you would never mock a woman for going to the bathroom or use a really vulgar "f" word to describe her as an >> this will be interesting show. i can tell you that much. this as new quinnipiac poll numbers show a familiar trend, trump maintaining his national lead among gop candidates with ted cruz close behind in second place. senior cnn washington correspondent joe johns has the latest on the race. good morning, joe. >> good evening, alisyn. even compared to some of the language trump has used to describe other candidates, these comments directed at hillary clinton and made in a public forum are surprisingly personal. they are adding more fuel to the feud to the two parties sitting atop the polls. >> you see hillary. did you watch -- what happened to her?

she's terrible. >> reporter: donald trump unleashing yet another tirade against democratic front-runner hillary clinton at a rally in michigan. >> hillary, that's not a president. >> reporter: the billionaire coming under fire for using an r-rated derogatory term. >> she was favored to win. she got schlonged. she lost. >> and weighing in on her bathroom break. >> i know where she went. it's disgusting. i don't want to talk about it. it's disgusting. >> trump going after clinton's claim that isis is propagandizing the gop video a isis is using him on the video to recruit. and it turned out to be a lie. she's a liar. >> reporter: clinton's press secretary doubling down. >> it is a confirmed fact that the footage of donald trump making those hateful comments

earlier this month was played all across the middle east. >> reporter: trump discussing the controversy over vladimir putin's praise and allegations that the russian president has ordered the killing of journalists. >> they said trump should have been much nastier. that's terrible. and then they said, you know, he's killed reporters. i don't like that. i'm totally against that. >> reporter: the gop front-runner then reconsidering. >> i would never kill them. . i would never do that. ah, let's see. no, i wouldn't. but i do hate them. some of them are such lying, disgusting people. >> reporter: trump continues leading in the latest national poll but texas senator ted cruz is closing in. the rest of the gop field making the rounds in the battleground state of new hampshire where trump rivaled jeb bush again went on the attack. >> this is not a serious man that has serious plans. >> reporter: as has happened at some other trump events during

this campaign, last night the candidates' remarks were repeatedly interrupted by protesters who were removed by the venue by security guards. trump responding at one point, calling them a bunch of losers. chris. >> that's the least of it, joe johns. if i don't see you, best for christmas to you and the family. thank you for bringig us this gift this morning. the democrats, the quinnipiac poll shows hillary dominating. that's been going on for a long time. it's becoming a much more complex picture. 61% to 30%. despite the pleasantries at the debate, the issue over the sanders campaign data, that breach is not going away. his campaign has a countermove. they're asking the clinton campaign to join their call for an independent audit of the d.c.'s voter data system. it's safe to assume they don't believe it's going to hurt them in the final analysis. the campaign also not expected to drop its lawsuit against the dny, adding to the intrigue about the fairness in that process, alisyn.

>> we have a lot to talk about. i don't know how we'll get through this show without a euphemism-fest, which we're about to have. we have errol louis and maggima. somehow we lower the bar. last night, donald trump had a campaign rally in which he had two sort of eyebrow raising moments. the first was he talked about hillary clinton taking a bathroom break during the debate. let me play for you what he said about that. >> i'm watching the debate and she disappeared. where did she go? where did she go? i know where she went. it's disgusting. i don't want to talk about it. no, it's too disgusting. don't say it. it's disgusting. >> maggie, you cover politics

and you have for a long time. >> and i visit rest rooms. >> you're appalling. what's going on? what is going on here? >> what's going on here, i think, this goes back to saturday evening where hillary clinton at the debate talked about how trump was the star of recruitment videos for isis. she didn't say exactly that but that was the impression everyone had. trump went on the sunday shows, called her a liar, demanded an apology. which is interesting for the person from whom people are usually demanding an apology. her spokesperson said no. the way he's hitting back, i don't think it will offend his supporters at all. there's a lot of people it won't offend. it could motivate her supporters a great deal. i don't think this is a lose for her. i think it's much more dangerous for her, frankly, when he is calling her a liar with that loud mega phone of his. this is a much better fight for

her. >> i don't want to get too deep into why did he say this? he has a great technique of saying something terrible but saying we don't want to talk about that. >> but you're talking about it. >> let's go to this proposition which is something that will hurt hillary. she has a problem with being up side down as they say in politics with the ratings, her positive/negative is flipped. the positive is supposed to be higher than negative. donald trump has the same issue. it's more troubling for hillary because she's more legitimate to the proposition. imaginezy says she didn't you fight say what trump said she said. do you believe she said isis using videos of donald trump as recruitment tools? >> yes. >> they're parsing out the words. when she said they, did you hear this one, isis is using -- they, there's a piece written that says they, she didn't mean isis.

that is dangerous territory for clinton to get into. >> who did she mean? >> social media uses some of his quotes. >> why don't they even the statement and yes, i said what came out of my mouth and here's why i said it. >> it's one of the more frustrating part of politics. this happened during the administration of george w. bush. never back down, even if you're clearly wrong. take a page from the book of steve harvey, no matter how embarrassing it is, own it and move on. >> the lefties make a fairly capable case. you are making it -- not you because you're fair-mind. you're making like there's one video she's referring to. they say there are actually many videos, much propaganda, they do this all the time through the media. why didn't they just say that right away?

the video is a metaphor for the media they use instead of getting caught in this trip. >> totally agree. one thing that's a myth about hillary clinton that's existed a long time, she's a polished politician. everything she does is by design. no, she actually make mistakes be, not infrequently. she does better the more she's out on the stump and the longer she's out on the stump. she has a runway she needs before she takes off. i think she misspoke. if you want to look strong, don't did the ever admit a mistake. that's what we've seen donald trump do this entire time. they have decided the only way they are going to be able to take on trump and they have struggled with this for months and months is to go right at him the same way. the problem is, that is not supposed to be her branddefined >> not only is that the irony, when trump said thousands and

thousands of muslims were celebrating, his supporters said i don't worry that much about the specifics because i know the spirit of it is true. that's what they felt. there were some. i don't care if it's thousands and thousands. maybe there were three or eight. but there were some. that's the same thing her supporters are saying. maybe there wasn't an actual video. but that's good enough. it's the same rules. >> the people who do this intentionally or not, maybe they don't understand, the unintended consequence, perhaps, is we end up degrading all political speech. people assume all politicians lie or exaggerate or fabricate or distort. that's just the way politics is supposed to be. there need to be a lot more people, not just in the media or partisans saying no, no, no, no. if there are not thousands of people in a video, let's not assume a couple i heard about is the same thing. >> facts matter. >> accuracy matters, especially

in the next commander in chief. >> emotion matters most. >> right now it does. >> they do not trust you, they do not trust me. they do not like the other politicians. this man, donald trump, has somehow delivered from above to them to tell the truth and get it done. >> it makes it a lot harter for hillary clinton, the next time donald trump says something she thinks is not true, it's going to make it harder for her to go at him and say that's not true and people should listen. >> he is segenius at finding th weak spot in any issue. her credibility is the weak spot. anybody who is trying to defend hillary clinton says when she said they, she might not have meant isis. i think it's a problem. >> guys, stand by. we have a lot more to talk to you about. >> we haven't cursed once. >> not yet. first, a look at more top stories for you. breaking news out of texas this morning. a grand jury has not decided to indict anyone in the death of sara bland. there will be no indictment.

custody after three days, being actual pulled over in a traffic stop, remember this, the incident raising questions about excessive force and race. no indictment. that's the headline. we have boris sanchez live with the latest. controversial to say the least. >> certainly. this is not what her family want, chris. the grand jury deciding not to indict anyone in connection with the death of sandra bland. the 28-year-old african-american woman was found dead in her cell three days after she was allegedly pulled over for not using her turn signal. bland's death came during the midst of a series of questionable police actions against african-americans. her family called the process secretive and demanding the testimony be released to the public. listen to what her sister had to say. >> we feel that the grand jury process and the secretiveness of it is reflective of our

experience with waller county officials to date in terms of what has been furnished to us. the fact that five months after sandy's passing we don't have the that report, that gives us cause for concern. >> the special prosecutor in charge of the case held a press conference after the indictment where he addressed the family's concerns. here's what he said there. >> we have left no rock unturned. and the grand jury, anything they've asked for, we've done our best to give it to them. >> jordan also says that the case is still open and the grand jury will reconvene in january to consider other indictments. alisyn? >> boris, thanks so much for that update. the baltimore police officer whose trial in the death of freddie gray ended in a hung jury goes before a judge today. william porter is expected to be retried on june 13th. porter was the first of six officers to be tried in connection with gray's death.

he is accused of failing to buckle gray into a police van which may have led to the deadly spinal injury. new information on the war against isis. iraq says its military right now is trying to retake the town of ramadi from isis. back by coalition and iraqi air power began the operation just this morning. ramadi fell to isis back in may. it's a pivotal place not just for industrial reasons but strategic ones. we're learning more about the six americans killed in a taliban attack in kabul. joseph lemm was a new york city police officer and national guardsman. two other service members and an american contractor were wound. it's the deadliest assault on u.s. forces in three years. meanwhile, british forces are fighting to keep a key city from getting into the hands of the taliban. british troops have been deployed to help local forces. they are only offering advisory

support. there's an assumption that the situation with bowe bergdahl is over. that's wrong. it is just the beginning. he's facing a court-martial on endangering fellow soldiers and leaving his base in afghanistan in 2009 without any instruction. bergdahl was held for five years until that controversial prisoner swap. stunning pictures as spacex makes history, blasting its falcon 9 rocket into orbit and landing the rocket back on earth. spectators erupting in cheers as it touched down. this is the first time an unmanned rocket returned to land vertically at cape canaveral. it's a huge win for billionaire elon musk who wants to open up space travel to more people. >> it is odd we have left space to private industry. isn't it weird? it defined a generation and a half to american innovation and

ingenuity to reach above. >> it is but this just might work. >> bringing it back down, it was a problem because of the force. >> you have to land the thing. the future is now. >> let me say something dirty about it. no, no, no. that's the presidential campaign. rubio versus cruz emerging as a true battle inside the battle. what are the numbers that show the state of play and where does it go from here? we have a look with facts, next.

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another republican candidate out of the presidential race this morning. south carolina senator lynn hsu graham has officially left the contest after pulling in low single digits through his campaign. >> i'm going to suspend my campaign. i'm not going to suspend my desire to help the country. i'll probably go back to iraq and afghanistan and get another update. 36 trips has informed me. the one thing i feel really good about is i did it with a smile on my face. i talk about things that are important to me and somebody better fix one day. the bottom line is people are coming my way in terms of more robust foreign policy. >> you often talk about the men

and women in the military that you meet in your travels, that you served with. >> yes. >> you say you are there to fight for them. >> jeb and marco get it. i think everybody loves the military. it's not that i care about them more than anybody else. i just think i understand their world and they truly want to one. there was a lieutenant commander phillip murphy suite, he was an engineer is one of the worst parts of baghdad. he showed me around and as i left, i said, man, you've done a hell of a job. i took off and i went one way in a helicopter, a few hours later he left and he was killed. i remember when i went back home. i called his wife and i told her how sorry i was and how proud she should be. she said, don't worry, i wanted him there. and she wrote a letter that they

read at the memorial service that just knocked everybody to their knees. they determined that i would meet him and he would get to tell me about what he was so proud of and the accomplishments he had made and most of it's been lost. and it really pisses me off. >> what are your parting words for donald trump? >> the republican party future may be in your hands but the future of the country will be in your hands if you're president of the united states. this is not a game show. this is not a reality show. the reason i know that is i've been over there enough to know what it costs to defend this nation. i think donald trump can beat hillary clinton? no. without major adjustments. re-evaluate. it's okay to adjust. you're good at business partnerships. in foreign policy partnerships you're making it really difficult. think about what you say.

>> lindsey graham, showing there as he exits, really the value that he was adding more and more to this campaign, despite his ratings. let's bring back errol louis, cnn political commentator and political anchor for time warner cable news and maggie haber man, political correspondent for "the new york times." he didn't have a realistic chance. he didn't have the infrastructure, the money or the poll ratings to sustain. they say suspend but they mean it's over. the strength of his voice, recently especially, the last debate or two, what do you think is lost with him gone? >> he was most vociferously defending george bush's legacy. that's what lindsey graham represented. he represented this anti-isolationist strain. he represented, especially at a moment where national security is taking over, he was the voice of we need to basically maintain what we are doing, maintain the gains we have had.

we need to not back down. we need to make sure that we are controlling and being much more aggressive about the islamic state. and he was much more about sort of a thoughtful argument as opposed to trumpism for lack of a better way of putting it. lindsey graham was one of the earliest victims of donald trump. donald trump reading his cell phone number aloud at that south carolina rally. that became the moment when most of us realized this is a different race than we are used to seeing. we assumed this would blow up and donald trump would get criticized. he didn't. lindsey graham had to play that game. i think it is a loss but i think it is more a reminder that that voice has not really existed in a long time. the policies are now getting focus but that's because of global events, not because of the establishment roaring back. >> lindsey graham's poll numbers never matched. the impact of his sound bites

which he delivered with a punch. let's look at the latest numbers out this morning, the quinnipiac national poll. donald trump still leading, errol. he's at 28%. ted cruz now, number two. he went from 16% to 24%. marco rubio, number three, ben carson has fallen off since november, at 10% now. christie, 6%, jeb bush still stuck at 4% to 5%. what do you see, errol? >> cruz doing very well. it may in fact reflect what is said to be a pretty good ground organization that's out there. we should keep in mind it doesn't play itself out on election day. in the runup to election day, if you're doing your job, building support, it may start to find its way into the polls. that was one number that jumped out at me. also, the krifchristie number, back in the pack. from 2% to 6% is more than he started at. he's ending up the year with another three-day swing through iowa where he's doing a whole bunch of meet and greets and a couple of town halls.

he seems to think he has room to grow and to make a good enough showing that that plus a good showing in new hampshire will sort of launch the christie campaign in a big way. that's what's worth noting in this poll. >> do you want to do the embarrassed thing. >> the embarrassed thing. >> would you be embarrassed if so-and-so were president. we have hillary clinton and donald trump. 50% embarrassed. you get to clinton. and that's not exactly a gift either. you get 35%. i tell you what, very often i'm not impressed by questions in polls. they've only asked that a thousand times. this gives you a flavor of how thing things are out there. >> it's a leading question. >> you could have a very high not embarrassed. >> polling is always about how the question is asked. it reflects a general conversation that's being had among the general election

voters about how they would feel about these two choices. if you're hillary clinton and you're looking at that in ub, it's not ideal. it's also a third, a third, a third. donald trump is half the country. that's the problem. the problem for donald trump is always the electability argument. we're at a moment where voters don't trust. they are angry and they don't trust their political leaders they don't trust their candidates. there's been a psychic break since the fiscal crash of voters with the people who represent them. they have gotten angrier and angrier. you add on terrorism anxiety and this is what you have. >> this next question goes to that, who do you find honest and trustworthy, hillary clinton or donald trump? here you see in terms of trump, honest and trustworthy, yes, 36%, no 58%. clinton, yes, 35%, 59% no.

very similar. >> identical for all intents and purposes. with trump, he's a new phenomenon. never been a candidate before. they say he doesn't have the right qualities to be the president of the united states and yet he's doing well in the polls. hillary clinton, you know, she's a known quantity. she's been around for a couple of decades now. for her to be considered other than trustworthy is really kind of a different -- even though it's the same number, it's a different interpretation because we've seen a lot more of her. we've seen her try to do this job. we've seen her run for president before. yet, still people think they're not honest and trustworthy. on the other hand, politicians are never seens aall that honest and trustworthy. it's not as if people are going to -- i hope going to boycott simply because they don't trust the candidates. you know, we all have this tough choice to make about the best that's available to us. and this appears to be what we've got. >> static choice is very important. you have to remember when you

look at the polls right now, you're dealing with a field of 15 people on both sides. it will ultimately be one person versus one person. that's where it comes down. there was one politician who was not viewed negatively in terms of honest and trustworthy numbers. that was barack obama. in 2012 he had that number and he won staggeringly over mitt romney with cares about people like me. cares about people like you is usually how it's asked. she needs to have her numbers be better than they are. i assume she can get them there in a static race. that trustworthy number is a warning flag. >> great to see you guys. new details emerging from that deadly driving rampage on the vegas strip. what we know now about the driver and her possible motivation for plowing down those pedestrians. ver, we're always here to talk. good, 'cause i don't have time for machines. some companies just don't appreciate the power of conversation! you know, i like you! i like you too! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card and talk to a real person.

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answers are coming about why a woman plowed into pedestrians on the vegas strip, killing a mother of three, injuring 37 others. this is the suspect. she is facing multiple charges, including murder with a deadly weapon which is the car in this case and child abuse because her 3-year-old was in the car during the incident. ryan young is here with the latest. what do we know about her and the motivation? >> chris, a lost questions about this one, vegas, a busy area. the strip, a place where a lot of people were walking along when this thing happen. a lot of people actually witnessed this and were upset where they were banging on the windows to try to get her to stop from running people over. the sheriff says they believe she wasn't under the influence

of anything and the fact that people were trying to get her to pay attention to them. she kept running people over, then she went to another part of the strip, turned herself into a security officer saying she had run people over. the sheriff's department believes she was maybe involved in a fight with her baby's father and that's the reason why she ended up down here where she was homeless for about a week. a few years ago she was part of a system where she was talking about the idea of how she was fighting back from being homeless and being out there on the streets. >> i was a scared little girl who knew that there was more to life outside of crime, drug addiction, lower income, alcoholism, being undereducated, all things i grew up being familiar with. today i'm not the same scared girl i used to be. i'm a mature young woman who has broken many generational cycles that those before we hadn't.

>> reporter: we had some people here on the strip screaming at us from behind the camera here. the whole idea is, people are trying to figure out exactly what happened to this woman, what led her down here to the strip and led her to unfortunately run over so many people. what will happen next? she'll face a court appearance in the next few days and in the next few days, hopefully investigators will get to the bottom of this. >> that video, very helpful in understanding how wrong this woman's life went that she wound up doing something so terrible. we look forward to more answers. i've seen you stay calm in a lot worse than the vegas strip. i've seen you in ferguson and baltimore. >> i didn't want you to hear all the cussing. >> you are rock solid, my pren. in indictment in the case of sandra bland, the woman found dead in her jail cell. did the grand jury get this one right? we'll break it down.

breaking overnight, a situation that's going to be met with controversy and outrage but requires a sober mind as we go through the facts. here's what we know. a texas grand jury deciding not it indict anyone in connection with sara bland's death. you'll remember her. she was found hanging in her jail cell after allegely asoughting an officer during a traffic stop in july. what are the facts? what are the implications? let's bring in cnn law enforcement analyst and retired nypd detective mr. harry hauck. and mr. profess mark lemond hill. gentlemen, thank you both. mark, i'll start with you. this is going to be a very controversial situation here because people, you hear just the rough facts, traffic stop, dead in cell. it is upsetting.

let us remind people some of the sound and circumstances that came out about the actual travis stop and arrest. let's play that first. >> i'm going to yank you out of here. >> you're going to yank me out of my car? okay. all right. >> get out. >> let's do this. >> we're going to. >> don't touch me. >> get out of the car. >> don't touch me. i'm not under arrest. you don't have the right to touch me. >> you are under arrest. >> that is sandra bland in the car. they're in an argument, it turns into a tussle. she winds up getting arrested. what's your primary reaction? >> my primary reaction is this is the reflection of a dysfunctional system. the stop itself disturbing to me. i wonder if it would have happened if she were someone else. what happened in the jail cell. i wanted to see transpaurnscy and the family involved in the process. for me it's no the a question of

whether the nonindictment is wrong. i don't think this is a mike brown/darren wilson situation. i think the question is, is the system prepared to deal with these sorts of issues or is there a more fundamental problem here. >> mark was talking about the stop. what happens afterward, the three days in the cell, the plastic bag? what is alleged as a suicide by authorities and the medical examiner? the assault of an officer there. let's put that all after because it begins with what we just saw there. where is that line about how you deal with this? should we deal differently with these stops or are you still of the school that once you start down the wrong road it gets worse? >> what happens, the stop was perfectly legal and she became uncooperative. at the time, listen, police officer can't tell you to put your cigarette out in a vehicle. you're smoking in your vehicle. that's a question of whether or not he should have told her that or not. the fact is when the officer told her to get out of the vehicle because she started coming an attitude or was

getting combative to the officer. the officer probably felt at the time it would be better to get her out of the vehicle for his own safety at the time. >> here's the bump question on that. does the officer have a responsibility in terms of how they conduct the stop to reduce tension and hostility? because we all know the officer has -- >> of course. >> all the control of the situation. >> right. >> if you tell me put your cigarette out and you're talking to me like i'm a piece of garbage and pushing me to a point of disrespect, i give you disrespect, you have the control and i'm immediately the bad guy. >> i i don't see disrespect by the officer until she started getting combative. >> why? that's the question. >> right. >> you think she wanted to mess with the cop. >> you'll have to ask her. i can't tell you why. >> we can't ask her. >> maybe she didn't like the police or the fact she was pulled over for something. you could see she's combative. you're pulling me over for changing a lane without a signal. she was really upset about that. but you know what, that's against the law. that's why the police officer

pulled her over. >> understood. mark, i'm not for getting the circumstances under which sandra bland died. it was really about the context of the stop where they were considering indictments. what's your concern about how this happens and where the responsibilities lie in terms of the conduct? >> okay. so there's two things. one, in these circumstances and harry makes an interesting point. we should ask sandra bland. sandra bland is dead, obviously. that seems to be the outcome all the time. there's a questionable amount of facts and one of the key people in the situation is dead. it's always not the cop. i don't want to see anything dead here. the reality is, often times we're forced to rely on the police's word against no one else's. because the police have not been transparent about the process, in this case in particular, in other cases we often see this as well, it becomes a very frustrating circumstance.

>> they were transparent. the family even had a chance to meet with the district attorney's office. they refused to meet with the district attorney in this case. basically they're listen to their attorney who's looking for a payday. all right? there's no evidence here that the police officer did anything wrong. the jail did anything wrong. miss bland is dead because she killed herself. it's not a result of the stop itself. she committed a crime and she got stopped. all right. she was arrested for that crime. she resisted arrest also. another person came and helped that officer at the time. they told her to calm down and calm down. she would not. so that stop has nothing to do with her death. >> here's what we know. at the end of the day, the grand jury met eight hours and wound up returning no indictments. more information will come out about this. we know that. we'll pick up the conversation. mark lamont hill, thank you very much. the clock is ticking for rescue crews searching for do n dozens still missing after a massive landslide in china.

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donald trump upping the ante and the vulgarity in his war with hillary clinton. trump calling clinton's bathroom break during saturday's debate, quote, disgusting. he used a term unfit for morning television, referring to

clinton's 2008 primary loss. new poll numbers show trump maintaining his national lead. quinnipiac has trump with 28% and cruz at 24%. the man accused of buying assault rifles for terrorists is not getting bail. enrique marquez remains, quote, a danger to the community. he planned two other terror attacks with the male gunman and entered in a fake marriage with a member of the terrorist extended family. he's not entered a plea, due back in court next month. the manhunt expanding and intensifying for the affluenza teenager, ethan couch. law enforcement believes his mother, tanya is helping him. they released photos of a black ford truck couch might be using. he was given only probation instead of jail time. he and his mother have been missing since he skipped a ming with his probation officer last week. as many as 80 people are

still buried alive in china after a manmade mountain of debris collapsed. the company in charge of the waste dump alerted the local government about landslides almost a year ago. the latest from shenzhen. what do we know now? >> reporter: chris, this search and rescue operation has been going on for the better part of 2 1/2 days now. as each hour goes by, the chances of finding one of the 76 people that remain unaccounted for alive goes down. it's that kind of uncertainty that was on the minds of two young brothers we spoke to earlier today who aren't sure if their parents are still alive. the massive landslide came without much warning, toppling buildings, swallowing dozens of people inside. this morning, only a handful have been rescued, many are still missing. sideline the tears from

6-year-old hong labao. they all went to the scene on monday. their aunt breaking down, saying the young boy would trade all of the money in the world just to have his parents back. chinese state media said it was a 20-story pile of earth and construction debris that collapsed. as for the cause, poor construction management and lack of government inspections is being blamed. this is the latest in a string of deadly accidents in china in this year. in june, over 430 people drown after a river boat full of vacationing seniors sailed into a storm. two months later, a large quem cal explosion . more than 160 people died.

and now this, a manmade landslide that may have rendered two brothers orphans. "i just want my parents back" he says, but despite the massive rescue effort under way right now, as the hours and days go by, the chances of a reunion grow faint. >> and this operation here in shenzhen, judging by the amount of activity we're seeing here on the site quickly turning from an operation that was rescue oriented to one more towards recovery. >> we'll hold out hope. thank you for the reporting. let's take a quick break. while some say the miss universe mess may have been contrived -- >> that's you. >> we dismissed it. we have the truth from someone who was there and has new information about what went wrong. next.

an update now on the stunning outcome of the miss universe contest during which time the host, steve harvey, crowned the wrong winner. >> what. >> nischelle turner was a preliminary judge. >> and true winner. >> she should have been. and backstge at the pageant. "entertainment tonight" is reporting that steve harvey missed a critical portion of rehearsals during which they figured out how the ending would go. what have you learned? >> well, what we were reporting is that a source is telling us he may have missed at least an hour of the rehearsals, and that

he did not practice the ending. usually what they do in rehearsals, they go through the whole show a few times and practice announcing the winner, just kind of a test run and they'll say different names. it's not like they were practicing announcing the actual winner. but they would have rehearsed how to go about announcing it. so he may have missed that ending. that may have contributed to the flub a little bit. you know what, maybe it didn't. maybe he just got caught up in the moment. >> maybe. >> or -- >> i don't want to play chris cuomo's reindeer games. >> he's always filled with reindeer games. >> i know. >> back to steve harvey for a second. he immediately came out and said, hey, my fault, i take responsibility for it but if he missed a critical portion of rehearsal, that does suggest more carelessness than originally thought. >> you know, it would. it definitely would. it will be interesting to see kind of where it goes from here.

if that is in fact the case. we did reach out to steve as well for comment as well as many people wanted to talk to him yesterday. and he was unavailable were we told. he did, after the pageant go to the backstage press conference and repeatedly said, it was an honest mistake. it was an honest mistake. at this point, i think we have to take him for his word unless he actually comes out and maybe says that i missed part of it. >> i believe the tone of both of you are somewhat conspirital. >> i would bet they tell you a million times what's happening at the end of that pageant, they're in your ear, coaxing, you have to default to the idea that he simply made air mistake. he simply got it wrong. >> that doesn't make sense. >> there's nothing more

nefarious. >> the card lays out very clearly second runner-up. >> rehearsal wouldn't have helped. >> it lays it out very clearly. i believe it was an honest mistake. >> it may have been an honest mistake. obviously no one told him in his ear it's miss philippines. it's miss philippines. >> we don't know that. >> they 345i have. >> he may have got caught up in the moment. >> he would have said it's miss philippines. >> it is odd that you don't announce the winner, you announce the first runner-up. >> can you get to the bottom of that? >> are you saying you don't believe this is a conspiracy? you don't believe there was a setup? because yesterday -- >> why would i ever believe that? >> thank you. >> he is backing off of that. >> he is. back, back, back, back, back. >> i am disappointed in both of you. expect coal. >> we have the tape from

yesterday. >> we don't work on tape anymore. it's all digital, granny. >> my point, we could replay it. don't push us. >> i dare you. >> time to go. >> producers. he's thrown down the gauntlet. roll the tape. >> a lot of people say something was going on there, it may have been intentional, a press ploy. >> a lot of people in your head. >> who's that? >> here's the deal. i think most of us know steve harvey. >> good man. >> we know the man that he is. >> good man. >> i don't think there's any amount of money they could pay him that would make him put his reputation and good name on the line like that. i mean, i just don't believe it. i don't know why people are having that conversation, really. >> there you go. nischelle turner, thank you. >> i submit it is better for him going forward because he's a man of integrity. anybody can mack a mistake, few own it. a lot of news this morning. let's get to it. demagogues coming along, people like donald trump.

>> hillary clinton will not be apologizing. >> when you see hillary, did you watch that? what happened to her? the last person that she wants to run against is me. >> the largest number of american casualties in afghanistan in well over a year. >> the suicide bomber on a motorcycle. >> whenever you lose a soldier near the holidays, it's especially difficult. >> 2 1/2 years ago, crashed and killed four people. >> he went missing and his mom went missing, too. >> hundreds and hundreds of leads, those leads continued to pour in. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> good morning, everyone. welcome back to your "new day." michaela is off this morning. an ugly twist in the rhetoric from donald trump towards hillary clinton. trump called her bathroom break

during saturday's debate, quote, disgusting. >> and yet new poll numbers this morning will show no negative change. trump growing a percentage point but maintaining a healthy lead among all gop candidates. ted cruz an emerging story, taking from ben carson, popping as well, the question, where will this lead? cnn senior washington correspondent, joe johns. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. even compared to some of the language donald trump has used to compare other candidates in this race, these latest comments made in a public forum and directed at hillary clinton are surprisingly personal and only adding more fuel to the feud between the two candidates sitting atop the polls in the race for their party's respective nominations.

>> you see hillary. did you watch -- what happened to her? she's terrible. >> reporter: donald trump unleashing yet another tirade against democratic front-runner hillary clinton at a rally in michigan. >> hillary, that's not a president. >> reporter: the billionaire coming under fire for using an r-rated derogatory term referring to her loss to president obama. >> she was favored to win. she lost. >> and weighing in on her bathroom break. >> i know where she went. it's disgusting. i don't want to talk about it. it's too disgusting. don't say it. it's disgusting. >> reporter: trump then going after clinton's claim that isis is propagandizing the gop front-runner. >> donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit. and it turned out to be a lie. she's a liar. >> reporter: clinton's press secretary doubling down. >> it is a confirmed fact that the footage of donald trump making those hateful comments earlier this month was played all across the middle east. >> reporter: trump discussing the controversy over vladimir

putin's praise and allegations that the russian president has ordered the killing of journalists. >> they said trump should have been much nastier. that's terrible. and then they said, you know, he's killed reporters. i don't like that. i'm totally against that. >> reporter: the gop front-runner then reconsidering. >> i would never kill them. i would never do that. ah, let's see. no, i wouldn't. but i do hate them. some of them are such lying, disgusting people. >> reporter: trump continues leading in the latest national poll but texas senator ted cruz is closing in. the rest of the gop field making the rounds in the battleground state of new hampshire where trump rivaled jeb bush again went on the attack. >> this is not a serious man that has serious plans. >> reporter: as has happened at some other trump events during this campaign, last night the candidates' remarks were repeatedly interrupted by protesters who were removed by the venue by security guards.

trump responding at one point, calling them a bunch of losers. alisyn? >> joe, let's talk about the democrats because this new quinnipiac poll shows hillary clinton dominating the race. she has a more than 2-1 advantage over bernie sanders nationally. 61 to his 30% and despite dismissing it at the debate, the issue over the sanders campaign data breach is not going away. the sanders campaign asking the clinton campaign to join his call for an independent audit of the dnc's voter data system. sanders campaign suing the dnc. chris? >> let's bring in senator bernie sanders -- jonathan ticini. he's author of a new book. i have the book here. not signed. a little bit of a cheap gift but i'll take it. >> we'll take care of that. >> there is no chapter in here, maybe it will be volume two, about what's going on right now. what is your understanding and your take about what the sanders campaign did in terms of

pilfering information from hillary clinton and now in a strange twist is somehow asking for her help in going after the dnc. what is this? >> i think senator sander has been very clear. he fired one of his employers and suspended two people as this came about. this is not the first time it happened. there was a data breach before. what bernie sanders wants to do, the honest man that he is, he wants to get to the bottom of this. i think one of his concerns is, if there's a data breach, there could be one beyond these two campaigns. were there outside forces that were able to access the data? for example, republicans. who had access to the data who could damage all democrats' prospects. what bernie wants to do is ask the clinton campaign to have an independent audit, investigation, to know firmly what happened. >> it seems like a smoke screen that he did something wrong and the campaign is trying to blow it into something bigger to

mitigate what he did. >> he didn't do it. >> the campaign. >> that's very important. that goes to bernie sanders authenticity and honesty. something happened in the campaign. he wants to get to the bottom of it. he wants this to be open, thorough and have an independent audit. everybody's on board, everybody sees what's happening and everybody has equal information. >> nobody thinks senator sanders was behind the keyboard finding a way to hack into the system. you have to own the actions of his campaign, obviously. >> he did. he fired someone immediately. >> we'll see what happens like that. now that gets us to the book. his vision for america. let's put up some polls. very interesting here. he has a lot of road to hoe against hillary. she's 2-1 on him. when you look at them in a vacuum, bernie versus potential rival donald trump, he does better against donald trump than hillary clinton does against

donald trump even though she's besting the senator 2-1. how do you explain it? >> when the general electorate looks at the campaign, they are drawn, the reason you see tens of thousands of people come to bernie's campaign. >> 2 million contributors. >> he's done better than barack obama who was the standard for grass roots campaigns. bernie has enormous support. i think that's reflected in the electorate. i have argued he will win the nomination. when -- >> how does he beat hillary clinton when he's done 2-1. >> that's a national poll. let's start with iowa and new hampshire. he'll win iowa and new hampshire as well. the energy in four states is unbelievable. your point, 2 million contributors, tens of thousands of people coming out. the grass roots energy is unbelievable. as you fight well know, in iowa, the turnout is fight important. some of the polls are closing. i think his people are energied and excited about electing someone who has a different vision for america, who wants a

political revolution and wants to kick the status quo to the curb. >> as you well know, it is sometimes suggested that we don't cover the senator the same way we cover hillary clinton. >> it is not suggested. it is true by the facts. >> i'll give you some facts, my friend. >> yes. >> we ask for the senator all the time. he's gotten very busy, too busy for tv time. if you look back when he was plain old senator sanders, not even in the race yet, cnn was doggedly saying if your voice matters so much, get in the race. you have to be careful. >> since you invited me into your house. here's some actual facts. another network, its news program devoted 81 minutes to donald trump, 20 seconds to bernie sanders the entire year. >> not cnn. not "new day." don't bring me your stilted stats. is there a chapter in this book that says one word away from being president? is the word socialist insurmountable in a society like

america? >> absolutely not. bernie is proud that he's a democratic socialist. here's what i'm for, health care from every, krad toll grave, expanding social security, breaking up the big banks. against bad trade agreements which hillary clinton has traditionally supported. against the iraq war which hillary clinton voted for. those are the kinds of things that represent what he stands for. those principals and the authenticity will bring victory. >> we are about, at our worst, quick slogans in politicking. when you say socialist, all that rings into people's heads is free, free, free, free, free, free, for everybody. my taxes are going to jump. >> democratic socialist. when you say to someone, i've seen this all across the country when i travel. you say someone free health care from cradle to grave and that will lower your cost by thousands and thousands of dollars. students, free tuition and tax wall street to make sure that happens, every young person will say, where can i sign up for

that. >> mr. tasani, you know the implication is the taxes have to go up. >> bernie pays for everything. wall street speculation tax, financial transaction tax. >> they don't count as regular people, because they're successful and on wall street, they're not regular. >> they've made a ton of money. we bailed them out when they came to us when they screwed up the economy. now bernie is saying he wants the wall street and banks to play for the middle class and everything to have the chance to go to college. >> jonathan tasani. the book is called "the essential bernie sanders and his vision for america." say hello to the senator. he is always welcome here. >> i'll get a sign copy for you. we do have breaking news out of texas. tensions are high there after a grand jury refuses to indict in the death of sandra bland. she was found hanging in her

jail cell three days after her arrest. boris sanchez is live with the very latest. what have you learned, boris. >> reporter: the grand jury deciding not to indictme anyonen connection with the death of sandra bland. bland's death sparked international outrage. investigators determined she committed suicide inside her cell using a plastic bag. her family, though, disputes that. they also strongly question the jury's decision yesterday, calling the process secretive and demanding the testimony to be released to the public. this is what her sister had to say. >> we feel that the grand jury process and the secretiveness of it is reflective of our experience with waller county officials to date in terms of what has been furnished to us. the fact that five months after sandy's pgaiassing we don't hav that report, that gives us cause

for concern. >> dorell jordan was the special prosecutor in the case. here's sound from that. >> we have left no rock untur d unturned. the grand jury, anything they've asked for we've done our best to give it to them. >> jordan also says the case is still open and the grand jury will reconvene in january to consider other indictments and other possible concerns. chris? >> we'll stay on that, boris. thank you very much. the baltimore officer whose trial in the death of freddie gray ended in mistrial will go before a judge today. william porter is expected to be retry as early as june. he was the first of six officers to be tried in connection with gray's death. porter is accused of not buckling gray into the police van which may have led to the 25-year-old's deadly spinal injury. >> we now know the name of one of the six americans killed in that terrorist attack in afghanistan, as the country

grapples with how to beat back the taliban. barbara starr is live, giving us all of the latest. what have you learned, barbara? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. one of those who perished in this motorcycle bomb attack in afghanistan was a new york police detective and the nypd commissioner, william bratton, issued a statement discussion the man who served that department and served his country. let me read part of it. detective joseph lemm epitomized the sellessness he strived for. he not only served new yorkers as a member of this department but served his country as a member of the u.s. air national guard. detective lemm was a 15-year veteran of the nypd, promoted to detective in january of last year and he served in a bronx warrant squad. one of the six we expect to learn, of course, the names and about the lives of the other five who perished in the coming

hours when the pentagon makes the formal announcement of their names. all of this very difficult, of course, for the families, coming at the holidays. two other service members and a contractor wounded in this attack. alisyn? >> oh, boy. just seeing that video of him with a child there is also really touching. barbara, there's more developing news. can you tell us about what's under way right now, the operation going on in ramadi? >> yes. in ramadi, iraq, the iraqis have announced that a major operation is under way to retake the center of the city. they have asellibled over the last many weeks about 10,000 iraqi troops in circling ramadi, there's about 500 or so, they believe, isis fighters inside the city. the iraqis have many times before said they are ready to retake ramadi. the u.s. offered help and the iraqi said no, we're fine, we

don't need it. we will see in the coming days how the fight for ramadi in iraq goes. let me turn back to afghanistan, though, for one minute. in southern afghanistan right now, a very desperate fight going on in helmand province in the south. afghan fighters there are really up against it. the taliban are making some serious advances. the u.s. watching that situation, southern afghanistan, hour by hour. alisyn? >> barbara, thank you very much for the reporting. appreciate it. we all want to go now to the search for answers after a woman allegedly intentionally mows down pedestrians on the vegas strip, killing a mother of three, injuring 37 others. the suspect is a 24-year-old woman, facing multiple charges, including murder. what we still don't know is exactly why. why did she do this? cnn's ryan young is live in vegas for us with the latest. how close are we to getting that big answer? >> good morning, chris. a lot of people want to know the

answer to that. what we do know right now is this woman was homeless for about a week in the las vegas area. from what the sheriff tells us she was trying to get sleep at several different properties when security guards kept booting her out of those locations. she came down here to the las vegas strip and started hitting people on the sidewalk. dozens of people were witnessing this. in fact, three people are still in critical. you talk about the mother who died out here. they tried to stop her from doing this. all this going on while her child was actually in the car. overnight we've confirmed holloway was in a video in 2012 from a portland opportunities industrialization center, a place that helps at-risk youth with education and career training. here's that sound from then. my mom tried to do what was best for my sister and i. she drank more and cared less

after it became too hard. i've never held any of those hits and misses against her. as a result of things becoming too hard for her, i became homeless. >> alisyn, you have to think about the fear for all the people out here on the las vegas strip who were just walking along when this car comes on to the sidewalk with her child inside. she drove the car about a mile down the road. stopped and told a security guard what she did. they don't believe she was under the influence of alcohol. they're still trying to figure out exactly what may have set her off. >> it's so striking to see that woman giving the testimonial about trying to get ahead in her life. >> you see that and you have to ask that question, what possibly could have happened from the time she was booted from the lot where she was obviously homeless and staying in that car with her child right next to her and doing all of this. >> ryan, thanks so much for updating us on that story. the centers for disease control investigating another outbreak of e. coli linked to

chipotle. the outbreak last month was in kansas, north dakota and oklahoma. about 140 people got sick after a neurovirus up said at a chipotle in boston. they started impleling new food safety measures. bill cosby hitting another one of his accusers with a defamation lawsuit. this time, the comedian is targeting supermodel beverly johnson. koss bye areby said he never drug and tried to rape her at his new york home in the mid-1980s. the lawsuit says johnson made accusations against him to promote her career and sell her memoir. johnson fired back at cosby saying abusers always try to weaken their victims and, quote, force them to stop fighting. >> well, the taliban appearing to be regaining strength in afghanistan. how should the u.s. tackle the terror group while also fighting isis? we'll explore that.

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the taliban taking responsibility for a suicide attack in afghanistan that killed six american troops. but as isis continues to grow in afghanistan, how will the u.s. battle both groups? let's bring in cnn military

analyst and former commanding general for europe and the 7th army, lieutenant general mark hertling and michael weiss. thank you so much for being here to walk us through this. michael, let me start with you in terms of what happened to these six american troops. it sounds like the taliban laid a trap. >> they did. we cited a taliban figure yesterday at the daily beast. essentially they came to an air near where the u.s. base was. they created an illumination. it's a spectacular attack, calling it a brilliant christmas gift for the occupiers. of course, hitting an american or killing american soldiers ranks for them number one. the second order ranking would be killing afghan security forces. >> so sickening. this happened near bagram air base. our service men and women have

to be on guard for ambushes and attacks like this. what went wrong? >> well, it's combat, alisyn. this happens sometimes. what you have to be careful of, all the time is any kind of suicide attacks in any of the provinces, you're working in. truthfully, in bagram, that's a relatively secure province outside the air force base that sees all kinds of activities. you don't see this kind of action. that's really a special blow to not only the united states but also the afghan government because they consider that area secure. very different than what's going on in the south in helmond. >> we don't talk about the taliban much. isis has gotten a lot of our focus. there was a feeling that the taliban withered on the vine after 9/11 or been beaten back. what's happening with the taliban? >> one estimate, long word journal says the taliban is in control of about 20% of afghanistan and influence in 50% of it. in helmond province, i think

half of the districts are controlled by the taliban and the other half are fiercely contested by them. so they've come back with a vengeance. one of the difficulties, allison, we talked about this before, this division within the ranks of jihadism or insurgency, where isis is seen as the ultraist faction, people who make up isis are defactors from the taliban, people who thought the taliban was going soft. >> general, what to do. how can the u.s. fight this multipronged battle now with the taliban gaining strength and isis? >> well, the taliban is not as strong as i think many would have it be seen. there is certainly, you know, it was an interesting comment you made. truthfully, it has been the

primary focus of the forces in afghanistan the taliban has. they have seen rising of isis, especially in angahar province. that was the same province with the u.s. and the kingdom supported the mujahadin back in the '80s. you're seeing different organizations compete to gain superiority in this country while the afghan government is attempting to conduct peace talks with the taliban. you're seeing some folks fall away from the taliban, join isis or support isis. you're seeing a little bit of a resurgence of al qaeda and not much. all the while, the afghan government is attempting to increase security. they're doing a relatively good job of securing the people, except in some provinces as michael said. >> i know what the general is trying to say, just because we in the media are not focused on the taliban and maybe around dinner tables we don't talk

about taliban as much as we do isis, the military has stayed focused on them. >> of course. >> are there different strategies for fighting isis and the taliban? >> to some extent, isis has caught everyone by surprise, not least of all in afghanistan. this was not a threat that was seen as something that would metastasize outside of the so-called caliphate. recent report suggests that the u.s.-led coalition has taken back 14% of isis-held territory in syria and iraq. that's not much in the last year. they grow like a cancer. they are in yemen, libya, sinai and afghanistan. this is a similar dynamic you see in, say, gaza, hamas, they go off to join islamic hamas. and then hamas looks like the moderate faction on a relative scale. i don't know what the u.s. strategy for combatting both is going to be. as the general pointed out, the afghan government is in talks with the taliban.

i can tell you this strategy, these attacks, they drain the morale. we interviewed afghan fighters or military officers who said my guys don't want to fight them anymore. they don't want to take up the -- on what they see as a weak and central government in this country. we've been doing this for what, 15 years, 16 years? i probably have a more dire prognosis than the general, though we tend to disagree on these things. this is not an easy battle. >> it sure is not. we have to leave it there. general hertling, thank you very much. michael weiss, great to get your expertise as well. chris? donald trump is on the attack as never before against hillary clinton. it is inherently personal and base. is this what we'll see in 2016 and why is it working?

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all right. so here's the situation. last night, town hall in michigan, donald trump slams democratic rival hillary clinton. but this was different. this was personal. this was intense even more him, certainly vulgar by any definition. is it a preview of what's going to happen if these two face off? is it some ugly reflection of what's actually working in politics? let's bring in mr. jeffrey lord. trump supporter and cnn commentator, democratic strategist, mr. bob beckel. let me play you the sound and then we will commence. >> everything that's been involved in hillary has been losses. you take a look. even a race to obama. she was going to beat obama. i don't know who would be worse. i don't know, how does it get

worse? she was favored to win and she got schlonged. she lost. >> schlonged was the word he just used. he went on calling her going to the bathroom disgusting. mr. jeffrey lord, will you please defend -- >> merry christmas to you, too, chris. >> i have nothing but respect and admiration for you. you help me all the time. let's see if you can do it today. can you tell me how you use these terms and still be called presidential? >> donald trump has the ability to reach the average guy who is think something of the same things. this bathroom story i find interesting. t "the boston globe" has a report that she wouldn't go in there because there was another woman in there, a staffer for governor o'malley.

hugh hewitt calls her the queen. that she doesn't want to deal with normal folks. donald trump is poking at that image which everybody is well aware of after all these years. >> bathroom habits, bob, that is what this campaign has come down to. you are a veteran at this. have you seen language and subject matter like this? >> good try, jeffrey. good try. >> you know, you can't -- this kind of thing seems to have bounced off him over and over again. you're getting very close. five weeks from the iowa caucuses. where he's got some serious obstacles in front of him, not the least of which is the ted cruz -- i was out in iowa for three days, ted cruz has a strong organization. i couldn't find a trump organization. maybe he defies gravity out there. maybe without an organization he can get these usually nonvoters who support him and come to the polls. i'm not convinced of that yet. you better be very careful

before you take on hillary clinton in this kind of language and not worry about ted cruz or marco rubio. >> jeffrey? i mean, isn't there a possible risk at taking on hillary clinton in this kind of language? not just because she's a formidable candidate but because, do women like this? do women like this sort of vulgarity? >> well, you know, hillary clinton is married to bill and we all know the episodes there. she defended him fairly well. i don't want to repeat on air what was done in the little room adjacent to the oval office. there's a considerable reputation here on the clinton side of the ledger. in terms of iowa, let's just recall here that you can lose the iowa caucuses and still become president. you can win the iowa caucuses and never become president. so we're going to have a long, long way to go here. iowa is but the beginning. what interests me is that between donald trump and ted cruz, you have over 50% of the

vote as i'm looking at this latest poll which really says this outsider element is very much alive and well. >> jeffrey, bringing hillary clinton and tieing her up for bill clinton's past, come on. >> come on, bob. >> there's nothing in her background -- she defended her husband. that's true. i understand that. but to try to relate the two of those -- >> one at a time. go ahead, bob. >> to tray to bring the two together, that's a typical trumpism thing. you can't do something like that. she's running on her earn now and she's doing a good job of it i might add. she's been beat up from every direction but she still survives and is a stronger front-runner coming out of '15 than going in. to try to connect those two. trump out ought to stick to issues and things that he cares about, his people care about. he's got that. he's a populist. why does he need to go into the bathroom? i don't understand that. it just doesn't -- it doesn't

comport with everything we know about a presidential candidate and the standing and stature of a presidential candidate. >> jeffrey, explain that. >> she wants to be treated as an equal. what other candidate gets to sashe back on to the debate stage after the debate has started. this is his personality. >> you can't say the delay coming back is indicative of personality flaw. >> the women's bathroom was much farther in that locale. >> it was a mistake for her to be late. whatever it is, it is. you are tied to a man, you have pictures behind you. ronald reagan, people candice agree with the deficit and politics all they want. this is a man who tried to make america better, who took it at its best, who won people over -- >> his slogan was make america great again. where have we heard that?

>> what i'm asking you, how can you defend these kind of tactics? would you ever suggest if you were running a race, you should talk about her going to the bathroom, say it's disgusting and say you don't want to talk about it, use the word schlong, because people dig it. >> when you were a candidate and do someone that was as obvious and public as she did -- >> you make her going to the rest room as an insult, a tactic and a front. >> it is endemic of her personality. >> how she goes to the bathroom is a reflection of who she is? >> what does that say about me? >> i don't know. >> jeffrey, trump and his people have a tendency to deflect into something like this, the point was in the beginning of this discussion was what trump said and whether she was late getting back from the bathroom or whatever is not the point. it's what he said publicly. >> it is the point, bob. >> what, what trump has to use the word schlong?

come on. what does that mean? ronald reagan would be appalled at that. he would never have done that. >> donald trump is not ronald reagan. >> that's for sure. >> but he is donald trump and a lot of people like him for his plain spokenness. that's for sure. >> but his plain spokenness about going to the bathroom -- >> all right. >> maybe he continues to get away with this but at some point the weight of this over and over and over again, i think is going to catch up with him. >> all right, gentlemen, on that prediction, bob beckel, jeffrey lord, thank you. >> merry christmas. >> you as well. >> we always appreciate. you make us better, guys. thank you very much. what is your take? ever heard that expression? you know everything about a man when you see him go to the bathroom. nobody has ever said that. does it translate into this campaign, something is working and very well for donald trump. tweet us @"new day" or post your comment on facebook.com/newday. alisyn with a "y." >> thank you. >> meanwhile, another developing

story, investigators expanding their search for the notorious affluenza teenager. his mother believed to be helping him on the lam. hln's nancy grace will join us with her take on what's happening.

what do you want for christmas? hover board, not happening, kids, not mine anyway. you know what drivers are getting? a really nice holiday gift this season, the lowest gas prices in six years. >> yes. >> cnn chief business correspondent christine romans told me that and explains how long they'll be here. >> i'm getting you a gallon of gas for christmas. there is money in your gas tank this year. the nationwide average got to 2 bucks yesterday is 2.01. now officially there, the 2 buck zone. the timing could not be any better, chris. aaa predicts a record holiday travel by car this year. you'll save money. what's driving down prices is the price of oil. crude is the biggest component in gas len. oil prices haven't been this low since 2009. down roughly 70% over the last 18 months. why? oil producers are pumping like crazy at the time global demand

is slowing, supply, demand, prices down at 2 bucks. how long will it last? probably through january. refinery maintenance starts in maintenance. that will take some gasoline supply offlien and prices could tick higher. big savings for drivers. how much? 540 bucks you saved because of low gas prices. from the tank to the bank, $10 per fill up. you can expect to have those prices again early this year. >> what a cute piggy you have in that graphic. >> people are spending a lot of their gas savings. pay down your christmas debt with your gas savings. >> that is the bah humbug part of it. we don't really understand why oil prices are going down. it's not about supply and demand. this could last even longer than expected on the demand curve, right? >> we'll have to see. the whole world is pumping so much oil, chris, that literally,

there are tankered cars full of oil just sitting there waiting for customers. >> christine romans, thank you very much and thank you for the gift of gas. please do not pour it over my head. >> i don't know how much that interest that pig by bank bears. >> we'll be talking about the search for the infamous inf affluenza teenager. he and his mother are apparently on the run. nancy grace will join us, coming up. i like you too! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card and talk to a real person.

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the man hunt for the affluenza teenager, ethan couch

and his mother is heating up this morning. couch received probation after killing four in a drunk driving accident, his defense argued he was too wealthy to know right from wrong. and police are now asking for your help in locating the pickup truck seen on the screen. after this video emerged showing couch playing beer pong which would violate his probation. joining us now nancy grace. i know you have been following this case for a long time. any idea where couch and his mother would run to? >> well we've got a lot of indications. we don't know yet. but where they live is about a 6 and a half hur drive to the mexican border. that is what they have that most people who go on the lamb don't have that i have hunted down in the past. they have money and a lot of it.

they had multiple homes. we found out the father owns homes in different state, owns properties in different speights. that is going to make a lot more difficult for police to find him. the money is the thing. think about it. how can ethan couch make a living say, for instance, in mexico? probable not. so they have to get funded probably through the father. the father has a very very lucrati lucrative sheet metal busy. he is cooperating with authorities but they are watching because the mom if the mom is with him is going to need money. but they could easily hop a private jet out of this country. >> they have the resources which most fugitives do not. and for those who don't remember what happened in this case.

can you explain again how it was that this kid was able to dodge any jail time? how did he just get probation? >> i'll tell you how he did it. he's rich. and he's white. that is how he did it. and the judge who conveniently retired when all of this hit the fan, so he kills four people. he and his buddies have been partying at his father's second home and he's hide on weed, xanax. they go the local walmart and steal a bunch of booze. it is caught on video. then goes out and gets drunk. and gets in his red truck. and mows down four people. four people. and i'm going to address that in a moment. a mother and a daughter who are out helping a girl come up to

change their tire. the girl and a youth pastor. four are dead. another is permanently paralyzed. they can't speak, move, they can only see. can you imagine that? >> he goes to the judge. i hope you are sitting down. you may need to lay down for this. they tell the judge that he has been coddled. is too rich. never faced any consequences. he has affluenza. and they let him get straight probation. judge gene boyd. so then fast forward, video shows up of him apparently having a beer pong game and never once did he say to these people "i'm sorry," i feel awfully about what happened. never shared remorse. now apparently his mother has taken him on the run. and just so you know fyi, if she is charged with obstruction she can get the same sentence as

him. >> we have a moment from the deposition in 2013 where his mother was asked about this affluenza defense and if she in fact did sort of ever teach him right and wrong. and it's a telling moment. so watch. >> you understand, did you not, that he was likely to continue the drinking and driving if there weren't consequences. >> i should have known that, yes. i really didn't think that that would happen again. >> do you recall ever disciplining ethan for anything. >> sometimes i would take little things away from him oral we would just discuss the problems. >> when is the last time you recall disciplining him for anything? >> i don't remember. >> what is the relationship between couch and his mother? >> it is very, very close. the mother and father divorced.

separated. got back together. apparently they are estranged right now. i guess so with all of this going on. apparently there are reports that the mother actually brought a bed into her room and he would sleep in the same room with her as a teen. not judging. but i'm telling you they have a very, very close relationship. police are not saying she's being charged with a crime. they are just saying she's missing. and her own reports her missing that. means she is now in a national database so authorities all over the country and abroad can pull up her picture. i imagine they have changed their appearance, possibly dyed or cut their hair. they probably ditched the vehicle. it was a souped up black f 150.

and one last thing about the victims. it's christmas time. everybody and approaching that moment. and now this has really reopened the wounds of everything's happened, right before christmas. the guy who gets straight proxy for killing their mother, their sister, their loved one is walking free and on the lamb? i'm telling you as a crime victim myself, it's like it all happened all over again. and that is the part i really hate of this. wh they are going through, those families. >> these two can't hide forever. they can't blend in very well. let's hope that authorities get them sooner than later. nancy grace thank you. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas, friend. >> thank you. christmas is coming and many are dreaming of a warm one.

and if you live in the eastern u.s., that dream may come true. chad meyers live in hot-lanta. >> el nino has its grip and it's not letting go. so much humidity in the air. this isn't usual to have the muggies into parts of december. we didn't have potential for severe weather later today across parts of the southeast. record highs up and down the's coast. i know you have heard it but christmas eve some places could run at 70 on i-95 from new york to d.c.

and this is what we'd expect on a normal year. december, january and february. but when normal is 18 and you were warmer than normal that could be 30. then that could make a big snow storm. doesn't mean snow isn't completely out of the question this winter. just not this christmas. >> hope you get better and soon my friend. we is team trump coming in to defend the latest. let's get to it. >> everybody that goes against me is like, ex, ex. hillary, that's not a president. donald trump is on video. she's a liar. >> found dead in her cell three days after she was arrested for failing to use her turn signal. >> grand jury did not return an indictment. >> we feel the grand jury process and the secretiveness of it is reflective of our

experience. >> two guys on the wind shield and they are banging trying to get the car to stap. >> the suspect repeatedly droefr her car over pedestrians. >> she's been charged with murder. >> the big question is why did this have to happen? >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michael ra pereira. >> good morning. tuesday december 22nd, 8:00 in the's and we are here with big news. donald trump getting personal and ugly at hillary clinton. launching an attack at her over her bathroom break. and other. >> but as usual the more wild it gets the more new poll numbers we show you. this shows donald trump in the lead with ted cruz close behind. and joe johns has the latest on

the race. >> these latest comments directed at hillary clinton are surprisingly personal and only added fuel to the feud between the candidates at the top of the polls. >> and you see hillary. did you watch that? what happened to her? >> donald trump releasing yet another tirade at hillary clinton. >> that's not a president. >> the billionaire coming under fire for using an r-rated derogatory term when referring to her 2008 defeat by barack obama. >> she was favored to win and she got so longed she she lost. >> weighing in on her debate. >> i know where she went. it's disgusting. i don't want to talk about it.

don't say it. it's disgusting. >> and isis is propagandaizing the front runner. >> clinton's press secretary doubling down. >> the footage of trump making those comments this month was played all over the middle east. >> the claims that the russian president has ordered the killing of journalists. >> and then they said he's killed reporters. and i don't like that. i would never kill them. i would never do that. ah, let's take.

no i wouldn't. but i do hate some of them. >> and ted cruz is closing in in the polls. the rest of the needle making the rounds in the battle ground state of new hampshire where jeb bush again went on the attack. >> this is not a serious man that has serious plans. >> and there was some deja vu in michigan as has happened at other trump events during this campaign last night. the candidates remarks were repeat lid interrupted by protesters who were we moved from the venue by security guards. trump responding at one point by calling them a bunch of losers. >> let's bring in team trump. sam cloves, how is this

presidential? >> well i think if you look at the type of vents people have. been doing this since he announced his candidacy. he talks to people in a language they understand. and i think this is one of the reasons he's probably doing so well. i didn't hear the numbers on that poll. would somebody relate those out here? because that is a new poll i haven't seen this morn. >> his margin is wide and deep against the field. cruz is gaining ground ostensib ostensibly. you know trump is up at 28 up a tick. cruz 24, rubio 12, carson 10. bush up a tick.

and my question to you is about how he wants to lead. is this how by dividing americans? >> i think you are seeing a transition. that we've gone out and been very direct in our language with the american people. i think one of the things that have attracted so many people and such a diverse group of people into our rallies and into our events is the fact that we speak plainly. and i think that is something that people understand. it is about time that people are wanting to get someone who is not going to dance around the candle so much. and i think this is one of the things that is really been troubling. one of the things you take a look at chris, is typical politicians that run for office and we saw it. this budget deal that just arrived the $1.1 trillion spending bill had a little bit in there for everybody except

the american people and this is exactly, exactly what we've been talking about since mr. trump announced. >> right. >> and the fact that we have politician whose refuse to do the people's business. they go in there and they support special interest, not the people's interests. >> right and that makes people angsry. that makes people want change and that is where donald trump comes in. let's talk about it. is it a coincide that i aye never heard him say what you just said. never talked about the budget the apportionment or how he would change that metric. what i'm hearing is that hillary clinton going to be bathroom is disgusting. he raises it and then says let's not talk about it. he uses bad language and insults people and he dances around the issues with the best. he has set a new standard for not answering questions. and you know that is part of his charm. so how is this the part of leadership that makes us better? >> have you heard anything about

jeb bush's tax plan? can you recite to me anything out of hillary clinton's tax plan? do you have any detail you would like to expand upon that you could talk about? there is nobody out here that is going to be voting in the february cauxes and t-- caucuse and the prime ris. what they are looking for is the character and the personality and the courage and will to lead. and people know this. people are sophisticated and smart enough to know this. we this condescending and really nasty approach to the voters because they are not sophisticated enough in the media. well they are smart enough to figure out that donald trump is different from everybody else. and so i think that's one of the things we have to take a look at and i think the polls reflect that. so what we're talking about is

something totally different here chris than anything we've ever seen. i've been watching politics since 1956. i remember your father. the traditional politician and the traditional way of doing things is not working and the american people are smart enough to figure that out. >> we do not know what will work. that is for sure. it's way early. hasn't been a vote cast, sam, you have been it in forever. you know that it doesn't really begin in in the votes get cast and then we take it from there. no question mr. trump is popular. my father as you mention. he was seen assen outsider. he was seen representing a the very hungry and immigrant group. he didn't talk like this. and that's pro -- >> one of the few democrats i really admired. and i had opportunity to see his handy work in new york. you talk about the mass, new

york is probably as diverse a state as there is up there. and i have great admiration for your father and your family because i saw what he did. and i really appreciate it. >> i appreciate that sam and it is nice of you to say nice things. and as you know there is a connection between him and donald trump's mothefather. and it's question of animus and --. >> his numbers are big. his numbers are getting bigger. he gains, that is the truth. there is a question suggested today. would you embarrassed if hillary were president? would you be embarrassed if trump were president? hillary is about a third, a third, a third. he's 23 proud, 50 em pirsed 24 neither. >> i don't believe that.

i don't believe it for a minute. because i think what we're looking at is a seat change in the voter population. if you got time i got a quick anecdote. >> go ahead. >> up in spencer iowa recently in clay county event. clay is a very prosperous county in our part of the state. we went to an event with 1500 people. the population of clay county is only 15 thousand. so we had 10% of the population in at 10:00 in the morning on a saturday morning. i went out and introduced mr. trump and did the warm up and i asked the crowd, i said how many of you in here have never caucused and about 20% of the hands went up. and how many of you have signed up to caucus and caucus for donald trump today. the same 20% of those hands went up. and this is what's happening all over. we're getting people to engage

who have been disenfranchised by our system and the fact that people are disgusted by whether is going on. i think this is one of the things that is not whole. that a lot of people don't report on. and i would invite you. and i mean this from the bottom of my heart. i would love to have you come out o iowa and come out to an event. because i think one of the things you would take away is take a look at the diversity of the crowd and the enthusiasm that comes with that. and i think it would be very instructive. not that you need it. trust me. because you do a fabulous job. but the whole issue is to come around and just experience that. and all of a sudden i think it may change your perspective or at least help shape that perspective and round off an edge ear to here. >> he's got a dog fight on his hand there with ted cruz and others. we'll see you out there. i hope i don't have to fight my way out because he keeps telling people it's okay to hate reporters. the best to you for christmas.

take care. >> a grand jury in texas decided not to indict anyone in the death of sandra bland. the young women found dead in her cell days after a minor traffic stop. >> the grand jury deciding not to indict anyone in connection with the death of bland. she was found dead in her cell three days after being arrested for allegedly failing to use her turn signal. her death sparked national outrage after a series of questionable police action against african americans and investigation found that she had committed suicide inside her cell. the family disputes that. and they also -- calling the process secretive and demanding the testimony be released to the public. >> we feel that the grand jury process and the secretiveness of it is reflective of our

experience with wahler county officials to date in terms of what has been furnished to us. the fact that five months after her passing we don't have that report. >> the prosecutor in the case held a press briefing yesterday. here is his reaction. >> we have left no rock unturned. and the grand jury, anything they have asked for, we've done our best to get it to them. >> jordan also saying that the case is still open and the grand jury will reconvene in january to consider other indictments. >> so this minnesota judge is expected today to rule on restraining order filed by the mall of america against "black lives matters" protesters. the mall says it is private property and a similar event

last year led to,0 thousands of lost customers. organizers say the protests will happen it's way. and the united states cnn barbara star is live tracking the latest in afghanistan. >> new york city detective joseph lemm was one of the six fallen serve members in afghanistan killed when a motorcycle bomb detonated in their midst as they were on patrol. the nypd commissioner william brten issued a statement about detective lemm and his service saying in part "detective lemm pit miezed the selfishness we can only strive for. putting his country and city first. detective lemm was a 14 year veteran of the nypd.

he recently made detective. he was assigned to the bronx. we expect to learn the identities the names and about the lives of the other five fallen in the coming hours when the pentagon makes an official announcement. this attack in northeastern afghanistan just the latest unrest in that country. in southern afghanistan right now there is a very bitter nasty fight going on in sangen province as the taliban are making advances against afghan forces and the afghans just in the last several hours are getting rivers from kabul. chris. >> thank you very much. appreciate the reporting on that. stay on it because it is obviously a situation we're going to want to follow throughout the day f. there is nstill no clear motive to that terrible incident on the vegas strip. they have the suspect. she's in custody. facing murder with a deadly

weapon, that would be the car and child abuse, because her 3-year-old was in the car during the incident. there is reporting out there about what motivated her. what can you tell us? >> the sheriff saying she had a dispute with the father of her child and then she was homeless for about a week here in vegas. and apparently she was trying to get some sleep for several locations throughout vegas and security was kicking her off the property. and then look the unthinkable happened. she started plowing through the people on the strip. and we do know one person died during this. and three other people are now in critical condition. she then drove down the street and stopped and told the security official what she had done. so far they are telling us they don't believe she was under the

influence of alcohol. but there is a video from 2012 that shows this woman speaking that she had turned her life around. and she had experienced homelessness before but unfortunately all that came to an end out here. >> i was a scared little girl who knew there was more to life outside of crime -- all of those things i grew up being familiar with. >> today i am not the same scared girl i used to be. i'm a mature young woman who has broken cycle those before me hadn't. >> had actually gotten a job where she worked with park services and she believed she had changed her life. you could say maybe there was a fight that made her disturbed and that brought her out here. but then to run into people over and over again a lot of people

will be asking questions for quite some time. one million migrants arrived in europe in 2015. this is according to the international organization for migration. the tracking counts people coming to fwrooes, bulgaria, spain, italy, malta, and cypress. arrivals include those coming by sea which accounts for 97%. expecting a baby again. the former first daughter revealing in a tweet of course, next summer, charlotte is going to to be a big sister. expect proud grandma hillary clinton to talk about it as she often does with her first grandchild. >> are you claiming this is a campaign stunt? >> absolutely not. what makes you happier.

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donald trump at the campaign stop in michigan last night using vulgar language about clinton, hitting back over her refusal to apologize for remarks calling trump isis's best recruiter. joining us now to discuss all of this, cnn political analyst ron brown stein and senior political reporter malika henderson. for viewers it's important to get the context and hear what trump said last night but this

is a morning show. okay. i'll play it. let's been. >> i'm watching the debate and she disappeared. where did she go? i know where she went. it's disgusting. i don't want to talk about it. everything that's been involved in hill has been losses. take a look. even race to obama. she was going to beat obama. i don't know how it gets worse. she was going to beat. she was favored to win. and she got sclonged there. >> he used a word there i've never really heard as the verb. but it doesn't matter. his poll numbers once again this morning are huge. where are we with this is it. >> his voters like the rough

talk. that subset of people. he can say whatever he wants and they just like it. it is almost as if they feel more of a sense of attachment to him. again this is a word i haven't heard before used as the verb but it certainly gets him attention there. he is revealing himself and talking about hillary clinton's bathroom breaks. it's always been said he's something of a germaphobe. so we're getting into that territo territory. but this is trump. he knows part of politics is marketing but also about emotions and making people feel something and he's certainly been very good at that. >> people argue that is the criticism. he does nothing by accident. not that it is a gaffe. he wants to say these things. and brings up this recent poll from quinnipiac. would you be embarrassed as he or she as a president? they are upside down positive to

negative. she's a third a third a third. he's at 50% embarrassed. is there still an argument to be made that he is dividing and ultimately it will come back to get him? >> i think it's a much more complex picture than usually painted. for a portion of the trump constituency who feels economically squeezed and culturally marjzed, the more outrageous he gets the more he feel -- they feel he will do whatever it takes.ginalized, th more outrageous he gets the more he -- they feel he will do whatever it takes. the quinnipiac poll, if you look at that poll, two-thirds of all americans, including three-fourths of all college-educated americans say he does not have the right experience to be president. so it is not as if all of this is happening without any cost.

yes there are voters who get more attached to him the more outrageous he gets but there are also other whose look at this and say this is not the that we need as the president. >> the feud seems to have a stemmed have saturday night when hillary clinton said that donald trump is being used as an isis recruitment video that. video has not been shown to exist. so donald trump once again this morning on fox called for an apology. >> there is no video at all. and thats been now confirmed. and i would say that she should apologize. i would say she would. but she probably won't. i actually think it would be good for her. but that's okay. >> hillary clinton's campaign responded. hell no. hillary clinton will not be apologizing to donald trump for collectly pointing out how his

hateful rhetoric only helps isis recruit more terrorists. who's winning on this one? >> i think they are both winning. hillary knows the very name of donald trump is an energize are for democrats. and again, hillary clinton is an energize are for the kind of voters that like donald trump. i think the long game here, hillary clinton has a real strategy to win her democratic primary. she has an infrastructure there and is doing much better against bernie sanders. i think for donald trump there is a going to be a day of reckoning. starting with these votes in iowa and south carolina and new hampshire as well. i was talking to people about this and they feel like there is going to be a fade factor that we've seen from other candidates who were similar to donald trump, particularly in states like south carolina where things start to get serious, they want

to pick a president and all the rhetoric could get to voters there, particularly the majority in places like south carolina and even new hampshire. >> let's still look at the other side of this. ron, there is a reason to donald trump is going strong on this point. and my guess is that it is because he believes she got it wrong. that there is no video. and that when she was saying they do this, she was talking about isis. did she get it wrong? and if not, how not? >> i think she overstated it. she undercut her point by going to a specific example that at least to this point had not been able to support. the broader point that the kind of rhetoric and policies. not only rhetoric but policies of bars muslim entry into the u.s. threatens to radicalize more people against us not only abroad but potentially at home i

think is a valid one. when you go down to the specific example you have to have that example right. >> -- when he says he'll never apologize for anything? >> of course. it is dripping with irony. the video he said there were thousands and thousands of muslims celebrates in new jersey after 9/11. this morning he final qualified -- >> it rece really bothered you. >> it has bothered me. because that was wrong. that wasn't true. >> what did he say? >> he said -- well it was a big number all over the world. a lot of people saw it. it was all over the world. they were dancing and celebrating. the only purpose with my saying it is that there was something wrong. so that is sort of vintage trump. when pressed for the specifics, then he changes it and clarifies to what he really meant.

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time now for the five things to know for your new day. donald trump launching a new attack at hillary clinton. he called her bathroom break disgusting and used a vulgar term to describe her 2008 loss to senator obama. a grand jury deciding not to di indict anyone in the death of sandra bland. investigators still trying to figure out why a female driver ran over pedestrians on the vegas strip killing a mother of three and injuring 37 others. the suspect now faces murder and child abuse charges. bowe bergdahl set for

arraignment today facing court marb marshal and desertion charges. and space ex launched a rocket in into space and then landed the rocket back on earth. it was met with massive cheering. first time an unmanned rocket returned to land vertically at cape kah nashville. for more "new day" cnn cot dom. >> dropping the hammer on odell beckham, jr. suspending him for one game for his actions in monday night's game. isn't there a little more to this story about what beckham says happened before the game and why he was so amped up? what do we know? >> he says before the game the panthers had a bat on the field

and they were pointing it at him. and peckham was fleed three times for unsportsman like conduct. but it was this helmet to helmet hit that got him the suspension. running full speed and just launches himself at the player's head. and the saints host the lions on monday night football. drew brees becoming the fourth quarterback to surpass 60 thousand passing yards. the lions got the last laugh though. stafford throws three touchdowns and two to tate as the lions won 35-27. most people have santa claus on their minds but not this guy.

he looses a tooth here on this play. he then went home and put it under his pillow and woke up with a crisp $5 bill. i made that last part up. what is the going rate right now in the cuomo family? >> we go big with the teeth. of course we don't have anything to do with it. the tooth fairy takes care of all that. but he or she has been very, very genus. f generous. >> when we come back a doctor wbss this crazed driver ramming into the pedestrians on purpose. and so many were hurt. why weren't more lives lost? we'll tell you the story when we come back.

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a crash that killed a woman and injured others. joining us now is ateef, a

doctor who saw the accident and rushed to help after the incident. tell us what you and your wife saw as you were driving down the vegas strip sunday night. >> hi. well i was driving up the vegas strip towards an outside. and we were in the right lane and my wife who was in the non driver seat, she saw a very fast-moving car driving up the sidewalk. and at first she thought it was an emergency vehicle. but then she saw that the car just plowed into a group of people on the sidewalk. and she described it as if a bowling ball hit some bowling pins and the people literally flew in the air and fell to the ground and the car kept going. shroud a little bit because we think it hit something but it just kept going on the sidewalk

of the driveway of the opposite of us. i immediately turned into the driveway of the nearest casino and opened the door and rushed out to help. i saw about six or seven people. yes? >> before i get to what you did because you ran to their aid. authorities quickly figured out that this was intentional. was it your wife who are watched this, was it her impression that this was an intentional act? >> yes, i think. you know, because why would anyone else walk on -- drive on the sidewalk with such precision. you know that was the thing. she was driving. she plowed into the people. she didn't stop. she just kept going. so that is like what made it look like very intentional. whether it was under the influence or not. we don't know. >> so your wife tells you she sees people flying in the air. you are a doctor and you pull

over to help. tell us what you saw. >> well i saw about six to seven people who were lying on the sidewalk and then more injured were sitting on the sides and people were screaming for help. there was another person who identified herself as a doctor. one as an emt, one as a nurse. so it was as if a team came out of nowhere and we started triaging people to see who was injured most and needed the most help and we went from person to person making sure they did not need cpr. a that time everybody was breathing and they had a pulse. there were a few unconscious people and it is sad to know that later on that one of them passed away. but at the same time nobody needed emergency cpr, so we waited for the ems to arrive. and as soon as they arrived we told them the sickest person and so on and so forth and helped

them identify the more the people who were hurt more. >> thank goodness you were there. you -- just because you happened to be driving by and you were a doctor and you did the right thing, you helped people. you may have saved people. but how long did it take for the emts to arrive? >> i beg your pardon? >> i was reading in some notes but i find this hard to believe that it took a long time for the emts to arrive. longer than it should have? what was your impression? >> it was about 15 minutes i think from the time the accident happened. >> that's a long time. >> i think it was just the traffic on the -- yeah. but like i don't know how things work out in vegas. it is a busy city. and the boulevard was packed with cars and it was a busy time of the evening too. so yeah. it took about 15 minutes i would

say more or less at least. >> doctor, the injured thank you for pulling over and doing the right thing and we thank you on "new day." >> thank you so much. i'm sorry to hear that one life was lost. and hopefully -- it was a sad time before christmas but hopefully everybody will be safe from now on. >> we share your hopes. thank you again for being here. >> good thing people like him jumped into action for sure. when we come back, mission accomplished for space x. its falcon 9 completes history. completes a flight landing vertically. watch it all unfold right after this.

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big news. spacex successfully launching a rocket into orbit, and landing it back on earth to be used again for a future launch. so what? no this is something that has never been done. for a better understanding we turn to cnn's aviation analyst miles o'brian. they say rockets go up. they come down we see it all the time. that is not true. >> this is a perfect ten.

even from the romanian judge. it is a big deal because for years and years ever since the space age began we've tried to come up with ways to make rockets reusable. they tried with the space shuttle and didn't work so well. elon musk is now pursuing this, along with others trying to bring these expensive parts back to earth so they can be reused, making it cheaper. >> we did a documentary about what it takes to get up into space which is really cool. whether did you learn about how difficult a task it is to make this a fungible commodity, something that can be used again and again. >> on the space shuttle, the space shuttle had a million moving parts. all of them from the low bidder, i might add. the it was an incredible complicated machine that never achieved any sort of cost savings.

it cost about $10,000 a pound of anything on the shuttle if i'm ever going to go to space, we have to do it cheaper and that is what elon musk helped demonstrate last night. >> and where does the road lead? now they decided they can take it up and bring it back down, what is the next step? >> well you start increasing the pace of launches. you start doing this more frequently. and we start driving the cost down. nasa moves out of low earth orbit as it has been doing. the private sector comes in and pretty soon we have space hotels. well that might take a little time. >> little bit. what is the next big break you you see and the next big challenge? >> i think as they say they are going to have to prove they can repeat this again. and this particular rocket that you saw last night will not be reused. they are going to look at it and see how it performed.

down the road it really comes up to almost an assembly line approach to space. that is the real challenge. they have proven technically they can do it. now it is a question of increasing the pace. and i think that is no small task. >> so no small task. what is the guess work here about when we'll be looking at the ability to do anything like what we all watch in the movies about people just jumping into a cruiser and flying off and coming back from where there is no oxygen. >> well we've been saying it's 20 years off for ever since i've been around. and i hesitate to make predictions because space is hard. but the fact that there are these billionaires. jeff bezos did a similar thing this past month. this happened twice in about a month's time by two billionaires who have their eyes on the stars. and the more the merrier. the more these people invest

their money on these seemingly crazy ideas which may in fact pay off a rich bonanza on low earth orbit the better. >> so are we even close to miles o'brian coming on "new day" and saying i'm ready to go, they are just fitting me for the suit. >> well i've been tanned, rested and ready for a long time on this one for sure. when i'll get my seat, i don't know. i think the next big step will be watching to see these private sector players fly u.s. astronauts to the international space station. if that goes well and they can truly get people to low earth orbit safely, then i think we are really going to see a change in the way this works out. >> it really is interesting to

see how they can figure out how they can make money. they they can recoup on investment by doing this. thank you for helping us understand this as always. >> you're welcome. >> as we know it is the time of year for giving. and we have a good one for you. a secret santa takes it to the next level and then some. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern.

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secret santa, like never before. >> okay. >> yup yup. i'm over selling and i can't because it is too good. take a listen. >> needless to say i was surprised and shocked. and, umm, just a little bit overwhelmed. >>y? >> because notes were left at not one but six non profits in colorado. the note read you don't know me but i know you. i see the good work you do. and it doesn't stop is there. >> we're saying thanks and we hope he or she is out there watching because we're so grateful. >> not just for the organizations but to all of the employees too. and we're not talking a hundy here or there. the secret santa donated over

$250 thousand. >> yes.? >> now what do you have to say? >> i'm prez impressed. that is a wonderful christmas story. >> there are good people doing good things -- >> all the time. >> even when they have a lot of money they are still good people. we seem to be forgetting they are out there. >> and now carol costello. >> another good person. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. i was just laughing at your exchange. it was lovely though. have a great day. newsroom starts now. and good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. the republican battle for the white house and a new quinnipiac poll that shows ted cruz and donald trump are running neck and neck. trump 28%, cruz 24%. the poll released