that's good for new hampshire. it's good for the country. >> senator jeanne shaheen, who knows that state and just won 51-48, a very tough race there. who women in a row beat him in two different states. >> that's history. >> is he heading to maine? anyway, thank you very much. james pindell, thank you. please come back. >>> we've got the most memorable moments coming up next this is "hardball," the place for politics. go? i gotta go dad! okay! let's go go, go, go... woah! go right, go left, go left stop! now go... (shouting) let's go!! i gotta go! can i go? yup! you can go. (beeping alert) woah! there you go! way to go! lets go buddy, let's go! anncr: the ford fusion. we go further, so you can. this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the

about new hampshire.wo guys who did really poorly in our iowa poll, pretty significantly poorly were jeb bush and chris christie. neither did well in iowa at all. both did much better in new hampshire. do you see new hampshire as a must-win for those two? and if so, which of them is in a better place to pull off that victory at this point? >> i think it's a near must-win. it goes to what we were talking about with mark. jeb bush, as of this poll, looks in a stronger position. you take his first -- as a first and second-choice, he's up around 30, christie's around 18. his favorabilities are higher. i think he has more upside in new hampshire than chris christie does. and for christie he's got to win new hampshire. if he doesn't, he's rudy giuliani. i think jeb probably has to win but finish a strong second. >> polls a snapshot in time and jeb bush hasn't been in iowa and new hampshire to campaign. our polls both show that in both states there are some issues that for him, for some voters, they say are deal

. >> new hampshire foods.hat is the food that you have in new hampshire that presidential candidates need to know about? >> maple syrup is very important and to know that there are different grades of maple syrup. the lighter the grade is generally considered to be better maples are. that's one of the very important products and foods that we have. >> if hillary clinton decides to seek the democratic nomination what is the most important thing she can learn from her husband's example in new hampshire if she goes in campaigns of their? >> it is doing exactly what he did and what she did in 2008 when she was running. to engage with voters to know audiences too small or too large to talk to people, to debate and let people get to know her and what she believes we should do in this country in the future. >> you were a pretty darn good political operative. you are in the car. right before halloween. you are driving for the pumpkin festival. what do you tell the candidate? >> we don't want any student to get into tr

take chris christie in new hampshire. let's say he finishes a strong third in iowa and second to paul in new hampshire. that are so many candidates, so many ways to accumulate delegates. i don't see a lot of must-wins. >> in a word, yes. if rick perry comes in second, he has a past the nomination. -- past two -- pass to the nomination. i don't think there is a world where he finishes second in new hampshire and chris christie finishes second in iowa. i can imagine the path for those guys but in the real world given their weaknesses for one of the other two state, they have to win one of them, otherwise the momentum will not be there. >> people look at the rudy giuliani experiment. they say, he waited for florida. if you perform well even without a win and you talk to the media about a delegate accumulation strategy and you keep up enough momentum by closing strong, i don't think you need to win an early state. as long as you are accumulating delegates and raising money and performing well in terms of media i don't , think

well, let them come to new hampshire. [applause] my friends, we are the sons and daughters of the men and women who brought america through the depression and crushed fascism on two sides of the world. we ourselves are the men and women who won the cold war with communism. we can win the future and we can hand down to those who come after us a country as great and grand and good as the one that was given to us. but first we must take america back. so we are taking this campaign not just to republicans, and not just to conservatives. every american is invited to join, the middle-class of both parties, and of no party. this campaign is for the working class of both parties and no party. for the establishment that has dominated congress for four decades is as ossified and out-of-touch with america as the establishment that resides in the white house.

>> jeb bush has to win new hampshire. he will lose iowa.ou've got to win one of the -- particularly if you're considered to be something of a front runner and everything else -- if jeb bush loses new hampshire, they will get mitt romney back in the race. [laughter] >> boy. >> you've got it on tape. >> that was james carville at the museum in washington last night. whatever you think of the raging cajun's prediction, it raises a subject worthy of down -- of discussion. do we basically know the republican field? do we know the shape of it, or are there surprise entries yet to come? >> if jeb bush performs politically as well as he is performing in finance, i think we know the field. there are three people looming out there waiting to see if bush fails this year, or as carvel says, next year. one is romney, who i was amazed when he got out of the race. people just said, he's done. no. he is still looming. >> he left the door a little open. >> that is plan>> a. if rick santorum wins iowa and rand paul wins new hampshire, they a step the establi

i think the governor of new hampshire and the legislator of new hampshire, working with the school administrators and teachers and parents will come up with the right curriculum to make the students in new hampshire as competitive as they need to be. not a one-size-fits-all curriculum that comes out of washington dc. common core is bad public policy. [applause] i think the same thing can be said about health care transportation infrastructure, a whole host of issues. work -- if the epa were the be all in all, we would see in a story impact. we are seeing an extraordinary impact, jobs are being killed they want to see how to really make a difference. come to texas. look at what we did. look at the incentive programs we put into it place. give incentives to companies. shut down old and efficient power plants. replace them with natural gas. someone said one time on a debate, it is easy to be the governor of texas. that's like drawing four aces and think you are good at poker. it was a good line, but it is not true. what they are making reference to is that we have oil and gas. we do. but the fact is

new hampshire is a prime target for this. it is a critical primary election and its a state with an important precedent related to this issue. in june of 1999, john mccain went to new hampshire and made the system of corruption the focus of his campaign and the focus led to him winning the primary in new hampshire. but just before he had done that, new hampshire had a tie to this issue that was much more powerful than the people who continue to talk about it. the tie was this woman -- a woman named doris haddock who on january 1, nine to 99, started a walk in los angeles to cross the country to washington dc, 3200 miles. she began at the age of 88. she arrived at the age of 90 walking into washington, there were hundreds of people following her, including a lot of congressmen who drove out to the last mile, celebrating the incredible importance she had focused on addressing what was then for her the fundamental issue, the corruption of the system of campaign finance reform. the new hampshire rebellion seeks to revive this by

all eyes on new hampshire. told that immediately after mitt made his move on friday the jeb folks started to figure out how can we get true key operatives in that state, jim meryl and tom rath. both new hampshire pros. they stayed loyal. john i'm a john king guy so i'm going with the patriots. >> appreciate the loyalty. >> pandering is not okay in politics but it's fine here. i'll close with this. a bit of a fallout. won't be long before we do get a better sense of how governor romney's decision jumbles the competition for support in the first primary state. several i'll call them longer than long shots are heading to new hampshire over the next few weeks, including get your pen out george pataki of new york, jim gilmore and bob urlich. make it maybe it's getting easier to list those who are not testing the waters. rick perry is coming back to new hampshire and chris christie. new hampshire would be critical to the new jersey governor especially with romney on the side linings. with talk of a clinton coronation

. >> in new hampshire, yeah.veryone obviously knows who hillary clinton is, but keep in mind, in sort of this time, 2007, hillary clinton was polled in new hampshire 15 points up above barack obama, and yet she won -- it was a squeaker, it was a stunner, the polls going into the new hampshire primary had her -- >> she won barely. >> this time hillary will be herself, right? because she's going to be running against herself. >> and can i just say one thing to dana's point about the sort of dissemination of 275,000 e-mails. there's a flip side to this. one is jeb bush, jeb bush is a micromanager. okay if he's -- remember, we had jimmy carter who was assigning the tennis courts to people at the white house. do you want to elect a micromanager, so it could work against him. but on the other -- on the flip side of that, is that he hands down the gauntlet to hillary clinton and to every other republican saying, okay i'm for transparency, folks. i've shown you my stuff show me yours, right? >> and the last thing i want

in new hampshire or new jersey or florida or texas or california. straightforwardness and honesty is what it is. listen, in new jersey, i told you what a blue state we were. i got 48.5% of the vote. i don't is a conservative for four years -- governed as a conservative for four years. and what happened in that blue state? i ran for reelection against a female opponent, a state senator. i got 61% of the vote for reelection. i won by 22 points. won 51% of the hispanic vote, 22% of the african-american vote, up from 9% four years earlier. honesty and straightforwardness plays no matter what neighborhood you are in in new jersey, or what state you are in in america. that's the way you would do it. [applause] >> another question over here. >> governor, my name is wayne. i am a political science professor at new england conference. -- college. -- new england college. recently, i have seen a lot of veterans coming back to school. i think that is encouraging. i'm the son of a 100% disabled veteran. i've seen what happens when we don't take care of the veter

new hampshire is a prime target for this. it is a critical primary election and its a state with an important precedent related to this issue. in june of 1999, john mccain went to new hampshire and made the system of corruption the focus of his campaign and the focus led to him winning the primary in new hampshire. but just before he had done that, new hampshire had a tie to this issue that was much more powerful than the people who continue to talk about it. the tie was this woman -- a woman named doris haddock who on january 1, nine to 99 started a walk in los angeles to cross the country to washington dc, 3200 miles. she began at the age of 88. she arrived at the age of 90, walking into washington, there were hundreds of people following her, including a lot of congressmen who drove out to the last mile, celebrating the incredible importance she had focused on addressing what was then for her the fundamental issue, the corruption of the system of campaign finance reform. the new hampshire a million seeks to revive this by

. >> i'm sitting here texting with friends in new hampshire right now and it's 0-degrees in salem. new hampshire and a windchill of like minus 25. >> i was at pebble beach this weekend and people were actually complaining it was too hot. they had record-breaking highs in the 80s. when you're standing out there -- i know they department want to hear that -- didn't want to hear that but it was too hot out here. yes four record-breaking temperatures yesterday including 80 degrees in oakland. we've had four straight days of record-breaking heat. and now that is coming to an end.

but in new hampshire, rand paul jumps into the top spot with a 63% rating.iowa "the washington post" is reporting, that robert costa is reporting, that every gop contender is trying to win the state. on the democratic side of things hillary clinton continues to show an overwhelming lead in new hampshire, with 56% support. elizabeth warren is a distant second with 15%. >>> you didn't see ted cruz's name on any of the polls. the texas senator with 3% support. that may not stop him from jumping into the fray. he said on sunday he is looking at a 2016 run, quote, very seriously. and he used an appearance on nbc's "this week" to take a swing at another white house hopeful. >> look jeb bush is a good man. he's a good governor. i respect him. if he chooses to run it looks like he's going to he's going to have to make the case to republican primary voters concerning his record. concerning his support for common core. concerning his policies on immigration. i think we'll have a debate on that. >> cruz may have a point when it comes to bush's positions on common core

i am really happy to be back in new hampshire. i was here half a dozen times last year in 2014 to help support the candidacy of my and of my friend will in [applause] he was an outstanding candidate for governor. when i first started coming here, i got all kinds of flak and commentary from my own state. what are you doing in new hampshire? we know what you're doing. you are getting ready to run for president. i know the kind of man walt is. i let them keep talking about that and i kept coming. as chairman of the rga, i was proud to have our organization invest $3 million in walt's campaign. and we came just a bit short of victory. no where near the blowout some people in the press were predicting. when i watch what your governor is up to here now, presenting her budget, you need walt now more than you needed him last november. i love these politicians who run one way and govern another. i was up here a lot. imagine if she had campaigned on what she is now proposing. higher taxes, more spending, more employees in government and kin

the israeli prime minister due soon. >> new hampshire. new hampshire soon enough. >> little snowy. >> very snowy. i was up there briefly this past week. when you look at the landscape up there, we talk about a race that's wide open. i don't think we've ever seen a race in new hampshire as wide open as this. there is nobody anywhere above anybody else. somebody said you can throw a blanket over this field and they're all below 16 or 17%. no front-runner. wide open wild race ahead. >>> up in newspaper because if there was anyone who should receive the first david broeder reporting, it is dan balls, his former colleague. >> lisa. >>> in 2007 hillary clinton ran on her resume and experience. the result of that strategy, obama became the candidate for open change and she became the candidate of the past. her advisers have resolved to do it differently this time. we're getting a preview of that new message starting next tuesday when she addresses a conference of women in technology. there will be a series of events to follow before women's grou

new hampshire is a prime target for this. it is a critical primary election and its a state with an important precedent related to this issue. in june of 1999, john mccain went to new hampshire and made the system of corruption the focus of his campaign and the focus led to him winning the primary in new hampshire. but just before he had done that, new hampshire had a tie to this issue that was much more powerful for many of the people who continue to talk about it. the tie was this woman -- a woman named doris haddock who on january 1, 1999, started a walk in los angeles to cross the country to washington, d.c., 3200 miles. she began at the age of 88. she arrived at the age of 90 walking into washington, there were hundreds of people following her, including a lot of congressmen who drove out to the last mile, celebrating the incredible importance she had focused on addressing what was then for her the fundamental issue, the corruption of the system of campaign finance reform. what the new hampshire rebellion seeks to revive

and later, rick perry discusses immigration and economic issues with republican women in new hampshirecarly fiorina, former hewlett-packard ceo, who now chairs the conservative union foundation, spoke at the politics and eggs breakfast on tuesday. she says she is considering a run for the 2016 presidential nomination. the politics and eggs breakfast series dates back to 1996 and is hosted by the new hampshire institute of politics. it is almost an hour. [applause] >> thank you, neil. as some of you know, i spent several years in wisconsin as president of an institution before coming to new hampshire and we have a word for days like today, it is called summer. [laughter] it is my great honor to introduce our speaker. carly fiorina is the first woman ceo of hewlett-packard and the first to lead a fortune 500 company. she was named by "fortune" magazine as one of the most powerful women in american business. in 2010, carly was the nominee for the u.s. senate from california. she has been a member of many boards, including kellogg company, world economic foundation, and the united states c

they walked 190 miles in new hampshire and did i mention in january? it's totaled about 200 people across the course of the block reaching tens of thousands of new recruits in new hampshire that signed up to join the candidates to talk about this issue in the primary and reaching a million people in the state and around the state of new hampshire talking about and focus on this issue. there will be a four routes. it's to the citizens united. the objective here is to recruit 50,000 committed voters in new hampshire to ask this one question how are you going to end the system after option in washington and the theory is if enough ask that question and if the race is sufficiently competitive it creates an incentive and opportunity on the republican side and certainly and maybe too on the democratic side for the candidates to pick this issue up and if they take this issue up and make it an issue there is a chance that it becomes an issue in the presidential election. would that be enough? in my book the public lost i was skeptical that would be enough. i al

i think that the governor of new hampshire and the legislature in new hampshire, working with the school administrators and teachers and the parents, will come up with the right curriculum to make the students in new hampshire as competitive as they need to be, not a one-size-fits-all curriculum that comes out of washington d.c. common core is bad public policy. [applause] i think the same thing can be said about health care, transfer station -- transportation infrastructure. if the epa were that be all end all, we would see an externally impact. well we are seeing externally impact, jobs are getting killed. they want to see how to make a difference? come to texas. it is the incentive programs and we have put into place to move these diesel engines out of our fleet. shutting down old, inefficient power plants, replacing them with natural gas. someone said one time on a debate stage, it is easy to be the governor of texas. that's like drawing four aces and thinking you are good at playing poker. it was a good line, but it was not true. they were making reference to oil and gas. the fact i

[indiscernible] >> thanks for coming to new hampshire. >> my pleasure. >> i'm interested in learning about how conservative women can get involved. >> you talk to her. >> my new hero. [indiscernible] >> in terms the 11 million, could they be deported? >> i think that is not practical. i think we have to take a step-by-step approach. [indiscernible] >> you said you're giving very serious consideration to running. one of the factors? >> i'm looking at the team that we can build. i think those are things that other potential candidates are looking at. [indiscernible] he has encouraged me to run. frankly speaking, many republican voters do not know who i am. there is a lot of opportunity to meet people. i think is way too early to worry about the polls. i will continue to move around the country and have forms like this. >> thank you so much. [indiscernible] >> these are instagram pictures of cuba taken by the u.s. senate delegation. missouri senator claire mccaskill put these photos on instagram. the three spoke to reporters and have been out this morning. eric holder is scheduled to beg

he looked good in our new hampshire poll.ot of other candidates who can thrive on free media. who are going to go out there. they think they have nothing to lose by running. you could see a field of 12 in iowa. and no winnowing until people start losing races. >> what if jeb bush between his campaign and superpac raises over $100 million and no one else raises 25? >> i think it will be a very fluid race. everybody had their moment in the sun the last time around. >> even herman cain. >> even herman cain. but this time around, the field is so much stronger. we'll see a lot of fluidity. in the end, it will come down to, who is picking off the most delegates? someone coming in fourth or fifth place, are they racking up the numbers to where if a convention comes around, it's a brokered convention. >> that worked for barack obama in 2008. >> democrats should worry about the republican primary. this is going to be the greatest show on earth. they're beginning to look like the rainbow coalition. you may have two latinos, cruz and ru

after that perry speaks to republican women in new hampshire. carly fiorina who now chairs the american conservative union foundation spoke at a politics and eggs breakfast in new hampshire on tuesday. she has said she is considering a run for the 2016 republican presidential nomination. the politics and eggs breakfast series a dates back to 1996 and is cohosted by the new hampshire institute of politics and the new england council. this is almost an hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> i spent several years in wisconsin before coming to happy holidays and we have a word for days like today. it is culled summer. [laughter] >> it is my great oner to induce our speaker this morning. carly is the former c.e.o. of hewlett packardnd and the first woman to lead a fortune 50 company. before joining hewlett packard she was president of l under cent global and named by fortune magazine as one of the most powerful women in american business. in 2010, carly was the republican nominee for the united states senate from california

i think that the governor of new hampshire and the legislature in new hampshire, working with the school administrators and teachers and the parents, will come up with the right curriculum to make the students in new hampshire as competitive as they need to be, not a one-size-fits-all curriculum that comes out of washington d.c. common core is bad public policy. [applause] i think the same thing can be said about health care, transfer station -- transportation infrastructure. if the epa were that be all end all, we would see an externally impact. well we are seeing externally impact, jobs are getting killed. they want to see how to make a difference? come to texas. it is the incentive programs and we have put into place to move these diesel engines out of our fleet. shutting down old, inefficient power plants, replacing them with natural gas. someone said one time on a debate stage, it is easy to be the governor of texas. that's like drawing four aces and thinking you are good at playing poker. it was a good line, but it was not true. they were making reference to oil and gas. the fact i

new hampshire a long time away. >> mitt romney out of the race. new hampshire and iowa wide open.re negative things for jeb bush to be sure. his general election favorability is low. i think he's undervalued now as a front-runner even though he has trouble with the grass rot roots. he jumps up with second choice. we compared them on a range of issues. who would be better to beat hillary clinton? jeb bush. family connections, republicans in new hampshire say 59% say that's why he is where he is. only 31% say because of his quality. in the speech in detroit, he said when people get to know me. they won't think of me as my brother or my father. they'll thing of me as me. when he brings the conservative governing to work it's a big plus. >> a big challenge. trying to overcome the foegs that he's a legacy candidate. we asked what are deal killers? we had, for bush, 41% of republicans said that immigration, his hits on imfwrags was a deal killer for them. another 20 skt said his stance on common core. >> we heard ted cruz point out the issues to show jeb bush is not real conservative. >

with you here in new hampshire, but i began this day as i began my career of service to our nation in the company of united states naval academy midshipmen. whenever i see those young men and women, and think of their dedication and the purposeful careers on which they will soon embark, i am reminded of how lucky i was to have been one of them. so there is no more appropriate place for me to have begun this mission than annapolis. i do not announce my candidacy to satisfy my personal ambitions. my life has already been blessed more than i deserve. i don't begin this mission with any sense of entitlement. america doesn't owe me anything. i am the son and grandson of navy admirals, and i was born into america's service. it wasn't until i was deprived of her company that i fell in love with america. and it has been my honor to serve her and her great cause , freedom. i have never lived a day since that i wasn't thankful for the privilege. it is because i owe america more than she has ever owed me that i am a candidate for president of the united states. [applause] [applause] i run for pr

we hope that he returns to new hampshire many times. great success in whatever endeavor he chooses. help me lend a warm welcome, a grand state welcome to governor chris christie. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. it is good to be back. frank, thank you for your introduction. thank you most of all for your continued service, not only did people new hampshire, but to the country. i was happy to lend my support to frank and his races. he is exactly the type of person that we need down and washing team -- down in washington dc. i want to thank carrie and kathy. i want to thank state terror, jennifer horn. it was great to see jennifer again after being here many times before. thank you for your service on the national committee into our party. one thing i would like to make sure we do, i was talking about this to a number of folks i met with earlier today any of the veterans from the armed forces that we have a naughty, would you please and to be recognized from us. [applause] thank you for your service to our country.

i think the governor of new hampshire, and they legislature in new hampshire working with the schools, administrators teachers and parents will come up with the right curriculum to make the students in new hampshire as competitive as they need to be. not a one-size-fits-all curriculum that comes out of washington, d.c.. that is bad public policy. i think the same thing can be said about health care transportation infrastructure, a host of things. if the e by dish -- the epa, the jobs have been killed, but they want to see how to really make a difference. come to taxes and look at what we did. the incentive programs we put in place to move these old diesel engines out of our fleet and replace them. give him -- giving incentives to companies. replacing power plants with natural gas. someone said one time on a debate stage it's easy to be the governor of texas, that's like drawing four aces in poker. it's not true. they were making reference to the fact that we have oil and gas in texas and we do. but we are a very diverse state now. the texas of 1985 is not the tech as of 2015. the jobs

the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you. i applaud senator klobuchar for her comments and pointing out the real threat that we heard this weekend from al-shabaab against the mall of america. i heard a news report this morning about that. one of the things they talked about is the very good relations that the state of minnesota and senator klobuchar have built with the somali community. but her remarks just as those news reports underscore the fact that we have got to address fund for the department of homeland security. we're just days away from a shutdown a shutdown of the department whose mission is to protect the citizens of this country while we were under athreat of the a terrorist attack. what kind of message does it send to isis, to drug cartels if congress can't keep the department of homeland security open? because of the real and dangerous threats we face, we need to have our counterterrorism our intelligence and our law enforcement officials functioning at their highest level. i met this morning with a group of law

>>> we've got some neu policies from the key swing state of new hampshire. let's check the "hardball" scoreboards. there's some surprises here. hillary clinton would bead rand paul by seven points, but catch the rest of this. against scott walker her lead grows to 13. but look at this baby against jeb bush, the republican with arguably the highe name i.d., clinton's got him by 14 right now, which is winning. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. democrats think they can win back the u.s. senate in 2016. to do that they're trying to lure back names back into the political arena for come back bids. those that lost in the wave elections, when turnout was exceedingly low, they have a chance at winning in a presidential year when voter turnout is usually high. kay hagan lost a close one. mark beigh was close as well. former u.s. congressmen and congressman charlie crist. now back with our round table. i want to start with jonathan this time. do you think it is smart to go with the retreads? >> it depends on how the retreads lost. these are people who didn't lose b

this is about 50 minutes. -- 15 minutes. >> my friends, we come to new hampshire at a crossroads in ourountry's history. the long cold war between communism and freedom, in which many of us invested lives and careers, is ending. some of us thought we would never see the day that communism was defeated, and the empire of lenin and stalin dismantled. it has happened, and it is happening. by the grace of god, america won the cold war. [applause] but my friends, victory has not brought with it an end to history. beyond these shores, a new world is being born for which our government is unprepared, and we are unprepared. the dynamic force shaping that new world is nationalism. from ukraine to croatia, old nations are breaking up, new nations are being born. and as we americans have always stood for freedom and self-determination, we should not fear the future. we should be the first to welcome these new nations into the family of nations. [applause] for they all look to america as -- >> fight aids, fight back. fight aids, act up, fight back. >> be gentle with him. you know, very briefly -- y

it's amazing how many friends politicians tend to have in new hampshire and iowa. a few in south carolina as well. i mean i think -- you know i hate handicapping these things but i would be surprised if he runs. i know people have been part of the biden operation in the past. he's not doing anything organizationally with donors and such. i think he likes to stay in the mix. who wouldn't want to stay in the mix? so i say he's not going to do it if he gets cameras following him in iowa. >> scott walker the latest rising star in republican presidential hopes, turns out to be not ready for primetime, at least london primetime. let's take a look at how he gets laughed at for his handling of a question about evolution. >> are you comfortable with the idea of evolution, do you accept it? >> for me i'm going to punt on that one as well. >> no. really? >> that's a question a politician shouldn't be involved in one way or the other. >> any british politician, right or left wing would say yes, of course evolution is true. >> to me i said it's just one of those where i'm here

new hampshire. guest: it is good news for jeb bush. it is bad news that he is not running away with it. when george bush burst on the scene, he was not just the choice of establishment republicans, but conservative republicans, and grassroots republicans as well. that will not be the case for jeb bush. at some level, if he survives it will be a good thing for him. if he makes it through the primary elections, that will be a good thing. he has been off the campaign trail for a long time. host: let's give them one more call here. john. caller:

and new hampshire is different from iowa.hether it's same-sex marriage or raising the federal tax on wealthy or perhaps maybe it is even appealing obama care. >> you say that jeb bush would be the hardest to beat. i want to play fill in the blank. when you see the name scott walker as a potential gop presidential nominee, you think blank? >> he's a very good politician but he's done a lousy job as governor. wisconsin continues to have a lower employment rate than any other -- than most other states. he's incredibly divisive. it is true as robert said that he has won three elections in wisconsin. every single one of those was a low turnout election. he has not run in a national year where the turnout is big. so he's also incredibly untested as his visit to london showed. you're not going to see jeb bush making mistakes like that. jeb bush knows who he is and apparently so far he's not afraid to run as who he is even though his positions conflict with republican right wing orthodoxy, there's always a problem running against som

. >> the new hampshire primaries, one year from today and a familiar name is out front. bush. yes, an early poll finds jeb bush slightly ahead of other presidential hopefuls picked by 60% with kentucky senator rand paul a few points behind. however, new hampshire voters expressed some doubt about his position on immigration and education. new jersey governor chris christie ran a close fourth in the new hampshire poll speaking in iowa today. the polls find him not even close to that. many voters there are beginning to know who he is. almost 1/4 don't like him. when they get to know him. going to des moines after a rough week about a bobbled answer on measles vaccinations. >> president obama meets with german chancellor angela merkel today at the white house talking about the growing crisis in ukraine. merkel along with the leaders of france russia and ukraine set to meet wednesday to discuss a peace plan. the conflict has left 5,300 people dead with more than 200 people killed in the last three weeks according to the u.n. the powerball jackpot is expected to top $450 million in

it happened at the hampshire west amounts off new hampshire avenue. the manual first ex-- the man first exposed himself to a woman and went into an apartment building and attacked a young woman there. she was able to fight him off and is now telling her story. she says she hopes to keep it from happening again. >> he threw me on the floor and right there on the foyer. and then he ripped off my pants. and i started screaming and kicking because i'm not going to let anybody touch me like that. >> reporter: the way she reacted scared him off but an incredibly brave young woman there telling us what happened to her. montgomery county police say someone out there knows this manual. they know who -- man. they though who he is. if you know anything, give them a call. coming up in the next half- hour, i'm tell you what montgomery county police say about what this woman did, if she did the right thing or not. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >>> a former school contract worker is due in court this morning months after he allegedly groped a 12-year-old

there were two different roof collapses in new hampshire. on the scene of a roof collapse at a strip mall and even though they were buildings with brick facades and the captain had never seen anything like it, because we're talking about three consecutive weeks of heavy snowfall approaching a record season and certainly a record month for the boston area these roofs buckled and they caved in. 30 people were displaced at an apartment complex. there were several businesses that won't be opening up tomorrow or for quite some time and there's the concern, poppy, that as people are going back to work tomorrow into these office buildings especially small businesses that might not have had their roofs cleared over the weekend could be a dangerous situation if people are inside and the roof caves in again. >> gentlemen, thank you both for keeping us posted and stay safe there on the road will with your crew. we appreciate it. thank you all for joining me this evening. i'm poppy harlow in new york. stay with us for breaking news. coming up next "cnn

. >>> meanwhile the gop field in new hampshire is as wide open as ever. da governor jeb bush slightly ahead of the pack with an admittedly scant 16%. and while bush continues to lead in the polls. tomorrow the former florida governor will release the first chapter of his e-book and launch a website that features thousands of e-mails from his time as governor. >>> malika henderson is a report with the washington post. i've created my own score cards of where i think they are up and down and i want to see if you agree with my take. i'll start with scott walker who i think is probably in the strongest position right now to grow as a candidate. i have him up on the idea of the gop base. he hits the marks in terms of the far right. and in terms of anti-union and up in terms of the iowa media market being adjacent to his home state and i have down on the huge deficit he has going on in wisconsin. what do you think of walker's prospects? >> i feel you don't need me here because you have it figured out with the score card. but i think you are right. he has an esta

they got double digit support in iowa new hampshire and south carolina. ining me now to break it all down nbc news senior political editor mark murray and jackie kucinich of "the daily beast." good to see you both. mark start with you. what surprised you about the numbers? >> basically just how wide open it is craig. as you mentioned, seven people were getting double digit support in at least one of these states. kind of suggesting to anyone this is anybody's ball game. when you do break it down you do see that there are two republican early front-runners. jeb bush and scott walker. both with double digit support in all three of the states of iowa new hampshire and south carolina. and, craig you know a lot of this often is due to name i.d. it's not surprising jeb bush would end up getting the double-digit support in these three states but scott walker alled media attention received in the past few weeks first with a big speech he gave in iowa taking off in one of the des moines register polls seems that's registered for him for somebody who doesn't have a

well, let them come to new hampshire. [applause] my friends, we are the sons and daughters of the men and women who brought america through the great depression and crushed fascism on both sides of the world. we ourselves are the men and women who won the cold war with communism. we can win the future and we can hand down to our children and grandchildren, a country as great and grand and good as the one that was given to us. but first we must take america back. so we are taking this campaign not just to republicans, and not just to conservatives. every american is invited to join, and every american is needed. this campaign is for the working people and the middle class of both parties, and of no party. for the establishment that has dominated congress for four decades is as ossified and out-of-touch with america as the ruling class in the white house. [applause] this race will not be about personality; and this campaign will not get into personalities. george bush served bravely in america's great war. george bush is a

after plays -- he assured crowds in new hampshire this week that he was anything but iowa nice. >> iad one of your leaders say to me today we don't want some kinder gentler chris christie. we want the real chris christie. there's only one chris christie this is it. >> he played up the aggressive fighting style. here he is. >> there will be times i will say some things that will make you shake your head. there would be times i will say things in a way you may think he could maybe have said that a bit better, but what you are will never say is that i don't know who he is and i don't know what he believes and i don't know what he's willing to fight for and who he's willing to fight to get there. >> christie finds himself trailing the pack in all of the primary states. i know it's early. south carolina he doesn't even make the top five. rob, this thing about being two-faced or -- hughey long did it in the old days. i mean you can get away with that before there was like radio, but now it seems to be that people know what people are saying in other places. can christie by the live free or