the iowa caucuses are not a primary, so they're fluid. up until the day that people come to the iowa caucuses they can change their mind it's important to have people on the ground who are supporting you, pushing your policies and asking folks to commit to you. when it comes to the primes and all the other states you need people to get on the ground and each one of those states to make sure that your voters show up at the polls to vote for you. while polls are important, and while donald trump leads at the polls, he'll need to make sure that the voters show up at the polls to vote for him and there are enough people on the ground in the iowa caucuses to do well in the iowa caucuses. >> trump's demise has been pregnan predicted a number of times. but he continues. >> i've said this in the united states on national television that he's a candidate to be taken seriously. he has really struck a chord with the american voters. anybody who does not take him seriously does so at their own peril. i think he has a chance to win the nomination and

aixa: candidates are focusing on the early states, with the iowa caucuses kicking off the nomination process in less than 5 weeks. sen. rubio: of course, here in iowa, you play such an extraordinary role in seeking and choosing our next president. aixa: marco rubio, whose average poll numbers place him third among republicans, spent a second day campaigning in iowa. >> if marco rubio pulled off a surprise in any of the early states, that would be huge. sen. sanders: i think we have a real, real shot to win here in iowa. aixa: also looking for an upset, bernie sanders, who trails hillary clinton in iowa. mr. pataki: i'm confident we can elect the right person, someone who will bring us together. aixa: meanwhile, republican george pataki announced tuesday night he's dropping out the race. >> he has the 9/11 background, being governor of new york during that era, but he never caught on, the media didn't pay attention to him, he really had no voter support. aixa: this evening, jeb bush is campaigning in south carolina, chris christie in iowa. stacey: how many candidates have aixa: there a

winning the iowa caucuses might make her feel differently... two months from tonight the iowa caucuses, the single most important moment in the process of electing a president. i don't say that because i'm in iowa, i say it because its just true. governor mike huckabee met with several supporters today at greggo's pizza in mount ayr. it was part of his "the huck stops here" tour. former florida governor jeb bush is also in iowa... he hosted a town hall meeting this afternoon in waterloo. polls have bush running a distant sixth in iowa... but is about a potential running mate. presidential candidate should i be elected president, i would have my vice president... i think she will be a great partner, i mean - oh wait, did i say that out loud? we always talk about this with one gender in mind i think we've reached the point in our country where, maybe we should be a little less gender specific. what we can be specific on is campaign spending. so far the bush campaign and its super pac have shelled out nearly 29-million dollars in campaign ad spend

two months from tonight the iowa caucuses, the single most important moment in the process of electing a president. i don't say that because i'm in iowa, i say it because its just true. mike huckabee met with several supporters yesterday at "greggo's pizza" i mount ayr. it was part of his "the huck stops here" tour. the iowa department of transportation plans to open a new driver's license station in central iowa... it'll replace a dallas county licensing facility in adel that's scheduled for closure. the d - o - t operates facilities in ankeny and des moines... but a third is needed in the western suburbs because of facility... but the des moines register reports it will be in a rented space. a state appropriation of more than 400 thousand dollars will be needed for it. these are unprecedented times. this state has the fourth-ranked hawkeyes in football and the fifth-ranked cyclones in men's basketball. the latter was at hilton coliseum last night, hosting the north dakota state bison...new football coach matt campbell gets an introduction and a moment with the crowd. scary moment in

the iowa caucuses don't come until 2016. but the presidential candidates dominined uch of 2015. kcrg t-v nine's chris earl has number eight on our list... picking a president here in iowa. twice this year, trains derailed the first movements in the 2016 iowa caucuses actually came back in the spring on the republican side -- when, as the field was approaching more than a dozen candidates, some of the republican from the south said they wouldn't dump money and resources into the iowa straw poll in ames. by june republilin leaders in iowa cancelled the straw poll with a unanimous vote. when the republican field hit 16 candidates, some began to drop off. rick perry left in mid-september. wisconsin governor scott walker was an early favorite in the polling but, after one poll showed him at 0% nationally, he left the race. bobby jindal followed in mid-november, dropping the field to 13. for much of 2015, donald trtrp and ben carson trarad first t ace in iowa polls and then... ted cruz found his groove. " dec 5 10pm: what we're seeing every day is that conservatives are uniting behind

the iowa events center in des moines, it's the last republican debate before the february 1st iowa caucuses. jack/lam: so with lindsey graham out tonight -- who's next? one of the frequent guests on our weekly political show "this week in iowa" here on local five has some predictions. pat rynard is behind the liberal blog "iowa startling line." and in a recent post, he ranked who's most likely to drop out if they have a poor showing in the iowa caucuses. here is rynard's top 5. rick santorum. mike huckabee. martin o'malley. . jack: you can expect of this election cycle on our weekly sunday "this week in iowa." this sunday-- we'll get you caught up on everything important that's happened in 2015. year in review sunday here on local five. jack: us now-- and a big showdown in girls basketball tonight with southeast polk and johnston. jon: yeah jack-- johnston has rolled the last couple of weeks with some big wins. coming up on local 5 sports slow down the sports. " now, local 5 sports jon: randy hinkel was a winner. the word loss wasn't one that stayed in his vocabulary very long. but sunday t

he's very likely to lose the iowa caucuses. a lot of his supporters aren't even regular voters. e to spend two hours there. that is a state that respects organization. it's ted cruz right now unless something changes in the next month and a half who has the momentum going into the iowa caucuses. there's a whole history of candidates winning the iowa caucuses like rick santorum and mike huckabee and doing horribly in new hampshire. new hampshire tends to be more of a spring board. if chris christie was able to do better than expected in new hampshire, even if he didn't finish first but beat the expectation spread, he could then build something for the later states. before that happens, you're going to see donald trump going after christie again on bridge gate and the other vulnerables he has. >> does this make south carolina more important in 2016 than we've seen historically? >> it is because it's likely to be a split decision coming out of iowa and new hampshire. bill clinton lost to iowa and new hampshire. he was treated as a winner. he was able to leverage that. i think for ca

ted cruz is leading by double digits in iowa 49 days before the caucuses. ed by 31% of republicans in the new poll. donald trump has 21%. ben carson, 13%. democrats, hillary clinton has a nine-point lead over bernie sanders in iowa. the jury has started deliberations in the trial of the first six baltimore officers accused in the death of freddie gray. officer william porter is charged with manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment, and misconduct. he faces a maximum penalty of 25 years behind bars.

the iowa caucuses don't come until 2016. but the presidential candidates dominated much of 2015. kcrg t-nine's chris earl has number r ght on our list..... picking a prprident here in iowa. twice this year, trains derailed the first movements in the 2016 iowa caucuses actually came back in the spring on the republican side -- when, as the field was approaching more than a dozen candidates, some of the republicans from the south said they wouldn't dump money and resources into the iowa straw poll in ames. by june, republican leaders in iowa cancelled the straw poll with a unanimous vote. when the republican field hit 1616 candidatete some b ban to drop off. rick perry left in mid-september. wisconsin governor scott walker was an early favorite in the polling but, after one poll showed him at 0% nationally, he left the race. bobby jindal followed in mid-november, dropping the field to 13. for much of 2015, donald trump and ben carson traded first place in iowa polls and then... ted cruz found his grgrve. " decec 10pm: what we're seeing every day is that conservatives are uniting beh

stephanie: seven weeks before the 2016 nominating race gets underway with the iowa caucuses. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "the other candidates should be thankful. because i'm giving them a chance to make total fools of themselves in front of millions of people." going into tonight's cnn republican debate, donald trump holds a commanding lead in the national polls. he has crossed the 40-percent mark in a national poll from monmouth university. that's more than the next three competitors combined. (kayleigh mcenany/conservative commentator) "it's huge. in a field of 15 candidates to command a plurality that large, 41% it's remarkable and it really speaks to where the republican party's at right now." one of the candidates rising in that field is ted cruz. the texas senator has leapfrogged over trump in two iowa polls... putting a target on his back. (ron brownstein/national review) "the more significant confrontation you could see is between ted cruz and marco rubio over the substance of ted cruz national security and foreign policy positions." national security i

he was the top guy in the iowa caucuses, coming back in one month.oday he's polling near the bottom gep, tied at 2% with chris christie and mike huckabee. does he have what it takes for another come-from-behind victory in the hawkeye state? former senator rick santorum is with me here tonight. you did it once. in fact, you did it in one month and now you've got two months to do it. how are you going to do it? from 4% to 2% to winning? >> nate silver published an article just a few days ago where he said, look, what's the hysteria going on here? according to all the polls, 80% of the people who are answering these polls are undecided. and i can tell you "the des moines register" poll, the most recent one, 88% of iowans are undecided. that was the case four years ago. 58% of the people who voted for me in the iowa caucuses decided the last five years. >> what did you do? you must be going back in your mind saying, what worked for me last time? >> just going out and meeting iowans, one on one. spending time. we're building up our team right now. we're a

we're now just a little over a month away from the iowa caucuses. and candidates like christie are hoping to drum up support in this final stretch. kcrg-tv9's brady smith joins us cedar rapids. brady, what did christie have to in iowa city? christie stopped at the hamburg inn number 2, a popular stop for politicians. he says showtime is over, and now it's gametime, with the iowa caucuses right around the corner. christie led off by saying president obama isn't doing enough in the fight against terrorism at home and overseas. 7:20-:22 "he's never understood how to fight terrorism." christie referenced the terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, california, saying the obama administration isn't doing enough to keep americans safe. 7:35-:47 "if a center for the developmenta lly disabled in san bernardino, california has now become a target for isis terrorists, then that means every place in called out republican opponents ted cruz and rand paul, accusing them of voting for measures that weakened the u.s. intelligence community. one man in the crowd

and in a recent post, he ranked who's most likely to drop out if they have a poor showing in the iowa caucuses. here is rynard's top 5. rick santorum. mike huckabee. martin o'malley. rand paul. and carly fiorina . jack: you can expect depth coverage weekly sunday "this week in iowa." this sunday-- we'll get you caught up on everything important that's happened in 2015. it's our politics year in review show, 9 a-m on sunday here on local five. jack: new at five. jack/ots: governor branstad has his sights set on cyber-hackers! today he announced an executive order to set up a state cyber-security strategy and update iowa's emergency response plan, he wants to better deal with the consequences of an attack on the state's infrastructure. director of homeland security and emergency management mark schouten "like floods, tornadoes, and winter storms, it's important that we be prepared to respond to a significant cyber attack should one occur" the update to the state's emergency reponse plan will be part of a broader iowa cyber security strategy as requested by the governor in his executive order." g

tipton is a former multi-state lottery security as we're just about 6 weeks away bwayfrom the iowa caucuses on february first, presidential candidates from both parties are making a push through iowa one of those candidates is former h-p c-e-o carly fiorina. she hahaa private town hall with employees at mcgraw hill in dubuque, talking mostly about how she would improve education. she says even now that she's dropped out of the top five spots in the polls, she's staying with her campaign strategy i wasn't supposed to get this far and now i'm on that main debate stage and that's thanks in no small measure to the people of iowa so i'm going to iowa and then they're gonna vote. fiorina won't be back until after the holidays - but then iowans can expect to see her in iowa a lot through january until the caucus. fiorina wasn't the only republican candidate in dubuque today. today.marco rubio held a town hall meeting at a steel production facility where he spoke a lot about national security - butalso improving the us econony. he says some business regulations are necessary to make sure the presid

mike huckabee won the iowa caucuses. rick santorum squeaked by in the iowa caucuses. this is not going to be a deathblow for donald trump. >> he's got a floor of voters who just don't care about fact checking, don't care about the statements he's making, but i think he also has a ceiling. so i think the question is 50.1 percent of republicans willing to embrace this? my guess at the end of the day, no, but he's a phenomenon that will go all the way to the convince. >> some people have suspected his rise in sustainability gives thought to of demise of the republican party. the left-leans center of the america progress points to the dlemta for the gop. two points fewer whites, and that's held through for several election cycles. they say ma the center for american progress, quote -- the first an overreliance on white votes at the expense of buildings a broad of coalition in battleground states. and second, an agenda that's too exclusive and exclusionary. >> they would be saying that about any new, republicans would have a very different time. i happen to see the issue s

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and downtown des moines will be extra busy leading up to the iowa caucuses... fox news announced it will host its second g-o-p primary debate next month in des moines. the two hour event will take place on january 28th at the iowa events center. coverages starts at 8 p-m. this is the last republican debate heading into the february 1st iowa caucuses. donald trump's lead is shrinking. that's according to the latest quinnipiac poll released this morning. it has the business mogul with 28 percent support among republicans. with 24 percent. that's followed by marco rubio and ben carson. this is the second national poll released after last week's republican debate in las vegas. pottawattamie county police say they are looking for a man who shot at another car on the highway. officers reported to interstate 29 near the 24 mile marker on a call of shots fired just before 5-30 this morning. 20 year old tyler carford of colorado told police a white male in his 20's pulled up beside her and shot one of her rear tires. carford says the driver was in a gray car with wiscons

nine candidates took the stage just six weeks before the iowa caucuses. danielle nottingham has more. 3 in the final gop debate of 20-15, jeb bush took aim at donald trump.calling him the chaos candidate.this is a tough business to run for president and we have to have a leaderoh yeah, you're a tough guy jeb i know real toughyou're never going to be president of the united states by insulting your way to the presidency. well let's see, i'm at 42 and you're at 3, so far i'm doing better. trump has been under fire for proposing that muslims be blocked from entering the nation. but analysts say the momentum last night.i don't think it changed anything. he is at the top of the polls. people are looking to him for strength, that is what he is running on, it only helped him. freshman senators.marco rubio and ted cruz are battling to be the trump alternative. they clashed on immigration reform. does ted cruz support legalizing people who are in this country illegally? mr. cruz? i have never (rubio: do you rule it out??) i have never supported legalization and i

he came in second place in the iowa caucuses four-years ago. he pulled a come-from- behind showing just getting beat out by the eventual nominee mitt romney. presidential candidate bernie sanders was on the campaign trail in iowa today. during a stop in muscatine, sanders discussed climate change, making college more affordable and removing big money from politics. sanders s so discussed creating an economy that helps the middle-classss (bernie sanders (d) presidential candidate) "we have got to develop and create an economy that works for working families and the middle class. not just a small number of very, very wealthy people." to iowa on new year's eve, with a stop in des moines. democrat martin o'malley will be visiting sioux city on sunday. the former maryland governor will stop by the mary treglia house. doors open at 11:45 a.m. getting ready for the new year! the increased secuity as the big apple prepares for the ball drop tomorrow night. and.... rose bowl parade preps: the massive undertaking underway in california to get the floats r

. >> steve: just under seven weeks until the iowa caucuses and safe to say things are getting voters haven't always run with the pack. it wouldn't be the first time they've changed the political future of an underdog. and for those underdogs, tonight's debate one of their last chances to make an impression. the theater was designed for phantom of the opera. nine podiums, right next to donald trump, center stage, the senator ted cruz, showing new life in recent polls. even though barely finding their way onto the main stage say there's reason to believe they still have a shot. >> you've seen ben carson come down 20 points in the last three weeks. somebody else is up as he comes down. when we see trump stumble and fall or trip over his tongue to think. you'll see others rise. >> who goes on the attack? a hail mary political move that could backfire. if republicans are concerned these debates will fracture the party, they're not showing it so far. republicans will come around and collect around their nominee because that's the wait we're going to beat hillary clinton. >> donald trump sp

the first-in-the- nation iowa caucuses are on february first jenna: president obama will sign legislation aimed behind" education initiative tomorrow. the senate overwhelmingly passed the legislation today, sending the measure to the president's desk. the white house says he will sign the bill, called "the every student succeeds act," into law. "no child left behind" was first approved in 2002 during george w. bush's presidency. but critics have long argued the initiative gave too much power to washington in controlling state education policy. under the new measure, state and local officials will have greater power in determining how to respond to underachieving schools. tim: also today the potus is taking time to celebrate freedom president barack obama joined congress on capitol hill to commemorate the 150-th anniversary of the 13th amendment-- that's the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery. obama celebrated the progress made in the nation towards equality and expressed the need for the continuation of those efforts. "we condemn ourselves to shackles once more if we fail to

two women, who jumped out of a burning building.(( santorum in siouxland))the winner of the 2012 iowa caucuses was back in siouxland today.. we caught up with santorum during his stop in sioux city. ( spying on isreal ) "intelligence services are 3 meant to be used for national security purposes. the question is was there a national security purpose here washington is reacting to new allegations the u- s was spying on one of its closest allies ( jefferson award ) we'll introduce you to this months jefferson awards recipient who has been an instrumental part of launching the mircle league project. 3 the sioux city man charged with a violent home invasion is pleading not guilty.thanks for joining us, i'm diana castillo, larry wentz is off tonight. 3 3 and tonight that story is first on fox. 3 3 21- year- old austin cummings entered his not- guilty plea 3 to charges of 1st degree robbery, going armed with intent, assault while participating in a felony and 2nd degree theft.he remains in the thousand dollars bond.police say he's one of two men who broke into a home on south alice street in morning

mike huckabee won the iowa caucuses. rick santorum squeaked by in the iowa caucuses.s is not going to be a deathblow for donald trump. >> he's got a floor of voters who just don't care about fact checking, don't care about the statements he's making, but i think he also has a ceiling. so i think the question is 50.1 percent of republicans willing to embrace this? my guess at the end of the day, no, but he's a phenomenon that will go all the way to the convention. >> senator, to that point, some people have speculated that his rise and sustainability gives rise to the thought of the demise of the republican party. the left leaning center of the america progress points to the dilemma for the gop. two points fewer whites, and that's held true for several election cycles previous. they say the main challenges for republicans in 2016 are two-fold. an overreliance on white votes and an agenda and political tone that's too conservative for a national electorate. >> they would be saying that about any new, republicans would have a very different time. if you look at where ame

all right, there is still more than a month before the iowa caucuses, and polls are just a snapshot ofny given race, any given moment. but with all of that, ted cruz's momentum in iowa has a well-funded campaign and the super pac and his perceived strength in the southern states. the question on everyone's mind is this, whether cruz past trump suddenly as the most likely republican nominee. so, mark, i will ask you. what say ye? mark: i think the chances of being the nominee are roughly equal. until cruz shows he can pass trump in any other state, i have to think that trump still the favorite. the other thing is, i am not the first to say this they are not , any crazier about cruz than trump. and i think when it comes down to it that cruz will have to find his way to a whole, broad constituency and he is not there yet. he is good, but he is not there yet. john: right. and the thing about cruz is that he is not going to win new hampshire. i rule it out because it's an issue of profiling. they are not going to want to ratify. i do think that the question, as i have been saying, if cruz g

iowa caucuses, two months coming up is donald trump going to win? w, i -- if i had to bet now i would say he's not going to win iowa. i would think he is more likely to win new hampshire than iowa. i don't think his profile is great for the social conservatives, evangelical conservatives who dominate the iowa caucuses. as you were saying, anything it can happen. i suspect his people will be less motivated to show up and vote. >> why do you think that? >> i just think that he's picking up a bunch of voters who are relatively low propensity, have demographic characteristics associated with not showing up to vote and alienated from the political process that is correlated with not showing up to vote. >> let's dive deep for in some things in mr. cruz has been saying. when he said the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are democrats. we reached out to the cruz campaign, based on a study from university of pennsylvania looking at three states, new mexico, new york, north carolina, in those states, ex-felons registered to vote as democrats. >> well,

and with only five weeks before the iowa caucuses .. fireworks are once again flying between presidential candidates. joel waldman has more from washington. escalating the war of words with the clintons, when it comes to gender and sexism, firing off this tweet first thing this morning.... if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband, with his terrible record of women abuse, while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong! no fan of hillary clinton herself, carly fiorina called out trump for dragging former president, bill clinton, into the campaign scrum. fiorina says "you're not going to be hillary clinton by attacking bill clinton. you're going to beat hillary clinton, i'm going to beat hillary clinton by attacking her track record and her lack of trustworthiness." no matter what you think of trump's tactics, he heads into the iowa caucuses firmly atop the gop field....with strong stances on national security, immigration and the economy. johnson says "what people are angry about is the percieved lack of leadership on these issues

winning the iowa caucuses might make her feel differently... two months from tonight the iowa caucuses, the single most important moment in the process of electing a president. i don't say that because i'm in iowa, i say it because its just true. mike huckabee met with supporters yesterday at "greggo's pizza" in mount ayr. it was part of his "the huck stops here" tour... which continues today. he starts the day in denison... at cronk's cafe. then he travels to onawa.. for a stop at the veterans memorial museum. an iowa senator running for congress is getting blasted for his views on border security... mark chelgren says immigrant felons who try to re-enter america illegally should be executed. the comments were published in the the republican party of iowa is trying to distance itself from chelgren... it issued a statement... saying "mark chelgren's call for executing undocumented immigrants represents a dangerous new low for the republican party." the iowa department of transportation plans to open a new driver's license station in central iow

governor branstad told our dave price he thinks donald trump will have trouble winning the iowa caucuses.. 30:58 he doent have the person ality to win in iowa... people are humble, he's bombastic and not humble.... unite the country either 31:28 you can hear more from governor branstad on insiders with dave price... it's this sunday, starting at 9-30... clinton in most polls, now democrat bernie sanders is returning to iowa.. he starts the day in anamosa - penitentiary. sanders say he'll address racial he also address senior and veterans care while campaigning in eastern iowa stops. nothing can be tougher for a family, than having a kid nothing can be tougher for a family, than having a kid battling cancer.. but iowans are making sure they don't have to go through the holiday's alone. injustice and prison reform. he also address senior and veterans care while campaigning in who coined the term "side bread?" because there's nothing "side" about this bread. it may look like the moon. but it's the star of the show. unleash the power of dough. it's always worth remembering... that icing the

we're five weeks out from the iowa caucuses. st normal candidates are hungering down in their state whether it's iowa or new hampshire. not donald trump nuclear program week he's going to iowa, he's going to new hampshire, he's going to south carolina and he's going to mississippi which does not vote until march 8th. now this is a smart strategy in it does not pin him down to a must-win state but if you're one of these retail voters in iowa and new hampshire, guys that like retail stops and like the bus tours and donald trump isn't doing that. could that be the death knell for him? five weeks out maybe he'll add a bus tour but this is not the kind of campaign manager that the likes get on the bus and trek around iowa. >> dan? >> we spent so much time talking chasing candidates in 2015 but the dogs that haven't barked or the super p.a.c.s. they were the big entities that we thought would play a significant role in this campaign. so far they have played no role of any significance. they spent tens and tens of millions of dollars to

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john: he needs to win the iowa caucuses.here is a chance that if he does that, he would be unstoppable. mark: he needs to turn this roman unorthodox campaign to see if he can do the orthodox saying of turning out voters. marco rubio's moment was when he decided to focus on delegate accumulation as well as winning early states. put a lot of money into spending in iowa, new hampshire, but also down south. in the states where they are going to vote in they have built march, a strong operation with lots of supporters and volunteers. that has position him to be as likely as anybody, with the possible exception of donald trump, to be the party nominee. john: there was the focus of doing all of these things and focusing on a laserlike way on iowa. where all of the time that he spent and all of the retail politicking that he did has yielded him important endorsements from evangelical leaders in iowa. he has not been able to consolidate the evangelical block. mark: he needs to be able to withstand pressure because he has been under a

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we are now exactly two months away from the iowa caucuses. the holidays may be around the corner but there is no cooling down in the heated rhetoric coming from the presidential candidates. new jersey governor chris christie fresh off a key endorsement from new hampshire's biggest newspaper teed off on his republican rivals on "morning joe." >> i'm talking about anybody who doesn't have the requisite experience to make the tough decisions that need to be made as president. like i said last night, new is wonderful, it's great, shiny, it is untarnished and everybody loves new. it is really exciting. new is great -- until you need experience, until the really tough moment comes. >> christie has been campaigning heavily in new hampshire with several events scheduled today. that is drawing fire from front-runner donald trump who yesterday called into question the job that christie's doing in his own state tweeting, "how is chris christie running the state of new jersey which is deeply troubled when he is spending all of his time in new hampshire?

exactly two months or now, we will have the iowa caucuses. not bring out our countdown clock today, but with a discussion on which candidate has the best phone banking and pizza ranging in iowa, it's time for the victory lap. sasha issenberg. ♪ so, iowa, ground game, does not take a lot of numbers. what you think? sasha: the candidates are looking at the trajectory, but they are counting individual votes. this is when they knock on the door, and enlist them as a supportive. they are moving toward what they call their win numbers. what numbers to they need to get the results they want out of of iowa? when you break it down, when you look at it in terms of raw votes, you see how small this is and how much, when we talk about ted cruz surging or staying, what it means. john: let's look at this historically. in 2008, 119,000 turnout on the republican side. mike huckabee beat mitt romney by just over 10,000 votes. four years later, turnout is a little bit higher. romney, rick santorum, basically tied at 30,000 votes each. when you look at those nu

the iowa caucuses... which are just a month away. south carolina congressman trey gowdy is announcing his pick for president. gowdy says he is backing florida senator marco rubio... calling him the best candidate on national security and public safety. the endorsement could give rubio a boost here in the palmetto state. south carolina is the third state and first in the south to hold a primary. many pundits see the state as a must-win for rubio as he makes a play for the white house. rubio's campaign says he'll make stops this weekend in easley... lexington and hilton head. meanwhile... republican front runner donald trump is taking aim at his competition on the other side of the political fence. trump is escalating his attacks on democratic presidential hopeful hillary clinton.... by reviving memories of bill clinton's and his turbulent interaction with black voters during south carolina's 2008 primary. trump's comments come days before the former president is set to campaign in new hampshire in support of his wife. here in south ca

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we are 50 days from the first in the nation iowa caucuses and tonight a notable shift in the republican field. to get you caught up, ted cruz is gaining ground on donald trump, catching up to his nationally. a critical poll for iowa, cruz is ahead of trump p. kristin welker breaks it all down. >> caller: with ted cruz threatening to knock donald trump out of the top spot, the billionaire businessman again turned up the heat. >> i don't think he is qualified to be president. look at the way he dealt with there like a, frankly, like a little bit after mini act. >> a new nbc news wall street journal poll puts crews within striking distance of the front-runner. trump gets 27% of gop primary voters nationally while cruz nets 22%. increase of 12 points for the texas senator while marco rubio comes in third at 15%. and in iowa, cruz now tops trump by 10 points. trump who has resisted attacking cruz is one time supporters, is now letting loose. >> i'm more capable. because i have a much better temperament. because i actually get along with people much better than he does. >> cruz stayed off the