mr. rubio: thank you. ryan back to marco. mr. scott: take your time. mr. rubio: if i could take a step back for a moment and say, the reason i love free enterprise is because it's the only economic model in the history of the world where you can make poor people richer, without making rich people poorer. in essence, it a allows everyone to move ahead. mr. scott: i like that. mr. rubio: in a free enterprise economy, if there's poverty, it's because there's been an impediment to allow free enterprise to work in people's lives. we face a lot of those impediments in the 21st century and that's what the block granting of the opportunity fund, the flex fund, is designed to eliminate. for example, if you're a child born into a broken family in an unstable home in dangerous neighborhood, in substandard housing, in a school that's failing in your community, where the people on the street corners are drug dealers, are not good role molds, you have six strikes against you. unless something dramatic ham happens to shake up that dynamic, statistics say you are going to

mr. rubiou get that? >> super bowl pick this year? mr. rubio: miami dolphins. >> first presidential debate or first college football game? mr. rubio: i was nervous about the first football game because you are actually going to be hit. >> most important preparation for a big game or big speech? mr. rubio: make sure there is water nearby, like right now. rubio is still introducing himself to the country. how would you say he is handling this current assault? john: there is a phrase coined by a pundit called the freak show. deepis marco rubio wading into the swans of the freak show, or fashion swap. mp. i like the idea he's trying to keep control of his public image. may bethe fact his shoes back, but i think he is playing into some of the negative stereotypes about him and that is a bad thing. mark: in my reporting in the last couple of days, i have priced his stock higher. i think he is well-positioned compared to christie, bush and caskasich. doing that football ad made no sense. guy, great wi

mr. rubioget that? >> super bowl pick this year? mr. rubio: the same one for the last 40 years miami dolphins. , >> first presidential debate or first college football game? -- are you more nervous? mr. rubio: i was nervous about the first football game because you are actually going to be hit. >> favorite cheerleader? marco rubio: that is easy, jeanette rubio. >> most important preparation for a big game or big speech? mr. rubio: make sure there is water nearby, like right now. mark: rubio is still introducing himself to the country. how would you say he is handling this current assault? and the attempts to build up his public image? john: there is a phrase coined by a pundit called the freak show. this is marco rubio wading deep into the swamps of the freak show, or fashion swamp. i like the fact he is trying to keep control of his public image. i like the fact he is railing against the freak show. i like the fact his shoes maybe that, bill -- though i do not like his shoes themselves. i do t

mr. rubio: he's an entertaining earth. aixa: candidates took jabs at the republican front-runner, and at each other. mr. cruz: the last four please attack ted, marco please attack ted, chris please attack ted, jeb please attack ted. [booing] aixa: immigration became one of the hot topics of the night. mr. bush: we should have a path to legal status for the 12 million people that are here illegally. aixa: leading to heated moments between ted cruz and marco rubio. mr. cruz: if i am elected president, we will secure the border, and we will end illegal immigration. mr. rubio: the truth is, ted, throughout this campaign you've been willing to say or do anything to get votes. mr. christie: this is why you need to send someone from outside of washington to washington. aixa: meanwhile, at nearby drake university, trump held a fundraiser for veterans, and talked about his decision to boycott the debate. mr. trump: is it for me, personally, a good thing, a bad thing, will i get more votes, will i get le

but clearly mr. rubio, senator rubio is in third place. 13% is a lot better than anybody else is getting. everybody else is insingle digits other than trump and cruz. can mr. rubio make up the almost 20 points he trails? unlikely, but anything i guess is possible. >> senator rand paul, former governor jeb bush, dr. ben carson, governor chris christie all in the single digits. any sense that these candidates will break out of the pack? >> not a lot of evidence. >> we're talking with peter brown, assistant director of the quinnipiac university poll. when you look at numbers what are the issues that are driving them? >> well in general, senator cruz is doing best among people who describe themselves as being very conservative or being tea party sympathizers or members, et cetera. mr. trump's ideological support is a little bit more diverse than mr. cruz's. he's pulling from all, you know, not just hard conservatives but moderate conservatives and moderates, but that assumes that this year, which has been a ve

mr. rubio: is that true? appreciate it. good luck. i will be out there voting for you. mr. rubio: thanks, guys. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] gettingor rubio is ready to leave iowa state university in ames. he is going to go about 30 miles south to des moines where his wife jeanette will be joining him. if you have been watching this event, we want to hear from you. you can see the phone numbers on your screen. we are live in ames with the road to the white house. we are going to talk to folks who attended the event and take your calls. we begin with a woman who was at the event. tell us your name and iowa story. >> my name is jenny burke. i actually not an iowan. forgive me for that. i from chicago. we decided to come here because we wanted to experience what is happening in iowa, particularly senator rubio. host: so, what have you done most of the day? >> we have spent most of the day driving. host: what did you

[applause] mr. rubio: we cannot afford to have a president of the united states that supports gun control. mr. christie: i like marco, too, and two years ago, he called me a conservative reformer that new jersey needed. that was before he was running against me. nikole: one point all the candidates could agree on, doing away with most of president obama's policies and taking out hillary clinton this fall. in washington, i'm nikole killion. elizabeth: the republicans will square off one final time before that debate is scheduled for january 28 right here in des moines. eric: some iowans say this debate was more important than ever. our crews caught up with nearly a hundred marco rubio supporters at a watch party at flix brewhouse. iowans we spoke to say even though this was the sixth republican debate, it's the most important one yet with the caucuses less than a month away. >> we are the first state to have a caucus, number one, and number two, it's important that we as a nation get to know the candidates

mr. rubio: i am not leaving. >> many candidates say they are taking a second look at marco rubio. a strong third-place finisher would position him well for the rest of the campaign. here would position him well for the rest of the campaign. jummy: an nbc news wall street journal poll gives hillary clinton a three-point lead over bernie sanders. in theup, new arrests california prison break. find out who is now sitting behind bars, accused of helping the inmates. plus, a shocking discovery leads to a new response from michigan governor rick snyder. wil jummy: lack and checking news around the nation this noon. a woman who -- back and checking news around the nation this noon. tooman who taught english the three prisoners who escaped a prison in california has been arrested. officials believe she had more than a student-teacher relationship with one of the prisoners. now we turn to the latest in the flint water crisis and the people drinking toxic water. state workers were provided with water coolers. fromevelation comes internal e-mails obtained by an advocacy group. according to t

and that's why you see mr. rubio attacking mr. christie and mr. christie going back at mr. mr. bush attacking him, mr. kasich. it is really the scene of an accident. so, somebody will come in third place, so to speak. as i often say, if you come in third place, that's a long -- that's the long way home to to try to jumpstart your campaign for the final two contests in the month of february, nevada and south carolina. but it's fun to watch how the republicans are trying to gently go around donald trump, who is a master birther. and the fact that he has thrown this birther issue back into the political debate, this time against a fellow republican, is amazing. it's astounding. but i don't think donald trump is going to get a lot of traction but it might hurt ted cruz in the short term. eventually ted cruz will be able to take on donald trump one-on-one during super tuesday. >> it has been amazing even hearing some fellow republicans say on this birther issue, it's a legitimate question to be brought up. it's been amazing as well. you were talking about organization and how th

rubio, mr. preparation, everything is about preparation, in fact, to the point, everything seems like a recitation the way he talks. that he's planning to be the last saloon for the establish. if you don't like trump, you have to go with this guy. you may have problems with, he may be too young or too perky. he's the guy. tell us what you were thinking when you were putting that piece together. >> it's not only hard for markey rubio to get the nomination with john kasich, jb bush and christie, but it's hard to do it with ted cruz in the way. you wouldn't think this, but cruz and rubio have a lot of overlap in terms of the voters that are attracted to both of them. so if cruz is there, rubio can't appeal to those voters, more importantly, the donors he needs to fight this for the rest of the campaign, needs money to do that. those people that would fund his campaign are right now with either jeb bush or other candidates, and he sees a trump victory as a way of helping him consolidate the support

mr. rubio: i had some voters mention to me they were upset about it, obviously. they had people's names and they gave them an f rating for how they voted. i think a lot of voters are disturbed by it, and that sort of again, i mean, it's kind of an unusual way to end your campaign in the state. rubio also spoke about a series of half-hour specials he is running on iowa television stations this weekend. he says they're intended to give answers to voters who did not his town hall meetings. time now, 6:05 on your sunday morning. waking up to wet roads. frank: especially off to the north, that is where the mixed precipitation could be, off to the south and east of mason city. there is also precipitation in southwest iowa, entering union county toward sections of madison county. if you are down around winterset, you might see some rain. 36 degrees in creston, 37 in des moines. if you have travel plans northeast today, keep in mind, it could be just a bit slick. temperatures feeling nice around the mi

mr. rubio: anyone who does something like that, who lies to the victims in benghazi, can never be commander in chief of the united states . marlie: "top secret" is one of the highest levels of classification, reserved for material that, if released, would cause "exceptionally grave damage to the national security." clinton's camp described the news as "over-classification run amok." bernie sanders, who's trailing closely behind her in the polls, also brushed off the issue. despite being the oldest contender in the race, sanders is drawing much of his support from millennials here in iowa and across the country, who make up nearly a third of voters. jacob mckay, a sanders supporter, will vote for the first time during monday night's caucuses. he attended a what's a caucus event at drake university, where students simulated the political >> i have got to see the candidates talk and i have not gotten the nuts and bolts of the process down yet. marlie: in a process that takes several hours, caucus

mr. rubio: anyone who does something like that, who lies to the families of the victims in benghazi, can never be commander in chief of the united states marlie: "top secret" is one of the highest levels of classification, reserved for material that, if released, would cause "exceptionally grave damage to the national clinton's camp described the news as "over-classification run amok." bernie sanders, who's trailing closely behind her in the polls, also brushed off the issue. despite being the oldest contender in the race, sanders is drawing much of his support from millennials here in iowa and across the country, who make up nearly a third of voters. jacob mckay, a sanders supporter, will vote for the first time during monday night's caucuses. he attended a what's a caucus event at drake university, where students simulated the political frenzy of the caucus experience. >> i have gotten to know who the candidates are, and i have not really gotten to the nuts and bolts of the process. marlie: i

mr. rubio: no one who lied to those four families about benghazi is qualified to be president of the united states. [applause] mr. bush: if she gets elected her first 100 days, instead of sitting -- setting up an agenda she might be going between the , white house and the courthouse. elizabeth: closer to home, kcci's vanessa peng has reaction from iowans who kept a close eye on the debate. vanessa: hey, guys, we may be miles away from south carolina, but here in des moines, we found a spot at the flix brewhouse an auditorium filled with nearly a hundred marco rubio supporters watching the debate unfold. they spent the night cheering on marco rubio when he had the microphone. iowans say even though this is the sixth republican debate with the iowa caucus less than a month away they are paying attention. >> we are the first state to have a caucus, number one, and two, a nation get to know the candidates and hear what they're saying. >> it hasn't been the dog and pony show in the past. i think nei

mr. rubio's hopes of consolidating his support inside the republican party. a victory by mr.anicked republicans towards mr. rubio and his campaign. i think that's very insightful, and i get this sense that rubio, who is mr. preparation, as hallie pointed, everything is about preparation, in fact, to the point, everything seems like a recitation, even, the way he talks, is that he's planning to be the last saloon for the establishment. here's the last-chance saloon. if you don't like trump, you've got to go with this guy. you may have problems with, he may be too young, too perky, whatever, but he's the guy. tell us more about what you were thinking in putting that piece together today. >> it's not only hard for marco rubio to get the nomination with john kasich, jeb bush, and chris christie in the way, but it's hard for him to do it with ted cruz in the way. but actually, you wouldn't think this, but cruz and rubio have a lot of overlap in terms of the voters that are attracted to both of them. so if cruz is there, rubio can't appeal to those voters. more importantly, the don

mr. rubio's campaign here has put the slice of the electorate at the center to exceedort expectations in monday's caucuses. the rubio campaign will have contact with these voters anywhere from five-15 times by caucus day through a targeted series of phone calls. calls, tailored pieces of mail, social media postings, and television commercials. you know, that is very interesting. i certainly do not fit the profile for the perfect voter. i have sons that fit that profile. and, i have a grandchildren. the reason i'm volunteering my time, and i'm supporting marco rubio is that i'm very concerned about the challenges and threats that face our country. i'm concerned about what kind of country those grandkids are going to have. that's why i'm here tried to help marco out a little bit, doing my part, wherever they sent me this afternoon on the door-to-door work. host: here is charlie. go ahead. first, i have been a rubio supporter for about five years. when i heard on c-span -- i love c-span -- i heard marco rubio give his farewell speech to the florida house of representatives. it was very movin

mr. rubio: buy a taser. buy a can of mace. that' s the attitude they give off when they talk about this. so they come up with these rules that would never prevent any of these attacks. tom: this morning, rubio held a post-debate rally in derry and a town hall at new england college. ohio governor john kasich was endorsed today by foster' s daily democrat and the portsmouth herald. he held a town hall this afternoon in conway. the republican presidential grassroots approach to this campaign pays off. kasich will hold a town hall in dixville notch tomorrow. and republican presidential candidate carly fiorina thanked new hampshire voters tonight at her town hall in hollis saying they gave her a chance when the experts didn' t. ms. fiorina: but you see, the people of new hampshire you take , your first in the nation primary responsibilites very seriously, and you showed up. in living rooms and dining rooms and diners. and you listened. tom: fiorina has events planned for tomorrow in derry, raymond, and bow. also in hollis tonight

mr. rubio: this is unacceptable. this is a disqualifier. reporter: but clinton' s campaign is pushing back because the emails were not marked classified at the time. she' s in a tight race with bernie sanders who' s urging volunteers to do everything necessary to increase voter turnout on caucus night. mr. sanders: beg, borrow, kidnap, do whatever you have to do. kidnapping illegal here in iowa? reporter: and hillary is bringing out the big guns. bill clinton is here in iowa campaigning for his wife. their daughter chelsea joins mom weekend. brandi hitt, abc news, des loins iowa -- des moines iowa. tom: while most of the focus is on iowa right now, republican presidential candidate john kasich will campaign in new he has town hall meetings planned for merrimack, keene, and peterborough. marco rubio will get support in new hampshire tomorrow from a man who was once his competitor. george pataki will campaign on rubio' s behalf in nashua. shelley: on the campaign trail , candidates talk about their positions on the issues and it doesn' t leav

mr. rubio: a year and a half ago, i passed a law and the president signed this law, that said you can fire any senior executive at the va who isn' t doing a good job. let me just tell you, you are likelier to win the powerball than you are to be fired from stephanie: but don' campaign season to slow down just yet. endorsement from planned parenthood on sunday while donald trump will hold a town hall in windham monday. live in the studio stephanie woods wmur news 9. tom: the group open democracy is crying foul after a rare move nixed a bill calling for a constitutional amendment on campaign spending. new hampshire reformers won a big victory when the house voted 156-152 to pass sb 136 yesterday. that vote would have made new hampshire the 17th state and the first with republican majorities to officially take a stand against citizens united, and that vote, however, was quickly reversed through a reconsideration vote. >> we won the vote and then there was a motion to reconsider . the machines brok

cruz and mr. rubio who are behind mr. trump in the iowa polls and hoping for surprise finishes here were repeatedly confronted with pointed questions about their views and senate votes, and providing citizenship and legal status to immigrants who are in the country illegally. it was mr. cruz who was hit heart -- hardest on the issue and mr. rubio portrayed him as an unauthentic opportunist. that's some of the analysis from last night. we want to get your thoughts as well. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. for independents. 202-748-8002. and iowa voters out there, especially if you participate in monday night's caucus, 202-748-8003. from that discussion last night. hear about one of the topics that game up, immigration being one. jeb bush weighing in on the issue. here's what he had to say. >> governor bush, to you agree senator rubio has not reversed himself on his immigration promise? >> i'm confused because he was the sponsor of the gang of eight bill that did require a bunch of thresholds. ultim

was that a critical moment against mr. rubio or for mr. bush? both are looking to get voters. >> it's a critical moment for anybody on stage dealing with that. i just wish they would have been using these video montages in the last six debates, because donald trump's montage would have been incredible if you people would been able to see what he's said in the past about issues compared to what he's claiming he believes now. that may have been the best move for donald trump not to be there tonight as he dodged that bullet. for rubio and cruz, i don't think there's going to be anything new per se for the voters. most people have seen them hashing out this amnesty issue, the gang of eight issue, this vote in the senate issue. we've heard about it and chris christie has laughed saying if any of you guys are bored to death right now, then welcome to my world. and vote for me. so i don't think it's going to hurt either one of them too much when it comes to voters. i do think it's interesting to see how a video was brought into the debate. i wish it wa

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he says he' s not going to make any predictions about who wins mr. rubio we just want to do the : best we can here. we want to get as many voters to caucus for us on monday night as possible. obviously ted is the front-runner here. he has spent a lot of time and money and has 10,000 volunteers working on his the half on the ground. alex: trump regained his lead in the polls, even though he boycotted the debate on thursday night. make wesh 2 your source for complete commitment 2016 coverage. our adrian whitsett will be in des moines to provide updates on the iowa caucuses. look for his reports during our newscasts and on the wesh 2 mobile app starting sunday night. happening today, the party gets started with some hats, as the zora festival enters its final weekend in eatonville. the festival, now in its 27th year celebrates folklorist and , author, zora neale hurston. you can find a link to all the festivities on wesh.com. kennedy boulevard is closed, so you' ll have to find another way around if you' re driving through the area. in the future, a proposed

mr. trump will be here. also marco rubio versus ted cruz. that rivalry heating up.ll talk about senator rubio. >> if i was a character in "star wars," who would i be? >> godzilla. >> thank you. have handsome guy. >> and there is more. jesse watters harnessing the force to deal with "star wars." >> how does he do the light saber? [ laughter ] >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. happy new year. thanks for watching us tonight. first show 2016. the biggest political story in america. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. both politic) parties are helping donald trump dominate the polls. the combined democrat and republican establishment just may propel a tough-talking political novice into the white house. obviously a huge situation. on the g.o.p. side our pal george will epitomizes what's going on. in a column just before christmas, will uses harsh, personal attacks against trump and then concludes if he wins the nomination the republican party will be destroyed. will fash

but if you look at mr. rubiond you say, here's a guy we say in our ads that he's another republican obama, and he is. he's for a tax on carbon. i can't imagine how many hundreds of millions of dollars that would cost just the people of iowa, not to mention being in favor of amnesty. this is why in the end, voters have got to sort through this and say who is the guy that's been there, that's consistent that i can count on. and believe me, you can count on senator cruz. he's the strongest conservative in this race. he's the most consistent conservative in the race and the only conservative we've had in a national election for president that has a chance to win since reagan. >> thank you for being on the program. appreciate the diverse opinions out there. we look forward to having you back. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. thank you. >>> the senator talked about the polls. we are awaiting a new "des moines register" poll. the last before the crucial iowa caucuses. and as we look ahead to the first voting of 201

mr. rubio. in 2010, he said that illegal aliens in america should be sent back home. enship. however, in 2013, senator rubio supported legislation that would not have sent aliens home. did not pass, but he supported it. he joins us now from iowa. now, this isn't a gotcha segment, senator. i want you to know that off the bat. i have dhanged my mind on a lot of issues myself. did you, indeed, change your mind about the illegal f beforeoing homeç they applied for citizenship >> well, first, bill, that's never been my position. what i said is we are not going to grant blanket amnesty. in truth when i got to the senate i saw this major issue that's been confronting our country 30 years and do something about it and try to fix it in a way that's good forÑí1-#cu amer. after two orders, migratory crisis with minors and problem gets worse. you have to do it one step at a time. that begins with with making sure that we can prove to people that illegal immigration is under control and until you do that, you do anything else. >> i agree. >> not be able to do it in the way it was d

mr. rubio: new hampshire plays such a critical role in selecting the leader of the free world. nikole: the next test comes on february 9 when new hampshire holds the first in the nation primary. >> if iowa nominates someone, they tend to nominate the antidote of that person. nikole: other key february firsts -- south carolina' s first in the south primary and nevada' s caucus giving voice to the west. mr. sanders: las vegas, thank you very much. nikole: moving on to march, it brings us to super tuesday with contests being held in several states. and before you know it, it' ll be july. democrats are holding their convention in philadelphia at the end of that month while republicans have moved theirs up to begin july 18. in washington i' m nikole killion , reporting. josh: candidates have been working hard to introduce themselves to new hampshire paying attention? just for fun, we hit the streets and showed folks pictures of the candidates to see if they could match names with the faces. on the democratic side, there' s only three major candidates -- hillary clinton, bernie sande

i also think that what mr. rubio did there was not the same thing. mr. s a perfectly -- i disagree. but i think it's fine. >> donald was doing that in 2011. >> but the tone, i kept feeling like, god, i don't want to live in this country any more, the way they're talking about it. it's just like, whoa, there's nothing hopeful. it was so negative. >> let me ask if mr. trump is -- that -- because i will agree, it felt more negative. and i am wondering if that is one of the things that trump has brought to the republican side, is that he does a kind of like -- we're going to win. it's not that i have a ton of content. but it does have a kind of like, well, if i'm president accident we're going to win. >> we're going to make it gravy. >> right. again, it's just a rhetorical thing out there, but it -- it produces something that -- >> i feel like he has approached this campaign with such an utter lack of decency, just in how you treat other human beings. and it's been such a trickle down effect, especially with his supporters. like, i was shocked to see this art

while mr. rubiones aside for now which is a shame because, there may be a little perverse justice in the fact that the fashion firestorm does not center on either of the women candidates but it's one-sided as mr. rubio is far from the only man of the gop to take pride in his footwear. now let's take a look at these black ostrich cowboy boots with, as you can see, a small heel for support. nice, right? well, guess what, rick tyler. those are none other than your guy ted cruz's preferred argument books. he's also been seen sporting another pair in carmel. they're gorgeous. and back in october, jeb bush opted for a little flair on his debating boots. and president ronald reagan, the macho cowboy president himself kick up his heels without any shame. senator rubio, don't mind the haters. who doesn't mine rocking a fly pair of shoes from time to time. i do. but with the sprint to iowa and new hampshire in full swing, the biggest political story at the beginning of the year are in 2016 turned out to be abo

mr. rubio is on a bus tour in iowa today. ted cruz is on a bus tour that will go six days. started yesterday. mike huckabee is also touring the state. he's going to hit dozens of cities and towns-he was the 2008 winner and today he's asking questions about ted cruz suggest that cruz has said things about state's right, tenth amendment, same-sex marriage and now something quite different to the evangelical call evangelicals. >> those are the politicians. then politicians for a while. that's one lane. the other lane is the outsider candidates, what's with them? >> well, drurch still tonald tr front-runner. he was beating cruz although cruz is winning in a vast majority of the polls. early primary states it's a select group of voters and turnout matters. whether or not trump can get the record-shattering audience at rallies at the caucuses is an open question. it is a fact there has never been a non-politician to win the iowa caucuses on the republican side of the ticket. so then you have ben carson who took a huge slide on foreign policy a couple months ago and has not been a

trump chiming in on that as well. >> yes. >> was that a critical moment against mr. rubio> i have really wish they would have been using these video montages in the last six debates because donald trump's montage would have been incredible if you people would see what he says in the past compared to what he's saying now. that may be the best thing for donald trump tonight he got to dodge that bullet. for rubio and cruz, i don't think there's going to be anything new for the voters. most of them have seen them hashing out this amnesty issue, the gang of eight issue, the senate vote issue. chris christie said if any of you guys are bored right now, then become to my world and vote for me. so i don't think it's going to hurt either one of them too much when it comes to voters. i do think it's interesting to see this -- you know, how video was brought into the debate. i liked it. i wish it were used for every candidate to use their words from the pals. megyn kelly got in trouble because she quoted donald trump. if they'd played a montage of donald trump, he might have stormed

cruz and mr. rubio -- and mr. trump, it here is a little bit of ted cruz talking about new york.ump suggested mr. "embodies new york values." could you explain what you mean? >> most people know what new york values are. you are from new york, you might not. [laughter] in the state of south carolina, they do. there are many wonderful working men and women in the state of new york. understands that the values in new york city are ,ocially liberal, pro-abortion pro-gay marriage focused around money and the media. reason ild note, the said that, i was asked that, donald trump plays bruce springsteen's born in the usa and i was asked what i thought, i said maybe he could play "new york, new york." the concept of new york values is not that complicated, not many years ago donald trump did a long interview with tim russert. explainedterview, he his views on a whole host of issues that were very different from the views he is describing now and his explanation come he said i am from new york, that is what we believe in new york, those are not iowa values. that was his explanation. i can

i caught up with mr. rubioway to a rally in ames, and he pulled no punches when discussing his rivals. >> thanks so much for doing this. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. thanks for coming. >> so the buzz in iowa is that there is marcomentum, that you are rising. do you feel it? does that seem accurate? >> we feel good about our team and the work we've done here. what it leads to, we'll see. obviously ted is the front-runner. 10,000 volunteers. he's truly the favorite, but we feel good about our work. what that translates to in future states, and we love being in here here. the people here are fantastic. i do feel good. the crowds are growing. the people signing up are growing. our campaign structure feels good about it. so we'll see what it leads to. but i feel real good about wednesday. we'll have a strong showing on monday night. >> i was just talking to senator cruz and asked him why should people pick him over you. and he said that you both ran in 2010, promising that you would block amnesty. and he