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reporting from aimes, iowa, craig patrick. fox 13 news. >> find out how much the pope's fiat fetched at option. paul's in for mike tonight. >> wrapping up a pretty good weekend tomorrow, sunshine guys. big changes are underway next another cold front h walmart set out on a mission to find you the best oranges. the best orange growers. we logged the miles, put in the hours, tasted a lot of fruit, and shook a lot of hands. but we did it for a reason. so that here you'll find the best oranges we've ever had. they're even backed by our 100 percent freshness guarantee. try them for yourself today at 3 ((haley--vo-)) one person is dead and multiple people shot during >> one person ised the and multiple people shot during a fight at the denver coliseum. happened just after 1:00 this afternoon, a stabbing was also reported. the colorado motorcycle expo was being held at the arena this weekend. so far no arrests have been made. >>> a tip from a citizen led to the arrest of two prison escapees in california. the two men both accused of

make their case and hopefully, they took advantage we want to check in with our political editor craig patrick, and craig, i have to admit, during the debate, i took a moment to switch over and see what donald trump was doing, and -- at his event and without donald trump there, what was the -- i don't know, the vibe in the room, if you will? the energy of this debate? >> funny you should mention the word energy. i think we saw a much stronger performance and energy by jeb bush. and i think for jeb bush, this was his wonderful life moment, a chance to see what it would be like without jeb bush. we saw an emergence of jeb bush and a stronger performance that we have not seen in prior debates in the absence of donald trump and with, this i think jeb bush may score a couple of points, not necessarily in iowa where he hasn't concentrated as much of his energy but more so in the state of new hampshire, and with this, it may be may be points that bush scored tonight, it may keep him in the game a little longer. >> i think you're right. i think perhaps we lost some theatrics tonight's, and i think the

craig patrick joins us live from des moines, iowa. ted cruz is eight points behind, he could benefit the most from trump's absence. >> reporter: he could benefit. we don't know how this will play out. i am not seeing ted cruz breaking through. he has had some opportunities, tried to run with them but none of the candidates are stepping through the voyage donald trump created. out of the gates ted cruz was given a soft ball out of the gates, asked specifically to he was prepared and so were the other candidates. >> let me say i am not maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly and then, youa maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly and then, you are a terrible surgeon. now that we have gotten the donald trump portion of the way i thank everyone for showing the men and women of iowa the respect to show up and make the case to the people of this state and the people of the country why each of us believe we would make the best commander in chief. >> reporter: this was followed by jeb bush who said he sarcas

and craig patrick is there in the heart of the action. you have seen anything like this before. and we will find out how it plays out. you can see the moderators are in place on the fox set. they will be moving into the hall here very shortly. and speaking of movement, let's pull the numbers up on the screen. it shows you which way this race has been tilting heading into tonight. you have the latest poll it favors donald trump 32% out front and ted cruz and marco rubio. look at the polls for movement and the movement in the past several days has been moving in donald trump's favor f you look at the projection models which takes more than the polling into account for the first time in a couple of days it now projects donald donald trump as the winner of the caucuses, that's based on the circumstances today and we can see big changes after what plays out tonight w that in mind from the previous winner. >> rick santorum may be buried in the polls. he won it four years ago. it is all about winning over activists who convince others who may not decide until the night of the caucuses.

we asked fox 13 political editor craig patrick: 3 3 3 google debate will go on ... with or without trump... tomorrow night. there's an early debate starting at seven... with candidates rick santorum, carly fiorna, mike huckabee, and jim gilmore. the main event starts at nine p-m, with the remaining contenders. 3 a developing story in the bay area: two women in hernando county are in the hospital after someone broke into their home. it happened in a gated community, named "silverthorn." it's off middle fairway drive in spring-hill. deputies have released very few details about what happened... but they do tell us.. the *only suspect in this case is already behind bars 3 the women were air-lifted to the hospital. no other 3 in st. petersburg... police are investigating a deadly crash. they say a 43-year-old woman was riding a motorized wheelchair last night, when she was hit and killed. it happened on 26th avenue south and 31st street. the driver of a lexus sedan accidentally hit her. her name has not been released. 3 and in tampa... the scene of a serious hit and run

craig patrick, clears up some misconceptions about the caucuses. >> notification ultimately led to the apprehension of two armed and dangerous suspects escaped from jail. >> two escaped prisoners back behind bars tonight because of an alert citizen. >> i'm ready to go on a ship and @go invade somewhere. >> and the pirates take over tampa in the annual gasparilla invasion. >> good evening i'm lloyd sowers,. >> evan lambert is at east lake avenue and central avenue. evan. >> lloyd, haley, a tampa police officer is injured after a car crash after a chase here. we are at east lake avenue and central avenue in tampa tampa. crashed into electric pole, serious front end damage to the car. according to the police this just happened after 9:00 when officers chaseafter suspects in a carjacking and armed robbery. you can see video we shot just moments ago and during that chase the officer crashed into the electric pole. we understand that the suspects are still on the loose and we do know that there was a carjacking not too far away from this area around the had time last night. tonight's chase a

with 13 percent and rubio is in fox13's political editor craig patrick says the numbers aren't surprising: 3 the survey has a margin of error of three-point-three percent. 3 ?ready for your refund? they today's the day to start *filing for it. the tax season *officially kicks *first day you can file. you are probably thinking about is the *last day to file. that's actually a little *later this year. normally year is a leap year, so it that's also "emancipation day" in washington d-c. so that pushes the deadline to the ((more)) 3 and residents in maine celebrate "patriots day" on april18th. so *their deadline is april 19th. and if you're *expecting a refund... don't rush out and *spend right away. the check usually takes about three weeks. 3 ((walter/jen)) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 still ahead: boycott backlash. why it has one former "fresh prince" star... furious. 3 plus: a squirrel showdown... in new jersey. a woman whose sweet gesture... just got her in serious trouble. 3 welcome aboard my starship. ahoy, mateys! it's full of things i love... like me brave crew... and my fellow space adventures and

and craig patrick is here to show us why. craig? >> with the falling oil prices the market is down and with that the revenue forecast for the state of florida and that is done t is down $400 million. with this. >> that damages at the least the governor's call for a billion dollars in tax cuts. and with this he is going to be in all probability at odds with the lawmakers. the governor is saying we have plenty of money to work with and we can find a way to deliver the tax cuts. he is looking at specifically cutting taxes for businesses. tax. manufacturing equipment and much more but he will be very hard pressed to do that based on the estimate which is not final but they had to work with this year. >> and they saying about this. are they considering tax cuts. they are considering it but hesitant and let's start by going back to last year. remember the in fighting over health care and medicaid with this. that derailed the governor's agenda and call for tax cuts. most last year. he would try this year. we have some die essential -- diss

they spoke with craig patrick. >> the candidates have been busy. they fanned out trying to build momentum before the people speak. they don't have much time here and the candidates made time for us. >> based on the strategy where do you expect to be strongest? >> i expect to beat expectations and work hard in the first four states in february but this is a long haul. >> what extent are the ads hurting you. there are 30-million of money spent. it is politics, we feel good about the chances in iowa, where do you need to show to keep going. >> we'll see a surprise on monday night. years. pundits up in new york will tell the iowa voters what they will do. and they are wrong. >> and turn out the students we're going to surprise people circumstances there a danger they are being clustered in cities in the eastern part of iowa and wash out the count? >> maybe i think they -- the thing is that we're working hard to get them to turn out. kids are not that reliable. i understand how it is. get them out. what are the expectations in iowa, we'll do better than

craig patrick anyone anyone joins us tonight from iowa. >> we can guarantee this debate will be unlike any other that we have seen because the dominant front runner, tump, trump, will apparently not be on the stage. we don't know how that will work out because we have not seen this before. it could clearly work against there is an open space where he should be, bet that his rivals are pile on and make the case that he is afraid to debate in this particular venue. on the flip side, he is certainly getting a lot of attention out of this and that could work in his favor and he has the opportunity by stepping away to freeze the field so that others like ted cruz will not be able to engage him directly. we'll be back here at good day in the morning and all through the day covering the debate that begins at 9:00 tomorrow. we still have a lot of ground to cover. craig patrick, fox 13 news. >> thank you, craig, and in the meantime, governor scott is weighing in on the race for the white house, praising trump saying he has his finger on the pulse of america, but he says he is waiting to see who

fox 13 political editor craig patrick is up in iowa this week, and here's his take: 3 runs: 50oc: engage him 3 and don't forget, the fox news -google debate airs tonight on the fox news channel. there's an early debate starting at seven... with candidates rick santorum, carly fiorna, mike huckabee, and jim gilmore. the main the remaining **seven contenders. and right now ted cruz... would get that center podium. 3 governor rick scott is now weighing in the presidential race. and he's taking sides with trump. but not *formally. 3 on wednedsay, the governor praised donald trump -- saying he has his finger on the pulse of america... but the governor also said he's *not ready to endorse trump -- or any other candidate- yet. he says he's waiting to see who has the best plan to improve the economy. 3 governor scott says he *will endorse a republican presidential candidate... *before florida's presidential primary, on march 15th. 3 3 are the tampa bay rays *really coming to *tampa? well it looks like the team is finally ready to *talk about it. 3 the team has set a date to explore new ballpark

have been hitting the @ground game hard holding town @halls and hawkeye, and @political editor craig patrick @is also there and joins us by @phone. @good morning, craig wtvt wtvt @good morning, anjuli, great, @how had you. @>> anjuli: doing well. @>>caller: traveling up the @east coast of iowa. @>> anjuli: tell me of the @candidates wtvt wtvt we have a @big change and all the @candidates know it. @we have a change because it @appears that ted cruz that had @weeks ago, he seems to be @fainting. @the headline of the des moines @register. @rough night for cruise after @the debate. @at this point, something is @happening with marco rubio. @he appears to be gaining on @ted cruz and right now the @cruz camp is lowering @expectation. @marco rubio has been tracking @third place in iowa polls with @some erosion it appears from @the cruz camp. @don't be surprised if marco @rubio makes a late move and @not necessarily wins on monday @night but that he beats @expectations in all five. @all campaigns are @crisscrossing the state. @we are too. @we are tracking north and east @into ames, iowa today. @we wi

fox 13 political editor craig patrick says jeb had a much *stronger performance than in most prior debates. he got in some shots on trump... and raises some good policy issues. but craig says it's still probably too little, too late for bush. 3 and we can't forget about that elephant *not in the room. donald trump was of last night in des moines. thousands of people showed up for the veterans benefit at drake university. trump says he chose to boycott the debate because he was treated unfairly by moderator megyn kelly last time around. he says that fox apologized to him ... and fox claims trump offered to *return to the debate, for a five *million dollar donation to wounded warriors. fox said no... and trump, stayed away: 3 trump says all the money raised at last night's event will go to veterans in need. 3 debate before iowa's caucus... on monday. the next debate scheduled for the republicans is a week from saturday, february sixth... in manchester, new hampshire. the next *democratic debate is scheduled for february 11th in wisconsin. but the democrats *could meet sooner. hillary clinton

p>> alcides: as craig patrick ptells us, you may be surprised pby how they do things in this pcaucus tomorrow night. p>> people come here, greens over phere. p>> the iowa caucus can be pconfusing and stressful. p>> i understand that this could pturn a little raucous. p>> historically voting in pflorida is easier except for the psix-hour lines and rigged pelection maps and punching pmachines. p>> i still feel i've been duped. p>> missing ballots and chad psuits. p>> it says i voted i think. p>> enough about us, now back to piowa. pin iowa you don't vote for a arty nominee, you caucus. pthat means you have to show up pfor a neighborhood meeting by p7:00 p.m. or get locked out in pthe cold. p>> 6:59. pi got to make a point. pif you're not here by 7:00, you pwon't get in. p>> if you do get in, you have to pstand around for a while, and pthen republicans scribble names pand draw them out of a hat. p>> if you can write t-r-u-m-p, pyou have just caucused for pdonald trump. p>> when we saw draw them out of pa hat, we mean that literally. pdemocrats make it a little bit pmore complicated. p>>

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pfor now reporting from des pmoines, craig patrick, fox 13 pnews. p>>laura: we're going to do some plive q & a with him at 9:00, pgive him a chance and get pmoving. p>>russell: it's a long 24 hours phere. p>>laura: a long year for craig. pit's only begun. p>>walter: trump promises he will pnot be at tonight's debate, two psuper pacs for ted cruz's debate phave challenged him to a pseparate one-on-one debate. pthey offered to donate $1.5 pmillion veteran charities only phe has yet to respond to the platest offer. p>>laura: at the same time, phillary clinton is asking pdemocratic national committee to padd another presidential debate pbefore next month's new phampshire primary. pshe's trailing bernie sanders in pnew hampshire. psanders' campaign responded that pit would be willing to articipate in a february 4 pforum as long as she agrees to pthree more debates. pone in march, one in april and pagain in may. pmedical marijuana will be back pon the ballot in november. p>>laura: just days before the pdeadline, supporters have met ptheir goal of collecti

our political editor craig patrick was watching closely. what is your big take-away. >> i think it will be remembered as a tag team of cruz and trump finally broke up. the two had been hesitant to go after each other, and punched down against the other candidates but we saw something very different tonight, particularly on the question of place, with trump raising questions about democrats raising issues with him being born in canada to an american mother. >> on the issue of citizenship, donald, i'm not going to use your mother's birth against you. >> because it couldn't work. >> you are an american, as is everybody else on this stage and i would suggest we focus on who is best prepared to be commander in chief because that is the most important question facing the country. >> i hate to interrupt this episode of court tv -- >> that was one of rubio's shining moments. i think he is also having a very strong night, in part because donald trump and ted cruz have debate setting for the first time and with that rubio has not been getting bruised

craig patrick spending will begin iowa tracking the candidates, he will bring us live coverage and it live he will bring us live coverage and it live edition of money power politics that a night. a second chance for medical marijuana. the group has enough certified signatures to get the issue on the upcoming ballot in november. we have been following this story since 2014 and joins us live in the control room with more. >> un our viewers think back to 2014. medicalyou and our viewers think back to 2014. medical marijuana got more yes votes that rick scott but if pack fell short of the 60% needed to pass. in 2016 the time is right. >> don't let it come. stop it. >> reporter: medical marijuana may be a matter of life or death for her son brandon. for him seizures like this one are a daily occurrence. that could be your child. that could be your loved one. imagine if it was, what would you do? >> reporter: what she has done is fine. he became an outspoken voice for medical marijuana in florida confounding a group of moms. >> we came together to fight for our children but not just hours,

our political editor, craig patrick, will bring you live coverage of that debate and the iowa caucuses. he's heading to iowa, starting on thursday. >> a texas grand jury indisieted two anti-abortion activists who secretly shot videos of planned parenthood, allegedly showing doctors discussing the sale of tissue from aborted fetuses. a houston grand jury found no wrongdoing by planned patienthood. and instead, indicted the face felony charges of tampering with a governmental record. if convicted. >> stu:r, they face up to 20 years in prison. >> no, you need to get out. >> no, i don't. >> you need to get out. >> i actually don't. >> the woman in the video, she's an assistant professor at the university of missouri. tonight she is charged with misdemeanor assault because of what you saw there. this is from november. a group of student journalists were protesting what they layuped were indifference to racial injustice. melissa click, the professor there, confronted a student photographer and video gaffer and called for help to remove them from the area. now she's been charged with a misdem

and craig patrick is at the debate hall. how is the gamble playing there in iowa where are you? >> well, we're hearing from trump supporters he is projecting strength by stepping out. the critics say he is chicken and either way fox is moving on without him. and with this, a lot of undecided voters here in iowa could lock in or some could flip one way or the other depending on how it plays out. fox news removed the space for at the is taking a risk and he could get burned. >> the biggest thing in life is showing up. that tells me how he would behave as president. >> boycotting 9 debate has given him attention -- boycotting the debate hats given him attention and it could back fire. it may turn off the voters and turn the tide. >> i cannot see a leader who throw as tantrum every time he has to face a question. >> with donald trump out of the debate. they could get an opening to breakthrough and score points. marco rubio is in third and could be in the best position to make a move. >> people can be angry about the direction of the country but they have a right to know from the peo

in washington, 3 3 (walter fox-13 political editor craig patrick is *in iowa, tracking the candidates in both parties. we'll check in with him throughout the morning, starting at six... 3 on the democratic side.. presidential candidate hillary clinton.. took center stage at a town hall event in former secretary of state, took on a number of hot button issues.. including donald trump's proposed ban on muslims entering the u-s... 3 "when the world hears leading republicans running for president saying what they're saying about an entire religion of more than a billion people, that makes it a little harder. i know how hard it is to put together a coalition. i had to build one to impose sanctions on iran. and you can't exactly go to muslim nations and say, hey, join a coalition and we're really sorry about what you're hearing." 3 clinton is currently locked in a tough battle in iowa against bernie sanders... a recent n-b-c news and wall street journal poll.. shows that the vermont senator has clawed within the margin of error against her in iowa.. 3 hillary clinton also has a fundraiser s

let's check in with our political editor, craig patrick. the legislature is kicking off the session and has a lot to get to including a billion tax cut that governor rick scott would like to see. >> reporter: yes, and he called for this also. and it all broke down because you had grid lock between the house and the senate. it is not clear if he will be able to get movement this year but given the dissension you have the president saying they want to move forward and they are hoping for a productfull session. >> he is still focused on job creation talking about the jobs he has created and where he wants to move forward. >> reporter: he wants to reform enterprise florida and there is a risk and debate on how to fund job incentives in the state. and why eliminating the sales tax on manufacturing equipment through tax cuts the governor says growth will come. many critics say growth is a good thing, particularly after recession, but you have to doesn't grow out of control in a state where many come to florida for the idea of florida and value th

. >>> let's bring in craig patrick. you have ted cruz with a lead in iowa. how did donald trump catch up to him. >> all the attention favored trump. combine that with the fact that cruz was taking a lot of hits not only from trump but the iowa governor personned with the operation for subsidies for corn parmers. they are paverring up by a in iowa. however, state of still that said you have the 5:38 forecast model not at just polling, turn out. past witness it is giving. they are giving cruz the chance of winning the caucus a 44% chance. ground game. that can help him. >> how about the race. does very that now. direction. if you look at polls in iowa. sanders has a 1 point lead over hillary clinton but they are neck and neck at this point. however. the challenge that bernie sanders has is that his support is clustered and in college towns on the eastern half of iowa. and the goal, if you want to win a caucus s to have a diverse spread. and the formulas are complicated. that will not work in your favor. clinton an edge. but these can change and they have chang

and craig patrick says one candidate knows how to best use it to his advantage, you know who that is, donald trump. >> we're puzzled. >> you know what this is. >> we're trying to figure out what do you call this. >> this is an etch-a-sketch. >> i have been watching you. >> the age of social media changed everything. >> i'm going to a town hall but let me take a selfie, they will try to look cool and go viral. many fail. >> gangham style. [music] >> sometimes they just make you cringe. >> sometimes they hit gold and in one of the president's cases a fan did that. >> i got a crush on obama. >> and obama girl was followed up by guliani girl. >> looking back only donald trump knew what it took to make a girl go viral. rudy himself. >> you dirty boy. oh, oh. i thought were you a gentleman. in the age of social media. he knows what works. >> how great are they? >> it brings us to his biggest fans, diamond and silk. >> they were an internet sen station, this very done it by challenging donald trump. >> we want our jobs back here in the country and so we can thrive again, we as americans baby

. >> bob: checking in with our political editor craig patrick and colonel say is here. i want to start with you, craig. donald trump would be soon to say we need to stop letting the refuges into the country. ted cruz came out saying the same thing as well. >> certainly works into the rights of the white house. you have been getting a lot of push back, not just from governor scott in florida, but all across the southeast and much of the nation, most of the states as a matter of fact, are pushing back against the president's and administration's policy are respect to refuges with this we have the argument if we are having these problems with refuges from iraq it would stand to reason despite the best efforts of the administration to screen nothing is fail proof and in the interest of national security i think the administration will continue to face growing resistance as it relates to its policies >> colonel, from the military idea. if you break a guys codes you don't tell the guy. if you figured out how to capture these guys you don't make a splash saying this is how we c

craig patrick will break it >>> tonight we have poll numbers here. they show donald trump dominating the race. and we cannot wait to hear it, what very no movement, nothing has changed since december. it is exactly where they have been in the state of florida and this is the case now for weeks. they will look familiar. if you are looking at the numbers, trump is dominating at 31%. and right around 13 and 12. this seems to closely reflect how the candidates performed in the debate according to the people. the winner he stays where he was. he was the winner and followed by ted cruz and marco rubio at 17%. bush at 5%. bush is continuing to trail in perceptions after the debate but he is holding at least in the hunt in florida but still has a long way to go. it is a broken record why are marco rubio and jeb bush not doing any better than they are in their home state of florida. >> jeb bush has been out of politics for several years. when he was the governor they have moved in. maybe people don't know him as well. and on top of that, florida national tren

craig patrick a lot of sleepless nights sorting this out. >> we have changes in the polls. and leading in iowa for weeks and donald trump has overtaken him now in an average and 7-point lead at this point. you see marco rubio there in third. that's the polling. it favors donald trump, the models that go beyond the polling taking a look at models, history, this favors ted cruz, the models from 538.com said it is giving him a chance of winning iowa to trump. they are in fact shifting and they may move throughout the week. and momentum is favoring donald trump in the race. look for first and second. the wild card may be marco rubio. he is in iowa. here is his case for voters why they should pick him. >> if you nominate me we will win this and beat hillary clinton. >> he is making all the kentucky candidates. they are struggling in new hampshire and we have a very compact schedule. we are one week from the iowa caucus and then new hampshire and then all the way to florida march 15th. >>> who has the inside track on the democratic side. >> the polls gave bernie sanders. he's a 1

our craig patrick takes a look. >> we've shown you how hackers steal millions of credit card numbers from a store database and trick smart phones into connecting to their networks. >> so this thing could get all there. >> if you log in and i check, absolutely. >> but you might want to check out this home. >> i received two ipad mini's >> last year he accepted a work-at-home job you may not believe. >> we have a cuisinat mixer and i believe this is a set of speakers. >> he was retired and looking for extra extra. >> this is a wa ring oafn. >> ring ring oven.>> and he wound up with a house full of stuff he never ordered. >> i was a middle man, unknown that i was a part of an operation that was cheating people. >> he showed us e-mails where an h.r. manager hired him to accept deliveries and ship them to others and even played her moan messages but we confirmed and company in new york that it's a scam. >> now, this is all shipped to different people, but coming coming to your aside. >> exactly. >> crime rings order this with stolen credit card numbers and then ship it to people who have

craig patrick knows why. >> green acres is the place to >> at first republican leaders did not know what to make of donald trump. >> trump. >> he took off on the issue of illegal immigration and that's a hot button in the race since. he changed the direction of the debate and in the process may have tripped up jeb bush. >> they broke the law. it's not a felony. >> coming in as an illegal is an act of love. remember that line. >> they have tinkered with reform for years, burned by their own base every time because the plans provided some form of amnesty. >> grant it to a lot of illegals. >> the bill is the amnesty dream. >> not to reward bad behavior with amnesty, they stopped using the word amnesty and called it they could live here only after paying a price for having been here illegally, the base reminded them that's what it meant. >> it means that you have to pay, you know, a price having been here. >> the plans were similar to the old n the last raise the party tied it in knots trying to square it, they should be given the opportunity to sign up to stay here. >> they should be given

let's check in with fox's political editor craig patrick. first question i have for you, got a finger of the pulse of the community out there, any feeling about how donald trump dropping out of this debate is playing with iowa voters? reporter: it's cutting both ways. we are hearing from trump supporters he projecting strength by quitting this debate. we are hearing from others as well, in particular critics who say trump is chicken. he's not willing to answer tough questions. it's the undecided voters tat could be key to this because they could lock in and others could flip on how this plays out. the republican frontrunner is taking a risk by skipping this and folks here in iowa say he could get burned. >> biggest thing in life is showing up. him not showing up tells me a president. reporter: bicaughting this debate has given him a lot of attention. >> i don't see a good leader who just wants to throw a tantrum every time he has to face a hostile question. reporter: with trump out of the debate it could give any of this rivals an opening to

craig patrick has more from iowa. what has been the reaction there? >> we found some voters who are turned off by his absence and they may be unlikely to vote for him. we're not seeing any hard-hitting attack ads against donald trump on the airwaves. that's why his numbers, in part, seem to be going up, boil others may be going down. ted cruz in package. you think that jeb bush or marco rubio would go after him. they are not engaging him they are killing each other. it is florida. take a look. >> remember how marco rubio loved jeb bush. >> and 100,000 floridians are better because of jeb bush. >> and jeb bush loved marco. >> do you have a favorite. >> marco rubio is my favorite. >> we have a great relationship. >> i have a special place in my heart. it is describe to -- hard to describe, my wife said don't cry. don't cry but marco rubio makes me cry for joy. >>> it had the makings of a bromance. something changed as they traveled to iowa. >> it is probably going to be a cold day but a great day for florida i promise you that. >> politics first, that's

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craig patrick, fox 35 news. >> kirstin: coming up, rival bikers pulled guns and knives center. >> keith: everybody else runs for cover while the bullets fly. >> you're a rider, you're aware of what's going on. if you start seeing looks between club members, it's time to go. >> keith: the latest from denver as police try to find a killer. >> kirstin: flame shoots 70 feet in the air. they call it the worst fire in a huge loss after this short >> keith: you can imagine the scene, complete chaos in denver when rival biker gangs attack each other in a public setting. >> kirstin: gunfire and stabbings outside of a very busy motorcycle expo at the coliseum. >> several shooting victims inside. >> multiple victims and at least one dead after violence breaks out at a bike show in downtown denver. >> i just seen a bunch of people scatter go after we heard two gunshots. >> eyewitnesses tell us they heard people get shot and stabbed and the conflict involved biker gangs. at least nine rushed to area hospitals. >> it all happened on the stairwells, and then there was a bunch of mother guys -- motorcy

. >> thank you very much, craig patrick. >> now your sky tower radar forecast with mike bennett. >> this is from our beach cam camera, you saw the storms rolling through this morning. once they cleared by. it is a pretty nice afternoon out there and here is a look now, 71 degrees. winds out of the west and breezy. and into the day it picks up. >>> and and across the area. here it is 72 right now in tampa and brandon. most of the state around that 70-degree mark. and we have the cloud cover and miami 68. >> just to vero beach. and changes you don't see this too often. behind the front we have the temperatures warmer than where they were ahead of the front and the clouds. temperatures are a bit cooler. that's a sign of what is to come on saturday. even though we had a front going through. it's not going to do much in terms of changing temperatures or the dew points in the mid-70s on saturday. areas of fog tonight especially with all that rain fall we saw expect some fog and south and east of the bay. nice looking as we head into the day on saturday. expect the sun. temperatures warming bac

craig patrick has the new numbers. >> and the later and you don't have a race. with the state of iowa here. this is within the margin of error, we see it in favor of bernie sanders. now to new hampshire. we have a lead that has remained in place. he has been leading by the reverse. he checks in at 50% to hillary clinton's 46% w this. this does not bode well. she is the heavy favorite entering iowa here with a potential loss and with a loss and this sets up where others could jump into the race and fuel bernie sanders. the race right now. and even a little can go a long way with candidates in the race. has been leading in the polls for some length of time. it may be a signal of more things to come. look at this. and trump has gained ground leading ted cruz. now we move on to new hampshire that's where trump maintains a strong lead t is a scenario where if in fact trump were to get the best of ted cruz where he has spent a great deal of time he wins in new hampshire. and he will head to the south. and trip up donald trump or who and much can change between now and iowa. >> much can chan

as craig patrick shows us, there's a reason for that in iowa. >> watching and tracking the ads here in iowa and finding that many of them focus on faith. there's a good reason for that here in iowa. >> i had the faith of god. >> republicans in the hawkeye state say going to caucus is not just a civic duty. >> my regular prayer has been whom he will use to restore the soul of america. >> some call it a religious obligation. >> february 1, do your deut frea god and country. >> the running theme across the republican campaigns is that we're in trouble, big trouble based on this radio ad from the rick santorum camp. >> world war 3 is upon us. >> and religion is baked into the politics, you clearly see it in ads that are flooding the airways. >> were it not for the transformative love of jesus christ. >> faith informs what kind of person you are and how you relate to other people. >> from carson touting his faith to ted cruz promoting his victory. >> to accept the free gift oft salvation offered to us by jesus christ. in 2012 and mike huckabee in 2008. >> for mike huckabee, faith and family

tonight our political editor craig patrick has the forecast. >> we have it which ranked all the polls based on past performances and the results looking at it it looks at projections, they favor ted cruz and hillary clinton. check out the 538 forecast. it gives ted cruz a 51% chance of winning the iowa caucus. there is a range like the spaghetti models we see during hurricane season. 26%, followed by donald trump at 21 and marco rubio at 15. but trump is not lowering expectations. >> i want to win iowa. people say don't say it. say you want to do well. i can't do that. >> cruz is using donald trump's against him and a rival who has slipped. >> for whatever reason he does not react well when he is going down in the polls. that has got to drive him nuts it pulled him out of bed and sent him tweeting. iowa. trump is dominating in other states including florida. check out the poll numbers. trump leads in florida with 31%. cruz is at 19, followed by bush and marco rubio at 13 and 12%. that's another poor showing for those two in their own home state this week. it is because florida follows

bob: fox political editor craig patrick is in des moines catching up. reporter: the republicans candidates have been very busy since last night's debate. they fanned out cras iowa trying to build momentum before the people speak on mondays night. based on your strategy where do you expect to be strongest? >> i expect to do well, beat expectations and continue to work hard in these first four states in february, but this is a long haul. reporter: to what extent are the attack ad hurring you in the poles. >> there's money spent attacking me, that's fine. reporter: where do you need to show to keep going? >> i think we will see a big iowa voters do this every four years. pundits in the east coast sitting up in new york always tell the iowa voters what they will do, they are always wrong. reporter: is there a danger the college students being clustered in certain cities. >> maybe, the thing is we with are working very hard to get them to turn out. kids are not always that reliable. i have three of them. we need to motivate and get them out. reporter: what's

our political editor craig patrick is here to show us what is at stake. >> reporter: quite a bit for the candidates and trump and cruz who are the front runners. across the nation this is an opportunity for the candidates to capitalize because people have tuned out during the holidays politics and now they're just now tuning back in and tonight's debate is critical across the nation. can you see how the stage is coming together. it did leading up to tonight. what is interesting how things are coming together with respect to donald trump and ted cruz in the first state. that's where we want to place the concentration heading into the debate. it shows you how tight things are and take a look at the latest numbers we're getting from iowa. this is the clear average of polling in the state of iowa. trump is 27.3%. cruz 26.9%. they are tied and around 27%. followed by marco rubio and behind in the state of iowa and ben carson. this is important because it can get a big shot of momentum who ultimately wins and because the numbers are so tight trump and cruz have been hesitant to go after ea

. >> craig patrick fox 13 news. >>> now in new hampshire marco rubio is in third place. jeb bush in fifth. the eye whack caucus is february 1. the primary right after that february 8th. >>> and david jolly is swearing off fundraising. i will leave that to the fundraisers and ban members of congress from asking for money. and in seminole they introduced the stop act. and he says that we need an act like this because too many in congress are spending time raising money than doing what they were elected to do. >> you see you're not allowed to make a phone call from a government office. so those four hours of call time are four hours a day that your office and not doing their job but with great audacity is across the street at party headquarters calling you and asking you for money. >> he says he will not be fundraising for anyone else, including the republican party. >>> new at 6:00, the lego land expansion is continuing. the theme park is in winter haven but the newest facility just opened in lake wales. the merlin magic making center is where the life like models are crea

let's bring in craig patrick. what does all of this mean? >> well it means that the republican party has come to realize that donald trump may win this. the party cannot have a sponsor. >> you may not be surprised by how trump responded. take a look. >> it is a dying paper the circulation is way down, not very many people and it any more. people don't think about it. they want publicity. >> it is pretty much. i have to tell you it is a dead paper. >> there you go. that's a very familiar come back for donald trump. we heard that in many ways. that's how he goes after them and keep in mind, when you have a headline against trump this is the sort of thing that can ultimately feed him because he is running against the republican establishment and with this the more that key players in it conservatives they take him down the more he gains. >> he seems to keep coming out on top. >> in the democratic race bernie sanders opened up a lead in iowa. how is hillary clinton >> by moving more resources into the state of iowa. the clinton camp said that ma

and craig patrick shows us what that means. >> reporter: keep in mind it is a neighboring state the he has been leading in new hampshire but not by 27 points f that poll from new new hampshire station wmur is on track, this means that the hillary clinton camp has a problem. sanders and clinton are close in iowa and sanders is widening his lead and if he takes both early states, that could give i him a balance in the south where clinton is currently dominant and both sides know it. we know sanders is gaining strength like others by running against politics as usual. >> people are saying we're tired we're tired of candidates ripping into everyone else. i'm great, everyone is stupid, heard that some place. i know everything. nobody knows anything, that's not what people want to hear. >> reporter: what we have now is a widening lead in new hampshire and hillary clinton is moving her resources, staff and money away from new hampshire now into iowa that may be her chance to win a come from behind there. she needs a bounce in iowa again. it is neck and neck in that state we're less than two w

pwe asked craig patrick what a ploss would mean for his pcampaign. preporter: the polls are very pfavor hillary clinton in the pdemocratic race and ted cruz in pthe republican race. pthere are typically at least ptickets out of iowa and new phampshire continues to narrow pthe list. p>> the final republican debate pbefore the iowa caucuses will be pon thursday here on fox 13. pcraig patrick is going to bring pyou live coverage beginning on pthursday at noon. p>>> still to come tonight, p10:30, it will soon being easier p>> the b walmart set out on a mission to find you the best oranges. to do that, we first had to find the best orange growers. we logged the miles, put in the hours, tasted a lot of fruit, and shook a lot of hands. but we did it for a reason. so that here you'll find the best oranges we've ever had. they're even backed by our 100 percent freshness guarantee. try them for yourself today at inellas p>>> there's a big shift underway pwith our country's development pwith cuba. pit could boost tourism in a big pway. pthe us is easing a numbe

our political editor craig patrick joins us, all right, any clear winners or losers in this. >> so far marco rubio is having a very strong night in part because he is not getting bruceed up as he was in the prior debate. he is not fighting off attacks from crump trump and cruz. that really hurt him in december. but he just playing well to the gop base on a question about guns and this bodes well for him and interesting rubio did not go after trump, and neither did cruz. >> hillary clinton is disqualified from being commander in chief of the united states. >> someone who cannot handle intelligence information appropriately cannot be commander in chief and someone who lies to the family members of the four people killed in >> her first 100 days she may be going bort both between the white house and the crowt. >> courthouse. >> and the candidates clearly have adjusted their strategies focusing on the democrats and to some extent that may do them both a deal of credit. >> and how did trump go after cruz on the question of his birth? >> well, yeah, it hit right around 9:30 and it was a fasc