chris plante, amy holmes thanks for being with us.ere we are together just like it's meant to be and i'm watching you, iowa. i will say this. some of you in the hawkeye state if you are being honest actually agree with me. your state is annoying. it's all we hear about, iowa, iowa, iowa. but if iowa pulls through the country will stand up and say iowa-what?

and anchor for the blaze, amy holmes. thanks for getting up this sunday morning for us. >> not rich yet. >> thursday morning we're going to check in with you, if you answer our calls thursday morning. let's start with donald trump and what he's been doing in particular in iowa against ted cruz, you know, really going after him about this birther issue and whether or not he's eligible to become president. i want to play you this sound bite and we'll get reaction. take a listen. >> because some people say i have to be born on the land. that's whey always thought before. you can't have a person running for office, even though ted is very glib and he goes out and he says well i'm a natural born citizen. the point is, you're not. >> you're not. >> is this resonating with voters in iowa? >> i don't think it's resonating with voters but getting trdonal trump out front talking about him as usual. if anything ted cruz should feel flattered he's in donald trump's cross-hairs because it means interested cruz matters. donald trump fe

chris plante, amy holmes thanks for being with us. kennedy: here we are together just like it's meant to be and i'm watching you, iowa. i will say this. some of you in the hawkeye state if you are being honest actually agree with me. your state is annoying. it's all we hear about, iowa, iowa, iowa. but if iowa pulls through the country will stand up and say iowa-what? it got hip hooked on the presidential heroin and he will never shake the feeling of want to go gun power into his name starting in davenport. i want this elect to be unpredictable. if iowa gives us ben carson and bernie sanders, it's up for grabs. if hillary and trump win monday night, that means they are the inevitable nominees and they will run the table. >> how stupid are the people of iowa? kennedy: i don't know. but it forces politicians to sell out on issues like ethanol. it's environmentally unfriendly to grow corn. and processing it is more pollutive than a chines -- thana chinese toxic waste cup'. iowa, you are pretty and you are a great dancer, but we need to m

former executive director of the democratic governors association and here with me in the studio amy holmesze. i want to go to you first, amy, you and i were talking about it a little bit as we were listening to donald trump speaking. as soon as he started, you said he's having the time of his life. >> he is. i think there's a fun factor to political campaigns and how they can generate their own momentum and grow and generate more fans and followers and watching him right there on the tarmac, he's really engaging with his audience, talking to them directly. it's unscripted. you can even say stream of consciousness sort of hoching and skipping from one topic to the next but i think that's what a lot of voters really like about him and you hear it all the time, he's authentic and speaks his mind and tells it like he sees it. >> as we see in iowa any time of face time with the candidate is especially important in those two states. >> yes. >> is part of his appeal not just saying what he thinks and engaging, but is he also making that connection that's different from the other candidates? >> i

consider magnolia holmes wrote as a backup plan. amy: frost advisory still in effect for another hour across marion and put them counties and temperatures have dropped into the 30' s there. breeze, so it feels colder than with the breeze, the cool air, and the cloud cover it feels blustery for us today. that will keep those clouds around through the day and that will keep our temperatures from climbing. we will be at only 66 for the high in orlando. 60 seven in melbourne, 63 ocala. tomorrow we will climb a little bit more and then we are back in the 70' s on friday. showers and storms for us as well. showers in the morning friday >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, dream come true. >> no more tubes. no more hospitals. no more -- >> no more chemo. >> hoda joins us with an update on 5-year-old leah still, 5-year-old daughter of devon still, whose public battle with cancer touched lives on and off the field. >>> plus, el chapo fashion icon. the rage right now. >> and it's going down for real in studio 1a. >> hold on. >> are you signaling?

amy. >>> do you have your powerball tickets yet? people all over the country lining up for one of the biggest jackpots ever. $400 million. t.j. holmes is here with that. good morning. >> reporter: you all just back from vacation. i'm going on permanent vacation this week. because when i win this thing on wednesday, you can lose my number, robin. i know everybody wants to focus on the odds. 1 in 300 million chance in winning. don't focus on the odds. don't do that. focus on the possibilities. powerball pandemonium. >> buy my new apartment. >> have a party. >> reporter: the announcement of no winner after saturday's drawing, the jackpot is skyrocketing to $400 million by wednesday. the largest in over two years. therers time to win big. >> we're going to split it. we're going to split it right down the middle. >> part of the excitement of playing the lottery is dreaming what you would do with that kind of money. >> reporter: so what do you do? perfect time to tackle the new year's resolutions. if the goal is to get fit, maybe look like gwyneth or kate hudson, with that much money, you could hire tracey anderson for you and 500 family