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and in the video they use you, dona trump, a clip. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the ( bleep ) is going on. >> reporter: and then the video goes on and says, "the west will eventually turn against its muslim citizens." they're saying to muslims either you join jihad or leave the united states because of what mr. trump is proposing. >> look, it's a problem. i bring it up. other people have called me and they say, "you have guts to bring it up because, frankly, it's true," but nobody wants to get involved. now people are getting involved. people are that on different persuasions thoon me right now, john, are saying, "you know, maybe trump isn't wrong. we want to examine it." big strength is his bluntness. that's what voters like about him. but when it comes to being commander in chief, bluntness can have consequences and this is an example of that. but there's beeny no evidence so far that this is hurting trump. it's been th

dona trump is fueling that debate. >> also ahead in administrative leave out in 60 seconds an armed robber storms a packed fast food restaurant and the crime caught on camera. >> zoo miami in mourning what's being done now after a giraffe dies in a freak accident. >> and vin diesel stole the show at the people's choice awards when he talked about his friend the late paul walker. plus, who crashed that show coming up. >> time for the bus stop forecast as the kids are getting ready to head to school. light jacket, light sweater looking like you dent need the umbrella just potential for warm sunshine, >>> happy thursday south florida. happy to share the good news we are waking up to dry start. i know yesterday was soggy and oudy and also on the cool side. we're still cool this morning but at least not having to contend with the rain for your commute. right now check out a little bit of fog developing from the camera. you can actually see some of that fog, as well, from the fort lauderdale camera. so just keep that in mind. you won't need the ac this morning by the way. you can roll down the w

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dona trump hits back at the rising republican sta who took him on and open aid new rift in the party. and hillary clinton on the attack as pressure mounts for her campaign. >>> el chapo's texts. new insight into his time on the run. flirtatious messages between the drug kingpin and this actress, calling her a secret rendezvous with tequila and dancing. >>> and train tragedy. deadly crashes that could have been prevented by technology that has been around for years. so why are so many trains around the country still running without it? "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. ten american sailors held by iran are safe tonight. freed earlier today. quickly sparing another major international crisis. but not the humiliation of this sight of american navy crewmen, hands above their heads, boats and weapons displayed on iranian television and around the world. tonight we learned more about how they ended up in iranian hands and how two long, bitter adversaries managed to extinguish this flat point before it could fully erupt. jim miklaszewski >> reporter: the images are jarring.

but dona trump is looking beyond the primaries, and taking on hillary clinton. and making a bold accusation. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: forget his republican rivals, tonight donald trump is going full steam against hillary clinton. saying as secretary of state she spread terror, not diplomacy. >> hillary clinton created isis with obama. >> reporter: he's also shrugging off an appearance in a recruiting video from al shabaab. which shows him calling for a ban on muslims entering the u.s. tonight, he says it comes with the territory. >> what am i going to do? i have to say what i have to say. >> reporter: and he's pointing a finger back at clinton and her husband. >> he's in a propaganda, and they really put him down as a degenerate. >> reporter: citing this isis video. >> foreign kay tors. laughed off this charge. >> republicans tend to have a particular fixation on blaming president obama and me for everything that happens in the world. i've noticed that. >> reporter: she did not mention trump by name. but her message to trump w w clear. >> you hear all thi

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beck and as soon as van der plats endorsed cruz, you had donald trump trying to call him phony and a bad guy. so that's what you see from dona ahead of iowa? senator ted cruz says i would still like to debate donald trump in a one-on-one town hall meeting. listen. >> if he's unwilling to stand on the debate stage with the other candidates, then i would like to invite donald right now to engage in a one-on-one debate with me any time between now and the iowa caucus. >> well, we had his father, ted cruz's dad on the program earlier and he said this about what's going on. >> i think the voters of iowa, the voters of america are disturbed to listen to the candidates answer the tough questions from the people. basically this is a job application for the presidency of the united states. >> mean while, what about taking him up on this challenge? donald trump's campaign manager was on another show this morning and he said this about that. >> how about ted cruz's challenge, one-on-one debate with donald trump before the iowa caucuses? >> look, ted cruz he's the last man standing he come out to the two person race, donald trump would

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