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the feds found more than $1 million stashed away in former state rep jon george's state deposit boxes, 20s, 30s, 100s were filled to the rim in new bedford and new haven. last july the 68-year-old former dartmouth selectsman was embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars, a federal judge ordered him to pay $2 million in u.s. marshals were finally able to execute search warrants at the bank, always believing the former politician was hiding money, had he just -- they just didn't know how much. george is currently serving a 70 month prison term, live in dartmouth, julie loncich back to you. >>> two people recovering after a crash in drake that sent one of the drivers crashing this to a home, on old meadow road, one of the drivers got wedged under the porch, both were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> the cleveland circle chipotle is ready to reopen tomorrow after a clean bill of health from city inspectors. more than 140 people most of them bc students got sick from norovirus after eating there two weeks ago. inspect kwors say -- inspectors say the restaurant

good morning, jon. george. it's just 50 days until the iowa caucuses, and while donald trump still has a commanding lead nationally, ted cruz has the lead in the state that gets to vote first and everywhere else. is this the week the republican party came undone? >> it was pretty brutal four >> reporter: on monday, he announced his most controvereral plan yet. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: party leaders denounced the proposal as not just wrong but un-american. >> what was proposed yesterday for and, more importantly, it's not what this country stands for. >> reporter: every candidate in the race not named trump opposed jeb bush even called trump "unhinged." >> i'm not one of these other guys that goes down. i don't go down, i go up. >> do you have a warning for gop leaders? >> i say, folks, you know, i'm sorry i did this to you. you got to get used to

. >>> we'll bring in george stephanopoulos the host of abc's "this week" in manchester alongside political analyst matthew dowd as well as our jon karl. good morning george and good morning, gentlemen good morning, paula. thank you very much. matthew dowd, cecilia said both sides claiming victory. >> you know george, we have covered enough campaigns, everybody claims victory. i think all three walked away with their best performance within the course of this campaign. i think hillary clinton had her a-game yesterday. bernie sanders brought it. and i think martin o'malley even did well. i think they all be happy. >> nothing changes. started out the night, jon karl, with that apology, but after the debate, the sanders' campaign announced they have suspended two more staffers, is this over? >> look, so you have one person fired and two suspended. more possibly coming. it's not over. he apologized. it was interesting, even as he about the dnc and how they handled it. and look, the hillary clinton campaign still thinks this was a serious breach of their personal propriety data. >> sanders believes that the dnc is on the side of hilla

going to bring in george stephanopoulos, the host of abc's "this week," who's in manchester alongside political analyst matthew dowd as well as our chief white house correspondent, jon karl. good morning, george, and good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning, paula. thank you very much. and, matthew dowd, we just heard cecilia say that both sides claiming victory. are they right? >> you know, george, we have covered enough campaigns, everybody claims victory. all the time. i think in this case they are right. i think all three walked away with their best performance they've had in the course of this campaign. i think hillary clinton had her "a" game yesterday. she brought it, she did well. bernie sanders brought it. and i think martin o'malley even did well in the course of this, so i think they can all be happy. i think the happiest person is hillary clinton. she starts out with a 30-point lead -- >> nothing changes. started out the night, jon karl, with that apology, but after the announced they have suspended two more staffers, and half a dozen may have been involved. is this over? >> well, look, so, you have one person fired and two suspended. more possibly comin

jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. going into this debate the democratic race was engulfed with allegations that the sanders campaign stole voter data from hillary clinton's bernie sanders offered a quick apology for that before all the candidates turned their attention to their murt wall enemy, donald trump. last night's debate started with a surprise -- a mea culpa from bernie sanders. >> not only do i apologize to secretary clinton i want to apologize to my supporters. this is not the type of campaign that we run. >> i very much appreciate that comment, bernie, we should move on because i don't think the american people are all that interested in this. >> reporter: throughout the night, clinton and sanders sparred on foreign policy. >> if the united states does not lead, there is not another leader. there is a vacuum. >> the united states is not the policemen of the world, the united states must not be involved in perpetual warfare in the middle east. >> reporter: and on the economy and wall street. >> should corpor

jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. that new poll from cnn has trump with a 21-point lead over his closest republican rival. but it is his war of wordsds with hillary clinton that is now getting ugly. after donald trump's crude comments monday aimed at hlary clinton.n. >> she was going to beat obama. she was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. she lost. i mean, she lost. >> reporter: overnight clinton responded to trump's comment in an interview with "the des moines register" saying he's shown a "penchant for sexism." boundaries at all and his bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> reporter: the clinton campaign is blasting trump calling him out for, quote, degrading language and disgusting sexist slurs. even clinton's democratic rival bernie sanders hit back at trump at a rally in iowa. >> this is a guy who wants to be president of the united states. he must have a very unusual relationship with women. >> reporter: and clinton doubled down o on her clm that isis is using trump as a recruiting

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jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. the president said the terrorist threat has, quote, evolved into a new phase, and for the first time, he called the san bernardino massacre a terrorist act that was likely inspired by isis. >> we have no evidence that the killers were directed by a terrorist organization overseas or that they were part of a broader conspiracy here at home. but it is clear that the two of them had gone down the dark path of radicalization. so this was an act of terrorism, designed to kill innocent people. >> reporter: addressing the nation from the oval office, the president dended his administration's efforts to o irs strategto combat isis abroad. >> here's what i want you to know. the threat from terrorism is real. but we w will overme it. we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. eporter: the president called for a review of the visa program that one of the san bernardino attackers used to come to the u.s. and he once again called for tighter gun laws. >> our intelligenc

jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. this is the fifth time the president has had a comment on a mass shooting just in the last five months, and in an interview just as the news was breaking about this shooting, the president said instances like this are simply too common here in the united states and even before knowing anything about the shooters or how they got their weapons, he said it is time for congress to pass tougher gun laws. >> yeah, we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world. and there are some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings but to improve the odds that they don't happen as frequently. just after the president returned from paris where he visited the site of the deadliest of the attacks that rocked that city less than three weeks ago laying a rose at a memorial outside the bataclan theatre and called the inability to stop gun violence in the united states the greatest frustration of his presidency and, george,

jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. ted cruz is rising fast. but donald trump remains on top. and he is mow aiming his harshest attacks at hillary clinton. overnight at a packed rally in grand rapids, michigan, donald trump went on an odd diatribe against hillary clinton. using a sexually derogatory term to describe how she got beat by rack obama in 2008. she got [ bleep ]. she lost. i mean she lost. >> reporter: and he went after her for what she said in the abc democratic debate. >> what happened to her? [ crowd booing ] no, she's terrible. she's terrible. donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit. and it turned out to be a lie. >> that you would sponsor -- >> reporter: that's a reference to this moment from the debate. >> they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radidical >> reporter: clinton's campaign has proded no direct evidence that that has happened. trump has demanded an apology. hillary clinton says hell no she won't apologize. you've demanded an apology. what now? >> we

the way for naz but from a team stand point i've gotta be better, georges, jameel all down the line we all gotta raise our level. " jon: long will seek a medical redshirt at the end of the year which steve prohm and naz mitrou long expect to get approved. deante burton will make his debut for iowa state this weekend in the big four classic-- as isu takes on uni. that game can be seen on espnu. jon: jordan canzeri has dealt with trials and tribulation this season. mostly injury woes have set the senior back. but still he's found a starting role away from the grid iron serving the community. alex giaimo has more from iowa city. " hawkeye running back jordan canzeri is most well known around the iowa community for his touchdown runs but perhaps the most important impact the senior hawk is making is what he is doing off the football field. (alex giaimo) hawkeye hero canzeri grew up in the tough neighborhood of troy, new york. he now spends his free time away from football helping at-risk youth. (jordan canzeri) i've seen a lot of guys make bad decisions and mistakes and you know end up in prison and jail and, um, a lot of

the way for naz but from a team stand point i've gotta be better, georges, jameel all down the line we all gotta raise our level. " jon: plans on applying for a medical redshirt at the end of the season. now his old coach fred hoiberg's first season as an nba head coach isn't going too bad so far. the bulls are 14-8 and sitting in second place in the east. but chicago has struggled at times to show that offensive swagger he instilled at isu. tonight the mayor and his bulls take on memphis. over to chicago we go. start with this man derrick rose-- who fred has to be excited about getting fully healthy-- opens the bank for a pair. then drives base line gets the roll and one and rose getting off to a great start. later first quarter-- bulls now down two-- rose the drive-- and what a reverse lay in-- this man showing why he's been considered one of the best when with an answer-- the long three-- drains it... memphis putting up a fight. jimmy butler saying anything you can do i can do better-- hits a triple of his own bulls up 9 at that point and chicago gets their fourth straight win 98 to 85 the mayor taking control in c

what we're learning about this head jon collision that left a busy road in prince george's county shutown for hours. >> plus cutting out the middle man. the length amazon is going to to make sure your holiday gifts make it to your destination on time. >>> breaking news on the road right now. we're sending chopper 4 as we speak here. take a look at this. we're talking about southbound bm r b.w. parkway shut down. you see northbound lanes slowing down as well. this is a three -mile backup. we have a ladder in the middle of the roadway slowing things as well. chuck? >> thank you, melissa. a lot of clouds around. most of the areas dry. temperatures mid to upper 40s now. don't leave that winter coat at home. you'll need it before you get home today. a check of the hourly temperatures and a look into your weekend and how cold it will get. that's coming up in just five minutes. >> developing right now, police have cleared the scene of a deadly crash, this in upper marlboro. please say the man died in a head-on crash on largo road. we're working to find out how bad the other driver got hurt. >