. -- inss before one week less than one week from the iowa caucuses, our guest is benjamin ginsberg. >> good morning, everyone. donald trump will not attend the fox news debate thursday night in des moines, iowa over the network standing by. megyn kelly is one of the moderators. before the hawkeye state votes first in this primary battle, tedy bruschi of texas said it's -- ted cruz of texas said it's like not showing up for a job interview.

benjamin ginsberg, a longtime lawyer who has represented many campaigns, and he is here to take your questions and omments. all about how this season could be at a lot crazier than you think. democrats, (202)-748-8000. republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, 202)-748-8002. republicans, (202)-748-8001. before we get to calls, let me let me bounce this headline. leaders of the republican establishment made up of electric -- elected officials are sending a message to mainstream candidates such as jeb bush, they should withdraw from the race if they do not show strength soon. what do you think? >> i think if you are a candidate, you're not paying a lot of attention to that. you're running your come him -- campaign. the mindset of campaigns i have been involved with -- is, i am still going to win. ams is all based on -- i just on sort of suspects national polls. 20 voters start speaking, i'm going to do well -- when the voters start speaking, i am goto

after that, when six days before the iowa caucuses, our guest is benjamin ginsberg, former national council for the 2012 mitt romney campaign. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> next, senator bernie sanders speaks at a local chapter of the united steelworkers in des moines, iowa. policy, about trade expanding unions, and points out his differences with hillary clinton. this is 40 minutes. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "bernie!"] >> let me begin by thanking you for inviting me to be with you today. thank you steve, for the introduction. and most of all, thanking the steelworkers for their long support of what i've been trying to do throughout my entire political career. i don't get any money and i don't want any money from corporations. never got a nickel. [applause] don't want any money from the billionaire class. [applause] but i am very grateful for the support that i've received from the steelworkers throughout my entire political career. thank you, guys, very, very much. [applause] when i went to college i studied some economic

. -- inss before one week less than one week from the iowa caucuses, our guest is benjamin ginsberg. >> good morning, everyone. donald trump will not attend the fox news debate thursday night in des moines, iowa over the network standing by. megyn kelly is one of the moderators. before the hawkeye state votes first in this primary battle, tedy bruschi of texas said it's -- ted cruz of texas said it's like not showing up for a job interview. host: he talked about -- in this news conference, he said he was most likely going to be skipping the debate. it was later confirmed by his campaign manager. listen no what donald trump had to say yesterday in iowa. >> well, fox is playing games, yeah. fox is going to make a fortune. i'm not a fan of megyn kelly. i think she's a third rate reporter. i think she's not good at what she does and they could do a lot better than megyn kelly and i'm going to be making a decision with fox. i see that they picked me as number one, not only as number one, number one by far. i won't be doing the debate. i'm going to have something else in iowa. we will rais

host: at our table this morning, benjamin ginsberg. thank you for being here. guest: thank you.ost: your peace and "politico magazine," that is where i went to start. let's begin with what the republican national committee did before the 2012 campaign to change the primary calendar. 2000: they did it at the eight convention, not liking the quickness of john mccain spectre he and the prolonged attention that the obama-clinton primary got the democrats that year. they did a few things to elongate the process. number one, they decreed there d ofd be a perio proportional voting, which means by definition, you have to divide up the people who can win delegates in the state as opposed to allowing one candidate to win them all in the state. secondly, they asked the state to push back their primary. so some large states, california, new york, new jersey, in the beginning of march moves back in the calendar. host: what is the impact on this years race with all the dynamics we have? that it isimpact is likely to be a more prolonged what mittcloser to it romney had to go through in 2012. h

with six days before the iowa caucus, our guest is benjamin ginsberg. is liveton journal" every morning at 7:00 a.m. et. >> republican presidential candidate senator ted cruz is joined by former governor and presidential candidate rick perry wednesday at a pro-life campaign rally in west des iowa., now, hillary clinton talks to supporters at a campaign rally in marshall to an, iowa. this is 45 minutes. >> please welcome, hillary clinton. [applause] you are great. thank you. you, it was worth it trying to get here. we are so generous -- you have been so generous with your time. have this chance to talk with you with less than a week until the caucus monday night. it is really meaningful to me that you would be here and be part of this ross us. -- process. i have learned a lot in the last think that really spending all of this time in small groups and big ones -- thank you for everything you have done to make that possible. want to thank mark smith for his endorsement. i am thrilled. thank you very much, representative. i hope that we will be able to make

with six days before the iowa caucuses, our guest is benjamin ginsberg, that counsel for the mitt romney presidential campaign. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. campaign 2016 is taking you on the road to the iowa house with for the caucuses. our coverage begins on 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span2, we will bring you live caucus coverage. then we will take you to our republican caucus on c-span and our democratic caucus on c-span2 . stay with c-span and join in on a conversation on c-span radio and c-span.org. trump told reporters on tuesday he will not participate on thursday night's republican debate hosted by alex news during a news conference rally in a campaign marshalltown, iowa. he also received an endorsement from the mayor of arizona. this is 20 minutes. >> thank you. i remember being in iowa for years ago helping another person running for president. i got to know i was, the people, what a great state this is. great people personifies what america is all about. i'm here to endorse the great patriot. it is easy to endorse him. everything i be

after that, our guest is benjamin ginsberg. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >>> this week marks the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle "challenger" explosion. the disaster resulted in the loss of seven crew members, five astronauts and two payload specialists. c-span remembers the event with special programming wednesday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> next, supreme court justice steven bryer about his new book at the brookings institution in washington. the book focuses on globalization and how the supreme court decisions impact other nations. this is an hour and a half. >>> good evening, everyone. good evening. thank you for braving the elements. i think it would require a little more bravery tomorrow afternoon around this time. so we timed this event i think perfectly. and particular welcome to justice breyer and to joanna breyer. they are both friends of this institution. justice breyer's connection with the brookings institution goes back a ways. i suspec

beforehat, with six days the iowa caucuses, our guest is benjamin ginsberg, former national council for the mitt romney campaign. atshington journal" is live 7:00 a.m. eastern and you can join with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. today at the senate judiciary committee, they examine heroine and prescription opioid abuse. witnesses include the governor of the month and the manchester police chief. watch live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next, democratic presidential candidate hopeful bernie sanders speaks at a local chapter of the united steelworkers in des moines, iowa. he talks about expanding unions and points out his differences with hillary clinton. this is 40 minutes. [chanting] mr. sanders: thank you. begin by thanking you for inviting me to be with you today. thank you for the introduction. most of all, thanking the steelworkers for their long, long support of what i've been trying to do throughout my political career. i don't get any money and i don't want any money from corporations. never got a nickel. [applause] don't want any money from the billionaire c

after that, with six days before the iowa caucuses, our guest is benjamin ginsberg, former national councilfor the 2012 mitt romney campaign. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> with just a few days of campaigning before next monday's iowa caucuses, what is the state of the race? a new republican poll out today by quinnipiac today showing a dead heat between donald trump and senator ted cruz. joining us from des moines is peter brown, thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> walk us through the numbers. >> well, it's pretty simple. from a race that started with 16 candidates, you know, in the spring, we're now effectively down to two in iowa, ted cruz, the texas senator, and donald trump, the new york businessman. mr. trump has 31% of the vote. senator cruz has 29% of the vote. that's well within the margin of error. so it's a dead heat. in fact, this two-point lead for their trump has been pretty static for the last three months, but, again, two points is the tie, essent

after that, our guest is benjamin ginsberg. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >>> this week marks the 30th anniversary of the space shuttle "challenger" explosion. the disaster resulted in the loss of seven crew members, five astronauts and two payload specialists. c-span remembers the event with special programming wednesday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> next, supreme court justice steven bryer about his new book at the brookings institution in washington. the book focuses on globalization and how the supreme court decisions impact other nations. this is an hour and a half. >>> good evening, everyone. good evening. thank you for braving the elements. i think it would require a little more bravery tomorrow afternoon around this time. so we timed this event i think perfectly. and particular welcome to justice breyer and to joanna breyer. they are both friends of this institution. justice breyer's connection with the brookings institution goes back a ways. i suspec