obama calling for gun control.....democratic presidential candidates took to twitter... ...hillary cnton, iting, "i refuse to accept this as normal. we must take actioioto stop gun violence now." ...her rival, bernie sanders, tweeted, "mass shootings are becoming an most- everyday occurrence in this country. this sickening and senseless gun violence must stop." doctor ben carson also ing rong language "again anototr hate crime in san bernardino. less than a week ago we had the shooting in colorado."trump started his virginia rally with a moment of silence and other g-o-p candidates tweeted out messages of thoughts and prayers for .... language that democratic senator senator chris murphy seemed to take issue with ...a staunch advocate of gun control ever since the sandy hook massacre in his home state of connecticut, he tweeted: "your 'thoughts' should be about steps to take to stop this carnage. your 'prayers' should be for forgiveness if you do nothing -- again," i'm reid binion, reporting now for a quick check on your weather with metetrologist kaj o'mara. plan on a quiet thursday, wi

"hillary c cnton, she's about kids, she's about momsmsshe's about families that are trying to keep it together," says dean. at the house party, dean gave supporters two main reasons to vote for clinton, her decision making skills and her experience. "first, is she makes decision based on facts, not based on political reason or emotional reason and that is really important because when you are presesent, you better carerehat the facts are and the second is she e s been in the fight for working people, for middle class people for a very long time," says dean. he emphasized her record and says she's made change for average ericans. "she understand that the real problems in the country is that republicans have moved us toward a position to support the top 20 percent in expense of the other 80 percent. that is very dangerous for this country and we need to restore america to a position where the average perron has a chance agagin. money cannot equal speech or wealthy people will have everything," says dean. :51 "there's nobody that has the experience that she has," says tim bottaro, the ho

presidential candidate hillary cnton received support from all mocratic female senators last night. except for one key player who endorsed clinton in her previous campaign, who has not done so this time around. here's a look at on our city c this morning. kaj will be bacacright after the break with aa first alert forecast. plan on thick clouds to be in the region today. if we are lucky enough to get a break in cloud cover this morning, they'll fill right back in. a few scattered flurries may fly around as well, but no issues or accumulation s are expected with remain thick a a a few more flurries may be in the air again, too. the big story of the extended forecast is warmer conditions for friday and especially into the weekekd. overall, we are in a classic el nino pattern, and this tends to lead to a mild december at the very least. in addition, there are no major storm stems for the ne 7 days that will impact iowa. perhaps this w wkend is your weekend to get the christmas decorations out! have a good day! today: windy, scattered flurries high: 32-38 winds: sw 125 alo: 35 dbq: 37 io

>> hillary c cnton sauce in iowa, berry sappedders in new hampshire. now, in iowa what you see is, bernie sanders everything hard time getting traction. i think that that means that hillary gets lion's share. but what is interesting about this whole race, john, is that tone and tenor of it but don't want the see them go at each other any more than they already are. we asked them, do you want to see bernie sanders be more critical of hillary clinton and his voters say, no, just fine with that. in fact you ask him how do you feelbout hillary clinton, theyey lili her, but they like bernie sanders better. you ask her voters what they think of bernie sanders' message, they like it. but like hillary better. not ascension of let's be more combative here. it's a family quarterback but not a lot of -- >> dickerson: they can squababe but is all a hug. thanks so much. >> thank you, john. dickerson: we'll be back in a moment. in panama, which is a city of roughly 2 million people, we are having 5,000 new cars being sold every month. this is a very big problem for u

donald trump relentlessly attacking hillary c cnton and attacking her husband on the campaign trail calling him fair game. hallie jackson has that story for us this morning. >> reporter: donald trump is set to kick off a three-day three-state, new hampshire here, iowa and south carolina, and as also seems to have a new target, not just hillary clinton but bill, too. for donald trump not quite a quiet christmas break. >> she's playing the woman's card, and it's like give me a break. women are more upset about it than anybody else, including most men. >> reporter: on air and online keepepg up his attacks on hillary clinton, and now her husband. >> bill clinton is not going to be the end-all in the campaign, and he'll come under attack, not just from me. he will eebl coming under attack from many other people. >> reporter: trump tweeting hillary clinton has announced that she is letting her husband out to campaign, but he's demonsated a penchant for sexism, so inappropriate. his rds, echoioi clinton's about trump. >> he's demonstrated a person chant for sexism. >> i think that dald trump or an

another controversial statement by ted cruz is drawing strong reaction from the hillary clinton campaign. cruz accused cnton of trying to paint the republican party as beinin anti-birth control orr "the condom police." he also accused democrats of making up the idea that republicans have declared war on women. clinton wasn the campaign recalling the historic montgomery bus boycott. she said the u.s. is still battling racial bias. >> there are still injustices perpetrated every day across our country. sometimes in spite of the law. sometimes, unfortunately, in keeping with it. co-host. >>> speculation n at barry bonds gig. the home run king is said to be in talks with the coaching staff of the miami marlins. he worked as a guest instructor 2007. their hitting. they finished 20 games under -- under .500, rather, last season. >>> in an exclusive interview bryant says it was his dream to be a los angeles laker. bryant says that beingn the team for 20 years has been a dream come true. bryant, of course, is retiring at the end of the season. he scored 20 points last night during the lakers loss to the 76ers. he t

hillary. >> reporter: in south carolina wednesday, trump, once again, implied clinton is a hypocrite for claiming he is degrading to women, considering president bill cnton's past affairs. >> she wants to accuse me of things and her husband is one of the greatest abusers of the world? give me a break. >> reporter: trump says if he wins the nomination, he will win the female vote and beat clinton in november. mark albert, cbs news, the white house. the golden state warriors, without steph curry were routed by dallas. curry missed his first game of the season with a lower leg bruise. the mavericks j.j. barea led dallas with 23 points. dallas blew out the warriors 114-91. it was golden state's second loss of the season. >>> in what was likely his last game in boston, kobe bryant had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead the lakers to a 112-104 win over the celtics. bryant notched his first double-double of his final season. in the final minute, the boston crowd chanted his name. >>> in college hoops, marcus tate scored 18 points and seventh ranked north carolina clemson at chapel hill. the tar heels beat the tigers 80-69. carolina improved to 58-0 against clemson

donald trump is calling for an apology from hillary clinton, critics say he is the one who needs to say sorry after unleashing his fiercest attack yet on c cnton... using a derogatoto term to describe how she lost the 2008 primary. meanwhile, a new poll shows another gop candidate-- ted cruz-- gaining ground on trump. abc's bazi kanani is in washington with the latest. "(nats supporters) on the trail in iowa today, hillary clinton again says donald tmp's lauage is helping (sot - clinton) it plays into the hands of violent jihadist... the democratic frontrunner refusing to respond directly to trump's latest attack involving a sexually derogatory term to describe how she was beaten by barack obama in 2008. on the trail in iowa today, hillary clinton ignores donald trump to focus on the issues. (sot - clinton) we can do ?this if we stop fighting each other, insulting each other. the democratic frontrunner refusing to respond to trump's latest sexuallylyerogatory term to describe how she was beaten by barack obama in 2008. (sot - trump) she got (beep). she lost, i mean she lost. trump's fury... sparked by an unsupported claim clinton made in her l

hillary clinton, senator bernie sanders, martin o' malley started by focusing on nationanasecurity. but the conversation quickly changed to sanders' data breach scandal. a few of his campaign staffers are accused of breaking into c cnton's and the party's for the breach. " not only do i apologize to secretary clinton and i hope that we can work togher on an independfnt investigation from day one, i want to apologize to o supporters. this is not the type of campaign that we run, and if i nd anybody else involved in this. they will also be fired." " clinton accepted sanders apology, saying it's time to move on. each candidate took different stances on the use of guns in america. o'malley attacked the past policies and records of both sanders and clinton. we'll show you that exchange coming up in our next half hour, along with more debate highlights. president barrack obama is in hawaii this morning enjoying his two-week holiday vacation away from washington. president obama departed the mainland, just after landinin san bernardino, california. there, he and first lady michelle obama met with families of the victims of the mass shooting that happened there earlier this month. the president says he admires coming out of the