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off fox says they're not changing the questions, nor will they change the moderator because of donald trum although said he's welcomsae to participate and this drop out is near unprecedented. they referred to tears arations of their host, megyn kelly. and earlier he dids talk about this. and cruz is hoping to gain ground by challenging trump to this one on one. remember, cruz is a college debart. this is an area he feels and tends to do very well. he feels strongly and tends to perfrfm very well in a debate situation. so, this could certainly help him gain ground in iowa where it look like he was running very strong but now trump has been gaining ground and even picking from people like jerry fallwell. and hillary clinton isouting her tiexperience and will be following bernie sanders today as he sits down with president obama. the white house says this was a meeting meeting first discussed back in november. just ave private meeting with no agenda. >>ag tracie, thank you. >>> some incredible footage from northeastern brazil shows a explosion destroying a prison wall and dozens of inmates ar

cruz again fighting off questions about competitor donald trum at an event in fenton. cruz sayay he was honored to be at the debate last night in des moines and that every candidate owes it to the people of iowa to show up. jeb bush spending some time in the westerer part of the state. bush holding a rally in sioux city tonight. many believe he was one of the big winners in last night's debate -- coming out as aggressive as ever. meanwhile -- preps are just about done for the iowa caucuses in des moines. here's a look insiie the we will of course have full coverage of the caucuses monday dot com. new at ten -- police are looking for a teen after she went missing earlier today. police say 14- year-old alejandra morales-mendoza was last seen early this morning in the 500 block of montero drive in waterloo. they say she was wearing dark gray sweatpants and a blue-zip up fleece with a flower designed backpack. if you have please contact police. continuing coverage -- authorities say a woman who knowlingly let her five-year-old daughtee be alone withtha sex offender turns h

state of the union from the campaign trail was swift with republican presidential front-runner donald trum taking to twitter, calling the president's speech here in washington boring, slow, and lethargic. texas senator ted cruz, who opted to skip the speech washings in new hampshire. it was sadly, i think it was less a state of the union than it was a state of denial. >> reporter: today, president obama will head to omaha to push the major themes of his address. weijia jiang, cbs news, washington. >>> joining is a deputy political editor for butfeed news. kyle, thank you for joining us. you watched the speech. i want to ask you. this morning, his critics and his friends, what do you think people will be talking about today? >> i think everyone this morning will be talking about not only what president obama said, but what also south carolina republican governor nikki haley said in response, which was both of them took failed chops at donald trump. and president obama's call for for -- and nikki haley said we should ignore the calls of the angriest voices. thinly chops to donald trump and h

the latest poll from iowa shows ted cruz surging ahead of donald trum and hillary clinton has a nearly 10 pornt lead over bernie sanders. in new mpshire, sanders holds a lead over clinton. those two are jockying for position. and trump took a swipe saying not a lot of evangelicals come out of cuba and the response from ted cruz. >> politicians behave a certain way when they're panicked and that's human nature. i'00m not going to get drawn into that muck. i'm going to keep the focus on the issues thaba matter. >> meanwhile, bill clinton is now officially part of the 2016 campaign but how is he handling donald trump's attacks? for that, . >> reporter: bill clinton at a popular fa restaurant in manchester.civing up to a famous snl rody. both clintons taking nothing for granted this time. can hillary win this one? >> sure. >> reporter: back in his element and despite trump's attacks. noant to take clinton's bait. how do you feel about the kind of campaign trump is running, sir? >> the republicans will have to decide who is going to be no fminated. how >> reporter: hillary clinton in iowa a

"abc news," new york. al-qaeda recruitment video included a clip of donald trum trump. it includes him calling for a bad on muslims into the u.s.. >> trump says the video won't make him change his message. >> look, it's a problem. i bring it up. other people called me and say, well you have gouts bring it up because frankly it's true and nobody want to get involved. >> take heat. >> it's geared to getting african americans and other muslims. they were helping with recruiting efforts and the campaign has not commented on the new video. >> ann't national guardsman and new york city police officer was tloyd rest today. ♪ >> procession was led for louis boncava she was one of six service members that died in a suicide attack in afghanistan. his wife des spra spoke at today's of the. >> he loved what he did because he watched nothing more to protect, brorngs, sisters an faxly. >> and along with his wife he leaves behind a 5-year-old daughter and he promed his family his fourth tour of sduty would be the last. >> making way back to washington d.c. first order of business for

. >> why donald trum surprise out of this week's gop debate. time is is 4:38.this week's gop debate. time is is 4:38. we'll be right back. pass  >>>> >> breaking news on the beltway a car broken down on the outer loop, three tractor-trailers, we're expecting a busy morning on the roads. give yourself extra time. >>> news out of oregon that nearly month-longstanding-off at a national wild life refuge may be over. one person was killed when authority arrested the group's leader evan bundy and several others during a traffic stop. no word who was killed or whether there were other injuries. the siege began january 2 when bun de and supporters seized head quarters of wild life refuge as part of a dispute over federal control of pib lick lands in the west. >> developing overnight from the campaign trail. donald trump announced he will not participate in the debate on "fox" news. he made the statement while appearing at an event in iowa. he posted on instagram and twitter he doesn't like megan kelly and doesn't think she should be a mo

go p front runner donald trum bowed not his on going feud with "fox news". >> let's address the elephant not the in the room tonight. >> reporter: he appeared at his own event about five minutes away. in new hampshire this morning donald trump tried to rally more support. >> you have to be tough, strong and cannot let them push you around. >> reporter: last night at center stage for the the first time and running neck and neck with trum in iowa, ted cruz became a target. >> gosh, if you guys say, ask one more main question i may have to leave the stage. >> reporter: this morning, doctor ben carson gave his own performance high marks. >> i had probably least amount of time but i probably had the most substance. >> reporter: political pundits said chris christie gave a solid debate performance last night the but the new jersey governor is way behind in the polls and he will have a uphill battle here in iowa. the christie asked potential supporters this morning to tell their neighbors why he should get their vote. >> he is the most tested person on that stage. he is the person who is most r

jorge: well, donald trum continues to write his own script boycotting the fox debate but still making sure everybody is talking about i him. with bill oh rally on fox news tonight, donald trump leaving no doubt he has other plans thursday night despite oh rile le's repeated efforts to understanded him. >> tomorrow night at 9:00 at drake university, where we going to have tremendous event. >> staging event with wounded veterans to coincide. debite will be a rating. >> let's see how much money fox is going to make without me. reporter: reignited the feud with megyn kelly. >> megyn kelly is really bay ace against me. he seemed caught offguard. it said in part, we learned from a secret back channel the putin in ten to treat donald trump unfairly. i din like the fact they sen out press releases talking about putin and playing games. >> his main rival, senator ted cruz implying trump is scared of megyn kelly. >> 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 caucuses. trump who has raised the birth in canada as possible o

donald trum raising money for veterans while several other candidates try to get their message out. trump made good on the threat to skip event because of the feud with clark news. but absence played a key role in the debate. phil: on a night when all eyes would be on the iowa debate, many were on donald trump. the republican frontrunner skipped tonight's event to host his own fund-raiser for veterans just minutes from the gop debate. fox news released a statement a short time ago saying trump offered to appear at the debate if they donated $5 million to his charity. trump tonight addressed his absence from the debate, but said he is doing important work for veterans. trump heads back to new hampshire tomorrow. morning. i will be here in iowa through monday's caucuses. eye miss donald trump. was teddy beer me. phil: that bass it. the dynamic changed. senator ted cruz running neck and neck with trump here in i would had a big target on his back. after a few attacks attacks, he >> the question was. >> it is not my question that you get a chance to respond to. it is his answer. phil: a

donald trum usually front and center. but today, sarah palin took a little bit of that spotlight. >> our best deserve a commander and chief who will let them do [cheering and applauding] phil: a day after the endorsement of the republican front unarer. not everything went as planned. palin was no-show at morning trum telephone rally in iowa. >> i was looking forrd to sheering. won drearing she went. >> it would appear where she brought up the 26-year-old track's arrest this week for allegedly assaulting girlfriend and threatening to shoot himself with ar-15 assault weapon. palin saying he vets wonder if the president knows what they are going through. >> i can certainly relate with other families who kind have ramifications of ptsd and the woundedness that our soldiers do return with. phil: senator ted cruz anticipating the palin endorsement with one from glenn beck and this tv ad. phil: risen calm know hunting with reality superstar phil robertson with from duck over on the democratic side, the clinton campaign sen thoug

before the u.s.on b supreme court and i'll tell you i'm not going to be takt inn legal advice from donald trum trump. >> reporter: cruz is facingac new scrutiny for failing toaingt disclose a loan from goldman gol sac and campaign reportsand related to his 2012 senate s bid. >> yes, i made a paperworkmade r error disclosing it on one on piece of paper instead of the ie other but if that's the bestt'sb hit the new york times hasas got, they better go back toto the well. [cheers and applause]ers ap >> reporter: candidatesorte sounding off on relationsff o between the u.s. and iran.and once again in the spotlight spog after urn briefly held 10 u.s. sailors who drift need iraniandn waters. >> the military is not readys ry either. we need to rebuild ourd to military and this presidents psi has let it diminish to a point where tin pot dictators liketorl the mullahs in iran are taking our navy ships. >> reporter: these debates coming at a critical time for the candidates with ait count cu down to the iowa caucuses lessss than three weeks away. a in north charleston south carolina, joel waldman, fox n

but jeffrey, would you at least admit this is a huge gamble for donald trum. and could in fact diminish this image he's built up of being a strong, successful deal maker? i mean, this kind of flies in the face of that. >> well, is it a risk that he's taking? sure. to some extent it is. but will it fly in the face of his image as being a strong, determined leader? no. absolutely not. this is exactly -- to take off on joe's point, this is exactly why so many millions of people love the guy. they look -- rush limbaugh did an excellent analysis of this today. on american radio and what he was saying in essence is that donald trump breaks all the conventional political formulas for how you run a campaign. and in the doing of that what he does is makes the other guys look all too conventional. and this is exactly the problem so many people see with washington, that they will pass a huge budget-busting bill and then say well, there's a victory or they'll say you can't discuss the illegal immigration problem because it's not politically correct. and here is donald tru

donald trum april parentally means it when he says he will boycott tonight's republican debate. "fox news" channel airs the face off in des moines just days before the the iowa caucus. trump has been critical of megan kelly which another presidential candidate ted cruz find amusing. >> you know donald is a fragile soul. she might ask a mean question and who knows what could happen, his hair could stand on his head. >> cruz is offering to debate cruz one on one the saturday night. trump referring to cruz birthplace tweeted back, can we do it the in canada. >>> all right. pennsylvania state police are investigating just a horrific case of animal abuse, dozens of farm animals, including horses are being cared for at a rescue center in quakertown. the owner tells "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt this is worst case of animal abuse she has seen in years. >> one, two three, pull. >> reporter: after repeated tries, three fire department and about 20 bucks county volunteers brought seven year-old claire is a to her feet, she's in bad conditions, starving with multiple health proble

tonight all leading republican candidates for president will be on the debate stage except for one, donald trum be will be boycotting the fox news debate and holding his own event for veterans in the very far away. marley hall explains why the front runner is skipping out on this face off. >> reporter: with the debate just hours away donald trump is still refusing to attend. a point he made clear wednesday night in an appearance on "fox news". >> will you just consider i want you to consider, all right, think about it. >> bill, this is much tougher being with you because frankly you are smarter. thinks much tougher then doing the debate with megan kelly, believe me. i got a very unfair question from somebody. >> reporter: at an event from south carolina earlier trump took aim at the the "fox news" host moderating the event while in des moines chief rival ted cruz will challenged him one on one. >> i'm going to propose a venue western iowa tech saturday night, we already have have it reserved. >> reporter: while his republican counterparts are on the debate stage, trump will be here on the campu

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which he opposes and maybe we should not be giving huge take breaks to fellow billionaires like donald trum >> you have had some very harsh words for donald trump recently. you said you wanted to stay away from psonal attacks in this campaign. some o the things that you have said have been pretty personal. >> yeah, i don't get exchanged in personal attacks. but trump is over the edge. he's called me a lia because i pointed out that nobody else has seen on television thousands of muslimscelebrating the destruction of the twin wers. time after time, this guy comes up things off the top of his head that are lies. somebody has to say that he's a pathological liar. considering executive action, requiring unlicensed gun -- recent polling 3 in 4 americans think it's important therere be birtisan consensus before implementing gun control. >> well, i wished that we could get bipartisan action on gun safety legislation. i think the a american people have been horrified by the mass shootings we have seen or the last couple of years. what i think we need to do, among other things, is do away with the s

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gop candidates donald trum and cruz and marco rubio and jeb wush all attend events in iowa this week. democratic candidates bernie sander and hillary clinton also made a visit in the state where four in ten democrats identify as a socialist like sander. the first round of votes begin monday joo. >> tune in to local 10 today. latest in iowa starting this afternoon at 5:00. >> todd: a trail plays ner the haitian comearn community has died. and he created one of the first creole language radio taitionz. and the crowd grew from 5000o 500,003 decades later. and he started the pan no man ra ram ma dving school. he was 58 years old. >> neki: new this morning canadian officials say five people have died in an avalanche. imriewches people snow month we'lling were caught in the ave laj. officials say human activity and stresses in the snow impact caused by rain and snow could of triggered it. >> todd: new video this thork of where two inmatat many california could of been hiding. a manager o a motel in san jose believes the two staid there for 22-year-old jonathan ti tiew and ho sane na yar reh

. >> reporter: hey, errol, this feud between fox news and donald trum is in some ways a clash between two of the most powerful men in awful media and politics. you have donald trump on one side and then his fellow new yorker roger ailes on the other. ailes is the powerful chairman and ceo of fox news. and it seems he's met his match. hamilton and burr. the hatfields and the mccoys. to the list of history's most famous feuds add donald trump and fox news? it could have been a match in media heaven. trump and fox news boss roger ailes are old friends. both are successful conservative businessmen who know how to put on a show. >> i have the most loyal people. did you ever see that? where i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. okay? >> reporter: but their relationship is tortured. and now at a breaking point with trump boycotting fox's debate. this fight unprecedented for a tv news network. >> i don't know what games roger ailes is playing. >> reporter: for years ailes helped build trump up and trump brought ailes big ratings but now t

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there's good news for donald trum. . he's retain the lead over ted cruz. he's at 34%. cruz is 23.s also holding a lead in new hampshire. the mudslinging between the two top gop candidates is getting ugly are. >> ted cruz will approve the keystone pipeline because it benefits canada. great, he could be the only guy, he'll run for president then prime minister of canada. >> i think the people of iowa and this country deserve more than insulting people with school yard taunts. i will sing donald trump's praises personally. i think policy is fair. >> cruz picked up some new endorsements. glenn beck backed him over the weekend and rick perry announced his support today. marco rubio got a big endorsement this weekend. it doesn't make him the establishment pick for the nomination. >> you're the new face of the republican party. you're the best hope for republicans. does that make you the establishment? >> no, it makes it that if i win the nomination, we're going to unite the party and beat hillary clinton. we cannot lose this election, this country cannot afford another four years like t

presidential hopeful donald trum app noupsing he will not participate in gop debate fox news channel. he made statement appearing at he snrent iowa he posted he does not like mention an kelly and doesn't think she should be moderator for the event. he'll hold an event simultaneously with the event. president obama will meet with sanders in the overall office. obama periodically met with pill hillary clinton. >>> when we come back we'll get update from melanie alnwick checking out the road conditions in montgomery county this morning. first we have another check of the weather and busy traffic morning already. erin. >> that's right, we're taking a look at outer loop where everything shut down braddock road. we have a newcrash, 270 near 109 steer clear of that one as we have a newcrash, 270 near 109 steer clear of that one as well >> 5:15 breaking news looking at a shut down portion of outer loop right now all lanes blocked at braddock road because of crash involving three tractor-trailers and one of which is jackknifed and another overturned and traffic forced off at braddock road righ

. >> plus sarah simmons throws her support behind donald trum trump. what he thinks about the candidate >> the coastguard is calling off the search for two mar eepz that wept missing offer the coast of hawaii after intense five-day effort to find marine marines. last thursday two helicopters collided over pacific ocean during training mission. each helicopter carrying six marines. no word on the crash. they're planning to hold memorial on friday for missing marines. >>> a big endorsement for republican presidential candidate donald trump. yesterday in iowa sarah pallin threw her support hip the businessman. the support comes two weeks ahead of iowa caucus where trump is locked in dead heat with ted cruz. trump said he is honored to receive her endorsement following former vice-presidential nominee a friend and the president wants to allow millions of undocumented immigrants to apply for programs that could make them eligible to work and receive benefits. the programs were unveiled over a year ago and federal courts blocked that move. if the supreme cou

. >> reporter: especially fit is donald trum hospital appears to get under the president's skin. >> ill have a strong democratic many in minute knee and i think that democratic nominee will win and i will have a democratic successor and i will campaign hard for that to happen for a whole variety of reasons. >> reporter: it would be essential for keeping the president's agenda intact in coming years but therein lies the delicate balancing act for the president in 2016. pushing items like gun control, as transpacific trade deal and closing prison of guantanamo bay, things that can be controversial while at the same time he does not alienate potential democratic and independent voters in november. >> if he is serious about electing the democratic many in minute knee, he will to have find ways to be less controversial, and to appeal to a broad section of the public. can he do it? i don't know. >> no one really knows at this point but it is clear that as his vacation wind to a close this weekend the president will be looking ahead to a new year that could well determine what his legacy rea

. >> and donald trum didn't just as he said he would he skipped out on the debate and instead he held a counter rally with three i miles down the road raising money for veterans. and as for other candidates they tried to capitalized on trump a's absence. they talk about health care, immigration and terror threats. one of the candidates referencing an incident that described what happened here in our area. >> radical muslims and radical islam is not just hate talk but action. they blow people up. look what they did in san bernardino, that at the the attack in philadelphia. where a guy basically shot a police office three times. he told the 30 lease i did it because i was inspired by isis. and to this day the the white house still refuses... >> marco rubio referencing ambush of our officer jesse hartnett. marco rubio added the threat that isis poses on this country is unprecedented. there is never been a terror group like them before. >>> good point. >>> 6:39. >>> well, there was a huge show of support, and appreciation for our police officer jesse hartnett last night. >> yeah, big crow

>> well, if it's -- look, we'll be talking about donald trum let's be realistic. everything is -- it is donald trump's world, we're just lucky to live in it sometimes. it will be about whether trump's for real or not, craig. if he wins, it's panic time for real for the republican establishment because i think he's going to be very hard to stop. but if he loses, then all of a sudden that seed of doubt is planted into whether therump phenomenon was all a mirage. >> so much to look forward to, right? it will be a busy 35 hours or so. chuck, thanks. 35 hours. who is counting? >> you got it. we'll have more -- we'll look for more from you ts morng on "meet the press." chuck's guests this morning include ted cruz, marco rubio and bernie sanders. and "today" has you covered on caucus day. we'll be live from iowa tomorrow morning. dylan,n,he other headline that could be happening on tuesday morning is weather, snow in iowa. >> it could be a blizzard on tuesday. that could force some interesting run-ins at the airport tuesday. a lot of people couou get stuck starting monday

. >> who put donald trum in charge. >> reporter: ted cruz cracked a joke about his closest rival afterhe elevator on saturday but battle between cruz and donald trump is serious. >> today they have another story where he forgot another bank citi bank, and he forgot. >> reporter: at an event in portsmith new hampshire trum april accused cruz of hiding a loan from ci to ti bank from his texas senate campaign after cruz admitted he took out a million-dollar loan from goldman sachs. trump unleash half dozen tweets attacking cruz for his canadian birthplace and for slamming quote new york values. >> donald has nervous energy. >> reporter: democratic race is intensifying too. the candidates are getting ready to face off here in charleston, south carolina on sunday night, in the final debate before iowa caucus on february 1st. all three contenders front runner hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley attended first in the south dinner on saturday night, ad in to south carolina being the first state to vote after iowa and new hampshire where sanders is giving clinton and unspectacle

. >>> very same time real estate mogul donald trum in his campaign rally last night, by calling for an end to gun free zones. donald trump rally occurred at same time of the president's town hall address. trump a argues that more people, need to be carrying arms in order to protect the innocent. he believes that recent terror attacks like san bernardino would have had a different outcome if we had loser gun control laws. donald trump says if he makes it into office he would allow guns a at schools, and at military bases. >> a gun free zone on a military base with some of the best soldiers we have sitting there, relaxing, watching television, no gun, guy walks in, kills all of them, okay. that ends immediately. >> people who support the g.o.p. front runner lined up, big time to hear him speak on the issue. more than 20,000 people, free tickets were distributed for the the event. the problem was there were only 1400 seats inside the hall. so they had to listen outside. >>> well, listen, i have got it, i got the the power ball fever. power ball balloon toss 700 million-dollar. >> at least

the best way to op ted cruz might be to back -- donald trum mr. trump will join me on that >>> but we'll start withhe demoats where a more traditional split has delope think cart/kenne gore/bradlee, even cln/obama. if the clintonks thi they've seen this a before, perhaps they have, in 2008, agn,clinton's big lead in iowa and a big ld in new hampshire se to have vanished. again, con again, clinton's big lead in wa and new hampshire seem to have vanished. again e appears to fe an enthusiasm gap and again the hand wringing among her supporters h begver what's going wrong. if thaweren't enough, e "new york times" is reporng michael bloomberg is considering a run at the white house in part because of clinton's troubs. this morning, ere is good ws for clinton. shwothe endorsement the "des moines register,"s did mao bio on the replican side but one would argue the "des moines register" wod probably ia greater pact g mocr ccusgoers. joininmerom iowa is hillary clinto dasecret wco back. >> thank you, chuck. it's good to talk whou thi mornin your opponent 7

. >>> former vice-president nominee sarah page campaigns with donald trum in both iowa and oklahoma todayat don champion reports palin's endorsement the is shaking things up on the campaign trail less than two weeks before the the iowa caucus. >> we will give them hell. >> reporter: donald trump is touting his biggest endorsement the yet from former vice-presidential nominee sarah palin. >> he is perfectly positioned to let you make america great again. >> wow. >> are you ready to are that, iowa. no more pussy footing around, our troops deserve the best, you deserve the best. >> from day one i said if i ever do this i have to get her support. >> reporter: favorite of tea party conservatives, palin's endorsement the is seen as a major victory over trump's rival ted cruz. they are in the virtual dead heat in iowa. >> listen i love sarah palin. she's fantastic. without her friendship and sporty wouldn't be in the senate today. >> reporter: lagging in the poles, jeb bush was left diplomatic in the "fox news". >> i don't think donald trump has the judgment or the ideas to keep us safe. >> repo

. >> donald trum in charge. >> reporter: ted cruz cracked a yoke about his closest rival after getting stuck in the elevator on saturday but battle between cruz and donald trump is serious. >> but then today they have another story where he forgot another bank, citibank. >> reporter: an event in portsmith new hampshire trum april accused cruz of hiding a loan from his texas senate campaign. after cruz admitted he took out a million-dollar loan from goldman sachs. trump unleashed half dozen tweet is attacking cruz for his canadian birthplace and slamming close new york values. >> donald has a lot have of nervous energy. >> reporter: democratic race is intensifying as well. candidate are getting ready to face off in charleston, south carolina on sunday night. in the final debate before the iowa caucus on february 1st. >> hillary, i met 45 years ago this march. >> reporter: president bill clinton continues to campaign for his wife, front runner, hillary clinton, who faces an unspectacle evening from bernie saunders. the vermont senator is surging and maintaining an edge. martin o'malley w

. >> when donald trump first burst on the scene democrats loved the idea of donald trum. ery exciting for them. they sat down with popcorn and watched the republican side. now suddenly they're very worried donald trump could be president. not only are they worried he could win the presidency. they're obviously worried about what he would do with it. you saw barack obama in the state of the union, spent so much time, his last state of the union address, knocking down donald trump. >> yeah, he was like a response to donald trump. >> it was unbelievable. >> can you give me some indication if not the names of your sources who really fear he can beat hillary clinton or beat any -- >> there's absolutely a divide among the democrats. there are some who think he will still fail and fall and some who believe he has the lowest floor among the republican candidates, that hillary clinton will wipe the floor with him if she's the nominee. but increasingly what i'm hearing from people is there's some concern that he could attract some democrats. he has the most unrepublican positions in

according to "washington post" and executive, that wrote that statement that was the trigger for donald trum top say i'm not going to show up at the debate. linda in knoxville,town tfpblet we'll be asking about all of this late -- knoxville, tennessee. we'll be asking about all of this later focusing on campaign 2016. go ahead. caller: hi. i remember where i was and what i saw. my memorys as well as other people is the shock. what's different is they immediately got out the television monitor and turned to cbs. except cbs was not covering that launch. and had no footage, knew nothing about what had gone on. and we discovered the only people who actually knew it was happening and was covering it was cnn. first time i got the idea that the traditional news media had changed profoundly. i'd also like to point people to to richard fineman, the famous cal tech physicist book, "what do you care what other people think" published in 1988. he was also appointed to the challenger commission and he's the guy who famously stuck the o-ring in the glass of ice water , fingering them as the actual culprit

>> what about donald trum s&p would ? would he -- >> everybody would except donald trump. yes.g it now. i don't know that anybody else really would because i'm not sure neighbor else thinks it would work. i mean, look, there are a lot of people who were around, maybe around this table, who were around in the '90s -- >> not so much. >> were you even born in the '90s -- >> you were too young at the time to even be included in this conversation. >> bill and hillary clinton, these are some live pictures. they're at a debate watch party in charleston. we'll see if they show up, if they make some comments. we'll listen in live. >> real quickly, when it was bill clinton's problem, almost in the moment republicans tried to make it an issue and if didn't work. so why is it going to work 20 years later with his wife? i just don't see it. >> leaving aside the question of a 74-year-old man talking about sex, which is an uncomfortable subject for me as an aging man, i will say i agree with peter. i think that was maybe bernie sanders' best moment of the whole night. and that was one i think

to the repubcans now wre the war ofords with donald trum and ted cruz shows no signs of letting up. nbc's hall jackson is in des moines with more on th. hallie, good morning. this rning, the republican candidatesreetting rdy for the final push and final weekend before the caucuses. they wasted littl time on pocing on hlary clinton f the e-mai issue. while clinton spokesperson cas this overclasfication, the republicansave different word forit. like unacceptable that's from marco rubio, who argues this news should disquali clinton from bng coanrnchf. te cz yshiisor a mo rious. as the gop candidates te a at clinton, they are trying to gain tction with caucus goers inhe last60 hours before the caucuses. trump, ample, rolling out a n line of attackgainsted cruz. calling him a canadnncho baby. uz is laughing it off getti ready f his rlytonight. the onee ask donald trump to debate m. marco rubio, he is hoping for momentum. hopi for a stron third pce finish here after his debate craig. >>hallie, thank you. >>> a feral judge has denied bail for the main figures in the ard standoff in the wil

and rick, you guys have been talking about the sort of establishment embrace of donald trum. you've been attacking him on his sort of conservative bona fides and immigration. but you literally spent -- you, your campaign, have spent six months praising the guy, bold and brash, willing to speak the truth, taking on the washington cartel. he's drawing significant crowds, significant passion, people who are pissed off, ticked off with washington. i salute him for his immigration stance, i'm a big fan of donald trump's. were you being disingenuous then or are you being disingenuous now? >> come on, chris. good evening to you. and thank you for having me on. listen, no one's being disingenuous. we've gotten to the point of the campaign where people want to note difference between ted cruz and donald trump and now we are in a two-person race. i think that's where we've arrived at. ted cruz and donald trump. let people make the choice and we'll give them the differences. the differences are rather stark actually. the donald trump has been for a single payer health care system. ted c

frontrunner donald trum is a no show. that didn't stop him from stealing the spotlight last night. after bowing out after a fight with fox news, the donald held a veterans fundraiser five minutes down the road. >> i didn't want to be here, i have to be honest. i wanted to be about five minutes away. i have enjoyed that. i have enjoyed that. all the online polls said i have done very well with that with the debates. and i have had a kick with it. you have to stick up for your rights. when you're treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. betty: he still dominated the political conversation last night. particularly his absence was noted at the debate. we now turn to bloomberg's washington bureau chief, megan murphy, who joins us live from des moines. megan, did donald trump gain anything by skipping the debate last night? megan: you know, it was such a circus last night, it was a moment of the campaign everyone will remember. you had these two events, both of which were unavoidable to take your eyes off for very different reasons. one was you had a debate that focused a lot

will have a debate in south carolina, for sure they will talk about this during the debate and donald trum didn't address it, didn't he. >> reporter: he did and nicki haley was in the audience as well. so, you know, listen, is there a push back against donald trump, the republican establishment, there is in question about that. trump has been effective though at using that to his favor, kind of running as an anti establishment republican date. >> well, thank you so much doug luzader. >>> 7:13. we will check back on this break going news in new jersey where a major fire is underway. sky fox is still over the scene there. this is in burlington city, bob has some new information for us. >> yeah, st. mary's right off of union. we are looking at the fire fighters cutting a hole in the roof of one of these homes. think about it these roofs have collapsed in the last hour or so, so, what brave fire fighters we have here to be on that roof. it is four homes, all next to each other, we will call ate row home on st. mary's street right across from st. paul's roman catholic church. what they are doin

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backing donald trum trump. a different environment. >> i used this statement last hour. s," that evangelicals, some believe that donald trump is christian enough. and we'll see. >> yes. >> we'll see -- >> it's all about expectation. if you keep them low, you're going to be richer. i would tell my parents with my report card, expect all ds and fs so when i zinged in a couple cs, they thought i was einstein. >> good strategy. >> and back to the closet you go. >> thank you very much. >> we're going to bring you some water and whatever you -- >> i provide catering from a certain restaurant. big fans of mine. i don't think you guys got any. hello? >> can you say the name of the restaurant? >> maybe. >> maybe. >> i'm not sharing. >> thank you, boss. >> we'll see you around the breakfast bar. >> yeah, sure. >> all right. we've been talking about in this morning, as well. new troubles for hillary clinton. after the state department finds top-secret e-mails on her private server that are so highly classified, in fact, they can't really be released for anyone to look at. >>> also,

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iowa voters ars set to caucus.au wisdom is back in studio withtuo more now.re wisdom, do we think donald trumeally stay away? >> i think he will he's will commanding all this attention bb saying he's not even going tonoi show up. u that's the first thing. all right. the republican front runner sais tuesday he's skipping the debatt because of on-going issues withs fox news.foews. now, this is the last chance byc the way for the candidates to gg head to head before the iowaow queue cause and some think trumu is making a spectacle out of thf race for the white house. >> this is a look behind the be scenes in iowa. production crews prepping for tonight's debate. d as you can see, there are seven, not eight podiums in place formc the main event literally settini the stage for a trump less debate.te. donald trump boycott will stickl and he'll be at an alternate event for vets.r vets. here he is with fox's billl o'reilly last night. >> on the flagship stupidity,diy what they did -- >> we'll be having a great event tomorrow night.owht >> trump has taken issue withith debate moderator meghan kell asa

donald trum's -- trump's approach is very different, it is bringing in reagan democrats.eople who are just fed up with everything that's going on now. and his apparent, what he seems to be shooting for in terms of voters, are really people who have not voted, who are not terribly ideological, but are we need up and think somebody to fix it and he's the person. you should decide whether you're narrow casting or going for the broader electorate. host: second issue is polls. you alluded to this earlier. do you trust the polls right now? guest: no. the national polls, which is what we have been talking about in really setting the framework for this debate, if you read the fine print, they are 400 person republican or democratic samples. weighted for geography. which means that you don't really know what states those people are in. in fact, if they are weighted for geography, amongst the first 16 states to vote really only texas is a big state. so it is likely that in these national polls which we are living and breathing on, nobody from the states that are actually voting, or

. >> donald trum tells voters he'll bring the country together, but then just hours later released this ad attacking ted cruz while hillary clinton turns to pop star demi lovato. >> i don't think there's a woman more competent than hillary clinton. >> hoping to bring in young voters in a tight race in iowa. >>> and uber attack. a miami doctor gets into a heated physical confrontation with a driver. >> get the [ bleep ] out of the car! >> and she could be looking for a new mode of transportation today, friday, january 22nd, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. it's friday morning. we've got willie in for matt. it's a combination of feelings, excitement and terror about this snow storm that's bearing down on east. >> in technical meteorological terms this thing is a beast. this is the live conditions in christiansburg, virginia, 35 miles south of roanoke. we could have taken one of a number of pictures across the east coast. it's ugly out there. >> how will it look in