bringing out the elder statesman to explain how un-american a policy would be. >> from the statement. the even of extremes is a dangerous proposal. n.b.c. is among the networks that through their coverage of donald trump and anti-immigrant rhetoric. providing the candidate. trump had never been elected to anything, anywhere. but his pension for this made him a winner. according to the tinnedle report, donald trump attracted more minutes of air time than any other candidate than others combined.

. >> reporter: party leaders denounced the proposal as not just wrong but un-american. >> what was proposed yesterday for and, more importantly, it's not what this country stands for. >> reporter: every candidate in the race not named trump opposed the plan. "unhinged." >> i'm not one of these other i don't go down, i go up. >> do you have a warning for gop leaders? >> i say, folks, you know, i'm sorry i did this to you. you got to get used to it. >> reporter: now the latest poll cruz ten points ahead of trump in the hawkeye state. cruz was caught on tape obtained caught -- >> who am i comfortable having their finger on the button? now that's a question of

. >> samina uzman has taken similar calls at the council of islamic relations. >> saying that that we're un-american and that we should all die. that is scary. >> the koran holds high the sanitity of life. >> to overcome that fear and the fear some people have of muslims, a rally for all people of faith this evening. >> we wanted to demonstrate tonight that we have no separation from our muslim brothers and sisters. >> the event organized. several were victims of the san bernardino shooting. >> my heart goes out to each and

. >> the council on american islamic relation calls trump's plan un-american, reckless and fearmongering. it reminds to be seen how this will impact his campaign. 20% of republicans support trump and the gop doesn't want to risk him running as an independent.

. >> reporter: party leaders denounced the proposal as not just wrong but un-american. >> what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly, it's not what this country stands for. >> reporter: every candidate in the race not named trump opposed the plan. jeb bush even called trump unhinged. >> i'm not one of these other guys that goes down. i don't go down i go up. >> do you have a warning for gop leaders? >> i say, folks, i'm sorry i did this to you. >> reporter: now the latest poll out of iowa shows that senator ted cruz is taking the top spot in the hawkeye state, ten points ahead of trump. cruz was caught on tape obtained by "the new york times" caug

be president and the same general electorate that elected barack obama twice happens to choose him as their president. trump's remarks have already been labeled hateful, bigoted and un-american and that's just from his republican rivals. they have been condemned by the prime ministers of britain and france. condemned by the senate majority

donald trump seems to make a way to make a ridiculous, unconstitutional, un-american statement every time there's a lull in the media from

un-american. i'm glad to see that leaders all across the aisle are calling him out. >> reporter: governor baker is one of them, though he acknowledged there are dangerous terrorists who follow islam. >> the notion somehow that translates into no muslims should be allowed to come into the united states is simply ridiculous. >> reporter: earlier, after a hanukkah celebration, baker read trump's statement and noted boston is the cradle of american freedom. >> i can't believe that i'm reading this, which is basically, directly in contrast and in conflict with most of the most important values the people in this

un-american, unconstitutional idea yet. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. [ applause ] >> yesterday before he showed that, the trump campaign showed the candidate got him as far as hate could take him. and when he needed something else, he went back to hate in a very big way. why would he do that? why would a candidate who needs to push his own poll numbers in his own party way up to where hillary clinton's poll numbers are in her party, why would he do that same hateful, ugly thing that has kept his poll numbers so much lower than hillary clinton's for so long? rachel offered an intriguing theory about this last night. >> this is something that people have batted around all year