joining me now, frank luntz and his focus group, hi, frank. >> megyn, you asked probably the toughestuestions of the debates, gave the candidates no room to wiggle. you pressed them. and he responded. i want to begin with the most-important and impactful most of the debate. your challenge of marco rubio, and watch how well he did on immigration. take a look. >> it was. we're not going to round up and deport 12 million people but we're not going around handing out citizenship cards, either, it will not be un-constitutional executive orders like the ones barack obama forced on us. >> what is your reaction? >> i want to show the audience at home how many of you walked in here supporting marco rubio? raise your hands? three of you. how many of you are going home most likely to vote for rubio. raise your hands? that is the impact of a single debate. describe rubio. >> organized. >> presidential. >> powerful. >>> prepared. eloquent. >> game changer. >> electable. >> attractive opportunist. >> explain what you saw tonight. you dialled two hours worth. what did you see? he was honest and beli

frank luntz and his focus group are back. frank?so there are two special clips that you all rated high. i want to start with marco rubio's highest moment of this debate. and several people thought he won it. it was about guns. he was direct and emphatic and passionate. let's take a look at one of the highest moments of tonight's debate. >> criminals don't buy their guns from a gun show or a collector. they don't buy guns from a gun store. they get, they steal them, they get them on the black market. isis and terrorists do not get guns from a gun show. this answer, you name it. if there is an act of violence in america, the immediate answer is gun control. >> i want a word or phrase to describe marco rubio. >> super star. >> very articulate. >> what is it about his presentation? i don't want to use the word performance, that is so attractive to you? >> he said something i think people are failing to understand. that the second amendment is not, it's not a debate. it's a constitutional right. and to point that out and make that clear

frank luntz and his focus group are back. frank?here are two special clips that you all rated high. i want to start with marco rubio's highest moment of this debate. and several people thought he won it. it was about guns. he was direct and emphatic and passionate. let's take a look at one of the highest moments of tonight's debate. >> criminals don't buy their guns from a gun show or a collector. they don't buy guns from a gun store. they get, they steal them, they get them on the black market. isis and terrorists do not get guns from a gun show. this answer, you name it. if there is an act of violence in america, the immediate answer is gun control. >> i want a word or phrase to describe marco rubio. >> super star. >> very articulate. >> what is it about his presentation? i don't want to use the word performance, that is so attractive to you? >> he said something i think people are failing to understand. that the second amendment is not, it's not a debate. it's a constitutional right. and to point that out and make that clear is a

frank luntz and his focus group are back. frank?> so there are two special clips that you all rated high. i want to start with marco rubio's highest moment of this debate. and several people thought he won it. it was about guns. he was direct and emphatic and passionate. let's take a look at one of the highest moments of tonight's debate. >> criminals don't buy their guns from a gun show or a collector. they don't buy guns from a gun store. they get, they steal them, they get them on the black market. isis and terrorists do not get guns from a gun show. this answer, you name it. if there is an act of violence in america, the immediate answer is gun control. >> i want a word or phrase to describe marco rubio. >> super star. >> very articulate. >> what is it about his presentation? i don't want to use the word performance, that is so attractive to you? >> he said something i think people are failing to understand. that the second amendment is not, it's not a debate. it's a constitutional right. and to point that out and make that clea

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if frank luntz were let's look at the numbers. in december had 88% of african-americans and trump does that the care about people like me. latinos, obviously. 880% negative on trump. same thing with hillary. hillary is connecting with nobody. >> that is not true you think 80% of blacks think hillary. >> i also think that 60% of americans think she is a liar and dishonest. >> juan, what you have to look at is whether they would consider. i think you would agree that trump opens up voters that will otherwise would not consider voting for republicans. there are people who his trade message immigration message. sean, and i'm going to get both of you angry. there is also a group that would lean away from trump. trump has challenges among women, particularly younger women and he has challenges within the latino community. so you gain some, you lose some. >> juan, schaub. >> sean's retort is going to be that trump can do a lot with his populist appeal to white working class blue collar voters. that kind of appeal, you can imagine is goin

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after that debate ended, senator rubio met with frank luntz and his focus group. >> what do they needknow about you, your lives, your experiences? >> the thing we love about iowa, what i love about iowa, it's a simple way of life. you can make it as difficult as you want, but we're not city people. rush hour is about five minutes, and we do care about our fellow iowans deeply, and we also really, really are a very strong about education. >> in the back. >> i was >> iowa is a strong constitutional state and we want the government just to leave us alone and live. >> one more. >> as it relates to the political process, we take this very seriously. every conversation all day long is always about politics, and it's on both sides of the aisle. it's a true great representation of the nation on both sides. >> what should they know about you that they wouldn't know? >> my view is, that's not just iowa, that's most of the country. you talked about the federal government and the constitution. the constitution is a document of limitation. i do a lot of town halls now. people are asking when you a

frank luntz was quite surprised by that finding.d of an anti-trump wave build that's not usual to see. usually people go to the polls to vote for someone. we might be seeing that. >> hillary clinton leading bernie sanders, 48% to 39% in "the des moines register's" latest poll. clinton leading sanders 48% to 39% in the latest quinnipiac poll. martin o'malley trailing both of them in the single digit percentile. despite clinton's lead in the polls, does bernie still have a chance in iowa? now put on the hat. >> what will be so interesting is whether the enthusiasm clearly there for bernie sanders will translate on caucus night. he had people come out to see him in cedar rapids yesterday. caucusing is different from a primary. have you to go out on a single night. it's about 10 degrees here in in today. if it's that cold on caucus night, maybe some of those enthusiasm voters will stay home for bernie sanders and they'll go to hillary clinton. >> i didn't think that super cold whether was any deter rent for any iowan. >> we're pretty us

. >> reporter: republican poll ster frank luntz along with goggle conducted a focus group of iowa republicans friday night. >> iowa voters have become so sophisticated that they know that the people that they choose is not necessarily the people who the rest of america chooses. they think they're going to choose cruz. but they're starting to think that the rest of america may choose trump. >> reporter: according to the most recent poll of likely iowa caucus goers, cruz and trump are virtually tied with rubio a distant third in new hampshire, trump has a commanding lead and the fight for second and third is playing out between rubio, chris christie, cruz, jeb bush and john kasich. on "face the nation," house support trump or cruz if one of them is the nominee and predicted republicans would eventually coa less around the party's pick. >> i think primaries inevitably have this kind of friks. but once you get through the primary, i think we union fie as a conservative movement. >> reporter: there were some potentially concerning numbers in the polls for hillary clinton. they show she beats trump

pollster frank luntz got an earful while conducting a focus group of iowa republicans. >> i do not believe that trump would put a good face on the republican party. >> so you would be prepared to see hillary clinton in the white house? >> unfortunately. >> i have never heard that before. that is how much trump has penetrated, and how people now think that has a real shot, a yen gin geb win shot at the nomination. >> and trump leads in the other early voting states. and house speaker paul ryan predicts his party will coalesce around the eventual nominee. >>> it has been one year since a woman was killed and more than 880 people injured when smoke filled a metro train in a tunnel at the metro station. tomorrow marks the tragedy's 1- year people. as makia turner reports, there is a statement that has been made today about rededicating metro to safety. >> reporter: that's right, that letter can be found on page five of the express newspaper. in it, the ceo outlines a number of improvements to safety. when metro's new safety wall widefeld took over the top spot with the washington metro area tr

. >> reporter: an issue raised at caucusgoers in iowa conducted by frank luntz and google. abc news got an exclusive first look. >> how many of you say trump is raise your hands. he won't be happy with that. only two. how many say ted cruz will win? if trump is the nominee is there anyone in this room that would not vote for him? wow. >> i do not believe trump would put a good face on the republican party as president. >> so, you'd be prepared to see hillary clinton in the white house? >> unfortunately. >> reporter: but others find a lot to like about him. >> the man knows how to negotiate. he knows how to find the right people. >> reporter: trump's first television ad promoting his muslim ban generated the expected buzz. >> he's spot-on. the things he talked about in that ad is what is affecting immigration and isis. >> but does he do it in a way >> all: no. >> no. >> absolutely not. >> it's more fear based. >> reporter: with this group cruz who was born in canada to an american mother is eligible appeared to backfire. >> it exposes trump as he said his strongest lawyers s

. >> reporter: an issue raised at a focus group of likely caucusgoers in iowa conducted by frank luntz and google. >> how many say trump will win? raise your hands? ooh. he won't be happy with that. only two. how many say ted cruz will win? if trump is the nominee is anyone in the room who would not vote for him? wow. >> i do not believe trump would t a good face on the republican party as president. >> you'd be prepared to see hillary clinton in the white house? >> unfortunately. >> but others find a lot to like about him. >> the man knows how to negotiate. he knows how to find the right people. >> reporter: trump's first television ad promoting hisis muslslim ban generated the expected buzz. >> spot-on. the things he talked about in america right now, illegal immigration and isis. >> reporter: but does he do it in a way that's constructive? >> all: no. >> absolutely not. >> fear based. >> reporter: with this group trump's questions about whether cruz who was born in canada to an american mother is eligible to be president appeared to backfire. >> i it exposes trump as unseriou he sai

frank luntz conducted it and some voters had concerns. let's listen. >> my biggest thing is bernie and i i'm sorry. i see how that office ages people. bernie won't make it. mind, no. >> one of the biggest flaws of bernie sanders was admit or state that he's a socialist. >> people think it's communism. >> so issues of socialism, communism and age getting in the way of your electability. voters. >> well, for a start i would urge those voters, voters all over this country, take a look at recent polls in which bernie sanders is matched with republican candidates, trump on down, hillary clinton is matched with republican candidates and you know what, in many of those polls including the major recent one, quinnipiac poll we beat trump nationally by 13 points, seven points. poll. we did much, much better against so if people are concerned about electability and democrats should be very concerned because we certainly do not want to see some right wing extremists in the white house, i think bernie sanders is the candidate. we're doing much better

joining me now from washington, is bloomberg view's al hunt, here in new york, frank luntz, a political communications consultant, and founder of luntz global partners, also tavis smiley. he is the host of "tavis smiley" on pbs. his latest book is the cough nant with black america ten years later. welcome. al, let me start with you. stay of the union tomorrow night. i would like to sort of do a round. what do you think the state of the union is for most americans who will be tuning in for that speech tomorrow? >> well, it's a lot better than it was seven years ago, or three or four years ago n reality. but i'm not sure that perception is that much different, matthew. i think people feel this has been a very uneven recovery. it's been actually quite a pronounced recovery. we're at five percent unemployment. that's half of what it was only about six and a half years ago. but i'm not quite clear sure that feeling is as per swais-- pervasive as some might think it should be. >> dowd: frank, what do you think the majority of americans think the state of the union is. >> when you ask them the