i'm joined by eric trump, the executive vice president of acquisitions at the trump organization, obviouslyreat to be here. >> the second son. >> the better son. >> oh, ouch. >> just kidding. it's pretty competitive in the family. >> i think baron has something to say of that. >> let me ask you this, your father is being accused essentially of being a racist on this show. is your father a racist? >> it's disgusting. it's absolutely disgusting. my father is an amazing man, he's an incredible man, the greatest father in the world to us. and to hear those three letters in the same sentence as my father's name is disgusting. you see what's happening with rubio and cruz, they're sinking and they're trying to take him down with them. but it's the worst part of politics. it's the side of politics, that i never realized before we came into the race seven months ago, it's the worst, most disgusting side of politics. >> is there more you think he could do to just shed any association -- >> i don't know how many times you can disavow, right? he disavowed and he disavowed and he disavowed. and you have

eric trump, the vice president of trump industries spoke with us. he said they're still pretty excited to see his father doing well. you can catch that entire interview we did on our super tuesday coverage. >> i think you'd be lying there are so many people and have been effectively rehearsing the position and the interview and that's what senators and governors and everything else do and he entered the area and totally into the politics and the message is obviously resonating and everything he touches turns to gold whether it be real estate or anything he's ever done turns to gold. just one of the guys that's got unbelievable intuition and making it a success and just this is another great example of that and, again, as i consider him my best friend. >> january: and you can catch that full interview with eric trump on virginiafirst.com >>> the polls will be open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow, super tuesday. if you're looking for information on where you can vote head to our website, virginiafirst.com and don't forget virginia law requires you to bring

eric: donald trump is back on the campaign trail. he's in new hampshire where he's confident he will place first. skipping last week's fox news debate here in des moines. >> if i had to do it again i would do the exact same thing and you know why? because i raised $6 million for the vets in one hour. so if i took a 2nd place over 1st place and could give the vets $6 million i would do that all day long. eric: trump is not the only one in new hampshire right now. all of the candidates are now setting their sights on the nation's first primary state. elizabeth: kcci's sally kidd explains why some of the jump-start their campaigns in the granite state. sally: most of the candidates flew straight from iowa to new hampshire overnight kicking off seven days of intense campaigning. >> coming to new hampshire after winning iowa. sally: after a razor thin win in the closest democratic caucus in iowa history hillary clinton takes her pitch to granite state voters. who can go toe to toe against the republicans to make sure >> bernie. bernie. sa

the trump organization, eric trump talking about his father's push. >> we need a little added many ourne with it. they are not interested in it. you feed a candidate that can get people interested. >> trump has done that. live from new hampshire, frank, good to see you. >> good morning. >> what's your prediction? trump wins and bernie sanders wins? >> trump wins by double digits and bernie sanders wins by as many as 20 points. >> wow. what does that mean for the rest of the election? >> normally i come on your show and give first, second, close and the debates are so close. the audiences are record-setting. i think today will be the largest turn out of republicans and democrats in new hampshire history. usually in a high turn out that means the polling numbers tend to be correct. you don't have these weird turn out fact thaors happen. -- factors turn out in iowa. if trump wins by 15 points or more, it means all the national numbers are for real and donald trump is truly the front runner for this nomination. it is waoeutder than the concern -- it is wider and in south carolina, hillary

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role of -- >> but trump attacks -- >> very different way than the drak nominees. >> this is the newspaper. newspaper you would want unbiased reporting. >> on the front page -- >> eric, even trump says it's not widely distributed. i feel like i'm in an alternate reality. trump, whatever you want to say, he has been vulgar, relentlessly hateful and if he can't take a little criticism from a paper, he's kind of -- >> see how he reacted to this. take a listen. >> i can't imagine anybody buying it. he's literally been begging people the buy it. but he's just an insecure guy. he's a loser. >> he was talking about mark zuckerman trying to sell the newspaper. he was approached to buy the paper. i can't imagine anyone buying this. >> that's what we expect from the daily news and from trump. this is now the tone of the campaign. he has in a lot of ways contributed to that. the daily news is famous for covers like this. remember the when god isn't fixing this. the awful terrorist attack in san bernardino. i saw that surprising to meful it's a mindless zombies that upsets me the most. talk about the voters, beat them with with ideas. team them with ideas, not insults. there ar

this morning on good day virginia, we on-one with trump's son -- eric trump good morning. you're father has so far steamrolled throught the primaries and dominates the polls. does this end up with him in the white house? why would your father be the country? even members of the republican party are the republican even presidency. why do you think they are worried?while your father dominates the polls among republican voters... he has about a 60% unfavorable rating. if he wins, can he rating. if he wins, can he untied the party and the >> jason: a couple of showers through the region. will need the sunglasses and not even a jacket. another nice warm day for us so have the details in just a few.

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. >> reporter: i asked donald and eric trump how well their dad there that your dad might be a sore loser. if he loses iowa, things might come apart at the seams a little that's fair? >> i think we're going to win iowa, i think we're going to win by a lot. he wants to be a guy who wins. is it hard if you ultimately lose?ld take a knock. i think there's going to be a lot of candidates who are going to be very upset coming out of iowa. but i think we win, i think we win by a lot, i think we win, ultimately i think we take the nomination. >> reporter: ever since narrowly losing there, trump has t he was gracious -- >> i want to congratulate ted and i want to congratulate all the incredible candidates. >> reporter: ever since he arrived here it's a new ball game. first victory. >> i think we did really well. we did really well. >> reporter: now he's attacking the iowa winner, ted cruz, >> by doing what he did to ben carson, that was a disgrace. >> reporter: accusing him of this to iowa precincthis is the cruz campaign with breaking news. dr. ben carson will be planning to sa suspend his campa

. >> reporter: i asked donald and eric trump how well their dad could handle defeat. >> there's an impression o there that your dad might be a sore losese if he loses iowa, things might come apart at the seams a little bit. >> i think we're going to win iowa, think we're going to win by a lot. he wants to be a guy who wiwi. is it hard if you ultimately lose? knock. i think there's going to be a lot of candidates who are going iowa. but i think we win, i think we win by a lot, i think we win nationwide, ultimately i think we take the nomination. >> reporter: ever since narrowly losing there, trump has first he was gracious -- >> i want to congratulate ted and i want to cononatulate all thth incredible candidates. >> reporter: ever since he arrived here it's a new ball game. first spinning defeat as victory. >> i think we did really well. we did really well. >> reporter: now he's attacking the iowa winner, ted cruz, outright. >> by doing what he did to ben carson, that was a disgrace. >> reporter: accusing him of dirty tricks in robocalal like this to iowa precinct captains. >> this is the cruz

we have with us eric trump. >> great to be here. >> great to see you.. why did he do it? >> my father is the type of guy, he was totally against the iraq war. we went in with trillions of dollars, a lot of people got hurt. you know better than anybody. what do we have to show for it now? he was saying the whole time, take the oil, take the oil. repay the company for the sacrifice we're making. i think it was a major blunder, you know, of that presidency. he's just a very, very honest guy. i was proud of him for saying that. you have to remember, right, he's clearly the front-runner. everybody on the statement had to go after him. they had no other playbook other than doing after trump. he has to fight back and he's a great counterpuncher. >> on the iraq war, a lot of discussion to be ahead about foreign policy. why not a discussion about 2011, the abandonment of the successful surge. why not make that the hill to go on? >> i think my father said, listen, once you're in, don't get in. once you're in we shouldn't have gone out. he certainly criticizes oba

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trump. it used to set up for kanye west. eric: last night donald trump he called him out on his colorful language on the campaign trail. stephen colbert: let's talk about what experts are calling your potty mouth. i can think of three things you said on air. you said cbs will not let me are people them or they will bleed them. how are you going to stop? donald trump. i do that sometimes non-politically. stephen colbert: why don't you have a swear jar. every time you say a bad word you put a billion dollars into it. eric: that might get them to stop. look at the phone. a bright orange phone with a blonde wig on top of it. colbert called it the trump phone. shaina: there is a new top dog in america, a german shorthaired pointer named cj. he won the westminster dog show. shaina: the judges said they picked him as best in show because he was alert, bright, and paying attention. the competition started with nearly 3000 jobs, 199 different breeds. winning is in cj's blood. his grandmother one best in show in 2005. elizabeth: here's a g

eric: trump's turnaround. he wins new hampshire but there are signs other republicans may be gaining traction. >> you're watching kcci eight news. elizabeth: good morning and thanks for waking up with kcci. eric: again on the horizon we have snow moving in but the good news it is not blustery. metinka: this will be a gentle snowfall. not much is expected. snowflakes are flying across west central iowa down through atlantic. all moving to the south and to the southeast. in des moines, we will be on the edge of the snow moving in by late this morning. it will be gentle. temperatures are going nowhere fast, with highs on the upper teens today. we end up with a half inch to an inch of snow today. more is on the way by late tomorrow with another shot of snow coming in by sunday. breaking news with shots fired after a wild police chase on des moines south side. alyx sacks is at the scene this morning so is the suspect in custody? alyx: they are. they have the custody before 3:00 a.m. behind me, the crime scene unit i

eric trump is coming to ask him all of the above. you don't want to miss that. the other top story is washington and silicon valley curator for the high-stakes legal battle over the san bernardino killers. jo ling kent of the latest details. jo: good morning, maria. there's a rally outside the apple store to protest the government demand that apple helped the fbi hack into the iphone used by one of the attackers in the san bernardino shooting that killed 14 people. press secretary josh earnest telling reporters the fbi has full support of the white house. >> they conduct an investigation and they will do that independently. they can count on the support of the white house and the president who's identified the investigation is a priority. we will support them as they do their important independent work. maria: apple ceo tim cook said he will resist the court order. google ceo gives his support to apple to meeting last night we build secure products to keep information safe and they give on first and access to the legal orders. that is only different than requiri

eric: trump's caucus night party will start tonight at 9:00 p.m. at the sheraton west des moines hotel. rubio may be3 points back from front-runner donald trump, but he's not counting himself out just yet. rubio hit the campaign trail hard this weekend with stops around the state, and half-hour television specials in every iowa media market. rubio is telling caucus-goers that he's the best choice if republicans want to beat the democratic candidate come november. >> what do you want iowans to know before the caucus tomorrow? >> i want them to know if they caucus for me i'll be the nominee, i'll unite the republican party, i'll expand and grow the conservative movement to people who haven't voted for us before, and i'll defeat hillary clinton and get this country turned around. elizabeth: rubio will hold a caucus night party tonight at the downtown marriott in des moines. that's at 8:00 p.m. rand paul, ben carson, mike huckabee and rick santorum will all hold caucus night celebrations around the metro as well. we've also learned jeb bush, chris chris

trump tunces his rivals. what his win in nevada may mean for the other upcoming contests . do cruz and rubio have a shot at the nomination? eric: plus cruel chant? why trump's name during a students in perry to feel threatened. elizabeth: and supreme fight. senator grassley takes a strong stand in the debate over nominating a new supreme court nominee. do iowans agree? >> you are watching kcci 8 news. eric: also this morning severe storms. new video from down south. tornadoes tore through the gulf coast. we'll show you the hardest hit areas. good morning everyone, it's wednesday february 24. i'm eric hanson. elizabeth: i'm elizabeth klinge. here are nice and quiet weather continues. metinka: we got the better end of the deal. cloud cover over central iowa and chilly winds. 35 degrees starting out. it is a pretty nice day. temperatures will be cooler than yesterday. we have 46 yesterday. today we are headed for 41. the winds are going to become a little bit gusty. tomorrow is going to be breezy

eric: donald trump now says his second-place showing here in iowa was actually a win. when the republican votes were totaled last monday ted cruz finished first and trump wild up in second. -- trump wound up in second. but trump says the cruz campaign's tweets that rival candidate ben carson was pulling out of the race tricked some of the carson voters into voting for cruz. >> there wasn't a loss. i came in second and i only came in second because of the fact that cruz took a lot of votes from carson that shouldn't have been taken away. i mean he's apologized but i don't know what comes of that. we'll see what happens. but that was the only reason i so i came in second out of the original 17 candidates. i don't consider that a loss , jake and i probably came in , first in actuality. eric: but some advertising experts say trump's 2nd place finish in iowa may be better explained by the sheer number of negative ads attacking him just before the caucuses. kantar media says 7 out of every 10 political ads that mentioned trump did so negatively. kantar media also says there

role of -- >> but trump attacks -- >> very different way than the drak nominees. >> this is the newspaper. newspaper you would want unbiased reporting. >> on the front page -- >> ericrump says it's not widely distributed. i feel like i'm in an alternate reality. trump, whatever you want to say, he has been vulgar, relentlessly hateful and if he can't take a little criticism from a paper, he's kind of -- >> see how he reacted to this. take a listen. >> i can't imagine anybody buying it. he's literally been begging people the buy it. but he's just an insecure guy. he's a loser. >> he was talking about mark zuckerman trying to sell the newspaper. he was approached to buy the paper. i can't imagine anyone buying this. >> that's what we expect from the daily news and from trump. this is now the tone of the campaign. he has in a lot of ways contributed to that. the daily news is famous for covers like this. remember the when god isn't fixing this. the awful terrorist attack in san bernardino. i saw that surprising to meful it's a mindless zombies that upsets me the most. talk about the voters, beat them with with ideas. team them with ideas, not insults. there are young

eric: trump's turnaround. he wins new hampshire but there's signs that other republicans may be gaining new traction. >> you're watching kcci 8 news. elizabeth: good morning everyone, thanks for waking up with kcci. i'm elizabeth klinge. eric: i'm eric hanson. all morning we have them it will be here in a couple of hours? metinka: we are tracking it near the western part of the state and up to guthrie county and through auburn county. all of that is moving this morning. what you see here may not be preaching the ground just yet but it will be reaching the ground later, light snow today. we have clouds in des moines with 16 degrees and a nearly called wind. it will be a gentle snow fall today. it will come down in the early afternoon hours. you can expect up to .5-one inches of snow. elizabeth: we want to get straight to the breaking news. shots fired after a chase on the south side. alyx sacks is on the scene right now. if the suspect in custody? the crime scene unit just left. there were officers here in the

eric: trump vowing not to swear on the campaign trail anymore. this after he repeated an audience member's shout earlier this week calling ted cruz an offensive term. elizabeth: more big stories look at these new few pictures very carefully. des moines police say 48-year-old randal jon caswell is wanted for several felonies , parole violation. if you see him, call crime stoppers at 223-1400. and do you recognize this man and woman caught on surveillance cameras at merle hay mall? police say they may be connected to a fraud investigation. it involves a cloned credit card that was used last sunday to buy $3,000 worth of merchandise. again, if you have any information, call crime stoppers at 223-1400. meanwhile a new proposal would , let some violent criminals out of prison after serving just 30% of their sentences. >> these people by the crimes that they have committed and been convicted of by juries or judges have demonstrated that they are dangers to the general public. elizabeth: polk county attorney john sarcone not happy with house file 2171.

eric trump 2.0. >> that's how we do it. prefer the next president to be a political outsider. listen to. this trump, 70%. cruz, 15%. rubio, 8%. carson at 6, kasich at 1. dana, reaction? >> these entrance polls match the exit polls. by the time it was over they were the same. it tracked with south carolina. so if you look, his second place win in iowa was not that far behind ted cruz. i'm not saying ted cruz didn't win. he did decisively. but new hampshire, south carolina and nevada, it is not always the same question asked which is unfortunate. it would be nice to compare all of them. in general they were pretty much all the same. the outsider piece, you just have to look at how many governors and senators are already out of the race. have already decided to no longer continue. so it is the year of the outsider which is not just on the republican side. we're going to get to the democrats in a littl this is mirrored across the country. people are wanting wholesale change. >> this really follows into eric, angry with the federal government. trump. 48%. cruz, 25%. rubio, 19%. any

eric: trump vowing not to swear on the campaign trail anymore. this after he repeated an audience member's shout earlier this week calling ted cruz an offensive term. elizabeth: more big stories. look at these new few pictures very carefully. des moines police say 48-year-old randal jon caswell is wanted for several felonies , thefts, criminal conduct, a parole violation. if you see him, call crime stoppers at 223-1400. a new proposal would let some violent criminals out of prison sentences. john sarcone: these people, by the crimes that they have committed and been convicted of by juries or judges, have demonstrated that they are dangers to the general public. elizabeth: polk county attorney john sarcone not happy with house file 2171. it would cut mandatory sentences for things like kidnapping, attempted murder, and second-degree murder. for example, a 50-year sentence right now carries a 35-year mandatory minimum. if this legislation goes through, the offender would serve 15 years, then seek parole. eric: news around iowa, a threat cancel morn

mary anne: donald trump and hillary clinton. eric: joe, because he reminded us that when it comes to supreme court -- supreme court nominations during an election year. ed: emily, best picture? emily: if i watched movies i would tell you. >> today on "matter of fact." tensions over terror threats at home and abroad. >> here we are now where the world is falling apart. >> will the president' s strategy on guantanamo leave the nation more vulnerable? plus, is the gop establishment ready to embrace trump? >> going into super tuesday, he has the upper hand. >> and, a visit to birmingham. rooted in civil rights, how this blue city is battling for a voice in a red state. fernando: i' m fernando espuelas. welcome to "matter of fact." every action by president barack

deirdre: trump's son eric defended his father today on fox business. >> we need a little bit of thatn our country. people have been so disenfranchised by politics. not having fun with it. not interested in it. you need a candidate that can get people interested. deirdre: trump national spokesperson katrina pierson is with me now. katrina, what did you tell donald trump after this tweet went viral? it makes your job a lot harder, doesn't it? >> well you know, deirdre, it is interesting, isn't it? i think eric trump, he hit the nail on the head, there is this discourse has been polite, gentlemanly a very long time. what i say we have former house speaker nancy pelosi who compares republican grassroots to arsonists, to nazis. we have the president that equates christians and terrorists. about people we have republican candidate not afraid to say what he thinks or feels. repeating what his supporter said. deirdre: after this clip, katrina, come on, you didn't there is a line or how far is too far? >> well it's mr. trump. our motto is let mr. trump be mr. trump. in the political realm, ab

protestant constituency for the party, the this fact that trump did pretty well is pretty surprising and i'm sure the person most surprised is ted cruz. eric: overall, trump has 67 delegates, cruz has 11 and marco rubio has 10 delegates. on the democratic side, more than half the votes needed to win the nomination will be determined in the 28 states that hold primaries and caucuses in march. elizabeth: new information overnight in a shooting spree in kalamazoo, michigan this weekend. shaina humphries has the latest. and shaina, have authorities pieced together the timeline of the killings? shaina: they're trying to, elizabeth. overnight we learned the alleged , killer, jason brian dalton, is an uber driver, and may have actually picked up passengers in between the shootings saturday. the shooting spree lasted seven least six people at three different locations. mark dunton says he and his friends were picked up by dalton on saturday, and got nervous when his car matched the one police were looking for. >> my buddy scott actually said something to him, said, hey this , isn't the hhr, you're not the guy are you? and he said no. shaina: dalto

. >> donald trump's son eric trump goes "on the record" from las vegas.ce to see you, eric. >> hey, greta. how are you? >> i'm doing well. do you think the firing of the communications director by senator ted cruz puts this matter to rest? >> i don't know what's making the whole crazy thing. there has been79 tremendous dishonesty. what i find ironic is cruz's campaign slogan is trust ted, right? and trusted it flies in the face of that. we saw it with ben carson and voter violation. we have seen it a hundred other times. weave have seen it with some slam ads. i don't know who what to make of it. some things have been highly immoral and i think it's totally contradictory to the slogan he is running under? all right your father goes to nevada with the wind behind his back. won in new hampshire big. won in south carolina big. is the strategy in nevada as we go into the nevada caucus can the ground game any different? >> we have a make or break ground game out here. we have a lot of volunteers. making tens of thousands of calls and having a great time. the st