john harwood joins to us help us look back at some of the big political stories of the past year. is what we're seeing on the campaign trail signaling a lasting change in our system, john? it seems so polarized more so maybe than ever. >> it's extremely polarized but donald trump is really a phenomenon we haven't seen before. totally unconventional candidate. way outside the norms of in terms of his behavior, his rhetoric. what we've seen from other candidates. so i think the question of lasting change depends on how lasting donald trump is. a lot of people, myself included, did not expect him to be the force that he ends the year as. but we'll see when we get close, february 1st is the iowa caucuses, february 9th is the new hampshire primary when the real votes getting cast is donald trump still going to be in the thick of it? that will give ue answers. i remember back in june shortly after mr. trump announced he was giving a talk somewhere and i tossed off the idea that i didn't think he was a serious candidate. he is serious and he can smell it now. >> he has got a core of suppo

president held was wide-ranging, covering a number of topics including national security, and john harwoodas following it all. john, as you predicted, much of the news conference was about national security. one subject, using social media to help identify potential terrorists, the president stepped very carefully. and i'm just not sure where he landed. are you? >> well, i think so. look, the president was making the point in the wake of a controversy that had occurred after a story this weekend that said in the vetting process for the woman who married syed farook and came to this country that vetters had overlooked social media messages she had posted. that as in the "new york times" over the weekend. as it turned out, she had not posted them publicly. they were messages that were contained in private e-mails or facebook messages. and what the president said today was we need to work closer with tech companies and get them linked with law enforcement to try to monitor what we can. but he acknowledged that there are -- it is not possible to get private messages in many cases from these so

john harwood has been following the story for us from washington. d john, it's kind of an intersection of the private sector and the government. >> absolutely, it is. and there are a couple of different tracks that they're moving on. one is the u.s. government is agreeing to double its research into clean energy from $5 billion a year to $10 billion a year. and it is encouraging other nations to agree to do the same. they're looking for a total global investment of $20 billion a year. at the same time, private businesses are committing to reduce their own energy use and look for ways to use alternative energy, emit less carbon. now, parallel to that you've got this effort led by bill gates, mark zuckerberg, kleiner perkins the investment firm out in california to try to put private capital into applications of clean energy research. the government does basic research. but how you can apply that and turn it into scalable business models is what they're looking for from the private sector and the administration's hoping that the momentum internationall

let's bring in john harwood. john, we've heard the president in recent days. yesterday out at the counterterrorism center in mclean. i assume he will receive a lot of questions today on national security and counterterrorism. >> reporter: no question. the president is determined to do better than he has done over the previous weeks in communicating a national security message and explained to the american people why they should be vigilant but not panicked, that their homeland security team is watching potential threats, that they have a strategy to take out isis, although maybe not the one that some republican critics of the president are in favor of. so i would expect that to be part of his message today, both in the questions and in his own statements, but also to try to use the occasion of this press conference before he flies to hawaii to recap some of the things that he feels good about having accomplished this year. the global climate deal, the iran nuclear deal, some of the things that eamon just talked about, that they got in the end of year tax and b

our john harwood is in washington as we look forward to the president. john, the president has gone to great length this is week trying to reassure the public that his strategy against isis is working. >> think thai think that's what he is going to try to do today. this comes a couple of days after his strategy was blasted at a republican presidential debate. it fueled some of that will anxiety from voters. like his remarks at the pentagon the other day, i expect the president to say our homeland security team is vigilant that, our strategy overseas of special operations, of air strikes is the right one. it requires some patients, and i think long side his national security team and the whole it's been by secure video or in person. it lake-effect interesting to see whether he makes any further comments about the proposal that donald trump has made which some observers of the counter terror fight has said is a boost to the recruiting of isis, and that was a significant topic in this debate the other night. >> he wants people to be vigilant, but he doesn't

john harwood is at the white house. president going at great length here i think to certainly in more specificity of the offensive listing several names of isis leaders who have been killed as he tries to fight back against those who say the strategy is not working. >> reporter: scott, he was trying to demonstrate that the strategy is working, as he has argued consistently, but also that he is forward leaning. you know, he said we need to get results faster sending ash carter his secretary of defense to the region to enlist greater help from our allies, sending john kerry to moscow to try to bring the russians more rapidly along toward the idea that we have to have a political process that ends with bashar al assad leaving power in syria, which the united states says is key to holding down isis, but there was one key acknowledgment from the president where he was describing u.s. efforts against what he called isis core. he said if we squeeze the heart, they can't pump as much terror out to the rest of the world. that is

john harwood played with that tape. it's made available. we'll take it. in the meantime, janet wrelen continues to talk about the rising dollar. blame it on the diverging expectations between ecb policy and fed policy saying that domestic spending, most of the economy here in the u.s., is on what she called a solid course, and that that strong dollar is one reason why in her words fed policy will continue on a gradual path. let's get back to the q and a. >> well, that's a great question, and you introduced a lot of different elements into it. clearly the trends in income and having our disposable income for households are one of the most important factors determining consumer spending, and the fact that wages have been pretty stagnant for a number of wreerz, i guess, compensation has been growing and the 2% or 2.5% range. that, you know, that is something we've had to take account of in forecasting what the strength of the wroefr all u.s. economy has been and it's integral to our forecasts, but i guess i would say that swrob growth has been pretty solid n

john harwood is at hq today with highlights. good morning, john. >> good morning, carl. want to go through some of what i considered the nomost important exchanges in that debate. you had a debate in which jeb bush, who was lagging in the race, was much more aggressive, especially going after donald trump. this exchange was kicked off when donald trump reiterated his complaints that on immigration, on foreign policy jeb bush is weak. watch these two. >> when jeb comes out and he talks about the border, i saw it, i was witness to it, so was everyone else, i was standing there, they come across as an act of love. he's saying the same thing right now with radical islam. we can't have that in our country. it won't work. we need strength. >> governor bush? >> donald, you won't be able to insult your way to the presidency. that's not going to happen, and i do have the strength. >> good moment for jeb bush. i don't know that it hurt donald trump who went in as the front-runner, comes out as a front-runner. more interesting was the undercard debate on the main stage. that is to

>> john harwood joins us now from washington. john, it's always good to see you. mr. trump has kind of thrown down the gauntlet to the other candidates. whether or not he actually spends that money, he's letting it be known that he's under budget and he has a war chest. >> reporter: well, he does, of course. he says he's worth more than $10 billion, and so, he's got money to spend, if he wants to. but the fascinating thing about this campaign, sue, is that he spent almost nothing on advertising so far, and he's leading the race. people like jeb bush have spent $40 million already. marco rubio spent $20 million. so, the amounts that donald trump are talking about are not likely to revolutionize the race. in fact, if he spends $2 million a week between iowa and the south carolina primary, which are the three that he alluded to, that's just seven weeks, $14 million, well below what his rivals have spent, but he's prospered anyway. >> does it make those other candidates, though, spend more, change their game, up their game, in some way, shape or form? >> reporter: well, e

john harwood has been tracking comments from both parties. he joins us now. n. >> presidential candidates like president obama were cautious about the shooting, expressing uncertainty about the motivation, but also trying to convey resolve. here is hillary clinton. >> we need to take action now. no parent should have to worry about going to a holiday party after work or about sending their kids to school or going to a movie theater or even going to church. no one should have that basic sense of safety and security ripped away from them. >> now, one who wasn't so cautious was donald trump who ripped president obama for refuse to go say the words radical islamic terrorism and then pivoted to raising memories of his own birther controversy days by raising questions about president obama's loyalties. >> radical islamic terrorism. we have a president who refuses to use the term. he refuses to say it. there's something going on with him that we don't know about. >> now, perhaps even more notable at least on social media was when donald trump in talking to the republ

john harwood is our man in washington and he joins us now. i think these are probably going to be the most closely watched caucuses in some time, john, because there are so many different dynamics at play especially in the republican party. >> that's right, sue. the fact that they're taking place on the 1st of february which is a month later than they've taken place in 20 years means we've still got time for new dynamics to play out. ted cruz is now leading in iowa and considered the favorite by people watching in iowa. if he can hold that lead and damage donald trump there, donald trump, of course, remains the national leader, very unpredictable what happens when they go eight days later to new hampshire and you've got a race between trump and cruz and all these establishment candidates, christie, kasich, jeb bush, rubio trying to break through there. >> if cruz does indeed take iowa, handicap for us what donald trump's reaction or action might be. he does not lose easily. >> well, i think that's the big question. a lot of us have expected fr

cnbc wheree went to that guy, john harwood -- what an idiot he was. he is not a professional. i have to tell you for four weeks before that, he was so nice to me. "oh, mr. trump, you are so wonderful, mr. trump, you are so great." and reads as out wiseguy question here it i said that is not a very nice question, but they wanted three hours because advertising sells so much now that they make a fortune. and i said, "i am not going to let them have three hours. i am not going to have it." and people said you will not be able to stop them. i think it took me, what do you think, three minutes. and then carson said, "i will go along with it," so that was very nice. ben carson. i have to give credit where credit is due. i have been a little rough on him. i have to give credit -- he came a long,d said i will go so i came in, we can men, and we said we are not doing this, and they folded like an umbrella. so now my big thing is they all say, "you cannot get mexico to pay for the wall!" try me. [cheers and applause] we are going to build a wall. we are going to build a wall, it is goin

john harwood is live in d.c. with more. s doing better on some of the individual state breakdowns we got over the weekend, john. >> absolutely, simon. look, we've got one more debate. that's tomorrow in las vegas before the republican campaign slows down for the holidays, and it's going to slow down at a time of real change in the republican race. let's look at national numbers. we show trump still in first at 27%. ted cruz is second with 22%. then marco rubio and ben carson. then if you look and ask people, combining first or second choices, that's an indicator of room to grow. on that metric, ted cruz is first, with 40% say he's either their first or second choice, trump with 39. now, the room to grow is really evident when you look at what's happening in the state of iowa. the very well-respected iowa poll showed ted cruz with a ten-point lead, over trump. ted cruz benefiting from the fall of ben carson. now, when you look at the democratic side, those numbers also out this morning. hillary clinton has got a sub stab chul

a silver platter, this wiki is kicking off his campaign and speaking to financial journalist, john harwoodnd he says one of the core problems with america is that there are 23 types of deodorant on our store shelves. eighteen types of sneakers. because consumers have so many choices, it is the selfish people who are either consuming all of these products in all of the people who are employed manufacturing them that are the cause of childhood hunger in america. [laughter] so next time you're doing this, hunger is your fault. [laughter] by the way, i need someone to go to the bathroom quickly before i forget and get me a roll of toilet paper. can someone do that? just grab? just grab a roll of toilet paper. thank you. i will get back to that in a second. >> so, this is perfect, and everything will be safe, don't worry. so here we have bernie sanders who, by the way who are some of his biggest donor friends? ben and and jerry from ben & jerry's ice cream, how many flavors of ice cream today sell? [laughter] i propose that bernie sanders first act as theoretical presidency is that ben & jerry'

john harwood here at post nine. orism, the threat, e security at the focus. >> whatever is behind this threat will be seen more evidence of the new phase we're in the president talked about the self-radicalization of people posing threats that may not be orchestrated from abroad. don't know if that's the case now, but the american people are fearful and unsettled. we have seen in polling a rapid shift in what people think is the biggest problem in the country. all year long they said the economy. now they say national security and terrorism. and that's going to be topic "a" on the republican debate tonight. all week long. president obama has been trying to underscore his approach. try to make the case that he's on top of this. that homeland security authorities, we'll we're prosecuting strategy overseas, are monitoring threats. but it's difficult to stop everything. especially if you have electronic communications, somebody can shut down a school district with an e-mail, hard to handle. >> we don't know if there's an

john harwood with an update on the gop race. >>> clearly a busy holiday season for the shippers.o what extent did the packages make it? morgan brennan has the update. >> reporter: i think that's a big question. fedex in particular not delivering all of its planned packages in time for christmas. the company citing severe weather in certain parts of the country. also saying in the week leading up to christmas it handled volume that far exceeded previous records including an unprecedented surge of last-minute e-commerce shipments. fedex not disclosing how many shipments missed the holiday deadline. they did add operations on christmas day and expanded operations for saturday as well. analysts say the early readings show that fedex's volumes were much bigger than anticipated and that was tied to the forecast that came from certain retailers and what they expected for the holiday season. that's something that likely contributed to delays that certain companies reported last week like pacific sun wear. u.p.s. seems to have handled its volumes better. all of its packages were delivered

john harwood will join us from the white house. before we do that, let's get up to speed on this morning's other top stories. michelle? >> let's start with oil. crude prices dropping after friday's opec meeting. as a result there's no agreement on output targets. in fact, the cartel didn't even mention a quota, something we haven't seen in decades. analysts say this is a message that opec or saudi arabia is willing to deal with low prices. you can see wti is back below $40 per barrel. u.s. gasoline prices dropping again as well. the lundberg survey says the average price is down 4 cents. $2.10, the lowest level since late january. >>> in global news, big win for venezuela's opposition. the party winning control over the national assembly and changing the balance of power. the victory comes 17 years after hugo chavez started the socialist information. it could mean dramatic changes down there. >> in corporate news, general electric is terminating a deal that it had to sell its business, its appliance business, remember that? ge's ap

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our chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us this morning with the reaction to last night's. hey, john. >> hey, carl. in a speech from the oval office last night, president obama told the nation we're in a new phase in the war on terrorism. part of the u.s. response is military, special operations, assisting in forces in iraq and syria, air strikes as well. part of it's intelligence sharing with our allies around the world and part of it is coop race from tech companies in an age when it is a key start of the isis strategy. >> we examine our strategy to determine when additional step are also needed to get the job done. that's why i've ordered the departments of state and homeland security to review the visa waiver program under which the female terrorist in san bernardino originally came to this country. that's why i will urge high-tech only law enforcement leaders to make it harder for terrorists to use technology to escape from justice. >> now, the president didn't educate he wants a new law from congress, merely that he wants the tech industry to work with law enforcemen

. >> that's how i roll, john harwood. thank you. >> busy year ahead for you. hn. >> some reaction to john's predictions, let's get some of theirs as well. >> barney frank former representative from massachusetts, larry kudlow a cnbc contributor. larry, on that last point interesting john predicts we will focus back to domestic issues, specifically the economy, it's something you are poke tused on, especially that question of growth and what the candidates promise, something we don't hear enough about on the campaign trail lately. >> you're probably right we don't hear enough about it. growth will be very important. on the other hand, i think the war against isis is going to be major. i think the whole war against islamic terrorism will be major. i am worried -- i mean, i pray to god i'm wrong, but i am very worried there will be additional bombings in europe, in the united states and elsewhere. i think that whole issue is going to heat up. it's not going away. so i don't know which is more important, the economy or the terror bombings. my sense is right now as

doing to step up the fight against terror, isil most particularly, but also making reference, john harwood, to steps to enhance the vetting of people, for example, who come in to the united states either as refugees or most particularly, john, under the program for fiances. why don't you pick it up from there and sort of sum up where this statement leaves us. >> well, it leaves us just as we expected. the president making a nod to those heightened fears both in the visa waiver program and in the admission of refugees. he's gotten a lot of political heat on that from republicans, also from some democrats, but his message was one as we expected of let's stay vigilant. let's not overreact though and let's remain one american family true to our values. >> he has taken some criticism as you point out, john, about perhaps slow responses or ill-chosen phrases with respect to isil most particularly. this feels like the president in recent days beginning a week ago sunday is making a very concerted effort to reassure the country at a time when fears are pretty high. >> you can't discount the value

they can look at him in delivering alpha conference with john harwood. they can read the transcript. particularly the seth myers transcript. if you take the tript on seth myers and colbert, the same thing. you take what he said on seth myers and lay it across what he said in the fund-raiser, they would play like an echo. he said virtually exactly the same thing. the ad is dishonest. i think people are smart enough to know where ted cruz stands and what it was doing there is he's reframing the question. the questioner was trying to get him to say, you know, don't you have an anti-gay agenda? he said, no, i have a pro constitutional agenda. one that protects the constitution. one that protects religious liberty and one that protects people from persecution because of religious beliefs by their own government. >> let's talk about persecution. right now, as you know, senator cruz is not alone saying he disagrees with the dool have syrian refugees come into this country. he called it -- he said it would be nothing short of lunacy to let them come n the image

you know, it's not that long ago we had the cnbc debate where my friend john harwood was pill oried forsuggesting that donald trump was a comic book character candidate. the "new york times" called him dark and divisive. "buzzfeed" says that their style book allows them to call donald trump a mendacious liar. i suspect he's going to attack the moderators. >> we'll follow your work online at politico.com. thank you very much for being with us, we appreciate it. >> great talking to you. >>> this weekend on c-span, saturday night at 9:00 eastern, executives from pandora and spotify on how technology impacts the entertainment business, from this year's aspen forum. >> are there certain parts of the day where music is actually not the only thing you want to listen to? so "morning commute" is one hypothesis we're testing, if you're on the subway, you're in your car, et cetera, maybe you don't only want music, maybe you want some news, weather report, if you want to see a clip of jimmy fallon or something like that, while you're on the subway, not while you're driving. if there's some other co

here's john harwood. >> a few of us that cover national politics can say we haven't been surprised by 2015 phase of the 2016 presidential campaign. when bernie sanders entered the democratic nomination race, who expected him to be leading former secretary of state and first lady hillary clinton in new hampshire by the end of the year. when donald trump entered the republican race, who expected him to be dominating the republican field pretty much everywhere. when all the candidates began laying out their plans for spurring economic growth who expected that national security would be the dominant issue on the eve of the iowa caucuses so here are three predictions about 2016. whether she wins or loses in new hampshire hillary clinton will be the democratic nominee. bernie sanders is going to have a tough time finding places to challenge her beyond new hampshire. donald trump will not be the republican nominee. once we get past the first couple of states and the field consolidates that's when donald trump will be vulnerable and the american economy, middle class wages, not national secur

you know, it's not that long ago you had the cnbc debate where my friend john harwood was pilloried for suggesting donald trump was a cartoon character, a comic book candidate, that seems tame in retrospective. "the new york times" called him dark and divisive, buzz feed said that their style book on donald trump allows them to call him a mendacious liar, so i think the gloves are completely off in terms of the press and trump. it will be interesting to see if we'll have that same kind of sparring between the press and trump. i suspect he's going to attack the moderators. >> and we'll follow your work online at politico.com, glenn thrush, chief political reporter, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> great talking to you. >>> c-span takes you on the road to the white house. best access to the candidates, at town hall meetings, speeches, rallies, and meet-and-greets. we're taking your comments on twitter, facebook and by phone. and always, every campaign event we cover is available on our website c-span.org. >>> next, a hearing on financial stability and the economy. members

when we went to cnbc where that guy john harwood, what an idiot he was, right?is not even a professional. i have to tell you for four weeks before that he was so nice to me. oh mr. mr. trump, zero you are so wonderful. it's her trump you're great. then he comes out with a question mr. trump, and he reads a wiseguy question. i said that's not a nice question to start off the debate. but they wanted three hours because advertising cells to so much now that they make a fortune. i said, i am not going to let them have three hours. i'm not good let them have it. everyone said these same people said you will not be up to stop them. i said yes i well. i stop them. i think it took me, what maybe three minutes. i said i'm not going. and i have to tell you carson said he'll go along with this. so that was very nice. ben carson. now i have to give credit where credit is due. i have been a little rough on him. but i have to give credit where credit - mackey came along and said i would go long. so we went in and i said the two of us, we are not doing it. so they folded like

then when we went to cnbc where that guy, john harwood -- what an idiot he was. no, how bad?e is not a professional. i have to tell you for four weeks before that, he was so nice to me. "oh, mr. trump, you are so wonderful. mr. trump, you are so great." then he comes out and reads a wiseguy question. i said that is not a very nice question, but they wanted three hours because advertising sells for so much now that they make a fortune. and i said, "i am not going to let them have three hours. i am not going to have it." and everyone said, the same people, and people said you will not be able to stop them. i think it took me -- what do you think? -- three minutes. i said i am not going. and i have to tell you, carson said, "i will go along with it," so that was very nice. ben carson. i have to give credit where credit is due. i have been a little rough on him. i have to give credit -- he came along and said i will go a long, so i came in, we can men, and we said, we are and i not doing this, and they folded like an umbrella. so now my big thing is they all say, "you cannot get

to me on a silver platter this week, kicking off his campaign, speaking to financial journalist john harwoodnd he says, one of the core problems with america is that there are 23 types of deodorants on our store shelves in 18 types of sneakers. because consumers have so many choices it is these selfish people who are either consuming all of these innumerable products, and all of the people who are employed manufacturing that there are the cause of childhood hunger in america. so next time you're doing this, hunger is your fault. [laughter] by the way, i need someone to go to the bathroom really quickly before a forget and get me a role roll of toilet paper. can someone do that? just go grab a roll of toilet paper. i will get back to that in a second. so this is perfect, and everything will be safe at work. so here we have bernie sanders who, by the way who are some of his biggest donors in france? ben and jerry from ben & jerry's ice cream. and how many flavors of ice today sell? [laughter] i propose that bernie sanders first asks as theoretical presidency that ben & jerry's only be allowed

our chief washington correspondent john harwood joins us this morning with the reaction to last night's> hey, carl. in a speech from the oval office last night, president obama told the nation we're in a new phase in the war on terrorism. part of the u.s. response is military, special operations,

john harwood joins us. john. >> andrew, you saw a president who was in a good mood.optimism that they're going to be able to get a sustainable deal out of this conference in paris, something that they were unable to do in copenhagen six years ago at a meeting with a similar goal, and he applied that more broadly to other issues that we're facing. he faced a lot of questions about his approach to isis. he indicated that just like with climate, patience sri chosri required. that slow steady force would solve the problem, that he didn't expect vladimir putin to do a 180 but he thought that putin was coming around on that. >> you know, john, when -- i can just tell you just from experience. when you have the president say that, you know, conflate terrorism and climate change, maybe you have half the country, maybe not -- you have at least half the country shaking their head in wonderment which seems like absolute delusional thinking. anyway, john, i'm going to have to end it there. make sure you join us. "squawk on the street" is coming up next. >>> good tuesday morning.

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john harwood will break down what's going to happen over the next 34 days. >> andrew, we have a real sprint over the next month. it will determine whether ted cruz can hold his lead. if he does that, that is a race changing event. that will be if he can defeat donald trump, hold that lead, then all of a sudden the guy who is running as the greatest, the winner, the one who always wins will be wounded. how long does he stay in the race? can he rebound in new hampshire? can he hold with an iowa loss his lead in new hampshire? that becomes the central dam ma. who becomes the alternative either to cruz as the outsider candidate or to donald trump and ted cruz? that's where you've got the intense competition among chris christie, john kasich, marco rubio as the alternative as the mainstream figure. on the democratic side hillary clinton has a very comfortable lead in iowa. a lot can change in the last moment. she faces ativity race in new hampshire for bernie sanders. more difficult race for sanders is going to be is there another place that he can compete with hillary clinton beyond the

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we're joined with more news on this from john harwood. >> just before the campaign shutsz down for thee do have a debate in nevada that will be on cnn. we've got some significant movement in the race that may force out what happens in the remaining six weeks until we get to iowa. first of all, in our poll nationally we showed trump still in the lead. 22%. you have marco rubio in third, ben carson in fourth place but when you look at who the combined first and second choices in this field, you see that ted cruz has got 40% of the people and listing him as either a first or second choice to donald trump's 39. what that tells you is that as other candidates fade, potentially trump, potentially carson and others, that ted cruz is in a position to pick up that support. there's a new poll out of iowa that suggests that other candidates may be fading because you see ted cruz with a ten point lead over donald trump in iowa. this is the des moines register. you see a big fall for carson, big rise for ted cruz. now on the democratic side our national poll shows hillary clinton with a 19 point le