>> devin dwyer for us in the white house. devin, thank you. >>> the philadelphia area man accused of firing more than a dozen times at a police officer faces a judge this weekend. the incident caught on security cameras. police say edward archer confessing to the attack you see there in the name of islam, arraigned and held without bond. the officer harvick struck three times but giving chase and wounding the attacker. in an interview, archer's mother said he had been hearing voices and felt he was targeted by police. >>> overseas now, to germany where some refugees are being blamed for widespread assaults on new year's eve. tonight, the number of attacks reported is growing and so is the anger. many were sexual offenses against women. the attacks fuelling the debate over welcoming immigrants. abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran reporting from cologne. >> reporter: turmoil and rage in germany as anti-refugee protests this weekend in the city of cologne turned ugly. germans are furious about the mass attacks that too

for that we turn to my colleague devin dwyer in des moines this morning. >> thanks, cecilia. this incredible republican campaign is down to the wire. for the first time last night, both front-runners spent the night in iowa. ted cruz this morning, taking the day off before he finishes visiting all # 9 counties. donald trump is headed to church, but the top talker here, how personal and negative this fight has been. not vote for cruz if he wins. donald trump began running his first negative tv ad hitting cruz. cruz is fighting back. >> if donald trump wins it's going to be a snowball to hell. >> i was at that rally, martha, the cruz's case against trump is getting sharper, it's electrifying his sporters. they're placing 15,000 calls a day, but the big question here is, will those huge crowds for trump actually turn out to caucus? his iowaperation of course has been untraditional. the underdog, marco rubio getting endorsed this morning by the des moines register. rubio trails in the polls here. worth noting in every election in the last 20 years, the register has endorsed the r

devin dwyer at the white house. >> reporter: tonig in new hampshire, hillary clinton is playing catch-up. trailing bernie sanders in the granite state, clinton's campaign is sending panicked e-mails that the race is seriously tight. >> i think we're gaining steam here in iowa. i think we have an excellent >> reporter: now neck and neck with sanders in iowa, too, clinton isharpening her attacks. >> to stop them, stand with her. >> reporter: in a new tv ad, clinton suggests she's the most electable candidate. but she's tied with trump in new hampshire and loses to trump and rubio. sanders beats all three. >> the polls go up and down. i stay pretty focused. >>>s a under pressure in iowa tonight, republican front-runner, donald trump. we're sort of, like, tied with ted cruz. >> krez spent a week barn storming iowa by a bus, and today he knocked trump's signature plan to deport millions of immigrants. >> i don't tend b to send jackboots to knock on your door and every door in america. >> trump fired back for cruz being born in canada. >>>>s h ea natural-born citizen? i don't know. >> reporter

here's abc's devin dwyer. >> reporter: in new hampshire, hillary clinton is playing catchup. trailing bernie sanders in the granite state, clinton's campaign is sending panicked e-mails that the race is seriously tight. >> i think we're gaining steam here in iowa. i think we have an excellent chance to win here. >> reporter: now neck and neck clinton is sharpening her attacks. >> to stop them, stand with her. >> reporter: in a new tv ad, clinton suggests she's the most electable candidate. but in the latest poll, hillary is tied with trump in new hampshire and loses to ted cruz and marco rubio. sanders beats all three. >> the polls go up and down. i stay pretty focused. >> also under pressure in iowa republican front-runner donald trump. >> we're sort of, like, tied with ted cruz. >> cruz spent a week barn storming iowa by bus, and today he knocked trump's signature plan to deport millions of immigrants. >> i don't intend to send jack every door in america. >> in nevada, trump fired back with another hit on cruz for being born in canada. >> is he a natural-born citizen? i don

here's abc's devin dwyer. trump rally more fun than all these other stiffs? >> reporter: in south carolina donald trump touts the latest poll that has him on killing everybody nationally. second 19 or 20 ors is like that. double digits with 35% in a new but in iowa he's at 23% in a much closer race. he heads to the hawkeyez is on top logging this week. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: pointing out trump likes to swoop into iowa on his plane to campaign and then go labor intensive. you don't do it from a tv studio in manhattan. >> reporter: hillary clinton was at a studio friday in l.a. to play charades withs and president fit fitzpatrick from "scandal." e-mails warn donors that polls in new hampshire and iowa are seriously tight and after months of mostly ignoring then is going on the attack. >> senator sanders voted with the gun lobby and i voted against the gun lobby. maybe it's time for stand up and say, i >> reporter: sanders fired back calling clinton a flip-flopper on guns after hours earlier coming questions about her personal life. >> what bill cl

devin dwyer, abc news, the white house. >>> as president obama prepares for tomorrow night'state of the union address, the white house is releasing a partial list of guests. they will join the first lady. among them, air force sergeant spencer stone, the hero who helped prevent an act of activist jim obergefell who took his landmark same-sex marriage equality case to the supreme court and won and governor dannel malloy of connecticut who introduced gun safety laws after the sandy hook shooting and there will be one empty chair dedicated to victims of gun violence. live coverage of the address begins at 9:00 eastern time. we'll have reaction wednesday morning on "world news now." >> mexico has started the formal process of extraditing el chapo to america where he faces indictment in four states. the notorious drug lord was recaptured on friday after six months on the run. the next day "rolling stone" magazine published the blockbuster interview he gave to actor sean penn that was conducted in october. now that el chapo is behind bars, it's penn that is coming under fire. >> if one of the

here's abc's devin dwyer. than all these other stiffs? >> reporter: in south carolina donald trump touts the latest poll that has him on top. >> killing everybody nationally. trump, 35, second, 19 or 20 or something like that. >> reporter: trump's ahead by double digits with 35% in a new fox national poll but in iowa trump is at 23% in a much closer raid. today trump heads to the hawkeye state where cruz is in the land and barnstorming the state by bus logging this week. >> thank you very much. likes to swoop into iowa on his plane to campaign and then go >> labor intensive. you don't do it from a tv studio in manhattan. >> reporter: hillary clinton was at a studio friday in l.a. to play charades with ellen degeneres and president fit pat pick grant from the hit >> a selfie. >> reporter: clinton is not laughing from a growing threat donors that polls in new hampshire and iowa are seriously tight, and after months of mostly ignoring the vermont senator, clinton is going on the attack. >> senator sanders voted with the gun lobby, and i vote