jerry fallwell is dead. people forget what a conservative radical place liberty university was and still is. those people came to the convocation today. if they didn't show up they had to pay a $10 fine. when we looked at social media during and right after this speech today, a lot of millennials don't like the idea that they got to that conference this morning not even knowing in some cases ted cruz was going to be there. they were handed small american flags. they said it sounded like an endorsement. jerry jr., the new president of liberty university said this is not an endorsement. we'll see about that. >> mercedes let's talk about iowa for a moment. this is the state that has produced joanie ernst. cruz has good communications skills. >> sure. >> he can go up on stage in front of a crowd. he has that moxie about him. this is going to be interesting in iowa. >> it will be interesting in iowa. absolutely. that's the fun part about iowa is they all go -- it is so personal for the iowa primary voter. they re

a college founded by jerry fallwell. >>> more than 30 san francisco businesses are getting help to bounce back from a deadly fire. last night the mission economic development agency held a benefit concert at the makeout lounge. the january 28th fire destroyed a three-story building. one man died. five people were injured and 50 were displaced. >>> two suspects dead another injured all during an 8 hour period over the weekend. the most recent early sunday morning outside a 7 eleven in santa clara. officers shot a suspected robber who refused to drop his gun. the former police chief said all three departments need to have an open discussion with their communities. >> you know sometimes they yell at you and sometimes they are mad at you, but when it is all over, they respect the fact that you came and talked to them. >> sunday's shooting followed one in richmond saturday night. 19-year-old daniel taless shot at them. and in vallejo a man was shot and killed when he refused to drop a knife. >>> yemen is becoming more unstable, rebels took over the third largest city as thousands protested aga

liberty university founded by the late jerry fallwell where a lot of evangelical christians attend.ngelicals a huge part of the republican primary electorate. cruz is basically saying he wants to be the candidate of evangelicals. if huh succeeds it will make him a top tier candidate. >> you've got a big show coming up right here -- >> in 11 minutes. >> you better get over there. >> i know. we've got to hurry up. >> right after us on "news 4 today." >>> today you can go to a record setting pie fight in california. registration is under way at the center ring circus school right now. the fight is expected to start about 11:00 a.m. organizers say they're hoping for a thousand people hoping to throw shaving cream pie at each other to beat the current pie fight record of 815. >> or you can go there to wash your face. it is shaving cream after all. >> just bring a razor. >> exactly. >> get it all done. a little chilly to walk outside. >> exactly. temperatures today, they're not going to rise that much certainly not as much as a lot of us would like to see. yesterday we hit around 60 degre

campaign will happen at liberty university in virginia, a college founded by the late reverend jerry fallwell. >>> all nine bay area counties have dropped below the statewide unemployment average. the latest figures show san mateo county had the lowest jobless rate last month at 3.5%. marin and san francisco counties were also at 3.4% just below the statewide average of 6.7. >>> police are dealing with police shooting that left two suspects dead and another injured. it happened over the weekend in santa clara. officers shot a suspected robber who refused to drop his gun. former police chief tony river va said all three departments need to have an open discussion with their communities. >> you know sometimes they yell at you and sometimes they are mad at you. but when it is all over they respect the fact that you came and talked to them. >> sunday's shooting followed one in richmond saturday night. police say 19-year-old daniel throats shot at them after taking off in a traffic stop. the third shooting was in vallejo. >>> yemen is growing more unstable by the day. yesterday the third largest c

a christian school founded by reverend jerry fallwell. he said imagine the united states without irs or abortion rights. he drew a huge response said imagine a new president signing legislation in 2017 repealing every every word of obama care. >>> three workers were killed in north carolina today when scaffolding of which they were working give way. men fell about 200 feet to the ground. witnesses say they heard cracking and popping before the platform came crashing down. the the investigation is underway into exactly what went wrong. >>> new jersey news room tonight, an annual insurance industry report find the garden state has the most expensive car insurance the in the country. new jersey drivers paid $1,220 in 2012, that is almost 50 percent higher than the national average. the state banking and insurance spokesmen says it has to do with new jersey being one of the most densely populated states leading to more cars on the road and therefore, more accidents. >>> delaware had the sixth highest rate. pennsylvania pennsylvania was just a

liberty university was founded by the reverend jerry fallwell. iowa where the first republican primary takes place has a very dedicated group of religious voters. remember in 2012 rick santorum won that primary. cruz, whose father, by the way, is a preacher, is looking to establish himself as the choice right away for the evangelical vote. so a place like liberty university does seem appropriate for the announcement. >> it does. governor brown had choice words for cruz yesterday about climb plat change. >> rarely is meet the press this interesting. >> why? >> governor brown was on meet the press and said cruz and i quote, absolutely unfit to be running for office, because of his and i quote, ignorance and direct falsification of the existing scientific data about climate change. remember brown's environmental agenda is shaping up to be the centerpiece of his legacy and a president who doesn't share his views of climate change can really undercut that. it is not a law it is a legacy. i wouldn't be too surprised brown reacted. >> it helps when you

this is jerry fallwell's evangelical christian school. is where ted cruz has the core base of conservatives. instead of going to texas or iowa or new hampshire he's choosing to go to virginia where he believes he'll have a large group of supporters there around him and will lay out his plan for his campaign. that starts today. now just this month an nbc news wall street journal poll asked republican primary voters if they could see themselves supporting ted cruz for president. 40% of them said yes. that put cruz eighth on the list. there's seven other republican candidates who came ahead of him in that poll. so he has a lot of ground to cover. as the first person in the race he's getting a head start. >> thank you very much richard. >>> it's not just millennials that are using social media. wreath wall street is going online to discuss the next big stock idea. the ceo of sum zero joins us now. an online community for hedge fund research. a pleasure to have you on. and of course sum zero many sometimes seen as the social network of wall st

close by conservative christians texas senator ted cruz launched this campaign in virginia at jerry fallwell's evangelical liberty university pledging to return americans' freedoms. >> our rights they don't come from man. they come from god almighty. >> reporter: cruz is aiming at iowa the first primary contest next february. >> about 40% of the iowa caucus vote among republicans as conservative christians. lot of competition in that space. >> reporter: before mike huckabee or jeb bush or scott walker or anybody else noumsed, cruz did today on twitter. conservative act vipss love the 44-year-old freshman tea party senator. but the republican establishment does not. to kill obamacare, cruz talked nonstop. >> i would not eat green eggs and ham, i do not like them sam i am. >> reporter: he blocked senate business for 21 hours and helped shut gown government. obamacare will be a key to cruz's campaign. >> imagine in 2017 a new president signing legislation repealing every word of obamacare. >> reporter: imagine so many republicans running. >>> i think there's eight or nine who could be the nominee

senator cruz spoke at liberty university, which was founded in 1971 by televangelist jerry fallwell.t remains the center of the evangelical political world. and in critical ways, his public actions track with senator cruz's vision. the school's founder was called the leader of america's anti-gay industry. senator cruz said this month while other republicans are backing off the issue, he'll make fighting same-sex marriage a priority. liberty filed a lawsuit against the affordable care act the day it passed five years ago today. senator cruz shut down the government over the law. liberty has a center for creation studies. and senator cruz is one of the gop's leading climate change deniers. but even with that record senator cruz isn't winning over every republican, even at liberty. see the kids in the red shirts? those shirts say "i stand with rand." ted cruz is the first out the gate, but he's still got a long way to go to win the base. joining me now is victoria de francesco soto. thanks for being here. >> thank you, reverend. >> victoria you're in texas. what do you make of senator c

out of the gate for 2016 making it official today in virginia at liberty university, that's jerry fallwell'sce. he's now a candidate for president of the united states. earlier today, he gave us a taste of what a cruz presidency might look like. >> imagine in 2017 a new president signing legislation repealing every word of obamacare. imagine a simple flat tax. imagine abolishing the irs. instead of the lawlessness and the president's unconstitutional executive amnesty, imagine a president that finally, finally, finally secures the borders. imagine repealing every word of common core. imagine a president who stands unapologetically with the nation of israel. >> well, that wasn't john lennon's version of "imagine." cruz has work to do if he plans on winning. the latest polling shows himat the bottom of a crowded field of candidates. 4% is what he's getting right now according to cnn's latest poll. joining me to talk about it msnbc political correspondent, kasie hunt who was at liberty today. john feehery republican strategist. and a reporter with "talking points memo." kasie, when these studen

liberty university was founded by jerry fallwell and is one of the largest christian universities inort of christian conservatives at this point. there's also the timing. he's the first to announce. he did that overnight on twitter. that can actually help with fund-raising because the pie, when you are trying to get all of that money is -- there's only so much. he talked about his wife and children and he also talked about when his father walked out on him and his mother and came back because of his faith. >> god transformed his heart and he drove to the airport. he bought a plane ticket. and he flew back to be with my bauer and -- my mother and me. >> it's expected he will be joined by republicans on the same side of the aisle, democrats appear to be waiting at this point for hillary clinton to make it official. she hasn't announced her intention to run. but no other major democrats have come forward. now that official announcements are coming and so are criticisms. >> i think that man is unfit to run for office. >> as governor jerry brun, he's pretty mad about cruz's stance on glob

liberty was founded by jerry fallwell which helped elect president reagan in 1980 and led to decades force in electoral politics. it's not cruz's alma mater. he went to princeton and harvard, but liberty was among the first parties to sue the obama administration over the affordable care act. it filed suit the same day president obama signed the law, five years to the day before cruz made his presidential announcement. before cruz spoke, stage hands wheeled away the podium and standing mike that other speakers had used. cruz spoke without notes, moving around the stage and. sounding very much like an evangelical pastor. >> i want to talk to you this morning about reigniting the promise of america. for so many americans, the promise of america seems more and more distant. what is the promise of america? the idea that the revolutionary idea that this country was founded upon which is that our rights, they don't come from man. they come from god almighty. >> even the timing says a lot. cruz got out ahead of the gate and importantly ahead of all the other candidates, who are planning to

she told us, she worked from home and cared for her children, and while they slept, attended jerry fallwell'sd started in the master's program for management and leadership. and i actually got that degree too. >> reporter: wow. >> while i was getting my kids raised, so -- >> reporter: and then she packed up her kids and moved to charleston, where she parlayed her considerable interpersonal skills into a wonderful new job. $60,000 a year as an executive assistant to a banker. but not just any bank executive, the highest paid banker in town. who? well, we know who, don't we? chris latham. >> it was great, you know? i streamlined things and it actually got easier as i went along. >> reporter: along with her bank duties, said wendy, she helped her boss with personal matters, like his divorce. all purely professional, of course. >> we were friends but not really close friends. >> reporter: but then, all those hours of working together, it's a story as old as office romance. in their case, said wendy, it was a romance for the ages, chris was soon the love of her life. >> i really got to know him as

it is a college founded by the late reverend jerry fallwell. >> i believe in you. i believe in the power of millions of courageous young conservatives rising up to re-ignite the promise of america. and that is why today, i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. >> tonight on "the communicators," we met up with "wired" magazine report tim moynihan at the consumer electronics shows in las vegas who gave us a tour in the latest in tv technology. >> what's o.l.e. 2ke6789d. stand for? >> it refers to the back light system. used l.e.d. back lights to color liquid crystal display and then this one is actually using the individual o.l.e.d. particles as a source of light so they can be turned on and turned off independently. with an l.e.d. set you'll also see some sort of light slipping through there. to my eyes this is pretty amazing. right? i mean this is 4k and o.l.e.d. which is sort of the two big bud words at this show and have been for a few years. this is sort of the holy grail of tvs. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c