on stage with donald trump, jerry fallwell, the sun of the preacher jerry fallwell and, of course, you talking about isis on this stage as well as he takes questions from jerry fallwell, jr. very interesting to see. joined by cnn political commentator margaret hoover, a republican, former hillary campaign manager, patty doyle, a democratic, if you didn't know that from the hillary clinton part. and editor of "daily beast, " john avalon. donald trump on that stage, fascinating to see. we're 24 hours away from the iowa caucus, a little more. he's giving a check, $100,000, presumably for the money that he raised instead of going to the debate. >> there's a new paradigm in iowa politics and caucuses on the republican side. the democrats are talking about going and shaking hands and being in backyards and barbecues for the last several months and donald trump has literally flown in, swooped in and stolen the show entirely. and, look, he's handing out money to people the day before they are going to go vote for him. it's hard to imagine how that lady and her organization doesn't vote for don

donald trump wrapped up an event with jerry fallwell jr. awfully big to have the evangelical leader with him as he campaigns through iowa. >> reporter: that's right. donald trump has just wrapped up this campaign event here in council bluffs, iowa. on the stage with him, as you mentioned, was jerry fallwell, jr. the prominent leader kicked off his remarks by telling a story about how donald trump, his limousine once got stuck, broke down, and people helped him and a while later donald trump secretly helped to pay off these people's mortgages. this is a story that demonstrates what a generous person donald trump is. he can also tell you that the full gang is here today. melania at one point took the stage. she doesn't do that often. and she called donald trump her husband, quote, the best master negotiator. i also want to tell you, of course, this is not surprising, donald trump is hitting ted cruz very hard and here's what he said. >> it is so dishonest. it is so dishonest. then he took an ad about me and he said that i'm in favor of obamac

. >> trum was joined by jerry fallwell jr. last flight to bolster his position with con vervetives and for the first time in months, down play his polling lead to get out his vote. >> it all doesn't matter if you don't caucus on monday. the polls don't matter. nothing matters. the only thing that matters is the poll that's going to be taken on monday. >> reporter: trump continues to question cruz's citizenship. likewise, cruz runs attack ads against rubio while boasting trump. >> where we are right now this race is a dead heat. it is neck and neck. now it is effectively a two-man race. >> reporter: under fire, cruz fires back with a double barrel. >> a vote for marco rubio is a vote for amnesty. a vote for donald trump is a >> reporter: $70 million of television ads have run in iowa, mainly negative. >> it doesn't feel like he's feeling too good. sounds like he's under a lot of pressure and not reacting very well. that is problematic, presidents are under pressure every day. >> reporter: and the pressure is mounting for the ca

trump has been gaining ground and even picking up, as you say, key indorsements from people like jerry fallwell. and hillary clinton is touting following bernie sanders today as he sits down with president obama. the white house says this was a meeting meeting first discussed back in november. just ave private meeting with no agenda. >>ag tracie, thank you. >>> some incredible footage from northeastern brazil shows a explosion destroying a prison wall and dozens of inmates are seeing a going over the fence to escape. 36 of thees 40 escapees were captured within hours. two were killed. police are investigating the explosion and are looking at what appears to be a man walking up to the wall min btsfore utes before the explosion occurred. >>> and officered were removed for a high-speed chase in which well over 100 bullets were fired it took theec city more than three years to fire the officers. >> reporter: a car riddled with bullets, two dead inside following a 2012 high speed chase through the streets of cleveland. officers tried to pull over the car and mistook an engine back friar gun shots. n

trump event with jerry fallwell jr. much more from iowa on the trail in iowa. the left, bernie sanders speaking in cedar rapid. on the right, the rally with donald trump in davenport. the 88th southern parallel. we had traveled for over 850 miles. my men driven nearly mad from starvation and frostbite. today we make history. >>bienvenidos! welcome to the south pole! if you're dora the explorer, you explore. it's what you do. >>what took you so long? if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. >>you did it, yay! >>> ted cruz has had a rough week. that's one of the things you can see from the polls. the next few days, though, we'll see what happens in the next 48 hours. let's go through the just released iowa poll from the des moines register. keep in mind this is the poll that had shown cruz leading. donald trump had scoffed at the poll. let me emphasize this was taken post debate. you see donald trump at 28 and ted cruz at 23. his support has gone down, but -- so it was higher and you could see he was ahe

when you have jerry fallwell jr. endorse me, that was a very big i went to liberty university, gave a speechlt we set the all time record for attendance. and i don't know. i could just tell through is something very special. i'm christian. i'm presbyterian. but there is something very special as far as the evangelicals and my relationship with them. i saw that in the poll numbers that really stood out. and i'm very happy with it. but i think it's also in support of jerry and pastor jeffers. he's been tremendous and so have many other pastors. i mean we've had tremendous support from ministers, pastors and from christians generally and evangelicals. so i'm really happy about it. >> but mr. trump, let's take one issue. you say now that supreme court has ruled, same sex marriage is the law of the land and that any politician who talks about wanting to amend the constitution is just playing politics. are you saying it's time to move on? >> no. i'm saying this. it has been there f i'm a, you know, if i'm elected, i would

a trump endorsement from liberty university president jerry fallwell junior. it might seem odd for him to endorse immaterial, it wasn't completely unforeseen. he was profusive in his phrase comparing donald to martin luther king and jesus. the real impact is a blow to ted cruz, trump's main rival. cruz launched his campaign at liberty university with jerry fallwell. >> roughly half of born again christians aren't voting. they're staying home. imagine instead millions of people of faith all across america coming out to the polls and voting our values. >> today of all days the new york times published a feature on that subject. if there's any state where they could be decisive, iowa is it. that's what ted cruz is banking on trying to seal the deal by invoking the social issues that motivated them in the past. >> if you want a president who will stand for life. if you want a president who will stand for marriage. if you want a president who will stand for religious liberty, the question all of us need to ask is who has a record standing for life, standing for mar

evan gell khalider jerry fallwell, jr., just issued his endorsement. he is pushing donald trump for president. it is of course at liberty university his father founded where ted cruz launched his campaign for the presidency. but the man who is locked in what you "mortal kombat" with cruz in iowa right now, donald trump gets endorsement of the son of the late tell tell evangelist, jerry fallwell, jr. sandra: we'll see what impact. many say ted cruz might have in with evan bell calls in iowa -- evangelicals more than trump. >> fascinating dynamic. we'll talk with jeb bush and carly fiorina. >> we use some of you questions for some of our segments. we'll see you back here in an hour. >> jut numbered the starts right now. harris: we start with reports coming into fox news. a report of a active shooter at naval medical center in san diego. i can tell you that the pentagon and navy are telling us that they can not confirm this. however about an hour 1/2 or so ago, it was put out on the facebook page of this medical center. here is how the report read from th

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there are a lot of evangelical leaders who are deeply disturbed by his tone today and jerry fallwell slobbering all over him. and believes this is not a christian testament, and not something they should follow. they want to see compassion and tolerance and being receptive to immigrants and refugees, that sort of thing. >> well said. coming up, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are toughening their attacks on each other. on full display last night during the debate, gun care, wall street, and home at last, five americans freed from iran. we'll get details on the release, and what this development means for the u.s./iranian relationship such as it is. >>> and across the pond, the british parliament voting on whether or not to ban donald trump. are the allies coming around to the possibility they may have to accept trump. >>> and finally, the presidential politics on both sides. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> and early forecasts for the iowa caucus. according to the analysis, they take the state and national polls into account, ted cruz has a 51% chance of winning the

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>>reporter: it's a blow to ted cruz who he's campaigning as a christian conservative. jerry fallwell, jr. now he's warning evangelicals in a video released by the christian broadcast network that trump has to be beaten in iowa. >> if he went on to win new hampshire as well, there's a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be a nominee. >>reporter: trump slammed cruz on morning joe. >> he's whacky. something missing there. >>reporter: unlike cruz, trump says he would tax cut deals with democrats. >> it's wonderful to be a rebel but you have to get some people on your side a little bit. >>reporter: in today's poll trump leads by two in iowa. on the democratic side, admitting his health care plan is costly. >> we will raise taxes, yes, we will. >>reporter: sanders and hillary clinton will virtually tied. steelworkers to boost the middle class, they have to get more democrats to caucus. >> if those people come out and vote, we will win and we'll win big. an ad she says shows a lifetime of fighting for families. >> time to protect the ngeneration. >>reporter: and their plenty of iowa

. >> reporter: he's leading five of the six national polls, getting new endorsements from jerry fallwell and remember this guy, sheriff joe arpaio out of arizona. both he and trump have been very outspoken on immigration. >> two key endorsements, donald trump says he's skipping thinks the fox moderator is unfair. >> fox news, right, wonderful, wonderful place, fox news. it's wonderful. >> fox calls trump's -- of meghan kelly -- >> i want you to think how you would react if you were interviewing someone for a job, and they said, you know what, i'm not willing to show up to the interview. >> by trump not showing up, it's the year of the renegade. some iowans may wonder, why are you quitting. hillary clinton is touting years of experience in a new ad. >> i've been on the front lines of change and progress since i was your age. >> bernie sanders says turnout will be a difference. >> if we have a large voter turnout, we'll win, and we'll win big. president obama at the white house today. >> and that meeting, the white house tells us, was first discussed back in december. it's private, and it'

and then he's got some new endorsements from jerry fallwell, pulling in the evangelicals that have been supporting cruz. sheriff arpaio is also backing trump. trump has decided that he apparently wants to go his own way instead of going that debate this week. fresh off two key endorsements, donald trump says he's skipping thursday's debate because he unfair. >> fox news, right? >> fox calls trump's quote unprecedented. cruz is challenging trump to a one on one. >> i want you to think how you would react if you were interviewing someone for a job, and they said, you know what, i'm not willing to show up to the interview. >> by skipping the debate, trump is being a rebel, a renegade. is it's the year of the outsider outsider. some may wonder, why are you quitting? the democrats are fighting for a win. hillary clinton has -- >> i was on the front life insurance change and progress since i was your age. >> bernie sanders says turnout will make a difference. >> if we have a large voter turnout, we will win, and we'll win big. >> he's meeting privately with president obama at the white house

today donald trump was endorsed by jerry fallwell junior high pressure he said mr.rump reminds him of his dad. things are weird in the world of donald trump for president. whatever you think of how he is doing it, he is doing it. things are weird in the world of donald trump for president. whatever you think of how he is doing it, he is doing it. he's winning that race. he's up by 16 points nationwide in the washington post poll. iowa was once a ted cruz strongholds but donald trump is winning in iowa. four out of last five polls that went out today but he's leading ted cruz by two. in the latest new hampshire polling for the boston herald it's not close at all. he's ahead by a whopping 19 points. maybe you have the luxury to blow up the process. this was mr. trump tonight saying he's not or at least he's probably not going to attend the next republican debate. this will be the last republican debate before iowa. it's supposed to happen this upcoming thursday. he says he might not do it because he doesn't like one of the moderators who the fox news channel has chose

he's leading in follows, gotten endorsements from jerry fallwell pulling away evangelicals and share ref al pie i don't. >> fresh off two key endorsements, donald trump says he's skipping thursday's debate because he thinks the fox moderator is unfair. >> fox ws, right? wonderful, wonderful place. fox news, it's wonderful. >> reporter: fox calls trump's, quote, terrorizations of megyn kelly unprecedented. tend cruz who seemed to have a lock on iowa is challenging trump to a one-on-one. >> i want you to think how you would react if u were interviewing someone for a job i'm not willing to show up for the interview. >> he may be okay, but some iowans may be okay. >> the democrats are also fighting for an iowa win. hillary clinton touting years of experience in a new ad. >> i've been the front lines of change and progress since i was your age. >> bernie sanders told voters turnout will make the difference. >> if we have a large voter turnout, we wi win and we'll win big. >> reporter: he's meeting privately with president obama at the white house today. >> that's a meeting actually discus

donald trump picking up key endorsements this week from liberty university president jerry fallwell jrte televangelist, and also an endorsement from the controversial arizona sheriff joe arpaio. but the presidential front runner on the republican is not without his criminality. ben sass is in iowa, leading the charge to stop donald trump. after he launched a firestorm of tweets questioning trump on everything from policy to his personal life. cnn senior political reporter manu raja joins me live from west des moines. you talked to the senator. what did he say? >> it's a really unusual campaign that senator sass is launching here. he's not running for anything and he is not endorsing any candidate. he is on an aggressive one-man mission to stop donald trump. he believes trump hasn't been vetted popely about the media. flip-flopped on key issues. he believes that trump has acted like a king when it comes to the constitutions of the executive branch. basically an obama republican, is what he said. and he also tooik took aim at donald trump's personal life. here's more of what he had to sa

support behind marco rubio and jerry fallwell junior, officially endorsing donald trump. fallwell's nod could help into cruz. have you repented to harmed children and spouses he asked. do you think it matters? trump has not responded. instead focusing on whether or not he should attend the upcoming republican debate telling gma, he has not resolved his issues with megan kelly. >> no, i have no fear. i don't think he's a good professional. she's very bias. >> trump promised a special guest at a rally. we now know it will be joe arpaio endorsing him. back to you. >>> we're following breaking a partial roof collapsed at an ice skating link i'm presuming it's because of the snow. shannon has more. rink. this the arena located at 270. foreseeable future. what we are being told is people inside the rink at about noon this afternoon started to hear sounds of wood cracking. they were able to get everyone out of the way before the building at least part of the building, the roof collapsed. you can see this big section. we can show you that where it went through right down to groun

. >>> gop presidential candidate drump won the endorsement of evangelical leader jerry fallwell jr.or the party's 2016 presidential nomination. fallwell is the president of liberty university in virginia and the son of televangelist jerry fallwell suhr. flint residents taking to the streets calling on the governor to resign and claiming they are still being billed for water they can't use. they are pledging not to pay until the problem in their city is resolve. >>> french fire fighters striving to clear a roadway after striking taxi drivers upset over uber coincided by a walk out with air traffic controllers. causing flight interruptions. that is the cnbc news update at this hour. back to you melissa. >> high yield bonds have sent slivers to the market. down 16% over the last year. how big a threat is it? bob is in hollywood, florida, with the man in charge of the etf as well as many others. bob? >> his name is jim ross, the global head for spider etf. as well as jnk, the high yield fund we want to talk about right now. there has been concerns about volatility in high yield funds, b

. >> ted cruz has received some notable endorsements including from the reverend jerry fallwell jr. but when it comes to actually sitting politicians such as yourself, marco rubio has far and away more endorsements. what does that say? >> it says we've worked with him, my investigations of benghazi, fast and furious, the irs targeting scandal, i know who i could count on in the senate to work with, to hold people accountable. to put holds on bills for the purpose of making sure we've got discovery and accountability. marco rubio was there and knowledgeable at all times. that makes him one of my champions and quite frankly, he didn't call me. i called him and asked him if he'd accept my endorsement and whatever help i could give him. >> but i'm sure it's on the pulse of what voters are feeling. a lot of voters feel like, you know, the power structure in washington as it exists right now has betrayed them and i suppose ted cruz is wearing it as a badge of honor the fact he doesn't have endorsements from fellow republican senators. >> people who know me and the people that were on my o