tom brokaw, jennifer jacobs, joy-ann reed and david brody. start a little bit, i also talked to a bunch of democrats at various clinton and sanders events. let me give you a taste of giving their case for why they're passionate or pragmatic. take a listen. >> i like a lot of what bernie says, but i think it's more realistic to go with hillary. >> reporter: did you caucus eight years ago? >> yes. >> reporter: who did you caucus for then? >> barack. i felt the charisma of obama much more so than hillary at the time. >> reporter: what about hillary this time makes you feel better? >> going to start for o'malley, if he's not viable then we will probably go to bernie. >> reporter: what takes you from clintons? >> probably too much establishment or something. >> bernie talks about the big banks. and she's taking money from them. >> i think that at the end of the day when he's sitting down thinking about what he's going to do, he genuinely cares about me. >> i like what sanders says because with the gun laws make sense. >> yes, you didn't mishear. t

we have tom brokaw, jennifer jacobs, msnbc national correspondent joy-ann and david brody. david, i'm going to start with you because, look, ted cruz is make or break depending if he pulls -- but it's uniting evangelicals. >> it is. you touched on it in that interview. ted cruz goes around in all of need if you're going to vote for ben carson, nice guy, but please don't. it goes on, mike huckabee and all these folks. if you actually add the numbers up, ted cruz runs away here in iowa with it. the problem is is that not only does he have to contend with the fact others will vote for carson and huckabee and others, donald trump is taking 19% as we see in the latest poll of evangelicals which i know is shocking for folks an excedrin moment for folks. >> we're trying to get a feel of who the trump people are, cruz people, we've put a compilation torgt together of the voters i've spoken to. >> i'm for ted cruz because our country was founded on the bible and the constitution. >> if we ged ted cruz in there, they're going to start getting in line and doing what we need to get done

asks david brody. >> you know, one of the interesting things about the coverage of this campaign withonald trump is the misnomer that's been going on for some time that part of trump's popularity is because elements of the republican party are so disgusted with what the republican party has not done over the past few years and if you walk around any sidewalk in this country, his popularity extends well beyond republican party. well beyond the republican party. >> and harold, though, again, evangelicals. there's so many things that you could bring up about donald trump and all he's done over the past 20 years that would stop evangelicals from wanting to support him. but this shows, i'm sure you saw it in your district, too, people don't always vote based on one, two, or three issues. certainly evangelicals in the south don't just vote for the guy that quotes the most bible versus. >> this is true. and evangelicals also -- i mean, people of faith also loveund underdogs. he's been an underdog with how the press has treated him and suggesting he couldn't survive past the summer until now.

evangelicals are a huge voting block in the palmetto state, and david brody spoke with him on his several key issues of interest to christians. >> why do you lie? why do you lie? >> david: south carolina's reputation for nasty politics entered a new level this week in what could be called the cage match. lawyers for donald trump sent a cease and desist letter to ted cruz's campaign, saying this ad painting trump at pro-choice is false. >> i'm very pro-life. >> david: he says he is

are tom brokaw of nbc news, jennifer jacobs of the des moines register, joy-ann read of msnbc and david brody of christian broadcasting network. >>> cruz, rubio, paul, sanders, the candidates are all here. we're going to do our own caucus. welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >>> from des moines, iowa, this the press" with chuck todd.

are tom brokaw of nbc news, jennifer jacobs of the des moines register, joy-ann read of msnbc and david brody of christian broadcasting network. >>> cruz, rubio, paul, sanders, the candidates are all here. we're going to do our own caucus. edition of "meet the press." >>> from des moines, iowa, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. they're here. the iowa ku kuscaucuses. it all happens tomorrow night. we're here in des moines at the west end architectural salvage, a coffee shop that also sells custom and vintage furniture. and of course the candidates are here, all here, all over iowa selling themselves. in fact, on this last full day before the caucuses, the 13 candidates campaigning in iowa are holding 1338 events making last-minute pitching hoping iowa will become the first step on the road to nomination. we couldn't be more excited or heavily caffeinated. stay tuned for our christmas eve of politics. we start with the latest bloomberg poll. put it up on the screen on the republican side, trump with a five-point lead over ted cruz, marco rub

joy ann reed, and david brody, the christian broadcasting network. the candidates are all here. we're going to do our own caucus. welcome to sunday, and a special edition of "meet the press." >> announcer: from des moines iowa, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. they're here. the iowa caucuses that happen tomorrow night, we're here in des moines at the west end architectural salvage. a coffee shop that also sells custom and vintage furniture. of course, the candidates are here, all here, all over iowa, selling themselves. the 13 candidates campaigning in iowa are holding 38 events making their last-minute pitches, hoping iowa becomes their first step on the road to the nomination. stay with us for the next hour on our version of christmas eve of american politics. we start with the latest des moines register bloomberg poll. on the republican side, trump has a five-point lead over ted cruz. marco rubio in third at 15. ben carson still in double digits. hillary clinton continuing to hold a narrow three-point lead over bernie sand

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today is the funeral for former principal ceo david heard -- david hurd. brody middle school will be 700 students can meet with vendors as they consider options for the future. eric: what president obama said about the potential of a president donald trump is making waves on the campaign trail. plus the perfect pooch. why the top dog at this year's westminster dog show has winning and his blood. and an incredible act of selflessness. 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. we are waking up to flurries this morning. one batch through creston and a couple near a ottumwa. the second batches through clarion and carol. it won't amount to much so we don't expect it simulations and they will be out by noon. clouds will linger into the afternoon so make sure you grab the warm coats. high temperatures will only be in the 30's so it will still be pretty cool. then tomorrow is when the big warm-up begins with highs jumping into the 50's across the

evangelicals are a huge voting block in the palmetto state, and david brody spoke with him on his several key issues of interest to christians.

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. >> david brodie made an interesting point on "meet the press," christian broadcasting network's politicalelical voters. there's cultural evangelicals and the folks that go -- and cruz, the more devoted evangelicals that go twice a week they're cruz people. the cultural evangelicals are the ones that are upset that their culture is -- has been attacked so they are gravitating toward trump because they are frustrated, angry, like what happened here? that's part of the evangelical vote trump is appealing to. >> i tell you what, steve, i got probably 80% of the evangelical vote every time i ran and every time i spoke in front of a church i said don't vote for me because i'm the best christian, i'm not. i'm the worstment vote for me because i'm going to fight for you. and they did. evangelicals -- and this is sometimes the media misses this. they were very pragmatic and like everybody else, this is what i'm going to believe in, who will fight like hell for me? and right now a lot of them think it's trump. >> absolutely. for months and months and months the washington establishments were scratc

joining me now is national news correspond david brody, and also republican strategist matt schlapp toeorge w. bush. david, let me start with you. we have looked at the pope's comments and the vatican has given more clarification. it appears the pope was not directly focused on donald trump. he was asked about donald trump, but the comments could be applied to several of the gop presidential candidates from marco rubio, who is a catholic, to ted cruz as well. in this support of a wall, as it's been described by these candidates. so this came about trump, but it really could be applied, do you agree or disagree, to any of the republican candidates supporting the same stance? >> i think you're right. i think some of the candidates would acknowledge that. it's interesting, though, kameron, that he, the pope, talks about immigration, but let's remember in republican world or at least in deep very conservative world, this is a left-wing pope. that's the way they see him. for donald trump or any of these republican candidates, picking a fight with the pope to a degree a little bit or having

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