coming up, cisco earnings are out and chuck robinson is leading. we break down the numbers, next.lus, tinder takes offense to a vanity fair article in an epic way. that is next. ♪ emily: cisco releasing better than expected sales in the fourth quarter. the first earning reports for chuck robbins as ceo. the analyst call happening now. editor at large cory johnson is with us. how well set up is chuck robbins for success? cory: if you look at the guidance, you say big deal. they always beat by a little bit. the guidance is basically in line with what people expect. but if you look under the covers, you can see a change in business. chuck robbins is benefiting. he has said he is only been in the job for a few weeks, but they are in good shape. one of the things that jumped out at me is in the deferred revenue, not the earnings-per-share, where you saw growth of 4%, if you go to the balance sheet you can see , the deferred revenue, the money they get paid before they deliver a service. as they move towards software, you should see higher deferred revenues. higher deferred revenues in

robinson of "the washington post." welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. when he first began talking about running for president, a lot of people dismissed him, including myself. but there's no denying that donald trump has completely shaken up the republican race. topping national and state polls, drawing 24 million people to the gop debate and simply dominating the coverage so far. i caught up with trump yesterday in des moines, iowa for his first face-to-face interview. i wanted it to be less about personality and more about substance. we touched on a lot of issues, furtherism, isis, immigration, ronald reagan and much more. let's get to it. starting with his standing of the conservative movement. some of the criticism on you from conservatives is you're not a real conservative. when you hear that, you know, someone will argue on social policies you're not a real conservative. is it just different brands of conservativism that's out there and you just have a different brand or do you think they have a point? >> i think they

robinson is still with us. moderator of "meet the press" is joining us this morning. >> chuck, a lot to talk about this morning.'t we jump right in. >> the new quinnipiac poll finds hillary clinton leads the field with 45%, down from 55% in july with senator bernie sanders at 22% and vice president joe biden at 18%. on the republican side, donald trump has climbed 8 points since july to 28%, a big lead over second place ben carson. and a three-way tie for third between jeb bush, ted cruz and marco rubio. trump is competitive in head to head matchups with hillary clinton and joe biden where biden is outperforming clinton by 4 points. in the first word voters associate clinton with they say, quote, liar. the second is dishonest. for donald trump it's arrogant and second is blow hard. and for jeb bush, bush with family in second. >> chuck todd, there's so much to digest there. people are horrified by these ver baits. those aren't good. i want to start, though, with the open rebellion within the republican party. when we look at polls and we add up, first thing we do is we add up trump and carson. and that's just t

robinson is still us with, thank god. alex castellanos is with us as well with great facial expressions. donny deutsche is here. and from washington, moderator of "meet the press," chuckitor of "the fix" at the "washington post" chris alizza is here as well. >> we have a lot to talk b let's talk about what happens in a couple hours. >> oh, my gosh, what a day it's going to be in alabama in just a few hours. the state that will host what could be the largest event so far of the 2016 campaign is getting ready for donald trump. he's expecting about 35,000 people at a rally tonight in mobile. it's taking place at the stadium which is home to the university of south alabama jaguars. crews are removing one of the goal posts to accommodate a stage for the republican frontrunner. symbolic, moving the goal post. the vent comes as trump looks beyond iowa and new hampshire while his blunt style may seem like an unlikely fit in the south, donald trump says he is not surprised by the enthusiasm. >> what happened is we took the hotel like a ballroom that held 1,000 people and the company, the hotel company calls us up and says we're getting swamped. we don't have enough room for th