bob cusack,ng with the best and the worst moments of capitol hill. will go to michael next, florida, a democrat. caller: i want to toss this out to you in the spirit that i issueasted the -- when we brought up kevin mccarthy. also, mr. boehner. they had neurological issues. i heard it often set of mr. boehner. he was too emotional. i cannot pronounce it, and is not relevant, but a neurological issue. the same thing with mr. mccarthy. the very next day after he had some speech impediment issues, he was pulled, when it was decided he would not be able to speak to the massive, whereas he had been able to speak to the congress just fine, but apparently we would not find him adequate. host: not sure about these neurological conditions. after mccarthy's name was put forward, rachel maddow did a segment on her show showing a speech that he gave quickly after that on foreign policy, where a lot of people were critical of the way he behaved. guest: i think "the washington post" also wrote about that. have interviewed them both. they do not have no logical pro

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com bob cusack joins me now. who do you think won the debate? >> well, i think that cruz and rubio did quite well. chris christie had a pretty good performance. you have seen his numbers jump up. but i don't think it was a game changer. i don't think we'll see a major shift in the polls. i don't think that carson had a good night. he has been in a free fall. we're going to see trump stay on top and cruz going to stay on top or at least be a close second if not on top in iowa. >> not enough to affect bush in either way? >> by far it was his best performance. but honestly, that's not saying much. he had really poor performances in the first four. he was good last night. he took on trump. trump had a good comeback with basically saying scoreboard i'm up 42-3 on you. bush said it doesn't matter but it does matter of course. bush had a good night but you wonder if it is too late for bush. donors are getting nervous. he has to do very well in new hampshire. he is not doing well in new hampshire. we're going into the holidays. it's hard to make another

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laura bass for the huffington post and bob cusack. secretary clinton is killing bernie sanders in massachusetts. 54-29. why doesn't elizabeth warren, the senior senator say i'm with hillary? she's going to be the nominee probably. >> i think it's about leverage. i think elizabeth warren's power is her ability to bring the democratic candidates to the left, especially hillary. if she endorsees hillary, it gives hillary the freedom to drift over to the center where she is more comfortable being. this way she is still beholden to what elizabeth warren wants. >> bernie is not pulling her over to the left. everybody thinks of her as a centrist. i don't want to get hillary clinton in trouble, a moderate, center left? what can we say any more. what is acceptable in the face of elizabeth warren? if she is not going to support you, do you try to get her support or say, sorry, i'll live without you. >> i think she is going to support hillary clinton but not for months. she wants to push clinton on policy, expanding social security, banking poli

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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com bob cusack joins me now. who do you think won the debate?o did quite well. chris christie had a pretty

bob cusack is editor. what did you think of the interview? >> he's donald trump.here will be exceptions for athletes and he's not talking about muslim americans who are overseas. his campaign told us it did apply to them. so walking back some of the stuff, but overall, remember, this policy on muslims was planned. i mean, he put out a statement on it. so it wasn't just an o off-the-cuff interview. certainly i don't think he's losing donald trump supporters. he lost some supporters in washington, but he lost them a long time ago. they never liked him. he thrives on media attention, so he's doing exactly what he wants to do. >> if you and i are sitting around talking in a bar, do you think he has a chance? do you think he has a real shot? >> i think he has a real shot to win the republican nomination, no doubt about it. he's been winning for about 120 days. and he has been the clear frontrunner. the only one who has overtaken him was carson. cruz in iowa a little bit, but trump has been the clear frontrunner. if this were jeb bush, everyone would say, this race is o

host: i'm trying to get your point so we can have bob cusack respond. .04%.: it is he does not believe in climate change. that: this is something they have grappled with, to say whether climate change is available to what man is doing on earth. -- attributable to what man is doing on earth. democratshey say the and the white house are overreacting to climate change. the science debate will continue on. republican from oklahoma, and barbara boxer are the two at the top committees that deal with it. i could not disagree more on climate change. host: brooklyn, new york, democrat. you're on the air. caller: a quick comment. whatever the issue is with abortion, that should be between a woman, the doctor and her god. the box for the people who pay their dues for society. ,nd stop talking about abortion this country was will on immigrants. jobs, jobs, jobs. the republicans do not want to talk about jobs because they do not have answers. guest: jobs is always going to be a big issue. this election year is going to be no different. is good to be a clarity on how you create jobs and when he goin

bob cusack,ng with the best and the worst moments of capitol hill.will go to michael next, florida, a democrat. caller: i want to toss this out to you in the spirit that i issueasted the -- when we brought up kevin mccarthy. also, mr. boehner. they had neurological issues. i heard it often set of mr. boehner. he was too emotional. i cannot pronounce it, and is not relevant, but a neurological issue. the same thing with mr. mccarthy. the very next day after he had some speech impediment issues, he was pulled, when it was decided he would not be able to speak to the massive, whereas he had been able to speak to the congress just fine, but apparently we would not find him adequate. host: not sure about these neurological conditions. after mccarthy's name was put forward, rachel maddow did a segment on her show showing a speech that he gave quickly after that on foreign policy, where a lot of people were critical of the way he behaved. guest: i think "the washington post" also wrote about that. have interviewed them both. they do not have no logical prob

thank you, bob cusack. >> thank you sh, alex. >> and meanwhile, there is some radio report s ths thatd that the killers were isis supporters, and asked that they be hailed as martyrs. brian levin is a terrorist a expert and teaches criminal law are at uc san bernardino. what do you say that the isis did not conduct the attacks? >> well, t shg, first of all, io say that my heart and prayers goes out to the victims of the attack, and first of all, to orchestrate an attack against the designed enemy such as the united states or aspire to have a defined attack against a enemy such as the united states. so whether they did it or the freelancers did it, they will claim credit. when the female assailant put her allegiance to al baghdadi the head of isis, that is reaching out. and now, isis is reaching out the other way saying, right on, thank you. it is notable that they didn't say our fighters or our warriors or the people we directed, but they said our supporters which gives them a little bit of the distance and the other thing that it might be is that it might be a ruse, and maybe there i

sac -- r guests, up to bob cusack looking back at the year in congress.also, jeffrey smith, the author of a new book<, "mr. smith -- new book, "mr. smith goes to prison." a reminder, a rebroadcast of that abc news debate will take place the gate at -- take place today at 1:00 eastern here all the information is available on our website, c-span.org. have a great week ahead, and merry christmas. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: "newsmakers" is next with senator lamar alexander. that is followed by president obama's news conference. been house and senate democrats discuss the $1.1 trillion spending bill that was passed before congress was adjourned. and later, mitch mcconnell holds a news conference to discuss the accomplishments this past year and what is ahead for 2016. ms. swain: our guest this week is tennessee republican senator lamar alexander. he took over the gavel of the help comm

cusack editor in chief at the hill. i hope you got some sleep. you were on with me last night. a republican strategist joining us as well. bob, you run a newsroom. a cartoonist put ted cruz's kids in an ad. i want to ask if that is a fair point. we've said for years with almost every presidential candidate that the kids are off limits. does he have a point here? >> ted cruz is right. "the washington post" made a mistake. news organizations do make mistaigss but this was out of bounds. i thought cruz's remarks afterward, whether it's rubio's kids, hilalary clinton's kids, they're not running for an office. sure, you are going to use kids in campaign ads. that's been done before. but still portraying them as monkeys, it gives the media a bad name. of course it helps ted cruz because once again he's bashing the media and he has a very valid point. >> talking about this cartoonist. kaley, ted cruz used this cartoon and e-mailed his supporter list asking for an emergency donation as he hoped to raise $1 million in the next 24 hours. if he's redistributing it as a campaign letter, what gives here? >> i think he's pointing out an i