. >> governor rick klein. >> congressman johnson. >> paul strauss. >> any candidate seeking to earn the awesome and sacred trust of the president of the united states has become engaged with the people of iowa. >> the highest ranked in the state of iowa. >> congress woman -- >> senator joe lieberman. >> senator chuck graham, please. >> he described it like going to heaven. >> at the end of the day, that's it. >> i think it's important. because it's the first >> a potential castro ticket. who the vice president will be? >> as mentioned. she had her call to service. she got in law school. she could have gone to a law firm, made a lot of money and had a very fabulous life. so she took a job with the children's defense fund and went to work for women and children, and dedicated her whole life to those issues. even when, in arkansas, when her husband became governor, she went into private practice and partner -- >> you play a president on tv now you're involved in presidential politic, what brings you to iowa tonight? >> i'm here to support hillary clinton. >> why is that? >> "a," because io

rick klein, abc news political director "it'll be delicate, but it's a powerful issue that she could use to undermine him." on-cam tag: tomorrow's debate is hosted by abc news. a brand new poll shows sanders with a slight lead in new hampshire, but clinton has been gaining ground, and is now nearly tied" jack: the third democratic presidential debate is tomorrow on a- b-c. all three candidates will meet on stage with hosts david muir and martha raddatz. national security will likely be a top issue during the debate, and this latest controversy over campaign favoritism will also likely add more intrigue. experts are saying it could be a major turning point for bernie sanders or martin o'malleys campaign, as they both trail hillary clinton by big numbers in national and jack: the iowa caucus, meanwhile, is a little more than a month away. and the state democratic party is already gathering packets together for the big night. party officials say they'll distribute about 17-hundred packets to precincts across the state. volunteers have been stuffing packets full of registration forms, ru

rick klein, abc news political director "it'll be delicate, but it's a powowful issue that she could use to undermine him." " tim: accident invovled a stolen vehicle. according to the p-d, this white van was stolen from south sioux city before 6 a-m this morning the suspect later collided with another white vehicle on outer drive just across from north high school. the driver of the stolen car fled the scene but was later apprehended by police. no other details are available. tim: also at about six this morning fire fighters were called to a car fire. the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived at 26-01 sheridan street on sioux city's north side. that car was located dangerously close to the home, but fire officials say the residence did not suffer any damage. the caususof the fire was not immediately available. tim: sioux city fire crews also were on the scene of a gas line break this morning after construction crews struck a gas line on the city's north side. according to midamerican energy, a third party contractor hit the line morning. repairs were quickly made al

rick klein, abc news political director "it'll be delicate, she could use to undermine him." on-cam tag: tomorrow's debate is hosted by abc news. a brand new poll shows sanders with a slight lead in new hampshire, but clinton has been gaining ground, and is now nearly tied. let's take a live look outside right now -- where warmer weather is headed our way this weekend.. but it could be a chilly christmas! chief meteorologist bryan scofield is watching it all from the weather center.. bryan. saturday will be another pleasant day for las vegas with some breezy southwest winds pushing temperatures above normal. the southwest winds won't be too crazy and therefore mixing won't be too intense so highs will only be about 3-5 above normal, although that does make for a very pleasant winter day. expected highs in the las vegas valley will be right around 60 with a couple areas breaking into the low 60s but not much warmer than that. sky conditions will be mostly cloudy most of the day with the level, slowly lowering throughout the day. the thickest clouds will be just after sundown a

rick klein, abc news political director "it'll be delicate, but it's a powerful issue that she could use to undermine him." jack: the third democratic presidential democratic presidential debate is in new hampshire tomorrow, hosted by a-b-c. you'll see it here on local 5. all three candidates will meet on stage with hosts david muir and martha raddatz. jack: eddie tipton is back in the news tonight. the former security director for the iowa-based multi-state lottery association is now accused of tampering with drawings in four other states over a six year period. tipton is now connected to rigging jackpots in colorado, wisconsin, and those state lotteries have confirmed they paid jackpots worth 8 million dollars to tipton associates. 37 other states are on the list investigators are looking at as well. tipton was convicted of installing an undetectable software program in the computers that pick winning numbers so he can know them in advance, and then works with other people to play those numbers and collect the money. he was caught and convicted when he tried to pull the same scam a

new hampshire, sanders has a slight advantage: herald/franklin pierce university poll, 12/17 ] rick klein sot (if bernie sanders is gonna beat hillary clinton it has to start right here in new hampshire ) look for these issues to be front and center at the debate: first, guns... hrc sot (urging gun control) second: the campaign data breach: the clinton campaign has not commented on news that a sanders campaign staffer was able to access clinton's confidential voter database after a firewall lapse, the now-fired staffer says he did nothing inappropriate: (either audio from fired staffer or sanders campaign presser at 1:00 friday) and finally, look for sanders to play up his role as an outsider...in this election, outsiders are king. klein sot (bernie sanders may be one of the most unique outsiders of all time. he's been in congress for a quarter of a century but he's never been associated with either of the political parties. ) you can see the debate right here on channel 13 at 5 p.m. on the republican side of shows donald trump with a very big lead over the rest of the field. you can see

has a slight advantage: 48 to 46% [source: boston herald/franklin pierce university poll, 12/17 ] rick klein sot (if bernie sanders is gonna beat hillary clinton it has to start right here in new hampshire ) look for these issues to be front and center at the debate: first, guns... hrc sot (urging gun control) sanders supports additional background checks, but also has a record that limits gun control measures. second: the campaign data breach: the clinton campaign has not commented on news that a sanders campaign staffer was able to access clinton's confidential voter database after a firewall lapse, the now-fired staffer says he did audio from fired staffer or sanders campaign presser at 1:00 friday) and finally, look for sanders to play up his role as an outsider...in this election, outsiders are king. klein sot (bernie sanders may never been associated with either of the political parties. ) you can see the debate right here on channel 13 at 5 p.m. on the republican side of things, a new fox news poll shows donald trump with a very big lead over the rest of the field. you can see here...

nh sandede nats and here in nene hampshirir sanders has a slight advantage: 48 to 46% rick klein sot look for these issues to be front and center at the debate: first, guns... hrc sot background sanders supports additional background checks, but also has a record that limits gun control measures. second: the campaign data breach: the clinton campaign has not commented on news that a sanders campaign staffer was able to access clinton's confidential voter database after a firewall lapse, ththnow-fired staffer says he did nothing inappropriate: and finally, look for sanders to play up his role as an outsider...in this election, outsiders are king. klein sot lana zak abc news new hampshire concerns about more terrorist attacks are rising after 4 people were arrested or pleaded guilty to supporting terrorists. the f-b-i says 19-year-old jalil ibn ameer aziz of using 57 twitter accounts to encourage violence against the u-s. in upstate new york, 31- year-old food-store owner mufid elfgeeh pleaded guilty to providing material support to isis. in maryland-prosecutors say 30-year-old mohamed

rick klein, abc news political director "it'll be delicate, but it's a powerful issue that she could use to undermine him." several republican presidential will be stumping through iowa today. senator marco rubio will be talking to voters in dubuque. he will hold a town hall at giese sheet metal in dubuque. that will be at 12-45 this afternoon. carly fiorina will also be talking to voters in dubuque today. she started in clinton at 11 this morning. after, she'll go to dubuque. fiorina's town hall there starts at 2 o'clock. she finishes off her day with a christmas reception in davenport at 5 this evening. republican presidential front-runner donald trump will be coming to cedar rapids tomorrow. he plans to hold an event at the veterans memorial coliseum at 2 o'clock. in a recent abc news/ washington post poll, with 38 percent support, nationally. ted cruz came in second with 15 percent catching the bus on time will get a little easier for riders in cedar rapids. the city has launched a new mobile app. the cedar rapids transit division announced the launch today. the app will let user

. >> the "on the record" political panel is here from the "boston globe" annie and rick klein. he just issued that statement a little while a ago and now you join us "on the record." is he not walking it back except american muslims versus non-american. one of the killers out in california was american muslim. >> he is going to have to flesh out a lot about what this policy would look like because, on its face, say it would apply to american muslims in any way unconstitutional almost certainly illegal. and i think the contravention of american values in large part to say american citizens would be subject to this in some way. look, he is not dumb. he knows exactly what he he is doing here. he is appealing to a segment of his voters that are out there right now who are scared and jittering looking for the kind of leadership he is offering. going out there doing. policy patrol car particular it call, workable or likely to happen in the united states. >> annie, he is up 8 points from the last time in the cnn poll in iowa from his last poll. he is clobbering his competitors in the

here today is kirsten powers and abc political director rick klein. as much as some in the republican party might not want to admit it, i think it's safe to say that donald trump is the frontrunner. >> he is for real and he cannot be beaten nationally. if you look at the other candidates they are starting to realize that he is not even being attacked as much as others o. the real center of attention now is on marco rubio and ted cruz. they are positioning around it. they are not even trying to beat him. this is going to come down to a battle state by state. that's the only way to beat donald trump. if past is prologue he is going to be very difficult to beat. he has been the frontrunner almost wire to wire in this race. it's a hard thing to do in as big a field as this is. it's a hard thing to do in any year. donald trump has defied any step of the way any conversation around political gravity. >> we had a "new york times" reporter on last night who talked about the ground game in iowa that donald trump just doesn't appear to have the ground game in i