i'm with mark halperin. i don't agree with that.tion to barack obama's speech than anything. >> yeah. for donald trump this rhetoric doesn't come out of the clear blue sky. this is the culmination of months of things we've heard from him whether it's the idea of keeping lists, closing mosques or saying muslims celebrated on rooftop on 9/11. let's look at the latest new survey from public policy polling. 58% of donald trump's supporter in new hampshire believe that thousands of arabs celebrated the 9/11 attacks in new jersey. only 12% believe it didn't happen. meanwhile 53% of trump supporters in new hampshire in favor of a national database for muslims. only 22% oppose that. 49% of trump supporter in the granite state are in favor of shutting down mosques in united states while only 18% oppose doing just that. so, gene, that's what joe is referring to there. this is the kind of thing if you watched that event last night, as appalling as it was to most people in the room donald trump got a stand ovation, loud cheers from a big crowd

mark halperin: you say you want to declare war against isis?, if there is a vital american interests at stake, why are you not in favor of substantial ground troops? jeb bush: the commander-in-chief would tell his advisers to give me a strategy to take out isis. i can't tell you the answer to that now. it could involve substantial ground troops but not necessarily. if we could mobilize the support of the whole neighborhood which has got to be central, we can do this alone, support from europe and turkey and egypt and jordan, all of these countries are directly affected by this grave threat. we could destroy isis. that is the goal. it is not to contain. that is a joke. containing only gives them energy. john: some levers of your party want to invoke article five. are you in favor of that? jeb bush: the net result is that we need to lead. we need to be the leader of this effort and there should be a clearly stated objective. we should use awesome force, not incremental force, which is what we are doing today. john: i think there is a broad view t

we welcome mark halperin, as we do every day. is donald trump your lead, mark? in a picture from the norm, we will be leaving with donald trump, talking about his battles with hillary clinton for yesterday, our sense was it was good for both donald trump and hillary clinton. now we will explore where the latest round is still to his advantage or hers. kathleen: what is your view? i know that u.n. and megan murphy, and for john heilemann this week, had a lengthy discussion. what do you conclude? mark: i think this may be more dangerous for her side than it is for his. this place to the trump brands -- unvarnished talk, not being a normal politician. on the clinton side you have seen today she has made comments indirectly about it, but she and her team have shied away from directly engaging him up until now. i think they recognize that whether trump ins up as the nominee or not, it's not an hillary clinton's interest for this campaign to become a gutter herl. she would rather keep past, her husband for past, she would rather keep that out of this campaign. and tru

mark halperin is hardly like the huffington post. at mark hall trip says his speech is lame big deal. a lot of people at the other cable network says the speech is lame. that doesn't mean anything. what means something is when the rubber meets the road. when his successor, hillary clinton is running against one of the republican nominees, whether it's cruz, trump, rubio, whoever it is is we'll see how the media judges obama because hillary is going to have to prop up barack obama's policy. >> she was at the center of it. >> i think the president spoke last night because the poll bill o'reilly mentioned this. polls have been going down his strategy. you why it's going down? because he can't get heard in terms of saying here is my strategy. >> are you kidding me? is that your argument? no, no, no. >> defeat the terrorists. >> let me get this straight. >> we are live tonight. so, juan, juan, the polls aren't going down because he hasn't been heard. the polls are going on because there are dead people in the street, juan. >> planned paren

. >> we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle, managing editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin. >> he has cowboy boots. >> first in the nation. first in the nation cowboy boots. >> it does not work. msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele is with us. >> willie, a lot of response yesterday to the donald trump interview. obviously trump is just, again, sucking up all the energy on the campaign trail. >> yeah. he did exactly what we talked about him doing which is to take these set of facts about whether or not there were tailgate parties on the roofs of jersey city on september 11, 2001. he said people told him about it. he can brush it aside and his supporters cheer. >> mark halperin you reported he's organized very well in new hampshire. >> people are under estimating to the extent this is not a campaign tool but his people are using his celebrity to organize in this state and iowa. who can stop him in either of those two places? >> that's a dynamic. yesterday, of course, i had a torrent of emails and texts from my brother. >>

mark: i'm mark halperin. 'm megannd i megan murphy. mark: on the show tonight, trump versus clinton. the new hampshire about in rubio doubt. but first, lindsey graham is out. today the senator from south carolina announced his suspension. graham was never expected to be a tight one in this race and he chose to leave on the last day you could get out in time to have his name taken off the south carolina primary ballot. in is exit interview with cnn, the only candidate who is left in the 2016 race of military experience claimed credit for influencing the debate. >> i staple come my way on foreign policy. this last debate, i felt -- ok, those people did it. if you are running for president of the united states and you don't understand that we need more american ground forces in iraq, then you are not ready to be commander-in-chief. i intend to be a commander in chief that can win a war we cannot afford to lose. the isolationists in our party are no better than obama. if you want to win this war, follow me. mark: he got good marks for his d

i want to bring in mark halperin.we talk about the numbers and what they mean, another piece of news about donald trump, he promised he would release his medical records and they would show perfection. they are out and his doctor is ", if elected, i can state mr. trump will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." little bit of trump in the doctor. donald trump does have incredible energy and one of the most vivid memories i have was walking behind him in temperatures of over 100 degrees about an hour while he shook hands. i was exhausted he sat down for about 14 seconds and got back up. he does, for his age, have extraordinary stamina. according to his doctor, his record works out well. he eats not the most healthy diet in the world. he likes a lot of fatty foods. believed,tor is to be mr. trump for a man his age is in good health. trump, clinton, and sanders are all pretty old by the standards of the rest of the field and all three seem to have any good stamina. david: let's get to the iowa numb

joining us from washington manager editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin. are you ready to go on this friday? are you going to read excerpts from john's book? national security and terror on the voter's minds in a way they haven't been since the terror attacks on september 11th, 2001. 79% of americans think that an attack is likely or vary in the next few months. of those, the 44% that say very likely is the highest number poll since 2001. several americans call isis a major threat to the u.s. security. the highest level since the poll began asking the question last year. 71% say things are not going well in the fight against isis. 25% say it's not going well. 52% approve of the way president obama is handling terrorism. >> help me out here. we need a historical president. it sounds idea logical and it's not. we look at these numbers and you can see almost six in 10 americans disapprove with the way the president is handling war on terror. his secretary of defense goes on the hill and says isis is not contained. his white house says right after paris isis c

mark: i mark halperin. john: i am john heilemann. "with all due respect," we are deflategate,e, cover-up -- but coldplay? now you have gone too far. john: happy national cookie day, sports fans. a pair of tremendous interviews with front-runner donald trump and second-place runner ted cruz. first, a new national cnn poll shows mr. trump is becoming king trump should we talk about polls a lot on this show but this one is a doozy. trumppth and breadth of support is greater than ever instantly stunning. we will give you a taste of what trump himself is saying about the pulpit here is -- about the poll. here's a snippet of his interview with mark this money. mark: what do you think of the numbers? mr. trump: well, i'm honored by the numbers did i see what is happening. we have to amend his response to what i'm saying, and i'm really honored. i'm not that surprised. when you look at the crowds i get, nobody has close to those grounds, including bernie sanders. the response has been really terrific. i was really happy about it. mark: one o

mark: and i mark halperin. and with all due respect to "time magazine," nailed it.r show tonight, trump and time magazine snubs trump. but first, the people for trump, and there are a lot of them. according to a new poll, is played to temporarily ban all muslims from entering the united

mark: i'm mark rodham halperin. and with all due respect to the "new york times," if you are going to drop it, we're going to pick it up. on today's show, obama plays deal or no deal and we play jeopardy. but first, the blame game. barack obama, hillary clinton, and many other democrats have reacted to the planned parenthood shooting calling for tighter gun control laws. planned parenthood has taken after its critics. most presidential candidates have been hesitant to say very much because very little information is known about the motives of the shooter. he appeared in court today for a procedural hearing. this raises the topics of gun control and abortion. what will the effect be? john: on the face of it, this guy traveled to colorado, made a comment, though in one sort of deranged interview, about "baby parts," suggesting a connection to the issue. democrats are obviously demagogy this issue. if it turns out there is a reason that this guy did this, there will be much more politicization of it. mark: the possibil

we talked to evan osnos, bob costa, michael crowley and nancy morawetz, mark halperin and john heilemann. >> this whole campaign is one person, one person coming up with a strategy, coming up with the speeches, the message, the policy. i don't think we've ever seen anything like this in presidential politics, one person just figuring it out as they go at this level. >> rose: we continue with al hunt on the story. al's guest former speaker of the house and now democratic leader of the house nancy pelosi. >> 91% of the time in the last few years a person on the terrorist watch list of the f.b.i. 91% of the time has been able to go in and buy a gun of his or her choice and walk out of the store with that gun. so that would also be more useful than going to the refugees. there is no more stringent process for people coming in to the country than as a refugee. >> rose: we conclude this evening with lisa randall, her book is called "dark matter and the dinosaurs." she is a physics professor at harvard. >> i want to write one book where you can talk about the evolution of the universe, the evol

. >> i am mark halperin. >> i am john heilemann. with all due respect mark zuckerberg, if you are looking for someone to give away billions to, we have always liked you. ♪ mark: this looks like a battery gummy bear. john: happy national pie day. in our curriculum tonight's psychology with donald trump,

. >> a lot of people on the table, willie, nicole, mark halperin love to ask you questions. i want to ask a couple of questions. seems going after all muslims, banning all muslims from coming here is counterproductive. there's picture when you see 7-year-old kids being screened by the tsa, it seems to me, just in terms of policing we should focus, we should target on the muslims that we have a reason to believe need to have the most law enforcement focused on them. isn't it counterproductive and unconstitutional? just have this broad approach towards all muslims. >> it's not unconstitutional keeping people out, frankly. and until we got a hold of what's going on, joe. if you look at franklin roosevelt, a respected president, highly respected, take a look at presidential proclamations a long time ago, 25, 25, 26, 27, what he was doing with germans, italians and japanese, because he had to do it. look, we are at war with radical islam. we are at war, joe, whether we like it. >> i agree with that. you aren't proposing interment catches? >> no, i'm not. this wasn't -- by the way

. ♪ mark: i'm mark halperin. 'm megannd i megan murphy. t, trump versus clinton. the new hampshire about in rubio doubt. but first, lindsey graham is out. today the senator from south carolina announced his suspension. graham was never expected to be a tight one in this race and he chose to leave on the last day you could get out in time to have his name taken off the south carolina primaryal

peter alexander and mark halperin are both with us.vegas. it's a cool one out but it's going to be hot on that debate stage. the key matchup will be between donald trump and ted cruz right now. ted cruz has benefitted by ben carson cratering, specifically among those very conservative supporters. as you look at it, the real question most are focused on is will cruz knock off trump? this morning donald trump and ted cruz are dominating the republican field. polls show trump still leading nationalwide but cruz gaining. with cruz be surging,

mark halperin joins me now. we should do the headline number first.cans likely to vote in 65% of those surveyed said they would favor the kind of band that donald trump has proposed. am i reading that right? >> you are. i'm not surprised. it is an unusual situation. a presidential candidate proposing something that no other candidate agrees with. in fact, they denounced him. cheneye people from dick to hillary saying the exact same thing about it. and yet, if you are a republican, you have to wonder about a position that is different from 65% of the people likely to pick our next nominee. that does not happen often in politics. david: you say you are a bit surprised to you thought it would be higher. as a lot of applause. >> i'm not surprised. if you take a poll of trump supporters, i'm sure it would be higher. the fact that 65% of the general electorate, here you have something that is supported by two thirds of republican voters. asked is iftion transposition is more likely to vote for him given his position. 37% of primary voters said they would be

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. >> hey, by the way, we have an update breaking news, mark halperin not here. he was at the airport trying to bring some contraband in from the airport. he's on the phone. where are you? >> are you okay? >> i'm just excellent. i'm getting close to 30 rock. i'm in an undisclosed location in manhattan with my contraband and i'll be there soon. i'm straight from the donald trump rally in arizona. >> okay. are you bringing something for me? >> he's bringing something for everybody. >> something for everybody. you can't get in new york city, the city you can get everything. >> i know what it is. did you put them through tsa screening? >> the problem is everybody wanted it. >> that's a problem wherefore you go, mark. everybody wants it. i'm glad you're getting close to us here. >> welcome to morning joe. here to start things off is treasury official. >> glad he's here today. >> and political reporter from the washington post robert costa as well. >> let's talk about the story. the federal reserve finally did something that did months of speculation by announcing it w

managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin. >> mark, it seems like there was a deal, directoot outside of the building. we don't shoot at each other and maintain the status quo where we're easily first and second place. >> i asked trump after the debate if he would change his posture towards cruz and he said maybe down the road. i think they believe they can get to april with a lot of delegates if they leave each other alone and they seem comfortable with that. they seem comfortable going forward into the new year not being at war. and everybody else, i think, has to ask themselves the question, with the exception of jeb bush and chris christie, are they comfortable with the trajectory with two guys who may end up with so many delegates that they can't be stopped and it's a two-man race between them. that's a question about rubio. >> jeb, b. christie, good night. cruz, good night. rand paul. he played his libertarian role. he does very well in that role. rubio a b. trump a b, which is good enough. that's a gentleman's whatever. i mean, might as well be an a because the statu

mark: and i mark halperin. and with all due respect to time magazine, nailed it. john: on our show tonight, trump and time magazine snubs trump. but first, the people for trump, and there are a lot of them. isording to a new poll, played to temporarily ban all muslims from entering the united states is popular with the republicans who are going to take the party's presidential nominee. told more than 600 likely voters run the country and asks them as a boo simple question, o you agree? overall, more than one third of each party said they agree. when you look at the party breakdowns, democrats overwhelmingly disagreeing, but they65% of republicans say favor what donald trump is saying should be done to people of muslim faith. only 22% oppose the plan. we also asked the voters if it made them more or less likely to support him. 37% said more likely. republicans. 37% of republicans say it makes them more likely to support trump. i assumed that this will be the kind of result we did when we got the pull, that republicans would overwhelmingly support trump. given that,

our friends mark halperin hung out backstage at a fundraiser for bernie sanders.heart of manhattan. supporters were on a pretty pretty sharp adrenaline high. ♪ >> bernie is a champion for the poor and hillary is a professional politician. >> bernie is for the people and hillary is for the corporations. bernie is the best candidate for president and hillary is not. bernie is a compassionate man and hillary is ok >> bernie is real and hillary has turned out to be a big phony. bernie is very refreshing and i like a lot of his ideas and hillary hasn't really done anything for me in the past year or so. is the type of elected official we need to run this hillary is a corporate democrat >> bernie is not funded by huge corporations and billionaires and hillary is. people ands for the hillary is more typical. and hillary genuine is cautious and measured. classy,e is sincere and educated has manners, he is the type of human being that i want to represent me in my country to the world. >> now we are going to find a man who carries that change and has been doing it for decad

scarlet: we will be back with more b >> i am mark halperin. >> i am john heilemann. ♪ >> heavy deweytem day, sports fans. welcome to the north lawn of ye old white house. first, some polls about the people who want to be the next tenant of this auguste residence. the cbs national poll

>> i am mark halperin. >> i am john heilemann. ♪ >> heavy dewey decimal system day, sports fans.elcome to the north lawn of ye old white house. first, some polls about the people who want to be the next tenant of this auguste residence. the cbs national poll shows donald trump in charge at 35%, up 13 points from october, and more than double any other candidate. ted cruz, 16% in second place. ben carson, down 13 points, third place. in south carolina, where a fox news poll shows trump doing just as well as nationally with 35%, all of by carson at 15%, and ted cruz and marco at 14% of these. there are three big numbers that we want to highlight, talk about, so let's go through them quickly. the first one is 25%, that is how many south carolina republicans say donald trump will be the best candidate to handle national security, the big issue of the moment. 24%, that is how many people said ted cruz would be their first choice if donald trump were to magically disappear from the race. finally, 4%, a much smaller number, that's how marco rubio is doing with tea party voters in south

>> i am mark halperin. >> i am john heilemann. with all due respect mark zuckerberg, if you are looking for someone to give away billions to, we have always liked you. ♪ mark: this looks like a battery gummy bear. john: happy national pie day. in our curriculum tonight's psychology with donald trump, forensics with ted cruz, and extra to credit with chris christie. but first a book report by jeb bush. in the aftermath of the paris attacks, in the blink of an eye the 2016 presidential race has been transformed into a national security election. just watch this new broadcast from jeb that will begin airing tomorrow. it endeavors mightily to make the former florida governor look like the most commander in chief candidate in the field. >> i opened my hand to release the grenade and it exploded. >> this is no reality show. this is serious business. >> this is about the livelihood of our kids and grandkids. this commander and chief requires training wheels. >> we need jeb bush. john: also today john mccormack was there with camera in han

mark: and i mark halperin. and with all due respect to time magazine, nailed it.onight, trump and time magazine snubs trump. but first, the people for trump, and there are a lot of them. isording to a new poll, played to temporarily ban all muslims from entering the united states is

we will see back mark: i mark halperin. john: i am john heilemann.e respect," we are deflategate,e, cover-up -- but coldplay? now you have gone too far. john: happy national cookie day, sports fans. a pair of tremendous interviews with front-runner donald trump and second-place runner ted cruz. first, a new national cnn poll shows mr. trump is becoming king

. >> and i'm mark halperin.h all due respect to donald i wouldn't expect too many endorsements for your latest policy proposal. ♪[music] then the show tonight, hillary clinton, the donald trump miracle. night of, the first hanukkah. last night, president obama put on how tos ideas defeat terrorism at home and abroad and seasoned it with some for gun control. overall, he focused on assuring the public that everything is he didn'te fine, but announce any policy changes

mark: i am mark halperin. bernie sanders, when it comes to your inaugural address, we have you covered. this has got to change. , together wedent are going to change it. i said it before and i will say t again --

rupert murdoch tweeted about mark halperin donald trump in a way that was not all that critical.hink people underestimate that trump stood up to fox and still won the fox primary. it is kind of likeohn: anything that barack obama is for, republicans are going to be against. members of talk radio say i cannot be on josh earnest's side. i have got to be with trump. mark: one question i get all the time is, is trump aging is? is there a method to the madness -- one question i get all the time is, is trump a genius? is there a method to the madness or is it actually ad hoc and disorganized? i coming out with this proposal on paper and seemingly specific, and then an aide says it applies to everybody, i know if all of that was on purpose, but the sequence allowed him to dominate the news again. by suggesting this is a temporary thing that could only apply to some people, he has softened it enough that politically he could be in a good place. the base has circled around him. i don't suspect this is going to hurt him. john: ultimately, what he is a genius at is that he has the courage t

. >> and i'm mark halperin. with all due respect to donald i wouldn't expect too many endorsements for your latest policy proposal. ♪[music] then the show tonight, hillary clinton, the donald trump miracle. night of, the first hanukkah. last night, president obama put on how tos ideas defeat terrorism at home and abroad and seasoned it with some for gun control. overall, he focused on assuring the public that everything is he didn'te fine, but announce any policy changes or new ideas. his -- catalyst for his address was last week's bernardino,san california. the investigation said the two shooters have been radicalized for some time. they still have not found any clear overseas links. did president obama choose to give an oval office address nothing new to announce? >> i think he was under a lot of pressure to do this, including from democrats, who feel he has not been in tune with the public mood on this. obama, i think, feels that the fear in america a greater state, is risk in some ways than islamic state its

mark: i am mark halperin. with all due respect to bernie sanders, when it comes to your inaugural address, we have you covered. this has got to change. , together wedent are going to change it. i said it before and i will say t again -- mark: the sanders campaign gets it hand caught in the cookie jar. team is now facing accusations that it exploited a security glitch in the democratic database of voter information and swiped data. today at a press conference in campaignon, sanders' manager says they have no intent to use that information. >> after discussion with the dnc, it became clear that some of our staffers accessed some of the data from another campaign. that behavior is unacceptable and we fired the staffer immediately. any information obtained was not utilized. the leadership of the democratic national committee is actively trying to undermine our campaign. this is unacceptable. individual leaders of the dnc can support hillary clinton in any way they want, but they will not sabotage our campaign. a t

n.rk: i am mark halperin john john: i am john heilemann. ♪ john: happy national maple syrup day sportsans. first, a possible endangered species, establishment arians. atarians.ent ted cruz is thinking about his strategy beyond the primaries. he announced the endorsement of the influential evangelical leader. all this has donald trump headlining the headlines again. today the donald got love from russian president vladimir putin. he seemed impressed with his fellow alpha male when speaking with reporters after his annual and delightful press conference in moscow. he is a very colorful person, talented without any doubt, but it is not our affair to to is thene -- but he leader in the race and wants to move to a different level of ,elations to a more solid deeper relations with russia, and how cannot russia welcome that? we welcome that. as for the internal political issues and the terms of speech he uses, it is not our affair to evaluate them. with ted cruz and donald trump only getting stronger and with none of the more mainstream republican candidates become a dominant force, how likel

peter alexander and mark halperin are both with us. peter good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. in las vegas. it's a cool one out but it's going to be hot on that debate stage. the key matchup will be between donald trump and ted cruz right now. ted cruz has benefitted by ben carson cratering, specifically among those very conservative supporters. as you look at it, the real question most are focused on is will cruz knock off trump? this morning donald trump and ted cruz are dominating the republican field. polls show trump still leading nationalwide but cruz gaining. with cruz be surging, trump is bashing the texas senator tweeting "i was disappointed that ted cruz would speak behind my back, get caught and then deny it. well, welcome to the wonderful world of politics." trump argues cruz don't have e tth the -- >> you can't walk into the senate and people calling people liars. >> cruz tweeting the track "maniac." >> i think he may recapture the limelight after having lost it. >> and ben carson is taking aim at cruz. >> i th

mark: i am mark halperin.th all due respect" to donald trump, oy vey. ♪ on the show tonight, cruz's polls, rubio's trolls, and kasich's goals. first, trump's role. since we last discussed trump versus clinton, he escalated his hits on clinton last night in walker, michigan. he had choice words for the democratic front runner that has been the talk of the political world all day. mr. trump: she is terrible. do t

join him and mark halperin tonight on "all do respect."ime for the "bloomberg business flash." air france says it lost $54 million since the paris attacks in november. bookings slumped sharply after the attack. they say it could take six months before bookings return to normal levels. canadian pacific has made a revised takeover bid that is financially more attractive. norfolk southern says the offer is less than the $28 billion the railroad had already received. t-mobile's popular advertising campaign is deceptive, new york says. the attorney general is looking into it. t-mobile's chief says the company stands by the ads. you can always get more business news at bloomberg.com. stocks sharply in the red today off the lows of the session. the s&p down for the fourth time in five days. alix steel joins me now for a look at what has been happening in the energy sector. taking a look at the oil price today. it has been somewhat of a reversal of fortune. we had a decline yesterday that was quite severe, but oil is trending around the neutral li

we want to bring into this conversation mark halperin, managing editor with "bloomberg politics." >> president don't do this often, go into the oval office and address in primetime. this president hasn't done it since 2010. these are moments of importance and crisis. because that have are you surprise that had in this speech terms of strategy or policy, that it was basically stay the course? >> i'm surprised by that. i'm also surprise that had he didn't do a good enough job or maybe any job of reaching out to republicans. this is a time when we need national unity. we're in the middle of a presidential campaign, leaving office in a little over a year. reaction from republicans, as andrea said, uniformly bad, not just the presidential candidates by the capitol hill leaders. i think nothing new and no sense of bipartisanship, not good for the country. >> mark, the white house will be quick to say this is not a speech that is for the political class. it's not for you. not for us sitting at table. it's for regular americans who might just be tuning into this issue. the problem with that,

mark: i am mark halperin. john: i am john heilemann. with respect to the newly retired jimmy mcmillan, we would have done a show there, but it was too high. ♪ mark: happy dewey decimal system day, sports fans. welcome to the north lawn of ye old white house. tonight we will be talking to the chief of staff of the belt first, -- butint first, some polls about the people who want to be the next tenant of this august residence. the cbs national poll shows donald trump in charge at 35%, up 13 points from october, and more than double any other candidate. ted cruz, he is at 16% in second place. ben carson, down 13 points, third place. so it goes in south carolina, where a fox news poll shows trump doing just as well as nationally. with 35%, followed by carson at 15% and ted cruz and marco at , 14% a piece. look at these polls, there are three big numbers that we want to highlight, talk about, so let's go through them quickly. the first one is twice i percent. -- 25%. that is how many south carolina republicans say donald trump will be the bes

mark halperin is managing editor of bloomberg politics. >> good morning, matt. >> you've been covering politics a long time. have you ever seen anything like this, a candidate, these are of his way to be outrageous, demeaning, degrading, sexist, juvenile and continues to gain support? >> never seen anything like it. in the trump campaign they say let trump be trump. that's trump being trump and as we've seen that's worked for him. as we get down towards voting in a nomination fight, as we head towards the general election if he's the nominee, this version of donald trump i don't think has as good a chance of winning as some other versions we've seen. >> i he is today to say this because i've asked the same question to you and others so many times but was there a misstep? he scored some points on this show yesterday demanding an apology on hillary clinton for his remarks about him bork an isis recruiteder? after that rant last night, i don't hear anyone talking about that potential apology anymore. >> i think both of them, you know, katy mentioned they are both about to have new grandch

mark: i am mark halperin. john: i am john heilemann. with all due respect, if you wanted to hear some rare and fine wu-tang clan for free, you could just listen to this. ♪ john: happy national maple syrup day sports fans. in our zoo tonight, trump lion,eons and the newest but first, a possible endangered species, establishmentarians. ted cruz is thinking about his strategy beyond the primaries. this week, the texas senator kicks off his tour of key southern states, and he announced the endorsement of the influential evangelical leader. all this has donald trump headlining the headlines again. today the donald got love from russian president vladimir putin. he seemed impressed with his fellow alpha male when speaking to reporters after his annual and always delightful press conference in moscow. >> he is a very colorful person, talented without any doubt, but it is not our affair to to determine his worthiness. that is up to the united states voters but he is the leader in , the race and wants to move to a different level of relations to

mark: i am mark halperin. "with all due respect" to donald trump, oy vey. ♪ on the show tonight, cruz's polls, rubio's trolls, and kasich's goals. first, trump's role. since we last discussed trump versus clinton, he escalated his hits on clinton last night in walker, michigan. he had choice words for the democratic front runner that has been the talk of the political world all day. mr. trump: she is terrible. donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit. it turned out to be a lie. she is a liar. it turned out to the a lie. where did hillary go? they have to start the debate without her, phase two. i know where she went. it is disgusting. i don't want to talk about it. hillary, that is not a president. everything that has been involved with hillary has been lawsuits. she was favorite to win. favored to win. mark: did i mention oy vey? this morning, mr. trump kept it up on an interview with "fox and friends." mr. trump: she lied and she got caught in one of her lies. one of her people

i will go to john heilemann and mark halperin. they will cover from here. .ark: thank you we expect president obama any time now. year a his annual conference. we do expect a huge focus to be on terrorism. john: they go for a long time, they cover a lot of ground. terrorism is front and center since san bernardino. it has to be a focus today. the president is done for this event, he goes west for the annual family vacation in hawaii. bernardino,o san california, where he will meet one-on-one with the families of the victims of the terrorist attack that took place there at the inland regional center earlier this month. big topic,rism is a the president, as he tries to do at these annual year-end press conferences is almost certainly going to start by talking about the things he has gotten done this year on behalf of the american people. john: he does all of that and tries to wrap up the year and put a bow on it. a more it in otherisational way than press conferences. last year he was a lot more unplugged that he had been his old mi

we have steve car knack can i, kasie hunt, kelly o'donnell, mark halperin and we'll be joined on the er rnc chair michael steele. we also have us mike murray in washington, d.c. mark, let me begin with you. you were with senator lindsey graham saturday, just spoke with him on the phone a short while ago. are you surprised by this, and more importantly what did he have to tell you on the phone? >> not surprised. he's been struggling to get enough currency to get on the main stage for the debates, to be seen as a player, and to position himself to be at least a player in the south carolina primary which is early in the calendar after iowa and new hampshire. this is in his view a personality contest dominated by donald trump. he wanted to at least try to drive the debate in a serious way and he said he thought he had, that people are talking about national security, defeating isis in a way that reflects the emphasis he wanted to do. this does raise the question, graham obviously was not polling high enough -- his departure doesn't have a huge impact on the outcome of the race but it does

bush, managing editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin. anchor for world news america catty kay. ut you look at the latest polls and donald trump is blowing everybody out in new hampshire. it's this race isn't even close anymore. and those thinking that the remarks of the past two days are going to somehow cause a dip in those poll numbers have their heads in the sand. >> we'll go through the numbers in a minute. but he's up in new hampshire. this is obviously before the events the last couple of days. he's up 32-14 in new hampshire. cnn poll. same cnn poll in iowa had him up 13 points. i think we should have learned the lesson by now over the last five or six months that these things do not -- while the media may protest them and capitals around the world in paris, egypt, cairo. those are unpleasant comments to a lot of those people, but to his core supporters, they rally him and allow him to say look at the media that doesn't believe in us. >> and more. one out of three republican voters in new hampshire now, despite criticisms from the head of the republican party there and mos

i am also pleased to have my colleagues in bloomberg politics, john heilemann and mark halperin. want to talk about the constitutional aspects of this and then go to the political aspects. everybody is talking about this and condemning donald trump, but the question is, is what he recommends constitutional? >> there is no case that has ever been before the supreme court that considers a religious test to immigration. i think there is no such case because it is unprecedented for anybody to think there could be such a test. on the basis of their religion. there have been tests targeted at particular nationalities during deplorable parts of our history, such as the china exclusion cases in the 19th century, sort of the dred scott of immigration law. most believe those cases would not be decided the same way today. i think if the tests were to come forward, it would be struck down as unconstitutional. charlie: let it come back to that. next, john and mark. first of all, explain trump to me. [applause] [laughter] mark: he's a very smart politician for a first-time candidate. he has a