end for donald trump. >> two new polls have donald trump in the lead of the gop pack even after his recent controversial comments about foxnews anchor megan kelly. donald trump: donald trump hims calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> many people think this controversy could be the last straw for donald trump. >> new evidence that donald trump's recent comments about him muslims are not keeping his popularity from rising. >> he will probably flame out in the next 3-6 months. >> i don't think we are going to be talking about donald trump next month. he will flame out. >> he will flame out. >> like a roman candle, he will burn out. >> donald trump is going to him him flame out soon. >> every time the media predicts the end of donald trump, he gets stronger. >> you always wonder if he is about to go over the line, and he always seems to recover. >> the latest round of nonsense is going to destroy you candidacy, stop. >> i thought donald trump was going to self-destruct. john: what better way to start the new year than with two of our best friends, television or otherwise, james carville and mary matalin. thank you both for joining us

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donald trump. he's often more embraced him. tial candidates on the candidates who have gone one-on-one with donald trump are no longer in this contest. lindsey grahams of the world, rick perrys, even the george patakis. ted cruz has a strategy i'm going to hug donald trump rather than go to war with him. i think he ended up responding but it certainly wasn't with a big amount of condemnation. >> but is he worried, you think? you have donald trump with thousands of people in that audience yesterday. he did not address it to them but he is in a sense hiding behind some of his supporters by saying "there are people out there who are asking this, floating it," so much so that hallie jackson traveling with ted cruz says at least one woman at a rally today who said "i heard" that this is out there, kind of mining or repeating what donald trump had said. >> well, tamron, you even go back to the jeb bush, the low-energy attack that donald trump had on him. these things have resonated. donald trump, say what you will about his policies a

so donald trump beats fox because your biggest host gets blown off by donald trump. >> it seemed like bill o'reilly was begging him and donald trump was not relenting, right? >> no. mark halperin made a fine observation that donald trump's brand is strength. that's not a political or partisan brand so by facing down the fox press release -- it really wasn't about megyn kelly -- >> megyn kelly was part of it. he was going to show up until then he went ballistic. out and- >> it withere's a good argument going ballistic. i've got two more of them and i would be upset if someone sent out a press release the night before if i put in 72, 96, a week's worth of preparation on question sets and order and rehearsal and all of a sudden someone writes press rea lease that sends lthe leader out the back door. i wouldn't do that. but someone screwed at fox. >> speaking of fox and bill o'reilly, more of the interview. take a listen. >> we've had six debates so far. every online poll said i've won every one, especially the last one, with the new york values, which was horrible what ted cruz said. but the democrats are all finishe

donald trump doesn't know. he says he wants to believe him and take him on his word. he hopes this does not come up. m not quite sure how this is translating that donald trump doesn't believe ted cruz. >> amanda, is that enough for you? >> listen, what the donald is saying is that donald is trying to help ted cruz? >> what i'm saying is that he's a master -- >> go ahead, amanda. >> he's a master of media. he knows controversy. when ted cruz and trump appeared at a rally last september, donald trump was also asked about ted cruz's citizenship and said the lawyers have looked at it and he understands that ted is in fine shape. the only thing that has changed is ted cruz has gone up in the polls and he'll find a way to attack ted cruz once somebody starts gaining on him. i don't think donald trump actually knows how to attack ted cruz. i think that's how he's kind of playing footsie. he was criticizing him on the ethanol subject and saying he should have made more friends in washington and questioning evangelical faith of ted cruz. donald trump is all over the place. given the fact that cruz has tried t

donald trump today. we're not only talking about him but you're also following him on the campaign trail. what is his schedule like over the next 24 hours? >> we will see donald trump at some point today. he already has been tweeting up a storm, as you referenced. it will be interesting to see how, throughout the day, he gains traction for this town hall, this fund-raiser that he's anticipating to have as counterprogramming to tomorrow night's debate at the campaign out today saying that they are hearing from other candidates. we don't know exactly who wants to join into that event tomorrow night. so it will be interesting to see how much traction, how much he uses it on the campaign trail as he makes his way here throughout iowa. >> interesting to say the least. sunlen serfaty, thank you so much. joining me to talk about all of this, cnn political commentator and jeb bush supporter ana navarro and adrianna cohen, columnist for "the boston herald" and radio host. where to begin? adrianna, i'm going to start with you here first. we are five days from iowa. once again, trump is dominating th

donald trump being donald trump. people said this is his personality. this is why some people like him. this is why some people dislike him. these people have been out here for hours. the first person in line came out here at 11:30 this morning. drake university where this is being hosted tonight said the event has been significantly over sold, that many people will not be able to get in tonight. there's 700 seats inside. the trump campaign has set up some big jumbotron television screens where there will be an overflow crowd of people watching outside. there's a debate going on just three miles away from where we're standing. it sure doesn't it feel like it right here. >> incredible. we're going to be going back to her through the hour. now i want to go to our chief political analyst and the executive editor for cnn politics and editor of "the daily beast." we were told fox didn't have a podium standing by. that wouldn't have been protocol. now they have a podium standing by. i don't know if they're going to use it or not use it, but this battle is just escalating even in the final mom

donald trump about marital infidelities in his past. there's a senator from nebraska, ben sass, who's been trolling donald trump on twitter essentially asking him, you know, what about your past record? you asked him about it. what's going on there? >> reporter: that's right. he was asked previously in the press conference about sass and trump dismissed it saying it was a cheap shot, so i went back at him because donald trump for a couple of weeks there was bringing up a lot of questions about bill clinton's past, his past infidelities, monica lewinsky. and i asked him about it, he basically conceded that, look, his past infidelities are on the table, it's not a cheap shot. he said he believes iowa voters trust that he is a good man, they know he's a good person, that he's a christian, that he gives money to charity. so it's sort of clear he's trying to push this part of his past aside and say, look, i am who i am now, i'm a family man, i have a wife, i have children, i give money to charity, and i'm the kind of person that iowa voters can trust. so we'll see if that message resonates with evangelical voters here in iowa from now through the ca

donald trump. what also must gall him is donald trump went and did this. donald trump is doing what michael bloomberg -- these titans of new york -- >> the billionaires are so jealous of each other. who is richer. >> bloomberg is so much richer. >> $11 billion? >> like $41 billion. >> what do you do with more whatever? >> i asked somebody the other day, so a billion? that's like the limit? because that's not that much for a presidential campaign. but that's table stakes, just to get in the game. >> these democrats are saying that he has -- >> on the mayor's race he spent more than that. >> i don't know. i don't like -- i'm a prejudice guy on some issues. i didn't like the iraq war. i don't like voter suppression. and i hate third-party candidates. people should pick the person they want to be president. otherwise stop crapping around. this country can't afford another ralph nader number. w. winning over al gore. the round table sticking with us. these people tell me something i don't know. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> tina fey this weeke

trump's call to ban muslims from the u.s. that called for the petition. nadim baba reports. >> love him or loath him donaldrump can't stay out of the headlines. but some people in brid britt by he should be banned from the country. because of this. >> donald trump is calling for a complete banning of muslims from entering the united states, no. our officials can figure out what the hell is going on. >> more than half omillion people have signed an ornl petitiosigned an onlinepetitione petition says donald trump is no different than others who have bard from britain on the grounds of hate speech. >> it's banned 80-odd people for hate speech in the past. in trump's case they really should do it. there have been cases in the united states where his hate speech has led to actual violence. >> reporter: suzanne kelly's long campaigned against trump's efforts to develop luxury golf courses here in england. he last spent lots of money in this site against the wishes of many residents. >> mr. tumple ha trump has had s since 2008, there is no golf course and development, there's only a golf course and clubhouse. >>>

donald trump keeps bringing to the campaign trail are working in some sense. the cruz campaign responding to the attack by donald trump, laying into donald trump, calling him the s.s. new york values. this is the key part of that closing message in iowa when talking about standing up to donald trump, trying to paint him as someone that's not in line with iowa values, john. >> very hard to be the man in the middle. sunlen surfer fatty. he's talking about donald trump, saying that anger is not enough, but marco rubio as he likes to do is talking a lot about hillary clinton. >> there's a reason why hillary clinton and her super pacs pend more time attacking me than any republican -- because they don't run against me, but i can't wait to run against her. the next president will appoint two to three supreme court justices. the future of the constitution is in the balance. you know what kind of person hillary clinton wants to put on the supreme court? barack obama. they asked her, and she said, what a great idea? , no, no, it's not a good idea. you're goods to appoint to the high court someone who has absentually violated the constitution? this person is going to in

donald trump. we felt the other candidates go after him. let's listen to what they said. >> i'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly. and ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> i kind of miss, donald trump. he's a little teddy bear to me. we always had a loving relationship in the debates. i wish he was here. >> let's begin by being clear. this is not about donald trump. he is an entertaining guy. the greatest show on earth. this campaign is about the greatest country in the world and the system has destroyed what made america special. >> jeremy, what happened? >> what a split screen experience we had last night. you know, with donald trump holding his own event raising money for veterans and having the two former winners of the iowa caucuses, rick santorum and mike huckabee, current candidates, standing at his side. as far as the other candidates are concerned, certainly ted cruz became the big target on stage last night. you know, he literally took the place

the prospect of seeing the donald left 9-year old ava lovely in tears.thank you mom donald trump has given kids rides in his chopper, they sing him ditties.s.president donald trump knows how to make america greatwhen a kid asked a good question...you're going to build the wall, what's it going to be made out of? trump brought him on stage, stage when they can vote.tilly why are you upset?that i can't vote for donald trump "what are they doing to her brain?" wrote one commenter. but ava dragged her parents to the rally, not the other way around.mom and dad hadn't even settled on a candidate. outspoken ava says she likes outspoken trump.(ava lovely) i was just freaking out, i was so excited. not to mention... (ava lovely) i love his hair she got him to sign her trump is n nber 1 poster. he even wrote a number one on her hand. (jeanne moos, cnn) just think, 4 years ago we were making a fuss over a 4 year old for having a meltdown because she was sick of politics.i'm tired of bronco obama and mitt romney.that's why you're crying?ohhh it'll be over soon abby and then there was the kid who had a tantrum when hillary announced she was r

donald trump. host: ok. i'm going to leave it there. a caller says trump knows exactly what he's doing. media all focused on him as usual. he only cares about himself. karen in iowa, a republican. carol works are you supporting and what do you make of donald trump not being at this debate in des moines, iowa, on thursday night? caller: i'm a trump supporter and i believe he's doing the right thing. host: you do. tell us why. caller: well, because the corporate media, which is corporate, it's not a republican, it's not democratic. it's corporate. nd yeah. i hate to tell you, but cruz needs to go back to canada. trump knows exactly what he's doing. and if you see the crowds that he has out here, yeah. it's trump all the way. host: ok. so carol, describe your priorities as a republican. what's the most important to you? are you a christian conservative? what are your issues? caller: i'm a christian and i'm a conservative. i wholeheartedly believe second amendment all the way. borders all the way. host: you like the way of his tough talk? caller: yeah, i do. it's time for it. host: lewis in chicago. what do you think? caller:

him. you'd have to think that he's going to get some points from that. also, remember, donald trumpporters, they love him. they've seen him debate. he's a good debater. it's just those undecided. if you are trying to decide between cruz and trump, does this hurt him? we'll see. >> bakari, i have to get to a break. go ahead. >> i was just going to say, even more importantly than them standing with trump tonight, it's a rebuke of ted cruz. huckabee and santorum went out of their way to say we really don't like ted cruz and we'll literally take donald trump over ted cruz in any race. >> that's a huge deal. >> we'll be right back. we're going to have lots of conversation. we've got an hour and ten minutes to go and longer here because my colleague anderson cooper will be at 11:00 p.m. and continue our live coverage. live from iowa, the center of the universe when it comes to politics. feels like election night almost. donald trump speaking at a veterans event. hillary clinton, the former president out speaking as well. and bernie sanders. after this break.all of it right don't go anywhe

trump raised the possibility moderator megyn kelly might treat him unfairly. the statement from fox reads "re learned from a secret back channel the yilt and putin both intend to treat donald unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president. nefarious source tells us trump has his own secret plan to replace the cabinet with his twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings." as you say, donald trump's reaction came late tonight. as you heard, cnn political reporter sara murray was at that news conference, joins us now from marshalltown, iowa. sara, after trump said he probably most likely wouldn't go, you spoke to trump's campaign manager, corey lunedowski who said even more, yes? >> reporter: that's right. that probably most likely seemed to solidify into a hard no. his campaign manager told us that trump definitely would not participate in the debate and he said, in fact, they would hold their own event in iowa. they would do something to raise money for wounded warriors and maybe even partner with another network in order to do that, job. >> the rnc, what do they say about this so far? >> reporter: we've reached out to the rnc for comment. we h

him. i don't understand why they have such a problem vetting donald trump. egyn kelly posed to donald trump was quoting him directly. anything a candidate says or done in their entire life is fair game. if mr. trump or any candidate, republican or democrat, has a problem with that, i think votes are should really give that a second thought. >> bakari, listen. when they're talking about terrorization about employees, it says "in a call on monday with fox news executive -- on saturday -- no, this says in a call on monday, they stated megyn fox had a rough couple of dates and he would hate for her to go through that again. we can't give into terrorizations towards any of our employ oeemployees. it sounds like thaey're saying trump was threatening megyn fox. >> cheri is saying all these stations shouldn't give in to the demands of donald trump. the republican party has to have leadership. i don't want to hear another statement from anybody unless it's reince priebus if he comes in and says you cannot host another rally if -- >> i don't think it should come from h

donald trump's campaign manager, i talked to him a little bit earlier today. he is essentially saying what he said earlier this morning when he did some morning talk show appearances, and that is that donald trump is planning to move forward with these plans for an event, rival event, i guess you could call it, tomorrow evening, that will be up against the fox news gop debate during which donald trump will be appearing with some veterans groups. that is donald trump's plan at this point. not to participate in the fox news republican debate. that is extraordinary. obviously as you know. >> earlier today the statement put out yesterday by fox news was a disgrace to good broadcasting and journalism. who would ever say anything so nasty and dumb and wolf, he even went after megyn kelly who was expected to be one of the moderators of tomorrow's debate. he says in this other tweet, i refuse to call megyn kelly a bimbo because that would not be politically correct. instead i will only call her a lightweight reporter. so, wolf, you know, usually at this point at this s

trump camp by i wouldn't see using cruz's own words who said over the summer, i praise donald trump. he called himir knowledge. we all know that they've praised one another. donald trump could make an equally effective ads -- >> to be fair, it's not that we think there shouldn't be criticism. it's the nature of the attacks recently which have been personal. which have been no one likes ted cruz. it's like he talks about someone he doesn't want sitting next to him in the high school cafeteria. that's not the thing you expect for somebody that he has shown a lot of respect to in the past and that, by the way, he is going to need some of the people who think cruz is their number two choice. trump is going to need them to be along with him. he can't turn them off by -- >> kayleigh, stand by. you can respond after the break. we'll be right back. >> okay. thank you, do know. snow know. snow now. snow w. snow . snow win one thousand dollars every day at h&r block. ♪ a thousand people win a thousand dollars every single day for a month. get in on this! ♪ i will not lose. it's refund season. (two text tone

trump's rally thursday night. nbc's katy tur caught up with him and said if donald trump is the nominee, the party needs to supportfully. >> if donald trump is the nominee, i hope it's me. but if it's him, i expect the entire party to unite behind him and gone so far to say this is very important. that if we're asked as candidates to support the party, the party needs to support us. >> joining me now is former governor huckabee. i appreciate your time, governor. spending it with us here. before we do that, immaterial wk you about the comment with katy tur. who conservatives that think donald trump may be the worst candidate to take on hillary clinton in the general election? >> well, if they think that, they need to come out to the caucus and vote for me. because i think i'd be the best candidate against hillary. that's why we have an election and plenty of choices in the republican party. it's the democrats who don't. and i think that the strong message we have been sending to america is fairly consistent. we won't lower taxes. we want to make sure we bring jobs back, especially middle class jobs. we have a plan

donald trump at all. as long as he is dominating media, it is a win for him. i don't think she will persuade a single voter who was not already in the donald trump camp to vote for him. mark: she will help a turnout and help with people trying to decide between cruz and trump. she will get attention. she can draw many people and it's not the same as getting voters to the polls. she will help with voter turnout and persuasion because she is a big star with a big following and she is close to ted cruz. the symbolism of her choosing trump. john: if i were going to turn it around and ask, does it hurt ted cruz -- mark: the fight between trump and cruz has been heating up in the last few days. he has called cruise a nasty guy who no one likes. >> when you talk about temperament, ted has a rough temperament. i don't know. you cannot call people liars on the senate floor when they are your leader. it's not a good thing to do if you want to curry favor and get the positive votes later. people are talking about his temperament. i have not talked about his temperament, b

donald trump will be my guest. i'll sit down with him tomorrow for a one-on-one interview. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett "out front. in "starts right now. >>> next and new tonight, donald trump on the attack and raising questions about ted cruz' citizenship. trump versus cruz. both candidates speaking live this hour. we'll take you there. >>> a rare show of emotion for president obama crying at the white house. will his executive actions on guns make a difference? >>> armed protesters take over federal building. why some of them are citing their mormon faith as a reason for the takeover. let's go "out front." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. out front, it is on. donald trump on the attack against ted cruz. tonight raising questions about whether cruz can even run for president. in an interview with "the washington post," trump raised the issue of cruz being born in canada and called it a, quote, big problem. he went on to say, it would be a very precarious one for republicans because he would be running and the courts may take a

that keeps question emerging in my mind which makes this political candidate, donald trump, unique. that's written to him and i received to date four responses. he's very personable. that question that keeps is simpling compared to the other political foridates, what's in it donald trump? to me, if he wanted to at this think he's somewhere between 66 and 70. at 35 and enjoying my 40th year. that question is, what's in it him. he can stay home and watch the soaps. he apparently, is so concerned about this country as a usservative, like so many of 71% to entitlement. that we have to do something. can't imagine another candidate that has no financial to anyone else, super pacs, etcetera. like this candidate. keeps reemerging to me that question. chuck.hanks guest: yes chuck, good point. you'reaying earlier, obviously seeing the other side, being portrayed by the media in regards to how he is privately. right now that's a great example of how to be president of the united states. get frustrated when our elected officials that don't care. respond.t i think the reason why -- i don't think, i know why he's pres

donald trump are running neck in neck in some polls in iowa. ted cruz is clearly on the attack right now. i mean maybe donald trump was a little sbemded that ted cruz would attack him in the latest fox debate instead of standing there, you know, handing out platitudes to donald trump. >> carol i think he's genuinely irritated with fox. and of course they've been feuding for some time now. but what's really behind this -- and i'm guessing. but what i think happened is donald trump and his key people made a strategic decision that they were better off without this debate than with it. it could have been seen by then and probably would have been a trap. you are going to have six other candidates aiming most of their fire power at the national run away front runner. he's not a run away in iowa but national hi he is. they would have all gone after him. i don't know what the moderators would have been done. i this i they would have been reasonly fair and tough on all of them. but essentially trump decided he was it was better for him to find an out. we'll see how the 125 to 150 thousand iowa republicans who are going to show up monday night and they are the only people i

this is what fox news said that donald trump said prompted him to back out. earned from a secret back channel that putin plans to treat donald trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president. it is pretty extraordinary that a news organization would say something that is frankly so unjournalistic and unprofessional. how should trump have responded to that? sure, i'll show up at your debate. >> welcome to the big leagues, donald trump. donald is a pretty nasty guy. he got a little bit in that press release of what he dishes out every day. the bigger issue is what is he going to do if he's president and someone asks him a tough president. megyn's question was only quoting donald trump's own words. don't tweet them out. don't call women bimbos. don't say they're bleeding out of whatever. he's mad that his own words were thrown back in his own face as a presidential candidate. i think he overplayed the veterans here. i had multiple veterans furious today that called into my radio showing if you want to go to war with fox news, fine, but don't use ou

the prospect of seeing the donald left 9-year old ava lovely in tears.thank you mom donald trump has given kids rides in his chopper, they sing him ditties.president donald trump knows how to make america greatwhen a kid asked a good question...you're going to build the wall, what's it going to be made out of? trump brought him on stage, though they're far from the stage when they can vote.tilly why are you upset?that i can't vote for donald trump "what are they doing to her brain?" wrote one commenter... but ava dragged her parents to the rally, not the other way settled on a candidate. outspoken ava says she likes outspoken trump.(ava lovely) i was just freaking out, i was so excited. not to mention... (ava lovely) i love his hair she got him to sign her trump is number 1 poster. he even wrote a number one on her hand. (jeanne moos, cnn) just think, 4 years ago we were making a fuss over a 4 year old for having a meltdown because she was sick of politics.i'm tired of bronco obama and mitt romney.that's why you're crying?ohhh it'll be over soon abby and then there was the kid who had a tantrum when hillary announced she was runn

so any other republican, someone like jerry falwell jr., who can say donald trump is one of us, don't attack himat does help donald trump. this allows donald trump yet once again to suck up a new cycle with an endorsement. he did it with sarah palin earlier. today with jerry falwell jr. >> we'll see if this announced the attention that sarah palin got on both sides of the aisle for a plethora of reasons. let's talk about chris christie and his handling of some of the flooding in his home state. he was back on the campaign trail. he was asked by a woman why wasn't he or why isn't he still in new jersey? i think we have that. let's play it. >> i have friends, family, calling, sending me videos pictures. >> where? >> all over the state. of flooding. >> all over the state, really? there's been one county that's flooded in the state. one county, i don't know exactly what you expect me to do. you want me to go down there with a mop? >> his lieutenant governor is there checking out the situation. mark, again, that brash tell it like it is style not matching, it seems, what people want to hear from him.

>> well, we did see ted cruz stand up to donald trump and criticizing him and attack him. donald trump got as good as he got. this is the first time we saw one competitors standing up to donald trump and it was ted cruz. trump didn't collapse. that's going to be in the hands of voters when they start to vote. in this will be a show down between trump and krus and marco rubio may be in there too >>> the video that we're showing just a moment ago was a clip of ben carson. is there anything he can do for himself at this point? he has had such a huge drop in the polls? >> me has had a big drop. part of that was the result of the tragedies, the attacks in paris and california when a lot of people said, wait a minute, he doesn't have any experience in diplomacy, foreign policy, he is in a renowned position but does he have experience to run a country at such time. i'm not sure that there's much he can do to turn that around >>> were there any policy moments that came out of this debate? i know there were a lot of tactical things, but were there any policy moments? >> i think you

donald trump in iowa. he has chuck adler here. he's spending money here now for the first time. i would think it would be silly to discount him. >> thanks so much katy tur, who was with donald trump tonight. msnbc's live coverage of the state of the union continues. glad i could help you plan for your retirement. alright, kelly and promise me that you'll try that taco place on south street. and we have portfolio planning tools to help you manage your ira. yeah, you're old 401k give me your phone. the rollover consultants give you step-by-step help. no set-up fees. use your potion. sorry, not you. my pleasure. goodnight, tim. for all the confidence you need. who's tim? td ameritrade. you got this. it's easy to love your laxative when that lax loves your body back. only miralax hydrates, eases and softens to unblock naturally,

in donald trump, is now seeing donald trump using every vulnerability that ted cruz has against him and doing so very, very effectively. >> i don't think he ever thought he had a friend with donald trump. i think he was strategizing on when to strike back. it's clear no one has a friend with donald trump when he is looking at the "w" or victory there. let me play what trump said over the weekend. i'm curious what you think. he was in sioux city, iowa. describing how loyal his supporters are. let's play it. >> the people, my people are so smart, and you know what else they say about my people? the polls, they say i have the most loyal people. did you see that? where i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. it's like incredible. >> also, politico writes that trump has cracked cruz's lock on conservatives. they talk about rush limbaugh, they talk about brightbart. all of these websites and conservative commentators seeing the traffic increase as a result of the trump factor. so that explains why they want to talk about him. how do yo

donald trump? >> it's not just that. donald trump, again, people have known him for 30, 35 years. thing that everybody has under estimated. my brother has read "the art of the deal" 30 years. he's loved donald trump ever since. people know him. i'll say what i've said all along. in these days marco looks young compared to donald trump. politics is a story of contrasts and in these days -- >> it's a big contrast. >> ted cruz is out with a new ad entitled invasion. it will begin running statewide in new hampshire tomorrow. here's an exclusive first look at the ad. >> i understand that when mainstream media covers immigration it doesn't often see it as an economic issue. but i can tell you it is a very personal economic issue. and i will say the politics of it would be very, very different if a bunch of lawyers or bankers were crossing the rio grande or if a bunch of people with journalism degrees were coming over and driving down the wages in the press then we would see stories about the economic calamity that's befalling our nation. if i'm elected president, we will trip tell borde

when donald trump slipped in the polls in iowa and ted cruz overtook him, what was his first comment?t was are the people of iowa stupid? so if you're not with donald trump he is definitely against you and that leads to a real judgment and discernment issue about being president of the united states. >> still are you surprised as a leader within the evangelical community that jerry paul jr. is backing donald trump, sarah palin, very popular in your fine state supporting donald trump and then as polls stand now and that could change, he could win iowa with all that evangelical vote. what do you think of that? >> first of all i don't think he's going to win iowa. no doubt there's a confusion. when you look at donald trump's record and you'll know them by their fruit, he's paying planned parenthoods and believes the court has settled the marriage issue. he's not going to take a stand on marriage. you're questioning what kind of supreme court justices he's going to appoint. what donald trump has proven over and over again, this is all about donald trump. >> must be working right? must be

(donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "you can get him out but don't hurt him." he tends to handle hecklers with shrugs, smiles and head shaking. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "ai yi yi." and once got flak for calling a heckler overweight. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "i mention food stamps and that guy who's seriously overweight went crazy." (jeanne moos/cnn correspondent) "depending on which candidate you heckle, you could get dr. jekyll or mr. hyde." from jeb bush asking a heckler to speak up.... (jeb bush/(r) presidential "excuse me." to chris christie saying sit down. (gov. chris christie/(r) presidential candidate) "sit down and shut up." bernie sanders decided to stand down when black lives matters protesters showed up at his podium, refusing to shake sanders hand. the candidate backed off as an organizer tried to deal. (nat sound) (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "i promise that's not gonna happen with me." it's hard to out heckle the heckler-in-chief. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "how can i describe our leade

the prospect of seeing the donald left 9-year-old ava lovely in tears. >> thank you, mom. >> ah. >> reporter: donald trump has given kids rides in his chopper. they sing himdonald trump knows how to make america great ♪ >> reporter: when a kid asks a good question -- >> you're going to build the wall? what's it going to be made out of? >> oh. >> reporter: trump brought him on stage. they're far from the stage when they can vote. >> why are you upset? >> that i can't vote for donald trump. >> reporter: what are they doing for their brain, wrote one commenter. ava dragged her parents to the rally, not the other way around. mom and dad hadn't even settled on a candidate. outspoken ava says she likes outspoken trump. >> i was just, like, freaking out. i was so excited. >> reporter: not to mention -- >> i love his hair. >> reporter: she got him to sign her "trump is number 1" poster, even wrote a number 1 on her hand. just think, four years ago we were making a fuss over a 4-year-old for having a meltdown because she was sick of politics. >> i'm tired of barack obama and mitt romney. >> that's why you're crying? oh. it will be over soon, abby. >> reporter: the

donald around on himself. >> not only that, he was very eloquent and level headed about everything he had to say tonight. i like donald trump, donald trump is very opinionated which doesn't make it easy for him for the debate. >> the youngest person here, have you ever voted for a president, before? >> no, sir. >> who won that exchange? >> i think ted cruz did from the opening statement. i think that he is willing to die for this country instead of staying on his knees. and i feel like donald trump isn't willing to do that. i think he's in it for personal gain. >> kim, what was so, either effective about what cruz said or where donald trump came up short on that exchange? >> he's so engaging. he just goes, goes, goes. quick, quick, quick, quick. i can't believe what he said. >> i want someone to defend donald trump. william, go ahead. >> donald trump is just making a point this is a weakness in the cruz campaign. whether it's fair or not, democrats don't play fair. he was just making that point to cruz. >> go ahead. >> i just don't -- he sounded honest. i like honesty in politics. it's hard to find. >> he had honesty out of these politicians? >> no. but i love to hear something that sounds m

unfavorability, jeb bush's unfavorability was higher than donald trump and donald trump has people who love himand people who hate him. but jeb bush's numbers were upside down even more than donald trump's were. this is a candidacy that never took off and is never going to take off. >> and what's amazing about that, george w. bush, who was not liked necessarily by democrats or independents, was still beloved by republicans and had george bush played a bigger role maybe here in iowa to tout his brother's candidacy, things could have been different but i think donald trump's attacks on jeb bush of being low energy and not being a fighter were very effective. >> margaret, anyone in the 10% or lower group that will have an impact as we go forward? >> rand paul has his supporters and he may have a fourth place finish here. it will be interesting. it looks like it's chris christie or rand paul, although carson is there. and carson supporters are subpoecarson supporters. rand paul will because he is the libertarian candidate on the republican side and will continue to be so. >> margaret and mark, than

the twitter. >> maybe there's a good justification for it. >> donald trump is a jerk. >> leave donald trump alone! leave donald trump, leave him alone. period! >> bye! >> all right, i like that. forecast here in central florida right now. lively. looks like the scattered showers moving on shore. that low pressure down to the bahamas. it's not becoming anything bad. it is producing a little bit more to scattered showers off shore being blown ashore. the steadier rain is over for brevard county. additional light showers you can see them forming off shore will be hitting volusia county, northern brevard county and up into flagler county. here's what's left of the rain right now. melbourne beach and vicko. thumbs up, you are in good shape. still some fog around the area. miles. that will be the case first thing tomorrow morning. temperatures mainly mid-50s to about 60 and get out the foghorn. it is getting thick downtown. 58-degrees visibility. winds north at 11. just a lot of moisture back of the atmosphere and cooler air coming in from the north. look at tomorrow. tomorrow we'll be back into the upper 50s by 8:00 a.m. up to abou

trump hit back. like john mccain got what's coming to him. donald trump was right to call him not a war hero. take it from us. we're veterans. it wasn't the biggest story around that time but it was this interesting side bar. the state from this group, veterans for a strong america. side bar at the time. it ended up becoming a few weeks later when things were really picking up steam. in the new york times scooped some of the juiciest quotes about a biography for there prump. they were quotes be mr. trump characterizing his own time at a military themed prep school. characterizing that time as being equivalent to him having served in the military. donald j. trump who received draft deferments told the author of an upcoming biography that he always felt i was always in the military because of his education at a military themed boarding school. mr. trump says he endured the rigors of military life. my number was so incredible. it was a very high draft number. i never had to do that, but i felt i was in the military in the true sense because i dealt with those people. by those people he means the

him is what his campaign manager told me today. all about this closing message. all about making contrast. we saw that today with marco rubio. with donald trumpmp being a big dominant part of his closing message to voters saying that, if you want to stop donald trump if you want to prevent him becoming this runaway train out there, then you have to vote here in iowa and stop him. that's a key part of the cruz campaign message going forward. something i suspect that we'll hear from him later tonight. >> donald trump called cruz today an anchor baby in canada. did the cruz campaign respond to that? >> they did. this was certainly an escalation in donald trump's rhetoric on this issue, of course, laying into ted cruz's eligibility issue to be president. the cruz campaign wasted no time responding. the campaign spokeswoman coming out with a statement saying, quote, the only anchor here is the one being dragged behind the ss new york values causing donald trump's campaign to stall out as they learn about his affinity for hillary clinton and the previous statement supporting abortion. we are seeing some signs that these attacks by donald trump over

donald trump be banned from britain? british ph mps will debate the petition. they say donald trump is not welcomed because of his controversial call to ban muslims from the u.s. >> love himr loathe him, donald trump can't stay out of the headlines. but some people in britain now say that he should stay out of their country because of comments like this. >> donald trump is calling for total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> more than half a million people have signed an online possessio petition urging the government to ban him from the u.k. the woman hyped the petition said that donald trump is no different from others who have been barned from britain on the ground of hate speech. >> they really should do it. there have been cases in the united states where his hate speech has led to actual violence. >> suzanne kelly's long campaign against trump's development of luxury golf courses in scotland against the wishes of local residents. >> mr. trump's planning consensus for 2008 for this golf course. there is no golf resort. there is a golf course and a clubhouse. you

donald trump fears him. >> donald trump is great at getting media attention. it drives daily consideration but the reality is even though he's doing well relative to the other candidates, i think in the intro, the key word is mobilize. i don't know if he can do that. most of donald trump supporters are people who don't vote regularly. for republicans iowa or new hampshire, ted cruz might be the compromise candidate. >> can we go back a second and say donald trump is wrong? sometimes we don't think it's necessary to say that, he's totally wrong. george romney was born in mexico and john mccain born in the panama canal. it's always been fine before. there won't be an issue now. he's trying to appeal to the voters who might want to look at -- >> john mccain has been somebody questioned whether or not ted cruz is running. fair to say donald trump is saying something wrong with you doesn't seem everybody is convinced of the argument. >> in john mccain's case he has longstanding animosity toward ted cruz. >> it's politically motivated. >> yes. >> it's not legally ba

he needs to paint a contrast between he and can donald trump on the issue. but still keeps him in favor with the grassroots of the party that donald trump has galvanized on this issue. the bigger question for marco rubio, how can he keep himself in the debate. he's trying to reframe it as a national security one. he's had limited success on that. there are clearly many republicans, conservative republicans in the early states that are skeptical of marco rubio. but i think ted cruz is smart to paint a contrast with excuse me, donald trump on the issue and try to go after him a bit and make this line much more clear when they next meet on the debate stage. >> he's had to clarify previous comments on immigration. just last hour, donald trump talked to neil cavuto and we have fresh sound on that. it is important to know that donald trump talked about building the wall and come off that a bit and touching on immigration in a different way. we'll play it and talk about it in a moment. >> do you think that the recent and closer poll numbers for ted cruz owe to the concern, that is he

donald around on himself. >> not only that, he was very eloquent and level headed about everything he had to say tonight. i like donald trump, donald trump is very opinionated which doesn't make it easy for him for the debate. >> the youngest person here, have you ever voted for a president, before? >> no, sir. >> who won that exchange? >> i think ted cruz did from the opening statement. i think that he is willing to die for this country instead of staying on his knees. and i feel like donald trump isn't willing to do that. i think he's in it for personal gain. >> kim, what was so, either effective about what cruz said or where donald trump came up short on that exchange? >> he's so engaging. he just goes, goes, goes. quick, quick, quick, quick. i can't believe what he said. >> i want someone to defend donald trump. william, go ahead. >> donald trump is just making a point this is a weakness in the cruz campaign. whether it's fair or not, democrats don't play fair. he was just making that point to cruz. >> go ahead. >> i just don't -- he sounded honest. i like honesty in politics. it's hard to find. >> he had honesty out of these politicians? >> no. but i love to hear something that sounds m

donald trump using this same type of at tashgs it always backfires. we can go to the any number of examples where jeb bush cops back at donald trump, and tries to hit him the same way, and it just does not work. what is unfortunate is that from somebody who is a cuban american, and hit hard from donald trump who said, how many cuban cubans do you know that is evangelical christians, and why would you come back at him with that attack, because it is not healthy, and clearly not a way to continue the bromance which is clearly over. >> and now, the line of attack as he will tell you who is going, but as for who can take on donald trump on the debate stage, ted cruz is only one who showed that he could do it. and many have tried and ted cruz did it, and now they are wondering who they can coalesce behind to stop donald trump, but ted cruz is the only one who has the capacity to stop him. >> he did in the first half of the debate, and i agree, if he had continued the first half momentum, he would have won the debate, but he lost sourly in that question, and the response to that question from donald trump, and marco rubio. >> and i think that you will agree

because he doesn't want to get into a fight with donald trump to give donald trump an excuse to attack himbecause he knows that's not going to really benefit him in any way, shape or form. so he's kind of backing off on this. and letting donald trump punch at him without really punching back because there would be no benefit in it for him. so i kind of applaud him for the way he's reacted. >> jeff, what's your reaction to what trump had to say about the very dangerous situation in north korea right now? he's not in favor of any pree t preemptive strike but really wants clie na to get the job done, what do you think of that? >> wolf, he's clearly not an interventionist, but on this he may be voicing the view of potentially a lot of americans saying why is this our problem again, can you tell me exactly why we should be sort of taking the lead on this here? but i'm still not sure as a job interview as someone running for president here it's all that realistic. of course this is our problem. of course this is the world's problem. so i think that he's a little bit naive on some respect, but th

so donald trump like you've never seen him before. donald trump impersonator on a there he is. the actor and i like he's evoking images of miley cyrus on the wrecking ball. got miley in there and donald trump dancing to the song. i don't know if he won or not but he'd be hard to beat. now to arizona and the sun devils in a basketball game. the student section unveils olympic champion michael phelps to distract the opposing free throw shooter. he misses the first. it appears to be working and he also missed the second one. michael phelps and two other guys that are not olympic alone. >> maybe chippendale dancers. >> dana: we'll see him if he in brazil. >> kim: i can't wait to see what our rebellion reveals soon. >> dana: we take to you north carolina where this guy is trying to get into the place when the manager of the bank is able to hold the door shut. the guy on the outside , the robber trying to get in and couldn't, not strong enough. he had a gun with him but the manager didn't budge and the robber took off. he got away scot-free. no cash in hand however. >> kim: that satu

donald trump at 22%. today in new hampshire it fell to the intrepid halle jackson to ask ted cruz if everybody really hates him. >> donald trump called you nasty, hated by everybody. is he right? >> well, look, donald seems a little bit rattled. i understand. he's losing support and going down in the polls. it seems his response is to attack and get personal. i don't intend to respond in kind. >> in new hampshire today ted cruz went after donald trump on policy. >> i would note that ronald reagan spent decades as a principled conservative, spent decades traveling the country sharing his conservative free market views, defending the constitution. ronald reagan did not spend the first 60 years of his life supporting democratic politicians, advocating for big government politics, supporting things like the t.a.r.p. big bank bailout, supporting things like expanding obamacare to turn it into socialized medicine. that's not what ronald reagan did. >> joining us now, rick tyler, national spokesman for the republican presidential candidate ted cruz and columnist of hrc, state secreting and the rebirth of hillary clin

from being banned, donald trump should be invited to see for hymnself. >> i as a member of parliament for bafford west would give an open invitation to donald trump, i'd tai take him to the synagogue, i'd take him to the church i'd take him to the mosque. i'd invite him for curry, we're the curry capital of britain. >> already hinted they're not enough to confirm him persona felon grapersonanon grata. are. >> burkina faso 29 people died in an al qaeda attack on friday. benin's president has visited the cafe and hotel where the terrorists struck. from ouagadougo, mohammad adow reports. >> the president of burkina faso sees firsthand the damage done in an attack in the capital that killed at least 29 people most of them foreigners. accompanied by the president of benin, who visited to show his solidarity. the leaders were shown the entrance to the hotel, the ruined cafe across the street and the burned shells of cars and motorcycles in between. >> translator: all that the terrorists want is to sow terror in people's hearts. they also want to scare away those willing to invest in our country. our responsibility is to ensure the people are safe and continue to have co