donald trump is not only appearing here at liberty university today, he's going to be at oral roberts university, which is another christian conservative campus, another base of this evangelical movement that he'll be appealing to later on this week in oklahoma on wednesday. so this is a real big theme for donald trump as he makes his closing argument to voters out there heading into the iowa caucuses, guys. >> and, jim, this could be a very important stop for donald trump as you lay out. it's also a very important stop other candidates have made along the way in this election. ben carson, ted cruz, go down the list. many of these candidates have stopped here to speak to the student body. >> reporter: that's right, and, you know, when ted cruz made his announcement here, i mean, that was a huge deal on this campus. students here still talk about it to this day, and what those other candidates did in the past that, you know, i'm interested to see if donald trump does, does donald trump quote from scripture? is there a passage in the bible that speaks to donald trump? just a few moments

and here there is liberty college -- liberty university, but it is so true!> trevor: this man has no idea what he's talking about. no idea! basically you were going to liberty university and thought, if i find the word "liberty" in the bible, i'm golden! i'm golden! that's the whole ball game! what ball game? i don't know! two corinthians! in fact, it's not even two corinthians! it's second corinthians! the second epistle of paul to the corinthians! as i'm sure the crowd at liberty can tell you, it is easier to pass a camel through the eye of a needle than it is to try and pull that (bleep) off in front of bible students. it is so insane, you know! in trump's defense, maybe he was confusing it with a often forgotten sequel "2 corinthians, 2 furious." (laughter) you know what? the biggest thing about donald trump is, love him or hate limb him, you have to talk about him. this isn't just an american thing. in fact, yesterday the british parliament actually debated whether to ban trump from the united kingdom because of his inflammatory statements about muslims.

he's not only speaking here at liberty university today, he's going to be at oral roberts universityrump definitely wooing evangelicals all week long as we get very close to those iowa caucuses, pam. >> and plus you're able to report with all that going on in the background. jim acosta hang in there because we're going to be going back to you soon when trump speaks. max foster, let's bring you in because there's a debate going on in the british parliament essentially to decide whether or not to ban trump from the uk. what's going on? what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, it's extraordinary really. i can't remember a time when a whole debate was dedicated to banning one person. certainly questions have been raised about banning people in the past. people have been banned in the past but for a whole debate, a three-hour debate to discuss one person is pretty extraordinary. it doesn't have any teeth though, pam. there's no vote at the end of it which means he will be band. that's really a decision for the home secretary. she makes that on her own. but she's made clear that she's o

common core, very bad. >> donald trump has been speaking now for nearly an hour at liberty university, the religious conservative university. a lot to digest and to certainly challenge, including his claim that the unemployment rate is 20% in the united states and that if he is elected president we will see merry christmas in all department stores. that's just the top of a long list of things regarding this speech. we will have full coverage, reaction to donald's speech at liberty university. of course, that's the very site where ted cruz announced that he was running for president. their heated exchange continued through the weekend. i'm certain it will continue after this latest speech from donald trump. that does it for this hour of "msnbc live." i'm tamron hall. happy mlk day. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 ½ months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on american express to help me buy th

liberty students are required by the university to attend these rallies, so if trump broke a record fort is only because liberty enrollment is up, not because every student actually wanted to be there. so he's basically talking out of his ass, which by the way, is what he wants to dedicate to dr. king. ( laughter ) oooh! larry! but trump vowed to fight for this religion he so clearly never thinks about. >> we're going to protect christianity, and i can say that. i don't have to be politically correct, or... ( applause ) >> larry: or correct-correct. all right, donald. you're being a little too general. you need to be more specific. you know, quote something. i got an idea: quote something every christian would know-- or even non-christians-- something like second corinthians. i mean, who hasn't heard of second corinthians? i hear this is a major theme right here, but 2 corinthians, right? 2 corinthians 3:17. that's the whole ball game, where the spirit of the lord, right? where the spirit of the lord is, there is liberty. and here there is liberty college, but liberty university, but it

he also picked up an endorsement from liberty university president jerry falwell jr. that's the kind of thing that could boost trump with evangelicals in the hawkeye state a state where the evangelical vote is very important and where people had questions after donald trump has stumbled. it was liberty university he called the new testament book 2 corinthians instead of 2nd. he never asked god for forgiveness and called the communion the little wine and the little cracker. it's interesting to see if the pair of endorsement is enough to rebut the attacks we've been seeing against cruz -- from cruz against trump here in the hawkeye state. >> so we're going to see sheriff arpaio there with trump at some sort of photo op before the rally? is that what you're hearing? >> reporter: we are expecting to see sheriff joe arpaio. donald trump planning tonight taking questions from reporters before the rally. so joe arpaio could be with him and field questions. and i don't know if you can tell behind me, two claires on stage. two microphones, it possible we could see them togethe

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trump announced that liberty university president is endorsing him for president. fallwell says it was trump's his endorsement over ted cruise. trump said, falwell's support is an honor to have. >> falwell says his support is personal and not on the behalf liberty university. >> patti: not search jumping on the trump band wagon. jerry falwell's brother is speak out the pastor of thomas road baptist church. he made it a practice not to endorse candidates and urges his congregation their exercise and right to vote. whether or not we agree on making endorsements or agree on the best next president. america is need of divine innervention if we are to solve the great challenges of our day. view jonathan's results on our website. >> whitney: trump is shaking up the republican campaign again saying he will not take part in >> the network issued a statement mocking trump for attacks on meghan ketrump fired back calling a pathetic attempt to build ratings. >> less than a week until the iowa caucuses. trump stupg the political world. refusing to take part in the final debate

the release said his support is a personal endorsement, not on behalf of liberty university. but he came close last monday when trump visited liberty. falwell told the audience he sees parellels between his father and donald trump. jerry falwell jr: he honors his fiduciary responsibilities to his corporations. he makes tough decision to ensure his businesses' success. he speaks the truth publicly even if it is uncomfortable for people to hear, yet he treats his friends, his employees and those in need with the greatest respect, loyalty and generosity. falwell's endorsement of trump is a blow to ted cruz, who announced his campaign for president at liberty university last spring, and who is counting on the support of christian conservatives to win the early primaries. we won't have long to wait to see if the falwell endorsement will make a difference. the iowa caucuses lead off the primary schedule on joe dashiell wdbj7 and the latest poll out this morning shows trump has now regained a lead in iowa - but ted cruz is within the margin of error so trump is continuing to attack

we've healed liberty university and now it is one of the most prosperous and most successful universitiese world. i think our country is where liberty university was 20 years ago in the early 1990s. we need someone who is a professional, who has taken companies, taken them at bottom, turned them around. sometimes had to use the bankruptcy laws. we didn't. but he's a turnaround expert. i think that's what -- he's somebody who will be tough on terrorists. the country needs somebody who will protect our borders. those are all the reasons. and those are not the typical reasons an evangelical selects a president. i think when jesus said render unto caesar what is best for the citizens. >> there's been heavy criticism of your endorsement from some other religious leaders. a conservative activist in florida said the late dr. jerry falwell sr. would be rolling over in his grave if he knew his son endorsed the most ungodly man to ever run for the president of the united states. what do you say to that? >> that's the same thing they said to my father when he supported ronald reagan. they said it's

trump, today quoting the bible at jerry fallwell's liberty university. >> where the spirit of the lord is, there is liberty. >> trump, drawing laughter when he misspoke while quoting the bible. but he got a lot of applause when he talked about uniting to defend christianity. >> we are going to protect christianity. if you look what's going on throughout the world, you look at syria, where if you're christian they're chopping off heads. you look at the different places, and christianity -- it's under siege. >> one thing trump did not do today, attack ted cruz. in fact he never mentioned his opponent's name. we're out front, and this crucial question about god, is trump winning over those must have evangelical votes? >> well, he is certainly trying very hard to. trump today as you said making the big pitch to evangelical voters at liberty university trying to present himself as a deeply religious man. but this also comes as there are some considerable and notable red flags to evangelicals about trump's record and rhetoric. >> where the spirit of the lord is, there is liberty. >> reporter

had liberty university president jerry falwell jr. on today to talk about his recent endorsement of donald trump. jerry falwell says that it's because of his business experience that the country needs trump. >> i think that our country was where liberty university was 20 years ago in the 1990s. and we need somebody who is a professional and who has taken, and bought companies. he is a turn around expert. and he's something that will be tough on terrorists. the country needs somebody who >> mark: he says that trump keeps moving up. >>> governor mcauliffe and republican lawmakers are set to announce a major deal on gun legislation tomorrow. mcauliffe's spokesperson says that it strengthens laws. be sure to watch abc-13 news for updates on that announcement tomorrow. >> new video shows law enforcement shooting can killing one of the men involved in an occupation of a wildlife refuge in oregon. officials say that lavoy finicum was shot and killed. officials say they had information that finicum and the rest of the group had weapons. >> ge

liberty university president jerry falwell junior has endorsed donald trump for president. trump s campaign, falwell says the endorsement is personal -- not on behalf of the university. falwell called trump a successful entrepreneur, father, and says he can lead the country to greatness. trump spoke at a liberty university convocation earlier this month. on the military watch. the navy has unveiled their new healthy eating program. "go for green" is a food identification system designed to help service members find healthy food and beverage choices -- while dining in military galleys. color codes are used to help service members choose healthier options. green is food you should eat often, yellow stands for foods you should eat occasionally, and red is for unhealthy foods. the program also introduces new symbols for the amount of salt in foods. for saint jude childrens research hospital. this years dream home is under construction right now. and all it takes is a 100 dollar ticket for your chance to win the home - and a ton of other big prizes. if you secure your ticket now

appearing at virginia's liberty university is a rite of passage for gop presidential candidates, even donald trump, who drew a big crowd beyond students required to attend. >> we're going to have some fun, right? >> reporter: he stumbled a bit, quoting scripture. >> i hear this is a major theme right here, but two corinthians, right, two corinthians, 3:17, that's the whole ball game. where the spirit of the lord, right, where the spirit of the lord is there is liberty. >> reporter: it's second corinthians, not two. a moment showing sharp contrast with ted cruz who comfortably leads bible verses into speeches. >> how can you know that i will follow through on those first promises first days in office and every day afterwards? as the scripture has said, you shall know them by their fruits. >> reporter: but so far polls show evangelicals like trump. do like trump that is true. bottom line, at this point, jim, we're not sure the fact trump decided not to go after cruz today is a result of the fact that we've had some prominent conservative voices come out and say wait, wait, wait, at mr.

the trump campaign announced that liberty university president jerry falwell is endorsing him for president. business experience that brought the endorsement over ted cruz. jerry falwell says that his support is personal and not on behalf of liberty university. >> trump's campaign manager announced that he is taking a pass on fox's campaign. >> let's see how much money fox is going to make on the debate without me. >> ted cruz says that trump dropping out of the campaign is showing a lack of respect for voters. sanders and hillary clinton's campaigns are energized. they're concerned about voter turnout on monday >> we'll win in iowa if the voter turnout is high. >> if you go to the caucus on monday night and stand up for out for you on sunday. >> mark: the republican debate is on thursday on fox news. >>> a researcher who led a team in michigan for the water in flint. edwards is going to present an overview of the flint water crisis. flint gained national attention after its tap water was found to be contaminated with lead. >>> gleaning for the world is sending water to help flint. >>> toni

it is an amazing story what has gone on with liberty university. when you think of all of the years, a lot was not easy. i have read a lot about it will -- about it. liberty university is like a rocket ship. a really great rocketship. the jury has done. i knew his father a little bit. but i knew him a lot from the standpoint of what he did. to be compared to his father just a little bit -- to be compared to his father is really an honor for me. so i want to thank jerry for saying that. [applause] we had a debate recently. ?ho watched the debate a very political place, right? it was an amazing evening warming. we did fine, we did well. peoples came out after that, i am not going to go over that. somebody said, why do you always discuss the pool? -- the polls? my competition. he is in seventh place, i am in first place. i said, when you are in first place you discussed goals. -- you discuss paul's. you discuss polls. it is true. so many things have happened and now they keep coming out and we go up and up and up. we had 32% last week. people are drop

liberty university is explaining his decision to endorse donald trump for president. jerry falwell junior made the announcement yesterday and says it was a personal show of support, not affiliated with liberty. he says trump offered no gifts to he or the school in exchange for the endorsement. falwell says he likes trump's business credentials and believes he's the best person to improve america's economy. jerry falwell junior/liberty university president: "we're in such desperate straights as a nation that we need somebody who has experience, who has done it in the real world, and would be a citizen legislator." falwell's endorsement does not apply to rest of his family. yesterday his brother jonathan, who pastors thomas road baptist church, put out a statement saying he won't endorse any presidential candidates. trump fans are weighing in on the candidates decision to skip the g-o-p the republican frontrunner says he will not attend the fox news debate because they refused to pull megyn kelly as moderator. he's faced critcism from other republican candidates includi

. >> jerry head of liberty university announced he's endorsing donald trump. fallwell hinted when he visited the school. >> in my opinion donald trump lives a life of loving and helping others as jesus taught. >> not to be out done ted cruz met with preachers in iowa telling them he's the only one that can stop donald trump. >> pastors say in our values the christian values that built america and we need a president to definitely defend our values. >> crews has a 12 point lead among white christians in iowa and in a tie with trump for the overall lead. on the democratic side senator gained momentum in iowa. >> we will win here in iowa if the voter turn out is high. >> clinton says she's survive a tax from republicans. >> they throw it all out there. >> clinton holds a narrow lead over sanders in iowa. marley hall cbs news new york. >> clinton is sending her husband former president bill clinton to iowa. >>> dirty jerseys and pants to clean. just ahead meet the man who has taken care of the carolina panthers uniforms since day one. >>> and a bathroom breakthrou

regardless of whether they shared our faith and that's what it took to turn liberty university around and now it's become one of the most prosperous and successful christian universities in the country. >> yeah. >> and it's just the same as a parent with a desperately sick child who looks for the best doctor. not necessarily the doctor that shares their faith. i think the united states is at the same place that liberty university was in the early 1990s. and i think that we need someone who has turned companies around, even used the bankruptcy laws. we never did but somebody who has actually in the real world, been -- turned companies around, turned his own companies around, made them prosperous. i think that's what the this coy needs and i think -- i agree with rafael cruz who i respect very much but the crossroads is about to lose our economic, our stature in the world. i think we are on the verge of becoming a third world country. >> when's your reaction? >> at some point. >> well, you know, it is -- first of all, it is so great to hear from jerry. i knew his father. his father was

and college, liberty university but it is so true. trump also planned to hold a rally in new hampshire today. meanwhile in the u-k, parliament is debating whether to ban trump, as his campaign wears on. more than half-a-million people signed a petition for the ban, forcing lawmakers to discuss it. the petition started after trump suggested a ban on muslims entering the u-s. a family is back together in the warmth of their williamsburg home, following a long and often times stressful search for a missing eight year old boy. police helicopters searched from above, but zeb gross was under their feet the entire time. crews found him in a crawl space under his home. his family reported him missing this morning -- and said he didn't have a coat. nearly 80 people --- including volunteers and public safety agencies looked for him in frigid temperatures. they used bloodhounds and a state police c0083 - eric stone - williamsburg fire department 5202 we feel wonderful that we were able to locate this young man and put him back with his family. o

today the trump campaign announced that liberty university president jerry falwell is endorsing trump for president. this comes a week after trump and at liberty to the speak at convo. trump said he considers falwell a good friend and the endorsement is personal and not on behalf of lu. >> the attorney for the man shot by a lynchburg general security officer said newly released search warrants prove the officer used excessive force. first and today abc 13 got a copy of a warrant from warner's attorney. police say that 28-year-ol jonathan warner attacked wes gillespie in the dill yard building. mona kosar abdi has been looking through those warrants and mona, what have you learnedand mona, what have you learned? >> reporter: danner, in my hand i have the search warrant affidavit filed in court, and in it is ct davis found through his investigation into the january 11 incident. david writes the following that hospital officials transferred warner from the lynchburg general emergency room to the psychiatric er. warner was filling out paperwork when he becameage tairted and attacked lieut

that kind of sounded like an endorsement. >> well, liberty university is a nonprofit 501-c 3 university so of course liberty cannot endorse candidates. and we invite all the candidates to come speak. i got to know donald trump after he spoke here in 2012. i learned so much about him that the public never hears. i wanted to share that with our audience. right after he visited here last time i called him about a large christian ministry in another state that needed some help. i learned within a day or two he donated $100,000 of his own money. he learned about clyde frasier jr. who ran the harlem hoops and was kill in the 9/11 attacks and he searched down the family and he donated the money to keep that tournament going. example after example of generosity that never made it into the public's eye. he got his limousine broke down one time, a couple stopped and helped him. he paid off their mortgage a few days later. these are all things that you never hear about donald trump because he comes across as sort of a tough businessman. and it just reminded me so much of my father. because my fath

donald trump spending his morning at liberty university.vangelicals in the final push to the caucus. >> we have done great. we have done great with evangelicals. evangelicals have been amazing of the tea party has been amazing. we are doing really well there we will see what happens. we will give it our best. i think we could really surprise a lot of people by winning iowa and then we arexc just going to clean the table. and we're going to protect christian yeantd. and i christianity. i can say that i don't have to be politically correct. >> is donald trump popular with the evangelicals? president of the samaritan's purse and reverend franklin graham goes "on the record." good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> donald trump says he is going to protect christianity. he doesn't care if it's politically correct. the question is do evangelicals like him? >> oh, no question, greta. there are many that do like him. and i think there are also many who are still studying donald trump. but i'm staying out of it. as you know, i'm committing thi

here with reaction, the president of liberty university jerry falwell jr. it wasn't quite an endorsement but many people took it as almost one when you said you know you introduced him as one of the greatest visionaries of our time and you remained in close contact with him. does your position prevent you from endorsing? that kind of sounded like an endorsement. >> well, liberty university is a nonprofit 501-c 3 university. so of course they cannot endorse candidates and we invite all candidates to come speak. i got to know donald trump after he spoke here in 2012. i learned so much about him that the public never hears. i wanted to share that with our audience. right after he visited here last time i called him about a large christian ministry in another state that needed some help. i learned within a day or two he donated $100 hss this of his own money. he learned about clyde frasier jr. who ran the harlem hoops and was kill in the 9/11 attacks and te donated money to keep the tournament going. example after example of generosity that never made it into t

>> tiffani: donald trump had an awkward moment during his speech at liberty university. can you tell us exactly what happened there? >> tiffani he went to liberty with a stated goal and that was to reach out to evangelical voters which are very important in iowa and tried to show off a bit of his knowledge with the bible and here's what happened. >> i hear this is a major theme here, 2 corinthians, 3:17 that's the whole ballgame where the spirit of the lord, right, where the spirit of the lord is, there is liberty. >> reporter: of course that book as 2nd corinthians and you could hear chuckles from the crowd at liberty university. what is interesting that event trump was at is a required thing students have to go to. it can be a tough crowd and they let trump hear it when he made that little miscue. >> dan: ryan my career has taken me through iowa caulk us weeks. this is the dead push how important iowa is and it springboards to the other states. who do you look to come out in the last two weeks to push so hard. who will push hardest in the next two weeks. >> i really thi

according to ventricle devote -- vote at liberty university. >> we will protect courteously. if you look at what is going on throughout the world, if you look at syria where if you are christian they are chopping off heads. you look at the different places and christianity -- it is under siege. >> reporter: i will, evangelical voters could sway the outcome of the caucuses now just two weeks away. donald trump told the students at liberty university to never give up if you want to be successful. that is how he is running his campaign. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >>> in a rare move, the british parliament debated banning donald trump from the country. the petition signed by more than 570,000 people sparked this controversy. the petition points to trump's call to ban muslims from the reason why he should be beyond from the uk. >>> we're not going to get a check on the weather with our new chief meteorologist, colin jackson. how is it going over there. >>> today was a nice break. we started off wet and then the sun came out and the view was spectacular. it is very quie

falwell's endorsement is personal and was not made on behalf of liberty university, where he serves as president. while liberty is an evangelical college and falwell himself is devoutly christian, he takes exception to those who believe he should support a more outwardly- religious candidate. falwell: "we're not voting for a sunday school teacher. that is what my father used to say. we're someone who has my theological views. we're voting for someone who is qualified to run the nation." falwell says trump is the most qualified candidate to improve the economy. he compares our nation's financial situation to a crisis liberty faced in the early 90's, when the school was in debt and almost had to close. it was rescued, falwell said, by business experts like trump. falwell: "these weren't people who necessarily shared the same faith as liberty. they were just professionals who came in and made hard choices and changes that needed to be made." trump is making news this week for dropping out of a debate thursday. falwell says he doesn't completely understand trump's reasoning, but doesn't th

trump spoke at the late jerry falwell's "liberty university." he turned to scripture in his speech-- but he messed up the reference - saying "two corinthians" instead of "second corinthians.." liberty university president-- jerry falwell junior-- and emphasized his character-- and charitable acts-- saying the candidate reminds him of his father. bud hedinger of "good morning orlando" on "w-f-l-a" joins us live to talk about it. what did you think about trump's flub? trump is fighting but ted cruz.. already enjoys strong support from that community. so-- how does trump balance his attacks on cruz -- without upsetting the evangelical base? next let's talk a new florida poll..conducted debate. it was done for fox 35 by "opinion-savvy." it shows donald trump is holding a 12-point lead over ted cruz in florida. 31-percent of likely voters said they support trump, compared to cruz's 19-percent. the two candidates from florida, jeb bush and and marco rubio, are almost tied for third. bush has 13- percent.. and rubio has 12-percent. so, what does this s

on the campaign trail, and in virginia, covering donald trump's speech which just ended at liberty university, nbc's katy tur. well, donald trump took on the democrats as well. we will talk to you about that in a second. i just wanted to review with kristen, the experience of this debate last night, this was pretty ferocious for them. it really indicates what bernie sanders was just saying at the end of our piece there. >> it absolutely does. >> that it's very close. he is obviously competitive in iowa and ahead in new hampshire next door to his home state of vermont, and the nightmare scenario for hillary clinton is that bernie sanders is beginning to really gain strength, according to jim clyburn last night, that iconic democratic congressman here, he is really developing an organization here and trying to court african-american voters. >> he really is. that's going to be the key for bernie sanders. congratulations on a great debate, first of all. it was the most heated, contentious debate i think we have seen yet and it underscores the fact that secretary clinton is really fighting to try

we got a tremendous endorsement from liberty university. he is a terrific man, respected by everybody. i will tell you that what was so beautiful about it, no deals. joe did not say that, sarah did not say that. we do not make deals, not what fox, not with anybody. we do not make deals. the country needs someone who knows what they are doing, because we are a country that does not know what they are doing. when you look at the iran deal, when you look at the bowe bergdahl deal, we are addressed. we do not know what we are doing as a country and it is a problem. >> they have said anyone but trump. donald trump: that is ok. that is their opinion. i am pro-life. all i can tell you is this, i am pro-life. i have been pro-life for a long time. what did i say? you did not read it. read the full statement of what i said. read the full statement. no, you are not reading the full statement. get it out and read it. i remember this very well. he was a friend of mine. read the full statement. look, they have their choice. they will do what they have to

donald trump told the students at liberty university to never give up if you want to be successful, which is how he says he's running his campaign. edward lawrence, nbc news. washington. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather r recast. john: high pressure building expected in the mountains. no precipitation. as the cold air comes in with the northwesterly wind, wind chill advisories, don't start until 6:00 this evening. it is already very cold across the area. the mountains in particular. -20 above 5000 feet. as low as the wind chills can get. in the north georgia mountains, windchill advisory until 10:00 tomorrow morning10 degrees to negative five degrees tomorrow morning. clear skies in greenville, it is cold even in downtown greenville. 37 degrees. close to 15-20 degrees below average. through the mountains, the coldest temperatures, 14 degrees in boone. that is the actual temperature. 14 in spruce pine, 18 in marshall and waynesville, 21 in sylva, 28 in columbus and 34 in toccoa, 34 in spartanburg, 37 in greenville and anderson. a bit of a wind in the central and western upstate

liberty university where cruz launched his campaign. >> we are going to protect ch stia ty and if you look at what's going on throughout the world. you look at syria, where there, if you're christian, they're chopping off evidence. siege. >> reporter: in iowa, evangelical voters could sway the outcome of the caucuses now just two week away. and donald trump told the students at liberty university to never give up, if y d want to be successful, which is how he says he's running his campaign. reporting live in washington, edward lawrence, now b k to you. >> edward, thank you. >>> still ahead, stephanie seymour arrested in connecticut. details on exactly what happened, coming up. >>> an upstate college campusn shock. students found deadn a home near. what investigators believe might have happened inside. >>> and you have to see this to believe it. hundreds of boards horded in new jersey in a room. how they were kept and what you can do to help these mistreated birds. >>> oscars controversy. sp e lee and other big-name celebrities saying they will not be attending this year. meet the moor

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he's the son of jerry falwell who founded liberty university.t's a big blow to ted cruz who launched his campaign at liberty university. >> the christian broadcasting network obtained this video reportedly of cruz telling a group of pastors that it is up to them to keep trump from winning the republican nomination. >> if donald wins iowa, he right now has a substantial lead in new hampshire. if he went on to win new hampshire as well, there's a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee. >> now, in this video cruz says he is the only republican with a chance of beating trump. nbc news has not verified this individual y-- video's authenticity. >>> lawmakers hope today's hearing will lead to action from congress. the cdc reports the number of people who died from drug overdoses involving heroin or opiate pain relievers like oxcycodone rose 200% in the last 15 years. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> it is 5:45. we have a rainy but milder start this morning. look at city avenue. it is damp f

and here there is liberty college, liberty university but it is so true. trump also planned to hold a rally in new hampshire today. meanwhile in the u-k, parliament is debating whether to ban trump, as his campaign wears on. more than half-a-million people signed a petition for the ban, forcing lawmakers to discuss it. the petition started after trump suggested a ban on muslims entering the u-s. a family is back together in the warmth of their williamsburg home, following a long and often times stressful search for a missing searched from above, but zeb gross was under their feet the entire time. crews found him in a crawl space under his home. his family reported him missing this morning -- and said he didn't have a coat. nearly 80 people --- including volunteers and public safety agencies looked for him in frigid temperatures. they used bloodhounds and a state police helicopter. c0083 - eric stone - young man and put him back with his family. obviously, due to the cold weather, we were getting concerns going into the night. 5212 the fire department says

but liberty university but it is so true. >> liberty university president jerry falwell, jr. introduced trump, and emphasized his character and charitable acts saying the candidate actually remind him of his late father. let's look at how our tuesday forecast is shaping up. good morning, jamie. >> good morning, this this just in. it is cold. update, downtown, featuring a blend of sun and clouds and canopy of cirrus cloud cover continues traversing the central portion of our peninsula down far south florida and hasn't had temperature, you get a veil of clouds and temperatures have a tendency of going flat and rising in some cases, but that is not the case this morning. 31 gainesville and the villages 30's and datona beach, and deland, and the wind and you have the little thing we call the windchill factor. and the numbers on that are down as well. the dewpoints have really crashed out, solid 20s up north and 30s down south. the air mass becoming increasing increasingly, even more dry than by tonight. the cold really begins to settle in, plus i think we'll be cloud-free and see

later this month trump last visited the school in twenty twelve liberty university president stayed in close contact with from since that visit falwell says the convocation is open to the public to reduce state board of elections is facing a lawsuit three pastors want to stop the virginia republican party for making primary voters declare they are republicans they are requiring a declaration that that that violates the constitution and state law. right now virginia voters don't register by party and anyone can vote in the primary but the state board of elections approved the requirement anyway. state gop officials say they want to keep the democrats out that's all for thirty news now at five thirty would begin at six with the very latest on a rash of seven eleven robberies. it's a troubling trend in less than twenty four hours armed robbers targeted three norfolk seven eleven stores one of those stores was hit twice in the same day and a that's right david now security efforts are being stepped up in those stores are ginny lee is live outside the store on chesapeake boulevard where

liberty university has done that.andoned together and created one of the great universities, colleges anywhere in the country and the world. our country has to do that around christianity. host: ryan lovelace, a couple things came out of the speech. first of all, the two corinthians reference. why was the subject matter of news today? guest: donald trump's familiarity with the bible -- when he said two corinthians, he is referring to second corinthians as it is commonly understood. that is something that gave listeners and insight to how familiar he is with the actual text. it is also interesting to note that the big thing that came out of that speech and listening to it especially is the way in which he attempts to connect with evangelical voters is different from how other candidates do. he is not going on about his own personal religious experience. he says he is presbyterian, but he did not talk about it too much. when he has coming is gotten into trouble. on, he said he had wineittle crackler and at communion whi

the crowd of 10,000 was filled overwhelming with liberty university students who were required to attend the university's tri-weekly convocations. >>> the republican national committee is upset with how cnbc handled the debate in boulder they cut ties with nbc news allltogether and instead cnn will hold the super tuesday debate. moderators had a meen-spirited tone and presented a series of gotcha ques. >>> president obama is australia. the first foreign minister this year, discussing fighting isis among other things. and our government asked australia to contribute more militarily to help defeat isiss >>> a 911 center in floridd is in a lot of trouble. because officials ay an emergency call went unanswered so she could order lunch. brandon mier has details. >> the doctor couldn't hold him up. he dropped to the floor. usually that's where injuries happen. opticians. back in september, a patient has a seizure in the exam room. 911. offiie. no answer. again, no answer. other people in the store tried calling, and nobody picked up from the other end. >> reporter: jared goodman says %- they l

in the last week, he's been at liberty university, oral roberts university and a small christian collegewa yesterday. he went to church today, which we haven't seen donald trump do during his campaign in the past. and he's also had some important christian voices speaking for him when he went to liberty university. reverend certainly made a strong pitch for donald trump and said he's a breath of fresh air and offered what could certainly be interpreted as nearly an endorsement for donald trump. >> at liberty university speech by mr. trump got a lot of attention and he's been out on the campaign trail for a long time now talking about the persecution of christians, especially in the middle east at the hands of the radical islamic terrorists of isis. let's play a little sound from reverend jerry fallwell jr. >> donald trump is a breath of fresh hair in the nation where the political establishment from both parties has betrayed their constituencies time and time again. >> that's interesting because trump, he curses, he doesn't drink alcohol or coffee he says but one of the deadly sins, he's

cruz launched his campaign at liberty university as well.ccording to a new report, cruz is warning that trump could be unstoppable if he wins the iowa caucuses. the christian broadcasting network obtained this video reportedly of cruz telling a group of pastors that it is up to them to stop trump from winning the republican nomination. >> if donald wins iowa, he right now has a substantial lead in new hampshire. if he went on to win new hampshire as well, there's a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee. >> in the video, cruz says he is the only republican with a chance of beating trump. nbc news has not verified this video's authenticity. >>> the iowa caulks are next monday. in the digital operations center, i'm lauren mayk. tracy, back to you. >> thanks. >>> 4:47. pennsylvania's primary battle is officially under way. candidates for federal and state offices can gather petition signatures to qualify for the april 26th primary ballot. the deadline is submit the petition is february 16th. voters can expect democrats seek

i don't come from well why don't i didn't inherit millions of dollars the liberty university donald trump made his case for the christian conservative vote that some call this quoting a scripture clumsy after fumbling second three seventeen that's all ballgame where this pair of the lord right where the sperm lord is there is liberty with iowa poll numbers in flux there is no love lost between the two republican frontrunners the truth is he's a nasty guy as for the democrats they were fleeing from critiquing each other at an animal ecp of that monday focused instead on the legacy of doctor martin luther king doctor king died with his work unfinished and it is up to us to see it through what doctor king said is we have got to combat racism but we've also got to combat income and wealth inequality a different tone from last night's debate where the barbs were sharp. he voted to let guns go on to amtrak you've received over six hundred thousand dollars in speaking fees from goldmoldmanan sachs ted kerr seem to have a trump's attacks to eating out at jackson's video nasty ones at abc news was

liberty university president year we're farewell, jr. introduced trump, he said that the candidate actually remind him of his late father. amy, back to you. >> thanks. a new poll conducted for fox 35 shows donald trump is holding a 12 point lead over ted cruz here in florida, 31% of likely voters said they support trump compared and jeb bush are almost tied for third. it was done by opinion savvy on december 17 yft at the latest debate. 7:16 right now. it's a chilly tuesday morning out there, but it makes for a pretty sunrise. >> the high cloud cover passing over, it can dazzle the senses when we bring in that thin, wispy cloud cover, the riding sun, and moisture in the upper levels of the atmospherement i've seen great shots from all around central central florida. send us your photography to our twitter and facebook pages, my personal one or the fox 35 page wedge would love to see them 32 in gainesville, 36 ocala. when we fact netter wind now, the windchill or the feels like temperature, it's way down. feels like 27 now in gainesville,