donald trump, jerry fallwell, the sun of the preacher jerry fallwell and, of course, you see donald trump talking about isis on this stage as well as he takes questions from jerry fallwell, jrg 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 donald trump. to be fair to donald trump, what we saw from the iowa poll and consistently with the polling,

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 about his momentum against 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 a vote for donald trump is a vote for obamacare. >> 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 pr

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

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

>>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 iowans

. >> 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

carson, his personality, his message have been evangelicals yet you had jerry fallwell, jr.oming out for donald trump. did that surprise you? >> well i think, he speaks for himself. i think the liberty community was somewhat surprised. david: were you trying to get that endorsement yourself? >> no. dr. carson doesn't seek endorsement of people such as that. he seeks the endorsement of the american people. we see that around the country, particularly in iowa, crowds and enthusiasm. people have fans or reality fans but dr. carson has true believers. we see that in iowa. we're looking for the ground game for two years that will bear fruit monday night. david: anti-establishment message is something pretty much dr. carson owned at the beginning. some people tried to present themselves like that. you sigh people like john mccain and chuck grassley coming out for donald trump, seems as though dr. carson can claim that mantle better for himself, can he not? >> that is certainly true, dr. carson tonight is only non-politician on the stage. i would ask rhetorically of people of ameri

. >> i have had a great relationship, i've had a great -- when you have jerry fallwell jr. endorse me, that was a very big turning point. >> all right. that is called the expectations game, mr. cain. >> yes. >> you hear marco rubio wanting to almost paint himself as the underdog. when you look at the polling and you hear the candidates, as someone who has been there, what do you think? who do you think is going to take it tomorrow? >> i believe that the trend of trump, rubio, and cruz will bear out tomorrow but not necessarily in that order. the battle of the single digits is going to be the big ballots. they are confident they are going to win. they actually think they are going to make a last-minute surge. the other thing this demonstrates is that even ooef evan gel calls are not necessarily voters. every time sent out an attack add, they think it's going to cause people to rush to their campaign or rush away from somebody else. no. especially in iowa. the voters are more sophisticated and they are not single issue voters. >> what are they voting on this time around? >> t

. >> the latest high profile endorsement for donald trump is evangelical leader jerry fallwell jr. it wasn't the splash that last week's sarah palin's speech made, but it certainly does splinter the deeply religious voter support that trump's close rival senator ted cruz has been counting on. david gergin is here. he has advised four american presidents over the wreerz. david, i want to ask you about the religious issue and the evangelical vote, but before i do that, i want to bounce off something that m. j. lee just said. she said that a lot of these trump voters are seeing a reassurance and comfort in donald trump's rhetoric. i want you to give me your perspective on all the candidates that you see come along and all the elections that you have worked and chord. >> to bring us together. i think this is very helpful to go out and actually listen. we've spent too much time shouting at each other. on the question of is this different? yes, this is different. we have seen it before. zi think it comes in very large part because of the slowdown in the economy. for 50 years after world

jerry fallwell jr. just endorsed me. every can't didate goes through liberty university. that's problem one of the reasons i went so high with evangelicals. sheriff joe from arizona. the toughest guy on the border. the toughest there is on the border just endorsed me. i have great endorsements. many more are coming. >> you say ted cruz is a liar. to be kofered on health care and the government will pay for it. how is that not obamacare? >> that's true. i want people taken care of. i have a heart. i want people taken care of. if people have no money, we have to help them. that doesn't mean single payer. it means we have to help people. if somebody has no money and they're flying they're lying in the middle of the street and dying -- >> how do you do it? >> we'll work with the hospitals, doctors, we've got to do something. you can't have a small percentage of our economy have no protection so they end up dying from what you could have a simple procedure or a pill. you can't do that. we'll work something out. that doesn't mean single payer. maybe he's got no heart. if i lose

let's play a little sound from reverend jerry fallwell jr. >> donald trump is a breath of fresh haire nation where the political establishment from both parties has betrayed their constituencies time and time again. >> that's interesting because trump, he curses, he doesn't drink alcohol or coffee he says but one of the deadly sins, he's got a few under his belt. certainly pride. does he resonate -- he's resonating with people who you would think could be offended or have a distaste for based on his insults and some of the things he said about other candidates. >> you're absolutely right. it's a really fascinating phenomena. he tries to show that he respects evangelical views and believes many of the same things on issues but hasn't tried to be someone he's not. he hasn't tried to read from the bible on a regular basis or ted cruz often asked people to pay for him and donald trump doesn't do he doesn't go quite that far and pretend to be someone he's not. he talks to evangelicals in a way that says, i'm angry about the things that you are and has played into their fears and has talke

donald trump picked up the endorsement of jerry fallwell jr. ted cruz says he is the only one who can stop the billionaire. >> our values. the christian values that built north america are under assault. and we need a president who will defend the constitution. >> in my opinion, donald trump lives a life of loving and helping others as jesus taught. >> among the democrats, hillary clinton holds a narrow lead over senator bernie sanders in iowa. she is sending out her husband bill clinton to campaign beginning thursday. donald trump is considering skipping thursday's debate over his feud with fox host megyn kelly. he took the question to twit her afternoon with hundreds of voters weighing in every minute. >>> the fbi is prepared to indict hillary clinton for her handling of classified information on a private e-mail server. that is according to house leader tom delay. he is now a conservative radio host and says he bases his claim on contacts that he has in the bureau. despite the texas republican's assertion the fbi cannot present an indictment

this week trump picked up one of the endorsements of jerry fallwell, jr., one of the few modern presidents he is not religious. sanders says he believes in god but not actively involved in religion or organized religion. sandra, what do you think? are we entering a post, religious secular phase where that doesn't matter? sandra: you know, we were provide ad whole bunch of research for this topic, that asked is there any evidence that republicans are becoming any less religious? there is no evidence of that. so i think this falls under the category, people can't quite figure out what is going on in this election cycle. they can't figure out why the needs of the american voter are so different and changing. it always, the answer seems always too be, people are angry, they're angry with government, they're fearful of terrorism. their priorities are shifted and changed a bit. i do think this just goes back to the head scratch. we can't quite figure out what is going on? >> i think it is one reason why the polls in iowa are not necessarily accurate. one of the reasons it is so phenomenal that t

an exclusive interview with jerry fallwell jr. tonight. health officials warning the zika virus is spreading, quote, 4 million cases expected. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. we begin out front with the breaking news. donald trump just moments away from arriving in iowa on his private plane. going to be landing there and perhaps taking questions from reporters on that plane. trump hosting his own event to raise money for veterans. part politics, part theater, all donald trump. this is the line. a huge crowd has been waiting in line to get into the event. people waiting there for hours. thousands of them. and there are many more of them than there are seats inside that theater. trump's veterans fundraiser is at des moines's drake university and is two miles away from the fox debate. you're looking at that map right across town. thousands waiting to get into the trump event. trump and ted cruz are neck and neck in the latest iowa polls. trump obviously thumbing his nose at the debate, taunting fox, tweeting the debat

. >> all right, jerry fallwell jr., thank you for joining us. >>> up next -- >> he's a nasty guy, nobodylikes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. >> we need a leader who is prepared to do whatever is needed to keep this country safe. and that typically doesn't include spending your time on twitter. >>> all right. the iowa caucus is only two weeks away. the rhetoric is heating up between donald trump and ted cruz. our panel will weigh in. >>> and later tonight -- >> the fact is we have the affordable care act. that is one of the greatest accomplishments of president obama, of the democratic party and of our country. >> all right. the fourth boring democratic debate is in the books and hillary clinton spent most of the night defending the president and his terrible policies. that will be what, another, third obama term? we'll play that next, straight ahead. a food truck. then your rates go through the roof. perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. liberty mutual insu

trump was ends r indoors doored -- endorsed today by reverend jerry fallwell, jr. cruz seemed to down play that. >> we're running national campaign. from the beginning we said no state a must-win for us. we're all-in iowa, all-in new hampshire, all-win in south carolina and all-in nevada. i think we will compete well. reporter: conservative senator ben sasse of nebraska is evangelical, continued his campaign against trump on twitter the last several days. one of his tweets said, you bragged about many affairs to married women. have you repented. harm to children and spouses do you think it matters. no comment from trump and his campaign. david: boy it is getting personal. melissa. melissa: hillary clinton and bernie sanders are neck-and-neckiowa. hillary clinton trying to deflect the lead but deflecting questions about her honesty like this one from a millennial at last night's democratic town hall. >> i heard from quite a few people my age they think you're dishonest but i would like to hear from you that you feel the enthusiasm isn't there. >> i've been around a

jerry fallwell jr. just endorsed me. from liberty university.andidate goes through liberty university. he endorsed me. that's probably one of the reasons i went so high with evangelicals. sarah palin just endorsed me. sheriff joe from arizona. the toughest guy on the border. sheriff joe. the toughest there is on the border just endorsed me. i have great endorsements. many more are coming. >> you say ted cruz is a liar. you have said you want everyone to be covered on health care and the government will pay for it. how is that not obamacare? >> i want people to -- that's true. i want people taken care of. i have a heart. i want people taken care of. if people have no money, we have to help people. that doesn't mean single payer. it means we have to help people. if somebody has no money and they're lying in the middle of the street and dying -- i'm going to take care of that person -- >> how do you do it? >> -- and try to get them back to health. we're going to work with our hospitals, doctors, we've got to do something. you can't have a small per