that is obviously a response to the washington post editorial cartoon which was depicting him as an organ grinder and his two young daughters as monkeys. this is a crazy campaign that has been going on throughout the country. political experts say donald trump is the one that through the political playbook out the window. his ratings have gone up. the latest poll shows that donald trump is leading the pack of repubn voters with 39%. back to you. jeff: as we approach the new think the landscape will change in terms of who will still be a candidate? do you think we will see the ahead? reporter: cap pressure is growing. is growing on jeb bush. all. the latest polls he is getting nominal numbers. everyone is trying to establish and cap donald trump. experts say if you look at his numbers and you add up all the establishment numbers with cruz, rubio, and close -- jeb bush it is close to 39. we might see the republican establishment consolidate behind one person to cast donald trump.jeff: live from washington, edward, thank you and have a great holiday. krystal: 6:49. this is an amazing story o

the cartoon you see here depicts cruz as an organ grinder dressed as santa and his daughters as dancing monkeys. it followed cruz's campaign ad in which his girls appeared and read part of a conservative themed story. cruz saying yesterday, quote, don't mess with my kids. >> not much ticks me off, but making fun of my girls, that'll do it and, listen, i mean, all of us learned in kindergarten, don't hit little girls. don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl. >> republican front-runner donald trump added his support to cruz calling the cartoon inappropriate. other republicans also criticized it. the cartoon has been pulled from "the washington post's" website. >>> lawyers for the woman accused of driving on a las vegas strip sidewalk says she's distraught and overwhelmed this morning. lakeisha holloway made her first court appearance yesterday. she's charged with murder, child abuse, as well as hit-and-run. she's currently on suicide watch. accident. down, it dramatically lurched it crashed into a palm tree and came to rest next to a pool. miraculously, no one on board w

cruz was respond to go a cartoon which portrayed him as an organ grinder dressed as a monkey. it followed an advertisement and cruz reaching christmas stories to his daughters. "the washington post" makes fun of my girls. stick with attacking me and caroline and catherine are out of your league. >>> now to the weather. another round of harsh storms is expected to pound the west. there is heavy snow in the mountains of utah, california, have been soaked and battered by powerful winds. >> i heard a loud boom, but didn't really know what it was, and then the whole house, it was like on a little trampoline. it almost bounced. everything went flying. >> reporter: along the east coast, it's unseasonably warm. record breaking temperatures are expected for christmas eve and christmas day. >>> well, today is get-away day for millions of holiday travelers but some of that severe weather could put a damper on their travel plans. a large storm system has moved over the southeast, bringing rounds of heavy rain and travelers along the east will have to deal with heavy rain as well. don champ

times during the press conference that the cruz endorsement does not come from family leader as an organization, but rather its individuals. jack: ted cruz has also been endorsed by several big including congressman steve king. the texas senator picked up the endorsement of prominent iowa conservative talk show host steve deace as well. former secretary of state matt schultz was also an early backer of cruz's campaign. stephanie: we have new details on a shooting that happened in des moines last night. stephanie: a des moines woman is in jail for allegedly shooting at another woman during an argument over a man. it started in the 900 block of kenyon avenue wednesday night around 6-30. lashawnda gatewood is charged with intimidation with a dangerous weapon and going armed with intent. she allegedly fired at a car with the other woman inside - though no one was hurt and no property damaged. gatewood is in the polk county jail on a 15 thousand dollar bond. stephanie/ram: you'll notice some added security if you go to an iowa energy basketball game at wells fargo arena. the energy's league - the nb

the cartoon, which criticized cruz for using his children in a tv ad, depicted cruz as an organ grinder dressed as santa and his daughters as dancing monkeys. the newspaper pulled the cartoon yesterday from its websbse. cruz told reporters in tulul today that he has thick skin but the cartoon, in his words, "ticks me off." last night in the western u-s, a mystery in the sky that lit up social media. people from las vegas to california caught a glimpse of something mysterious streaking across the sky. and it wasn't reindeer... nbc's willie geist reports. << "what is that?" in a city known for its strip full of bright lights, it was a sterious flash in the sky that had everyone looking up ... nat: "those are the afterburners" sot chance cribs " i was kind of confused" the streaking light - described nevada and california overnight... social media lighting up like the sky.. from the scared... tweeting, "i thought it was a missile or something crazy" "looked like a plane on fire" to the supernatural. .."ufo in las vegas??" and "just santa on a test flight." sot dr ed krupp/griffith observat

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vander plaats repeated several times s at the cruz endorsement does not come from family leader as an organization, but rather its individuals. last month, sioux cityrepresentative steve king also pledged his allegiance to the cruz campaign. former secretary of state matt schultz was also an early backer of cruz's campaign. jenna: republican presidential candidate marco rubio was also in des moines today. rubio made a stop at in west des moines recently, rubio has made a steady climb in iowa polls, tim: south dakota's governor and the state's congressional delegation are making a push for a special request aimed at brining a home base for the u.s. air force. to sioux falls. jenna: hopes are that the city could be soon serve as a base for the latest in military aircraft, the f-35 joint strike fighter. reporter mark roper from our sioux falls affiliate has more. " many say the 114th fighter wing is the best of the best.. its reputation for being proud, prepared, and professional could give it a new honor. a high-tech fighting machine called the f-35. col. russ walz of the 114th fighter wing said "we

and where i come from, the capacity to organize often adheres in the scale of the work and the community the worker creates that we always imagined domestic work as an isolated kind of job so how do you organize domestic workers and how they overcame what looks like the relative isolation. >> most labor leaders during the century had been domestic work on organized and the women who i write about use public spaces like organizing and it's true of the domestic worker organizing today so the public parks and buses become a part of the organizing and the laundry rooms in the apartment buildings. there was one woman in atlanta who rode every bus in the city of atlanta and she encouraged them to come out to a meeting so it is an interesting way to think about how the labor organizing is transformed when you are looking. it moves away from the workplace and into the public sphere. >> it is amazing especially when you consider that most were excluded from that vast panoply of legislation from the 1930s so even earlier they were not protected by the legislation and they were not in the social security act of 1935. they were excluded from the fair standard l

as an organization, myself, i rehabbed really hard. everything checked out, everything is. i was good to go. >> he made great place to start the game. he is a huge influence on what we do offensively. he really toughed it out. i am proud of him. in the touchdown catch, he is obviously a big part of what we do. great to have out there. jason: here' s the afc playoff standings as of today. new england back on top of cincinnati and dan versus they lost yesterday. three games to go. they play the giants, the jets and the dolphins. with their blood had a hip injury and left the game. the bruins continue their three game homestand with the edmonton oilers tonight at the garden. boston will be looking to make it three straight wins, after saturday' s 3-1 win over the panthers. the monarchs next 4 games will t return home until the yesterday, they lost a tough one 27th. to the thunder, 2-0, but one of the goals was an empty netter. goalie doug carr joined the team last week and has been playing great, he stopped 32 shots on sunday. >> they are just letting me do my job, or whoever

washington post and new york times this in response to a washington post editorial cartoon showing cruz as an organ (sot: ted cruz/ (r) presidential candidate :39-:48) "leave the kids alone. leave my kids alone, leave marco'ss and grandkids alone. kids should be off-limits, and the crazy week of political attacks and responses. analysts say donald fmr. rnc chairman :58-1:04) "donald trump is about shaking the system to its roots, um and really sort of upending the way in which we elect the president." as he does that his poll numbers continue to rise. the latest cnn orc poll shows donald trump leading with 39 percent...senator ted cruz second at 18 percent. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. in that same poll, ben carson and marco rubio are behind trump and cruz with 10- percent support each. a group of suspects not only stole clothes from a miami store, they police say the suspects used a black pickup truck to smash through the glass entry at a clothing store in north miami. once inside, the thieves made off with dozens of pairs of designer jeans... a loss of8- thousand dollars for the busines

that key position and you need to find, as a quarterback, the system that works for you and as an organization, you have to find that quarterback that works for you as well. >> ian: only chance for philadelphia. they have to score quickly and get an onside kick. it's a quick hitter to jordan matthews. we're down to 3:07 remaining. philadelphia has no timeouts left. they'll have it two pminute warning to stop the clock. bradford, up in the air. incomplete. chris baker, who has been back in there after being shaken up earlier in the quarter. timpt redskins, defenit redskin have been able to keep everybody under 20 yards receiving. only one reception tonight has been under 20 yards and that was to matthews. >> ian: out to parosproles. down the side line. out of bounds. so, the catch and run for sproles goes for 14, 2:49 left in the fourth. >> trent: you can see the blocking going on in the outside. matthews is already going up the field. that was a set prlay. >> ian: washington backing off. allowing the short game but don't want to give up the big one. bradford 367 yards and a touchdown. kirk cou

. >> there are no words, i think tears are the best way to describe what this means to us as an organization. josh it' s an annual tradition, : it' s been around for more than 5 decades. >> it began with our school of nursing, its called the christmas basket project, so i can only that when it started out, it was probably just a basket. s so much more. : bikes, electronic games and clothing are just some of the goodies donated by hospital employees to families in need. the hospital works with schools, churches and social service agencies to make sure that those who need the help, get the help. x many of our families come from our school nurses, they know the kids, they know the families and they make the referrals. josh: this year families are more than 180 children. along with the gifts, families also receive food to prepare their holiday meal, including a turkey. >> there were a lot of tears here earlier this morning. it is overwhelming to walk into this room and to see this incredible generosity of the s hospital. josh and that generosity also : helps hospital employees. some are recipien

involved, given what you have in the way of and he was witness accounts, would you characterize this as an organized event? what were these men using and shooting at people with? came prepared, that they were dressed and equipped in a way to indicate that they were prepared, and they were armed with long guns not handguns. i do not know what type of long guns. >> reporter: how were they dressed. >> i do not know we do not have any weapons recovered at this point. >> could you move a little bit. there's a shadow. >> reporter: can you ask for clarification. you said upwards of 14 ? what does "upwards" mean? >> the preliminary number we have right now is that there are 14 people that are deceased and our count is another 14 people that have been taken to various hospitals for significant gunshots. we also have a number of other people that may have had some minor types of injuries-- they fell down in the course of nature. but roughly about 14 we believe are wounded. >> reporter: were witnesses witnesses . >> reporter: inside the video that might give you video evidence of what happened? >> i would imag

ellen: our number one thing as an organization is universal i think something that a lot of people don't realize -- i didn't realize before i got involved in this movement -- is that our laws are really in complete. in iowa, to buy a handgun privately, you do have to pass a background check. though we are only one of 18 states that has that law. federal law requires a background check only at federally licensed gun dealers. if you want to advertise your gun on arms list or in a newspaper and arrange a sale that way, there is no background check required. that is not a loophole. that is a gaping hole in our system. we want to see that to be a federal and we want to make sure that come in sick like iowa and mother laws that we have are not dismantled. steve: the state of california does have some of the strictest gun laws in the country, including assault weapons ban, nevertheless, the tragedy in san bernardino still occurred. what needs to be done in that i don't think california should be used as an example of how gun laws don't work. california, despite that shooting, has some of the le

." >> as an organization, we created an initiative called 100 seeds of change, which is our commitment to building 100 community school and home gardens and throughout the city of inglewood and south bay. the goal of that is to build a local food system and to build local production. what are we doing today to, kia? >> i don't know. were giving away fruit trees to the community. >> today were giving a thousand trees to 1,000 families. we're here here committed to eliminating our community's designation as a food desert, and it's important that we provide these fruit trees as food assets so people can grow food for themselves. the community can begin to feed itself. say "trees." >> trees. >> all right, high five. >> we're just darn lucky we've got somebody who's stepping up. were losing half of our farmers in the next 10 years to retirement. we need someone to step up, and there are very few people, especially in this country, who are willing to really do that kind of hard work. but veterans are, and so the tagline for our film is america needs a million new farmers. veterans want the j

walking with what cruz describes as her lap to be, this is in response to a cartoon showing cruz as an organ grinder and cruz's daughters as monkeys. >> kids should be offlimits. the "washington post" should know that. >> reporter: this is the latest in a crazy week of political attacks and responses. trump has thrown the traditional campaign playbook out the window. >> donald trump is about shaking the system to its roots and really upending the way we elect the president. >> reporter: as he toes that his poll numbers continue to rise. shows trump leading with 39% with senator cruz second at 18%. there is more news, belling yun police have arrested a ath suspect linked to last month's attack in paris. police arrested the man but kpt it quiet so they didn't alert any potential accomplices. he had been in connect with the suspected rink leader's cousins. >> anchor: the former penn state coach convicted of sex abuse is getting a big check in the mail. the state of pennsylvania is sing the man a check for $210,000 for backpension payments. the court ruled the pension system was wrong to classif

us as an organization. but most importantly, just him and his family for his mom to have to wake up to that text, that call. you know, no parent should have to go through that. >> guys are obviously sensitive to the situation and taking it very seriously, very concerned about their teammate and their friend and their brother. >> this incident comes ten days after another knicks forward derek williams was robbed of more than $600,000 worth of jewelry by two women he met in a short time ago, early tweeted the following saying quote, thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, i appreciate you all. shout out to you beautiful souls for caring, god works in mysterious ways. live on the upper east side, aj ross, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> aj, thank you, changes for chicago police way fountsed today by the city's mayor. mayor rom emanuel says officers will get more training about when they can and should use guns the mayor said the department will double the number tensions in chicago remain high after the of

ted cruz " vander plaats repeated several times that the cruz endorsement from family leader as an organization, but rather its individuals. last month, sioux city representative steve king also pledged his allegiance to the cruz campaign. former secretary of state matt schultz was also an early backer of cruz's campaign. jenna: republican presidential candidate marco rubio had a town hall in west des moines today, where he spoke about critical issues facing iowa's veterans and military families, voicing his support of more flexible and convenient veteran health care. "who does the benefit belong too? does the benefit belong to the government or does the benefit belong to the veteran? if the answer is, thebenefit belongs toto the veteran. then the veteran should be able to t te the benefit anywhere they want and recieve care timely and effectivly this town hall was an extension of the concerned veterans for america's "defend and reform" policy series. tim: also at briar cliff today... three siouxland organiztions got an early start on celebrating christmas. students and faculty were hosted thie

it portrays cruz as an organ grinder. the artist said she was justified in using them after cruz used them in a campaign ad. he slammed it saying children of political candidates should be off limits. >> leave my kids alone, leave marco's kids alone. leave hillary's kids and grandkids alone. >>> fred hyatt posted a comment saying, quote, it's generally ben the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. i failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. >>> wait time just got shorter for virginia strovoters. you may remember this site from the 2012 presidential elections. in prince william county, some waited hours to cast a vote. because of that, they have agreed to teach volunteers what to do if vote machines malfunction and they agree to speak with experts if there's lay layup. >>> a shooting in a story in fairfax county has last-minute shoppers on edge. during that robbery the suspect shot an employee. he then took off toward richmond highway. shoppers there say they're more alert after hearing

the newspaper ran an editorial cartoon showing cruz as an organ grinder and his two young daughters as monkeys. >> folks want to attack me, that's part of the process. i signed up for that. that'sofine. >> the editorial page editor says he usually looks at all the cartoons but didn't look at this one. he added in a statement, it's generally been the policy of o editorial section to leave children out of it. but the cartoonist didn't back down. tweeting, ted cruz has put his children in a political ad. don't start screaming when t e editorial cartoonists draw them as well. cruz says "the washington post" did the right thing, pulling the cartoon off its web page. >> it's not complicated. don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl. >> it's an unwritten rule not to go after the children of candidates. gop strategists s f the 2016 race for the hite house has no play book. >> when the dust settles out of this presidential race, i think the rules of presidential campaigns will forever change. >> the jabs keep coming between donald trump and hillary cl inton. >> i thought she qu

that key position and you need to find, as a quarterback, the system that works for you and as an organization, you have to find that quarterback that works for you as well. >> ian: only chance for philadelphia. they have to score quickly and get an onside kick. it's a quick hitter to jordan matthews. we're down to 3:07 remaining. philadelphia has no timeouts left. they'll have it two pminute warning to stop the clock. bradford, up in the air. incomplete. chris baker, who has been back in there after being shaken up earlier in the quarter. timpt redskins, defen have been able to keep everybody under 20 yards receiving. only one reception tonight has been under 20 yards and that was to matthews. >> ian: out to parosproles. down the side line. out of bounds. so, the catch and run for sproles goes for 14, 2:49 left in the fourth. >> trent: you can see the blocking going on in the outside. matthews is already going up the field. that was a set prlay. >> ian: washington backing off. allowing the short game but don't want to give up the big one. bradford 367 yards and a touchdown. kirk cousins, 31 o

leader bob vander plaats stated that the cruz endorsement does not come from family leader as an organization, but rather its individuals. they join other big iowa names such as congressman steve king and former secretary of state matt schultz in backing cruz. amanda: meanwhile, as he tries to fight the backlash of his plan to ban all muslims from entering the u-s, donald trump has decided to cancel an upcoming trip to the middle east. the candidate was to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. despite the change, trump says many of his supports like his plan and has no intentions on he'll be in iowa tonight, holding a rally at the state fairgrounds in des moines...local five will also be on hand covering the event. amanda: new this morning, a busy weekend for the governors office, as they get ready to celebrate.. amanda: monday will mark an historic moment for governor terry brandstad...as he becomes the longest-serving governor in american history... preparations are underway the celebration, as december 14th will mark his seven thousand 640th day of service to the state of io

which we were as an organization myself. you know, just rehabbed really hard. every felt good so i was good to go . >> reporter: gronk caught four passes and a score in more importantly gave tom brady some much needed piece of mind . >>> offensive football is always trust an anticipation an certainly there is nobody that i trust more than gronk so he is just a great player . >>> so is houston's jj watt but the patriots neutralize his pass rubber . >>> i think they did a good job i give them a lot of credit i of the they coached better than us >> reporter: and pressure the quarterback better too keeping houston out of the end zone and snapping their own two game los losing streak. >>> we ned a win every week. that's what our goal is every week. focus on our opponent that week and get the win that week. it feels good to be back on track on that winning side . >>> with that win and losses from the bengals and broncos the patriots are now a game up on ci cincy for the number one seed with three games to go. reporting live in the newsroom, joe amorsino, 7 news . >>

as an organization we have helped to get background checks in eight different states and we will continue to do that. in new hampshire we are announcing the granite state coalition for common sense, which is bringing together community leaders to try to educate members of the state legislature on what can we pass and it not really be affecting the rights of responsible gun owners like myself for you. josh: you are a gun owner. this is not about getting rid of guns. in new hampshire, this is a tough sell. we are in a state that had a concealed carry is something that is considered. what would be a reasonable, short of what you are seeing in other states, a reasonable compromise in new hampshire? mr. kelly: i get new hampshire. i lived in texas and i currently plive in arizona. i' m a gun owner and a hunter. there' s a culture of hunting and outdoors stuff in new hampshire and i get that. i think reasonable things. let' s look at and try to prevent people who are felons and domestic abusers, people who are mentally ill and even terrorists from walking into a gun show or buying a gun over th

. >> as an organization, we are strong. we will bond together. we will make it through this very, very difficult time. >> reporter: those minutes and survivors and this grieving community. jay gray, nbc news, san bernardino. >>> in washington tomorrow, the house plans to vote on legislation that will tighten restrictions on visa-free travel to the united states. anyone who has been to iraq or syria in the past five years would be barred from the visa waiver program even if they are traveling from a friendly country. the bill is said to have broad bipartisan support. >>> a menorah is shining brightly a day after someone desecrated it. it was prepared in time for a ceremony at the park. someone vandalized it hours after hanukkah started. organizer say they want to confront the darkness with more light. >>> a big meeting is planned for tomorrow to address a series of arson attacks in queens. local authorities and officials will gather with members of the they are trying to track down a serial arsonist suspected of setting seven fires, seven since oc

pulitzer prize winning artist tweeted out this cartoon of ted cruz as an organ grinder. and his two daughters as apparent monkeys. the caption ted cruz uses his kids as political props. she wrote that the senator had waived the unspoken rule of leaving candidates' kids out of cartoons. once he included them in this ad that aired in iowa during "saturday night live." cruz tweeted the paper should stick with attacking him and that his daughters are off limits. marco rubio chimed in calling the cartoon disgusting despite the fact that the two senators have locked horns on the campaign trail. the paper's editor wrote it has generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. i failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. i understand why ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but i do not agree. it wasn't long after the cruz campaign began fund-raising off of the cartoon, including it in a blast e-mail. >>> a top hillary clinton aide says bernie sanders is likely to edge the democratic front-runner in donation

the newspaper ran an editorial cartoon showing cruz as an organ daughters as monkeys. >> folks want to attack me, knock yourself out. i signed up for that, that's fine. >> reporter: the washington editor says he usually looks at all the cartoons but didn't look at this one. he added in a stairntle it's generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it. but the cartoonist didn't back down, tweeting, ted cruz has put his children in a political ad. don't start screaming when the editorial cartoonists draw them as well. cruz says the washington post did the right thing, pulling the cartoon off its webpage. >> it's not complicated, don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl. >> reporter: it's an unwritten rule not to go after the children of candidates, but g.o.p. strategists say the 2016 race to the white house has no playbook. >> when the dust settles out of this presidential race, i think the rules of presidential clinton can calls trump's tone hateful. >> his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. and he has to keep sort

organization of pan african socialism. i don't want to characterize this expression as an expression of despair or hopelessness. it was more his realistic donesment of what could be within the borders of the united states if you are talking about organizing black power. i won't go on and on -- these are pieces of conversations we had over the years. it is one thing to elect somebody to share or mayor or governor -- sheriff or mayor or governor or president who is black. the real question is a question of accountability. to holdou organize these people accountable to your interests? quite frankly, he did not feel much responsible in the united states that you needed a certain kind of muscle, black power. that he concluded meant you had to build in africa. >> thank you. >> hi, i'm a teacher of african-american history. i have a opportunity to have some questions about malcolm x and his youth. . i have also been to detroit. for a long time there were study groups. i think a brother here mentioned about probably not being taken seriously as a anger. my question is, had you consider looking at or maybe doing some res

the newspaper ran an editorial cartoon showing cruz as an organ grinder, and his two young daughters as dancing monkeys. it was eventually retracted by the washington post, but the artist says she was justified in using cruz's daughters after cruz used them in his campaign ad. the political cartoon drew sharp criticism from cruz, who argued that the kids of political candidates should be off limits. "but let me suggest a very simple rule that everyone ought to follow: leave the kids alone. leave my kids alone. leave marco's kids alone. leave hillary's kids and grandkids alone. kids should be off-f-mits and the washington that." the washington post editorial page editor says he usually looks at all the cartoons, but didn't look at this one. hehedded in a statement, "it's generally been the policy of our editorial section to leave children out of it." still to come.... a look at how prisoners are helping those in need one stitch at a time. my mom's name is irene, and she has alzheimer's. adult daycare costs so much, i have to take my mom to work with me. eventually she'll require arouo

leader bob vander plaats stated that the cruz endorsement does not come from family leader as an organization, but rather its individuals. they join other big iowa names such as congressman steve king and former secretary of state matt schultz in backing cruz. meanwhile, as he tries to fight the backlash of his plan to ban all muslims from entering the u-s, donald trump has decided to cancel an upcoming trip to the middle east. the candidate was to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. despite the change, trump says man of his supports like his plan and has no intentions on backing down. he'll be in iowa tonight, holding a rally at the state fairgrounds in des moines...local five will also be on hand covering the event. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) sam: and we are in for another absolutely gorgeous day! we are going to be breezy and climbing into the upper we are going to be mostly cloudy with temperatures for this fall into the low 40s. saturday is going to be mostly cloudy with highs in the 50s. we are rain moving in from the south sat

it's a very harsh environment, it's very difficult to survive and get by as an organism living in the arctic. any perturbation of that environment is going to be difficult, especially with a pollution event. >> this thing isn't just marine life, this thing is covered in other marine life. it's complex. >> that's right. it's complex interconnected... if you do damage to one you do damage to all. >> coming up on techknow: >> if some disaster occurs, are we ready? >> alaska's reliance... and reservations about oil in the arctic. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. >> the ocean is an extremely important part of our lifestyle, any changes that occur here are going to affect us in some manner. >> austin ahmasuk is an inupiaq native who was born and raised in nome alaska. >> my major concern with any oil development in that neck of the woods is response readiness. what's going to happen if some di

cruz is depicted as an organ grinder dressed as santa, and his daughters as dancing monkeys. cruz saying yesterday "don't mess with my kids, don't mess with anybody's kids." abc's jonathan karl reports. >> please read this one, daddy. >> reporter: in an "snl" style parody produced by his campaign, senator ted cruz reads conservative christmas stories with his family. his young daughters, catherine and caroline, join in. >> the whole family will enjoying reading stories like "the grinch who lost her e-mails." >> i know just what i'll do, she said with a snicker, i will use my own server and no one will be the wiser. >> reporter: the ad prompted "the washington post" to run a political cartoon depicting cruz's daughters as trained monkeys. >> not much ticks me off. but making fun of my girls, that will do it. it's not complicated, don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl. >> reporter: cruz and his gop challengers agree on this one. >> this is off-limits, and ted cruz was absolutely right to be outraged. >> reporter: donald trump called the cartoon "bad," marco

the newspaper ran an editorial cartoon showing cruz as an organ grinder and his two young daughters as monkeys. >> folks want to attack me, knock yourself out. that's pat of the process. i signed up are for that, that's fine. usually looks at all the cartoons but didn't look at this one and added in a statement it's generally been the position policy of our editorial section to leave children out it, but the cartoons tweeted ted cruz has put his children in a political ad, don't start screaming when political cartoonists draw them, as well. cruz says the washington post did the right thing pulling the cartoon off its webpage. >> it's not complicated, don't make fun of a 5-year-old girl and 7-year-old girl. >> it's an unwritten rule not to go after the children of candidates but g.o.p. strategists say the 2016 race for the white house has no playbook. >> when the dust settles out this presidential race, i think the rules of presidential campaigns will forever change. >> reporter: the jabs keep coming between donald trump and hillary clinton. >> i thought she quit. i thought she gave up.

number of people involved, given in what you have by the way of evidence, do you categorize this as an organized event? >> these were people who came prepared. they were dressed and equipped in a way to indicate they were prepared, and they have long guns not handguns. i don't know what type of long guns. >> how were they dressed? >> how many of those weapons recovered at the scene. >> we have no weapons recovered at this point. >> what were they wearing. >> sorry. >> chief, you said upwards of 14 dead. what does upwards mean? >> the preliminary number we have right now there are 14 people who are deceased and our count is another 14 people in a has been taken to various hospitals for significant injuries potentially related to gunshots. we have a number of other people who have had other minor types of injuries where they fell down while fleeing, things of that nature. >> is there videos in the build that will give you video of what happened? >> i would imagine there are, but we are not that far in the investigation. >> is there the possibility that there are more wounded inside that center? >>

walking with what cruz describes this in response to a washington post editorial cartoon showing cruz as an organ grinder young daughters as monkey's...the cartoon was pulled "leave the kids alone. leave that." this is the latest in a trump has thrown the traditional campaign playbook out the window. "donald trump is about shaking the system to its roots, um and poll numbers continue to rise. the of republican voters... second place: senator ted cruz at 18 percent. edward lawrence, nbc news. 20-15 as a whole has packed a political punch... from email scandals... to a speaker of the house scramble.. . to some very popular yet unconventional presidential contenders. dianne gallagher has a breakdown of the memorable moments... the 2016 presidential election campaign kicked into high gear. (nats-crowd applause) the crowded gop field dialogue... (jeb bush/(r) presidential candidate) "donald trump." (carly fiorina/(r) presidential candidate) "donald trump." (ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate) "if you look at donald trump." the billionaire's bombastic style grabbed daily headlines... (donald trump/(r)