he says, new cnn iowa poll, trump, 33, cruz, 20, everyone else way down. don't trust "des moines register" poll, biased towards trump, he tweeted. he clearly meant to say biased against trump. but there he is raising questions about that poll, because second place is not a place that trump has been for several months now. it's an uncomfortable position for him. christi? >> you know, he has -- trump has said an awful lot of things about cruz. cruz has kind of shuffled it off, you know, hasn't done anything about it, but when they're face to face there on the stage, do we have any indication of what to expect if he takes -- if trump takes some shots at cruz, is cruz ready to go back at him? >> reporter: well, i would expect that trump will try to hit cruz. like he said, he doesn't want to be in second place. but it's true. over the last several months, if you really look at it, trump and cruz have kind of been holding their fire against one another. that's changed in recent days. we heard trump go after ted cruz in iowa on the issue of ethanol subsidies, whi

kennedy: a new cnn iowa hole pass trump leading in the the gop followed b by ted cruz, then ben carson. how much of this cruz surge is a reaction to ben carson fading? >> these polls annoy me. one is ahead on one. i don't care about the polls. i care about who turns out. when the iowa comes about, if it turnout is high it will fall in trump's favor. donald trump talks about the polls way too much. but when he wasn't, he compared ben carson to a pedophile. he actually said -- he actual think compared him to a pedophile in the fact that he had this disturbing violent past in his high school years. kennedy: there is any way of predicting what might happen in these early voting states? >> no. polling has been bad recently. it was bad in kentucky and bad in 2014. and it's been bad abroad as well. the british election was messed up by the pollsters. >> that sounds like something jeb bush would say. >> i don't think you can say jeb bush's 4% is because polling is bad. i don't think trump is going to win these states. when you have marco rubio at 16% and cruz at 19%. kennedy: what could ted cr

in the latest cnn iowa poll, trump is up 13, down five behind ted cruz in the latest poll by monmouth university. i'm tracie potts, back to you. >>> sunshine now and temperatures into the 40s. here's a look at the next 12 hours. by 2:00 this afternoon, hovering in the mid 50s with just some clouds coming on through. and then by late afternoon, by 6:00 p.m., under a partly cloudy sky, getting chilly, back down to 50. by mid to late evening should be dipping back down to the mid to upper 40s. i love this photo that was posted from yesterday morning. frost on an autumn leaf that was coasted by candace trimble on my twitter page. love seeing your photos. no travel problems for the afternoon or for the evening rush hour or tomorrow morning's rush hour. all green lights for traveling around the region as we stay dry. >> thank you, tom. >>> today marks one year since a deadly plane crash in gaithersburg, maryland. six people were killed in that cras crash. >> the biggest blessing i have is having my daughter around, you know? without her it would have been just hard to move on just knowing e

trump has since responded to these numbers by tweeting out, quote, new cnn iowa poll. p 33, cruz 20. everyone else way down. don't trust des moines iowa regist register" poll and they are sponsoring this poll. this comes days before cruz and trump face off in las vegas at the next cnn debate. let's talk more more with erol louis. the des moines register i guess has characterized this as a big shake-up. is that what we are seeing here? >> i think it's a snapshot like every poll and this snapshot is a little different than everything we have seen. i think they are absolutely right. donald trump has boasted over and over again about how long he has been leading in the polls and by how much. now he gets a couple of polls he doesn't like and polls don't mean so much to him but they do mean something. what this suggests is that ted cruz has been diligently working and he has captains in all 100 counties in iowa and a message that resonate with the caucus-goers who are evangelical. politics is kind of playing out as one would have predicted, that those who are evangelicals are

iowa. we have the cnn poll of polls out of iowa. the first voting state. ted cruz up by two points in the cnn poll of polls. other polls show him up by more. he has been in every debate. tonight will be more focus on him as a candidate than he has had yet. in some ways, it will be the first best chance for americans at large to see ted cruz. >> that's right. he is somebody who has not been doing nearly as well in the polls. he has surged largely because in iowa and other places his social conservative message is doing well. it is the first time for people to get a look at him. another look at chris christie. he is not doing nearly as well in the new hampshire polls, but he might be seeing movement in the national polls. he may see movement in new hampshire. he is someone who needs to make a big move. >> we have a poll of polls out of new hampshire to give people a sense of what the landscape looks like. good state for donald trump at 26%. marco rubio in second place in new hampshire at 12%. carson, cruz and bush. christie is at 7%. it is a tough slog for ch

iowa, of course, the first voting state. what happens after that? cnn's tom foreman runs through the schedule. >> reporter: let's look at the early states. they all go off in february and they're votes divided proportionately based on the candidates. iowa is first. we have been talking about it. trump and cruz are virtually tied. they would split the 27 delegates almost evenly if the vote happened today. in new hampshire, trump has a bigger lead. in second is chris christie apparent ruband marco rubio and ted cruz. then it is ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio. then in nevada, it is donald trump out front. second place is ben carson. you can see the challenge in the debate. these candidates for the first rush have to try to knock donald trump do trump down. if they cannot do that, somebody has to be a strong second place or the race is over fast. once you get past the first rush in february. look at march. you have 13 states in one day with hundreds of delegates in play. we don't have great polling out here to know how the candidates are doing. we know

. >>> trump taken to twitter to respond stating a new cnn iowa poll has him at 33 percent. he goes on to say everyone else is way down and not to just trust the des moines register poll that is biased. both will face off tuesday in las vegas at the next republican presidential debate. >>> this just in, a new fox news poll just released this morning shows crews ahead at 28 percent and 12 -- trumpet 26 percent. it shows marco rubio trailing a 13 percent and ben carson down a 10 percent. >>> democratic front-runner hillary clinton hit the campaign trail in oklahoma saying her opponents are all talk when it comes to dictating isis. challenger bernie sanders had four stops in eastern iowa yesterday. >>> an unprecedented election in saudi arabia. this morning we went three women have one municipal council seat . for the first time in history, women have been allowed to vote and run in elections in the country. more than 900 women competed against him of 6000 men. the move is seen at him as a step toward easing widespread discrimination. >> receptor for me a huge step. >> women ac

a new republican presidential candidate emerging as a top contender to take on donald trump in iowa. cnn's kim hutcherson has that story. << a fox news poll released sunday shows texas senator, ted cruz leading the gop presidential field in iowa -- the first state to vote in the presidential nominating process --- with 28 percent and percent. on saturday, the des moines register and bloomberg politics released their own poll showing cruz ahead of trump 31 21 percent. the sudden surge comes just a week after the new york times released audio of cruz speaking at a private fundraiser, where he questioned trump and ben carson's judgment to lead america. in a taped one-on-one interview with cnn's jake tapper today, trump responded to those comment. (donald trumum (r) presidential candidate) "i was against going judgment. i was for bombing the oil long before anybody else thought about it. that's good judgment. i have good judgment, i have great judgment. i would say i have far better judgment than ted." the once cordial relationship appears to be entering a new (donald trump/ (r) presidential c

iowa. a recent cnn poll shows 20% of likely iowa gop caucus-goers back cruz. coming up, a new public service video is getting a lot of attention by using children acting the part of burglars. we'll explain. eric: kathedral controversy. local church is causing problems >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. metinka: good morning, 4:43. temperatures are running a little bit cooler this morning than yesterday. 40 degrees in des moines, 35 in temperatures will be slowly recovering through the 40's and 30's. around noon time, temperatures will be close to 50 degrees. overall it is going to be another great afternoon, mild conditions, dry weather, heading for 57 degrees. temperatures continue to trend downward and the weather gets a little more active. we will have some rain, even thunderstorms this weekend. next week is looking pretty chilly. by the middle and end of the week we are expected to need a winter coat with highs close to

the latest poll showed donald trump on top in iowa, the cnn poll but down 5 patriarch points in iowa. and the monmouth poll and ted cruz is leading that one. >>> radicalized for some time. although where and by whom is still unknown. they were also recently seen at shooting ranges in the area. nbc learned farook even went to this range the sunday and monday before the shootings for two to three hours, firing a number of weapons. and we now know we have also our first look aft the couple entering the country together back in 2014. >> reporter: the fbi now calling this investigation one on a quote massive scale saying they discovered and confiscated 19 pipe bomb making components and that couple had long been radicalized. even going target practice shooting just days before the massacre. now with the five guns they were able to confiscate. two of them have been purchased by an enrique martes. she said after two years dropping her son off home at school she ran into him at the local walmart and he pretended like he didn't even know her. in addition, they are focusing on the mother of far

before i go, do switch to the iowa poll, this new one by cnn. christie hug i don't think ever occurred but that's a whole long story. >> it certainly did occur. it certainly you did occur can. certainly there was a great off and fondness that shouldn't have been probably shouldn't have met with the election right before the election. it was fawning. the helicopter right, the whole thing. it didn't help romney win the election. that, i can tell. >> you go to cnn. it has a brand new poll. you are up 8 points to 33% leading number two which is senator ted cruz. down 20%. what do you attribute your numbers up 8%. >> people want strength. people feel very, very left out in this country. they feel our political leaders don't have a clue whether it's on trade or on security or on the military or taking care of our great vets. they feel obamacare, which is total disaster and which is absolutely cratering. i mean, premiums are going up 25%, 35%, 4 are 5%. i'm not surprised to see how well i'm doing in iowa. frankly, we have other polls where it's the sam

iowa. i get by far the biggest crowds. so then we had a cnn poll.irs. and i kept saying, why don't they talk about a poll that's theirs? they just did this poll. cnn and iowa, trump 33, cruz 20 and then everyone else much lower. so we sent a couple of e-mails, started to tweet a little bit. the twitter is great when you have between 5 and 10 and 13 -- we have so many people. we have millions. so we started to tweet. we said why is cnn not playing their poll? their poll. so if anybody has an idea, please let you know before the evening ends. then we had a fox news poll, which was a pretty good poll. it was pretty much tied. and then we have quinnipiac, 28, trump 27, in other words, we won. they say it was tie. okay. you know the bottom line? i think we're going to win iowa. i think we're going to win new hampshire big. i think that, frankly -- >> donald trump saying he's going to win iowa, he's going to win new hampshire big, also criticizing the media, something that shouldn't be a surprise. donald trump speaking live now in las vegas. we're going t

just two months until the first presidential contest in iowa and donald trump is ahead there, way ahead. a new cnn/orc poll shows that 33% of likely iowa caucus goers say they'll support trump, that's an eight-point increase from just last month. >> i love you. >> reporter: and trump's support is much more solid than any other candidate. 55% of trump backers say they'll definitely vote for him. >> the american people are looking for a commander in chief who will keep us safe. >> reporter: ted cruz is now in second place overall, but winning among evangelical voters traditionally key in iowa. ben carson tumbled seven points. now the third choice of iowa republicans likely to vote. what unites gop voters is disdain for president obama. >> this was an act of terrorism. >> reporter: and republican candidates spent the day competing to criticize the president's oval office address on isis. >> we don't need a president who goes on national television and lectures the american people like a school. it condescends to the american people and says the problem we have is islamophobia. >> reporter: ted cruz s

cnn. it's the last debate of the year with only 48 days left until voting begins at the iowa caucus. the focus on national security after the san bernardino and paris terror attacks. we have cnn's athena jones in las vegas with the latest. >> reporter: i'm here from the venetian theater. this is where it will all go down on tuesday night. we are in the middle of rehearsals. the main stage is set. the nine who made the cut, john kasich, carly fiorina, marco rubio, ben carson, donald trump, ted cruz, jeb bush, chris christie and rand paul. trump is center stage once again. he is the frontrunner nationally, but the frontrunner status is challenged by cruz in the state of iowa. three polls showing the texas senator leading there. cnn's wolf blitz era long with dana bash and hugh hewitt are spending the next several days in the cone of silence finalizing the questions. of course, this will be the last debate of the year. the last chance for the candidates to make a strong impression with voters heading into the holiday season. millions will be watching. the big questions will donald trump

just like monday's cnn orc poll in iowa. on cnn's "new day" he was eager to defend his ban. >> i'm talking about a temporary situation until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> even republican party chair reinge priebus who tries to stay out of the presidential republican fight weighed in saying i don't agree. we need to aggressively take on radical islamic terrorism, but not at the expense of our american values. that, months after priebus convinced all of trump's competitors to pledge to support him if he's the nominee, making it awkward as they slam him now. >> it's not about the blow hards out there just saying stuff. that's not a program. that's not a plan. this is this is serious business. >> donald trump always plays on everyone's worst instincts and fears. >> you know how you make america great again? tell donald trump to go to hell. >> trump is making noises again about a gop nightmare scenario, an independent trump candidacy. he tweeted if he launched a third party bid, the vas

in the latest cnn poll of iowa voters. and this is how trump's call was covered by the philadelphia daily news, a picture of him arm raised like a nazi salute and the words the new furor, a play on adolf hitler's title. even philly's mayor said he would ban donald trump if he could saying the city doesn't have room for that kind of stupidity and check out this tweet from harry potter author jk rowlings. she compared trump to the villain of her series saying how horrible. voldamor was nowhere they're as bad. still he has his supporters. you saw the poll numbers. >> i'm running that twitter poll you and i kind of came up yesterday of 21% are supporting him. there's still time left to vote, but like you said, there are suspecters out there. >> we'll see where it -- support earls out there. >> we'll see where it -- supporters out there. >> we'll see where it goes. >>> a husband and wife who killed 14 people in san bernardino got a $28,500 loan. it's not clear what that money was used for. we reached out to prosper for comment

cnn. the last debate of the year with 48 days until the iowa caucuses. the focus is on the terror attacks. donald trump still taking fire over his muslim exclusion plan. we have cnn's athena jones in las vegas. >> reporter: this is where it will all go down on tuesday night. we are in the middle of rehearsals. the main stage has been set. we know the candidates who made the cut. kasich, carly fiorina, marco rubio, ben carson, donald trump, ted cruz, chris christie and rand paul. donald trump's frontrunner status is stalled by cruz in the state of iowa. wolf blitzer and dana bash is spending a lot of time over the several days in the cone of silence finalizing questions. there will be 17 cameras and invite-only audience of 1,400 people in the theater on tuesday night. this is the last debate of the year. the last chance for candidates to make a strong impression with voters heading into the holiday season. millions will be watching. will donald trump attack ted cruz? will ben carson and jeb bush and others have break out performances? we will watch to see

iowa. here's cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny. >> hey, brianna. get closer to the voting now, one thing on the top of the minds of these voters is who is the most presidential. and in iowa this contest is locked ted cruz and donald trump. it's the one place where donald trump has seen some vulnerabilities. so we're going to see tomorrow night an exchange between the two of them. donald trump already trying to raise questions about ted cruz's tem temperament. let's take a listen. >> look at the way he's dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a -- you know, frankly like a little bit of a maniac. never going to get things done that way. >> so by saying the word maniac, that is something that ted cruz seized upon. but he didn't fight back with fire. he fought back with humor. in a tweet like this he said, in honor of my friend donald trump and good-hearted maniacs everywhere, and then did a link to "flash dance" music. this is what ted cruz actually thinks is a good moment for him. he believes he can use that sense of humor. he believes he

donald trump taken to twitter to respond to the latest poll, he posted this three saying, new cnn iowaoll, "people behaving badly", ted cruz, 20. everyone else, way down. don't trust des moines register polls, bias toward trump. president obama: the deal that world leaders reached to combat climate change the best chance to save the planet. the agreement was reached saturday in paris and set the goal of eliminating greenhouse gases but a short on specifics. it doesn't say how much is country can reduce greenhouse gas emissions or how nations will be punished if they violate the agreement. the president did called the deal a strong agreement that the world needed. >>> in my first inaugural address, i committed this country to the tireless task of combating climate change and protecting this planet from future generations -- for future generations. two weeks ago in paris, i said before the world that we needed a strong global agreement. to help accomplish this goal. an enduring agreement that reduces global carbon pollution and sets the world on a coast to a low carbon future. a few hour

if you look at iowa and look at cnn, a recent poll and a big one. i'm 33 and cruz is 20. well in iowa. reporter: in the republican field if you have take the nomination, do you see anyone in that field that would be a vice presidential candidate for you? >> it's possible. i respect a number of them. i won't say every one of them and some more than others. but i have great respect for a number of the candidates i'm running against. reporter: you have been in the entertainment world and the political world. how much of it is entertainment in the political world. it's -- a lot of it -- whether it's business or entertainment or politics, lot of it can be applied. i enjoyed this. we have had incredible results. the relationships i developed in iowa have been incredible and new hampshire and south carolina and virginia and texas. meeting in the florida polls. i'm leading in the subject stlaings in florida. we are leading in ojai so against a sitting governor. we have had an amazing period of time. now we start the process. february 1. i think we are going to do really well in io

hillary clinton has a nine point lead over democrats in iowa. cnnade the decision to debate based on recent polls. chris christie had been put in a preliminary debate in the previous event. scarlet: i think they call that the jv debate. serena williams, the first female athlete honored on her of for more than 30 years "sports illustrated." theseu can get more on and other breaking stories 24 hours per day at the new bloomberg.com. we are back now with binky chadha. binky, we were talking earlier about oil. they recovered, but they still that slump.ses from you were talking about the curious positioning and oil. what did you notice? mind ishe thing to even that oil has been falling since mid-2014. at the time, as you pointed out, 65% fair0 percent, value. a very short move up in the dollar with a catalyst that started to unwind. oil has basically been falling since then with a couple of bounces in the middle. it is important to keep in mind that the fair value was also falling. our take is -- pretty much it happens to be the second time that oil is b

just like monday's cnn orc poll in iowa. on cnn's "new day" he was eager to defend his new plan. >> we should solve it because you're going to have many more world trade centers if you don't solve it and probably beyond. i'm talking about a temporary situation until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: even the republican party chair weighed in saying i don't agree, we need to aggressively take on radical islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our american values. that after convincing competitors to pledge to support him if he's the nominee make in it awkward as they slam him now. >> it's not about the blow hards out there just saying stuff. that's not a a program. that's not a plan. this is serious business. >> donald trump always plays on earn's worst instints and fears. >> you know how you make america great again is tell donald trump to go to hell. >> the trump campaign for months now has had a history like quality to it from the outright lies to the fake hair. what do

cnn's own rules. he doesn't get a polling average of 4% or more in iowa.ven with the late-breaking iowa fox news poll. but cnn has just -- i don't mean to be weird. but they have been -- i hesitate to say lying, but they've been lying about this on their own air for a couple of days now and i really don't understand why. >> doug stafford joins me now. he's the senior strategist for rand paul's campaign. welcome, sir. >> good morning, carol. how are you? >> i'm good. first of all, what's it like -- you're waiting for these polls to see if you qualified for the main stage. this fox news poll comes out sunday at the last minute. what's that like for you and the candidate? >> well, we're just very pleased that senator paul is going to be on the main stage where we feel he belongs. >> it's so weird because here's rand paul's campaign guy talking to a cnn anchor about how rand paul qualified for the cnn debate with this new poll. and the rand paul campaign guy knows that rand paul did not qualify for the cnn debate. but he's just going to kind of go with it. we

. >> reporter: the latest cnn poll of iowa voters show trump with a double digit lead. supporters don't seem to be turning away. >> we do need to look at these countries where the people are coming from, in particularly the muslims. >> reporter: in the middle of all the criticism, trump tweeted that had a new poll indicate -- tweeted that a new poll indicated 68% would vote for him. you'll remember just a few moments ago he said if he did not receive the party's nomination he wouldn't run as an independent. >> and we will have to see whathappens there for sure. thank you. >>> another poll of iowa caucus goers show ted cruz with a five- point lead over iowa. the first time he has lead in that university poll. bruce? >>> there are security concerns tonight following a series of brawls at last night's game at fedex field. videos of the fight between dallas and washington fans have now gone viral. he's at fedex field right now. what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, it is an ugly game on the field for the redskins. even uglier in the stands, which is obviously a black eye

a cnn poll still has donald trump on top in iowa... with 33-percent of caucus goers on his side. meanwhile trump is busy lighting political fires along the campaign trail. "a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on." that comment came at a campaign stop in south carolina last night. that comment came at a campaign trump claims large numbers of muslims living here now believe in waging war against the u-s... and quote "have no respect for human life." he's proposing a ban on all muslims trying to immigrate.. and visit the u-s as tourists. the comments have sparked a storm of criticism ... including some from members of his own party. presidential candidate "unfortunately, i think donald trump's overreaction is as dangerous as president obama's under reaction. obama isn't prepared to do anything, which is clearly foolish...but donald trump also plays on everyone's worst instinct and fears the white house says trump's statement is contrary to u-s values. an iowa-based metal band is

if any, the latest cnn poll in iowa has him up by 13, down by 5 in the monmouth university poll there, behind ted cruz. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> new details and an all-clear for air france flight out of sfo. flight 83 finally made its way to paris this morning, after a bomb threat forced pilots to make an emergency landing in montreal in canada late last night. security teams searched the plane with all 231 passengers still on board, and then deemed there was no credible threat. this morning, air france released a statement apologizing for the delay, but saying its sole priority is to ensure the safety of its passengers. the flight did land in paris just about 9:00 our time. >>> back here at home, police are investigating a suspicious death in newark. it happened last night at a home near mclaughlin avenue and ruchen drive. officers say they found a woman unresponsive inside the home during a welfare check, and were unable to revive her. she later died. we've learned at least one person was detained by police there and two children were removed from the house. >>> happe

. >> that's in the monmouth but in the cnn poll in iowa strump ahead by a lot. >> i don't think theredecoincidence trump unveils his so-called when monmouth shows ted cruz going ahead. >> how can you mention a monmouth poll and not mention cnn poll. same time, same state. >> i think they are on the ground. i think that that was the first poll that showed cruz going ahead of him. there is another poll that showed him behind. trump has been all over the map on this. back in september he said we had to take in syrian vet from at all a terrorist army growing. ban all muslims all together. how are we going to stop them ask them. because people who want to blow us up can't lie to us? zero security benefit, all in exchange for alienating our allies abroad who he wants and we want to help win this war. >> everybody in the media is jumping all over him. the media doesn't like him. >> the media loves him. >> people are quite scandalized about the muslim statement. we do have a first amendment after all. but no matter how much the media pounces him, a.b., his numbers go up. >> i disagree that this

jeff zeleny, cnn, council bluffs, iowa. a 13 states are under flood warnings across the united states. at least 13 people have died so far in the floods. and with us now from st. louis, missouri, is linda horn, spokesperson for the transportation department. linda, thanks for being with us. right now, hundreds of roads are closed. there are close sthurs op the interstates as well. how bad is it and what's the worst you're expecting. >> so in missouri, we have received anywhere from 10 inches to a foot of rape over the last couple of days. and we're dealing with rising rivers all across the state of missouri. we currently have over 225 roads that are closed in the state and our worst situation is that interstate 44 is closed in the middle of the state. and we're expecting a spot on interstate 44 to close in st. louis before morning. and those two closures op interstate 44 are making it not only very difficult to get around missouri, but also very difficult for traveler s trying to get through our state and travel in the midw

iowa. and you see that. in the cnn poll, i'm up by 13 points in iowa.e're at 33 versus 20, cruz being in second. and we're doing really well. and we're doing very well in the iowa polls. >> do you want to risk -- running a general campaign against hillary where not one votes have been cast in the primary yet? >> in the democratic debate, they mentioned my name nine times, they didn't mention anybody else. so i really felt i had to respond. they're mentioning my names during this debate and they're not mentioning anybody else. so all i did, really, was respond. >> you invited is [ inaudible ] discretions -- >> well, you know, it's very important to understand that one of the magazines recently said donald trump is a world-class businessman, and i am. i've made a tremendous amount of money. i've built a great, great company, and it's one of the reasons i'm doing this. because we need this kind of thinking when we have $19 trillion in debt and all of the problems that we have. but as a world-class businessman, and as, frankly, a businessman, you have to ge

. >> reporter: trump has a commanding lead over his rivals in the latest cnn poll of iowa voters released monday. another pole of iowa caulkes goers shows ted cruz with the five-point lead over trum in iowa. this is first time cruz has led in the monmouth university poll. >>> trump's comments drew criticism across the country including here at home from philadelphia a's mayor michael nutter. >> certainly if i had the power to do so, the the only banning that should be ton is that person not being a allowed in the city of philadelphia. >> in addition mayor nutter calls trump's comments vial and ignorant. mayor nutter, mayor-elect jim kenney and members of the philadelphia islamic community have wrapped up a news conference about trump's remarks. we will have much more ahead at 6:00. >>> coming up at 6:00 a area muslims taking backlash for their religious clothing. we will speak to one member of the islamic faith that is sharing her concerns, after threatening messages on line. >>> federal investigators have questioned the man who purchase the weapons used in last wednesday's massacre in sa

stacey: a recent cnn poll shows 20% of likely iowa gop caucus-goers back cruz. coming up, a new public service video is getting a lot of attention by using children acting the part of burglars. we'll explain straight ahead. steve: and could we see an upset tonight in ames, or will hilton magic mystify the hawkeyes? minu >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 6:00. chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and iowa sportscaster of the year andy garman. steve: caught on camera. two elementary aged kids are busted while robbing a west des moines woman. stacey: kcci's kim st. onge went to find out who's behind the video. this video is already getting a lot of reaction on facebook. kim: a lot of positive reaction. as of just a few minutes ago, the video has 275 shares and 177 likes. and when you see it, you might not be surprised it's blowing up on social media. they're not your average burglars. >> seeing the kids as burglars is kind of cute, but then you're like, oh, that really could happen. kim: that's the idea behind officer matthew mccarty's latest vi

muslims from entering the united states at least for now this as he's gaining ground in the new cnn poll in iowanew terror response play with voters? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >>> the breaking news tonight, the fbi says the married terrorists behind the san bernardino attacks practiced their shooting skills within days of their deadly rampage. we now have a photo of the couple entering the united states together through customs at o'hare airport in chicago last year. authorities say both killers have been radicalized for quote quite sometime. there is also more evidence tonight of weapons of mass murder inside the couple's home. the fbi says explosives experts removed 19 pipes that could have been used to build bombs. in a new response to terror on american soil, the republican presidential front runner donald trump is calling for the united states to block all muslims from entering the country at least for now. he says the move would be a total and complete move and l

donald trump is still on top in iowa in the cnn poll. he has a double digit lead over senator ted cruz. but in the monmoth poll, cruz takes the lead. at this time of year the polls don't mean a great deal. >> all polls are driven by how the sample is created. the monmouth poll looks for the minnesota part at past gop voters, people who voted in past primaries or caucasus. the cnn poll lets almost everybody through the screen, people who say they are going to vote in this caucus. >> you like those numbers better? >> my experience in iowa. you have got to get out there there in february on a cold night. i would put more strength in the monmouth polls. but if they are right, it means trump is attracting a lot of people who are not normal voters in the republican primary. >> we don't have national primaries. elections are decided by who turns out and votes. an interesting analysis by some iowa pro fessors looked at the iowa caucus voters, people who have voted since 2006 in a republican election. and in that scenario right now ted cruz is wi

cnn. sabrina: and here in iowa-- today adds a new entry into the u-s history books, as governor terry branstad celebrates becoming the longest serving governor in u-s history. this will be branstad's seven day of service to his time as surpasses that of george clinton of new as governor r r 21 years between 17-77 and 18-04. now two events today will mark branstad's big honor. during the day, an open house the governor's formal office in capitol. evening, a milestone dinner will be held at the state dinner are 50 proceeds going to the governor branstad iowa history fund. sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: rain continues to fall across the state today with more records expected to be busted as totals keep stacking up. many places across central iowa have already gotten around 1 to 2 inches of rain, and i am fully expected roughly another inch possible today, although an isolated report of nearly 2 inches is possible. cover and rain temperatures are only going to climb into the mid 40s. on top of being is going to be windy mph. the ra

new numbers out from cnn have trump leading cruz in iowa by 13 points. >>> this letter contains the signatures of every d.c. councilmember. and it's addressed to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. the council's fighting back against senator rand paul's attempt at dismantling the city's strict gun control laws. paul introduced the defend our capital act earlier this month. it would let people carry concealed handguns around the city. councilmembers said the bill disregards safety and accused paul of meddling with a local city law. >>> 'tis the season for christmas lights. holiday parties and congress trying to avert a government shutdown. lawmakers need to pass a long-term spending bill by this friday if they want to keep the government open. this is the first real test for new house speaker paul ryan as he tries to prove he can get things done with democrats and a divided republican caucus in the house. >>> a warm day out there for sure across our region. temperatures today i mean just look at the high today. 60 degrees in washington. most areas in the upper 50s. even 61 in warrenton. ove

iowa and he's within just five points of trump nationally. the two face off tomorrow night... in the final republican debate of the year. it's at 7:30 on cnn. some strong words also flying towards trump along the campaign trail through iowa... :16 - :41 i'm seeing trump and other demagogues attempting to divide this country and to get american of their religion and because of their country of birth. this is disgusting, this is unacceptable and as a nation we must protect it. democratic hopeful bernie sanders made his way through eastern iowa yesterday... during a stop in clinton, he called attacks on latinos, illegal immigrants and muslims disgusting. the stop was part of a two-day still trying to rally voters after falling behind hillary clinton's support in iowa. iowa... to central iowa... he'll be in ankeny for a campaign rally at the marriott. john kasich heads to town later that night... he'll host a town hall meeting at lakeside center. that's at 7:30. meanwhile, hillary clinton stops in iowa city and mason city for still ahead... the university of iowa touts its connections across the nation but there's one connection... they're not s

iowa. if you look at cnn which is a really poll, i'm at 33 and cruz is at 20. know how i'm going to do, but i think i'm going to do very well in iowa. [ inaudible question ] >> it's possible. it's really possible. i mean, i respected a number of them. i won't say every one of them. some more than others. but i have great respect for a number of the candidates that i'm running against. >> you have been in the entertainment world, the political world. how much entertainment is there? >> such an interesting question. you've been in the entertainment world and i've been in the business world. and a lot of it can be applied. frankly, whether it's business or entertainment or politics, a lot of it can be applied. it's bean an amazing period of time. i've really enjoyed this. we've had just incredible results. the relationships i've developed in iowa have been incredible, new hampshire and south carolina and virginia and texas. i'm leading in the florida polls against two people that one is a governor and one a senator, sitting senator. and i'm leading substantially i

our iowa poll, cnn/orc poll shows trump at 33%, cruz at 20%. a monmouth poll has your boss, cruz, out in front, 24% to 19%. so things are looking good for you in iowa. i just wanted to get that out there as i ask you this next question. senator cruz has said i'm convinced that 2016 is going to be the religious liberty election. that's something he has said. is that religious liberty for all religions? does that include, do you think, muslims? >> we have a secular government, but what ted cruz is pointing out there is that there are somewhere upward close to 100 million evangelicals, and we have a government right now, not just in the federal but in the state level that is persecuting christians. that the people in iowa lost their business because they were challenged by a same-sex couple. people who have lost their bakeries, their t-shirt printing shops have all been brought to court because they didn't want to provide business for same-sex -- or they didn't want to be part of same-sex marriage and the government is basically compelling them to

the raw politics when coupled with the cnn polling out of iowa, david garrigan and dana bash. david, what's your reaction about trump saying no muslims in america? >> well, anderson, it's striking that he said this on the 74th anniversary of pearl harbor and as you'll recall shortly after pearl harbor, president roosevelt rounded up the japanese american citizens in this country and herded them into camps, the interment camps and that later became a dark stain on america's history of freedom and welcoming people like him. it was long seen as a disgrace -- >> ronald reagan later apologized for that, in fact. >> exactly. what is striking also is if you go back and try to find how americans responded, one poll the team could find came out of southern california after roosevelt was acting on the japanese americans and 75% of people in southern california approved of the interment catches and did not trust the japanese americans. we had a history a blytithe on e history and something in the electret that gets very, very anxious and scared and we got to address anxiety to get throug

just like monday's cnn/orc poll in iowa. he was eager to defend his new plan. >> i'm talking about a temporary situation until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: even republican party chair weighed in. "i don't agree, we need to take on radical islamic terrorism, but not at the expense of our american values. months after priebus pledged to support him if he is the nominee. >> it's not about the blow hards saying stuff. this is serious business. >> donald trump always plays on everyone's worst instincts and fears. >> you know how you make america great again? tell donald trump to go to hell. >> reporter: the president spokeman made a strong statement today, clearly trying to stir the pot politically for republicans. many are worried about the damage trump may do to the party, but as for trump, he's king noises again tonight about a gop nightmare scenario. that is an independent trump candidacy. he tweeted this afternoon if he launched a third party bid, the vast majority of h

. >>> less than six weeks from the iowa caucuses. cnn'satest poll gives donald trump a 21 point lead over ted cruz. i want to talk about this with hugh hewitt. shouldn't you be getting ready for christmas? >> we had ham tonight, don. i'm pleased to be in california and i'm early, you're late. >> all righty. hugh hewitt, the donald leading 39% more than twice the support of ted cruz. is he running away with the nomination? >> i don't think he is running away with the nomination, he's running away with the polling. if anyone says they predicted this they are lying. donald trump has an enormous lead. 39% to 18%. and if you add up donald trump, ted cruz and dr. carson you have 67% of the republicans in the cnn poll voting for a deeply conservative alternative to the next -- everyone is elected, marco rubio has 10% as well. and chris christie in the first tier as well. but with two out of every three republican voters saying we want a more conservative republican clear choice to hillary clinton. they definitely do not want to run center right c

white house, less than 40 days remain before the first voters speak out in the all-important iowa caucuses. cnnpolitical analyst david gergen with me now, served as presidential adviser to four presidents. and as we head into the new year, i would love your take, david, on what you think, what role you think, president obama will play in the 2016 campaign. do you think he serves as an easy gop target, or does he help hillary clinton if she makes it to the general? >> good to see you again, poppy. if you look at the overall numbers, you have to say that president obama currently would be a drag on hillary clinton. normally when a party holds a white house and there's somebody fresh from that party running from the office, you need the incumbent to be about 50% or higher to give you any help, and president obama has been mired in the mid 40s for a long time now. you know, his disapproval rate is 8 points higher than his approval rate, so overall, poppy, he's a drag, but the obama team is very smart in how they use him. they will be able to take him into certain states where he can rally the faith

recent polls in new hampshire and south carolina still show him leading and the cnn poll out of iowa shows him in first place, but make no mistake. cruz is surging and mounting a major challenge to the republican front-runner, donald trump. until now, the two have played nice with each other, but even before cruz officially pulled ahead in iowa, according to that "des moines register" poll, trump seemed to be previewing a new line of attack, perhaps designed to play to the state's religious conservatives. >> we're doing really well with the evangelicals. and, by the way, and again, i do like ted cruz. but not a lot of evangelicals come out of cuba, in all fairness. it's true. not a lot come out. >> i sat down with mr. trump that night in des moines and i asked him about his newest rival and much, much more. >> ted cruz, it was just reported that behind closed doors, even as he says only nice things about you publicly, but behind closed doors -- >> and he did admit he makes mistakes. >> but he said that paris and san bernardino had given a seriousness to the race that in his view woul

cnn in four days. jeff zeleny in des moines, iowa. thank you. >>> i want to talk more about 2016 with kevin madden, he was senior advisor to mitt romney's presidential campaigns, also here's cnn political commentator maria cardona, a democrat. welcome, great to have you on. kevin, you have to look far back for precedent, '76 the last contested republican convention. you have to go back to '48 for a brokered one, multiple votes, trading of horses, et cetera. is this a real possibility? >> look in this cycle i'm not going to rule anything. there's been a lot of strange things that have happened but i think it's still very highly unlikely and i this i a lot is made -- there's a hypersensitivity to the maneuvering going on right now but i think too much was made of this particular story. the idea that reince priebus and a bunch of people he knows really well for a long time in a public restaurant are having conversations about how they're going to build a brokered convention? i don't think that that is what's happening. i think there are c

one poll shows him just 3 points behind trump in iowa trump grabbed headlines today demanding cnn pay him 5 million dollars to show up at the next he says he'd give to needy veterans...but trump says he might debate so he won't be called a chicken a gas tanker caught fire on the 15 freeway in lake elsinore tuesday afternoon, prompting freeway closures. all traffic was being diverted off the freeway at lake as of 1:30 p.m., according to california highway patrol logs. the fire was first reported at 1:05 p.m. on the right shoulder of the freeway north of nichols road. the tanker was reportedly carrying 8,700 gallons of fuel when a tire shredded, contributing to the fire, according to chp. fire crews have responded and there is currently no estimated time for when the freeway may reopen. reported. more cold air tonight and a gusty wind will make the wind the teens. we will have a few left-over flurries tonight and early tomorrow morning. the rest of the week will be dry and warmer. much warmer air is expected by the weekend. more cold air tonight and a gusty wind will make the wind chill