this is what bush said earlier today. >> lindsay graham is probably the most knowledgeable person on the hill with foreign affairs and policy. and his endorsement is meaningful. i am excited about it. >> reporter: of course, lindsay graham was a presidential candidate and he dropped out. jeb bush, 2000 south carolina was the magic bullet for his brother. can lightning strike twice? >> i like bromance to pistols at ten paces. thank you, john. >> joining us is the writer for news and u.s. wormed report. talk about p the lindsay graham endorsement and what does it do for jeb bush. >> it is nice to get one of your former competitor to sign on and validate you. but the problem that jeb bush has, it will not mean much in south carolina if he doesn't get a good showing in new hampshire, which can would be be a top three showing. jeb bush has to be in top three and probably two pd place. if not going in top three. it doesn't matter much in south carolina. it is interesting they rolled it out early. because jeb bush can't afford to wait for it. >> we have seen the clash between donald trump a

nomination, lindsay graham is g.o.p.'democratic front-runner hillary clinton this fall. hopeng lindsay graham, i we can give some momentum to someone other than senator cruz and mr. trump. i think hillary clinton would clean their clock, graham told stationrolina news wlts, fox 19, on friday. again, that from the hill. and lindsay graham, a former candidate for president. regina on the line for republicans is with us now. ahead. caller: okay. i wanna say, all my life i was a democrat. >> you need to turn your t.v. virginia, so you don't get that delayed feedback. caller: okay. um... life, i was a democrat. my parents brought me up to be democrat. and this is what a lot of people are thinking. >> you're competing with the on your t.v. if you turn that volume down, you can keep going. caller: you hear me now? okay. this is what i want. everybody, whether you're republican or independent. the biggest thing, you've been taught the wrong way. you've been taught by your parents to run for someone you're black. don't run for som

attorney did just that according to bloomberg and we're waiting to they went at it on a senator lindsay graham. he dropped out of the race. any minute we expect graham to announce he is endorsing bush in the republican primary. >> dana: is that going to matter in this race. i know jeb bush needs anything he can get at this point. his poll numbers not good but getting an endorsement from graham, what does that do for him? >> graham who dropped out of the race because he didn't have enough support. you can look at that a couple of ways. graham is a senator, he's part of that establishment that republican voters have been they don't like establishment candidates. that's why we're seeing the surge with donald trump and carson. so jeb bush who was considered an establishment candidate, he's a governor getting an endorse from the someone else inside the beltway may not be as helpful as he'd like in terms of bumping into that top three. on the other hand jeb bush needs help. his numbers aren't looking good at all. >> dana: i guess he needs anything he can get at this point. thank you and have a great

. >> kim: our affiliate is reporting that lindsay graham is set to endorse jeb bush. have you heard anything from your spot? >> that report came out that lindsay graham is going to endorse jeb bush and former virginia governor george allen is endorsing marco rubio so a couple of endorsements right after this last debate. >> dana: we're going to check back in an hour from now. what will the endorsements mean for those candidates? will it help jeb bush? we'll find out soon enough. >> kim: rand paul boycotted the debate because he was at the little kid debate so he was like i'm not in it. >> dana: he took the opportunity slam donald trump. >> donald has no earthly idea his spokesman came out a week after the last debate and said that the main problem we have is that we haven't been willing enough to use our nuclear arsenal. frankly i think that is scary. ought to disqualify him from the debate stage for being someone too navy navy naive to be on the maintaining. >> dana: he took a shot at donald trump. >> kim: kelly enjoying the morning off. hopefully she's drooling on h

he did pick up an endorcement from south carolina senator lindsay graham. but the big talker remains the comment senator cruz said about new york city.. and this morning mayor bill de blasio fired back: ((i just want to say on behalf disgusted at the insult that ted cruz threw at this city, and its people. and the bottom line is he does not understand, in the least, new york values. )) ((kirsten joyce)) the mayor critized cruz for raising money and borrowing money from companies and people in new york city... and then questioning the values of the people there./// ((kirsten joyce)) > republican candidate carly fiorina will be in las vegas this week. she will hold an event sunday at the siena community association at 11-a-m. fiorina did not take part in last night's prime-time debate. her poll numbers didn't qualify./// ((kirsten joyce)) > a famous actor talking about interviewing a drug lord. ((charlie rose: "do you believe that the mexican government wanted to see you blamed and to put you at risk? sean penn: yes. )) sean penn talks about the coincidence o

though i imagine getting an endorsement from lindsay graham is about as helpful as being backed up in a bar fight by lindsey graham. [ laughter ] i've got your back, jeb. i'm going to smash a beer bottle on somebody's head! [ laughter ] i love a bar fight! executives from chipotle have announced their restaurants will be giving away twice their usual amount of free food, as part of a -- yeah! [ cheers and applause ] yeah, clap it up. clap, clap, good. as part of a promotion to restore the company's image following its e. coli outbreak. [ laughter ] yeah. [ laughter ] ooh. yeah, burrito -- ooh. although i'm not sure it was a good idea to call the promotion free-coli. there we go. [ applause ] and finally, a canadian man was arrested last week after allegedly trying to sneak into vermont while pulling a sled holding almost 200 pounds of xanax. but considering the severity of the charges, he seemed really chill about it. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great, great show for you tonight! [ cheers and applause ] fresh off moderating last night's debate, he's the host of "nbc n

. >>> turning to politics now, former candidate, lindsay graham, has thrown his support behind jeb busht night's debate. he said that bush did not speak the most but made the most sense. meanwhile those left are heading out on the campaign trail and the debate is still a topic of discussion. >> reporter: donald trump back on the trail today claiming victory in the gop debate. trump hammered the canadian born ted cruz saying he may not legally be able to serve as president. >> there is a big question mark on your head and you can't do that to the party. >> my friend donald trump said he had his lawyers look at this every which way, the constitution has not changed. >> but the poll numbers have. >> cruz blocking trump blow on that point, but when trump criticized his new york values trump fired back. >> everybody understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal. >> when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully more humanely than north. >> trump clearly came out on top, his response to the new york values

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barry talked with senator lindsay graham about that. >> here's what i can tell you. -- most of them -- homeowners and business suffered to try to get money on the table, a fair way to compensate them. we've got a pretty -- multihundred million dollar bill to help people who suffer from the flood. our farmers did not far, as well as they should. we lost an entire up co. wiped out. i'm going to work in 2016 in trying to get more everything. and bridges, we now know where our fault lines exist, and i think part of the responsibility of the federal government is to help a state like south carolina. ththgovernor has done a good job. the delegation governor, make sure the roads and bridges than compromised are rebuilt safely. >> as you heard only a few minutes ago, state lawmakers are also expected to address the state >>> here in the mid-lands a number of gop candidates are taking part in a poverty forum. the jack kemp foundation forum on expanding opportunity is being held at the columbia proper convention center. it's being moderated by house speaker paul ryan and u.s. senator tim scott.

. >>> lindsay graham is throwing support between jeb bush. the south carolina senator cropped out of the race last month and says he believes bush has the backs of america's troops. >> clearly, without hesitation, without any doubt, that jeb bush is ready on day one to be a commander in chief, worthy of the sacrifices of the 1% who have been fighting this war. >>evan: donald trump reacted on twitter to the endorsement. he said, quote, senator lindsay graham has embarrassed himself with his failed run for president and further embarrasses himself with the endorsement of bush." >> the democrats will face off for the first time in 2016 tomorrow night at 9 p.m. he will gath inform charleston for their fourth debate. gun control, expected to be a tomorrow's debate is the last democrat face-off before the iowa caucuses on february 1st. those are the first in the nominating process. >>> a fairview man has been indicted for murder in the overdose death of a woman. austin white is facing second degree murder charges for the august 2014 death of zoey p

dennis george pataki dropped out , of the race, lindsay graham dropped out before christmas. anyone else you expect will leave the race before the caucuses? dennis: this did not exactly reshuffle the field, because they were in asterix. in terms of people down there, rick santorum i think will hang in because of what happened four years ago. he was in the single digits and then he ended up in a tie on caucus night. we have not heard a lot about think she will stick their iowa and new hampshire. at this point, it is hard to see obvious reasons for anybody remaining to drop out. stacey: and ben carson for a long time was at the top of the polls in iowa, but not much conversation about him these days. dennis: that is right. it is interesting. there are limitations for him that have come to the four -- fore. he has been running advertising here in iowa and him and ted cruz and marco rubio have been running the most. there is a core of support for carson and it is people who likely will go to ted cruz, so in a sense for ted -- for ben carson to stay in, it would be good for ted cr

gain track should be in this campaign picked up an endorsement today from south carolina senator lindsay graham presidential race before the first vote. >> laura: miss washington u.s.a. has resigned after having a run-in with the law. she resigned before the organization stripped her of her title for driving drunk. the 23-year-old was crowned in october, but back in april, she was arrested for drunk driving and spent two days in jail. pagent rules say contestants cannot engage in illegal activity, but they can't crown the first runner-up yet because she said her crown and sash were stolen two week before the drunk driving scandal even broke. >> "q": sean penn sat down with charlie rose to talk about his rolling stone interview with drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman. kenneth craig has a preview. >> there is this myth about the visit that we made. >> reporter: sean penn tells 60 minutes' charlie rose that he does not believe his october interview with joaquin el chapo capture last week. >> so as far as you know, you had nothing to do, and your visit had nothing to do with his recapture? >> the me

. >> lindsay graham will attend tomorrow's forum, but as as a presidential candidate. i spoke to graham earlier today about that. >> well, i think that the number one, i was frustrated, i didn't do better, i could always, i guess, be a better candidate, i'm proud of my team, ut it was hard to get on the main debate stage, i did pretty well in the debates, the under card debates, but they didn't last very long. i guess what i'm most proud of is two things, the same guy that left the race is the same guy that entered the race, i didn't change my positions, i tried to tell it like i believe it to be and on national security, i think above all others, i drove the debate. offered an alternative for leading from behind, obama's approach to destroying isil, it requires more american presence in iraq and eventually syria as part of a regional force. i'm proud of the effort in my team, to talk about how to defend this nation, other than just criticizing obama, giving a concrete alternative, and now, i'm proud to say, that most people in my party are coming my way and isolationi

some breaking political news is lindsay graham has announced he'll endorse jeb bush. he equation in south carolina. >> it is a big, big deal in south carolina. look, lindsay was not doing well in the presidential race but lindsay graham is very well liked in south carolina. he knows his state. for the longest time some of the most powerful, some of the best political republican activists have been frozen because they were nlt going to go anywhere because lindsay graham was running. so yes it is a big deal in south carolina and i think it tells you that jeb bush is looking past iowa, past new hampshire and is the one building a strong ground troop operation and he's going live to fight through south carolina i'm sure. >> amanda what do you think. this morning people are talking about ted cruz and donald trump. not jeb bush. do you think they are counting him out too soon. >> jeb bush has never lacked for endorsements or money. when i wake up today and i see a headlines focused on trump and the enact that he has a good shot at getting the nomination, i think it is time f

. >> mccain supported lindsay graham and told us now is not republican. scott, mccain said he will endorse the party's nominee no matter who it is, because party loyalty will not allow him to walk away. >> major garrett, thank you. right back. >>> president obama interrupted preparations for tonight's state of the union address to deal with the breaking development in the persian gulf. iran seized two small u.s. navy boats and took 10 crew members into custody. cbs news national security correspondent david martin is following this story at the pentagon. >> reporter: the two small boats were en route from kuwait to bahrain ended up on iran's farsi island in the persian gulf. u.s. officials believe the boats and ten soilors were picked up after they had suffered a mechanical breakdown and drifted officials do not know if shots were fired but say iran's foreign minister personally assured secretary of state kerry sailors will be allowed to continue their journey. it would seem a harmness incident, except two weeks ago iranian revolutionary guard ships fired

if lindsay graham, who is a very close friend of john mccain, and mccain defers to him on this. if he were to say yeah, this isn't working. i mean, people have talked to lindsay graham and say, you know, you really elevate these people by treating them not as criminals, but as warriors. but if he were to ever break on that, it would change this whole thing. but i don't know whether he will. >> thank you. jeff dire from "the financial times." i wonder if reasons why the periodic review boards seem to have been so slow. if the plans are outlined about trying to get this done by the end of this year, it's actually going to happen, that would be the sweet spot you would think for the administration to hustle on it. is it about resources? is it about foot dragging from the pentagon? is there a torture question? is there an obvious reason? >> they simply haven't put the resources into it that they need to and those resources are actually available, either within the department or for hire. i mean, they really are. and they simply have not put the resources into it. i mean, i've got to

. >> mccain supported lindsay graham and told us now is not the time to endorse any other republican. scott, mccain said he will endorse the party's nominee no matter who it is, because party loyalty will not allow him to walk away. >> major garrett, thank you. the cbs "overnight news" will be almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. with three simple words. my name is chris noth and i will listen. from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it's easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. if you were a hippie in the '60s, you need to know. it's the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that's cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo's preventable? right on! if you dig your bones, protect them. >>> president obama

lindsay graham, i don't know who he was. i don't know if it's the right number. let's call it. 202 [ bleep ]. >> attacking people, short, tall, fat, ugly. that happened in junior high. >> i never attacked him on his looks and believe me, there's plenty of subject matter right now. >> donald trump said he was not talking about carly fiorina's face when he said "look at that face, would anybody vote for that." now donald trump claims talking about her face was talking about her persona. >> i think women all over the country know what mr. trump meant. >> i think she's a beautiful woman. >> one candidate was closing in on trump. the other outsider in the race. dr. ben carson. >> i'm the only one to separate siamese twins, the only one to take out half a brain, although you would think, if you go to washington, someone had beat me to it. >> by october trump and carson were fighting it out. jeb bush had been stuck in single digits for months. at the third debate he took a shot at his former buddy marco rubio. pretty much everybody agreed it backfired. >> when you signe

today it is where jeb bush and lindsay graham will campaign. he has endorsed and will be campaigning with jeb, trying to get vigor and momentum in the polls. it is a small crowd when compared with trump and sarah palin. it gives you an idea how steep it is. this morning before heading to oklahoma, he took a swipe at ted cruz. citizen wise. >> he was a canadian citizen. if you think about this. he was a canadian a united states senator, he was a joint citizen of united states and canna and he said he didn't know about it? >> reporter: trump questioning cruz's honesty. ted cruz has an event in new hampshire and barnstorming in the state and was critical of trump last night and today, marco rubio who is on a bus tour went after cruz. this is a state where there is no sales or broad based income tax. and rubio is going after ted cruz to do away with the current irs code and replace it with a flat business tax. rubio calls that a european tax. >> ted cruz supports the vat tax. it is it a sneaky tax and they love it in europe and they can keep raisin

he will soon drop off the stage pest debate, he did pick up the endorse machine of senator lindsay graham >> caputo said that's hardly a win. then, there is marco rubio. throughout the debate, he don't come across as tough enough. >> reporter: unlike bush, rubio needs wins to pick up cash an prove he is a trump alternative. as for the pan on top. >> a long time ago, i started to predict the demise of trump. i think everyone was doing it and everyone was one. >> reporter: trump leads here in florida where rubio and push place third and fourth in a series of polls. christopher heat, "eyewitness news." >>> hundreds of people are spending their weekend looking for pythons. >> >> and remember, if you want more local news at 9:00, turn inin t thihis line of work iningredients mamakeke t the cut itit's's i important to meme to know eveverery y dish i serve isis t thehe best it can be. fofood critic. mamade bread daday with pride soso y youou can serve it wiwith some >> live look outside. line of heavy thunderstorm -- we'll continue to update you on the severe thunderstorm warning that is continu

. >> mccain supported lindsay graham and told uss now is not the time to endorse any other republican. scott, mccain said he will endorse the party's nominee no matter who it is, because party loyalty will not allow him to walk away. >> major garrett, thank you. right >>> president obama interrupted preparations for tonight's state of the union address to deal with the breaking development in the persian gulf. iran seized two small u.s. navy boats and took 10 crew members into custody. cbs news national security correspondent david martin is following this story at the pentagon. >> reporter: the two small boats were en route from kuwait to bahrain ended up on iran's farsi island in the persian gulf. u.s. officials believe the boats and ten soilors were picked up after they had suffered a mechanical breakdown and drifted into iranian territory waters. officials do not know if shots were fired but say iran's foreign minister personally assured secretary off state kerry soil continue their journey. two weeks ago iranian revolutionary guard ships fired off rockets within a mile of the air

. >> mccain supported lindsay graham and told us now is not the time to endorse any other republican. scott, mccain said he will endorse the party's nominee no matter who it is, because party loyalty will not allow him to walk away. >> major garrett, thank you. right back almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. together we can help them with three simple words. my name is chris noth and i will listen. from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting g on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it's easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. if you were a hippie in the 's, you need to know. it's the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that's cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. if you dig your bones, protect them. all: cbs cares! >>> president obama interrupted prepar

. >> mccain supported lindsay graham and told us now is not the time to endorse any other republican. scott, mccain said he will endorse the party's nominee no matter who it is, because party loyalty will not allow him to walk away. >> major garrett, thank you. right back. almost sixty million americans are affected by mental illness. together we can help them with three simple words. my name is chris noth and i will listen. from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it's easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. if you were a hippie in the '60s, you need to know. it's the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that's cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo's preventable? right on! all: cbs cares! >>> president obama interrupted pre

lindsay graham is backing the former florida governor after graham suspended his own campaign last month. he pledged his work to national security with establishment republicans in south carolina which obviously is one of the critical early voting states in the primary. >>> we're sure to hear responses to what republicans have said on the trail recently and this sunday night in the primary debate and vermont senator burdeny sanders and martin o'malley will square off in south carolina. that debate starts at 9:00. >>> chipotle is planning to hold team meetings with all workers next month and that means all of the stores will be opening late. >> put it on the calendar for monday february 8th. chipotle stores will open at 3:00 in the afternoon instead of 11:00 in the morning. the company will talk about how it's improving food safety measures. the mexican food chain has dealt with salmonella, e. coli, and open the nbc washington app to read more about what chipotle is doing to regain customers' trust. >>> real-life drama out of a movie. why a major hollywood actor went to meet with one of t

voters have not been supporting jeb bush, but in south carolina, the former presidential candidate lindsay graham is supporting bush. he says he is ready to lead the country on day one. >>> one of the winners of wednesday's $1.06 power ball jackpot has come forward, john and lisa robinson from tennessee are the first to go public with their fortune. >> they learned they could only redeem their ticket in the state where it was purchased. oops. so they hopped a plane and rushed back to nashville to get paid. >> we are going to take the lump sum. >> why? >> because, we are not guaranteed tomorrow. >> amen to that. >> lump sum works out to about $327 million. >> that's good stuff. >> not bad. >> the robinsons split the record-breaking jackpot with two other yet to be named winners from southern california and florida. >>> adoring beibei fans, your time is almost here. >> the doors open tomorrow morning for the public debut of the panda cub. and surae chinn got a sneak peek. >> reporter: well, actually, even me, i was not able to see beibei today. but it is the eve of his debut. it is like christmas e

prepared for what's a busy primary election. 13 on the gop side including one name, that of lindsay graham's that's already been scratched and we have significantly more candidates running which means more activity. so we're planning for a significant turnout between absentee as well as in-person voting. >> for voters casting a ballot there's more involved this time than just picking a candidate. >> it only has to do with which primary to vote in. >> this is a statement of affiliation add by the republican party of virginia, in it, the voter pledges they are republican. it didn't stop this woman from casting her ballot, but she didn't like it. >> i didn't care for that too much because i vote the person and not necessarily the party. >> are you here to vote absentee. >> yes. >> others eager to cast absentee the bahs, include students on break. >> the absentee procould be confusing and i would vote now before we go back to school. two women voted for the first time, one getting an applause in the process. [ applause ] >> i was nervous. i didn't really know what to do and they were showing me

. >> senator lindsay graham, endorsing governor jeb bush. iowa, two weeks away. great to see you, senator. thanks for coming in. >> appreciate it. breaking news this morning. supreme court says it will decide the fate of president obama's executive actions on immigration, announcing it will take up the issue this term. >> more than two dozen states are now challenging the president's actions which shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. let's get kind of the state of what this means now. senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin is joining us on the phone. jeffrey, what does this mean? the court is going to take it up, obviously, this session, meaning they could decide by early summer. what does this mean? >> well, it is certainly good news for the obama administration that the court took the case. because the status quo is that the lower court had put a hold on the whole program. so if the supreme court hadn't taken it up, president obama would leave office without implementing this policy. at least he has a chance of winning by the end of june. a

and lindsay graham believes strongly and wrongly that we are in a war and these people need to be treated under the laws of the war and it's not right to treat them as criminals. if lindsay gram was a close friend of john mccain, if he were to say yeah, this isn't working, i mean, ewe know, you really elevate this, but if he were ever to break on that, it would change this whole thing. but i know he never will. >>. >> is it about resources? is it a torture question? is it is this reason about why the process -- >> they haven't put the resources into it that they need to. those resources are available, either within the department or for hire. they really are and they've simply not put the resources into it. i sitly say i want to encourage obama. when it comes to managing this problem, the obama administration is sitly not managed it. if they wanted couriers to play, then you should have the resources in to do resources. and they haven't done it. if you want to oppose it, you shouldn't be putting hab yus for people who shouldn't win. it seems to me nobody's overseeing that. no one is overs