she might lose. well will talk to her about that. we will talk to vice president joe biden and candidates ben carson and john kasich about the 2016 race and president obama's final state of the union address tonight. i will have more on all >> we have arwa damon on the phone with the latest. >> reporter: we just arrived on scene. this is the heart of istanbul's tourist district where the explosion took place.

nationalities at this stage, not being disclosed. explosion happening at 10:15 in the morning. just when the area could become busy with those coming here to see the sights. we spoke to one of the vendors who is not far from where the explosion took place. he was visibly understandably shaken. said he felt the ground shaking around him, the explosion reverberating in his ears. then it was complete chaos. at this stage, authorities are saying they have cleared out all of the wounded. no claim of responsibility. a lot of suspicion, though, is coming around this, that it may have been a terrorist attack. no official confirmation just yet. if this was in fact a terrorist attack, it is a severe blow to this country that has been

fighting terrorism on multiple fronts, that has seen over the past six, seven months, terrorist attacks taking çplac that it has blamed on isis in those particular instances. isis not the only group that can threaten turkey. devastating to shows who lost their lives and their lived ones will have to cope with the devastating consequences. the implications for turkey will be potentially severe as well, chris. >> arwa, continue the reporting, please. we know you will. also be very careful there. you always know about the threat of secondary attacks after something like this if it was related to terror. we'll check back throughout the morning. the problems are very real. the question is, what are the

solutions? that takes us back to alisyn over there in iowa. the key state. >> absolutely, chris. back to politics for a second here. in iowa we are seeing candidates sharpening their attacks 20 days from the caucuses. the democratic rival squaring off last night at the brown and black forum. let's begin our team coverage with cnn's senior political correspondent brianna keilar who joins me here in iowa. >> this forum last night was another tune for bernie sanders and hillary clinton although martin o'malley was there to show their differences and this is really what we're seeing here in iowa this week is the gloves are off. bernie sanders is almost gleeful about the way the polls are shaping up. the clinton campaign is saying, look, we always said this was going to be close in iowa, new hampshire. i would add not this close. the clinton campaign seems confident they have the ground game, organizers and volunteers

they need to get people to the polls in new hampshire and out to the caucuses here in iowa. in a heed-to-head clinton/sanders matchup over two battleground states, the latest poll says it'cç either candidate's race. >> we help keep families together and project religious freedom. >> last night in des moines, the virtually tied democrats were pressed on hot button multicultural issues at iowa's brown and black forum. >> can you promise you won't deport churn. >> secretary clinton taking a new stance against dhs raids, not ruling out the deportation of children. >> what i don't like are the mass roundups and the raids. that should end. >> reporter: the neck and neck candidates spent monday facing off in the hawk eye state. >> think hard about the people who are presenting themselves to you, particularly for those of us who are democrats, their electability. >> reporter: sanders unfazed by clinton's jabs, pointing to recent iowa and new hampshire polls showing hum outperforming

clinton against trump and cruz. >> we are doing a lot better than hillary clinton does. in terms of electability in the general election, i think democrats want to look at bernie sanders for their candidate. >> reporter: and boasting monday night that the clinton camp is running scared. >> have you noticed lately she's been getting more aggressive with you? >> yes. >> why is that? why is that? >> i don't know. it could be that the -- >> you tell me. >> that the inevidentible candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today. >> secretary clinton admitting the 2016 elections so far has been chalked full of surprises. >> can you say categorically that bernie sanders cannot win presidency? >> anybody can win. this is a -- this is -- who would have thought donald trump would be leading in national polls? i mean, for those who ever thought about running for president, take heart. >> and hillary clinton trying to

stand out on a couple issues here in iowa, income inequality and guns. should unveiled a surcharge of 4% additional tax on those earning $5 million or more. then she's picking up a key endorsement from the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. bernie sanders voted again the brady bill. it'sç something hillary clinto wants to highlight. she thinks his moderate stance on guns can help her in these early states. >> brianna, appreciate the reporting. donald trump was revealing an apparent strategy of a matchup with hillary clinton on late-night tv. the strategy would be attack, attack, attack, the donald mocking clinton for having a tough time running against bernie sanders and calls bill clinton a liability to her campaign. athena jones with more. did i get it right? >> yes, good morning, chris. one of the things donald trump has shown he's good at is needling people, poking fun at candidates like hillary clinton,

like jeb bush. last night on "the tonight show" she was his main target. take a listen to what he had to say. >> if i win and she wins, it's going to be the largest voter turnout in the history of the country. that's a good thing because people don't vote thatch in this country. that would be an amazing thing. beating her easily and substantially and winning against hillary one-on-one. so you know, look, i haven't even started on her yet although last week i did a little bit of that. >> now, on that first point he's probably right. a trump/clinton face-off would bring out a lot of voters, spark a lot of interest. one recent poll shows clinton ahead of trump. it's not clear he would beat her easily as he says. trump also said yesterday in new hampshire that he would love to run against bernie sanders. in other news, fox has released the lineup for the main stage for their debate thursday night. the seven candidates invited to participate in that prime time

debate are donald trump, ben carson, ted cruz, marco rubio, chris christie, jeb bush and john kasich. not on that stage, rand paul and carly fiorina. paul told wolf blitzer on the sw "situation room" that he will not attend. he said fox made a mistake in not including him in that first tier because he's a first tier candidate. chris? >> athena, let's head back to alisynç in iowa. that's the hot bed. this is where it's all about to begin. you are talking to some players today, my friend. >> it's more like a cold bed. it's actually zero degrees here as we wake up. i get your point. it say hot bed of discussion. let's bring back in cnn senior political correspondent brianna keilar. as well as political columnist for "the des moines register" kathy obradovich.

it sounds like hillary clinton made news last night. did she change her position at this forum on immigration somehow? >> well, i think that she tried to get a little bit more distance between herself and the obama administration. who has been criticized for the deportation. she was asked are you going to be the next deporter in chief? she worked to, for example, condemn mass raids from isis. she said she doesn't appreciate or approve of whisking people away in the middle fl the nature and nobody knows what happens to them. she refused to go where martin o'malley went, to pledge not to deport children. this will be something has has to deal with on a case-by-case basis.

>> i mean, hillary clinton, brianna, is obviously treading this line between the administration, what she supports about they've done for the past seven years, what she doesn't as well as bernie sanders, how far to the left she's moved. you've been talking to the hillary clinton campaign for months now. are they surprised by the neck and neck -- let me put it up for people. bernie sanders and hillary clinton here in iowa are within the margin of error? it may not be a surprise that he's winning in new hampshire but look at what's çhappening, she's at 48%, he's at 45%. the margin of error is at 4. >> i think they're surprised it is this close. they will say they expect things to be competitive. i think this is a little close for comfort. what they're looking at are likely caucusgoers and where they stand. they believe that they are going to have better luck with the people who are really organized

to get out. the caucuses here in iowa, it's not as simple as showing up and casting a ballot. it takes a lot of effort. people who support hillary clinton, this is their thinking, are more steeped in what this process is and they're more prepared to go the dance for her than bernie sanders supporters are. there's an enthusiasm gap. we'll see if that really does translate on caucus day. what about that? is their logic right? you live in iowa. is it right that she has a better ground game? >> it's not just about turning people out, it's about turning people out statewide. it's not enough, for example, if bernie sanders really kills it in college towns and goes way over the top, because there's only a certain number of delegates that get apportioned in every precinct. you have to have support in all the precincts around the state. i think the question is whether hillary clinton has a better organization statewide than

bernie sanders does. i think bernie sanders will get supporters out. i think his people are enthusiastic. i enthusiasm t-- think the question is, are they everywhere in the state they need to be. >> is the enthusiasm widespread? there certainly is an enthusiasm gap but certainly as kathie says, it may be more an issue in cities and college towns where bernie sanders is exciting young people. >> let's talk about the gop. rand paul doesn't make the cut for the main stage. o he said he'll boycott it. what does this mean for his campaign? >> i think a lot of people have counted rand paul out.ç what does it mean? it means he doesn't have the forum. he's made the calculus that by boycotting that gives him intrigue of being on the kiddie

stage, which at this point in time you feel bad about if you're a candidate. at this point i would say there are a lot of people looking around paul who thought he might be doing better than he is now. >> kathie, donald trump, ted cruz, hopscotching over one another here in iowa, what are iowans saying? what do you think will happen on the republican side here? >> anything can happen on the republican side. i think it's interesting that it's gotten down to talking about a two-man race, donald trump, ted cruz, they're neck and neck. some polls have one up, other polls have the other up. "the des moines iowa record" is coming out tomorrow. we'll see what that says. other than talking about donald trump's canadian birth certificate, not really

seriously going after ted cruz. ted cruz has noteen attacking donald trump at all. why? because he wants ted cruz's supporters -- or ted cruz wants donald trump supporters, i mean. he has been very, very circumspect about not trying to draw fire from donald trump. that's an interesting dynamic. we'll see if that continues here for the final three weeks before caucuses. >> there are a lot of intere interesting dynamics going on in this race. kathie, brian nna, thank you fo talking about it. i sit down with hillary clinton for a wide-ranging interview. catch the interview on "erin burnett out front" tonight and also tomorrow here on "new day." here's a look at some of your headlines thisç morning. president obama is preparing to deliver his final state of the union address tonight.

the white house is promising this one will be different. no long list of requests for congress, rather a plea to cut through the bickering in washington and temper something of the anger among voters. white house correspondent michelle kosinski live with a preview of that big speech. fight a different tone. >> on this, the president's last state of the union address on one night of the year where he gets his biggest audience. the white house wants it to be memorable. some senior administration officials tell us they wouldn't necessarily use the word nontraditional. it is after all going to be a speech, not some outlandish format or anything like that although that might be fun. already, we've seen them use different things. surrounding the speech, enlisting entities like amazon, google, youtube, genius and snapchat, they even tweeted out this preview. >> i want us to be able, when we walk out this door to say we couldn't think of anything else we didn't try to do, that we

didn't shy away from a challenge because it was hard. that we weren't timid or got tired. >> the speech will not be longer than usual but it will be shorter. the president doesn't want to use pages and pages of the speech focusing on his past accomplishments. he wants to look into the future, focus on the big things as he put it, affecting the american people. as for tone, the white house says expect passionate and extremely optimistic. telling americans not to let cynicism affect the way they approach problems. remember, that is one way that the white house likes to set up a contrast between the president and how they view the republican presidential candidates. michae michaela? >> it will be interesting to see what he says. the final state of the union address tonight for president obama is at 9:00 eastern. cnn's coverage begins at s at p.m. isis claiming responsibility

for attacks monday. 33 people çkilled, two differe attacks, one at a mall in baghdad. there, armed men stormed this building there detonating suicide vests and a car bomb killing eight, injuring more than 20. 25 people were killed in the other attack at a cafe northeast of there, about 25 miles. the jailed mother of the so-called affluenza teen ethan couch will be released after posting bail. tonya couch's bond was lowered from $1 million to 75,000. she is required to meet conditions including 24-hour home confinement wearing an ankle monitor and no use of drugs or alcohol. she's been ordered to undergo a mental assessment to determine if she is competent to stand trial for helping her son to escape to mexico. we've been waiting to hear from vice president joe biden and more of a full-threated expression of where he is and what he thinks about the election. now we have it. an insightful one-on-one with the vice president and gloria borger and why he thinks bernie

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now, a cnn exclusive. vice president joe biden on the record and in depth about the 2016 race. the vice president had surprising takes on donald trump, hillary clinton, bernie sanders and even his own decision not to run. cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger has the indianaer it -- interview starting with the surprise republican front-runner. >> donald trump is the front-runner, no doubt about it.

let me ask you, is he qualified to be president of the united states and a leader on the world stage? >> anyone in the america public says they want to be president is qualified to be president. i know that sounds like i'm avoiding the question. >> you are. >> no, no. i want to make that clear at the front end. i think, though, he's an incredibly divisive figure. the country has never done well when the leader of a country appeals to people's fears as opposed to their hopes. that's what worries me about donald trump. if donald trump gets the nomination and wins the election, he's going to have to regret having said the things he's said and done. the whole idea as we were talking about about how to pull the country together, for god's sake, pull the politics together down here. how does donald trump do that. >> you deal an awful lot with foreign leaders. how would you see trump on the

world stage? >> i would hope he'd have an extremely qualified staff. >> you're saying he's not substantive. >> he's not, so far. doesn't mean he can't be. he has no back ground in foreign policy. i mean, i don't know. maybe he's keeping it all a secret. he hasn't spoken to any of the substance so far, none of the substance. i think most world leaders would hope that he had aç couple cra graduate courses before he started to try to exercise the role of president. >> we see that bernie sanders and hillary clinton are actually running neck and neck in iowa, and in new hampshire. why do you think hillary clinton is struggling? >> well, first of all, i i've been of the view, i don't know that you and i talked about it, i don't want to say that for certain but we may have, i thought for the last six months they were neck and neck. >> why is she having trouble? >> well, i think that bernie is

speaking to a yearning that is deep and real. and he has credibility on it. and that is the absolute enormous concentration of wealth in a small group of people with the middle class now being able to be shown being left out. there used to be a basic bargain. if you contributed to the profitability of enterprise, you got to share in the profit. that's been broken. productivity is up. >> hillary is talking about that as well. >> but it's relatively new for hillary to talk about that. hillary's focus has been on other things up to now. no one questions bernie 'authenticity on those issues. >> they question her? >> i think they question everybody who hasn't been talking about it all along. i think she's come forward with really thoughtful approaches to deal with the issues.

i just think -- and look, you know, everybody, you know, it's the old thing, everybody wants to be the favorite, no one wants to be the prohibitive favorite. it's an awful high bar that she was the absolute prohibitive favorite. i never thought she was a prohibitive favorite. i don't think she thought she was a prohibitive favorite. everything is coming down to earth, setting in. but it's not over. >> if hillary clinton should lose iowa and new hampshire, is there any way that you would possibly take anothwr look at this race? >> no. look -- >> the door's shut. >> even if hillary loses both, i haven't thought this through, it's a long way to go in the nomination. it's one thing theoretically to win both of those. she'd be going to south carolina. it's going to be pretty rough sledding down there for bernie

and for -- and another guy who's in it, o'malley. he's a qualified guy. this guy is a serious governor. >> you're closing the door? >> i don't think -- i don't think there's any door to open. >> there's a lot more from this interview with gloria borger. already interesting points. joe biden saying this country only does well when the leader about sweet strength and not harshness. let's get a take from brianna keilar and political columnist for "the des moines register" kathie obradovich. this is all about attack, harshness, that's what driving the race. is joe biden off or are we in a different time? >> joe biden, i think did bernie sanders a bit of a favor on the democrat side by characterizing this race in the way bernie sanders would like. in that he has such a long history talking about issues of

income inequality and that hillary clinton is sort of a come lately person on that topic. certainly hillary clinton has been talking about aspects of income inequality including health care for many, many years. and if joe biden had wanted to say she had been focused on other things including being secretary of state and having foreign policy experience, he could have done that. does it make a big difference in iowa? joe biden is well liked. his people, if he had run, you would have taken people from both hillary clinton and bernie sanders. but this was short of any kind of endorsement for anybody. >> oh, sure. i also wouldn't confuse tactic with take. this isç who joe biden is, the vice president. he owns income equality as much as any issue in the portfolio. >> joe biden, not talking politics, just his style, he's a bit of a reporter's dream.

he's out there with it. he tells you. this was joe biden speaking his mind. i think part of this is that we've seen him talk about regretting not getting into this race. he sees how close things are. i think what was an excruciating process for him to get to know, i think now he does have regrets and we're seeing that. just like kathie said, this is something that works to bernie sanders' favor. i e-mailed bernie sanders' people last night. he said i think you might want to talk to the vice president's office. you can see a zinger there. >> brianna, kathie, thank you very much. there is more worth listening to in gloria borger's interview with the vice president. we'll give that to you later in the show. especially one reminiscent he

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we are learning more about the capture of notorious drug lord el chapo. turns out that surprise sitdown interview with sean penn played a critical role helping mexican authorities locate and capture the fugitive. nick valencia is live with the

latest. nick? >> reporter: good morning, michaela. there are new photos emerging this morning that appear to show actre actor sean penn and an actress going to meet el chapo. these photos emerging on the same day that mex kos's attorney general saying that the meeting between penn and el chapo enabled monitoring and intelligence. she gave an interview yesterday to a mexican radio station in which she said the meeting was an essential element because we were following guzman's lawyer. the raid on el chapo take place early friday morning. it was just within the last 12 hours that a cnn crew was able to get inside that home. a senior law enforcement official here in mexico tells me that el chapo tried to escape the raid using a secret passage that led to an underground tunnel that eventually led to the city's sewer system. in the president's statement

last night to the nation, he praised the capture of el chapo but acknowledged that his capture won't solve the crime problems in this country. chris? ç >> all right, thank you very much, nick, appreciate the reporting. let us know, seems like there are more details every day. in other news, ted cruz thinks donald trump is terrific. surprised? well, he has said so many times on the campaign trail despite what donald trump has been fomenting about his qualifications for president. now, we see the polls next a s neck but will senator cruz have to take a tougher tact to beat the donald, next.

the iowa caucuses are only 20 days away, my friend. that's a political blink of a political eye.

of course we're looking at the matchup between donald trump and ted cruz on the gop side. here are the numbers. cruz has been leading in iowa, the latest poll from quinnipiac says trump has it back. they're within the margin. this is the race to watch. everybody else is a chunk behind. what has been driving the dialogue lately is whether or not senator ted cruz has the constitutional go-ahead to be is that really what the election will turn on, even iowa? let's discuss. cnn political anchor, mr. errol louis. senior contributor for the daily caller, matt lewis. different spellings, unrelated. also the author of "too dumb to fail." errol, we start with you. you saw the numbers there. trump is a master of identifying what will fuel people's concern. ted cruz said i'm a constitutional scholar. i wouldn't be wasting my time. i'm obviously eligible. does he need to change his tactic because the vice

president, god love him, he reminds me of my dear departed father. but he's wrong. this isn't about sweet strength but it's about attacking your opponent. >> that comes from a change in the numbers. you don't want this cued of talk. this takes you off the issues, off your point and on to trump. at the end of the day because cruz is right, i think we in the media should be clear about that, he is right. >> untested. larry tribe said it. >> i think larry tribe knows that,s you know, as any attorney knows, there is no such thing as interlo interlo interlo interlockotory judgment. if trump was serious he could file a lawsuit in new hampshire and anywhere else. it would be before a court and properly treated. cruz would be crazy to stray on

to this ground at all. there's no merit to it. but it is hurting him for sure. >> the unknown in a negative environment becomes a weapon. next number, definitely would not support quinnipiac university poll, trump 26%, cruz 7%. what does this number mean to you, matt? what does this insight into? >> well, theoretically it would speak to the ceiling that donald trump would have. i think there's a lot of room for growth for someone like ted cruz, if ben carson gets çout, those people go to ted cruz, if huckabee gets out, santorum gets out. it appears we have a ceiling for trump. we've said that before. somehow trump keeps going up. i think ted cruz has to respond to this. i think it's a mistake not to. >> how do you do it in a way that closes down the issue? because it hasn't been tested before the supreme court. he would have to get into all of this ancillary case law about

citizenship cases in the past. it gets thick and distracting very fast. >> i think it would be a mistake to get into a tit for tat legal argument. this isn't about the constitution. this is about reminding people that he was born in canada. it's working. that's the point, though. ted cruz saying i agree with donald trump, donald trump's a great guy. that hasn't worked. trump is gaining. >> go ahead, errol. >> this question on definitely would not vote for trump, this is real. in the caucuses, in the shuffle back and forth over what could be a three-hour period, there are people who will change from caucusing on behalf of huckabee o kasich ore one of the other candidates say we're going to bring our support over to somebody else. it looks like for most poll numbers that somebody else will not be donald trump. >> people don't understand how different iowa is. you think the difference is caucus. that's just a word. it isn't. they literally get together in

groups and go at it at a high level. sometimes you can go into it with fewer numbers saying they're for you but they can be so robust, it can turn you. trump, prohibitive favorite to use a catch word. why do you think donald trump is doing so much better in new hampshire? >> it's all about the political culture, iowa, midwestern state. you have a lot of evangelicals. new hampshire, much different kl turl -- culturally. i think donald trump will do much better inç new hampshire than iowa. >> errol louis, quick thought. what do you think going into today, the biggest factor in the race in iowa will be on the democrat side? >> oh, interesting. on the democratic side. i think it's going to be, just as on the republican side, frankly, organization. bernie sanders is out there making inroads and the polls

seem to reflect some of this stuff. in the end it's just what you described. y you ha you have to convince people that they like your issues, that they'll come out fight for you, argue for you. that's the passion sanders seemed to have stirred up. if he's organized to pull it off, we'll see something major. that's the race to watch. >> brothers matt and errol, appreciate it. alisyn, to you. i remember santorum. he didn't have the numbers going into iowa. but the passion of people who caucus for him wound up making him a winner there. >> yes. anything is possible. there are many surprises that iowa still has up her sleeve. because democratic voters in iowa need to make a choice and they need to decide in the next three weeks between hillary clinton, bernie sanders, martin o'malley. who has the support of iowans and why? i'll ask voters h errs here in

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. let's talk sports now. clemson waking up with a crimson hold ache. alabama beating clemson, taking home their fourth college football title in the last seven years. fans still celebrating at this hour, coy? >> they probably are. it's certainly so in tuscaloosa. not many people slept around here tonight. that's for sure. the national championship game lived up to the hype. number one clemson undefeated versus perennial power house number two ranked alabama. nick saban shocks the world in

the fourth quarter by making the play call of the game. onside kick out of nowhere. and it works to perfection. alabama recovers, shifting momentum to the crimson tide. that was set up two plays later, jake coker finding o.j. howard to give 'bama the lead, 31-20. howard had two touchdowns. the icing on the cake for 'bama, senior kenyan drake. look at this fly like the millennium falcon in hyperdrive. alabama wins a wild one, 45-40. nick saban wins his fifth national title with 'bama. o.j. howard was named offensive mvp of the game. he put it in perspective. listen. >> this is something we'll remember for the rest of our lives. >> i really wanted to the best i could do for this team probably as much as any team i ever

coached. i really did want them to have the opportunity to win this ç game. >> nick saban is one title win away from tieing alabama legend bear bryant with the most championships ever. clemson, one win away from a perfect season. but last night belonged to the crimson tide. they're living it up in tuscaloosa, celebrating the 2016 national playoff championship. >> looks fun. thanks so much for that, coy. are they with team hillary or feeling the burn? less than three weeks before they caucus, we'll take the pulse of some democratic voters here in iowa. that's next. when heartburn hits

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in just 20 days, voters in iowa will choose which candidate they want as their party's presidential nominee. things are heating up in chilly

iowa as candidates make their final push. let's begin our latest installment of real voters, real choices by talking to iowa democratic voters. joining us now aalexandra, cornelia and zachary. you are all snugged inç politically, steeped in that stuff. two of you go to iowa state. let me start with you, zachary. you are leaning towards hillary. what are the big issues you've been paying attention to. >> i guess, because this is my first presidential election, when i was looking at the candidates, one of the biggest things for me is their experience, what have they done to prepare them for this role as president? for me, i believe that, you know, hillary clinton has had so much experience being first lady, secretary of state, senator, all those things. i followed her a lot when she

was secretary of state. and i think that was one of the biggest draws for me, just seeing everything that she has done to help establish so many great relations with other countries. for me, that's definitely one of the biggest things. >> cornelia, you say you like the idea of having a strong woman like hillary in the race but you're not leaning towards her. you're leaning towards bernie. why is that? >> well, i first came -- become very, very interested in this back in 2014 where we ended up spending the most money ever on a nonpresidential campaign and having the lowest voter turnover ever. i said what is money doing to politics? why are we electing people in ways that are not bringing people out to have their democratic concerns expressed? so bernie sanders was one of the first candidates who stepped out and said, we've got to get money

out of politics. >> and finance reform issues are paramount to you. alexand alexander, you are undecided. you're 20 days away. what are you waiting for? >> probably walk into the caucus and have to make up my mind on the spot. >> is that right? >> yes, i think so. >> how often does that happen? you're the president of the iowa state democrats. many people don't understand the caucuspáhpáhu(j they understand the primaries. you walk in that night and you're undecided, what happens? people try to cajole you and sway you? >> it's surprising how often that does happen in the caucuses, too. how many people might come in supporting one candidate and might get talked into supporting another. it's a remarkable process. >> the caucuses are just pretty amazing. i am not from iowa originally. i did my first caucus when i moved here 20 years ago. it's discussion. it is saying, well, what about this? we say, if you support my

candidate, you can have this say on the platform. it's really trying to -- it's really a negotiating process. >> it's like a jury deliberation room it sounds more like than doing into a ballot box. >> we're not just voting. we're talking about what we care about. >> alexander, back to you, what will tip the scales for you? what issue are you waiting for them to say more on? >> i'm looking for some sort of combination between experience and authenticity. both candidates have made their mark in one of those areas. as zack said, hillary clinton is strong on experience, has a lot of background. bernie's tipped the scale, when you look at bernie sanders, what you see it what you get. he's a very authentic candidate. but as a voter, it's something of wanting a combination of both of those things. so it's -- who's going to win me over and prove they have both of those qualities? >> zachary, you were talking about experience.

are you also talking about electability? are you concerned about who is most electable against the republicans? >> i don't think that's the biggest issue i looked at. of course it's something to consider. and i think all of the democratic candidates are great in electability honestly. up against any of the republicans, i believe any of them could do a great job against them. i feel that hillary is the better choice in my mind. >> cornelia, in the latest polls, it surprised some people in head-to-head matchups against donald trump and ted cruz, the leading republicans right now, bernie sanders actually does better thanç hillary clinton. that probably comes as a surprise to you since you're leaning towards bernie. this the latest polls, "the wall street journal"/nbc poll. it shows when it comes to sanders against trump, it's 51% to 38%. do you think that those are who the nominees will be, cornelia? >> i think that bernie will be the democratic nominee but i

think whatever democrat we put up there will be fantastic. as to what the republicans will do, they never cease to amaze me. >> spoken like a true democrat. how many times, ax exlexander, you seen the candidates here? >> i think i've seen all of them multiple times, actually. >> and do you get a sense of the energy? do you get a sense of what a tight race this is? >> you do. frankly, both the clinton an sanders campaign rallies, if you do to them, are enthusiastic and have a fantastic base in their own right. >> that's terrific. thanks for being with us sean sharing your thoughts as they are today, 20 days out. great to take the pulse of where you are. what's your take? tweet us @"new day" or post your

comment on facebook.com/newday. we're following a lot of news for you this morning. let's get right to it. potential terror attack in turkey. >> if this was in fact a terrorist attack. it is a severe blow to this country that i've been fighting terrorism on multiple fronts. >> who would have thought donald trump would be leading in national polls? >> in the case of ted, he has to figure it out. you don't can't have a nominee who will be subject to be thrown out as the nominee. >>ç some people ask me, is it worth it? it would not be worth it if i was doing it for myself. >> working on my state of the union address. it's my last one. >> the president will deliver what white house officials are calling a nontraditional state of the union. >> there's a lot we have to get

done over the course of the next year. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." chris and michaela are in new york. i'm in iowa this morning where later today i will be sitting down with hillary clinton. the democratic front-runner is in a tighter than expected race here in iowa with bernie sanders, the two are locked in a virtual tie. sanders claiming that clinton's campaign is in, quote, serious trouble. we have a very big program ahead for you, getting into the 2016 race and tonight's state of the union, we'll be speaking with republican presidential candidates ben carson and john kasi kasich. we will also hear more of cnn's exclusive interview with vice president joe biden. all of that is proving pretty fascinating to listen to. we'll have more on all of that in a moment. first, we want to get back to chris in new york with breaking news. at least ten people killed after a powerful explosion

rocked the central square in turkey near the capital, the famous blue mosque in istanbul. was this attack the work of isis? let's get right to cnn international correspondent arwa damon live on the phone from istanb istanbul. what do we know now, arwa? >> reporter: just coming out of a press conference saying this attack was the work of a suicide bomber with syrian origin. this attack happened in the heart, the very core of istanbul's historic but also main tourist district. this is the area where if you're coming to istanbul to visit, this is one of the main, if not the main area you come to. the attack happened at about 10:15 in the morning, just around when you begin to see the most traffic inç terms of tourm and locals that regularly do come through here. now, no direct links at this

stage to any particular terrorist organization but of course a lot of suspicions at this stage being directed at isis, especially given that turkey is very involved in its own battle against isis within its borders but also across the border in syria and the past two significant attacks that happened here in october, the twin suicide bombings that took place in the capital ankara, that killed more than 100 people and the bombing that happened over the summer in the town along the turkey/syria border. those the turkish government had blamed on isis at the time. this a perhaps an indication of how precarious the security situation is despite their best effort to go off and contain threats. in the last year, hundreds upon hundreds of individuals have been detained in massive country wide sweeps, all of them with alleged links to terrorism.

there was a city wide -- istanbul. this is not just a blow to turkish security, to those who lost loved ones in this attack. the repercussions of it could very well extend to the country's tourism industry that is also in and of itself at the very core of the turkish economy. >> okay, arwa. thank you. we'll check in with you throughout the show. keep us posted on that breaking news. back to politics now. candidates on both sides of the aisle getting testier as the clock ticks closer to the iowa caucuses and the race tintghten. with just 20 days to go, hillary clinton and bernie sanders exchanged jabs at a forum here last night. let's go to brianna keilar. how are they feeling 20 days out?

feeling almost lethal. i interviewed him yesterday. he's happy that the race has tightened here in iowa. the clinton campaign is saying, look, we knew this was going to be competitive in iowa and new hampshire. i would add i don't think they knew it would be fight this close here in iowa. hillary clinton in her campaign confident that unlike in 2008 they have the ground game they need, the volunteers and those organizers that get people out to the polls in new hampshire and out to the caucuses here in iowa. in a heed-to-head clinton/sanders matchup over two battleground states, the latest poll says it's either candidate's race. >> help us keep families together and project religious freedom. >> last night in des moines, the virtually tied democrats were pressed on hot button multicultural issues at iowa's brown and black forum. >> can you promise you won't deport children? >> secretary clinton taking a new stance against dhs raids, not ruling out the deportation of children.

>> what i don't like are the mass roundups and the raids. that should end. >> reporter: the neck and neck candidates spent monday facing off in the hawkeye state. >> think hard about the people who are presenting themselves to you, particularly for those of us who are democrats, their electability. >> reporter: sanders unfazed by clinton's jabs, pointing to recent iowa and new hampshire polls showing hum outperforming clinton against trump and cruz. >> we are doing a lot better than hillary clinton does. in terms of electability in the general election, i think democrats want to look at bernie sanders for their candidate. >> reporter: and boasting monday night that the clinton camp is running scared. >> have you noticed lately she's been getting more aggressive with you? >> yes. >> why is that? why is that? >> i don't know. it could be that the -- >> you tell me. >> it could be that the inevitable candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today. >> secretary clinton admitting the 2016 elections so far has

been chalked full of surprises. >> can you say categorically tonight that senator bernie sanders cannot win the presidency? >> anybody can win.ç this is a -- this is -- who would have thought donald trump would be leading in national polls? i mean, for those who ever thought about running for president, take heart. >> and hillary clinton trying to stand out on income inequality, more of a bernie sanders issue and also on guns, one her campaign thinks works in her favor. she proposed a surcharge, 4%, on those earning $5 million or more. she's also picking up a key endorsement this morning from the brady campaign to prevent gun violence as she tries to highlight bernie sanders' more moderate stance on gun laws. >> such an important issue in the nation right now. thank you so much for that. meanwhile, hillary clinton, the target of donald trump's

punch lines on late-night television. athena jones live in washington. >> it wasn't all laughs last night. donald trump knows his supporters. he knows what appeals to his base and despite what others in his party or the country may think about his proposed ban on preventing all muslims from entering the country, it's the kind of proposal that resonates with his supporters, the kind of proposal he defended last night. take a listen to that exchange. >> the muslim thing, not allowing any muslims into the united states -- >> temporary basis. starting to clap. what? >> one person. >> there's something happening. we're talking about on a short-term basis, temporary. jimmy, there's something happening out there. there's hatred. we have to figure out what's going on. we don't know in this country. we don't know. >> trump defending that proposal. in other news, fox released the

lineup for the main stage for their debate on thursday night. the seven candidates invited to participate in that prime time debate are in order, john kas h kasich, chris christie, marco rubio, donald trump, ted cruz, ben carson and jeb bush. not on that stage as you can see are rand bawl paul and carly fiorina. they have beenç invited to the second tier debate with rick santorum and mike huckabee. paul told wolf blitzer yesterday that he won't attend the second tier debate, saying fox made air mistake in not including him because he's a top tier candidate. >> athena, thank you. we are hours away from president obama's final state of the union address. the white house is promising a nontraditional speech with few, if any, requests for congress. instead, he's expected to appeal to voters directly to keep calm but still take action. cnn white house correspondent michelle kosinski joins us now with a preview. help us reconcile this. he's going to give a call to

action but not involve congress. then what? >> how different the speech is going to be has been a question. some senior administration officials are telling us they wouldn't necessarily use the word nontraditional that's been circulating. this is after all going to be a speech. it's not as if the president is going to set it to music or put it out as a series of tweets although that would be interesting. even though this is his last state of the union, it's expected not to be longer but shorter than usual. president doesn't want to spend pages and pages focusing on his accomplishment. he wants to look well into the future, focusing on the big things affecting americans. we have seen the white house use different approaches around the speech. they've used amazon, google,

snapchat and also tweeted out this with organ music. >> we didn't shy away from a challenge because it was hard. that we weren't timid or got tired. >> reporter: maybe that music is sort of a symbol of what's to come. the white house says in terms of tone, expect itç to be optimisc and passionate, urging americans not to let cynicism affect how they approach problems. this is the way the white house has been setting up a contrast between the president and how they view, yes, the republican presidential candidate. chris? >> tone matters. of course we'll have a little bit of a wait and see. we'll have josh earnest, the spokesperson on later on. thanks to michelle kosinski and back to alisyn in iowa, the cold front in the battle for the nomination on both sides. is that better than hot bed. >> indeed it is.

it's zero degrees at this hour. there's a little taste of iowa for you. what are republicans expecting from tonight's state of the union and how will they respond? congressman kevin mccarthy is a republican from california. he's also the house majority leader. he joins us now. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> thanks for being on. you just heard michelle kosin i kosinski's report. the president built this as a nontraditional state of the union. what are you expecting? >> i don't know. he says it's nontraditional. he says it will be more of a campaign speech. i'm hoping to hear personally, from a personal level, what is our strategy to defeat isis? where are we about security in this nation? when you think about it, from terrorists to san bernardino to philadelphia now to istanbul, this is an unsafe world. it isn't something we should wait to the next president. we need to have a plan to solve this today. >> of course, the president has said that it is congress's

responsibility to declare war on an enemy. he's pressed congress to do so but congress hasn't. where are you on what you expect of your colleagues versus the president? >> the president today has the authority. there's two authorizations that this president has the authority to do what needs to be done. if the president needs anything more, he'll find open arms inside of congress to help him with that. just on the floor today before the president speaks we'll be voting in a bipartisan manner.ç democrats and republicans will enjoy putting new sanctions in place. we'll have new sanctions against iran because of what they're doing in missile testing. the world is becoming less and less safe. every morning you see on the news, a new disruption. i think we have to get together and have a strategy to defeat isis and make this world safe.

>> the president has said that this will be, at least michelle kosinski has reported this will be less of a laundry list. as much as looking back at what he has accomplished. one the things it appears he would trumpet is the economy, that he has been able to bring the economy back from the brink, that he inherited it. the latest jobs report as as you know, very strong. do you give the president credit for that? >> if i look at the median household income, it's lower today than it was in january 2000. i don't think there's a lot to trumpet there. it's up 1.9% from 2009. how much do you want to be able to weigh that? there's 94 million americans that are out of the work force. so i don't think it's something to trumpet. i think it's something we can work together on to find economic prosperity, find an ability to move this economy in a much stronger manner.

>> let's talk about the gop race. i am here in iowa where the race is incredibly tight on both sides of the aisle. what do you think of donald trump raising whether or not ted cruz is eligible to be president? >> i think ted cruz's mom is an american. that answers the question. >> so for you, he is eligible and the fact that he was born in canada is a nonissue? >> no, foot nor me. his mother is an american and there's no doubt about that. >> so which candidate are you leaning towards? >> i have not endorsed any. i want to see the ideas move oud i think it's still going to be a little early. i think new hampshire is really the state republicans start to focus in. after that, you go into s.e.c. tuesday as they like to call it. that's when it's really going to start to shake out. right now, a lot of people thought donald trump would fall behind. he's still in the lead.

iowa is different than the other states. iowa is a caucus. it means about organization. if you put this on the democratic side, remember, eight years ago, hillary clinton was stronger than she is today. she won california, she won texas and she won new york no. but she did not win the nomination. she lost every state that had a caucus. i know we focus a lot on the republican one but i think the democratic campaign is closer than people are giving it attention. i think ours will start to shake out after new hampshire. >> it is close here. i mean, the democratic side is within the margin of error. something interesting is happening in new hampshire that i wanted to ask you about. john case sick now tied for second. john casish has moved up. he does appear to have momentum and he's tied with ted cruz for second. donald trump is still first there in new hampshire. that seems to be the clash of the establishment candidates versus the outsider that we heard so much about in this campaign season. do you think that the

establishmeestablish ment candidates still stand a chance this year. >> john kasich, he balanced the budget when he was in congress, he transformed ohio. i'd take a second look at john kasich. new hampshire has always been a place, that's where john mccain came back and where ronald reagan grabbed the microphone, said i paid for this microphone and started coming back. i think it will make a major difference this time as well. >> it sure is. congressman kevin mccarthy, thanks for joining us on "new day." >> thanks for having me. the president's final state of the union airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. coverage begins at s at ç7:0 here on cnn. a programming note, later this afternoon i sit down with hillary clinton for a wide-ranging interview, catch our interview on "erin burnett

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our journey goes forward. the state of our union will always be strong. >> as citizens of these united states. >> god bless you. >> president obama's final state of the union address. coverage starts tonight at 7:00ç tonight will be different. that is what we are told from the white house as the president prepares for his final state of the union of address. it will of course be tonight. here's the clock on the bottom of your screen. note down to the second. what is he going to try to do in his final year in office? we hear this is going to be as much about you and what he wants you to know and do as any plans he has for congress. let's discuss. josh earnest, white house press secretary with us this morning. good to see you, mr. ernest, as always. >> good morning, chris. >> let's set the mood of the country, my friend. people satisfied, dissatisfied? troubling numbers. 72% dissatisfied. how will tonight be different?

>> well, chris, traditionally with the state of the union address, the president will come before the country and talk about the progress we've made over the last several years and walk through the president's to do list for the year ahead. the president has a lot he can talk with when it comes to accomplishments over the last seven years as a country. the president does want to 'do try to do something different. he wants to talk about the broader issues that will be debated not just in this upcoming election but will be debated in elections for the next 20 years or so. the president will start with the economy. the fact is right now we have an economy that is being changed dramatically through technology. that is spreading prosperity in unimaginable ways but is also displaying workers. they're displacing workers in a variety of sectors. the question is what are we going to do to orient our government and broader social

contact to make sure we successfully confront the challenges posted by new technology and make sure we capitalize on the tremendous opportunities that are available. certainly part of this is the affordable care act. but there's certainly more we can do. those are the things that will not be resolved in the next election. our leaders hermç in washington d.c. focus beyond the next election and start talking about our ability to meet these difficult challenges. >> the criticism will be that it is good for him to avoid making any big promises at the state of the union. not only because he's in what they call the lame duck year but he doesn't have a great record of getting big things done that he announces in the state of the union. if we put up a graph of what's been compiled in terms of big promises as the state of the union versus getting things done. 2009 you had gitmo, it's still open. john mccain on this show said he's waiting for plans from your staff on how they can close it,

afghanistan troop wrauithdrawal. you had the two free years of community college. that proposal wasn't accepted. you put to the aca, obamacare. the big narrative is you said we could keep our doctors. you lied we said you could keep our plans and you lied. where did you see the big wins for the administration. >> take a look at what's happened in the last couple of months. we got a compromised budget proposal that funded our propo e propos proposals. we authorized the export? import bank. we locked in funding for the transportation project for five years. before that there were 50 some odd short patches. there is more funding we need to

that will be good for the economy. the president succeeded in completing an international climate deal at the end of last year. that will be good for the future of our planet and economy, too. there's a global market for the kinds of renewable industries that our economy is growing faster than any other. we succeeded in securing an international agreement from obtaining iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. they weren't able to muster a vote to announce their3 disapproval for this agreement. we're moving forward with implementing that agreement. we're working to normalize relations with cuba. that's going to be good for our economy and our national security. we are certainly working to make some progress. we're doing that even in the face of a republican majority in congress that doesn't want to do anything, other than do what they did at the end of last week, which is vote for the 55th time to repeal the affordable care act.

so fact is we're seeing record signups through the affordable care act. that's spread health care security for more than 18 million americans who have access to health care that they didn't have before the affordable care act went into effect. >> you're going to have the policy part of tonight and the personal part. many are wondering what president obama is going to make an appeal seeing better out of washington, asking for better and the president making it more personal seems to be a trend. certainly saw that with the demotion about gun violence in this country. then we have what just happened in the joe biden interview with gloria borger. let me play this. this is a story unlike any i've ever really heard in political relationships, let alone between president and vice president. listen to what vice president biden just said. >> i was having lunch with the president. he's the only person i confided

in all along besides my family. i said, my concern is, i said if beau resigns he has no -- there's no -- nothing to fall back on, his salary. i said i worked it out. but jill and i will sell the house. we'll be in good shape. he said don't sell that house. promise me you won't sell the house. he's going to be mad at me saying this. he said i'll give you the money. whatever you need. don't, joe, promise me. promise me. i said i don't think we'll have to anyway. he said, promise me. >> president obama, josh, often gets remarked on for hisç cerebral qualities, being mild, not getting too high and too low. this will come as a big surprise to people. how does this square with the man you've come to know as president? >> well, you know, chris, the president certainly does take a cerebral approach that he knows how to confront the difficulties

concerning our country in a rational way. the president has to start in public service by being a community organizer, by working with people in communities that had been left behind by our changing economy. that starts by building relationships with people. obviously the president and the vice president have developed the kind of personal relationship that transcends their professional response billions. they've worked closely over the last seven or eight years on a variety of topics. they've legitimatically become good friends. i think when the president delivered the eulogy at beau's funeral, he wasn't just speaking as president of the united states, he was speaking as a close friend of the family. i don't know what impact that has on their collective ability to run the country but i do think this sort of shows a side of president obama that a lot of people in the public don't have

the opportunity to see every day. >> i'll tell you what, though, even being president of the united states is only a term of eight years. a friendship is often a term of life. josh earnest, thank you very much for being with us. good luck tonight. we look forward to hearing what the president says. >> no problem, chris. i appreciate the opportunity this morning. >> always a pleasure. the president's final state of the union airs tonight at 9:00 eastern, coverage here on cnn begins at 7:00. mick? el chapo back behind bars after a raid in mexico. what will it take to have him extradited to the u.s.? who will get their hands on him? we'll take a look at all that. the gillette mach 3 turbo still feels better after 10 shaves than a disposable on it's first. mach 3 blades have twice the coatings. for a closer shave with zero redness. get an incredible experience shave after shave after shave.

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well, el chapo is off the streets. where he goes from here is not entirely clear. mexico started the process of extraditing the drug lord. seven different court districts here in the u.s. want to get their hands on him. including new york, miami, chicago and san diego. where will the former fugitive wind up? v8prosecutor joining us now.

the legal team on his side have fired all sorts of motions to try and delay this. how soon do you think it is realistic to see guzman here in the states? >> well, good morning, michaela. how are you this morning? >> very well, thanks. >> let me just say this, it will depend on him and his legal team. mexico, there's no way mexico can really extradite him based on any requests from the department of justice or the u.s. without going through the process in mexico. there's no waiver of extradition. he can't necessarily even waive that extradition. it really depends, he cannot contest it and basically go through the process and come back and they can make numerous challenges which we've seen in many prior cases that could take years for the person then to officially be extradited to the united states. >> beyond the legal maneuvering,

what all is at play here in i understand mexico is a couple years away from a political presidency election. you have the seven jurisdictions here in the united states that are interested in pressing charges. tell us the bigger picture of all of the maneuvering. >> well, the first thing is, the u.s. needs to make a decision to which district it's going to go, which federal district it's going to go. >> okay. >> my understanding is so far, the western district of texas and the southern district of california are the ones that have officially filed something. but that doesn't mean that other districts can't then eventually file their documents, have them proceed. there's a thing call the the rule of specialty which basically means, basically it says whatever he gets extradited on, that is the only thing that can be charged and prosecuted

and the location it can be prosecuted in the united states. >> meaning they can't add on after the fact? >> that is correct. thereç is a waiver. it's rarely used. it's not that common. there is -- you could ask the host country, meaning, in this case, the united states could ask mexico for a waiver to the rule of specialty and mexico would have to agree to that. traditionally once he gets extradited, those are the charges that stand. >> beyond this one man, are there reverberations this could have, his capture and arrest, could this case get bigger down the line? >> well, you mentioned something just recently about, a few sections ago, there is a little campaign in -- there's a new presidential election in 2018. while that's two years away, there's really -- mexico is

moving towards a new system. they're changing their accusatory system, many aspects of their criminal justice system. there could be repercussions how they do their due process in mexico. however, one of the things we need to keep in mine, a lot of these cartels, when a person gets extradited, they don't disappear, they fraction and part themselves. what ultimately happens is you see different fractions as they try to get the different pieces. >> juan masini, we'll have to have you back. this sounds like it will take time and due process. thanks for joining us on "new day" today. alisyn, back to you. thank you, michaela. not long ago ben carson was on top of the polls here in iowa. 134g has happened.

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welcome back to "new day." i am in iowa where the first presidential contest is just 20 days away. dr. ben carson was a one huff time leading in iowa but he has seen his numbers dip considerably. what's going on with his campaign? dr. ben carson joins me now by phone. good morning, dr. carson. >> good morning, alisyn. >> great to have you with us. we'll get to the retooling of your campaign as well asç your poll numbers in a moment. first, your announcement today. you are unveiling a new foreign policy plan this morning. you've just released it this hour. i have a copy of it right here in my hot little hands. very quickly, can you take us through what is new and different in your foreign policy plan? >> as you know, last week we released our tax plan. we'll be releasing lots of

different plans. and this is the prescription for a stronger, safer america. i thought it was very important to release this now. because at the state of the union address tonight we'll be given a rosie picture of what's going on. and the fact of the matter is, you know, america is now at great risk. our adversaries no longer fear us, our allies don't trust us. we have to bring our strength back. that's so important. i'm talking about the many elements of a strong er and cler and credible foreign policy, a vibrant economy. if we don't have a vibrant economy, we don't have the wherewithal to strengthen ourselves. we have a navy that's at its smallest size since 1914, air force smallest since 1940.

we have low morale, 14% decreasing in people volunteering for military service. 22 veterans committing suicide every day. to try to pain the this as something that is good is not right. and it's not just the obama administration. this is something we've been leading up to for fight some period of time. it's time to really make that break and to strengthen our military and stop leading from behind, establishing the kind of relationships with the people who used to trust is who no longer trust us. when we made the iranian deal, it was like stabbing in the back. the people who have been aligned with us for a long period of time.ç what are they thinking now? what are they thinking in bahrain and omen and qatar, saudi arabia, united arab emirates. that's when we turned our back on israel and other people.

these are things that will have to be changed. this is part of strengthening ourselves and presenting a new picture. >> pone wf the things you've talked about, you believe there have been draconian budget cuts to the military. you want to turn that around. that was a result of sequestration which the republicans in congress pushed for and the president fought against. how would you get congress to go along with you if you want to beef up military spending considerably? >> just because republicans went along with it, doesn't make it right. we have to understand that if we don't get the military right, almost nothing else matters, particularly in the world we live in now where we have radical islamic jihadists who want to destroy us. they're an existential threat to us. one of the key things is communication. we need to talk. we need to put everything on the

table right now. we have an administration that doesn't really talk to the democrats. what happens when people top talking? it's like when people get divorced, they stop talking. i think if we open that dialogue again and make the dialogue public, so the people see who's talking, who's in favor of them, who is not, and stop taking things off the table. tonight, for instance, at the state of the union, they've invited members of c.a.r.e., the council for american islamic relations. these are people who i have called for an investigation of. they have done things that are clearly, you know, not pro-american. we can't now sitç there and sa these are buddy buddies of ours, let's go ahead and investigate the thing. if they are our buddies, let's

put that clearly out there. if they're not our buddies, let's not be giving them access to the ability to further okay are on what they call a civilization jihad and to change us from a christian foundation to a muslim foundation. we have to be smart about that. >> you have seen a significant drop in the early voting states in new hampshire and iowa. i'll put up the graphic. in new hampshire you've gone from 16% to 3%. in iowa, 10% to 7%. what went wrong in your mind? >> well, first of all, let me correct your numbers. the latest iowa poll i've gone from 9% to 11%. we're on the way back up. there have been a lot of events that have occurred. there's been a narrative that a person like me couldn't possibly

be commander in chief in these difficult times. we're in the process of exploding that narrative. you know, i challenge people. you know, if you're concerned about my foreign policy somethi. something me isnsomething about foreign policy and listen to what the answers are. and we're fighting that and we're going to continue to fight that. and unfortunately we can only be in one place at a time so i can't spend as much time in new hampshire and i realize that is going to hurt me. and hopefully as time goes on, you know, we can put more emphasis there. but right now a lot of emphasis in iowa. we're getting in front of a lot of crowds. huge crowds. last night we couldn't comedy everybody. we had to do two town halls.

and people have said thank you. pause when i talk to you in person my goodness is perception is completely different than what people have painted. that is the challenge that we have. we're working on it. the organizational changes that we did. is primarily we needed execution. we needed the ability to do things. you are already seeing since we've done that things coming out. clarifications being made. surrogates being able to get out and explain. all of these are part of a successful campaign that was not there before. it has been correct and i believe it is in time. but we will see. >> so you do have this new campaign manager. you have a new foreign policy advisor. you say it makes you more responsive. what will we see differently now? >> you will see a lot more pep in my step because i don't have such a weight on my shoulders now. and i think people already are starting to notice a lot more

energy. and i think you will see that during the debates on thursday. i'm actually looking very much forward to that. >> what is your plan for the debate? how will we see more pep in the step? >> well you are going to see, you know, me not being quite so polite as to never say anything unless somebody asks me something. i will incinerasinuate myself wt needs. and i think you will see more energy behind the responses because again i don't have that weight on my shoulders now. i have a very vibrant organization that truly provides the kind of information and the help that is needed. because recognize that it is not about me. it is not about any other candidate. it is about a team. and it is about the ability to utilize the multitude of talents

that exist in this country in order o change the direction that we're going in. the american dream is in danger. as you probably note, the current generation is the first one in the history of america that many kids will not enjoy a higher standard of living that be their parents. these are things we must correct and we must correct them now. >> dr. ben carson, we appreciate your previewing that. thanks so much for being on "new day." >> always a pleasure, thank you. well authorities in italy vowing to find the person who killed an american woman in florence. but we're talking to amanda knox's former lawyer. could italian investigators already have harmed the case?

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there is growing international interest in the murder of florida native ashley olsen. hear to share concerns and perspective criminal attorney and former prosecutor. good the see you again. let's talk about ashley olsen. what are you concerns about what you understand so far. >> first just the investigator. the same lead investigator in

the amanda knox case. that is a huge concern when you look at can you trust the messenger. and the italian circuit court said that investigation had stunning flaws and glaring errors. that is number one. also we have a situation where there is a lot of jumping to conclusions. i saw this morning in reports police had said something about her bringing someone home for sex. the boyfriend's been exonerated but there was no forced entry. her dog was found unharmed outside. and you usually look at someone like that from the get go. and will this be an endless case like the amonday knox case? >> and why is he on the force as far as you understand it. and secondarily look at how

america treated amanda kn. answer those two questions. >> first the evidence was contaminated compromised and inadmissible. i don't know why he's still on the force. let alone on another case like this with this kind of magnitude. so that is number one. number two, women in these cases. amanda knox, foxy knocksy. the she devil. a vixen, wanted. orchestrated a sex -- where did that come from? she was vilified in that way. and in the ashley olsen case are we already seeing signs at looking at her under the kind of madonna "whore" type of terminology. but these women are portrayed in a light that is quite different than the way they are.

>> and we are hearing there are no suspects. it is early in the case. but your concern is they are ruling out people for the wrong reasons and they may rule people in for the brong reasons. >> absolutely. i couldn't have said it better myself. that is exactly what's happening and what you need to do is be objective but you can't be when you are already portrayed your victim or suspect a certain way which may be wrong. second, if there is a problem with this investigator, everybody said there was a problem uniformly with the investigation in this case. there was a problem with evidence taking forty some odd days. a knife transported in a shoe box that didn't have any dna at all that would mamp to this case. you can go an and on about the flaws in this case. the crime scene tapes were

stunning in terms of the ineptitude of this investigation. why say deja vu all over again in this case. >> and the important point will be why is this being handled in this way. there is an american involved. there is intrigue involved. ann brain stwe looking for to g your perspective. alisyn is in iowa and about to talk to hillary clinton where the presidential race is, so the presidential race is, so gets get to it. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

this is "new day," with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. good morning everyone. welcome to your new day. chris and michaela are in new york. i'm here in iowa where later i will be sitting down with hillary clinton. clinton is in a tighter battle than expected with bernie sanders. and sanders is ramping up rhetoric, claiming that clinton's campaign is in serious trouble. aisle talk to her about that. in a minute we'll hear from john

kasich who is surging in new hampshire and we'll also bring you revealing interview with vice president joe biden. first back to new york and chris. >> the number now at least nine killed after a powerful explosion rocked a popular square in turkey. popular with tourists near the capital's famous blue mosque. the question now was this a terror attack? was this the work of isis? live in istanbul, what do we know now. >> reporter: that attack just a few hundred meters behind us. this is the core of istanbul's tourism district. if you are coming here this is going to be one of the main places, if not the top place on the list of areas you are going to be visiting. what we do know at this stage, the explosion happened at 10:15.

it was a suicide bomber, according to the country's president, an individual of syrian origin, born in 1988. at this stage, no direct ties made to isis. no claim of responsibility but a lot of suspicion they were potentially responsible for this. according to the deputy prime minister, a significant number of those nine who were killed were in fact tourists. this is a devastating blow. not just for those who have lost loved ones, who don't have to deal with the consequences of this violence and their lives but also as it comes to turkey who's been graping with the terrorist threat and security concerns on numerous levels over the last months. we've seen significant events happening here and the government blaming them on isis and this is just another

indication how vulnerable the country really is at this point in time. >> okay. bring us all of the developments as you get them there on the scene. back to politics now, candidates on both sides of the aisle sharpening their attacks just 20 days before the caucuses. let's begin with senior political correspondent brianna keeler. let's talk it. it is a tighter race than expected. is hillary clinton's campaign nervous? >> i think so. i think it is evident in just how much she's stepped up her attacks against bernie sanders who i should add is pretty gleeful about the state of the race here in iowa. the clinton campaign will say look, we've said all locke this was going to be a very tight race in iowa. also new hampshire. i will add i don't think they thought it was going to be quite this tight. but at the same time the clinton campaign pretty confident they have the ground game they need. the volunteer, the organizers to get voters to the polls and

caucus goueers out here this io. >> in a head to head clinto clinton/sanders match up the latest polls say it is a tight race. last night the virtually tied democrats were pressed on multi cultural issues. secretary clinton taking a new stance against dhs raids, not ruling out the deportation of children. >> what i don't like are the mass round ups and the raids. and that should end. >> the neck and neck candidates spent monday facing off in the hawk eye state. >> think hard about the people who are presenting themselves to you. and particularly for those of us who are democrats, their electability. >> pointing to recent iowa and new hampshire polls showing them outperforming clinton against trump and cruz.

>> we are doing a lot better than hillary clinton disease. in terms of electability i think democrats might want to look at bernard as the candidate. >> and boasting monday night that the clinton camp is running scared. >> have you noticed lately she's been getting more aggressive with you? >> yes. >> why sta? >> i don't know. >> you tell me? >> it could be that the inevitable candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable to date. >> secretary clinton admitting the 2016 election so far has been chock full of surprises. >> -- that bernie sanders cannot win the presidency? >> i don't -- anybody can win. this is a -- who would have thought donald trump would be leading in national polls? for those of you who ever thought about running for president, take heart. i mean -- [ laughter ] >> and in the final days here before iowa, hill clinton tried

to stand out on two issues. inequality and on guns. she's proposed a 4% surcharge on people earning $5 million or more. and is picking up a key endorsement from the brady campaign today to prevent gun violence. >> targeting hillary clinton and looking for the chance to face her in november. athena jones is live with that part of the story for us. >> reporter: one of the things donald trump seems to really enjoy and has shown he's good at is needling people. poking fun at candidates, candidates spouses. other famous folks. last night his target was hillary clinton. take a listen. >> if i win and she wins it is going to be the largest voter turn out in the history of the country and that is a good thing. because people don't vote that much in this country. so that would be an amazing thing. i'm beating her easily and substantially and i'm winning

against hillary one on one. and i haven't even started on her yet. although last week i did a little -- [ laughter ] >> now he may be right on the first point. a trump-clinton face-off would bring out a lot of new voters. on the other hand one recent poll shows clinton ahead of trump. and about even in new hampshire. so it is not clear he would beat her easily has he says. in other news. fox released the line up for the main stage. you can see the seven candidates invited to participate in the primate debate. you can see that x there over rand paul's face. he told our own wolf blitzer yesterday he won't attend that second tier debate with fox saying that fox made a mistake in not including him in the first tier because he's a top tier candidate alisyn.

>> okay. athena. there you go and something else interesting is going on in new hampshire. ohio governor john kasich is now tied for second place with marco rubio. i spoke with governor kasich about his new momentum and the race. hi governor kasich, thanks so much for being on "new day," great to see you. >> thank you. >> okay. so there is a new poll out i'm sure will be music o your ears. a monmouth poll finds you tied for second place in new hampshire with ted cruz. how do you explain your new momentum there? >> well, you know, alisyn we've been plugging away. and i've been telling the media that it was some point we were going to break out into the open. and i think it is kind of happening now. i've done over 50 town hall meetings. we have a great campaign, the behest of all the candidates and

i've argued all along the things i represent, experience, unity, job creation, these things at the end are going to matter. i understand i'm in second and not in first but, you know, it is good to be in that position. and we'll see what happens. as the long way. it is another 27 days think until that election. and i don't think we're going to really know who wins new hampshire until election night. but if i win that, i'm going to predict to you -- i'm going to predict here if i do well, if i'm a story out of new hampshire, a big story, i believe i'll be the nominee. >> that is a bold prediction governor. but there is more good news for you. fox business network just announced their line up for the next debate which will b thursday night. and you have made the main stage. that's got to feel good. was that a surprise? >> well i sort of felt we were rising. and you have to remember. i'm like the engine that just eeps going. nobody thought i would get in.

think debate think i'd raise the run. and this is going to be my sixth debate and i'm beginning to believe that contrary to what the media says, i really believe that real experience as a reformer, fighting the establishment, bringing about change, matters to people, particularly when people think they have been ripped off. that nobody listens to them. that the rich and the special interests call the tune. they never have with me. and they never will. >> but governor it is not just the media that has labelled this the antiestablishment year. that is what the legion of donald trump fans are saying. that they want an outsider. >> yeah. >> that is what ted cruz fans are saying, karly fear thaiorif. this is how voters feel. >> i understand. i'm just saying there is a lot of prognosticators out there and. if i listened to the prognosticators i'd have been out of the race months ago.

what can i tell you is look, i was involved in changing the welfare system, balancing the federal budget, taking oh from a devastating situation giving everybody a chance to rise and i can tell you you don't get that done by bullying, you get it done with certain skills. you need to know how to bring people together. we have to have a strong agenda. and whether i'm the nominee or president or not. if you want this country fixed, you got to pick somebody who understands how to move that system. that is my message. i'm not changing it. and if it doesn't work, but i think it will. >> you are predicting if you win new hampshire then you will be the nominee. i also heard you make another prediction. you're putting all of your eggs in the new hampshire basket. and you said that if i get smoked there, i'm going to cry and i'm going to go home. so basically you will say you

are taking your parting gifts and going away if you don't do well in new hampshire. >> now look alisyn. i'm on the ballot in 30 states now. i've got the best organization in mississippi. we're coming on in alabama. what i'm saying to you is i don't want to string people along. i have to do well there, because i'm unknown. and what new hampshire would do for me is give me the name recognition and people would begin to hear who i am. i believe we're going to do extremely well and be one of the stories out of that state. if we come out of there strong i believe we're going to have momentum that could take us all the way to the nomination. >> donald trump has been questioning ted cruz's birthright citizenship, whether or not he's a natural born citizen, do you think ted cruz is a natural born citizen of the

u.s.? >> i'm sure that he is and i don't really care alisyn. we've got so many problems. we've got people who's wages are frozen. income inequality. people who live in the shadows with mental illness or drug addiction. wife got to help our community to rise. and -- we've got to help our community to rise. i'm really not interested. i've got too much i want to say positively to get america moving again than spend my time talking about where the heck ted cruz was born. i'm not interested. >> we appreciate you coming on "new day" and sharing your positions with us. nice to see you. >> always, always really great to be with you alisyn. i hope we can do it again. thanks. >> okay. so later this morning i sit down with hillary clinton for a wide-ranging interview. and you can catch our full

interview tonight on erin burnt out front. and tomorrow of course right here on "new day." it is an interesting time. 20 days out. to talk to hillary clinton. >> very good to finally have her on the show. we all look forward to that. so as alisyn has been telling us all morning the 2016 candidates are pounding the pavement. president obama is nearing the finish line. this will be his last state of the union address and he's promising a non traditional one. said he's going to try to ease the anger of voters. wow. michelle kosinski live with a preview. that is a tall order. >> it is. this being the president's last state of the union address and this being the one time in the year he has this huge audience, you know, you would expect that of course he and the white house want to make this one memorable.

not that the others weren't. but this one more than usual. and that is why you have been hearing words out there like "non traditional." although now some are saying they wouldn't necessarily use that word describing this. it is after all going to be a speech. sorry it is not a musical performance or interpretive dance or anything you might have hoped for but we have seen the white house use some unusual methods already. they have enlisted entities like amazon, google, genius, youtube and snap chat. and they tweet you had out this preview. >> i want us to be when we walk out this door say we couldn't think of anything else that we didn't try to do, that we didn't shy away from a challenge because it was hard, that we weren't timid or got tired. >> not sure what to make of that organ music. but we do know that this speech will not be longer but shorter

than usual. and the president doesn't want to use pages and pages to go over his past accomplishments. he says he wants to look well into the future and focus on as he put it the big things affecting americans. and the tone, the white house said expect this to be extremely optimistic, upbeat. he wants to urge americans not to --. this is about the. >> you can see some strategy at play here. he's in the final year. wh michelle, thank you. president obama's final state of the union address is tonight, 9:00 eastern.

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in the current political climate it is at least refreshing to hear from vice president joe biden because there is never any question about the distance from what he says and what he actually means and certainly that is true when it collins to the son of his death, bo. gloria borjer got a really great opportunity to speak with the vice president about what he's gone through personally and what he sees politically. take a look. >> how are you? >> i'm good. look i miss him every day for god sake. i mean this was -- he was my

soul. hunter is my heart. he was my soul. and my daughter is my comfort. i mean, it is interesting, you know. you had more than one child. they all -- you know, you love them all equally approximabut t have a slightly different relationship. and beau was my soul. he was the little boy who was six but 30. and i think about them all the time but i try to focus on what we have and by the way. my two grandchildren, his two children are beautiful and smart and i see them all the time. so everybody is -- everybody's life is incredible. halle is like my daughter.

so, you know, we're just focusing on -- you know, anyway. i'm talking too much about me. i apologize. >> no that's all right. let me ask you about your next big thing. which is cwhich is the moon sho for cancer as you call it. what did you learn as the parent of a cancer patient about how realistic and achievable this moon shot really is. >> i learned two things. first when you have a husband, daughter, son, wife someone you adore you become as educate as you can as quickly as you can. player when it is a very serious form etc. i learned a lot about the mechanics of cancer and the delivery system ass and there a so many changes that are just on the cusp.

and then as i got into it more deeply i realized a lot of this is siloed. i've now met with over 200 oncologists and cancer research centers and philanthropists and i hope i can bring them all together -- >> let me ask you as we head into the state of the union. is there a moment you are going to remember with the president? >> well yeah there is one. he maybe embarrassed my -- we were having lunch and it was pretty clear beau was having trouble with his speech. and he still had three months to go, four months to go as attorney general. and my son, beau bide within us the most fastidious honorable guy, and i knew if he thought he was losing his cognitive ability he would resign.

thank god there was no cognitive impact but it was effecting his speech center. and i was having lunch with the president and he was the only guy i confided in all along in everything i felt with beau because i felt responsibility to do that so that he knew where i was, my thinking. and i said, you know, my concern is i said if beau resigns i said there is nothing to fall back on. his salary. i said i worked it out. but jill and i will sell the house, you'll be in good shape. he got up and said don't sell the house. he's going to be mad at me saying this. but he said i'll give you the money. he don't joe don't. promise me. and then aisle never forget the eulogy he delivered for beau. and when beau had a stroke, and

turned out it was the beginning of the glee blastoma. and he came running down the hallway. joe, joe, is he okay? and the love of family and his two children and my granddaughters are best friends. they vacation together. they play on teams together. all the time. each other's homes it is really -- it's personal. it is family. >> wow. gloria borjer joins us. gloria, look i know joe biden likes to open up but this was unusual. good for you. let me ask you something. this relationship as it stands now, how has it evolved over time if t all? >> well it really has evolved. there were times during this administration when i think

obama could have wrung joe bi n biden's neck. they disagreed on policy over the years. and they however have a close personal bond which i think we all watched or got a glimpse of after beau biden got sick. i do think he confided in the president to a great degree. i do think he confided in him when he was thinking about running for the presidency. and, you know, we all think of no draum obamma obama. and these people are polar opposites, chris, and i think what you see is a closeness

that's developed over last seven years that's very real. and i think that story and the humanity of that story and the closeness of it really kind of says it all. don't you? >> and, you know, it shows a side of the president that maybe you could argue even he doesn't want to show that often for whenever reason. but it is not the first time i've heard someone say that the president really reached out to them in a way that took them back. what do you expect we're going to see from the veep on the trail? do you think he's going to come out for anybody in particular? do so soon? and how ardently? >> look, he's not going quietly into that good night. he has his moon shot for cancer, which is really important to him, chris. obviously. i do think you are going to see him out there campaigning for the democratic candidate, no matter who it is. he created a bit of a stir to me yesterday with his comments about bernie sanders having fought for income inequality for

a long time and hillary clinton being newer to the game. . although he did take pains to say look she's got great ideas on it. i do think he's going to be out there. i don't think he's going to endorse anybody early. why should he. he's going let the process play out. he also made it clear he could support bernie sanders position the way he is on guns. so i think joe biden will be out there campaigning for whoever the democratic nominee is. and i don't think he's going to be quiet. i think that would be kind of impossible. >> he always says, "that's not why i'm alive to be quiet." take down of el chapo. did sean penn do in the drug lord? you will hear what mexican investigators are saying next.

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arriving in guadalajara. same day mexico's attorney general i shouldssued a stateme talking about the meeting. saying it was an essential element because we were following guzman's lawyer and the lawyer took us a these people and this meeting. sourcing telling el chapo tried to escape using a secret passage through the storm drains. yesterday they talked about the capture praising it at the same time acknowledging el chapo's arrest won't stop the drug cartel problem in this country. michaela? cnn money time. >> plummeting oil pricing sparking new fears this morning that this crash could cause bankruptcies for u.s. oil

producers. trading near $30 a barrel overnight. devastating for oil industry. and states that are tied to those revenues like north dakota and alaska. hillary clinton wants to separate multiple nares from more of their money. >> appreciate it christine as always. tonight's state of the union not expected to contain many policy requests but two top democratics are hoping the president will tackle one critical issue. the college debt crisis. there they are. the team of senators chuck schumer and elizabeth warren. they will join us next. stay with us.

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interesting news surrounding the state of the union and point of the purpose for president. he says i'm not going to really talk about what i want congress to do. i'm going to talk to you and that i'm optimistic about this year and we have to address the anger and hostility in this country. that is interesting. however democrats are hoping there are policy proposals in there. specifically at least something to help kids and families with paying for college. two of the senators of leading this charge on the democratic side new york's chuck schumer, elizabeth warren of massachusetts. senators thank you very much to be with this morning. senator warren. 2015 state of the union we heard the president say i want to make two years of community college free. i want to spend billions on it

over a bunch of years. he got no gop buy-in at all. how does he think things will be different this time. >> part of the thing about that state of the union is you really press the issues and say this is the agenda america needs to build a strong middle class. and a key part of that we now know is making sure that young people can get a college education without being crushed by death. and the president has the best platform in the world to make that argument not just to the american people because believe me the american people get it. to make that argument directly to the congress. the congress that can lower the industry on student loans that can help make college more affordable for our students, that could help our kids get a college education without getting crushed by debt. >> so senator schumer t president asks and the congress on the republican side says no. we deponent want to work with

you. we're not e even going to look at proposal. how do you bridge that gap. >> that is why what we're doing is a little different. we're in the midst of a whole national campaign called in the red. and in fact tonight ten senators will have as we're allowed a single guest to the state of the union and ten of us are having students who are crushed by debt. i have shaun mcallister, a bright young man from long island, goes to syracuse, in his junior year, already $30 thousand of debt. there are going to be a clambering on campuses of kids in college, parents who have kids going to college and kids who are already out of college who have used debt loans. and our our "in the red" campaign deals with all of those. the millennial, the new young voters are going to be crucial in 2016. and any party that ignores them does it t a its peril. we think the campaign can change

republican minds around to do something about this issue which effects every part of the count country. >> but it is not just about the problem. the problem is ridiculously real. people know it in every strata all across the country. paying for college is prohibitively expensive and a real burden for young people and really effects their ability to get in and their ability to do what they want with the rest of hair life and education. whether i'm saying is it doesn't get done --. senator shurm, heir reed announced he's going to step down. is that a position you are going to seek to fill? >> we're going to have to reach out to our republican colleagues. there are some of the hard right that will never. they don't want to compromise. they don't want to help in anyway. but there are some mainstream republicans we can reach out to. but the key is mobilizing the

public. the public is -- this issue is one of the top issues that effect people. and we think many of the republicans when we hear from their constituents and we have a campaign, next week we'll be introducing a legislative platform that deals with this. so we have real focus and we're going to get votes on this issue and i think there are going to be a whole lot of republicans, particularly frank think those who are up for reelection who are going to want to be supportive of us. >> is is the schumer had going to be in the ring? >> pardon? >> you heard me. >> i'm very flattered that my colleagues have given me support to secede harry reed when he steps down. if these things are blocked this time we'll be able to do them in 2017 with the majority. >> you know this is a big issue. how do you get it done.

>> we get it done because people across the country tell us to get it done. right now there are $1.3 trillion in outstanding student loan debt. college seniors in public universities, nearly 70% of them have to borrow money in order to graduate from college. this is not how america builds a future. we believe in the future of america, but we believe the way we do that is we invest in our young people. and that means bringing down the cost of going to college. instead of imposing a tax on people who are trying to get an education by saying you not only have to pay high prices college tuition, you have to pay interest rate on your federal student loans, that will produce a profit for the united states government? what we're here to say is that government is supposed to help those who are working hard to help themselves and that means our young people. i'll tell you exactly what we're going to get change -- how we're going to get change. not because it is going to be

started by the people here in the united states senate and united states house of representatives, it is going to be change from people all over this country saying we want a chance to build a future. and i want to be clear. it is not just people who are going to college and the mamas and the daddies and the grandmothers and the aunts. it is also everybody who cares about building a strong economy in country. do you realize that by 2020 if we sfa stay on the path we'll have nearly $5 million jobs in america that require a college floem and nobody the fill them. this is about building the future. >> probably the greatest problem we face in america is that the middle class is having a rough time hanging on. one of the top reasons is how expensive college is. and when people learn that those who are out of college are paying the government 7%, when interest rates are at 2 and 3%

they are going to be outraged. let people stand in the convey way of this. >> people know what the problem is. again it is about the confidence in the ability of the system down there to fix it. thank you very much. we also look forward to proposals to make the universities not charge so much. but for being on "new day." >> fascinating discussion there. iowa voters have just three weeks too decide who they want as their nominee? i sat down with some republican voters. which way are they leaning, next. "beth" by kiss

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the a iowa caucuses less than three weeks away. how do voters here feel? let's begin our latest installment of real voters, real choices with some real iowa republicans. joining us are chris, adam, and michelle. thanks for joining us this morning. let's talk about where you are all today. chris you are leaning towards donald trump. what do you like about him? >> i like that he's an outsider. i like that he's funding most if not all of his campaign with his own money so he doesn't owe anybody anything. i like that he's a negotiator. i like that you know exactly where he stands. >> that sounds good adam.

why don't you like that? you prefer ted cruz. >> well ted cruz has been a fighter on all the issues that mean anything to me, really. he's stood up for gun rights. he's stood up to defund planned parenthood. he stood up and filibustered against obamacare. he's raised more money than any other movement conservative candidate in the race. and the movement conservatives in the grassroots have never seen a campaign like his before. he's had over -- i think over 80 thousand volunteers nationwide, which is impressive for any candidate. he's just the most consistent conservative as well. >> michelle this would be your first time voting. yet you are undecided. what's taking you so long? >> i think it has to do with the diverse backgrounds so far. and i really want that candidate that is not only somebody that relates to me but somebody who i think will win a general

election at the end of the day because really that is the republican goal for 2016. >> it sounds like you are leaning towards marco rubio but what is your hesitancy. >> i'm just not 100 percent sold so far. i really want to make sure that person is going to win in 2016 and i really like what marco rubio has to say and i think that he relates really well be millennial voters but i also like some of the things ted cruz has to say and even donald trump with his outlandish statements kind of resonates so i think that is kind of exciting too. >> donald trump has been talking about whether or not truz is eligible. he's not sure that he is. what do you think of that line? >> well that is kind of the way donald trump operates. i think he's probably eligible to run. but -- >> do you think it's fair to bring it up? >> sure. anything's fair. >> anything's fair. in this race adam is everything fair game. >> sure. but going back to that point

donald trump also said back in september that he was completely fine to run for president. he was either right then, or he's right now. which one is it from trump. >> so you see some contradictions occasionally. >> sure. at that point ted cruz wasn't a threat or at least deemed a threat at that time. so i question his motivation. when it comes to the natural born citizen though, the clear consensus is if you are a citizen at birth and don't go through a naturalization process you are a natural born citizen. >> but he was born in canada. >> doesn't matter. geography has no bearing. john mccain was born in panama. >> but in a military installation\. my paint in challenging sma do you believe this could htrip hi hup. >> if there is i would say bring it. they can counter sue and say

obama was born to one u.s. citizen. >> in hawaii. >> doesn't matter. geography is irrelevant. >> okay. michelle, tell us what you think about the process. >> i think it's great to be able to participate. in 2012 i was able to attend and see the process but not vote. so i'm excited to have more invested in the process. >> chris, do you feel a different energy this year than before? >> well there are so many candidates running and i think you are getting so many opportunities to see them on tv and debating that it is exciting. it is exciting for the state of iowa. >> how many times have you gone out to see the candidates? >> i saw donald trump when he first came to des moines. i believe it was back in april at hoyt sherman. so i saw him very early on. >> well it is going to be very exciting. as i said you only have 20 days left but the candidates are

flooding the zone and ted cruz i think has had something like 28 campaign events in just the past 11 days. so obviously they are taking your votes very seriously. thanks so much for being was on "new day." we appreciate all that and remember to watch my interview with hillary clinton tonight at 7:00 eastern on erin burnett's out front and then of course tomorrow here on "new day" should be a very interesting conversation. see you tomorrow. ♪ you need a team... ♪ working together... ♪ doing all kinds of jobs. ♪ and the best place to find the job that's right for you is on the world's number-one job site.

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