. >> we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everyone in the world watched and everyone in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers. i have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement. >> reporter: when asked if he plan to apologize after a south carolina campaign event on friday, the texas senator took about three minutes to take aim at his critics, including mayor de blasio who earlier called cruz a hypocrite for taking campaign money from new yorkers. >> i apologize to all of the african-american children who mayor de blasio tried to throw out of their charter schools that were providing a lifeline to the american dream. i apologize to all of the cops and firefighters and 9/11 heros who have no choice but to stand blasio because mayor de blasio over and over again stands with the looters and criminals, rather than the brave men and women in blue.

. >> not a lot of similarities between here and downtown manhattan. >> no, and that's what's so great about it, it's nice to be part of this really great american tradition. >> reporter: another new yorker campaigning for hillary clinton here in iowa, mayor bill de blasio, who has been going door to door in and around des moines. you mentioned chris christie and his sixth place showing in that poll that came out today by the "des moines register," christie had two events today. tonight he's hosting one at a public. maybe he's hoping to lift the spirits of iowa voters, at least as they perceive his campaign. melissa russo, news 4 new york. >> a husband and wife supporting hillary and sanders, very interesting. "nightly news" will have much more on this next at 6:30. >>> another attack in the subway has riders on edge tonight. a man was slashed in a train station on central park north and 110th street this morning, the sixth attack in the subways this month. news 4's ida siegal is live with more. >> reporter: there's been yet another slashing. the reaction is almost always the same. "ag

we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers. i have to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> it really was a bad move for ted cruz. when he was debating in princeton would fall into a trap of his own making. the trump cruz escalated it was nothing going on than marco rubio and chris christie as each of them vie to be the establishment candidate. >> governor crist tee endorsed many of the ideas barack obama sports whether it is gun control or the appointment of sonia sotomayor or the contribution to planned parenthood. >> when you are a senator what you get to do is just talk and talk and talk. when you are a governor you are held accountable from everything you do. >> you had your chance, marco, you blew it. >> that is the chris christie we know. donald trump also had another interesting moment showing why unlike mitt romney he can connect with everyday voters despite his enormous wealth. asked what he would do with his vast empire if he became president? >> if i became presid

place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york and we rebuilt downtown manhattan. everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loves new york and loves new yorkers and i have to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> i don't know if you remember this, but in an interview years ago, i pointed out to you that mr. trump, i said if you move your headquarters down to florida you won't pay a 4% state tax and 10% city tax. you had an interesting answer. explain that. >> well, i love new york. i love the people of new york and i've done well in new york. you know, i've built a great business and all over the world now, but it's based in new york. i go to florida and all over. i have companies all over. but new york is a great place. it is liberal. >> we both live here. >> i thought well, we have great people in new york and i thought ted's response was very insulting to, you know a tremendous, many, many millions of people. i thought it was very insulting to maria, who, by the way did a great job with neil. they did a fantastic job as

. >> we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody the world loves new york and love new yorkers and i have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> reporter: and on that, he and hillary clinton agree. new york's reaction, drop dead, te he has no trouble taking money from new york city. but he's quick to insult our people and our values. >> the viewers in york city have asked you to apologize, are you going to? >> i apologize to the millions of new yorkers who have been letdown by liberal politicians in that state. >> reporter: cruz campaign betting those in iowa and south carolina will bet what he means. >> i know what he was trying to say.ody from new york is basically liberal. clash for the front-runners, the debate may be a turn donald trump, his performance seen by growth for a candidate who has given the and a campaign that has gone through staged of it, facing first denial. anger. bargaining. and now acceptance. >> people months ago thought there was no trump would be the republican nominee are coming to terms with the fa

. >> we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loves new york and love new yorkers and i have to tell you, that was a very insulting >> reporter: and on that, he and hillary clinton agree. new york's reaction, drop dead, ted. >> he has no trouble taking money from new york city. but he's quick to insult our people and our values. >> the viewers in new york city have asked you to apologize, are you going to? >> i apologize to the millions of new yorkers who have been letdown by liberal politicians in that state. >> reporter: cruz campaign betting those in iowa and south carolina will bet what he means. >> i know what he was trying to say. anybody from new york >> reporter: a culture clash for the front-runners, the debate may be a turning point for donald trump, his performance seen by some as a sign of growth for a candidate who has given the establishment grief and a campaign that has gone through staged of it, facing first denial. anger. bargaining. and now acceptance. >> people months ago thought there was no trump would be the repub

and even the smell of death and it was with us for months, the smell, the air and we rebuilt downtown manhattan and aneverybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers and i have to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> you know back in september my friend donald said he had had his lawyers look at this every the constitution hasn't changed but theng poll numbers have. listen, i've spent my entire life defending the constitution before the u.s. supreme court and i'll not be taking legal advice from donald trump. >> you used to say you support doubling the amount of green cards, now you say you're against it. i saw you on the senate floor flip your vote on crop insurancece because they told you it would help you in iowa. that is not consistent conservative. thatva is political -- >> that is the question on entitlement. you had your chance, you blew it. >> we don't have to have refugees come to our country but all muslims, really? what kind of message does that send to the world. >>wo ritser the it's the people that pull the tr

death nobody understood it and it was with us for months, the smell, the air and we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers and i have to tell you that wauz a very insulting statement that ted made. >> you know back in september, his lawyers look at this from every which way. and there was nothing to this birther issue. the constitution hasn't changed bullet the poll numbers have. listen, i've spent my entire life defending the constitution in front of the u.s. supreme court and i'm not going to take legal advice from donald trump. >> you used to say you supported doubling the number of green cards, now you're against it. i saw you on the senate floor flip your vote on crop insurance because they told you it would help you in iowa. that is not consest istent conservetism. >> this is a question on entitlement. >> we don't have to have refugees come to our country but all muslims, really? what kind of message does that send to the rest of the world. >> it's the people that pull the trigger and we have to find o

reached a deal with helicopter operators to cut the number of tourism flights to and from the downtown manhattan heliport. residents some plain that they cause noise all day long, and contribute to pollution. eliminating nearly 30,000 flights annually. operators have also agreed to end all sunday flights. members of the stop the chop community group that opposes the flights say the deal doesn't do enough. >> just like saying to someone you've been torturing all day, every four minutes need of two. >> a spokesman praised the agreement, saying it will still provide hundreds of jobs and a more than $50 million impact to the city. >>> last week, we were just beginning to dig out from the blifort. this week, lots of people were out enjoying the water and a beautiful sunset. >> we can talk about what's ahead. temperatures were even warmer than what we had today. look at these high temps. yesterday's high, upper 30s. today, we were looking at high temperatures upper 40s, into the 50s, even a 60-degree temperature. tons of mid, and upper 50- degree temps. we have some even warmer temperatures on tap as

moving the show from manhattan to java joe's in downtown des moines. trump joined the show live ... phone. there was a packed crowd inside the coffee shop and outside as fans gathered to get a glimpse of the hosts and trump. well they got to ride the trump helicopter, this summer, so weve already met him. i just wanted to get the girls down here for the educational experience. we watch morning joe every morning, and big fans of and willie, so this was exciting to meet them in person. the morning joe will be returning in a couple of weeks for the final push to the iowa caucus.. after grabbing a cup of coffee downtown trump headed for urbandale where a crowd was waiting for him. hundreds packed living history farms to hear from trump ... and ask him a few questions. after bragging about his poll numbers, trump was asked why he thinks he's getting so much support nationwide. he says it's because he's the only candidate who truly speaks his mind. 104711-104745 "i think that one of the reasons i'm doing well is that ... political correctness is taking too long ... it is actually hurting

and even the smell of death and it was with us for months, the smell, the air and we rebuilt downtown manhattan and aneverybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers and i have to tell you that was a very insulting >> you know back in september my friend donald said he had had his lawyers look at this every which way. the constitution hasn't changed but theng poll numbers have. listen, i've spent my entire life defending the constitution before the u.s. supreme court and i'll not be taking legal advice from donald trump. >> you used to say you support doubling the amount of green cards, now you say you're against it. i saw you on the senate floor flip your vote on crop insurancece because they told you it would help you in iowa. that is not consistent conservative. thatva is political -- >> that is the question on entitlement. you had your chance, you blew it. >> we don't have to have refugees come to our country but what kind of message does that send to the world. >>wo ritser the it's the people that pull the trigger and we have to find out what'

. >> and we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers and i have to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> trump and cruz dominated the air time. the other five candidates left trying to score points when they could get a word in. former florida governor jeb bush took aim at trump's plan to ban immigrants. >> we don't have to have refugees come to our countries, but all muslims? seriously? >> the other big targets of the nice, president obama and the woman who hopes to succeed him, hillary clinton. >> i hate to interrupt this episode of court t.v., but the real, i think we have to get back to what this election is about. in 2008 we elected a president who didn't want to fix america. he wants to change america. he's weakening america on the global stage. we elected a president who doesn't believe in the free enterprise system. we have to reverse the dam. >> i watched story time with barack obama and it sounded like everything in the world was going amazing. >> to be honest with

and we rebuilt downtown manhattan, and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers. and i have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that ted made." toward the end of the debate, cruz and marco rubio squared off on immigration. for more on last night's debate, go to wavy-dot-com. a local congressman is calling it quits. coming up, you'll hear from scott rigell about why he's not running for re- election. speaking of politics, we're taking a closer look at the charge against portsmouth mayor kenny wright. why a local attorney says, the charge might not fit. and in just a couple of hours, the newport news police chief says he'll update us on yesterday's officer- involved shooting and double death investigation. he's scheduled a 9:00 am news conference. we'll have much more on that developing story, okay. so right now, everyone is saying, "hurry! you gotta get fios." but why? well, because there's never been a better time to get a greatdeal from fios, the fastest internet and wi-fi available. only fios has speeds from 50 to 500

we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and new yorkers. that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> reporter: when asked to define new york values, cruz said our city is all about money and media. meanwhile, trump praised on new yorkers. he called people here loving and wonderful and amazing. the gloves are now off as things get closer to the iowa caucus on february 1st. reporting live in midtown p rob nelson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. stay with eyewitness news and abc news as we head into the primaries. "good morning america" picks up our coverage with a live report from south carolina beginning at 7:00. horses and livelihood of the owners and drivers could be decided soon. the city is close to moving ahead with plans to reduce the number of horses and give them a permanent new home in central park. pleb wanted to do a -- mayor de blasio wanted to do away with them entirely but public opposition did away with that. >> it's illegal to give away public park land. then they want the public to pa

and we rebuilt downtown manhattan, and everybody in the world watched, and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers, and i have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> some of the biggest fireworks of the night came in the form of a rematch between senators marco rubio and ted cruz on immigration. >> that rubio schumer amnesty bill, one of the things it did is it expanded barack obama's power to let in syrian refugees. it enabled him, the president, to certify them en masse without mandating meaningful background checks. the senate just a few weeks ago voted to suspend refugees from middle eastern countries. i voted yes to suspend that. marco voted on the other side. so you don't get to say we need to secure the borders, and at the same time try to give barack obama more authority. >> ted cruz, you used to say you supported doubling the number of green cards. now you say that you're against it. you used to support a 500% increase in the number of guest workers. now you say that you're against it. you used to support legalizing people that we

down i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers. >> so really i mean this new york values as you said was trending. but inside this argument ted cruz really had a bit of a kind of an elbow to donald trump when he said that not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan because on the campaign trail, donald trump has been saying that there's not a lot of evangelicals that come out of cuba. of course, that's a reference to ted cruz's lineage. oh it was kind of almost like a two jabs in one. but in the end when donald trump said that he was very uninsulted by that statement, he seemed to have the upper hand. what's what you've seen with it trending. > cruz also we were waiting for this moment in many instances him to talk about that million dollar loan. >> we knew that was coming. he knew it was going to come. this is the big story going in today. and he essentially just blamed the media which, of course is a tried and true blast. most

. >> we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everyone in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers. i have to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. [ cheering ] >> reporter: experts say trump tooum has survived every gaff that would have brought down other candidates. >> you have called women you don't like fat pigs. >> only rosie o'donnell. [ cheering ] >> reporter: in washington, i'm jeff barnd reporting. >> reed: there are some new developments today in the war on terror. allison starling takes it from here in the terrorism alert desk. >> from the terrorism alert desk in washington, i'm allison starling. three people are in custody for a deadly terrorist attack in jakarta indonesia yesterday. and now we're learning details about the alleged mastermind. isis is claiming responsibility for the suicide bombs that were gunmen attacked a police station nearby. two people were killed. 24 others were hurt. investigators believe the 3er7b who ordered the attack is an indonesian man living in syria. also new video shows a u.s. air stri

. >> we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers, and i have to tell you, that was a very insulting statement. >> ryan: that statement bringing out the most unlikely supporters, including hillary clinton who said this time trump was right. new york's reaction: drop dead, ted. >> he has in trouble taking money from new york city, but he's quick to insult our people and our values. >> ryan: today cruz was asked to apologize. >> i apologize to the millions of new yorkers let down by liberal politicians. >> ryan: his campaign hoping that people in iowa and south carolina will understand what he means. mean. anybody from new york is basically liberal. >> ryan: trump and cruz close in the polls in iowa where the race could go either way. the democrats will debate on sunday. we'll see if new york values comes up during that event. in the newsroom, ryan schulteis, 7news night team. >> kim: actor sean penn breaking his silence about a controversial interview with mexican drug lord el chapo. the article went out

we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers and i have to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> so, karen, did he seem ready for that? >> i would say so. it was, in fact, it put donald trump into some very unfamiliar territory in this campaign. he was on the high ground. >> like a statesman. >> and even hillary clinton then today issued a statement saying, he is absolutely right about new yorkers and their values. >> amazing to watch him. i think he actually improved as a candidate throughout this process. i don't know if you'd agree but it has been remarkable to watch. >> did cruz dispose of the issue-dsht birther issue as he called it or is that something that is going to be out there haunting him? >> i have yet to run across a voter who really cares about this but the fact is donald trump is not going to drop it. >> i want to ask you back to the clinton-sanders question, if clinton loses iowa she could still win the nomination as you suggested. but how much would that hurt

place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york and we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loves new york and loves new yorkers and very to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> that will be one of the most talked-about moments from tonight's republican debate. joining us now, steve hays, peter johnson junior and monica crowley. i think has come down to a three-man race. trump, cruz, and marco rubio. anyone disagree? . >> i would add chris christie. i thought he had a good night tonight. >> i don't see -- look, he's doing better in new hampshire. but i don't see his path to the nomination. steve, do you agree with monica? >> i do agree with monica. i think, look, if i were dividing it, i'd say $30 on trump, $30 on marco, and $30 on cruz and maybe ten on marco. who what will happen. >> i don't have a crystal ball or i'd be in vegas right now. peter johnson junior? >> chris christie is not breaking through. i don't think he's going to break through. the top three, ted cruz won the birther i

and we rebuilt downtown manhattan. and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loved new york and loved new yorkers and i have to tell you that was a very insulting statement that ted made. >> you know back in september my friend donald said he had had his lawyers look at this every which way. and there was no issue there. there was nothing to this birther issue. the constitution hasn't changed but the poll numbers have. listen, i've spent my entire life defending the constitution before the u.s. supreme court and i'll tell you, i'm not going to be taking legal advice from donald trump. >> ted cruz you used to say you supported doubling the number of green cards. now you say that you're against it. you used to support legalizing people that were here illegally. now you say you're against it. i saw you on the senate floor flip your vote on crop insurance because they told you it would help you in iowa. that is not consistent conservatism, that is political calculation. >> that is the question on entitl