at this point we are so close to io iowa. >> with me is former advisor to hillary clinton's 2008 campaign and democratic strategist richard goodstein. is hillary clinton relaxing somewhere? we haven't seen her in a while. where has she been. >> i have a hump she is not unhappy about the focus on donald trump and ted cruz the two people i suspect she would like to run against. she has been talking about how shameful donald trump's position is on banning a muslim. she gave a very complete speech to council on foreign relations about what to do about isis. >> she won't use the term radical islamists either. isn't there a point where you are so politically correct most people don't believe what you are saying. >> what she said is it doesn't really matter what we call osama bin laden it matters that we killed osama bin laden. she wants to avoid getting dragged into the exact fight isis wants. >> what makes you think isis is worried about us saying mean things about them. they wanted to kill us before we even talked about that. >> donald trump chris wallace said we have to enlist muslims. that

. >> didn't governor huckabee win io iowa. didn't rick santorum win iowa in the past few years? that's not really the indicator. that's not the only place that's an issue. he was talking about the 7 states i that i believe win the electoral college. wouldn't sharp be better off going with ohio, kasich, rubio, florida? >> what does cruz bring to a ticket? doesn't bring very much. that's the point. it's about math and adding up the numbers that is going to win you the election. republicans are in a deficit. in most states we are at a deficit as far as republican and democrat registration. we need to pick off some conservative democrats and independents and women are going to turn the election. if you want to win you can get somebody that may help you do that. >> this motor vote touar-- vote registration you can goat and saying i am joe smith and john bow in three boats in three different states? do you see that adds a problem? >> you would think after the 2000 debacle we would have national voting standards and it would spill over into states. once you have a uniform system why wo

working with primarily harkin of senator tom io iowa. couple of years ago i saw him in a wheelchair on the floor of ratifyate asking them to the international convention on isabilities and explaining to reluctant members of his own party that this would not do because bad to america we had the highest standards for disability rights in the entire but it could take people ike him when he was young, deeply injured and give them a chance to have a fuller life. he didn't win that fight but i win it.entually we will and as long as i live i will his ber bob dole in wheelchair talking to the embers of the senate about the imperative of recognizing that but the human dignity human potential of much without regard to their physical abilities. if you go on the dole , there's a website he wrote about his recuperation from the wounds he in italy. adapting to life with his disabilities. downplayed the pain and barely mentioned he already got staete elected in the legislature. e got a degree and law degree after the war, and that sort of on.acked but

it's not just the demeanor many io iowa the other thing they like in iowa is iowa is not a military stateisn't a single big military installation in iowa. even among republicans, it's a very popular thing to say, no regime change, let's be careful about what we're going to do. and that's one reason why cruz has done well and one reason why donald trump still has a fighting chance in that state. >> let me go to steve. steve, you've counselled or consulted with candidates a lot. i just think that -- let's put it this way. jeb bush is not a one liner guy. when kwlou give him these one liner, they just don't seem to fit him. he's diffident, he's professorial. they don't look like him. every time he does this, trump says you're only say this to win. no doubt he was. >> bush has gone from center of the stage to the edge of the stage. he's out of room to maneuver. he's at 3%. it's at the middle of the december. increasingly, as you look at some of the candidates on the debate stage tonight, it's not just jeb bush. it's jb bush, carly fiorina, rand paul, very, very difficult to articulate what th

candidate and businessman donald trump will speak to supporters at a campaign stop in des moines, e io iowa, friday night. we'll take you there live at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. every weekend on american history tv on c-span3, 48 hours of programs and events that tell our nation's story. saturday afternoon at 2:00 eastern historians and authors on the life and legacy of stokely carmichael, a voice for equal rights and organizer for the all african people's resolution party, field secretary charles cobb. >> stokely called the sit-in movement an apprentice ship in struggle. i think he's about right in that no matter where you come out five years later, i mean, stokely, you know, eventually moves to africa, embraces pan african socialism. other people embrace the democratic party. >> then at 8:00 on lectures in history. town son university history professor elizabeth gray, public opinion of its abuse by men and women. >> the attitude toward women drinking at the time was that this was very inappropriate. that a woman should not drink. why would it be something that she could loo to as an al

. >> they all believe that you've got to have a race for third in io iowa. >> the other thing worth noting is they said rubio's advisers ran an add that the attendance records. perhaps there's a track record for success. i was shocked. i don't know. maybe i'm wrong with how cookie cutter that add was. they took stockpile footage and threw it together this is a powerful message that one has not shown up in the senate. >> i don't think it res ignites that much. if you had, the national polls, if you add up donald trump, ben carson and ted cruz, you get around 70% of the vote right now and you have a combined three years of elected experience with the three candidates. i don't think it necessarily hurts him. i think there's a really interesting concerning trend out there right now if you're advocating for somebody what would be more traditional, thoughtful conservative to win, the so-called establishment lane even though i kind of differ with that wording. we just saw donald trump take this shot at ted cruz. really, i think cruz is going to coast to victory in iowa. you have christie and kasi

the first co-op to fall was io iowa's co-op. co-opportunity knew they were in trouble because they enrolled more than 150,000 people when they were planning for less than 240,000. co-opportunity was in contact with c.m.s. and so was the state of iowa. c.m.s. chose not to further fund co-opportunity and co-opportunity has since been liquidated. american taxpayers have billions of dollars invested in these co-ops. the taxpayer only gets their money back when co-ops succeed. c.m.s. stewardship of this program has proven that co-opportunity was not an exception but unfortunately the rule as more and more co-ops have faivmentd so we all know that americans deserve better. they voted for better. it's time to admit that obamacare has not achieved the correct and desired result of an attempt. it has not been a success by any measure. unless, of course, you lower your standard to the point that the mere act of keeping the doors open is a success. how sad is that for all we have been through? maybe, just maybe, it's time to admit that the

ios and android. chances are that you have heard, the iowa hawkeyes are headed to the rose bowl in pasadena for the first time since 1990. that game is set for new year's day at 4:00, and will be aired on espn. this is video shot by sports director andy garman as iowa fans showed their appreciation for a great season. if you plan on going, ticket prices range from $150 to $185. and depending on when you fly, roundtrip ticket prices are about $750. if you plan on driving, you'll spend a lot less, with average gas prices around $2 a gallon nationwide. it'll take you some time though. estimated drive time from des moines to pasadena is 25 to 27 hours. and let's not forget the uni panthers. state saturday night 29-17 to punch their ticket to the quarterfinals against north dakota state. the panthers lost to the bison by just three points during the regular season. the rematch is set for saturday at 11:00 at the fargodome and it will be carried live on espn. turning to news from around the state now, the iowa dnr is investigating a pair of deer hunting accidents that wounded two men. authorities say a 47-year

presidential candidates focus on io nigel: in commitment 2016, residential candidates focus on new hampshire, iowa, and south carolina as the nominationprocess draws near. gabrielle: aixa diaz has more. mr. trump: i am in it to win it. i want to run the table. aixa: donald trump spoke to supporters for more than an hour at a rally today in south carolina. >> south carolina would be a win for donald trump. new hampshire would be a big win for donald trump. if he wins both of those, even if he loses iowa, it sets him with great momentum. aixa: candidates are focusing on the early states, and marco rubio spent a second day campaigning in iowa. but if marco rubio pulled off a surprise in any of the early states, that would be huge. aixa: also looking for an upset, bernie sanders, who trails hillary clinton in iowa. meanwhile, george pataki announced he is dropping out of the >> he has the 9/11 background during that era, but he never caught on.aixa: and jeb bush is campaigning in south carolina. chris christie is in iowa.nigel: coming up, another strange twist in the story of the texas affluenza tgeen

this en able to do and i'm excited to see what they can do against an iowa team that's lost to augustana and dayton..." "we're ainst io igame meanseverything to us so it'sogto be a good one but we willwin that's a proud u-n-i alum porting from the cy-hawkme. thanks, justin. that's a proud u-n-i alum reporting from the cy-hawk game. thanks, justin. we asked the question at- soundoff-13 on twitter. who will win the cy-hawk game? poll results are in... cyclones 70 hawkeyes 30 the cy-hawk game always seems to elevate players to the next level. tonight? abdel nader broke out last season with 19-points off the bench. peter jok dropped 14. but for the last three seasons.. it's been georges niang. the senior is average 17-point-7 points per game against iowa. the cyclones have won 6-straight cyhawk games in ames. tip-off just minutes away. what a season for iowa's desmond king. king makes another all american first team. today it's sports the jim thorpe award for the nations best defensive back. winner will be announced shortly on espn. mike warren adds another post season award. u-s-a today names warren to its freshman all-a

iowa.. those stories and more coming up now on today in io... today, governor terry branstad goes into the political record booo today. plus... the trial of the first of six baltimore police officers nears its end, as attorneys present closing arguments today.

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flurries high: 32-38 winds: sw 15-25 alo: 35 dbq: university of iowa officials are looking into a racist commentnthat someone carved i io campus property. president bruce harreld says they found it in a bathroom in the spence laboratories - which research labs. he says crews immediaaly sanded down the bathroom door to remove the comment. harreld told students, faculty, staff that quote "the act is offensive to our community and will not be tolerated." late last year, an assistant professor put this statue resembling a k-k-k member on the pentacrest. the professor said it was meant as a protest to the violence again black people. but some students found it offensive and authorities removed it. today voters in black hawk county will make the final decisions on some key city elections. they will choose mayors in waterloo and cedar falls. councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are both vying for the seat in waterloo. and mayor jon crews and businessman jim brown will be on the ballot in cedar falls. however, crews recently announced plans to step down and urged people to vote for his challenger. polling in the

io state tonight in cedar falls.... seanna johnson comes up with the steal and takes it coast-to- coast for the layup... iowa fighting, iowa city west grad mikaela morgan gets the roll on that layup.p. panthers trail by 7... but then mororan's pass is stolen by johnson, she had five steals and also added 28 points, tying a career-high... that layup puts the cycloneneup by 12... i ends the first half on a 9-2 run as benton community grad madison weekly banks in a three in the closing seconds... but iowa state goes on to win 84-75 ananfinally the hawkeyes are 3 point underdogs against michigan state in the big 10 title game.. heres more with coach ferentz. michigan state connor cook quick release he has great weapons how do you defend that? it is going to be a big challenge for us he is a good quarterback experienced he has won a lot of games for them he is a leader and they have excellent receivers. part of f e key is their offensive line they were not healthy early in the season they are all back now and have played well the last couple of weeks it is going to be a big side of the ball they got some they hav

iowa is back in the country after more than a month in cuba. the u-s marshals say shawn wegmann is wanted on federal firearms charges in io[a. investigators s y in late october, he stole a a at in to travel to havana. that's when cuban border guards arrested him. the cuban government recently returned him to the u-s, making him the first fugitive the government has returned since relations formally thawed between the 2 countries. many students will choose a college or university fomany reasons, but it's especially helpful to see the school in person. one group plans to cut down the costs of college visits for many students who will be the first in their family to go to college. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders is live at metro high school this morning. forrest, the group i i holding a pledge drive right now? diversity focus, the nonprofit behind the effort, is hoping for 10-thousand dollars by the end of the month. it will use that money to offset the cost of something called the iowa college tour. what's that? it's a diversity focus program that's been around for three years now. annually, a group of about to part of the country

iowa city is focusing on a new east side sports complex that could bring morere recreational sports to the area. the hope is to transform farmland at taft avenue and 420th street southeast io recreational space. the idea comes after recent flooding forced tennis courts and baseball diamonds in lower city park to close for much of the summer in 2013 and 2014. project leaders to have a araft of the new eastst side sports complex out sometime in the next month. it will likely include more tennis courts, baseball diamonds and soccer fields. "we've even heard a need for an additional indoor space, which wasn't something we were really looking at from the onset, a walking track, gymnasium, there seems to there. " you might not normally see at an athletic complex, things like cross country trails, or maybe a pickle ball set-up. officials hope to gett good mix of sports and activities. iowa has the top high- school graduation rate in the country. that's according to data from the u-s department of education. it shows 90-point-5 percent of high s sool seniors graduated in the 2013-2014 school year. the national rate is 82 point 3 percent. we want to remind you to send in nomination

ios 7 weeks before the caucuses. he is backed by 31% of republicans. donald trump is a 21% and ben carson is at 13%. hillary clinton has a nine point lead over bernie sanders in iowaeaking stories, go to the new bloomberg.com. ramy: let's take a look at u.s. futures, they are now off the lows and into the green, by about a quarter of a percent. the dow jones futures is up about 1/5 of a percent, following the price action in oil. markets closed at their last level in two months after the majors tumbled 2% on friday. the s&p sold nearly 4% on the week, it's worst in a month. oil is down for a seven day in a row for both nymex as well as brent nymex crude. flipping into positive territory ever so briefly here as we are about 30 minutes before the open. today we did see crude fall below $35 a barrel at about the 6:00 a.m. mark and we are above that. crude is still at its lowest level since february 2009. oil companies are feeling the overall knock. exxon, and chevron all down. j -- year to date, these companies are down by about 20%. chevron has lost nearly a quarter of its value this year. brendan: staying with oil, three stories that matter to markets right now, we

iowa. are trump supporters trump voters? are these people telling voters yeah, i'm for him, he's my guy. will they show up and vote and isn'n'that the issue? >> whatt he's tapping i io. one of the mistakes we make the difference in those polls that you're finding there is he is tapping into something that goes beyond the republican base and so the polls that are measuring a broader pool of potential voters are picking up more support for donald trump. so, yes, it's a question will people who don't vote in republican primaries andnd turn upp and vote for him but right now he's tapping into something broader than just the republican base. >> all right. steve kornacki and nicolle wallace, thanks, guys, appreciate it. >> now to the investigation into the shootings in san bernardino. we're learning a lot about the gunmen's movements in the days leading up to attacks and survivors are comingg forward and sharing chilling accounts of whatat happened. 've got it all covered and we start in san bernardino with nbc correspondent miguel almaguer. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. weno now know in great detail what happened. some 70 county employees ambushed by