ron brownstein writes for "the atlantic" and "national journal," specializing in the demographics of the nation's politics. and khalid baydoun is an associate professor of law at barry university in orlando. he studies the history and intersection of race, religion and national security. thank you all for joining us. ron brownstein, overall, what san mating this discussion we are -- what is animating this discussion we are seeing now. >> we're already having a really volatile debate on american identity even before paris and two things on nat. first, economic strain. in 15 years the median income is low than in 2000, a period of stagnation is almost unprecedented in american history. second, weçó are living through the most profound demographic change in the 20th century. a majority of our public school systems is nonwhite. white christians now for the first time are less than half the total of american population. so even in the early stages of the presidential campaign all of these issues come together to raise a series of concerns about whether americans and particularly blue colla

political reporter maeve reston and senior political analyst and editorial director for the national journal, ron brownstein. what was your takeaway? >> it was a terrific debate. i've been covering presidential debates for a long time. it was crisp, informative and teased out subtle differences. the cruz/rubio showdown was center stage. trump was more measured than presidential i've seen him. it was t

pundits at national journal put ayotte a republican as the third most vulnerable senator in washington. ayotte will be defending her seat against governor maggie hassan, a democrat. national journal says hassan is the toughest competitor ayotte could have faced. >>> elderly and disabled residents terrified to fall asleep. they say they can't rest until an arrest at their housing complex. >>> plus, the message behind this animated tweet from boston police. that as we continue to follow the radar. our first real snow of the year on its way in just a few hours. after this brea >>> some elderly and disabled residents are sleeping with one eye open keeps setting fires at their housing complex. >> fox 25 christine mccarthy spoke with a woman in taunton who says she's too scared to fall asleep. >> reporter: wake up in the morning and you thank god that you're alive because your house ain't burned down. >> reporter: elderly and disabled residents of the taunton housing complex are living in four following four suspicious fires in the past month. >> i have been sleeping on my couch to make sure

aixa: josh kraus-haar of the national journal says a candidate position on climate change could be a double edged sword. >> the risk is you get far too left on the issue you sound like you're too focused on the environment over the economy, it could be a vulnerability in a general election. for the republicans, the vulnerability is they sound like they're not listening to science and dealing with the issue in an empirical way. aixa: earlier this month, nearly 200 countries approved an accord to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. stacey: aixa, what does the international agreement entail? aixa: the agreement calls on both poor and rich countries to cut greenhouse gas pollution, and it is aiming to reduce and keep the global temperatures from rising another two degrees year 2100. those who are in favor of this college historic. stacey: you can see where the presidential candidates stand anytime at kcci.com. just click on the 8 issues/8 weeks tab on our home page for a closer look. and, breaking right now, republican george pataki is dropping out of the presidential race. mor

from "national journal," there bernie sanders tried to full behind his campaign real scandal of the debateunlike politicians whose statements and motives are often viewed with skepticism, one of his key selling points has been his personal brand. almosty supporters o always cite his credibility as one of his attributes. another moment focusing on guns and the brady bill. we will get to that in just a moment. let's get next to beverly in north carolina. caller: i enjoyed the entire debate. it showed people that america still has credibility. they have real knowledge of all the issues. they touched on the issues. it made me very proud to be a democrat. i'm in favor of hillary, however, i would feel very good voting for bernie. they showed me that they are for the people. that is what the constitution says. the republicans, they really should have hung their head in shame last night. thank you. host: thank you for the call. carol says abc should have asked hillary clinton about the two newly discovered e-mails that were definitely highly classified at the time when she receives them. the head

aixa: josh kraushaar of the national journal says a candidate's position on this issue could be a double edged sword. >> the risk is you get far too left on the issue you sound like you're too focused on the environment over the economy could be a vulnerability in a general election. for the republicans the vulnerability is they sound like they're not listening to science and dealing with the issue in an empirical way. shaina: in december nearly 200 countries approved an accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. you can see where the presidential candidates stand on just click on the 8 issues/8 weeks tab on our home page for a closer look. elizabeth: coming up, historic flooding in missouri. historians arts -- >> you are watching kcci 8 news. elizabeth: right now at 5:00, missing girl.

schneider, a public policy professor is the george university and a contribute yore for "the national journal", and "atlantic monthly." good to see you. what do you make of the move of donald trump going after bill clintoned hard. >> -- bill clinton hard. >> well what else do you expect? he goes after everyone until he gets what he wants. >> this is special considering it's a topic others are leaving off limits. >> he ree viving the clinton -- reviving the client wars, and essentially saying we'll go back to the '90s, and the clinton controversies. if we elect donald trump, i can assure you the controversies will never stop >>> do you feel this underscores a larger issue that bill clinton's scandals could come back to haunt hillary clinton. >> remember, she was betrayed in the scandals. she didn't perpetrate them. donald trump said bill clinton had a penchant for sexism. something she accused trump of. she poked this. most think bill clinton had a penchant for sex, not sexism. he did well among the women voters, they re-elected him in 1996. the argument here that donald trump and supporters b

our good friend ron fournier with the national journal writes. this president obama needs to mail rahm immanuel a dead fish in a box hillary clinton should deliver it for the integrity of the only party that represents the majority of black voters. need to send the chicago mayor a message you are dead to us. the world is watch too and wondering whether the party that represents most blacks and big cities can clean its own house. pick up the rhetorical knife, democrats and aim it at rambo dead man. charles? >> i think what's interesting here is we are talking about these incidents happening in cities that are overwhelmingly and have been run by democrats for generations. and i actually heard a very prominent republican -- democratic strategist said if i were a republican candidate i would go to chicago. i would meet with black community leaders. i would discuss. this traditionally it's always thought that democrats are protecters of african-americans. here is a really dirty business. and a real opportunity for the republicans to show some kind of

cartoonist and he's won several awards for his work including the journalism awards and the national journalism award and best book of the year award. joining him on stage tonight is chris hedges who spent barely two decades as a correspondent in central america the middle east, africa and the balkans. he's reported for more than 50 countries and has worked for the christian science monitor and the national public radio at the dallas morning news and "new york times." he was part of the team of reporters at the times and awarded a pulitzer prize for coverage about global terrorism. he's also the author of several best-selling books including ward gives us meaning and his new book which is a rebellion to moreland. if of revolt to reappear here to celebrate the release of the newest book without any further ado please welcome ted and chris hedges. [applause] thanks for coming. i'm going to talk a little bit about my book and then chris will talk about whatever he's going to talk about and then we will have a little discussion and throw it out to the audience for q-and-a. if you have any questions

we have cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein, also editorial director at the national journal. and "the washington post" assistant editor david swirdlick. we'll be covering it right after a quick break. >>> we are back now with our political experts and following a major shakeup in dr. ben carson's presidential campaign. three top officials, big ones, campaign manager, deputy manager and communications director quit today. ron brownstein, you're reaction to this? >> well, not the first time that we've seen kind of the formal structure of the campaign at odds without side advisors in a campaign, which seems to be the situation here. look, i would say ben carson is in a position where he is probably already had his biggest impact on the race. he continues to raise money in large amounts, which is unusual for a candidate slipping in the polls but i think he had his moment where voters were looking at him in the fall and did not kind of stand up to that scrutiny in terms of appearing ready for the big job in the big chair and i think his impact at this point is going to be sec d se

. >> let's bring in ron brown, the director at the national journal.ou won't want to hear it. he has this tough talk, but no specifics. instead of it impacting polling, the polling only gos up. how do you explain it? >> the republican race can be explained in two sentences, they are consolidated around donald trump and the white collar is. trump is at 46%, an unbelievable number. nearly four times the amount of ted cruz at 12%. when you look at college educated republicans, 18%. three candidates are ahead of him, ted cruz, ben carson and marco rubio. the white collar ring doesn't have one alternative around trump. he is stronger than anyone imagined he could be outside his own entourage. whether as the race goes on the white collar republicans unify behind one candidate. >> it's not so simple when you look at the cnn poll which shows trump and cruz at number one and two. in an overall race against hillary clinton, rubio, carson and bush are actually, you know, in a tighter race there. what does that say to you? >> this is interesting. first of all, i t

we have senior political reporter nia malik ka henderson, analyst ron brownstein, national journal's editorial anchor, and michael smerconish. i'm chris cuomo, you have the one only anderson cooper. a lot about the polls banning muslims, a good thing for donald trump. the move down for ben carson, a good thing for ted cruz. they are teed up to windchill as a tandom. do you buy that? >> i don't buy there's a breakout fight between the two folks, trump and ted cruz. ted cruz will be able to pare this, turn to wolf blitzer you want us to fight thing and i'm not going to do it. ted cruz will take a lot incoming, his folks are expecting that and i think he's going to take incoming from marco rubio, maybe rand paul, we've seen the inner fight between the senators. i think they're the marquee folks and there's some action there. i do think in the undercard in this debate, chris christie, rand paul, they're going to want to get into the act. >> are you saying ted cruz will attack the moderator? stunned to hear. >> yeah, yeah. >> wolf blitzer, who knows how to kill a man 15 ways with 3 finger

administration official, van jones, and cnn political analyst and editorial director at the national journaltein. great to see you. thank you so much for joining me. ron, let's get right into this. even if the raids had nothing to do with donald trump's focus on immigration, it seems this could be smart politics to try and take credit for it. >> yeah, for him, sure. first of all, merry christmas to you and everyone watching. >> for bernie sanders or martin o'malley, it's ease where i to criticize this from the left. if you are the president, however, it is a very different calculation. as donald trump demonstrates, there are some very chilly winds blowing -- towards imfwrags and immigrants, and those that support a humane and relatively welcoming policy have to also be clear that they are going to enforce the law because as you know, as your previous guest noted, ultimately you do not want to send a signal that there is no law enforcement. it is counter productive even from the point of view of imgrant advocates, and it encourages people to make a trip that is dangerous and shouldn't be made

you can read more the national journal.am unleashing the ultimate insult against donald trump in a gop primary. the ethics of barring donald trump from your country. that talks lebron not wanting donald trump to be entering into their country. and then also, one year about ben carson. walking back a third-party run threat. the number of things in play their for the republican presidential candidates. we have a call from myrtle beach, south carolina, a democrat. >> hello. my opinion of this is, i think donald trump is a good candidate. i'm a democrat, but i believe in what he says. i think he is honest. and very efficient. i think he will do what he says. i would really like to see someone who appreciates the hard-working people of the country. to be great again. and bring jobs to the united states. i hope he wins. was -- i believe in most of the things that the democrats do, but there are things i don't believe in. i think donald trump is a good example of the honorable american. and so, that is how i'm going to vote. >> th

ron fournier, senior political columnist of the "national journal," mara liasson of the npr. is the naughty list when it comes to politics in 2016. >> yeah. the person on my naughty list at the very top of my naughty list is actually people. the mainstream media. i think the coverage of president obama and hillary clinton in particular this past year has been abysmal. i'll use two examples, one, president obama a week ago was talking about closing guantanamo. he said two things that were factually incorrect. clearly unequivocally wrong, misleading, not true. virtually no media coverage of the president's misstatements or of the president's lying. second that hillary clinton, hillary clinton benghazi testimony was filled with things that were either incorrect or deliberately misleading. and aside from a couple of reporters who fact-checked her claims, the media basically celebrated the the fact she had won a victory over the mean and evil republicans. >> lump of coal who do you give it to? >> well he put a lump of coal in my stocking as a mainstream -- >> i didn't target you,

let's bring in our senior political analyst ron brownstein, editorial director at the national journal. good morning to you, ron. >> good morning. >> how serious do you believe trump is about this? and does he believe that he could win? >> well, i think donald trump's belief about what he can do is pretty boundless. maybe he does think he can win. it's very difficult. even ross perot who won 19% of the popular vote in 1992 did not win a single state. that's the challenge in a third party bid. donald trump has an identifiable constituency. he could probably jen route a significant share of the popular vote, particularly among blue collar whites. accumulating that to a point where you can actually win states and compete in the electoral college is something else. you have the challenge to finish second to republicans and democrats this threat will be out there for fight a while. like a lure on a line, he puts it out, pulls it back. i think that pattern will go on for fight a while into 2016. >> ben carson, what has he earned from this implied threat of going third party? i'm sure anyone

also with me here in studio, nbc news andrea mitchell and ron fournier of the national journal. more people talking, waiting to hear from jeb bush and others. but i take it, this is how all of the candidates have begun talking about this as national security issue. >> chuck, that's right. we did hear from jeb bush. he didn't say too much about the shootings other than to call for a moment of silence. i think otherwise, you saw a range of reactions in strength here. you had ted cruz and chris christie, in particular, being aggressive calling this out, as terrorist attack. marco rubio, on the other hand more muted in his response. but i think, you know, chuck, what we're seeing here is yet another turn in how this race is increasingly focused on national security. and it's really underscoring some of the differences among these candidates. i think chris christie is somebody who stood out as someone who can bring both national security credentials and personal experience to the table on this issue. and i think it's really been challenging for ben carson, who struggled his way throug

only from tums >>> senior he haddor and contributing he haddor to the atlantic and national journal, peter, let me start with you. what do you think about that strategy, warning hillary? >> republicans don't like hillary clinton very much. i think also donald trump is by getting all of this attention, he's distracting from the fact that in iowa he starting to lose ground to ted cruz. i think he's -- with all of this attention he's giving to the immediate yashgs he is strakting from the fact that big political story of last few weeks i would say is cruz is gaining at his expense. >> daniel, what do you think? is this something that you think, you write for the "weekly stand order", is this something that the conservative media will want to cover? it's an opportunity to cover the scandals from bill clinton's past? >> a lot of conservative media hasn't gotten donald trump correct all along. >> perhaps not the best indication. there are a lot of americans. a lot of people who want these things brought up. and they are itching for a fight with hillary clinton. they're glad that donald tru

. >> the national journal putting out writing in light of the race for open senate seat after three decadesre's significance in 2016 has a major impact. >> when you include elijah cummings in that polling he is not running for senate. he is up by 20 points. someone i know says he feels like he can't abandon baltimore. the city needs to see him there. that means not having someone at the federal level advocating for the city. >> do you envision is there one area you can point to in about 30 seconds where you can see change happening? >> you can't under estimate. we talk about what happens in our neighborhood. don't under estimate the level of political sophistication of the people who live in west baltimore. the amount they are paying attention to what the legislature does. that to me is a source of hope. >> have a great weekend. be sure to watch this special tonight on msnbc at 9 p.m. thanks for watching msnbc live. i'll see you back here monday and tomorrow morning on "today." "hardball" starts right now. >>> let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. a brand new reuters online poll gives us

that blew my mind so quickly that i applied two years later at the njv, national journalism center to be an intern at the american spectator in arlington, virginia. it just -- like somebody opened a window in your brain and said, get out of where you are, come with us. they're crazy. all it took was another side. somebody to show me that there was something else out there. you just need that one person who can do that, and do it in a friendly way, not in a pushy way. and that whats walt my buddy did. what is that? such a funny looking magazine. i don't know if you remember the american spectator. an oversized tabloid with weird illustrations and all these amazing writers like p.j. o'rourke and tom wolfe and really was an influence. >> over here. >> hi, greg. this is elizabeth brown, we used to work together at intel. >> oh, my god, still working out, i see. >> yes. and i used to make 23,000 back then. >> i remember. >> i was making more than you. >> i remember you at the energy center, working out. you were teaching arrow -- aerobics. you gave me -- so -- >> a collection of strange vi

republican strategist and supporter of jeb bush and adviser to other candidate, and we have the national journal executive ron brownstein, and also jennifer granholm, a former michigan g governor, senior adviser and surrogate to "correct the record" which is a pro hillary clinton pact, and also political commentator jeffrey lord who is a supporter of donald trump. and certainly, an interesting scene unfolding here in los angeles before what is a presidential debate e focused on national security, and what do you believe is going to happen? >> well, in the view of most republicans, it is surprising that it is in favor of trump. >> why do you say that? >> because it is the nexus of immigration and terror that has benefited him. trump the core of trump's rise was the focus on immigration, and appeal ing ing to the repub voters who are feeling economically and demographic cli threatened by the changes, but when you add to the addition al mix of the terror and the question of whether or not the world is bringing threats to the homeland, i think that is what is allowing him to take off, and you will s

. >>> finally, i note with sadness the passing of the national journal whose reporting i've long respectedspeak to groups across the country about how polarized we've become, i often rely on the journal's annual ideological assessment of the congress. how ironic that the same environment that polarized washington is what contributed to the magazine's demise. quote, fewer elected officials follow the sequence of gathering objective information and then reaching a decision. usually they follow ideological or partisan signals to reach decisions and then seek talking points to support them. well, he's absolutely right. and the loss of that voice is going to create a void. i appreciate all the tweets @smerconish. thomas price said colleges are overrated and overpriced. a history class at harvard is the same at junior college. thomas, the material might be the same. the argument i was making is your kids would benefit from the others they would meet on that harvard campus. there was also this from flo patterson, not one single vote has been cast. it's all about polls. the crowds are a better ind

cnn senior political analyst and editorial director at the national journal mr. ron brownstein and senior contributor, mr. matt lewis. >> full house. >> see, see. >> yes, yes. >> she didn't is the like that. all right. so we had had this supposition coming into this, maeve, you know what, donald trump needs to shine bright on this stage. his numbers are good but he's not jumping up, then this poll comes out. despite all the outrage around his comments, he gains. what's your take? >> i think what the polls are showing us right now is a lot of volatility in this race. i don't know that we should read too much into all of that. but he's certainly is going to have to, you know, have a big night tonight. obviously ted cruz as well. you think donald trump does have a test here tonight, which is whether he can be well versed on foreign policy, give specifics and actually hold his own up there against cruz and rubio. >> ron, you're nodding. >> i have a slightly different take. i think first of all, the 40% roughly in monmouth and abc is higher than the nbc/"wall street j

journal. to my right to the staff writer for the atlantic. the first national political reporter. she also worked at the las vegas son of as a previous guest on national television programs like "face the nation" come of "meet the press" and fox news. [laughter] she has been every rare. -- where. [applause] >> to the left is chief political commentator ph.d. in history yen spiry a documentary of an inconvenience ruth. with the response to al gore is not in the original of the two volume biography with the fall of the old liberal order he is also written books of leadership "the national review" "wall street journal" so welcome. >> at the very end is dr. green an associate professor at u.n.l.v. ph.d. from columbia, author of three books of u.s. civil war is most recent published the scheerer -- this year ended is on sale here. [laughter] he writes a column on politics also some of the segments on 89.5 and teaches honors courses slavery emancipation and civil rights. [applause] we're in here to talk about issues still matter in politics there is a question if they ever mattered. [la

baron, and has worked for foreign policy magazine is a national security writer as well as the national journal in washington correspondent for stars and stripes. there is a lot of parts of the world we can talk about it let's follow the headlines like in "the washington post, guest: that's not good news. it sounds familiar if you are following these wars about what happens when americans plowed after a large ground war and after they have and local forces as the americans said they would, what happens next? i was remembering a couple of about a dozen afghan generals came to the the gun and the marines talked to a few of them and they said this is what would happen. they were nervous about when the americans would leave. they say we don't have the logistical support. not about storming and , it was about sustaining a security force to a country where there is going to be a lot of opposition. while most of us have turned our attention to iraq and syria of all places, and left afghanistan behind, it has been american special operators doing counterterrorism within with the president said they wou

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this and more substantive issues, cnn senior political analyst and editorial director for the national journald douglas brinkley, presidential historian. welcome to both of you. >> thank you, carol. >> good morning. >> ron, senator cruz is funny and smart, but likability is not his strong suit. will we see a friendly cruz on stage, or will he finally go after trump? >> first of all, all the names i expected to hear in the lead up to the debate, jennifer beawas one of them. cruz has gone after his agenda. he's a righteous warrior for other senators. they believe even republican senators, that he had led them in a dangerous direction, like the government shutdown. he is going to be front and center but it's not going to be temperament. it'll be his views, i think, on foreign policy. in his own words, he's trying to carve out a middle space between the george w. bush approach, now championed more by jeb bush and marco rubio, and the libertarian pull back approach by rand paul. i think it'll be a critical moment for him in the campaign. how he handles that, since it'll get more attention than ever

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. >> ron brownstein is a cnn senior political analyst and editorial director for "the national journal passionate. do you think that vote er shows the views of the republican party or a point that trump tapped into? >> i think it's bigger than people thought. san bernardino and terrorism further charged this, what did donald trump rise on originally? it was the hard line against undocumented immigrants. when you look at polling, you see a lot of overlap between the same voters who want a hard line on immigration and also the most receptive to the hardest possible line in terror. in your last cnn national poll, half supported undocumented immigrants. trump was winning half of those voters. the other half, he was winning only a quarter of those voters. no question donald trump has found a defensive nationalist, insular strain in the republicans, among blue-color republicans. it is big, as passionate as you heard. but it may or may not be enough to win the nomination. >> it's true, though, every time these controversies happen his poll numbers go up. they say with each new uproar a largel

about this with ron brownstein, cnn's senior political analyst and editorial director for the national journalg. >> so, putin's comments are interesting in light of the fact that many republicans admire putin's toughness. do putin's comments matter? >> well, first of all, there's really no one in the american political context anywhere on the spectrum who is comparable to putin. he's a reexpressive autocrat, who jails his opponents, who violates private companies. look, you know, i think it's not necessarily an endorsement you would want. but where there are similarities, they are probably stylistic and thematic. putin, like trump, kind of advances the theory of the great man of history who bends big global forces through the force of their own personal will. also i think offers a kind of defensive nationalism, which is what we see from trump. this kind of very muscular and belidge rant posture of the world but one that views the world duplicitous, dangerous and needing this strong man to defend the nation against that. so, in that way, they kind of overlap a little, but no one is really compa

host: our guest is fawn johnson, most of the time with "national journal."ou are now with "morning consult." "hat is the "morning consult? guest: it is kind of a new business model for news. digital media, which is helpful in the way because it allows us to get more stories out relatively quickly. host: people subscribe to get your reports? guest: because we have a polling operation that we can use for editorial purposes, we are able to put all of our content out for free. it is policy focused. we have various briefings. you can go to the website and sign up for them. to -- great opportunity for my purposes, at least -- to delve into the real nitty-gritty of policymaking. host: we have a couple of minutes left. a story this morning in the "new york times" about a visa issue. tensions with iran rise over visa measures. a new american law that limits visa free travel with the the iranianswhich regarded as a sanction and a violation of the recently completed nuclear accord. guest: we were talking about the terrorism problem that arises in immigration. $1.1 a pa

today in our farm journal report, national reporter betsy jibben looks at the catfish industry. its in the midst of a significant change as to whihi government agencncwill oversee catfish inspections. betsy. the catfish industry has been a part of townsend kyser's day as long as he can remember. growing up in a catfish raising family, he's seen the ups and downs. storm," for kyser, that storm first hit about a decade ago, whenenhe price of both grain and oil increased. that's when imported catfish-like species called pangasius- began pouring into the u.s. from asian countries. "our inputs went up and other products were coming in at a cheaper rate. those two things cut our industry in half," here's a look from the natiwnal fisheries institute on how consumptiohas changed. in e last decade, pangasius numbers have risen sharply. "we are still battling it out. i'm still very much in favor of good, fair, competition on an even playing field but when other countries come in and undercut our prices and steal the markets that we spent a lifetime building, it hurts our communities,"> ba

yorker washington correspondent ryan lizza and ron brownstein, the editorial director of the national journalut whether republicans could have a brokered or contested convention. how likely do you really think that is? >> should we bet a trump steak? >> his steaks are high? >> there is a reason this hasn't happened in 60 years and unlikely to happen now but republican leaders are smart to think about it and if it happens because they look and think cruz or trump will win iowa or new hampshire and what happens in south carolina. is it possible? yes, it's possible. if you call the people that do this for a living and done six, eight, ten campaigns, they think, ten, 20, 30% chance of that. they are smart to think about it. you know how this works, somebody starts winning early and get big mo and other people run out of dough and the snowball rolls. you like that? jesse jackson and competing for awhile and due caucus won and democrats talked about when they thought the clinton obama race might go on and now president obama ultimately won. somebody most likely will ultimately win but this year is

her iraq reporting won a scripps howard award, a national journalism award and a murrow award. she was executive producer of "this american life" second television season which won the emmy for outstanding nonfiction series. dan ephron, our author, was a "newsweek" reporter for nearly 15 years, serving as national security correspondent, deputy washington bureau chief and jerusalem bureau chief. he has followed the middle east through much of his career and has covered many of the region's major events since the mid '90s. before joining "newsweek," he reported for the boston globe and reuters. his stories have also appeared in esquire, the new republic, the village voice and the washington monthly. he lives in new york with his wife, nancy updike. please welcome them to our stage. [applause] >> so thanks, everyone, for coming. we are, we're married. [laughter] i think that was buried somewhere in the introduction -- >> in case we forget to say that and have to say it halfway through. >> yeah. and so this is not so much the interview format, it's more of like a chaotic, you know

baron, and has worked for foreign policy magazine is a national security writer as well as the national journalwashington correspondent for stars and stripes. there is a lot of parts of the world we can talk about it let's follow the headlines like in "the washington post, guest: that's not good news. it sounds familiar if you are following these wars about what happens when americans plowed after a large ground war and after they have and local forces as the americans said they would, what happens next? i was remembering a couple of about a dozen afghan generals came to the the gun and the marines talked to a few of them and they said this is what would happen. they were nervous about when the americans would leave. they say we don't have the logistical support. not about storming and , it was about sustaining a security force to a country where there is going to be a lot of opposition. while most of us have turned our attention to iraq and syria of all places, and left afghanistan behind, it has been american special operators doing counterterrorism within with the president said they would d

joined by our cnn political reporter nia malika-henderson and also our editorial director of the national journaljoining us chief political correspondent dana bash. dana, who gets the bump from last night? >> well, i think donald trump comes out strong from last night because nobody really laid a glove on him. so i think, wolf, what you have is that you had a commanding front-runner going in. and he emerges unscathed, so it's hard to see how he's not the one that sort of leads the debate in a commanding position as well. but i think ted cruz had a strong night for himself because i think a lot of conservatives they heard a true rock rib conservative on that stage last night. and with all those people tuning in i think he made a real strong play for the base. >> what did you think, nia? >> i think that's right. i think if you liked cruz, people i talked to if you like cruz they came out and thought he was the winner. if people liked rubio going in, they haugt he had a very masterful performance. i think cruz gets the edge a bit because he hadn't had sort of a breakout performance in previous debat

nationally. the nbc/"wall street journal" poll has cruz in fourth place. trump hitting the iowa frontrunner on his temperament. rubio criticizing his national security cred and carson comparing his life or death calls in the operating room to the fund raising prowess. >> we all had different types of experiences. there is no question i have not spent a lot of time schmoozing at cocktail parties, but i spent a lot of time at night in the operating room saving a child's life. >> he talks tough. he says he is going to carpet bomb isis. the only budget he voted for is a vote that cut defense spending. >> i don't think he's qualified to be president. because i don't think he has the right temperament. i don't think he's got the right judgment. >> what's wrong with his temperament? >> you look at how he handled the senate. he went in there frankly like a bit of a maniac. >> the putdowns continue on twitter with trump writing i was disappointed that ted cruz would speak behind my back, get caught and then deny it. welcome to the wonderful world of politics. cruz t

the u- s was spying on one of its closest allies - israel.the report in the wall street journal alleges the national security agency conducted intelligence operations on prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier this year.this... despite a promise from president obama to end the practice of spying on foreign leaders when it was first exposed two years ago. even more troubling... as our national correspondent kristine frazao reports... is the kind of conversations that 3 the relationship between the president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has never been a cozy one.but new allegations the n-s-a was spying on netanyahu during the iran nuclear negotiations are raising red flags for some, including the foundation for defending democracies clifford may.clifford may/foundation for defense of democracies "intelligence services are meant to be used for national security purposes. the question is was there a national security purpose here or was this purely political and i think the answer is it was purely political."may says president obama should have never made this promise from early

this has a new national poll from nbc news/"wall street journal" shows ted cruz rising fast nationallymp still holds the lead at 27%, a new high for him in this poll but cruz is just five points behind at 22%, after gaining 12 points since late october. marco rubio is in third at 15% and another major dropoff for ben carson falling 18 points to 11%, after leading just six weeks ago. and the poll also found that narrowing down the 14 candidate field to the five top contenders does not help the republican establishment, and that scenario trump leads at 30%, cruz at 24%, and rubio at 21%, ben carson still attracts 13% and jeb bush down at 9%. this weekend, carson threatened to bolt from the party next fall if leaders orchestrated a brokered convention and trump voiced his support. >> i watched what ben said, i agreed with him 100%. i wrote him a little note it was excellent. frankly, he may be right. i haven't seen it yet. i've been hearing about these closed door meetings and i don't like that. that wasn't the deal i made. i signed a pledge a double deal. there was supposed to be honorab

she's edited by "national law journal" and legal times reporter zoe tillman. >> host: thank you so much for being here to talk about "then comes marriage." this book is as much about the people and personalities behind the defense of marriage act is as it is about legal strategy. you write that as you were preparing to put a post-it note on your computer that says it's all about edith windsor. poswas about her and the eventsn her life a letter to higher you. >> guest: i did have a post-it on my computer everything the main reason company message i was trying to tell myself is a way to win this case is to focus on the facts of her life. they really are remarkable. her life kind of tells a panoramic story story about life has been or was for gay and lesbian people in this country and the twins center. i thought that was are important to go to give a couple of anecdotes and you can tell me when you get bored. she grew up in philadelphia in the depression. she came from a middle-class jewish family. her father lost everything during the depression and had to move in with relatives. she went

ahead double digits nationally. news/"wall street journal" poll, 42% of gop voters say they support his muslim ban, but he is facing increased competition from ted cruz. especially in iowa where the texas senator locked up a key endorsement today, while taking a dig at trump. >> ultimately, the decision is who has the right judgment? experience and judgment to serve as commander in chief. to this bald eagle in a "time" magazine photo shoot, trump is under attack from all sides. even in the middle east where his wallet could take a hit as his business ties are facing increased scrutiny. >> he realizes he has investments in muslim countries. >> reporter: trump is unfazed and mulling his options. would you vote for him as an independent? >> yes, i would. >> reporter: why? >> i like his ideas. it's the same ideas as i have. >> reporter: it's a rnc. how far can you push trump before you jumps ship? make no mistake, he wants to win. his best chance of republican ticket. this as he's expected to pick up a new endorsement here in >> thank you. let me turn to chuck todd, moderator of "meet the p

with us and also joining the conversation from capitol hill senior political columnist for the national journaltes jeb bush will be on our show. >> this is not the most difficult. we are at a time we need more tools and not less tools. that was a valuable tool we no longer have. >> marco knows what he's saying is not true. what he knows is the old program covered 20-30% of phone numbers to search for terrorist. the new program covers 100%. that gives us a greater ability to stop acts of terrorism. >> there was nothing we were able to do under this bill we could not do before. this bill did take away a valuable tool that allowed the national security agency to quickly and rapidly access phone records and match them up with other phone records to see who terrorist have been calling. i promise you the next time there's an attack on the country, the first thing people want to know is why didn't we know about it and why didn't we stop it? >> the notion marco is suggesting he's somehow tossed more than a few insults this direction, let's be absolutely clear. isis and radical islamic terrorism will fa

this story has received national exposure - earning the review journal support for their efforts demanding transparency. we're learning more about the man police say shot and injured a metro officer yesterday. teag fox did not have a criminal history... just a few traffic related cases and a civil case involving a fox5's miguel martinez-valle attempted to speak to him today, and has more details. 38-year-old teag fox was on the run from metro police for about 5 hours before being arrested. jeff clark, sergeant lvmpd " through an intensive investigation and subsequent man- hunt our detectives were able to locate the suspect in the south west part of our valley and he was taken into custody without incident" it was before noon when metro officers responded to a domestic disturbance call in the area. police tell us fox was in no way related to their investigation at the time of the shooting... " there was an exchange between the officer and the suspect, they ultimately exchanged gunfire, and our officer was hit by the suspects gunfire" the officer, who's name will be released by officials at

how dramatically fears over terrorism are reshaping the national landscape ahead of the 2016 election. according to our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll terrorism and national security are now the top concern of 40% of americans, up 19 points from when the question was asked back in april. just 37% approve of the president's handling of foreign policy. and even fewer approve of his handling of isis. those numbers have helped drive the president's approval rating down to 43%. its lowest level in more than a year. as for tactics, americans believe we should be fighting the islamic state. the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds that 42% are in favor of using u.s. combat troops. that number is identical to the result in a new associated press/gfk poll released yesterday. the survey also found that just 28% of americans think the president has clearly explained the united states' goals in fighting isis while nearly 7 in 10 think he has not. president obama spent monday at the pentagon for an in-depth strategy discussion about how to defeat isis, and sought to explain the progress the u.s. has made so far. >> we are hitting isil

political reporter maeve reston and senior political analyst and editorial director for the national journal, ron brownstein. what was your takeaway? >> it was a terrific debate. i've been covering presidential debates for a long time. it was crisp, informative and teased out subtle differences. the cruz/rubio showdown was center stage. trump was more measured than presidential i've seen him. it was the first time i thought he was calibrating his words against the possibility that he might actually be the nominee. you have the two front-runners in the race by the polls, donald trump and ted cruz, each largely repudiating the foreign policy of the last republican president, george w. bush and both trump and cruz making a strong case against the interventionist foreign policy that defined bush. being more assertive in their argument than those defending the intervention, marco rubio and jeb bush, primarily. >> john berman ended his piece with what is probably the biggest news. donald trump, under intense questioning, on the stage, to me with several follow-ups. he went to the spin room and sai

the u- s was spying on one of its closest allies - israel.the report in the wall street journal alleges the national security agency conducted intelligence operations on prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier this year.this... despite a promise from president obama to end the practice of spying on foreign leaders when it was first exposed two years ago. even more troubling... as our national correspondent kristine frazao reports... is the kind of conversations that *may* have been recorded by the n- s- a. 3 the relationship between the president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has never been a cozy onenebut new legations the n-s-a was spying on netanyahu during the iran nuclear negotiations are raising red flags for some, including the foundation for defending democracies clifford may.clifford may/foundation "intelligence services are meant to be used for national security purposes. the question is was there a national security purpose here or was this purely political and i think the answer is it was purely political."may says president obama should have never made this promi