vo: sam clovis ... tenured professor at morningside college ... former director of the colonel "bud" day center for civic engagement ... and ... now national co- chair and senior policy adviser for the trump campaign. currently on leave of absence from morningside because of his role with donald trump ... his strong support for a ban on muslim's enterting the country leaves some wondering ... "t hat's a different perspective that i have heard him aspouse before. he has always been very much a stounche supporter of the constitution and very much in favor of religious freedom so i was a little suprised and a little disappointed to be quite honest with you." with several dedicated organiozation's on campus ... equality and religious freedome are extremely important ... which is why they also apply to "we value academic freedome very highly at morningside college. as a tenured proffeosr who's field is public administration he is entitled to his views on a number of issues. having said that ... the views that are being expressed are entirely inconsiste

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2 miles southeast of clovis. but with wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour... 12 feet high snow drifts completely covering the car and in complete darkness they couldn't pin point exactly where the couple was. (voice of bill kshir, assistant director, clovis public works/incorrect spelling): "they had put a mark there, dug a little area in the snow they they thought they would recognize but the wind had blown so bad and washed it out again we had lost track of where it was again and eventually the bulldozer was overheating and having problems and it gave out on them." kshir and other volunteers in bulldozers and a tractor... spent hours trying to locate the car... as the couple on their cell phones tried guiding them. careful... not to drive over the car they couldn't see. (voice of bill kshir, assistant director, clovis public works/no graphics): "i told him we didn't want to drive up and down the road and in the ditch because we could crush them with that tractor. at one point with the dozer we had actually crush

sam clovis was the iowa chairman for rick perry's presidential campaign. he was also a republican u-s senate candidate last year and then lost the race for iowa treasurer. he told the guardian there's a crisis of confidence in america right w. clovis thinks the u-s needs to take a break and make sure we are safe before accepting more muslims into the country. he says he doesn't have a time estimate for how long that would take. while trump and clovis are making anti-muslim comments, iowa city is working harder than ever to become an "international welcoming city." t-v nine's iowa city bureau chief mark carlson joins u u live. mark, these efforts are really yes, and it doesn't have anything to do with donald trump. these efforts have been in the works for the past couple years. partly it comes down to the fact that there are many jobs here, and they want skilled workers from all arouou the world to fill them. "there's a need for talent here, so by being a welcoming community we are really both attracting international folks to our community, but also retain

clovis. sam clovis joining us tonight. >> all right. thank you, don. >> i want to bring in the director of the center of foreign policy, and also an author on isis. and so, don, i want to start wi with you, and can you explain us what your center does? >> yes, i would like to have an opportunity to describe it other than the people who are determined to silence us menmen. it is a group they started with my colleagues in 1988 to essentially support what mr. reagan, my old boss calls a strategy of peace through strength. it is needed at the moment, because we are pursuing if there is a strategy at all to it one that through hoping that the increasing weakness we will somehow ameliorate our situation, vis-a-vis and not exclusively, but among others gjihadiist jihadiists, and our destruction, and for people who want to suppress it meaning it or not are playing into the hands who are in fact our enemies. >> do you agree with donald trump that there has to be a toted aal and complete shutdown of the muslims entering the united states? >> well

clovis, good to have you on tonight. are you concerned as you look at the polls, see donald trump losing ground to ted cruz there in iowa where you are tonight. senator cruz getting key endorsements, as well, at least one poll showing him leading there. how concerned is that for you? >> well, i think it's just, you know, typical we're 51 days out from the polls, jim. i don't really look at this as anything we need to get upset about. one of the things we ought to be looking at is the consistency of the performance that mr. trump had in the state of iowa. we had ben carson in the led out here and scott walker in the led out here and others that have taken the lead from time to time and i think what is really going to be, the only poll that really counts is what happens on february 1st when we go into the caucus locations and cast our ballot there is. >> so, mr. trump, once again saying that he will not rule out a third party bid if the republican party doesn't treat him properly. can you clarify for us what does that mean

clovis, let me ask you this.u guys expect a lot of incoming tonight and for various reasons on various issues. sometimes mr. trump likes to fight back, sometimes he doesn't. does he have a strategy, or does he go up there and wing it? >> well, i don't think -- it's like anything. you lay out an outline, you have a plan of what you would like to do, but like mike tyson said, everybody has a plan until you get hit on the nose the first time. so i think that's really the situation. i think mr. trump is really looking forward to this. i think he's prepared to have a lot of shots come in from a lot of different people, because there are a lot of people that are polling in single digits. and the only way that they're going to make any ground is to go after mr. trump or senator cruz. and i think that's really what we're going to see more of than anything else. and i think both mr. trump and senator cruz will do what they're supposed to do. they're going to be standing next to each other. there's a reason that they're ou

clovis: exactly. it was a low turnout. out of two french voters decided to stay at home could the socialist candidate is hoping that he will be able to mobilize, we mobilize in a way, his left-wing supporters. it will be a very difficult for him to come first in the selection, and it is extremely -- increasing the chances of the french far right in terms of winning this region, which is east of france. that is one more region that the national front is tipped to take over, to win. the french far right has never won the region in its history. there are 2 regions where the national front had an extremely good result 40% of the month. that is in the north. around, day, where you have the migrants, that is where marine le pen standing to finish first. in the south of france, completely different region, from marseilles to nice, marine le pen's needs, 27 years old, overyoung, but she has won many voters, finished first in the first round of the election, of thed -- far ahead candidate who is not appreciated by the left-wing ele

among the biggest losers are companies like agios and clovis. clovis came out with a surprising announcement about its lung cancer drug and drove the stock down. agios is confusing among the biggest losers this year. it's not necessarily anything bad about it. they just started the year on a spike. they are going to have data this weekend at a hemotology conference and he expects more of the same positive developments on their cancer drugs. on the more positive side, you see companies like sarepta. it's doubled this year. that's on the heels of bad news for its competitor in this disease. we'll see an fda advisory panel meeting in january which will be a huge event for that stock. another surprising one is horizon. this is a company that's been lumped in with valeant in terms of that business model. it's up 56% this year. this brings to light all these questions about biotech. we talked with steve miller today. he had interesting things to say about drug pricing. >> we always supported high cost drugs. if you look at cystic fibrosis, we do that

near clovis, a 12-foot snow drift trapped betty and jimmy anderson in their car as they delivered newspapers, entombed for 20 hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them. >> this is interstate 40 just west of oklahoma city. you can see behind me here, one of many wrecks. two trucks pulling two trailers went sliding off this icy highway, rolling several times. luckily nobody here was seriously injured. but it gives you an idea of just how dangerous driving conditions are in a lot of places. clayton sandell, abc news, el reno, oklahoma. >> in the southern plains, evacuations could happen because of floods. at least three people drowned in oklahoma's floodwaters. the latest victim a motorist who never made it to a family luncheon on sunday. her body found still in the car under six feet of water. >>> texas cleaning up from devastating tornadoes from the air, you can get an idea of the destruction caused by an ef 4 tornado in garland. 11 people died eight of them while driving on highways. one official warns people will be displaced for months. >>> and it's not over yet. the big conce

near clovis, a 12-foot snow drift trapped betty and jimmy anderson in their car as they delivered newspapers, entombed from 20 hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them. >> my wife, she was just shivering and shaking, so, i got into the passenger seat, because the driver's seat was full of snow from us trying to dig out, so, we cuddleded up together. >> reporter: david, this is interstate 40, just west of oklahoma city, and you can see right behind me here, one o twtrucks and two trailers went sliding off this icy highway. they rolled several times. luckily, nobody here was seriously injured.t gives you an idea o just how dangerous conditions are out there tonight. david? >> clayton, thank you. the blizzard-like condndions, the snow and ice all coming after that system first unleashed deadly tornadoes. and the aftermath tonight is simply stunning. in ellis county, texas, neighborhoods cimated. abc's matatgutman is in texas. >> that's it! that's it! that's a tornado! >> reporter: that pack of tornadoes that pummeled texas, tonight swarming florida. >> drive! get on the gas and go

as you know we have sam clovis and chuck lautner and they have some incredible people under them. we're going to see what happens first. people want to see our country become great again. we are -- a country that is seriously troubled. we have nothing but losses, we don't win with isis, we don't win with health care. obamacare is a disaster. the rates are going up 25, 35, 45% virtually every year. it's a catastrophe. we don't win with anything. we don't win at the border, people are just flowing across into our country. think those people, i actually think all of those people and maybe even friends of theirs that weren't at the rallies or the speeches, i think they're going to come out and they're going to caucus and they're going to have a very good victory. but we're going to have to wait and see. >> spending -- >> are you -- [ inaudible ] >> so i'll be spending a minimum of $2 million a week and perhaps substantially more than that. >> jeb has spent $40 million. >> he hasn't spent $40 million. he's wasted 40 million. there's a big difference. jeb has wasted $40 million. >> so i

we have sam clovis and chuck, and they have some good people under them.reour country become great again. we are a country that's sear yustlesly troubled. we don't win with isis, we don't win with healthcare. obamacare is a disaster with rates going up 35%, 45%. virtually every year is a catastrophy. we don't win at the border where people are flowing across into our country. i think friends of theirs who weren't at the ram liz or speeches will come out and caucus. and we'll have a good victory. but we'll have some to see. reporter: how are you work on that at the grounds? >> so i'll be spending a minimum of $2 million a week and perhaps substantially more than that. report very jeb spent $40 million. >> he has isn't spent $40 million, he wasted $40 million. there is a big difference. i'll be doing big ads and they will be substantial and very well done. i have seen the first two or three of them. we are very proud of them. we'll be talking about a lot of things including the border, including trade, including isis and security for the country. we'll be ta

. >> joining me now is sam clovis, the co-chairman to the trump national campaign and van jones, formerenior official in the obama white house. so sam, what do you make of those comments there from president obama that donald trump is exploiting the fears of working class men who have been suffering? >> well, i think it's a strong word, exploiting is a strong word. i think that one of the things that we're really focused on is that we're really, we just had a technical glitch. i'm right back with you. i think to answer the question here, i think i'm more concerned about the characterization of the voter attracted tho this cycle. i think if you go to our rallies, you see an incredible amount of people turn out and what this is really about is not about the president. certainly we can argue that policies and the anger there but i think it's the lack of leadership that we've had in washington for quite sometime and it's not just the president. i think it's the president's administration but it's also the republican party. we've had alack of leadership in the republican party in the last bu

skipping bail in a narcotics case. 15 minutes earlier the 26-year-old had taken off when cops in nearby clovisry to bring him in. in the car with him, his on again/off again girlfriend and the mother of his two sons who shared her story with local television. >> i was just scared, and i'm still shook up. i begged him to stop. to just let me out. just stop. he just kept on going. >> by chance tony kirkpatrick, a camera operator for fresno's cbs station is in the vicinity and captures this dramatic video. >> i just started rolling. i just kept rolling. as you could tell, the camera was like crooked because i was so nervous. >> police fear the suspect could be high on drugs and heavily armed. as he approaches a busy intersection, an officer tease an opportunity to perform a p.i.t. maneuver. >> it involves making contact with the suspect vehicle in one of the recorder panels, and what it does essentially is cause them to spin out of control. as i move in a position to do that, he repositioned his vehicle. we were going to basically hit head on. my concern is if i collide head on, what's going to h

clovis, thank you so much. i think you might have heard jeb bush speaking to me earlier.e said multiple times donald trump is not a serious candidate, he is not qualified to be commander in chief and jeb bush flat out told me if he would support donald trump over hillary clinton. what do you make of it? >> i think it's probably you have a desperate candidate. i'll leave the major commentary to mr. trump. i don't think i need to sit here and fill the audience with our thoughts about a person who is a 3% and my candidate's at 42. >> he called your candidate a chaos candidate. you know, donald trump last night with jimmy kimmel said, yeah, he's been disruptive at times, a little dismissive of the other candidates. is that one and the same thing? >> i think what it's really been going on here is the dynamic of a race where we have 15, 16 people that started in this. i think what we're really seeing is things are starting to settle. we're starting to see like a bicycle race, we're starting to see a break away coming. we have four or five people that are breaking away from the

. >> reporter: sam clovis of the trump campaign said on our air this morning that they have gone outof the way to be direct in the language with the american people, and that one of the things that has attracted so many people in such a diverse group into the rallies is the fact that they speak plainly, so no backing down by the campaign. ashleigh. >> joe johns, thank you for that. certainly a lot to chew on here, and with me here are two of the best, cnn's political adviser david chalian and david gergen who is former advisers to former presidents reagan and others. and so every time this comes up, i wonder what is the tipping point. but the language that he used, i would not be allowed to use it, and so you have to coo google it. and david gergen, if you were interviewing someone for a job, you would not hire a person who uses it, but it does not seem to matter. >> you would not only use someone who dwruzs it, and you would not have a ceo in particular who use it, because ceos or presidents are supposed to be role models, and you know, i don't know what to make of the polls, and th

as you know, we have sam clovis and chuck and they have incredible people under them. but you know, we're going to see what happens on february 1st. i really think all of those people and maybe even friends of theirs that weren't at the rallies or the speeches i think they're going to come out and caucus and we're going to have a very good victory. you know, we're going to have to see. >> there have been mixed reports about donald trump's ground game in iowa and new hampshire. the "new york times" noted last week his campaign appears to have no pollsters, no advertising team or research or voter contact operations. though we just found out mr. trump did get access to the rnc's enormous voter lists which gives his campaign data on more than 200 million people. if donald trump doesn't have a good ground game and if the old rules of presidential campaigning still apply apply, it's possible he could suffer a sudden collapse once people actually start voting. this has been an election seen in which all the old rules have seemed to go out the window. jeb bush spent more than

as you know, we have sam clovis and chuck lautner and they have some incredible people under them.ut, you know, we're going to see what happens on february 1st. people want to see our country become great again. we are a country that is troubled. seriously troubled. and we have nothing but losses. we don't win with isis, we don't win with healthcare. obamacare is a disaster. the rates are going up 25, 35, 45%, virtually every year. it's a catastrophe. we don't win with anything. we don't win at the border where people are just flowing across into our country. and i really think those people -- i actually think all of those people or friends of those at the rallies and the speeches are going to come out and caucus and we're going to have a very good victory, but we have to see. >> how much are you going to spend on the campaign? it's been reported $2 million? >> so i'll be spending a minimum of $2 million a week and perhaps substantially more than that. >> where? >> jeb has spent $40 million -- >> no, he hasn't spent $40 million. he's wasted $40 million. there's a big difference. je

clovis told me, this just shows how strong donald trump is.t and he's forcing vladimir putin to show respect. >> yes, that's ridiculous. really what's happening here is the best explanation is that because trump is endorsed what vladimir putin is doing, putin is endorsing trump. right? it's not that complicated. but trump has this mega low maniacma nigh -- maniacal view. >> what about the flip side of this? you don't hear a lot of world leaders offering praise for donald trump. david cameron has gone out of his way to say trump would not be welcome in the united kingdom. certainly muslim leaders around the world not happy with donald trump. what does vladimir putin get out of saying pleasant things? >> russia has been very hostile to refugees coming into europe and russia has been portraying itself as the kind of leader -- new leader of the west against this islamic invasion, very culturally conservative. in a way there's an ideological connection you see between the way putin has been responding to the middle east and the way trump has been r