she can't let that go on so far without affecting her chances. >> maria, quickly, this week, bernie sanders told huffington post he is already working on his inauguration speech. he is behind by 31 points. i had to watch the video to determine if it was said in chief, even a front runner wouldn't say they're working on the inauguration speech. does his campaign see something that is obvious in the numbers? zpli think hope springs etern am, he's opt mick and focused only the possibilities. anything can happen. i don't think that that is going to be something that will be a reality any time soon. but you know what, let him do that, let him focus on what he would like to happen. in the meantime, hillary clinton will focus on what she wants to do for the american people and the issues they care about every

single day. >> we'll talk next hour. >> thank you very much. >> tune into post-game analysis, it starts at 10:30 eastern hosted by wolf blitzer. for months, syrian refugees have been trying to escape the war that's taken over here homelands. we'll show you how russia is helping people displacedpy rebel forces. also a cop punched and shot during a traffic is stop. it's all caught on his cruiser dash cam. .

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well, millions of syrians have fled their war savaged country to seem refuge, many escape bombs that continue to drop. but there are many syrians who left their homes and stayed in their country. senior correspondent mathew chance choin joining me from

russia. he was embedded at an airbase in syria this past weekend. you were taken to meet displaced syrians living near refugees. >> they live in an attack city in syria, which is under the control of the syrian government. look, the russians took us there. they want to understand the complex nature of the situation on the ground in syria. there are also many syrians that fear what will come if the assad leadership comes to an end. take a look. in the game for syria, russia's putin and bashar al-assad are on the same side. this is thanks to russia for posting this.

we were brought to this city to see how the syrian government and kremlin backers say they give refuge. one government sanctioned aid worker told me how and why these people are here. >> what have these people been through to drive them to become refugees? >> these people don't have any homes, don't have any family. it's so hard. i hear stuff from kids about killing, about death, you know, it's hard. thai feel safe here. they don't have the money for the trip to europe. anybody can do it. it's the other side. >> is that why these refugees are being protected essentially by president assad because they couldn't afford to go to europe? >> no, i don't want so say they president assad, they just with didn't want to leave.

>> their sources tell us housing five or 16,000 people, the fraction of the millions made refugees by sir why's civil war. one of the reasons they are brought hear, to demonstrate, not-syrian, wants to escape the clutches of the syrian government and president assad. some feel much safer under his control. some fled aleppo earlier this year. her husband is in the syrian army, she told me, rebels behead family members of syrian soldiers, she says. for some the choice between the evils of bashar al asad and rebels that oppose him is simple to make. >> that's pretty much the message the kremlin wants to

push across. but you know, bashar al-assad has supporters as well as opponents in syria, their interest must be taken into investigation. >> it was very interesting to hear that other side of the story. mathew chance, great having you, thank you so much afternoon. a teenager is one of america's most wanted. the latest on the spoiled child case. also, watch this idea. a police officer in florida punched, shot, during a traffic stop. it's all caught on the cruiser's dash cam. . >> put your hands on the hood. zblrnlgs . the microsoft cloud allows us to immediately

. >> 12 minutes to the top of the hour now. developing this morning, a manhunt happening for the teen sentenced to probation after he killed four people in a drunk driving crash. you probably first heard the name ethan couch two years ago after his attorney claimed he

suffered from so-called ainfluenza because his parents did not set limits for him. fast forward to today. he is on the run. it's hard to believe he's with his mother. cnn has the latest. >> reporter: victor, if authorities known the whereabouts about 18-year-old ethan couch, they aren't making it publicly. u.s. marshals offered a 500 reward. for now, couch and presumably his mother are on the run. it's this video that eventually led to the manhunt, posted on social media this month. the clip seems to show a group of college-age kids partying and playing beer pong. among them appears to be the texas teen ethan couch. >> we need some ambulances, it's bad. we flipped and -- oh god. >> then he was sentenced to ten

years probation after killing four people while drunk driving. >> i lost my wife and daughter. >> the blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. as part of the deal, couch agreed to stay away from alcohol or ends up going to jail. in a bizarre defense, his attorney convinced the judge he was a victim of affluenza, parents that never taught him the difference between right and wrong. listen to what coup's mother said in the deposition in a civil suit against her son. >> when is the last time you recall disciplining ethan for anything? >> i don't remember. >> now the teen and his mother have gone missing. couch apparently fled shortly after this video was made public. apparently to avoid violating the probation deal. according to reuters, the father says the passports of couch and his mother are also gone. >> i hate to tell you i told you

so, but i told you so. >> the sheriff tried to lock up couch two years ago. >> i believe this was planned. i believe they planned to get away. i believe they will run far and try to hide. >> authorities believe they may have left the country. as it seems, the 18-year-old will do just about anything to avoid any time behind bars. victor. >> thank you very much. let's bring in cnn legal analyst, joey jackson. i first want to say good morning to you. when ethan couch was given probation, he was a minor. he's a man now. if he's caught, does he go to jail? >> oh, absolutely he does. he is entitled to due process, that means he will be brought before a judge, at that time he will be given an opportunity to indicate it what may have happened, what was his role? what was his mother's role? he will be brought before the judge, he is 18-years-old and

already dealt with accordingly. >> how about mom? what does she think? >> it's problem makt. what she is doing now are a few things, she is shindering his apprehension by providing support. number two, she is harboring him. make no mistake about it, he is a fugitive from justice, of course, to aid and abet his taking off and leaving. so she's in a world of trouble, too. all the items i mentioned are felonies him all carry significant time in jail. >> one thing reported here, it's believed he is out of the country and, of course, it depends upon an extradition treaty, when or if he is caught. how typical is it for someone on probation for the crime of killing four people to keep the passports? >> it's not typical at all. what happens is, it's not at the point of conviction, when there

is an accusation against you initially and they are determining that is the prosecution, the judge, your defense attorney are making the arguments concerning what the conditions of your release will be. often sometimes, oftentimes, depending on the dpravty and severity there. four people dead. two critically injured, which can't speak anymore. so at that point you surrender the passports. you are not adjudicated or convict convicted. based on him being a minor it's not anticipated. particularly when the prosecutor is asking for 24 monthss in jail. >> this is, of course, the state charge. is this something that's expected? kwus to himary when you have a person that is believed to have left the state or the country. or is this attributed to being a

high profile case? >> to be fair the federal resources are always there and available for a state in the event it's warranted. here when you have someone who could potentially cross state lines, federal, not only a crossing state lines, we don't know we were he is. it's a source believeing or they believe he may have left the country. now it elliates it more. the u.s. marshals, very good at this, victor, fbi, it's important to get their assistan assistance. i think that's what we are seeing here. >> thank you. we'll see you later in the she. >> coming up next hour, new video from the night a man was shot by an officer after wrecking his car. the man says he has been shot and the officer denies it (vo) some call it giving back.

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the man was trying to get out of a crashed car t. cop says he didn't remember firing the shot. >> all right. good to have you. top of the hour here on the east coast. i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm anne marie walker. >> we begin with breaking news, this deal reached between bern benefit and the dnc over access to a crucial voter database. >> it starts when the dnc cut off sanders from the internal files, saying his rivals accessed information against hillary clinton. then a lawsuit was filed and earlier this morning the two sides have come to an agreement. following the latest developments from washington, hi there, chris. what are both sides saying? >> reporter: we are hearing from

the dnc and sanders camp that will restore access to voter files as soon as this morning. now, last night the dnc says the sanders' campaign had met their demand for information regarding the data breach. in a statement the dnc says they will continue to investigate to ensure that the data that was inappropriately accessed has been delete and is no longer in possession of the sanders' campaign. now the sanders' campaign had a different interpretation. they say the dnc ka pit late and reversed its outrageous decision. they were absolutely furious on friday. listen to what pressing is brian fallon said about the yesterday. >> it was an egrej just breach a. violation of the rules, for someone like senator sanders who said he would drive a different campaign. this goes below the belt as it goes.

he should fire his staffs, we can resolve this and have a fairly waged campaign. until that happens, i don't understand what these distractions are about lawsuits. >> that was friday. this is a new statement this morning from the hillary clinton campaign. we are pleased that the sanders campaign agreed to an independent audit. we believe it should plead immediately and pending its findings, we expect further disciplinary action as appropriate. this adds up to drama for tonight's third democratic debate in new hampshire. we will see how each candidate responds to it on the stage this evening. >> how thing that will be in the playoffs? the savenders campaign and its supporters will have beef with the dnc claiming they have been favoring hillary clinton. >> well, absolutely, everything from how many debates $to the fact that debates are on a saturday, instead of a week night when more people may look

at it. sanders has hit that and tried to get them a feeling leak they're taking on the establishment. this was a part of the subcontext we saw yesterday that bernie sanders felt like maybe the dnc was being more punitive than they would have been if this was the:t campaign, of course the clinton campaign feels like they're the ones in the wrong here. we will definitely see how this plays out, or if she leaves it alone and out of the arena. we have to tune in tonight. >> unfortunate with the debate hours away. >> thank you, guys. >> we got on the phone with us now, do we have, brian? we don't have ryan? we'll get ryan. let's go to maria cardona and errol lewis, time warner cable news.

maria, a strategist. these two sides have different interpretations of this agreement. i wonder if we have heard or will know if the clinton campaign is satisfied with this end of the suspension or if they're going to go and ask for further action? >> i think the clinton campaign will use this as a sort of moral club. the sanders campaign i think is for reasons we just discussed very much in the right when they say that the process, if general, tilts in the favor of hillary clinton. her husband was the president. everything that they could do to help her seems to have been done now the clinton campaign, instead of feeling a little defensive about that. hey, you are fought playing fair. i think they will hold on to that for as long as they can. the sanders campaign will have to live with it. the reality what they did was,

in fact, wrong. it wasn't critical, it's not a game changer, it won't change the outcome of a primary. this is something they will seem on and move on as long as you possibly can. >> you remember in the first debate, bernie sanders said people are tired of hearing about your dam e-mails. is hillary clinton going to be as gracious talking about the voter base? >> you know what, i think it depends on the moderators, how they hand him the questioning about this. i don't think that either hillary clinton or bernie sanders would, themselves, choose for this to be the topic of conversation tonight at the debate. it doesn't behoove hillary clinton. she's ahead. i don't think she gains anything by looking to be the heavy and continually sort of clubbing the sanders campaign for the egrej just breach that they actually perpetrated. i think this is all going to be

behind the scenes, the campaign staffers going at each other the way we have been seeing it up until now. i think tonight at the debate, the two candidates will be focusing on their issues. i also don't think it behooves the sanders' company to be the number one issue. it was his staffers that go on to perpetrate this breach. i think they will focus on the issues. bernie sanders has terrific issues. he has great supporter. hillary clinton was also focused on economic security. she is focused on national security, one of her big strengths and americans are so focused on right now. they both will focus on the issues at hand, which will be a great contrast to the circus that has been the republican debates up until now. >> let's talk about that. a debate tonight in new hampshire. you mentioned foreign policy and

the latest poll, hillary clinton leads bernie sanders by 33 points. people who question who will be best on isis. but you look at these numbers and she is trailing in the state by 12 points. harold, to you, despite foreign policy and national security. why is she ten points behind? >> some of it is vermont is right next door to bernie sanders. they loved him in 2007. they picked him over president obama. >> i wouldn't counter out, by the which, especially if he wins iwest virginia it's also because, look, there is a libertarian speech. >> that s very much in line where bernie sanders is coming from, pro gun, a great way for the nra. yet he's a socialist. he is calling for free college

education. >> thank you both. tune into cnn, analysis starts at 10:30 eastern. it's hosted by wolf blitzer. in the meantime, donald trump isn't just holding his massive lead over the gop feel. the first national poll started here on cnn, has a billionaire businessman dominating. er . >> listen to what he said.

>> do you think you'll win iowa and also new hampshire? are you expecting to win there? >> i do think so. we will do great. we had a poll today where i'm leading in iowa. i think i will do great in iowa. i have an amazing relationship to people in iowa, eadvantage gel cals. nation wide i'm leading, ron mouth poll, very respected. i think we are getting the message across. we're not being politically correct. we don't have time. we have to do what's right. >> i want to bring in cnn politics reporter steven collinson, first off the rest of the republican field is stuck 'in the single digits. the question is, does bush or any one of these candidates of kaveng up to trump's numbers, considering jeb bush had a strong performs. i imagine his campaign is hoping

to ride that trajectory. >> right. they are little time left st i think the last hope of jeb bush and new jersey governor chris christie are a strong showing in new hampshire. which has been historically more ameanable to center right republicans will help bolt them baby into this race. they need a victory. that will give them moment item in south carolina and nevada. then the big primaries layout the south. it would be a sthoung comeback if some of us at 3% to come back and win iowa or new hampshire. >> a lot of people watched donald trump rise in the polls, despite the controversy, things he said aimed toward muslims, hispanic. what have you?

how do you explain his campaign? that's the million dollar question from the campaign. everybody from the history of elections, tells us that donald trump would have traded a long time ago. i think he's to some extent rewritten the rules the line between entertainment aempbd almost noun existent in the donald trump cane. i think he has seized upon some issues, with i are powerful, immigration, the idea the republican leadership left behind the grass roots people that don't speak for them anymore on big issues. so i think donald trump has managed to give voice to the grievances of people while not necessarily having to give solutions to those grievances him now the test next year, are people looking for someone to give vent to their feelings or to come up with solutions on policies to fix them?

that will now be the big test for mr. trump. >> when you look at the polls, trump is leading, ted cruz at number two, that in itself is a nightmare, are-they hoping for a mario rubio or a baby bush or somebody from the establishment to rise quickly to gain momentum? >> certainly. there is no love for ted cruz in washington. he's made himself very popular. that's actually one of the koes to his appeal out in the heartland. there are a lot of people hoping marco rubio can win well and put this rate away fairly quickly him if we get dun to a three-way race, we could see a situation where no candidate is able to get a look at the primary races and to get to the convention

with the mo majority to win the nomination. then it can get interesting and sticky for the republican leadership. >> that is him thank you. a major battle between canadian forces and isis fighters in iraq. plus, president obama stopped in san bernardino, california last night for an emotional visit with the victims of the massacre there two weeks ago. and we are learning new details about the gunman and how he was able to let his hands on weapons used in the attack. >> the farook and marquez relationship is something they will be studying for years.

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victims of the san bernardino shooting. the president will get daily briefings on vacation. two weeks ago, for the first family. we phone he spent those hours in san bernardino, rather, with the first lady. and they met individually with those affected be i the tragedy. >> many said the meeting would help them cope with the losses. the president says he came away with an understanding of tear strength. >> i met some of these folks. despite the pain and the heartache that they're feeling, they could not have been more inspiring and more proud of their loved ones and more insistent that something good comes out of this tragedy. >> there is a reassurance that i feel those two at least have our back. they said to me, i got you.

they're not going to let her disappear any time soon. >> he covered a co-worker during the shooting and was one of the 14 people killed. >> we are learning about the friends of the san bernardino shooters, investigators say that henrique marquez bought a weapon for farook and planned an earlier attack with him. here's a look at what happened with those plans. >> reporter: victor, one of the most alarming discoveries in this case in the san bernardino shooting was not farook's first plot. the second. farook and marquez had a plan three years ago, possibly deadly or more so to attack a deadly college at a highway, that attack not thwarted, but by marquez and farook simply

getting spooked. this busy california highway nearly twooim became the site of a deadly terrorist attack. syed farook told law enforcement the two watched videos of clerics, became radical and plotted if 2012 to throw pipe bombs onto the sc 91 freeway and gun down motorists. they planned to attack riverside city college by placing bombs in the fedly caf terriasm marquez backed out in fear after other terror arrests around the same time, as time passed, the two grew apart. >> the farook and marquez relationship is something fbi agents and historians and counter-terrorism officials will be studying for years. >> reporter: two years later,

marquez noticed his hand justwork. he told him. the exmety used my gun in the shooting. then oh my god, when they asked, how do you know it's your gun? he said they can trace all the guns back to me. he gave it to him for safe storage. officials fear he bought it for the deadly attack. following the asnack san bernardino, he is mark for supporting terrorism. >> it is a statement by the fbi and the administration if you come close to these cases or to helping them, we will charge you as if you are a terrorist yourself. >> this is now a serious line of inquiry into the investigation. how do they have family day

jobs, farook and the local government. interer interunder surveillance. the president has said lone wolf attacks are hard to pre vent. we certainly saw that in this case. >> all right. we want to take you back out live, we're taking live pictures here of president obama. there you see air force one. president obama and his family have landed in hasn't lulu, hawaii, to begin their two-week holiday. this, okay, coming after the president sent time last night meeting with the 14 victim's families at the san bernardino attacks. >> this is the vacation they take in the president's home state of hawaii. of course, with all that's going on in the world, you know the president gets that daily security briefing even on

vacation. so he will be enjoying time away from the white house. still the responsible for the office travel with the president. he will be kept in the loop of all that is happening. we were going to wait to see if the president and first lady were going to walk down those steps? that famous walk they do. taking a few minutes. so we will get back to this in a moment. the president and first lady landing there in honolulu. >> we will take a short brake. when we come back, fighting isis, how canadian troops help take out hundreds of terrorist targets in iraqi. >> a deadly landslide wiping out everything in its path. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? .

all right. looking here moments ago at the first family arriving in honolulu for the start of their two-week christmas vacation. the president, the first lady, daughters sasha and malia will be there until january 2nd. of course, there is a lot going on in the world. the president will be kept abreast of all that is happening on the security front. >> i'm sure they have been looking forward to some relaxation. it's been a busy year for the president the last few months when he talked about him at the end of the year, he mentioned isis and iran and what have you. in the event that he had to take charge of him in the past few months. in the meantime, an officer is injured. at least one person arrested after more protests in chicago. demonstrators blocked traffic late last night, calling on the evacuation of rahm emanuel and the cook county attorney are

angry over the laquan mcdonald shooting. police say one person was arrested. while that was happening, authorities say a small group knocked an officer to the ground. >> canadian ground forces fending off isis overseas in a day long battle. troops fired at isis fighters after the terror group bombed and attacked kurdish forces. canadian special forces say their role is to train local forces and advise british troops. they're not the primary fighters but they do offer backup. turkey is faced with an ultimatum, get out or else. ibrahimalgiafari. he said the iraqi government is surprised and angry that turkish forces entered the border without permission back december 3rd. this massive landslide slamming homes in woeg, killed a woman and her doc. we learned from authorities the

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so consider this, donald trump in the latest poll has more support than his three closest republican competitors combined. take a look at the new fox news poll showing the businessman dominating the field with 39% support. 11.5 climb since november. . despite controversy over remarks about banning non-american muslims coming into the country, trump says he will win over muslim american voters in the process. here's what he told abc. >> do you think that you will be able to bring muslim americans in, what will you do to sort of

bring a brigg i big group of muslim americans in, obviously, it's important. >> i think i will do well with everybody. i think i will win and a recent fox pom has me beating hillary easily. i think i will win and bring jobs back to our country. i will bring the jobs taken away. many it should have never happened and i'll be bringing back jobs and i'm going to be building up the military. we will take care of our vets. we will get proper health care, not obamacare, premiums going up 35 and 45%. we're going to do a great job. >> all right. it will be a busy, busy day for candidates hoping to catch up with trump. campaign events kick off in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, georgia, alabama. they're all out today. let's bring in jeffrey lord. i want to start with, good morning to you, to both of you. i want to start with you. what do these candidates need to

do? we're settling into a season where some people will check out. christmas is coming, new years, what do these candidates need to do do keep the voters engaged to cut down on that lead? >> i think two things, one, you got to make sure you still have a presence nationally and make sure you still have that conversation over the holidays. you get a lot of down time, a lot of water cooler conversations. i promise you, peep will be talking about donald trump, ted cruz and rubio, et cetera. i think this is a time if you have a campaign run well, you really start focusing on iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. he has a lot of orchestrated campaigns there and locals yogi working for him. you really at some point have to focus in on the national voting

day. the momentum comes out of these states. i think that's what you have to start to focus on. >> jeffrey, one of the stronger arguments up until this point from trump has been that he does well in places in polls for the fall, this fox news poll shows him five points ahead to this poll being 11 point behind. what happened? >> well, to be perfectly candid, i don't know, i haven't seen that particular. is this the fox poll? >> the new one out. yeah. victor, i haven't seen that particular poll here. but you know, these polls will go up and down and up and down, depending on the events of the day, the holidays, all of this kind of thing, i don't particularly worry about any kid poll. i think the trend is obvious. he has incredible support. one other thing, these events, these polls will change

radically when we get to a general election. i often cited december, 1979 poll from dallas that was touted by the carter white house in the day that had jimmy carter beating ronald reagan 36%. of course a year later, the results were quite a bit different. >> let me come to you. let's stay away from the general election poll. let's look at what we're seeing if this narrows down to a four-man race. general expectations that it could go down to a three man race. let put those numbers up, guys. trump then would be at 41%, if you take all of carson's support. a lot has gone to ted cruz. trump still leads here. can you imagine the republican establishment at some point, ben, coalescing around donald trump.

>> i don't think you will see the establishment necessarily do it for any candidate per se at this point. because the candidate they want is jeb bush, not doing well. so i think what you may see here is at some point, the candidates have to look at they're going to drop out and coalesce themselves together outside of donald trump and i think what you are seeing now is a lot of people are looking at that person being ted cruz, he was not talked about as much early on. he does have a really good campaign on the ground in the states. he has a strategy which makes sense. he has local people he had around him for months airing them to get ready for this battle. i think if you are donald trump, you want these guys to all keep where they are. in many ways breaking up that vote that is not going to go for trump. if you see at some point, ben carson drop out, rubio or ted

cruz hypothetically drop out. i think that's when this gets a whole lot more competitive than now. remember this, national polls don't matter. it is momentum game. if you have momentum, ted cruz can when that first state where donald trump is all about winning. he set himself up to win everything. he's never said i will lose the state. i don't understand why he hasn't. nobody runs the board on these primaries. if he would have been smart about it, he would have said, hey, i may win enough of them. he set himself up for a greatness that is never going to happen. if he loses the first one, it will put him in a bad position. >> can he recover? >> sure. >> if he loses iowa, can he? >> sure. you know, two things here, ronald reagan, himself, lost iowa to george h.w. bush and came back to new hampshire and south carolina. frankly, he lost more primaries

down the road until finally h.w. bush withdrew in may. you can lose iowa and new hampshire. george w. bush lost new hampshire and went on to beat john mccain. so, yes, you definitely can do that and as we all know, senator santorum and senator huckabee won iowa, you know, didn't go anywhere. >> thanks so much. >> thanks. >> and still to come. new security measures for the happiest place on earth. why disney world started randomly screening visitors. >> did a california police officer accidentally shoot a suspect after a high speed chase? we got new video from the officer's body camera. find out why the officer will find out why the officer will not face criminal charges.

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policy and discontinuing the sales of toy guns in its resorts. >> reporter: before you can walk into the happiest place on earth, you might first have to walk through one of these. disney is beefing up security at its theme parks in california and florida, adding metal detectors to screen people randomly chosen for secondary screening. the move comes in the wake of the terrorist attacks in san bernardino and parents and just in time for the busy holiday season. >> they should amp up their security. >> we have extremely different scum lords than you do him i have no problem walking through a metal detector to go through disneyland or anywhere else, if it keeps me and my family safe. >> just last week, a miami man was arrested for carrying a loaded gun outside magic kingdom. authorities in florida said he didn't have the proper perm to

the carry them. it has no idea whether it has anything to do with the threat behind the movech disney reading a statement that reads, we continually review our comprehensive approach and research implementing measures. they include additional uniformed police officers the use of specially trained dogs to patrol key areas and new palmett polys /* /- policies, also, children under 14 will be allowed to wear costumes inside the park. >> i say with a big place like disneyland or disney world, sorry, with walt people that are there, i think those kind of things need to be appropriate. >> and disney isn't the only one ramping up security. universal studios and esa world

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. a new video this morning after california man is accused of driving drunk and crashing his car last month. we've got the dash cam video. it shows he was shot by an officer as he tried to climb out of the car. but this new body cam video from the scene shows what the officer, patrick feaster, said after he shot the man. this is edited together from several minutes of footage. >> get out of the car, sir. you are not shot, sir.

get out of the. >> i don't think i shot him. i wasn't even pointing it at him. >> oh, my god, are you serious? >> andrew thomas is now recovering in the hospital from being shot in the neck. it could leave him permanently paralyzed. and get this, he could still face dui and manslaughter charges after his wife was ejected from the car and killed in that wreck. now dash cam video released earlier this week shows what happened from the beginning. we have to warn you, the video is disturbing. watch. >> it happened in paradise, california, near chico. police say 26-year-old andrew thomas was caught speeding out of the parking lot of a local bar on thanksgiving without his suv's headlights on. officer patrick feaster chases him. the suv hits a median and flips, throwing the passenger to the ground, killing her, as feaster walks towards the wrecked vehicle with his gun drawn, thomas climbs out.

investigators say feaster fired one shot, hitting thomas in the neck. they say what looks like a second shot is an illusion, caused by a reflection from the pistol's flashlight. >> the officer's immediate reaction was thinking that the man was going to attempt to flee. >> district attorney mike ramsey said he could not file charges under the law, calling what happened unintentional and possibly negligent but not criminally so. he says their investigation showed the shot was fired accidentally, and officer feaster was surprised by the discharge. protests have now been organized by thomas' supporters. >> they are here to serve and protect us, not shoot us. >> investigators say feasters waited 11 minutes to report he fired the shot. he didn't even tell the paramedics when they arrived. >> i've got an unresponsive female. i've got a male in the car refusing to get out. >> the district attorney called the delay troubling, but said feaster was in shock and wasn't sure if he actually fired a shot. feaster is still on leave while

an internal investigation continues within the department. >> discipline can range anywhere from a letter of reprimand to termination. >> we have back with us now cnn legal analyst, joey jackson. joey, this feeds into the narrative that there is a separate justice system or process for people who wear a badge and don't. is there any precedent in which outside of law enforcement that there is the "i didn't realize i had shot him" defense and no charges are filed? >> victor, good morning. i have not seen that anywhere. such a precedent for i didn't shoot, i don't remember shooting, i was in shock for shooting. you know, this is extraordinarily troubling. i would go as far as to say outrageous and feeds into another narrative and that is should the local district attorney be investigating and potentially prosecuting the officers that they rely upon on a daily basis to make their

case. now i could tell you as a former prosecutor, myself, that you have a huge deal of discretion. and i was simply an assistant district attorney in terms of dismissing cases, elevating cases, you know, deciding to prosecute them at different levels. and, you know, to read the d.a.'s conclusions and -- it's just very troubling, and i also would go as far as to say intellectually dishonest. you can argue intent or lack of intent. it appears to be pretty intentional to me. but that's just me. now you get to the issue of negligence and then you're suggesting that it's negligent, maybe, but doesn't rise to criminal negligence. and that's why you need independence in an investigation. so that the community can feel that everything, every stone was unturned to determine whether or not it was criminal or not criminal, not just the local district attorney saying it looks okay, let's move on to the next case. >> yeah, the officer says that he was in shock, and, you know, i don't know that to be different. it's not my job to opine on

that. but if this works in this case, and in this specific shooting, could this be used as a precedent in other shootings in which officers or anyone can say, i didn't recognize that i this shot him. i didn't realize it. so that -- maybe i'm not legally liable? >> well, that's the problem, victor. and, you know, was there a medical evaluation here? was he examined by a psychologist or did the district attorney impanel one to evaluate him, or to opine on that? or is it his word? in addition to that, look at the actions of the officer. were the actions of the officer consist with shock, were they consistent with someone who didn't know what they did or was it consistent with someone covering this up? so that's the issue. you mentioned the press detention effect, people who don't trust law enforcement and that's a problem because we need law enforcement, need to respect law enforcement, work with law enforcement, and we need to rely and really, you know, support

the things they do. so this is very troubling. and i don't think we have seen or are going to be talking about the last of this. >> yeah, and certainly you can expect a civil suit to come from his family. we'll, of course, follow this story. this case. joey jackson, thank you so much. >> thank you, victor. and coming up next hour, come bath home-grown terrorism. this week, numerous people have been arrested right here in america for alleged ties to terrorists. we'll take a look at how law enforcement is hatching terrorists before they strike.

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and the state of california, i now pronounce you husband and wife. may your love last longer than a suggestion. >> okay. and there's a wedding. car line ritter and andrew porter "star wars" theme wedding was held outside the chinese theatre in hollywood. darth vader walked the ribride down the aisle, and they walked down to the movie's theme song. and chewbacca was a groomsman. >> wow, that's so romantic, isn't it? >> i love a lot of movies. i love "the color purple," but i'm not -- >> exactly. i'm not going there either. a lot of news to tell you about this morning. >> next hour of your "new day" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com breaking overnight.

an agreement reached between bernie sanders and the dnc over a heated battle concerning access to voter files. is the agreement enough to squash the issue? plus, president obama visits with family members of the san bernardino shooting. as we're learning new details about how the terrorists got access to those semi automatic rifles. top of the hour now. about 8:00 here on the east coast. good to have you with us this saturday. i'm victor blackwell. good to have you with us. >> thank you. good to be with you, victor. i'm amara walker in for christi paul. >> republican presidential hopefuls out in full force this weekend, hoping to put a dent in donald trump's surging lead. jeb bush is about to kick off a town hall in new hampshire. the one-time front runner has a lot of catching up to do. >> that's right. a new fox news poll has him dropping just 3% support from voters. trump, on the other hand, just gained 11 points on his already massive lead. his closest competitor, ted cruz, is at just 18%.

marco rubio 11%, ben carson, 9%. more gop campaign events kick off soon in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, georgia and alabama. i want to bring in cnn politics senior reporter, steven cullenson. first off, the rest of the republican field, steven, is stuck in the low single digits, all with 3% support or less. do you think that any of these candidates have a shot at catching up to trump's numbers, especially jeb bush coming off that pretty strong performance as he seemed to be the only person willing to take on donald trump? >> yeah, it's going to be very difficult. the way the election works, of course, it's not a national poll. it's state by state primaries and caucuses. that means the candidate can do well in a state and then sort of project themselves back into the national race. that's what jeb bush is hoping for. he's got four events today in new hampshire over a 12-hour period. really heating it up in his

campaigning. we have seen over the last few days a change of tactics from jeb bush, really going out and attacking donald trump very vociferously. he's been calling him the chaos candidate. he even put out an ad which showed donald trump praising hillary clinton and barack obama years ago. he's really trying to consolidate the support of those who say that donald trump would not be qualified to be commander in chief. yet it's not clear that those people would actually choose jeb bush if they were to turn against donald trump. >> right. and it kind of shows that in the polls, doesn't it? i mean, you have, as you say, jeb bush kind of going on the attack against trump. yet he's not really making much of a dent in the polls of trump. you were saying last hour, the million dollar question is how in the world does trump continue to maintain this surge? >> right. i think there's a distinction here that's quite interesting. it's not clear all the way through this campaign that there is a big desire in the republican grass roots for a campaign by jeb bush. for jeb bush to be their

nominee. donald trump has given voice to those people that -- angry at the republican establishment, lost faith in republican leaders, and they see jeb bush as just an extension of that establishment. the fact that he's the brother and the son of a president is a big disadvantage. donald trump is coming from the outside. polls show that experience in this race is not what republican voters are looking for. they're looking for an outsider. and that, you know, is -- jeb bush can do all sorts of campaign events. he can say what he likes. but he may not be able to overcome that central fact of this election. >> is this shaping up to be a three-way race between trump, cruz and rubio? and if so, what would the consequences be of that? >> it looks like it. if you talk to people in the republican party, they believe that might be what's happening. it's possible, still, that someone like jeb bush or chris christie could do very well in new hampshire, for example. and push their way into that. if it is a threeway race, and rubio, cruz and trump fairly

evenly matched, we could get to the convention next year with no candidate having a majority of delegates that they need to win the nomination. that could lead to a very messy floor flight, and it could really split the republican party apart and make it more difficult for the gop to win the general election. against what looks like a fairly easy ride to the nomination at this point, at least, on the democratic side for hillary clinton. >> and for hillary clinton's point of view, who do you think that campaign sees as the biggest or most formidable challenger to her, to hillary clinton? >> all along, if you talk to hillary clinton people and democrats, they say they fear marco rubio. there is this generational contrast between mrs. clinton and marco rubio. rubio is running a forward-oriented campaign, saying he's the candidate of the 21st century and hillary clinton is the candidate of the 20th century. so i think marco rubio, who has also got some very well-developed political skills, he's very good debating. would perhaps be said by most democrats to be the biggest

threat for hillary clinton. many democrats feel if donald trump is the republican nominee, it almost guarantees a part in the white house. >> always great getting your perspective, thank you. we're also following breaking news overnight from the democratic side of the race. there's been this deal reached between bernie sanders and the dnc over access to a crucial voter database. this comes after tensions burst on friday. you saw it on live television. now this all started when the dnc cut off sanders from internal voter files, saying his staffers wrongly accessed information belonging to rival hillary clinton. then the sanders campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court against the dnc, after they were suspended from using that. but early this morning, the two sides have come to an agreement. let's get some details. cnn's chris frates is following the latest from washington. what are we hearing from both sides? >> good morning, victor. a pretty uneasy agreement to this messy internal fight. and we're hearing from both the

dnc and sanders camp on this agreement that will restore the sanders campaigns access to voter files as soon as this morning. last night, the dnc says the sanders campaign had met their demands for information regarding the data breach. but in a statement, the dnc says they will continue to investigate to ensure that the data that was inappropriately accessed has been deleted, and is no longer in possession of the sanders campaign. now, the sanders campaign, perhaps not surprisingly, had a very different interpretation. they say the dnc capitulated and reversed its outrageous decision. now, this all involves data from the hillary clinton camp. they were absolutely furious on friday. listen to what press secretary brian fallen said about this yesterday. of. >> it was an egregious breach of violation of the rules. and for someone like senator sanders who said he was going to run a different type of campaign, this is as below the belt as it goes. he should come clean.

he should discipline these other staffers beyond the one they fired today. and that we can resolve this and we can move forward and we can have a fairly waged campaign. until that happens, i don't understand what all these distractions are about, about lawsuits. >> that was friday. this is a new statement this morning from the hillary clinton campaign. they say, we are pleased that the sanders' campaign has agreed to submit to an independent audit. we believe this audit should proceed immediately, and pending its findings, we expect further disciplinary action to be taken as appropriate. now, of course, this all comes as the drama amps up for tonight's third democratic debate in new hampshire. we'll see how sanders and clinton responds to this, and whether this becomes a big issue on the stage in new hampshire tonight, guys. >> all right. chris frates in washington for us. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we'll see you later to talk about the debate. chris, thanks so much. >> all right. well, the fbi is investigating a major computer breach that may have allowed

hackers to spy on u.s. government and private companies' en christed communications. the breach at junipers networks happened three years ago but was only discovered a few weeks back. evan perez broke this news. evan? >> reporter: victor, amara, one u.s. government official says it's akin to stealing a master key to every government building. junipers networks says that someone was able to break into its systems, and alter source code for an important piece of software. now this means that sophisticated hackers could use a back door to spy on communications that is supposed to be protected by encryption. junipers makes routers and computer equipment that is widely used by private companies, and by u.s. government agencies, like the pentagon and treasury, and the fbi. now u.s. officials tell me that they believe this is the work of foreign government hackers. now the breach occurred three years ago, and junipers only discovered the vulnerability in the last couple weeks. junipers issued a statement,

saying once they identified the you will have neshlss, they worked to develop security patches to protect the equipment that was affected. the fbi has now launched an investigation, and because of the sophistication, officials say that only a handful of governments have the capability to do this. and russia and china are at the top of that list. amara? victor? >> all right, evan, thank you so much. we want to take you inside this major battle between canadian forces and isis fighters in iraq. we're going to have the details on how canadians, who were really there to train and advise kurdish forces, got into this direct fight with the terrorists. also, president obama stopped in san bernardino, california, late last night for an emotional visit with family members, the victims of the san bernardino shooting. and new details about how the san bernardino gunmen, at least one of them, was able to get his hands on the weapons used in the attack. the farook and marquez relationship is something that

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new this morning, two men in the u.s. have been charged with attempting to support isis, and the al-nusra front. the 19-year-old from harrisburg, pennsylvania, is accused of attempting to provide material support on social media, and 22-year-old adam shafy from tried to travel to help the ly - terror group. cnn's polo sandoval is following both ends for us. what do we know about these men? >> reporter: victor, they are the latest investigations conducted by counterterrorism officials. at this point, the reality is, the number of terror-related investigations continue to stack up. and that's happening in prosecutors' offices across the country. the level of support for groups like isis in the u.s. seems to have reached an unprecedented

level. >> we have to remain vigilant here at home. >> reporter: newly unsealed court documents paint a clearer picture to catch potential terrorists before they strike. >> i'm literally shocked. >> reporter: people in fremont, california, are stunned over allegations made against adam shaffi. the 22-year-old was stopped by the feds as he tried boarding a flight from san francisco to turkey last summer. wiretaps revealed he believed america is the enemy, and he said to a friend, i am content to die with them. referring to the terror group, al-nusra front. the fbi believes he was headed to join the organization when he was stopped. his legal team denies those allegations, saying their client was simply on a humanitarian mission. in a statement, his attorney says adam is innocent, and he sought to assist syrian refugees. >> it's pretty crazy. you know, when it's right here at home, it's a different story. >> reporter: people in harrisburg, pennsylvania, are reacting to the arrest of their

19-year-old neighbor, jaleel aziz, believed to have spread isis rhetoric on social media, using at least 57 individual twitter accounts. prosecutors allege the young man also shared the names and addresses of u.s. service members, calling for vials against them. high-capacity magazines, ammunition, and a survival kit were found in his home last month. investigators say it's all evidence he planned to launch an attack in the u.s. >> they were quiet. you never would have known. >> reporter: about an hour from the nation's capitol, mohamed al shanaowi is believed to have financed a terror attack on u.s. soil. the maryland man reportedly took to social media, pledging his allegiance to isis. he allegedly told a childhood friend he was a soldier of the state. >> a look at these three cases alone, you'll find something very common. u.s. authorities were able to identify and track them electronically. perhaps they popped up on the radar using twitter or doing

some of those electronic transactions. officials say that it's those who do not necessarily make it on the radar that are very difficult to track. the so-called lone wolves. you don't really identify them, victor, until they become operational and until then, sadly, it's too late. >> we have our law enforcement analyst here to figure out what the government is doing to get better at tracking down these home-grown terrorists. polo sandoval for us this morning. thank you so much. >> you bet. and as victor was saying, joining us live is cnn law enforcement analyst, jonathan gilliam. jonathan, the first question to you really is, seems like we're hearing and seeing more and more of these kinds of arrests. does this mean that there are more of these alleged or wannabe jihadists out there or are the efforts to track them down just getting that much better, including intelligence? >> well, efforts are always getting better, amara. what we're seeing now, though, is, you know, the achilles' heel of anyone who uses social media,

especially when they're doing nefarious things, once the fbi or intelligence sources gets an in on that, then they have an in on the spider web of where that goes. now, they're developing different ways to communicate not only with the companies that handle these websites and these different social gathering areas online, but also, you know, i'm sure that the source -- or the amount of sources that they have in and around these areas are -- is growing, as well. because the reality is, electronic surveillance is good. sources are great. and that's what's going to always lead you, as polo was talking, to the people that they can't find object social media. >> right. and the other side to that, too, we heard from president obama yesterday, and he admitted that it's going to be very, very difficult. it has been very difficult to track down these, you know, self

radicalized lone wolf terrorists. can you talk about why that is such a challenge? >> well, i think it's a challenge for a couple reasons. one, because a lot of these social media programs have -- are difficult to get into, unless you have a subpoena, you can't go around snooping on everybody's social media. and that's a difficult thing. they are also using encrypted -- these people aren't dumb. i mean, our enemy is full of who have high degrees or computer scientists, engineers. and so they know how to move around and manipulate the internet for their purpose. the other problem is that people are afraid, as always, to come forward as sources. and i really think that out of all these things, sources are what's going to help answer this entire puzzle. >> all right. jonathan gilliam, great getting your perspective. appreciate your time. thanks. >> you got t. and still to come, new polls this morning giving donald trump an even bigger lead over the

rest of the republican field. but can the other gop candidates catch up?

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you're taking a live look at republican presidential candidate, jeb bush, at a town hall in new hampshire this hour. let's listen in. >> secure and free. i ask for your support. i would love to have your vote. you do make -- you do elect presidents here. the senator is absolutely right. i would love to have your active involvement in this campaign. i'm going to be up here a lot. if i don't get it today, i'm coming back next week. i'll ask for it again. and i'm coming back the week after that and the week after that. i am -- i love campaigning here, and i'm going to ask for your support until i get it. i think you're looking at the republican nominee. and if i'm the republican nominee, i'll promise you one thing. i will take it to hillary clinton. because i have a proven record. and it's a record of accomplishment that i can go campaign any place in this country, and compare that to the record of personal ambition. because that's all she is. it's all about her. in my case, it's about making sure that people have a chance to rise up. that is a winning message against someone who has been

organizing her entire life to pursue her own personal ambitions. you're looking at the next president of the united states, and i appreciate you being here. >> all right. so you've got jeb bush there, the one-time republican presidential front runner fading in the polls. the new fox poll, fox news poll, has him tied in fifth place. you see him here with just 3% after what many considered to be a strong performance in tuesday's cnn republican debate in las vegas. of course, we know that the campaigns are in high gear. the republican candidates, ted cruz, marco rubio, ben carson, all actually out. you saw one rally there in new hampshire. they've got rallies and meet and greets in iowa, south carolina, out today.labama, everybody is - the entire gop is hoping to catch up with trump, who now has support from 39% of likely voters in a new fox news pahl. and that's more support than his

three closest gop competitors combined. ted cruz is up to just 18%, marco rubio at 11% and ben carson down to 9%. a late-night deal was reached between bernie sanders and the dnc over access to a crucial voter database. this comes a day after the bitter tensions threatened to overshadow tonight's third democratic debate. on friday, the dnc cut off sanders from the internal voter files, saying his staffers wrongly accessed or inappropriately is probably a better word, the information belonging to rival hillary clinton. the sanders campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court against the dnc, and the deal came just after midnight. let's talk more about this with cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. and ron, good morning to you. i want to first get to what do you make of the really quick resolution of this overnight? is this some admission of an overreaction from the dnc? or is this some admission of

wrongdoing, as they had earlier in the day, by the sanders campaign? it ended really quickly. >> yes. >> yes. >> you know, this -- this was -- this was a circumstance where everybody looked bad. what the senator's campaign did was truly egregious in the modern campaigning. the modern campaign world. the ability -- what it takes to acquire the data that the clinton campaign says was improperly accessed and what the dnc says was improperly accessed is substantial. this is kind of the fruits of their voter contact over months, and really is egregious what the senator's campaign did. on the other hand, the reaction by the dnc, i think, can fairly be portrayed as an overreaction. because just as that data was important to the clinton campaign, cutting off the sanders campaign completely from access to that, you know, is really kind of a guillotine kind of move. and it comes at a point where i think many people have correctly questioned whether the dnc has tilted towards hillary clinton, particularly in the scheduling of debates. the saturday night before christmas is not exactly, you know, the highest visibility

moment they could have chosen for democratic debates. so i think looked bad. and i would add also, for the clinton campaign to really, you know -- i understand why they felt that they were -- their data was violated and what sanders did was egregious. but they are not necessarily the one who wants to get in a fight about kind of, you know, handling online communications and data and so forth after sanders really has kind of tamped down that whole issue about the clinton e-mail. so i think everybody looked bad in this, and the democrats will be better off if they can come to a resolution and move forward. >> ron, you brought up in that answer the scheduling of the debates. the last democratic primary debate was on a saturday. this one is on a saturday. the next one is on a sunday. and let's put up what we heard from governor o'malley discussing specifically tonight's debate. they have scheduled it during shopping season. december 19th. i don't know why that is. i think it's out of a false sense that they have to circle the wagons around the inevitable front runner, and sanders campaign spokesperson told the "new york times," we're playing the hand we dealt, i guess

christmas eve was booked. is this really a broadening of an argument that we heard, i guess a few months ago? is this really a pervasive view amongst the democratic party? >> among the other campaigns. it's a legitimate argument. >> amongst the voters. >> yeah. well, you know, i -- i don't know. i mean, i think for people who are supporters of the other candidates, sure. they feel that they are, you know, getting a bad hand here. but, you know, for most voters, these kind of process questions don't really rise to the moment. i mean, look, i think bernie sanders' challenge is bigger than the debate scheduling. i mean, he has clearly touched a chord around issues of economic inequality and younger voters and college educated liberals, but hasn't gone beyond that in either respect. he hasn't really developed a significant contrast with hillary clinton, i think yet on foreign policy. and more importantly, as you move beyond iowa and new hampshire and you move into states where the full die diversity of the democratic party is on display, places like

south carolina and nevada, much less the big states that come after that, he has to move beyond his pretty much predominantly white base to compete. he has not shown the ability to do that yet. >> quickly, there are about 43 days before iowa. former maryland governor martin o'malley is more than 43 points mind. what can he accomplish as we go into the debate this evening? >> yeah. i mean, look, i think it's very difficulty point. a lot of the cake is baked. but i think what he has -- i've always felt that his line of argument is a generational contrast with both bernie sanders and hillary clinton, particularly as you noted earlier in your conversation this hour. there are democrats who worry about the generational contrast with marco rubio. ingmar tin o'malley probably needs to be more like gary hart in 1984, arguing that democrats need to turn the page to a new generation of leaders. >> ron brownstein, always good to have you. >> thank you. >> thank you, ron. we're going to turn now to cnn's chris frates, following the latest developments from

washington. hillary clinton's campaign wasn't exactly happy yesterday. regarding the voter registration information. what's the reaction been from them? >> yeah, well, they were more than unhappy, amara. they were furious, right? so they put out a statement this morning, saying "we are pleased that the sanders campaign has agreed to submit to an independent audit. we believe this audit should proceed immediately, and pending its findings, we expect further disciplinary action to be taken as appropriate." now, brian fallon, the spokesman for the hillary clinton campaign, was on our air last night. let's take a listen to just how angry they were. >> it was an egregious breach of violation of the rules. and for someone like senator sanders who said he was going to run a different type of campaign, this is as below the belt as it goes. he should come clean. he should discipline these other staffers beyond the one that they fired today. and that we can resolve this and we can move forward and we can have fairly waged campaign. until that happens, i don't understand what all these distractions are about, about

lawsuits. >> so there you have fallon arguing that this incident was really the campaign -- the sanders' campaign that was in the wrong here, arguing it was a below the belt shot. and guys, the implicit message here is that, you know, bernie sanders is not just a -- he's basically another politician, right? that's what the hillary clinton campaign wants you to believe. he's not this revolutionary figure. so we're going to see tonight in this debate in new hampshire, how forcefully does very make this argument? how much can she put sanders on the defensive? because remember, you know, this -- sanders has tried to make, you know, clinton the target here. now she has an opportunity to make sanders the target. sanders trailing clinton in the polls here. so we'll see how this goes. and maybe, you know, this might make it almost as fun to watch as democratic debate, which they have been a little more stayed, these democratic debates. might be as much fun to watch as the republican debates. >> finally some drama to talk about, right? >> exactly. >> this particular dust-up was

resolved, i guess, pretty quickly when it came to this voter database at the dnc. but there has been some ongoing tension, hasn't there been, between a bernie sanders campaign and his supporters with the dnc and the establishment democrats when it comes to hillary clinton. and they're saying that, you know, they're biased towards hillary clinton. >> oh, absolutely. and i mean, what's interesting about this kind of inside politics dust-up. voter files and these kind of inside baseball is not something that is on the top of many voter issues. voters are not worried about this issue. but what it does speak to, as you kind of point out is this larger landscape. bernie sanders has, you know, fired up his supporters, saying that, you know, we're the new kinds of warriors in this battle for america, so we're taking on not just republicans here, but the democratic establishment, including hillary clinton and the democratic national committee. he's trying to make the case that he was wrong that the dnc

overreacted, and by, you know, taking care of this quickly, they have capitulated. now, of course, hillary clinton saying, hey, man, this is the usual kind of underhanded political tricks that all kinds of politicians use. bernie sanders is now in that camp. he's just one of another politician. he's not the revolutionary figure you're looking for. so that what's fascinating about this little dust-up, amara, is exactly how it speaks to this bigger narrative and we'll see how that plays out in the debate stage tonight. >> the dirty mud-slinging of politics, many, many months to enjoy it. chris frates, thank you. >> thank you. all right. still to come on "new day," first, look at this video. we're going to talk about this teen. >> he's wanted by the fbi, texas law enforcement, and u.s. marshals. he's the 18-year-old who used the spoiled child defense after being charged in a deadly dui crash. we'll have the latest on the search for him and his mother, still ahead.

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developing this morning, a manhunt under way right now for the teen sentenced to probation after he killed four people in a drunk driving crash. ethan couch made headlines two years ago after his attorney claimed he suffered from so-called flaffluenza meaning h was a rich kid less culpable because his parents did not set limits for him. fast forward to today, he's on the run, authorities believe, with his mother. cnn's nick valencia has the latest. >> victor, if authorities know anything about the whereabouts of ethan couch, they aren't making it known publicly. u.s. marshals now offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to couch's capture. but for now, couch and presumably his mother, are on the run. >> it's this video that

eventually led to the manhunt, posted on social media this month. the clip seems to show a group of college-aged kids partying while playing beer pong. among them appears to be texas teen, ethan couch. >> we need an ambulance. we flipped, and oh, my god. >> two years ago, couch, then just 16 years old, was sentenced to ten years probation after killing four people while drunk driving. >> and two of those were my wife and daughter. >> his blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. as part of a deal, couch agreed to stay away from alcohol or end up going to jail. in a bizarre defense, couch's attorney convinced the judge that couch was a victim of affluenza, the product of wealth and privilege, with parents who never taught him the difference between right and wrong. listen to what couch's mother said during a deposition, from one of the victims' civil suits against her son. >> when is the last time you recall disciplining ethan for

anything? >> i don't remember. >> now the teen and his mother have gone missing. couch apparently fled shortly after this video was made public, apparently to avoid violating the probation deal. according to reuters, the teen's father told law enforcement the passports of both couch and his mother are also gone. >> i hate to say i told you so, but i told you so. >> county sheriff dee anderson tried to lock up couch two years ago. >> i think this was planned and i believe that they planned to get away, and i believe that they're going to run far and try to hide. >> authorities believe couch and his mother may have left the country, and as it seems, the 18-year-old will do just about anything to avoid any time behind bars. victor? >> all right, nick, thank you so much. joining me now, defense attorney and former prosecutor, a. scott bolden. good to have you back. >> thank you for having me this morning. >> so if and when this young man, ethan couch, is found, what's the process from there?

does he go straight to jail for violating his probation? walk us through what happens. >> well, he'll certainly be held once the police bring him back into custody. and i'm very confident that he will. after that, it's a violation of probation. there could be additional charges. remember, when he was sentenced, he was a juvenile. he's an adult now. and so under texas law, he could be sentenced as an adult. but the violation of probation is a very low standard. he could be resentenced to ten years in prison. the government was asking for 20 years. so this is going to be a pretty open and shut case, i think. he'll probably go back before the same judge. but i don't think this judge is going to be having it, once she showed him leniency in the first opportunity. and given all the media and given the disaster that has occurred in connection to this case. >> all right. so let's flip it. how would you defend him? >> tough. you're putting me on the spot. i think i would argue that the defense has worked, essentially, or the argument has worked.

he was in rehabilitation, one. but two, that he made mistakes. and he is still a young kid. and people make mistakes, and he needs more intense rehabilitation. but as i sit here and say that, i'll be honest with you. you've got to have credibility as a defense attorney. and even as i would argue or you have asked me what would my argument be, i don't think it's a very strong argument. >> well, these attorneys have to do the best they can to, of course, represent their client. but let me ask you about the mother who reportedly is missing, as well. we don't know if they're together. but one can assume they are. what does she face? >> well, she's in a heap of trouble, as my father used to say. that is because obstruction of justice, aiding and abetting. conspiracy to do the same. just for starters, if you will. if they are together and if the government can prove that this was either planned or that they took the passports and that she has either lied to them or not been cooperative with them, or she is just with him, knowing

that he didn't show up for the probation report or the meeting, and she -- and she's aware that she is harboring this fugitive, then she too can be charged as an adult, and possibly be sentenced. again, there's a lot of media pressure and political pressure, not just on this judge, but this case. it's a national case of import. and they're leaving probation or exiting or going on the lam, if you will, just confirms all the negative reports and the victims' comments about why this judge was so lenient. so look for them to be caught. look for him to be resentenced. and look for the mother to be sentenced too. >> i wonder -- we heard from nick valencia in his package there that the father of this teenager, fred couch, said that it appears that their passports are missing. how important could his role be in it this search? i mean, how vital is his involvement? >> well, i can tell you right now, if they haven't interviewed him already, they're going to be interviewing him and this is

going to be long, detailed interviews. what did he know and when did he know it? what were their movements, what were their conversations? they may threaten him if you're not going to compel the truth or you're not going to come forward with the truth about this, and where they are, you too could be caught up in this. so you ought to be as honest and forthcoming as possible. because he should have as much information as the two people on the run. unless they kept it from him as well. so he could be both friend or he could be a foe. but if he's a foe and doesn't cooperate, look for the government to either threaten or actually charge him too. so we're a long way from resolution. but the dragnet is going to be cast wide by the government, given how embarrassing this latest chapter is in this case. >> yeah, defense attorney and former prosecutor a. scott bolden, always good to have you. >> thanks for having me. a shootout between a police officer and a driver caught on camera. >> what's the problem? >> put your hands --

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morning, and authorities say the woman opened her door to take her dog outside when the landslide swept in. her husband and another dog managed to escape. the landslide was caused by fierce storms that have plagued the area all month. changing gears a bit now. just when you thought the playoffs had solved all of college football's problems, there is another issue. >> coy wire is here to help us sort it out and there is a lot to sort out. >> there are 40 bowl games this season, and quite frankly, there are just not enough quality teams to play in all those ball games. years ago, it would have been unfathomable to think that a team with a losing record would make it to a bowl game. this year, three. three teams with losing records going bowling. and earlier, we asked you, are there too many bowl games nowadays? have we taken the sanctity from college bowl games? and you had had plenty to say. steven said, there's no reason a 6-6 team deserves a bowl game. typical for our culture to reward everyone. no matter how bad they are.

he said here, depends on what you think bowls are for. reward for good season? too many. money, about right. kevin said, 40 bowl games, really, how can that be special for a college team? and how competitive can some of these teams be? reduce them. and then like a ray of sunshine, amy says, bowl games are a great chance for fans to cheer for their team. i love watching them with my husband. how do you like that? >> that's nice. >> that's a good perspective. let's give one more. jerry said way too many bowl games. to this point, it's ridiculous. so as always, you guys have so many great comments for us. we love when you share with us on twitter and facebook page. so thanks so much for being part of the show and the conversation. i do like the victor blackwell bowl. >> start it up. i do love the bowl game names. you've got the burrito bowl game, the sugar bowl. and with 40 of them, you can go down the list. >> just like that woman said, i just want to spend time with my husband. >> aww. maybe they should come out with the bald dude bowl.

>> yes! i'm ready. coy wire, thanks so much. >> yes, you're welcome. if you have not heard, fans are loving the latest edition of "star wars." >> for me, it's tops. >> speechless. i can't even -- i can't even say anything, because i don't want to -- i don't want to spoil it, because it's so exciting to even talk about it. >> yeah, you can hear that excitement in his voice. >> vibrating with excitement. disney projects "the force awakens" will rake in $100 million from friday's box office alone. already made a record-breaking $57 million from thursday's early showings. it's expected to make a total, maybe more than, $200 million this weekend. and take a look at this. one couple in massachusetts took their love for the franchise films into a whole new level. they've named their newborn jedi. meet jedi. the dad explained they kept seeing news about the latest "star wars" flick so when their boy was born on the same day as the film's premier, they decided

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. i'm michael smerconish. after spending the week in las vegas for the gop debate, here's what i'm wondering. is this the year of the great experiment? do we finally learn what happens when the republican party nominates a pure die hard conservative? think ted cruz. instead of a pragmatic who doesn't check the boxes like