so i invited one democrat after another democrat after another democrat after another democrat. we invited roughly a dozen democrats and not a single democrat was willing to stan on the stage discuss the iranian nuclear deal. i will tell you it was truly humbling and powerful to be on that stage with a man who has seen the face of evil and can speak truth, with a moral gravity that when elly said, as he did, that never again must mean never again, and the one threat of that happening is a nuclear iran. [applause] we need a president who will stand unapologetically, with the nation of israel. when hamas murdered three israeli teenagers, i joined with number democrat bob menendez to introduce legislation providing a 5 million decide reward for information lead ago to the capture of the terrorists who had kidnapped and murdered one of the three. neftali was a dual sailory citizen. that legislation passed the senate unanimously, thankfully they captured the terrorists before the house could take it up. just in the past couple of weeks i put together a bipartisan coalition of some 30

so i invited one democrat after another democrat after another democrat after another democrat, we invited roughly a dozen democrats and not a single democrat was willing to stand on a stage with elie weisel and discuss the iranian nuclear deal. i will tell you it was truly humbling and powerful to be on that stage with a man who has seen the face of evil and can speak with a moral gravity that when he said, as he did, that never again must mean never again and the one threat of that happening is a nuclear iran. [applause] we need a president who will stand unapologetically with the nation of israel. when hamas murdered three israeli teenagers, i joined with new jersey democrat bob me then december to introdution -- to introduce legislation providing a $500,000 reward for the terrorist who kidnapped naftali fran tell. that passed the senate and thankfully they captured the terrorist before the house could take it up. just in the past couple of weeks, i put together a bipartisan coalition soft some 30 senators to write to the e.u. to pose their plan to require -- to oppose their plan to req

democrats did it -- democrats did it and democrats can do it again. we can build a future that deals with our deficit. remember this, that 50 years of progress under our principles never cost us what the last four years of stagnation have. and we can deal with the deficit intelligently, by shared sacrifice, with all parts of the nation's family contributing, building partnerships with the private sector, providing a sound defense without depriving ourselves of what we need to feed our children and care for our people. we can have a future that provides for all the young of the present, by marrying common sense and compassion. we know we can, because we did it for nearly 50 years before 1980. and we can do it again, if we do not forget -- if we do not forget that this entire nation has profited by these progressive principles; that they helped lift up generations to the middle class and higher; that they gave us a chance to work, to go to college, to raise a family, to own a house, to be secure in our old age and, before that, to reach heights that our

jack: the third democratic presidential democratic presidential debate is in new hampshire tomorrow, hosted by a-b-c. you'll see it here on local 5. all three candidates will meet on stage with hosts david muir and martha raddatz. jack: eddie tipton is back in the news tonight. the former security director for the iowa-based multi-state lottery association is now accused of tampering with drawings in four other states over a six year period. tipton is now connected to rigging jackpots in colorado, wisconsin, and those state lotteries have confirmed they paid jackpots worth 8 million dollars to tipton associates. 37 other states are on the list investigators are looking at as well. tipton was convicted of installing an undetectable software program in the computers that pick winning numbers so he can know them in advance, and then works with other people to play those numbers and collect the money. he was caught and convicted when he tried to pull the same scam against the iowa lottery. jack: there are new details in the search for whoever was behind the wheel in monday's hit and run

a former massachusetts politician is at the center of a new battle between republicans and democrats. democrats want to make it illegal for people on the terror watch list to buy guns. republicans argue that ted kennedy was on the terror watch list bearing the same name as senator ted kennedy at the time. republicans used that example to argue against banning people from that list for buying guns. >> even our former colleague teddy kennedy was on this terror watch list at one point and despite numerous efforts to try to get off, never >> reporter: republicans say people wrongfully on the terror watch list have a tough time trying to get off of it. those in the house and senate legislation from going through. >> the three largest u.s. air >> the three largest u.s. airlines are banning hover hoverboard because of possible fire danger. video of a fire inside a mall. delta, american island say the boards are not recommended as carry-on or checked luggage. the consumer product commission is investigating the cause of the fires as the toy is expected to be a top sell they are year. >>> ceo of yahoo a

. >> reporter: as for the democrats democrats, clint and o'malley were calling for stricter gun explaws today president obama did the same thing. in his weekly address he tookd the step of calling it an act of terror but stopped short of using the phrase radical islam. >> we know that the killers in san bernardino used military style assault weapons, weaches war to kill as many people as they could. another tragic reminder that here in america it's way too easy for dangerous people to get their hands on a gun. called on congress to close the loophole that allows people to fly with guns. >> two people are now under arrest after a shooting that left a police officer hurt. it happened this morning at a motorcycle shop in wisconsin. investigators say a gunman fired hostages. two people were hurt in the standoff, including ab officer. the mayor says people were forced to take cover inside nearby buildings while the scene was still unfolding. >> hair salon. there were some people in there, and they were hunkered down for a while, and the police escorted them out. in one of the bars there was

so, i invited one democrat after another democrat after another democrat after another democrat. invited roughly a dozen democrats and not a single democrats was willing to stand on a stage with ellie weizel and discuss the iranian nuclear deal. i will tl you, it was truly humbling powerful to be on the stage with a man who has seen the face of evil and speak the truth and a with a moral gravity when he said never again must mean never again and the one threat of that happening is a nuclear iran. we need a president who will stand unapologetically with the nation of israel. when hamas murdered three israeli teenagers, i joined with new jersey democrat bob menendez to introduce legislation providing a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of the terrorist who had kidnapped and murdered naftali frankel. one of the three. he was a dual u.s.-israeli citizen. it passed unanimously, and thankfully they captured the choo terrorist before the house could take it up. i put together a coalition of 30 senators to write to the eu to oppose their plan to require labeling on

so i invited one democrat after another democrat after another democrat after another democrat, we invited roughly a dozen democrats and not a single democrat was willing to stand on stage with elie weisel and discuss the iranian nuclear deal. i will tell you it was truly humbling and powerful to be on that stage with a man who has seen the face of evil and can speak with a moral gravity that when he said, as he did, that never again must mean never again and the one threat of that happening is a nuclear iran. [applause] we need a president who will stand unapologetically with the ation of israel. when hamas murdered three israeli teenagers, i joined with new jersey democrat bob me then december to introdution -- to introduce legislation providing for the 0 reward naftali who kidnapped fran tell. that passed the senate and thankfully they captured the terrorist before the house could take it up. just in the past couple of weeks, i put together a bipartisan coalition soft some 30 senators to write to the e.u. to pose their plan to require -- to oppose their plan to require labeling on the p

so i invited one democrat after another democrat after another democrat after another democrat, we invited roughly a dozen democrats, and not a single democrat was willing to stand on a stage with elie weisel and discuss the iranian nuclear deal. i will tell you it was truly humbling and powerful to be on that stage with a man who has seen the face of evil and can speak truth, with a moral gravity that when he said, as he did, that never again must mean never again, and the one threat of that happening is a nuclear iran. [applause] senator cruz: we need a president who will stand unapologetically with the nation of israel. [applause] senator cruz: when hamas murdered three israeli teenagers, i joined with new jersey democrat bob menendez to introduce legislation providing a $500,000 reward for the terrorist who kidnapped naftali frantell. that passed the senate and thankfully they captured the terrorists before the house could take it up. just in the past couple of weeks, i put together a bipartisan coalition of some 30 senators to write to the e.u. to oppose their plan to require labeling

democrats. who's better on climate change or preserving the environment? democrats. who's better for widows and orphans? >> the democratsl security and terrorism? the republicans. republicans are seen as tougher. republicans have a double-digit advantage on it. you could go through and look for the papers serving any of those on the stage and the only one you find is lindsey graham but they all talk a very tough game. >> woodruff: you agree bernie sanders has been hurt? >> this is not bernie sanders' natural area. he was chairman of veterans committee, but, no, national security is not his strength. hillary clinton is seen as steel and with a spine. she's seen as tough and experienced. she is not seen as totally honest or likable, but strong. >> woodruff: there is a breach of the democrats voter parties database. the sanders campaign recognized a technical glitch. they had access for half an hour or more. they say they didn't do anything with that information they had access to. the clinton campaign says they did. the d.n.c. now shut down the sanders' camp access. right now the sanders camp is suing the d.n.c., the clin

democrats and the president at this point? we have seen concerns about the strategy toward isis, concerns about the syrian refugee approach. our democrats -- are democratsndoning a lame-duck resident at this? certainly do not think the democrats are abandoning president obama. he has had an extraordinary record. when you look at the economic situation when he became the president of the united states, he has turned it around. i would say democrats were very helpful to him as majority leader in 2009 at 2000 10, worked closely with the president and leader pelosi and leader reid. has had a successful, anyway you look at the economy, whether the value of the stock market, it has really turned the economy around. we can do more, but on the hadrnational level, he has one of the most complex and difficult situations in the middle east and around the world that i have seen since i have been in congress in my 35th year. the middle east in particular is as complex and chaotic and difficult to manage as i have seen it. ourthere some members of caucus, including myself, who have indicated we need to have in many ways a more robust engagement in syria and iraq? are

. >> the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are democrat democrats.king another headline suggesting he would have a female vice president saying quote she would make a great partner. abc news washington. >>> guns were apparently a big hit on black friday. fbi reports that more americans had their background checkedless friday than on any other day on record. national instant cell background check system processed 1 yoyv,000 requests. it was 5 percenten crease overless year. friday purchas purchases kim the same take as the mass shooting accident in colorado springs that killed 3 people and injured then others. >>> just as millions are shopping for gift for their children this holiday, one family says the hover board they pot for their son ignited. about to see images of the burn out home. was it the battery or something else. here's matt. >> ever sense celebrity leak justin bobbieer and kendall post video sla loming open hover board they are fleeing off the shelf. incorporating tochl bay they are selling 1 every 12 seconds. but may not just be sales t

rocky de la fuente is a san diego businessman who is running as a democrat. democrats are someone else besides hillary clinton. stephanie: we have more good morning iowa coming up right after the break... but first here's what's coming up on "good morning america." "good morning america tease " "you're watching good stephanie: to remember a beloved coach. stephanie madrid high school head coach randy hinkle died suddenly of a heart attack on sunday. along with football, hinkel also coached track and field for the tigers-- he coached 5 state championship teams and produced numerous individual state winners. he's been at the helm of those teams for nearly 30 years. stephanie: tonight -- hundreds of people gathered in the school colors -- black and orange -- for visitation services in the gym. students, colleagues and longtime friends alike joined in to support each other -- and to share their favorite memories of the coach, which weren't just about football. " it's definitely ... the way he connects with his players. the amount of care he has is insane, he cares what he

individual iowans to exercise it is true that we passed the show issue law with a democratic governor, a democrat house, and a democrat senate. since then, the gun laws have gone to die in the senate. which has a slim democrat majority and they have not allowed anything to come through. there are a lot of changes, mostly minor, suggested last year that passed in the house three different times and stopped in the senate. the governor was on track to sign that bill. that was in effect some changes in the law. steve: right now, if you apply for a permit, you are subject to a background check. should that continue? richard: yes. it's federal law for any transaction involving a federal that system works well. i don't see any reason to change that at this time. steve: what -- one of the big debates at the statehouse was making records private. should they be private? richard: yes. this system not only made them private so you don't have an outfit go in and get all the records in them publish them, including with an interactive map online, but it also -- the provisions of that law also allowed law enforcement to check and ve

democratic presidential candidates debated issues but saturday night's face-off in manchester, new hampshire, is not getting a lot of buzz. reed binion tells us why. >> reporter: for the third and final debate of 2015, democratic presidential candidates hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley the battled other key issues like gun control and national security. this time in new hampshire. while many of the g.o.p. debates saw high ratings of prime time week day slots, the last two democratic democratic national committee for saturday night, haven't gotten much attention. cnn's jake tapper asked candidate martin o'malley scheduling. >> i want to ask you about the dole that the dnc is playing in this senator with senator sanders had focused. on do you think the reason two of the three democratic debates have been scheduled on saturday night is because audience and there by under this theory hillary clinton? >> yes. in fact, that's also why for first time ever they have limited the number of debates. >> reporter: indeed. at this stage democratic hopefuls had debated a sign of times and it also aired on a saturday and averaged 8.5 million a significant drop which aired on a tuesday a month earlier and averaged 15.3 million viewers. more complete ratings from saturday night's debate will be available monday. meanwhile, the next democratic presidential primary debate is set for sunday january 17th in charleston, south carolina. i'm reed binion reporting. >>> republican presiden

parties, but they're not nearly what they need to be and there's not a democratic process within either party. we don't have a democraticcracy. i think what we're looking at is a situation in which the clear differences -- there are clear differences on climate and the economy. amy: 10 seconds. >> i disagree there was not clearly from bernie sanders. i think you made a very compelling case on the economic side. on the issues, crucial issues of war, the notion you can go to war against terrorism -- none of these candidates were prepared to say, you can't bomb terrorism. you can only bomb people, and that creeps more terrorism, not less. amy: we have to leave it there. we will continue to cover these issues, phyllis bennis and bill curry. we will link your articles. that does it for our broadcast. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outrea

democratic leader lyndon johnson. was promoted to senate democratic whip, the number two spot. this was in part because clements had good relations with conservative and liberal democrats. an important attribute in a closely divided senate. when the democrats regained the geordie in 1955, johnson became majority leader and clements became majority whip. he served as the majority with from 1953 to 1957. one of only three kentuckians to serve in that position. the others are wendell ford and myself. is with his own -- the whip responsible for counting votes and persuading senators to support legislation promoted by the majority of the party. it is a hard job. in july of 1955 when the majority leader lyndon johnson had a heart attack. this left democrats without a majority leader for the last few weeks of the session. for the next 29 days, clements served as acting majority leader. this is during his first term. lead thehe had to senate without appearing to be a 's absents.lbj a difficult balance to strike. had to perform to the satisfaction of johnson. can you imagine that? he remained a demanding task hospital bed.s after visiting johnson, clements reported back on the

>> most of the democrats were southern democrats, so they were the ones that went against marshall. marshall got a lot of help from republican. eastern republicans. what are the big heroes of the hearing was everett dirksen of illinois who would send letters to people telling them this is a signature moment for the united states of america. we need to show our metal by confirming thurgood marshall to the supreme court. so, so, it was one of those things that we do not see a lot of washington now, is bipartisan, in the end it really was. that is how thurgood marshall got on the supreme court. >> so it sounds like 20 senators did not vote in that. >> yes, i'm so glad that you mention that. that was the margin of victory. needless to say, lyndon johnson who is a seven or himself convinced 20 southern senators to not vote. that was brilliant. he was a master politician. he would he would tell them, he was a look, i'm going to be looking at bridges next year, highway funding, i'm going to be looking at ways to help you, but first i need you to help me. it's called old-fashioned horsetrad

democrat in this race. he is running for the democratic nomination. he's on the ballot as a democrat in new hampshire and other states, but these caucuses, he caucuses with the democrats but is an independent socialist so having someone who is an independent now going to court and his campaign going to court with the democratic party is a fascinating subplot here. >> let's remind everybody exactly what jeff weaver had to say about that and whether or not they are going to end up in court today. take a listen. >> individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want. but they are not going to sabotage our campaign, one of the strongest grassroots campaigns in modern history. we are announcing today that if the dnc continues to hold our data hostage, and continues to try to attack the heart and soul of our grassroots campaign, we will be in federal court this afternoon seeking immediate relief. >> joy, the narrative really changes here. not so much about bernie sanders' campaign and the staffer, that had access to this, it's now a bigger deal about them being f

democrat. gave money to democratic candidates. now has been born again temporarily as a hard right conservative. tom: yeah. eleanor stole my thunder there. a chameleon-like ability to change with the political ties. he's done it very successfully and to his credit, i mean, we have to be honest. he has picked up a populous vein. that is a fact. clarence: marco rubio, who was a virgil protege to jeb bush for a long time. they were almost like a peas in a pod and the thing that jeb was hoping didn't happen did happen. marco rubio ran for president and is doing better than jeb. so certainly, we'll see what happens next year. but at this point, marco deserves it. john: turncoat. general motors. taxpayers lost on the g.m. bailout to save u.s. jobs. 40,000 g.m., buick and vision cars now will be made and imported from china. sweet for china. sour for the u.s. pat? pat: the paris climate summit that lasted for two weeks, john. could you stand the excitement? eleanor: you know, the paris climate summit is super important, pat. in terms of most boring, this is a difficult category. and so i would define it as someone whose speech style can put you to speech. so i will give it to dr. carson. tom: i would say debbie wasserman schultz. it's so repetitive what she comes out with and it's all serving to the democratic party. john: doesn't have to be a human being. eleanor: i'm going to pick a human being anyway. ben carson has the skills to put himself to sleep. at least i keep thinking he's going to. pat: why are you nothing for? clarence: for putting me to sleep. he reminds me a saying he gave a fireside chat and the fire went out. john: very cute but a little meh. [laughter] the most boring. i know this will cause the claws to come out. you will take particular interest in this. but most boring goes to cat youtube videos. [laughter] it was a sensation. but that was then. and this is now. cats. enough already. boring. pat: have you ever watched a youtube that's big screen in your house, john? of the year. john: most charismatic, pat. pat: the niece of marie la pin, eleanor's great favorite and she's a 26-year-old that almost won the leadership of that region. extremely attractive gal. extreme right-winger, john. extremely charismatic. eleanor: and the second round of voting, the french came to th

democratic democrat nation, but she has been here before and failed >> she sees herself as at heir apparent and is really in some ways embracing the idea of a third term. i would also argue rather than running on her achievements, she is spending more time focusing on the republican faults. >> reporter: 22016 will be a lot like 2015 in that the only thing that counts politically in the u.s. is the race for the white house. only now it becomes meaner and nastier and more expensive. at the end of what has already seemed like an incredibly long campaign, the two main parties will have their candidates and one of them will be america's next president >> i don't think that you're going to see the candidates after the nominating contest try to come to the middle. i think you're going to see them very much focused on exciting their base. i think there are fewer and fewer votes in the political middle for them to get >> reporter: the new american president will face many challenges, both domestic and international, but the biggest might be bringing a divided country together after the election, no matter what wins >>> international criminal tribunal for rwanda officially closes on thursday. it was set up to prosecute those suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide. nearly a million people were killed. some of the court's indictees are still on the run. >> reporter: these men say they killed dozens of their neighbours. they all spent years in prison for it. it was during rwanda's 1994 genocide and they all say the mayor here at the time organized the killings in this area. >> translation: i killed because he had already filled our hearts with hate. if you refused to kill, he ordered others to kill you. >> reporter: after more than 20 years on the run, the mayor was arrested earlier this month in neighbouring democratic republic of congo. the criminal tribunal for rwanda had indicted him in 1996. in 94 thousands of those fleeing from the violence had gathered around this church for safety. according to the indictment, the mayor ordered obviously edges to kill them all. there say memorial next to it. here are the clothes of? of the some of the people, skulls and human remains and here some of the weapons that were used to kill them. the indictment says that the mayor oversaw the killing of thousands of his country men and also rape and sexual violence against women. he was indicted. he sentenced 60 sigh genocide. rights groups criticise it for only trying one side of the conflict. the front which became today's rwanda army defeated the militia that were involved in the genocide. u.n. investigators say it also massacred others. >> they are in no way equivalent to the genocide and should not be compared to it, but nevertheless those were war crimes and crimes against humanity that fell squarely within t

democrats to swat. josh: you will say that, they loved him being called up. such a contrast in positions. chris: every democrat in the country would love donald trump to be the republican nominee. when clinton goes after him in a debate, that is great for trump because he can turn around and say see, republicans, the democrats are scared of me. josh: you know what was interesting when they were talking about a muslim ban, it morphed into a discussion involving the resettlement of refugees. sitting in the audience was governor hassan. the question went to hillary quentin, saying that governor hassan says we need to put a pause on the program, what do you think? there was some contrast there and when is there a surprise? does this stick around? is this bad news for maggie hassan? chris: it does have the potential to stick around. i could see this hurting hassan next year and the senate race if democrats decide to vote for a third party or skip voting. in long-term i don' t forget will have a huge impact. josh: a situation where she had in. chance to say anything as much as he wanted to. what was your thought on the maggie hassan component? andy: it was interesting to bring a new hampshire angle and raising the profile of that new hampshire senate race to the rest of the country. i do not think it is going to

democratic presidential hopefuls had debated 17 times. the last televised democratic debate on c-b-s, also aired on a saturday and averaged 8.5 million viewers. a significant drop to from the cnn democraticate, which aired on a *tuesday a month earlier and averaged *15.3 million viewers. more complete ratings from saturday night's debate will be available monday. meanwhile, the next democratic presidential primary debate is set for *sunday january 17th in charleston, south carolina. i'm reid binion reporting. >> vicki: officials have detained an person in connection to last authorities detained the person in a house in brussels today. the center of the belgian capital and the molenbeek district. where some of the perpetrators of the attacks had lived. investigators are still trying to establish what connection the person may have to the attacks in paris. this is not the primce suspect that authorities are looking for all over europe. a belgian prosecutor says they will release an official statement tomorrow. >> vicki: authorities said the plane was removed from the runway and some passengers questioned. the airport was temporarily shut down following the incident, but has since reopened,

you can't live in a democratic societies that everything is done in secret where there are no controls, no checks and balances, the heart of a democratic government, our democratic government is do we have a system of checks and balances. what we have seen in the wake of 9/11 is concourse was not overseeing national security establishment as well as we had hoped. responsible people like senator gramm, former governor of florida, have been very critical of congress failing in its role to be checking what it is the security establishment is doing. similarly the courts, the courts have been totally passive and deferential to the executive whenever the executive says state secrets are involved, we have totally 1953 back off and don't examine the validity of those claims. i am not saying all of those claims are wrong, but some of them have been excessive. we determined in hindsight, we need the executive in our name, we need to be sure congress is checking the rules that they have established have been followed and that is not the view post 9/11. lot of people in congress now and the courts are doing what they should be doing. we have chapters in this book the deal w

i think that democratic nominee will win and a democratic successor and i will campaign hard to maybe it happen for a variety of reasons because they are more likely to share my fundamental vision about where america should go. but having said that what i think people should also feel good about is that the agreement struck in paris, although not legally binding when it comes to the targets that have been set does create this architecture in which all around the world countries are saying this is where we are going. we are going to be chasing after this clean energy future. this is how we are going to meet our goals. we are going to double down on solar power and double down on wind power, we are going to invest more heavily in bio fuels, we are going to figure out battery technologies. and what you saw in this budget which i think was really significant was an extension of the solar tax credits and wind tax credits that we had helped to really boost early on in my administration and that it resulted in wind power increasing three fold, solar power increasing by 20 fold. those tax cre

democrats and democratic leaning independent says don't count him out. >> we have a wonderful grassroots organization, a lot of volunteers who are knocking on doors and, and if we can win think it really does open us up to a path toward victory. >> clinton is also favored by six in 10 democrats as the candidate most likely to beat the republican nominee in the general election. >>> well, finally a day of snow for some new england ski resorts. this is video from sugarloaf in maine where they got 5 inches. most of it came this morning, but flakes were flying much of the day. >>> of course, many ski resorts have been losing money from this warm, warm december. >> barry, you were talking about that might change just a little bit. >> no major storm out of this. it won't be piling up into feet, but there will be perhaps a few inches. i've got my snow tie resurrected after last year's blitz of snow that we had. so snow is definitely on the way. it's going to snow the chance of boston going all the way through december without any snow. we'll have some measurable snow in boston, but obviously so far it's been the warmest december on record with the mean that is crazy warm. you know how warm it has been this entire month and boston hit 50 degrees again today briefly this afternoon ju

breaking out today in democratic politics as the bernie sanders campaign took the extraordinary step of suing the governing body of the democratic party. that body, the democratic national committee, is led by debbie wasserman schultz, who will join us live momentarily. the sanders campaign claims the dnc is trying to thwart their candidate because it sees the vermont senator as the biggest threat to hillary clinton winning the democratic presidential nomination. >> leadership of the democratic national committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign. this is unacceptable. individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want, but they are not going to sabotage our campaign, one of the strongest grassroot campaigns in modern history. >> that guy, jeff weavers, the sanders campaign manager, will also join us live in just a moment. and here is what he and the campaign say the dnc did to prompt the strong response. it cut off access to the lifeblood of any presidential campaign, data on millions of voters. the dnc maintains a master list of information about democratic voters that is essential to get out of the -- to get out

and democratics are more focused on economics. >> democratics? >> yeah. >> i think the democratsually have the people's interest at heart. >> why is obamacare, amnesty, and the iranian deal so unpopular? do you vote? >> no. >> probably a good thing. >> do you think democrats have been good for the country? >> yeah. >> in what ways have democrats helped the country? >> hmm. >> can you name one thing? >> one thing? hmm. off the top. >> take your time. >> i don't know. that's sad. >> maybe you should switch parties. >> republican, huh? >> yeah. >> i do like donald trump. >> you guys both have the blond hair. >> yeah. >> that's about the only thing you have in common. >> about it. >> are you a republican or democrat? >> republican. >> i didn't see that coming. >> i hate republicans? >> i do, too. they're so greedy. >> they need to be regulated. >> do you think we should put some republicans in congress in gitmo for a little bit? >> yeah, they should see how it feels. >> i think obama should tear up the constitution and run for a third term. >> bloomberg did it. >> this is a dangerous

democrats are more concentrated. he tends to live in cities. republicans are living in suburbs and rural areas. if you draw a district with a city in it, it will have 90% democrats, that is not efficient use of democratic votes. you would have to draw creative districts to get those democrats to be spread out. it's as much where people choose to live than where district lines are drawn. host: "underdog politics: the minority party in the u.s. house of representatives" focusing on the minority in the u.s. house of representatives. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8001 for them across. independents, 202-748-8002. matt on our republican line in new york. caller: good morning. if i look back over the presidents of my lifetime, reagan and bush had to deal with a democratic congress. they had good relationships. clinton dealt with gingrich and gingrich -- clinton takes credit for welfare reform. gingrich enforced it. bush allowed kennedy to co-author his signature domestic legislation. then, we have obama. obama came into up this -- into office. -- job he did of advisorsa world and czars and we ultimately end -- i don'tudget here understand how it is mathematically possible that the budget can be passed

democratic." the internal democratic dustup is even drawing shots from republicans on the campaign trail. s/ donald trump / republican presidential candidate "this debate, he said i don't want to discuss the emails, it's fine what he did. he gave his whole thing away. gave it away. and then she zapped him." in an earlier debate, sanders dismissed hillary clinton's email controversy. tonight we'll see if clinton returns the favor to sanders. chris pollone, nbc news. on the campaign trail in iowa today...republican candidate ben carson. he made stops in carroll and harlan before heading to council bluffs. there he will speak to a group at the iowa school for the deaf making rounds on the opposite side of the state... carly fiorina. she held a town hall meetings burlington and in the town of washington turning to weather... there is a bit of a warm up the forecast. meteorologist brett mcintyre joins us now for a first look at the an argument between a group of teenagers ended in gunfire at a crowed mall in wisconsin. according to the wisconsin state journal.... several shots were fired insid

democrats are more concentrated. he tends to live in cities. republicans are living in suburbs and rural areas. if you draw a district with a city in it, it will have 90% democrats, that is not efficient use of democratices. you would have to draw creative districts to get those democrats to be spread out. it's as much where people choose to live than where district lines are drawn. host: "underdog politics: the minority party in the u.s. house of representatives" focusing on the minority in the u.s. house of representatives. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8001 for them across. independents, 202-748-8002. matt on our republican line in new york. caller: good morning. if i look back over the presidents of my lifetime, reagan and bush had to deal with a democratic congress. they had good relationships. clinton dealt with gingrich and gingrich -- clinton takes credit for welfare reform. gingrich enforced it. bush allowed kennedy to co-author his signature domestic legislation. then, we have obama. obama came into up this -- into office. -- job he did of advisorsa world and czars and we ultimately end -- i don'tudget here understand how it is mathematically possible that the budget can be passed wit

democrats? >> i have. in new jersey, 2% property tax cap. arbitration reform to lower the cost of employee costs. some with democrats and pension reform. the budget done with democratsdone with democrats. of course i can work with democrats. >> you were quoting hillary clinton as having happy talk. >> secretary happy talk. i am not going to call her secretary clinton. >> she talks about issues. >> where we need to be with isis. >> you might want a do-over with that one. >> no do-overs when you run for president unless she wants to apologize and say she is wrong. >> you got a do-over on immigration. >> then i changed my policy. if hillary said i was wrong and we are not where we need to be, i was wrong and i misspoke, i give her a do-over. she won't. she never takes accountability for anything. how about the times they asked her what responsibility she has for the mess in libya. she refused to answer the question. if libya had been a success, she would be dancing with her hair on fire to get attention about the fact that she went well. she won't take accountability for anything. >> governor, thank you. >> thank you. >> much more of my interview straight ahead and the

democratic party. as we speak, like right now. and the hillary clinton campaign accusing the sanders campaign of criminal theft. it's this big fight over data in the democraticparty. a data breach. it is a strange fight. it is ongoing right now as i speak. we're going to have the latest on that in just a moment tonight. but we are going to begin our show not with that story. we are beginning our show with a bit of a special report. we cover a lot of crazy stuff on the show. and there has been a lot of this show. we just had our seventh birthday this year, which means that in

democratic primary voters. this comes the day before the third democratic presidential debate. in the new york times yesterday, frank bruni criticized "the invisible democratic debates", and wrote quote: "what a shamefully imbalanced primary season this has been... the democratic candidates have, in contrast, hidden in a closet." and a political analyst in the granite state says tomorrow night's debate should have limited impact. smith says: "i don't think the debate is going to be critical for new hampshire. first off it's the saturday before christmas - on a saturday night nobody's going to be watching this. people are going to be learning about it by reading the paper the next day rather than seeing the debate." emanuel on cam: the campaigns of sanders and former maryland governor martin o'malley have complained about the number and timing of debates - suggesting the party is protecting or hiding clinton. that might explain frustration expressed by the sanders camp today. in manchester, new hampshire, mike emanuel, fox news the democratic debate airs on a- b-c tomorrow. it starts at five p-m pacific time. lawmakers in washington - join together to pass a

and democratics are more focused on economics. >> democratics? >> yeah. >> i think the democratsterest at heart. >> why is obamacare, amnesty, and the iranian deal so unpopular? do you vote? >> no. >> probably a good thing. >> do you think democrats have been good for the country? >> yeah. >> in what ways have democrats helped the country? >> hmm. >> can you name one thing? >> one thing? hmm. off the top. >> take your time. >> i don't know. that's sad. >> maybe you should switch parties. >> republican, huh? >> yeah. >> i do like donald trump. >> you guys both have the blond hair. >> yeah. >> that's about the only thing you have in common. >> about it. >> are you a republican or democrat? >> republican. >> i didn't see that coming. >> i hate republicans? >> i do, too. they're so greedy. >> they need to be regulated. >> do you think we should put some republicans in congress in gitmo for a little bit? >> yeah, they should see how it feels. >> obama should tear up the constitution and run for a third term. >> bloomberg did it. >> a dangerous decision. >> do you watch "watters' world

democrat city. how are black people served by democrat government in thick choe. ferguson, run by democrats. y democrats. you have police misconduct under democrat rule. neil: jessica, are you proud of yourself. >> yeah. because i destroyed chicago single-handedly. but to your point, i do see that there is a republican opening to make that argument. the problem is though, when the right doesn't seem to want to acknowledge the "black lives matter" movement at all, i mean i think it's wrong obviously people chanted police officers, when they go after them. we need to respect law enforcement why the -- let me finish for one second. neil: let her finish. >> but at the same time, if you're not speaking directly to the black community about how they're feeling, what their needs are, and doesn't matter, necessarily what the reality versus sis. 88% of blacks -- no i understand. but the chances of chicago voting republican is basically zero. >> issue of criminal justice reform seeing some republicans saying what is the sense of locking up people for marijuana violations throwing them in jail for five

democrat national committee. that led to a suspension for the sanders campaign. but a deal was reached to clear up the mess ahead of tonight's democratic debate. [ chanting ] >> reporter: democrats lined the streets in manchester, new hampshire, showing support for presidential candidates ahead of their third and final debate of the year. political analysts say voters in the critical primary state are eager to hear plans for national security, income equality and ways to combat drug abuse. >> with the increase in prominence of national security issues, they're starting to pay more attention to the commander- in-chief question. >> reporter: but the issues could be clouded by controversy. here at the media center, journalists from around the world have been following a civil war within the democratic party. on friday the democratic national committee discovered four bernie sanders staffers improperly took information compiled by hillary clinton's campaign and blocked the sanders camp from seeing any voter data from its shared database. early saturday, it regained access after reaching an agreement with the dnc. >> this is sort of a sideshow issue that i don't think will and should

democrats and the democrats have no economic policy that any economist finds credible. a lot of what you see in my ideas and in the papers i have written and is a remembrance of those years. > your dad ran> a dry cleaning store. what do you think you would think today? mr. tsongas: [laughter] my father was such an avid republican. [laughter] i know he would vote for me. the question would be would he go to the democratic primary to vote for me? [laughter] he was a staunch nixon republican. when i got to the senate, he said this is wonderful. if only you would have run as a republican, it would have been perfect. you talk about some immigrants who came here, and i remember when it got to the senate and he said to me, when i was growing up. , i thought a senator with a silver haired -- growing up here, i thought a senator was a silver had -- i think you would be very proud. >> what about your wife, what does she think? mr. tsongas: i think both nikki and i have concerns about this. was more of as sense of we wanted to be there so we do this. we have a very good life. certain nervousness about losing that, and so it is not a question where winning would be a joy because it means giving up but we have now, but i think she believes in what i believe in, that we have a responsibility to be out there and do this. and that responsibility goes to the children. we cannot sit back here, make a lot of money, pret

on the democratic side, hillary democratic rally. the democratic front runner the midwest. manufacturing and a credit to keep any fracturing jobs in the u.s., instead of sending them overseas. chris christie gaining support in new hampshire. in the polls, but it was standing room only at his event last night. he received an endorsement from jeb bradley. last month, he was endorsed by the union leader. on the fight against old viewings -- opioids , he says that prevention is green. -- key. frank: the effort to oust the the group of petitioners were 655 signatures short of what they needed to put a recall question on the ballot. this photo of a foxborough high school student is at the center of a yearbook controversy. the problem? the young woman appears to be standing on the american flag. in fact, that was not the case. but the picture was banned from the yearbook. it' s a photo studio backdrop. the flag is not a real flyit' s a photo studio backdrop. morgan' s mom says the schools , response was over the top, political correctness. the post blew u

democrats on middle-class priorities. when they are in the minority, their goal was obstruction. now that democrats are in the minority, our goal is helping the middle class and we are willing to work with republican stooge -- achieve that. democrats believe government should work for all of our families, not just the wealthiest few. spend our timend in the senate fighting to move us toward that goal. too many republicans came to be saying government could not work for anyone and as soon as they got here, they did everything in their power to prove that theory. dim its debt it demonstrated that we can get results when republicans because with the middle class -- meet us for the middle class is. so i was a lot more to do, joined everyone here in saying that we are ready to build on what we've done in 2015. it is an election year and should not stop us from getting things done -- things done for the middle class. that is what we hope the republicans join us on. >> if you would have told me this year that we would be standing here celebrating the passage of it on the bus bill with no poison pill riders at the presidentthan requested, i would not have believed it, but here we are. this bill is a great victory for the principles democr

democratic congressperson, you know, your representative doesn't much care about you. i think that's inaccurate or maybe incomplete observation because i find that as a democrat in a, represented by a democratic representative, my representative doesn't care about me either. [laughter] [applause] >> always nice to find a silver lining. >> i mean, what i have observed over the years is that, at election time if i happen to be a baby, they will kiss me, if i, they may want to shake my hand and have about three-word conversation with me. but if i want a sub assistant sieve discussion with them, when they want my vote they're too busy. if it is not when they want my vote, i get shunted off to some aide who is probably underpaid intern, either high school or college. >> yep. >> or college student who never passes, my comments on to the representative. so, as an american citizen, my thoughts on anything don't count for anything. >> any thoughts on that? >> you know, what you're expressing, and what the applause expresses is this deep recognition, acknowledgement, we all seem to have about the flaw, the failure of this democracy. some people feel it more than others. the first campaign stop i did wa

democrats did it -- democrats did it and democrats can do it again. we can build a future that deals with our deficit. remember this, that 50 years of progress under our principles never cost us what the last four years of stagnation have. and we can deal with the deficit intelligently, by shared sacrifice, with all parts of the nation's family contributing, building partnerships with the private sector, providing a sound defense without depriving ourselves of what we need to feed our children and care for our people. we can have a future that provides for all the young of the present, by marrying common sense and compassion. we know we can, because we did it for nearly 50 years before 1980. and we can do it again, if we do not forget -- if we do not forget that this entire nation has profited by these progressive principles; that they helped lift up generations to the middle class and higher; that they gave us a chance to work, to go to college, to raise a family, to own a house, to be secure in our old age and, before that, to reach heights that our

democratic nominee. i am very confident that we will have a terrific democratic nominee. whose phone is that? come on, now. you recognized your ring. don't be embarrassed. turn it off. there you go. i think we will have a strong democratic nominee. the democratic nominee will win. i think i will have a democratic successor and i will campaign hard to make that happen. more likely to share my fundamental vision about where america should go. think said that, what i people should also feel good the agreement struck in paris, although not legally binding when it comes to the targets that have been set, does create this architecture in which all around the world, countries are saying, this is where we are going. we will be chasing after this clean energy future. this is how we will meet our goals. we will double down on solar power, double down on wind power, invest more heavily in biofuels, figure out battery technologies. budget, saw in this which was really significant was an extension of the solar tax credits and when tax credits -- wind tax credits that we boost early on in my administration that resulted in wind power increasing threefold, solar power increasing by 20 fold. those tax credits will not be extended for 5

if you watch this democrat debate and it is actually democrat debate, not democratic debate. they put it democratic because it sounds better. but if you watch the democrat debate, you would see that number that they mentioned was 65,000. now he's mentioning 10,000. let me tell you, they're going to bring hundreds of thousands. but if you look at the debate -- i believe the number is 65,000 that they use in the debate. hillary clinton, she is another -- force. >> in terms of refugees, not all from syria. the number is 355,000. we tried toad indicate about but they didn't learn. all right, donald trump. stay right there. we'll have more with the presidential contender when we come back. and then later tonight, do we need to start spying on mosque with ties to extremists in america? we'll debate that controversial issue plus tonight -- >> we don't know what the motives of the shooters are. but what we do know is that there are steps we can take to make americans safer. >> the obsession, a prominent democrats to always rush and politicize tragedy before we even know anything about