and that will live on for generations. >> charles krauthammer from san diego tonight.arles down anywhere. see you on the special report monday. >> and it is about 50 degrees here. >> will much nicer there. thank you. one more round with the panel one more round with the panel after the break. morning ted! scott! ready to hit some balls? ooh! hey buddy, what's up? this is what it can be like to have shingles. oh, man. a painful, blistering rash. if you had chickenpox, the shingles virus is already inside you. 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. after almost 3 weeks, i just really wanted to give it a shot. you know, i'm not feeling it today. talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about a vaccine that can help prevent shingles. >>> final thoughts from our panel tonight. david? >> i thought what was very interesting about this debate was how personal everybody got and the fact that at least as i'm looking at this there are many scenarios i could draw from this. i could draw from this that trump looked negative and had a meltdown on the other hand his suppor

krauthammer was saying they know we have challenges and want solutions. voters responded here in iowa. >> what do you make of the fact that looking at the exit polls, or entrance polls, the voter who's decided over the last few days, went and broke for marco rubio, 29%. ted cruz got 24%. donald trump 14%. nobody else put meaningful points on the board. how did he do that? what happened? he just put marco front and center. he tried to meet voters and talked to them and had a fantastic running game on the ground and hundreds and thousands of voter contracts. we knew who voters were and we're the only state, excuse me, the only campaign that is organized in all 50 states. we don't expect this is going to end soon, we're ready for the long haul. we're excited coming out of iowa with a lot of momentum. >> what do you expect is going to happen in new hampshire? trump is up 28 points there. >> well, dr. krauthammer says it's a three person race now. trump, rubio or cruz is going to be the nominee. so when we nominate marco rubio he's going to unite the republica

he fought ted cruz on immigration to a draw as charles krauthammer said. he jumped in to defend president bush on donald trump's criticism of national security in a state that has 21% veterans that voted in 2012. that is a good line. the closing statement was good, and most importantly, he didn't have any of the moments. for anybody who thought that marco rubio is incapable of answering questions extemporaneously, that is blown away tonight. and the other sidef of that, i thought that donald trump had a terrible night. this is donald trump at the most unhinged where he was at some points screaming and yelling, and i thought that jeb bush had a good night, and ted cruz had a good night. >> and kirsten, the crowd was n anti-trump. i don't know what they were pro-bush or pro rubio or something, but they did not line up on trump. >> and in the last debate he claims they are all donors. but i agree that rubio had a strong night, and he bounce d back tonight. >> are you in the tanning for rubio? >> i am not. >> just reading from twitter. >> and he clearly had a

he fought ted cruz on immigration to a draw as charles krauthammer said. he jumped in to defend president bush on donald trump's criticism of national security in a state that has 21% veterans that voted in 2012. that is a good line. the closing statement was good, and most importantly, he didn't have any of the moments. for anybody who thought that marco rubio is incapable of answering questions extemporaneously, that is blown away tonight. and the other sidef of that, i thought that donald trump had a terrible night. this is donald trump at the most unhinged where he was at some points screaming and yelling, and i thought that jeb bush had a good night, and ted cruz had a good night. >> and kirsten, the crowd was n anti-trump. i don't know what they were pro-bush or pro rubio or something, but they did not line up on trump. >> and in the last debate he claims they are all donors. but i agree that rubio had a strong night, and he bounce d back tonight. >> are you in the tanning for rubio? >> i am not. >> just reading from twitter. >> and he clearly had a

krauthammer was saying they know we have challenges and want solutions. responded here in iowa. >> what do you make of the fact that looking at the exit polls, or entrance polls, the voter who's decided over the last few days, went and broke for marco rubio, 29%. ted cruz got 24%. donald trump 14%. nobody else put meaningful points on the board. how did he do that? what happened? he just put marco front and center. he tried to meet voters and talked to them and had a fantastic running game on the ground and hundreds and thousands of voter contracts. we knew who voters were and we're the only state, excuse me, the only campaign that is organized in all 50 states. we don't expect this is going to end soon, we're ready for the long haul. we're excited coming out of iowa with a lot of momentum. >> what do you expect is going to happen in new hampshire? trump is up 28 points there. >> well, dr. krauthammer says it's a three person race now. trump, rubio or cruz is going to be the nominee. so when we nominate marco rubio he's going to unite the republican party

and that will live on for generations. >> charles krauthammer from san diego tonight.e can track charles down anywhere. see you on the special report monday. >> and it is about 50 degrees here. >> will much nicer there. thank you. one more round with the panel after the break. . announcer: through presidents day at sleep train, get up to four years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, and save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, plus same-day delivery. hurry! this special financing offer ends presidents day at sleep train. watching tvs get sharper, oh remotes, you've had it tough. bigger, smugger. and you? rubbery buttons. enter the x1 voice remote. now when someone says... show me funny movies. watch discovery. record this. voila. remotes you are back. the x1 voice remote is here. x1 customers get your voice remote by visiting xfinty.com/voiceremote. >>> final thoughts from our panel tonight. david, kirsten and steve. david? >> i thought what was very interesting about this debate is how personal everybody got. and the fact that at least as i'm looking at t

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a b, and krauthammer. charles. >> she had a big victory and classic example of why her a pole is notes inially inspired. the enthusiasm is low and democrats understand particularly compared to bernie sanders. sanders has a thing. you are being screwed and the game is rigged. she went for every constitiency in the party and showing how much it reloys on identity politics and hispanics and african-american and that is why it is a pudding without a theme and no enthusiasm. and in the end democrats have to worry about. >> in the day after new hampshire, there had been bad days and this is a good one? >> it is more than likely shoe sowed up the nomination and she has the establishment candidate and a political and dc candidate at a time that the country and craving anything but those things. >> she's getting the.com, and texting down pat for dollars. bernie sanderses did a better job in that department? >> another reason why it was a missed opportunity for bernie sanders to get up and say to his supporte suppor

reaction, joining us from reaction charles krauthammer.ake the south carolina vote first, charles. has it changed your opinion on anything? >> well, it looks like trump has tremendously solid support about a third of the electorate, and if things don't change, he will run the table. the thing that has to+m change is the field has to narrow. there was an interesting poll, nbc poll about a week ago, if you run trump one on one against either rubio or cruz trump loses by 16 points. the fate of this primary election is going to depend, ironically, on the actions of the -- whether carson will stay. in kasich will stay. in and then whether one or the other, rubio or cruz gets so knocked down relatively early that it's a one-on-one. >> all right. number one, i don't believe that nbc poll. because i don't believe hypothetical questions ever get you any accurate information. just my opinion. number two, i think that it's after super tuesday, a week from tomorrow, that you@ might see kasich, but probably not, but carson will hang it up. carson is on

a b, and krauthammer. charles. >> she had a big victory and classic example of why her a pole is notes inially inspired. the enthusiasm is low and democrats understand particularly compared to bernie sanders. sanders has a thing. you are being screwed and the game is rigged. she went for every constitiency in the party and showing how much it reloys on identity politics and hispanics and african-american and that is why it is a pudding without a theme and no enthusiasm. and in the end democrats have to worry about. >> in the day after new hampshire, there had been bad days and this is a good one? >> it is more than likely shoe sowed up the nomination and she has the establishment candidate and a political and dc candidate at a time that the country and craving anything but those things. >> she's getting the.com, and texting down pat for dollars. bernie sanderses did a better job in that department? >> another reason why it was a missed opportunity for bernie sanders to get up and say to his supporte suppor

we begin with charles krauthammer, author of "things that matter" now out in paper back. the dust up of the night was between rub yes and trump. they had an exchange on health care and there seemed to be an oppositi opposition bazooka. >> if you builds the wall like he built trump towers he'll be using illegal labor to do it. >> go online and google it. the second thing about the trade war, i don't understand, your ties in the clothes you make is in mexico and china. you're going to start a trade war against your own ties. >> do you know what? they devalue their currency. >> well, then make them in america. >> you don't know a thing about business. >> no. make them in america. >> they devalue their currencies. they devalue their currencies to such an extent that our businesses can not compete with them. >> that is why you make them in china and russia. >> you don't know anything about it. >> you don't know anything about bankrupt in court. >> and you don't know anything about going to university. there are people borrowing $36,000 to go to trump university and they're sui

set the table for us, charlie krauthammer. you look at the polls and you see what's happening on the ground. >> i think the odds are that trump will win. probably big. that's expected. i think the real key will be what is the difference between the third and, if there is a big spread. if you get trump, cruz, rubio in that order. then the bottom three are in single digits. that i think would be a seminole event. if the vase a three-way race, it is a toss-up. who at the top three would get it. if it remains a six-man race, trump will dominate all the way to the the vote. that's the real issue. will south carolina win the way we expect in it new hampshire but which new hampshire did not? >> now, i want to chuck lane, listen to this back and forth with donald trump and ted cruz with a new lien of attack by ted cruz on israel. >> to make lasting peace there, probably the toughest deal of all but i'll give it a try. let me an neutral guy. i'll give it a shot. i would be so proud if could i do that. >> as president, america will stan

now, let's bring in charles krauthammer tonight. i'm looking for hidden messages. something not apparent in this vote. got anything for us tonight? >> i got a few. but look. the main story that there is very little hidden here, it's about one of the most obvious and sort of remarkable results you can get. sanders wins by 20 or more, trump wins also by doubling the number, too, that is unmistakable. i found something interesting in sanders state of the union address. his victory speech, he was practicing for next year because i did say he was appealing not just progressives but conservatives and independents, worry about the control of the system by the donors. that is a theme, of course, of trump's, trump's answer is elect me. and sanders answer is get it back, change the campaign finance laws and look to return the power to the people. he's trying to appeal to that constituency that thinks that they may disenfranchised by money but saying the answer isn't to elect a billionaire. the other lesson is, and this is one that is well known, but christie has shown us you

. >> charles krauthammer has doubts. he warns their campaigns are over if they don't change out their strategy. >> if cruz and rubio continue what they're doing, they're going to lose. cruz has to stop defensively. forget about the liar and the dirty tricks. he got distracted. ended up in a waste of time. and it i think it might apply to rubio. what might work against trump? you want to do a distraction. i think you go after him on the tax returns. >> all right. the tenth debate. gutfeld, are you ready? >> this is going to be ugly. i think it will be the thunder dome without the steel cage. there is one positive thing here. we have a doctor on stage. there will be blood and this will be the audition for surgeon general for ben carson when he performs mouth to mouth or does the chest thing. whatever you call that. by the way -- >> resuscitate? >> yeah. >> when it comes to me, don't. when you look at rubio -- >> whoa! >> we might - does rubio look a? it looks like he's running for student body president. >>> have the found

and ron hill and charles krauthammer. a b, exit polls was overwhelming. 86 percent of those, 84 percent to it 16 for hillary clinton. >> yeah, she does have a fire wall and it held up for her. and he did not break through the way he intendÑied. to she hasÑi better and honest d trustworthy numbers than in the past three because black voters trust her more and white voters, too. he won with the independents and they lined up on their partisan philosophy, democrats who wanted change sanders. and white women split 50- 50. things to see here, but she has after a bitter and uglyulosis come out with a resounding victory from the voters who rejected in favor of obama in 08. they might be. and they got the word and clinton won three of four and in a better position than perhaps she was a week ago. >> it is hers to lose. the impediment if anything is the fbi inquiry. she did better than obama did. and there is a small percentage of primary gers. maybe how it has changed under bark bookkeeper obama. if you look at the states coming

we begin with charles krauthammer, author of "things that matter" now out in paper back. the dust up of the night was between rub yes and trump. they had an exchange on health care and there seemed to be an oppositi opposition bazooka. >> if you builds the wall like he built trump towers he'll be using illegal labor to do it. >> go online and google it. the second thing about the trade war, i don't understand, your ties in the clothes you make is in mexico and china. you're going to start a trade war against your own ties. >> do you know what? they devalue their currency. >> well, then make them in america. >> you don't know a thing about business. >> no. make them in america. >> they devalue their currencies. they devalue their currencies to such an extent that our businesses can not compete with them. >> that is why you make them in china and russia. >> you don't know anything about it. >> you don't know anything about bankrupt in court. >> and you don't know anything about going to university. there are people borrowing $36,000 to go to trump university and they're sui

charles krauthammer is with me now, charles, your thoughts. >> hello there. am ready for your question. i thought this was a very interesting evening because the absence, well, i don't say why. there was a very spirited debate, much more substantive than any other and there was almost none of the earlier debate. it did not having to do, i thought with the kind of personal level we heard before. i'll leave it to the viewers to figure out why. secondly, i thought it was interestingly the best night that jeb had in all of the debates and i might say he might have had the best night of the group in this debate. he was very strong. he had one moment where he kind of flipped back to marco rubio on the question of immigration. kind of a reversal. >> i had that. >> yes. >> we have that. >> yes. >> let's take a listen then we'll get your thoughts. >> yes. >> interesting that jeb mentions the book. that is the book where you changed your position on immigration. >> you used to support the path to citizenship. >> so did you, marco. >> when you led the charge with the ga

set the table for us, charlie krauthammer. you look at the polls and you see what's happening on the ground. >> i think the odds are that trump will win. probably big. that's expected. i think the real key will be what is the difference between the third and, if there is a big spread. if you get trump, cruz, rubio in that order. then the bottom three are in single digits. that i think would be a seminole event. if the vase a three-way race, it is a toss-up. who at the top three would get it. if it remains a six-man race, trump will dominate all the way to the the vote. that's the real issue. will south carolina win the way we expect in it new hampshire but which new hampshire did not? >> now, i want to chuck lane, listen to this back and forth with donald trump and ted cruz with a new lien of attack by ted cruz on israel. >> to make lasting peace there, probably the toughest deal of all but i'll give it a try. let me an neutral guy. i'll give it a shot. i would be so proud if could i do that. >> as president, america will stan

we begin with charles krauthammer, author of "things that matter" now out in paper back. the dust up of the night was between rub yes and trump. they had an exchange on health care and there seemed to be an oppositi opposition bazooka. >> if you builds the wall like he built trump towers he'll be using illegal labor to do it. >> go online and google it. the second thing about the trade war, i don't understand, your ties in the clothes you make is in mexico and china. you're going to start a trade war against your own ties. >> do you know what? they devalue their currency. >> well, then make them in america. >> you don't know a thing about business. >> no. make them in america. >> they devalue their currencies. they devalue their currencies to such an extent that our businesses can not compete with them. >> that is why you make them in china and russia. >> you don't know anything about it. >> you don't know anything about bankrupt in court. >> and you don't know anything about going to university. there are people borrowing $36,000 to go to trump university and they're sui

now, let's bring in charles krauthammer tonight. i'm looking for hidden messages. something not apparent in this vote. got anything for us tonight? >> i got a few. but look. the main story that there is very little hidden here, it's about one of the most obvious and sort of remarkable results you can get. sanders wins by 20 or more, trump wins also by doubling the number, too, that is unmistakable. i found something interesting in sanders state of the union address. his victory speech, he was practicing for next year because i did say he was appealing not just progressives but conservatives and independents, worry about the control of the system by the donors. that is a theme, of course, of trump's, trump's answer is elect me. and sanders answer is get it back, change the campaign finance laws and look to return the power to the people. he's trying to appeal to that constituency that thinks that they may disenfranchised by money but saying the answer isn't to elect a billionaire. the other lesson is, and this is one that is well known, but christie has shown us you

now for the top story, reaction, joining from us washington, charles krauthammer.e again, doctor, you are in a position to tell the world where i'm going wrong. and you say? >> that seems to be becoming my principle occupation however, this week again, this is now two in a row, astonishingly, i think you have actually gotten it right. in fact, i think it's worse than that i will give you one example that i think is really striking that you left out. and it was raised interestingly enough by marco rubio in the debate. this was actually his best moment where he point out how the media when they cross-examine or supposedly cross-examine democrats in the debate, never bring up the issue of their extremism on abortion. they are always asking republicans about the rape and incest exception, which is morally and politically a very difficult one and i thought that the republicans generally speaking handled well. rubio, i thought, he did it well. in showing the respect for both sides. do you ever hear a democrat and they're fundamentalists on this being asked about the fact

joining us from washington, charles krauthammer, look as little dazed by the brilliance of that talkings memo. where am i going wrong? >> you know, next time i'm going to have to wear sunglasses. the brilliance is blinding. >> blinded by the light. >> right. you know, you are completely wrong when you say that trump was not damaged. this is supposed to be a no spin zone. of course he was. he lost. >> so what? >> trump is a guy who defines people i don't actually hate the word. either losers or winners. when you lose something, in trump's world, you are a loser. now, here's the damage that was done. if trump -- look at the counter factual. if trump had won, ted cruz said last week correctly. trump wins iowa, he is going to win new hampshire. runs the table. and he cruises right through the stating for the nomination. he ain't cruising no more. this is going to cost him a long slog through the trench. i still think at least as of today, a candidate casino i'm still going to putñ)t little more money on trump than on the other two. namely rubio and cruz, but it's just going to be a little b

associated press to discuss it say sh -- -- >> we have a big show for you tonight, including charles krauthammer who is here with the latest on the race for the white house. and actor richard dreyfuss and his son are here with why mr. dreyfuss was at a ted cruz rally recently and the fallout. and diane sawyer of abc news is here with a dramatic account of her exclusive interview with the mother of one of the columbine killers who is speaking out for the first time in 17 years. but we begin with our chief washington correspondent james rosen reporting from our d.c. bureau on the drama surrounding the republican nominee. james? >> reporter: megyn, the prospect of a brokered convention has loomed over the last few election cycles like sasquatch, but something that never materializes. this year, however, some smart people are phoning in their sightings. florida senator marco rubio, as you were saying, licking his wounds from that disastrous debate performance and his fifth place finish in new hampshire began telling reporters it's not necessarily a negative thing if the battle goes to july. terry su

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krauthammer says: "when she specifically came after sanders for his attacks on obama. i think it was a way of saying you have disrespected this icon in black american history." but g-o-p candidate donald trump thinks he will steal the african the democrats... if he is the republican nominee. trump says: "we will have so many african americans because they understand me, they know me, they know i'm going to bring back jobs from china." (on-cam tag) next up ... the republicans will hold a debate tomorrow in greenville, south carolina. in new york, patricia stark, fox news nevada's former attorney general catherine cortez-masto chose to endorse a candidate she says understands nevada's issues. "it's an exciting time in nevada to have the caucuses because we are a diverse state, and i will be caucusing on saturday for hillary" cortez-masto says she's impressed with clinton's work to stop human trafficking... an issue cortez- masto is tackling here in nevada. she also likes that clinton has spent time in smaller nevada towns like fallon. cortez-masto is currently running fo

it's not just you. >> it's charles krauthammer and george will and joan goldberg and erick erickson.'s assume trump does win the nomination. is there any way when he's the party candidate that can you say perhaps we were hasty and he has good qualities? >> well, we'll see. one of the things we want to see if he actually does win the nomination is how he runs as a general election candidate. our fear would be that this particular moment is the high water mark for donald trump's conservatism. >> interesting. you said we'll see. i thought you would say no way. and by the way, you know, to the extent that surprised me, there were a lot of republicans who kind of pushed back when you came out with that special issue and say, you know, you're a bunch of intellectual elitists. you go to conferences and cruises. you sounded like you were leaving the door open to say, for example, donald trump would be preferable to hillary clinton. >> well, we'll have to see. it's a collective decision made by our editorial board. the question will be does donald trump represent our beliefs and values enough

>> it is. >> let's bring in syndicated columnist charles krauthammer who joins us from washington., welcome to our cafeteria. what do you think of this election night? >> let's start with the democrats. i think the main -- the most striking elements are race and gender. of course, race doesn't show up because iowa and new hampshire are lily white, which is why i think in the end even though this is a terrible night for hillary, i do think in the end it's not going to matter because a large part of the democratic constituency is african-american and sanders is going to try to appeal to it by pandering tomorrow. he is going to be meeting in new york. but i'm not sure that's really going to help him. the other one that struck me in the exit polls, is the gender issue. sanders wins the men by almost 30%. and sanders also won among the women. i think is a madeleine albright who said just a couple days ago women who don't help women, essentially don't support hillary have a special place in hell. i think it was mark twain who said heaven for the climate, hell for the company. it looks li

krauthammer says "..the minute they give in and the process begins, they will cave." either way, it's fair to say that there is situational outrage here. republicans once railed against democrats in congress for refusing to confirm president obama -- when he served in the senate -- tried to block a vote to confirm justice samuel alito, the kind of move he's now railing against. on cam tag and, the other complication here? finding someone who's willing to be a nominee, who's willing go through what could be a very polarizing process with no guarantee that he or she would ever make it on to the court. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. frank vert mon do you like magic? can see this weekend.... at "a little night magic" coming up next newport and the momonth theater ... sir pat-trick join me live. magic duo recreates the intimacy of vaudeville performances live family entertainment comes to newport's monmouth theatre newport, ky multi- magician sir pat- guest star illusionist mike woodward have joined forces to create a fun family program they are humbly calling "a l

krauthammer says "..that's pretty extreme. if he gets away with that without some support, that means hs really is teflon don." trump didn't stop there, threatening to break his party loyalty pledge and threatening to take legal action to from running because of his canadian birth. clinton says "..i am not a single issue candidate because issue country." hillary clinton attacking bernie sanders in a nevada, a state that at one point most in the a lock for her. but, sanders is recent poll there. sanders says "..everything in my political gut tells me that we have the momentum here in this state." on cam tag now, that's nevada, but, clintion and sanders will also square off in south carolina on february twenty- seventh and even though clinton has an advantage there, recent polls suggest the gap is narrowing. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. still to come have you seen that photo of a rabbit or a duck? why it's trending on the internet right now... coming up plus. you know i've got that bearcat bling.. that can only mean on

that you have people on the right and the left, this network you look at george will and charles krauthammer and karl rove who are basically being -- i'll put it diplomatically, highly critical. >> and do you see them on msnbc? if you're assuming that the american public channel surfs and looks at all the different networks, then maybe you can make that case, but we know that people in this country don't get their news that way. >> julie, let's put up the cover of "the new york daily news" which does not like trump. today's headline, confederacy of dunces, blaming the voters of south carolina for the result. i think it's being a biased rag, but does it indicate there's still a section of the media that are going to fight him every step of the way? >> there's a huge section of the media. that's a tabloid. you really can't take them seriously. we in the media, a lot of people in the media, are the drug dealers that feed this crack addiction. regardless of how you foal about donald trump, they put him on the cover. they're not putting ted cruz on the cover, not anybody else on the cover. whethe

charles krauthammer thinks maybe. >> the person to watch is rubio. he's now been at 15% in that area for a while. essentially stalled almost waitin waiting. i don't think he will win, but if he reaches 20%, he will be the one who is seen as exceeded xeg expectations. and given the tafact that there are really only three in the race right now this, could make him going into new hampshire formidable. >> so what do you say about that? >> definitely like the ground swell of support that we've been hearing about, he's the one that the expectation level was lower, so he could outperform and really be kind of in a sweet spot coming out of iowa. the rubio campaign strategy was the 3-2-1. perhaps to get in the top three in iowa, solidify his positioning and then he might be pe ba peaking just at the right time. trump, cruz, rubio are in the -- >> rubio second place finish would be a real win for him, right? >> i think that he would have to feel really good about that. their team would be in great position. i think that also this shows that we were talking abo

fox news contributor charles krauthammer says it is possible they change their tactics. >> forget about the liar and the dirty tricks, he got distracted, ended up on the defense wasting time. he needs to find an attack line. i think it may apply to rubio. what possibly could work against trump? i think you want to do a distracti distraction. i think you go after him on the tax returns. i think romney is on to something. i think it can be deflected. i am not sure it would be effective. but nothing else that has been tried is going to work. they both have to work on defending their home state. >> tonight's debate the last chance for the other candidates to slow down trump before next week super tuesday. >> the battle to fill scalia's seat is on. republicans fighting back to block his nomination. they met with king jordan. >> i recognize the thing to do is give in to the most extreme voices within their party. >> they are pretty sheepish about itment>> those comments come as brian sandi ball the judge is being vetted for the vacancy setting up a possible political roadblock senate republic

steve hays, amy stoddardxd and charles krauthammer. steve, your thoughts? what is fascinating is to hear hillary clinton trying to get to bernie sanders left, yet again. she opened the statement calling for illuminating the influence of wall street and stripping things out of politics. the things that have been the two fold of bernie sanders campaign. i think it's deeply cynical of hillary clinton to be making those arguments given the swirl about her fund raising, both with the clinton foundation and generally. the super pac debate, and the contributions she god from goldman sachs, and she's calling for this to be eliminated? hypocritical. >> there is this hugging of president obama by hillary clinton. but yet, talking about economic troubles that have not been fixed over seven and a half years, it's a tough line to walk. >> yes. when you're hugging the president you're hugging the establishment when people are antiestablishment. what we have going on here is hard left populism and hard core politics. i think that both candidates really didn't do what i ex

that was charles krauthammer's analysis. do you see the same risk for candidates that will go hard after one or the another. john kasich going after jeb and rubio going after jeb and trump where it is it a risk for them? >> yeah, this is one of the few times i respectfully disagree with charles. we had christie on the the show on the sunday morning after the debate. he didn't think it was a suicide mission. he thought he helped himself. it is not the the way he saw it before the voters came in on tuesday night. as far as south carolina is concerned. you have to punch. if you don't, you look like a siszy and i mean, there is a sense of you have to be willing to take a punch and respond to it. as you can see, they are going after each other. and establishment candidates. three of them. kasich, rubio and bush. and they will go after trump. >> and it is like the golden coral and firing squad. >> talk a little bit about trump. that is one of the observations of the campaign seasonses over all. yes, there are drive by of donald tr

the senior political columnist of the national journal and singled indicated columnist, charles krauthammer. your thought about last night and how it defines this race going forward. >> one thing, we had huge turnout and more favorably on the republican side than the democrats. you had people like david axelrod warning this could be a bad sign for purple state like iowa. on the republican side, i was struck by, it was kind of satisfying for someone like me who has had a problem with donald trump, watching him get beat by a pickly canadian. and looking at the internal of the polls and seeing that most voters in iowa, and the republican field were looking for a candidate who cared about them. who were like them. of those voters, only 5% voted for trump. it was kind of ironeck that donald trump was the outsider. >> charlie, trump is touting an endorsement tonight. he is 200ing the form he senator from massachusetts. scott brown, who will endorse donald trump. what do you think his chances are rebounding from this loss in iowa? >> well, obviously, you just slowed the polls there. he is doing we

steve hayes, national public radio and singdy indicated columnist charles krauthammer. it feels like this was the straw on a number of things. somebody's got to pay for this. >> i think that's right. certainly the cruz campaign was under increasing scrutiny about its alleged dirty tricks in the campaign. it showed up in the exit polling in south carolina, with 33% of voters who answered exit polls saying they thought the cruz campaign was the dirtiest campaign. i think there's a concern among cruz supporters this was beginning to stick. this was such a preposterous hit, to think that marco rubio would walk by and in front of ted cruz' father insult the bible when someone may have been videotaping him. it was so ridiculous on so many levels. i think rick tyler is being scapegoated a little bit here. it was a silly attempt at an attack. the problem the cruz campaign faces in sort of turmoil after this past weekend is, i don't think this puts those suggestion s to rest. i don't think it's going to make the cruz campaign say okay, everything's fine now. it's not as if rick

. >> joining me now with more, charles krauthammer, author of "things that matter". >> what do you thinks the likelihood of where no one has the majority of delegates in july? >> it's unlikely right now and it's the dream of a few of the lagging candidates who figure they can get the kind of rung that would yield a majority in time for the conviction. what i think is the fight in the so called main stream candidate lane for the one guy to emerge to challenge, they don't understand this is cannibalism going on among the moderates. by the time that this one person supposedly emerges, it will be over. and trump will have swept the field or perhaps cruz will have come to be the one challenger who wins. so i think there is a real danger of that for the main stream candidates and right now, the most likely to emerge would be ted cruz. >> now, how important is south carolina? >> south carolina may be one of the last chances for the field to be to the advantage of the main stream or establishment candidate. if it is not, if you get, say, a rubio and a bush, emerging and a kasich, emerging fairly

charles krauthammer and laura ingram. bill clinton calling the bernie sanders campaign sexist and madeleine albright with what she said. >> let's start with bill clinton. he also said some of the tweets were profane. there's something quite rich with bill clinton, talking about profanity and politics and sexism on the trail, and there's also something very beautiful about the old dinosaurs of the feminist movement being hoisted on their own pitard by shaming women. i don't know if that's micro aggression or macro aggression. shaming these young women to say, you have to vote for hillary, after all, she's hillary. when a lot of these young women don't know that much about the clintons, they're not wedded to the clintons and their history. and i think what a lot of these liberal women are looking for is the real deal. not the woman who went from zero money to $100 million. a lot of it in part from places like goldman sachs. this is fascinating, i love watching this. >> your thoughts, charles? >> i think this has to do with

if kasun and carson don't step ahead, krauthammer says he's guaranteed the nomination. >> if you don't have the field whittling to three, i don't see how trump is stopped. if it is a three-way race, look trump got 30, 31% of the vote. in a three way race that's a dead heat with the other two. the losing candidates are going to be the ones who have the decisive effect of the trajectory of the skpan. >> let's spend a couple seconds talking about jeb bush making the decision. he made the decision that night, the concession speech -- the timing wasn't interesting. it sounded like it surprised a lot of his supporters. >> i'm sure it did. hopefully they weren't expecting those kind of results, they've been working very hard. you had his brother out, his mother out campaigning. he felt the emotion coming in him that it was very heartfelt. everyone says it's a class act. he's a capable governor. he placed fourth, he got out, but kasich and carson stayed in. which is interesting. he certainly the money behind him. a moment of patriotic grace, i think he didn't want to continue forward with the

steve hayes, national public radio and singdy indicated columnist charles krauthammer. feels like this was the straw on a number of things. somebody's got to pay for this. >> i think that's right. certainly the cruz campaign was under increasing scrutiny about its alleged dirty tricks in the campaign. it showed up in the exit polling in south carolina, with 33% of voters who answered exit polls saying they thought the cruz campaign was the dirtiest campaign. i think there's a concern among cruz supporters this was beginning to stick. this was such a preposterous hit, to think that marco rubio would walk by and in front of ted cruz' father insult the bible when someone may have been videotaping him. it was so ridiculous on so many levels. i think rick tyler is being scapegoated a little bit here. it was a silly attempt at an attack. the problem the cruz campaign faces in sort of turmoil after this past weekend is, i don't think this puts those suggestion s to rest. i don't think it's going to make the cruz campaign say okay, everything's fine now. it's not as if rick tyl

charles krauthammer says it is a high stakes gamble for a guy who has a 2010-20 point lead for a state his nomination. >> he has taken risks in the past and he's never been injured by it. so maybe he figures if jeb is putting everything on his relationship with his brother of the family and attacks him head on this could be a place where he takes him down and stays the run away frontrunner. it's a gamble. when you begin to sound like michael moore, you are praised by pink openly. you are saying things even the leading democrats will not say that you deliberately led us into war knowing it was a lie. that is pretty extreme. if he gets away with that without some diminishment of his support, that means he really is teflon don. >> the latest average has trump ahead with more than 36 points. his closest competitors ted cruz and marco rubio. >> this isn't something that we have seen before. hillary clinton barks like a dog to make fun of republicans. >> every time they say these things like, oh, the great recession was caused by too much regulation. (barking) >> that happening in a rally in

charles hert, amy stoddard, and charles krauthammer. as far as turning the discussion, this did it today. >> you know, we get tired of saying endorsements don't matter and they never do matter, but this endorsement does matter, it is the shock and awe endorsement. i think long term, what's so devastating for the other candidates is that chris christie was very much presented as the truth speaker, straight shooter, probably wanting to fill that lane that donald trump filled so completely. for him to get behind him, obviously you could say that it is trying to get back at marco rubio for what rubio did to christie in the last debate, but i do think it is a significant endorsement. >> i would argue that christie did it to rubio in the last debate and hurt him in new hampshire, but you know for chris christie to do this and not to endorse governor kasich, the last standing governor, people i heard today saying christie was never an idea log, he was a political realist and realizes this train is leaving the station. >> yeah. there's a lot of

. >> and charles krauthammer warned that the race is taking an ugly turn. >> it was a cage fight that we have not seen at a presidential debate before. >> good to see you, davy. >> good to see you. >> this election is becoming very real quickly. the candidates are feeling that and the the history proved four years ago when gingrich won south carolina and that means you would likely be the republican nominee, is this election different? >> it would be silly to say that south carolina will return to its role as the predictor of the nominee. and fascinating dynamic. once again donald trump is saying things in a normal election year, those of us who watch the stuff said he disqualified himself and we said that time and time again and proved wrong. he said on the debate on saturday and in the report, he speaks in ways that suggest that he is running from beend. the cbs poll numbers show he is comfortably in front. there is no reasonable doubt for him to lose this. his defensive posture is yet another surprise to me. >> and looking to get a boost in the polls is jeb bush. they are are looki

the senior political columnist of the national journal and singled indicated columnist, charles krauthammer. your thought about last night and how it defines this race going forward. >> one thing, we had huge turnout and more favorably on the republican side than the democrats. you had people like david axelrod warning this could be a bad sign for purple state like iowa. on the republican side, i was struck by, it was kind of satisfying for someone like me who has had a problem with donald trump, watching him get beat by a pickly canadian. and looking at the internal of the polls and seeing that most voters in iowa, and the republican field were looking for a candidate who cared about them. who were like them. of those voters, only 5% voted for trump. it was kind of ironeck that donald trump was the outsider. >> charlie, trump is touting an endorsement tonight. he is 200ing the form he senator from massachusetts. scott brown, who will endorse donald trump. what do you think his chances are rebounding from this loss in iowa? >> well, obviously, you just slowed the polls there. he is doing we

charles lane, opinion writer for the "washington post," and singled indicated columnist charles krauthammernk back to all the focus on the pre iraq war intelligence and all of the uproar about what was coming through chain, about who knew what. you look at this. this is a big deal. >> it is a big deal. i'm sorry to say i think it will go nowhere in the obama administration. if the president's purpose was, to justify the behavior, they are not going to prosecute the people that did that shading. there's only 11 months ago. these are prosecutable events. the willful destruction of information that the government requires be kept. particularly if they believe it is about to be subpoenaed by the congress or any other subpoenaing authority. don't look for anything other than political outrage and editorial outrage over this and the next 11 months. i have to say it is very hard to know what to make of the statements we just heard. the story in iraq that you just heard, the hyping of intelligence to justify an invasion. this would have been the opposite of hyping of intelligence. the downplaying o

charles krauthammer made an interesting point. look at the bottom tier they could be determinative.on't know they will go to one place. >> trump is most people's first choice of the voters we have seen and almost no one's second choice. that's the conventional wisdom that most people get out it hurts trump. and he's knocked out some, but coping others if it is up to him strong enough that he divided the rest of the fold. what does it say about tread cruz he had such a strong ground game we were told and he speaks the language of the evangelicals and playing on that note loudly and persuasively that he is a true conservative and you know, i think the south carolina voters may have believed that but he did not win tonight2k&t, may come in third? >> he was underrated at the beginning of this race. and while most people are dismissing him, he was getting his campaign very well organized and it is all over the southern states which are the next to go. and i also picked up on the exit polls, look at total family income. between thexd ranges of 30000 a year and 99000, middle class. it is a