want to continue to partner with the american leads and not people who are in cahoots with the >> and s.e., let me ask you about the political aspect of this, because david brody used the word bravery initially and then he talked about the courage to discuss the issue of muslims coming into the united states. do you think that this will play with evangelical voters, s.e., and republican voters in key early voting states who say, donald trump says is not so crazy? >> well, cleely the supporters are behind it. but i think that most republi n republicans find what donald trump said is repulsive. a and it is on multiple levels. it is repulsive morally and morally if you cherish the constitution, and are repulsive if you are a good conservativist, and if you like freedom of religion, and are

i mean, s.e.ng about donald trump's policies, whether it's a national database of muslims, killing terrorist families, shutting down mosques, deporting 11 million americans, those are the types of things are going to hurt republicans in a general election. otherwise you wouldn't be hearing all this talk. >> that certainly what many people in the republican establishment think and in fact you saw -- you've seen that in the last week or so, s.e., republicans worried that donald trump might hurt them in terms of kelly ayotte senator in new hampshire running for re-election, rob portman running for re-election in ohio that he could be a drag because independents might ultimately vote for hillary that poll aside. >> yeah. i think it's amazing to me when you look at maybe a real clear politics average or these cnn polls that she is statistically tied with everyone at the top of her ticket, that includes carson, that includes donald trump. so, yes, you know it's hard to envision a hypothetical six months

i believe amanda and s.e. do in terms of fearing too much government intrusion, surveillance. we heard a lot of arguments in favor of sending troops. sending u.s. troops abroad. which is, again, something that after the iraq war you wouldn't necessarily expect. >> i don't think we can oversee the influence of lindsay gram in this debate. he is leading, he has dominated the foreign policy discussion among republican circles for a long time. and, really, i think the big question going forward in this debate and for the party is that are we going to learn the lessons from the bush administration. are we going to double down on their mistakes? we're seeing a lot of false choices being presented. either we're going to send thousands of ground troops into numerous countries or you're an isolationist. a surveillance state or risk another domestic terror attack. i think that there is a third way that stands up for the constitution that stands up for the bill of rights and our right to privacy, freedom of speech and we don't have to start surveying mosques and churches and give up who

. >> and to talk it all over, i am joined by lou gargiulo, and also joined by s.e. kup c, and lou a mandson, and so i want to start with, you lou. do you believe that we should agree with trump? >> i think that we need drastic steps for the homeland, and what happened in san bernardino and in paris speaks to the chaos across the world with islamic terrorists entering both western europe and the united states with the sole purpose of killing non-muslim people. do i believe that we should ban them indefinitely? absolutely not. but what i do believe is that we need to take a step back, and figure out how we ensure that they are properly screened and then allow people in. the screening process obviously what happened in san bernardino speaks to the fact that the lady came into the country and obviously wasn't properly screened. nobody even knew where she came from in pakistan. how do you allow people in like that at this point in time? >> so, but, all muslims, all muslims -- you know, by the way, the guy was born in illinois. >> i recognize that he was born in illinois.

anna navarro, donna brazile, s.e. cupp.et me start with you, gloria made the point about conventions reflecting the mood of our times. if the republican front-runner is donald trump what does that say about the mood of the republican party? >> i don't know. there's going to be a lot of us in a really funky mood if that's in fact the nominee. i want will be strange. you'll have a bunch of unusual suspects at the convention if it ends up being donald trump. i sense that a donald trump nomination would be very bad for some of the senators, folks running statewide in some of the purple and blue states. so i'm not sure how much of the, you know, traditional republican mainstream usual suspects who go to a convention you would see. >> so you think -- >> of course we'll be there drinking at the cnn grill. >> that little newsy item you think if donald trump is the nominee you think some republican senators incumbents will not go to the convention? >> rob portman has to go it's in ohio. you'll see some folks running in blue and purp

i'm joined by s.e. cupp and katrina pearson. that plan is not who we are.rights and that we are not a nation that reacts in a fearful way. how do you respond to ben carson? >> ben carson has been walking his comments back since he got in the race considering he was the one that said he wouldn't have a muslim as president. he's a very nice man. he's just simply not a wartime commander. >> s.e., what your thoughts on trump's comments yesterday about this blanket ban? >> i think, as you pointed out to ben carson, it's pretty dumb. there's really no way to ensure that people coming to either visit or move here are telling you the truth about the religion or as carson suggested what they plan to do in the country. i'm sure no one is going to come in and say i'm going to be a terrorist in your country. so it just doesn't make a will the of sense. i think it gives isis exactly what it wants, which makes us less safe. i also think it's pretty morally repulsive and i think it's unconstitutional and un-american. i don't see a shred of what donald trump is suggesting

take a listen to s.e.ks is a republican last night on cnn saying she would rather republicans lose the white house than donald trump win it. >> the damage he's doing is lasting to our party and to the conservative movement. so, yeah, i'd rather sacrifice the white house for one year and not be associated with this kind of rhetoric. not be in a position to have to go on television and defend japanese internment camps and operation wet back and religious tests and then explain to my kids why i did that on television. i'd rather -- yeah, i'd rather lose the white house and protect the integrity of the conservative movement and the republican party for years to come. >> that's the big concern, republican women like s.e. cupp, especially women but also maybe some men actually sitting out and not voting. >> try being a republican hispanic immigrant woman and ask me how i feel about it. look, it's very disconcerting. >> do you feel the same way as s.e.? >> i cannot get myself to believe that donald trump is going

the big republican rumble, cnn's political commentators s.e.and paul begala, republican, democrat, republican. first thing, paul, we were talking about this mike huckabee's big pitch how he has experience. look at the polls. that's not what republican voters want. >> right message, wrong party. usually for all my life it was the democrats who wanted the new, the fresh. and now every democrat running has been in elected office since disco era, even martin o'malley, hillary clinton running since the last clinton was president. i mean, my party is now the party that wants experience, but the republicans don't. i mean, i like governor huckabee, but he's fishing where there ain't no fish right now in his party. they want something new and different and they're calling for it. and for him to tell you in that interview that rare moment of air time and says i'm the most experienced. that's not what they want. >> kevin, let's talk about tomorrow night's main debate. huckabee will be in the undercard debate. what are you expecting in terms of trump versu

. >> and with the exception of s.e.and we should not do this. >> and the states have never delivered and paul ryan did not deliver wisconsin. >> no. >> and you may be too young to the remember, but in 1980, michael dukakis chose lloyd benson to run with him solely to get texas, and of course, he was running with and did not deliver and lost that election. >> and maybe you want to pick a member of the fastest growing member of the minority in america, and that is the castro brothers. >> and that is interesting the k castro brothers from texas and not cuba. >> and you know with that. >> and it does more than check a box, because secretary castro is amazing. >> incredible. >> they brought him up here to d.c. to kind of shove him away are from the local politics, but also secretary perez. >> yes. >> and we are not just checking the boxes. >> and s.e. is shirting. >> well, it is lunacy, because older white men, and that is - where she is losing, and that is going to be her main problem area, and she needs a tim kaine on the

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. >>> "outfront" next, endorsing ted cruz for president and s.e. cupp and ben ferguson. thanks to all of our contributors. trump started a fight behind closed doors. >> i don't think so, erin. listen, ted cruz has been right to welcome donald trump to the republican party. i mean, the establishment hates him but they are always the ones talking about growing the party and here's donald trump, a lifelong democrat, a liberal who's given more money than anyone watching. we should be welcoming him to the republican party with open arms. at this late arm, he's finally decided to adopt conservatism and i'm happy to hear that. >> well, if he could bring democrats in, it would be the biggest of all. >> by bringing in donald trump, we've brought democrats in. yes. >> so jack, cruz is a master debater. even arguing in front of the supreme court nine times. it trump afraid facing off against ted cruz? >> no, i don't think so. donald trump is not afraid of much, if anything. no. i don't think so. i think he'll perform as he's supposed to perform. he'll do very well. you know, at thi

let's bring in s.e. cupp, democratic strategist donna brazil. what's this for donald trump?if only we could explain, not only the rise but the longevity of donald trump through all of these inexplicable and largely offensive statements and moments. it's really hard to say. clearly his supporters like what he is saying, and every time folks in the media or republicans or democrats, republicans like me who actually want to win the white house, push back on the things he has said, it only seems to bolster his supporters. i was actually just talking to a trump supporter the other day, a woman in washington. i was asking her, what is it about him? and she just loves the way he talks. i mean, there's really no way around it. >> i think what complains it all is that, in the aftermath especially of the paris attacks, he's coming across for republicans as a strong leader. people may disagree, but he's coming across as a strong leader. if you look at the polls, the tea party republicans and evangelicals are supporting donald trump. ben carson has started to melt away. i don't want to

about all of this, cnn's political director david calian and cnn political commentator and columnist s.e. cupp. before the humans on the stage, nine of them in the prime time debate, talk about the setting here. the geopolitical setting. i think the most important thing that's happened is paris. is san bernardino. as a backdrop, that i think will drive this debate. >> without a doubt. think back, john. the debates that were driving the republican nomination process before the terrorist attack, the immigration debates, economic debates, still there, obviously, as the campaign goes forward but the political landscape shifted when the attacks in paris and san bernardino came to the forefront and it is now a moment of a commander in chief test. this is now an opportunity for these nine people and four people in the first debate to present their case to republican primary voters about why they are the standard -- they should be the standard bearer for the party to pass this commander in test. >> for at least two candidates, you can track real change as a result. i think of those two events. i

so, first to you, s.e., this is national security the focus of this debate.comes at such an important time where these candidates are really trying to make that case. look, i could be commander in chief and there have been two recent terror attacks. what's at stake and who has the advantage here? >> yeah. i think for people like marco rubio and chris christie who have been trying to take a more muscular foreign policy approach, this is going to be a good opportunity for them tomorrow night. carly fiorina to a lesser extent has been doing the same thing. marco rubio in particular really needs to define ted cruz's foreign policy as weak and inconsistent. that's his number one job tomorrow night. if he can't manage to do that, really appeal to the sense of frustration with the obama administration when it comes to dealing with isis, the real fear that's out there for many americans as it relates to terror, if he can't make his case, then i think ted cruz has unstoppable momentum going into iowa. so it's a very important night, i think, for marco rubio. >> and yo

. >> but, s.e., so what's going to happen on stage tomorrow?go after donald trump or will it be marco rubio or chris christie? because now's the time, isn't it, to go on the attack? >> yeah, i'm not sure that ted cruz will do too much of it because i think the tactic has just -- as a rule of thumb at this point, has been proven not to be very successful. i'm not sure ted cruz is inclined that way. i think marco rubio will definitely take a whack at it. and god bless, poor jeb bush will try again. but i think that ted cruz has a little different approach and perhaps heats what's happening him. >> what do you think, s.e.? >> well, i think chris christie will be the more vocal opponent of donald trump tomorrow night. i think he's going to differentiate himself on a number of different issues and probably be the more aggressive swinger. maybe rand paul as well. but, yeah i mean, ted cruz has said his strategy is to bear hug donald trump, bear hug ben carson, and then maybe when their voters go away, he collects them all. i would be very surprised i

once with the third party thing, again, he says he wants to run s.e.ts to run as a republican. i said, if you were to run as an independent and i'm not sure we put that part in the clip, do you think you would win? he said i don't think it would be much tougher. i could win but would rather not do that. >> interesting stuff. jeffrey, is it constitutional what he's proposing to keep all muslims at least temporary out of the country? how does that work? >> i certainly think it is not constitutional. i also suspect we'll never know because congress would never pass such a law so it would never be tested in court, but, yes, it is true we can limit individuals, immigration from countries, that's something that's been done many times in american history but never in american history have we limited a religion and, you know, it is true also that non-citizens don't have the same constitutional rights that american citizens do but they do have some right and the idea they could be completely disqualified from the opportunity to come into this country, that they

i remember two years ago, s.e. cupp and i sat down and interviewed sanders. said then, i'm not here to challenge hillary, i'm here to push my agenda. when you hold on to a climb thik that, you win a lot of credibility but you don't win elections. >> always good to have you ahead of tonight's debates, just under three hours away. coming up, american opportunity. is the american dream still attainable for many in this country? is it in american reality? capturing these images of saying their children have a better shot at achieving the american dream than they did. he's with me next. stay with us. this holiday season, get ready for homecomings. i see you brought a friend? i wanna see, i wanna see. longing. serendipity. what are the... chances. and good tidings to all. hang onto your antlers. it's the event you don't want to miss. it's the season of audi sales event. get up to a $2,500 bonus for highly qualified lessees on select audi models. you can't breathed. through your nose. suddenly, you're a mouthbreather. well, just put on a breathe right strip which in

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since republicans feel like s.e.o the party to disaster they will rally around someone else. the real question now is, is marco rubio still that person, or is there a possibility that could be chris christie? whoever emerges -- beats expectations out of those two, or even jeb bush, potentially, i think it's unlikely, in new hampshire will be the person the republican establishment rallies around in their desperate effort to prevent it from being trump or cruz. >> i will say one thing about cruz, as a potential republican nominee. his whole argument, since he won from -- came from behind and won his senate primary, just a couple of years ago, his whole argument was the reason why republicans are losing nationally, is because they run to the right during the primary but they run to the middle during the general election and that republicans don't know what they stand for and they don't -- and they're depressed and they don't go out to the polls because they don't think there's a real conservative. if he ends up being t

let's bring in dan pfeiffer, s.e. cupp, ana navarro and quchs cuomo. what are you wanting to see on the stage. >> from a perspective of trying to study the race, i'm curious to see how ted cruz and marco rubio will engage. i think the two the best chance to be the nominee if it's not trump. let's see how they do on national security and immigration. from a democratic perspective looking for everything they say that could be used in the general election. >> do you see cruz and rubio going after each other. >> that is more likely than tru trump and cruz going after each other. >> they both see themselves as playing a long game and long-term rivals. >> i think cruz is standing in rubio's way. he's jumped to the front of the pack as the anti-trump front-runner and i think rubio's got to make a move. he needs to discredit cruz on national security, number one objective. >> if he has a mark to make, that is the mark. putting aside s.c. how his position's helped him within and without the base, right? >> it's such an interesting dynamic between cruz and rubio

. >> s.e. cupp said she'd rather lose. would you go that far? >> i think we're reaching a point where it's difficult to see a worse option than hillary clinton. however, donald trump's increasing tenor of what he's proposing is a separate kind of horror. hillary clinton present as nightmare scenario. i think that trump right now, i don't see a scenario where trump wins the general election because of the degree to which he's going to cause a fundamental reshaping of the entire electorate and end up with a fraction of the republican party being fervent trump supporters as his policies become more and more unconstitutional, nonlimited values and principles. he's willing to shred the religious liberty. it's a remarkable scenario. >> well, i appreciate both of you taking the time. donald trump is speaking live. we are monitoring this to see when he addresses this issue. as i said, he may be take questions, which could be a crucial moment. >>> also, a major endorsement for ted cruz. is he a bigger headache for the republican party than donald trump?

. >> paul begala, s.e. cupp, we'll have more coverage tuesday night.o to poppy harlow in new york. >> thank you guys very much. you will not want to miss where they are in las vegas for the republican debate two days away tuesday night. the main stage event 8:30 p.m. before that the debate at 6:00 p.m. only right here on cnn. >>> up next, the single biggest difference philosophical difference between how president obama views the terror threat and how his critics view it. we'll talk about that. why the president feels isis is growing weaker and republicans could not disagree more next. ♪ ♪ iand quit a lot,t but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. for called "squamous adnon-small cell",er previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, it's not every day something this big comes along. a chance to live longer with... opdivo, nivolumab. opdivo is the first and only immunotherapy

spokesman for the trump campaign, amanda carpenter for senator ted cruz and cnn political commentator s.epp. katrina, you heard sarah palin, a huge fan of donald trump. but she agrees with rush limbaugh and mark leaven that the criticism that trump levied against ted cruz, he's a little bit of a maniac for the way he goes after the republican establishment, she doesn't care for that, thinks that wrong, as levine, limbaugh. is he going to continue that line of attack? >> we have to see. senator cruz criticized mr. trump behind closed doors which isn't courageous and mr. trump responded accordingly. he obviously felt like you know he had a decent relationship with mr. cruisz krit size him openly. his response, his personal. and he's not shy of hiding that. >> david axelrod said if he were advising donald trump, i asked him, what would you do, he said, go after ted cruz for being a politician, for saying one thing in public, another in private, which would hurt his brand and not this other attack that donald trump is doing about like you're a bit of a maniac -- >> that's a hard charge to lan

we're join ed by commentator s.e. cupp. what happened in california is the worst deadliest terror attack since suspect septembept. what new did you hear in the speech to address this? >> two things were important. a one is an acceleration of what they are doing so that means more special operations troops. that means more focus on an air campaign. that means closing the syrian border, making sure we have all our allies focused on the enemy of isis. but i think the other thing he said in addition to accelerating is that he said that we ought to be very careful and the muslim community has to stand up. so our rhetoric has to be careful about them and the muslim community has to take responsibility and stand up as well. that's an important message for everyone to hear. he did say acceleration, and that's important for people to hear. >> republicans have been critical that the president did not go far enough or did not go far at all. but on the republican side, except for lindsey graham who wants to put troops on the ground, wh

s.e. cupp, what's the most important thing you want to hear from the president?ason why the president has in recent week hs to go out multiple times at multiple venues to explain to the american people he's on top of the terror threat. not that he hasn't been going out is he keeps saying the same thing. he's defending a strategy that americans and even some allies have acknowledged as not working. gloria borger mentioned that no one believes that. it's less attitude and more of an acknowledgment that the strategy isn't working. isis is not contained. i don't expect we'll hear that, but i think if he wants to move american sentiment on this, he has to act a little less cool about it and join us in our fear and anxiety just for a little bit at least. >> the president in that off the record conversation with columnists at the white house, if you read "the new york times" today the president thinks he wasn't sensitive enough to the deep concerns of the american public about terror, especially the aftermath of paris and san bernardino and suggested he wasn't watching

. >> all right, back our panel, tim pawlenty, katrina pierson, s.e.gg bill, all with me. you heard donald trump, he will run as a third-party candidate if gop leadership does not treat him with "a certain amount of decorum and respect." >> right. >> okay. that's obviously a very subjective thing. what does it mean? >> wants everyone to play by the rule, he wants everyone to be fair. the gop is throwing an immense amount of resources to getting donald out of the race. the problem here is they are so concerned about what exactly he is saying and what verbiage he is using, they are not concerned about why he is saying it. he isn't interested in the safety of the american people and that's why he is using this harsh vernacular as he is. >> could he pull off a win if he ran as a third party candidate? he says -- he think it is would be difficult but says he thinks he can do it. >> no i think if he ran as a third-party candidate, woe split, even if it was a small split in the republican party, the margin of difference in the election hand hillary clinton th

s.e. brings up a good point.sn't initiated a lot of these attacks but when the moderators have allowed someone like him and ted cruz come out and touch gloves, he absolutely counterpunches and goes after ted cruz. when someone in this race has started to be on the assent and threatened donald trump's lead, he does go after that person. i expect them to touch gloves at some point and post up against each other. >> there are people up there tonight who you should be worried about. who do you see up on that stage, whether it's a chris christie or kasich. >> i do think it's an interesting thing. chris christie is a zombie that cannot be killed. we thought that bridgegate -- >> figuratively. >> he can't be stopped. >> that's the thing with the zombie, you're already dead? >> he and i are both coming at you. >> i get this. i like it. >> bridgegate, supposed to take him out. he's back. he falls off the adult table. he's now at the kiddie table. if you're marco rubio, you're so happy. you can be the foreign policy guy. n

it's an s.e. 24 that's going to be very noisy.st carried out an air strike somewhere in syria against rebel targets, either isis or some other opposition group. russia says it's stopping isis in its tracks. striking their assets and shrinking the territory they and other rebel groups control. after more than 4,000 -- over syria, this kremlin air war shows no sign of winding down. in fact, it is in fact if anything, stepping up its presence in syria. deploying sophisticated air defenses that give russia the ability to control the skies over syria. again, to help ensure that its vision for the country as a pro-russian state is realized. >>> bashar al assad and his wife made a rare public appearance on friday. they attended church in damascus near the frontlines of the battle for christmas choral presentations. >>> the turkish government says it is pulling its troops from iraq. it comes one day after the u.s. president asked ankrah to tamp down tensions over the presence of turkish troops in mosul. thousands of protesters demanded th

. >> with us in "the situation room" right now is our commentator s.e.and nia henderson. what are republicans saying? >> we have heard some of the broad condemnation from everyone from governors to party chairs and the first three states. republicans are saying now what? not only for donald trump in terms of whether or not he survives this, but also what is the party do in terms of perhaps trying to coalesce around an establishment candidate to blunt some of his appeal and force and dominance in this race. but again, i think they are torn between on the one hand condemning them, but knowing he has an audience that's part of the republican party that likes to hear what he has to say and at some point, they will try to appeal to those people. >> he's a front runner not only in the new poll in new hampshire, our poll in iowa and nationally. he's the front runner. it's interesting the republican party chairman came out with a statement today saying he doesn't agree with donald trump. trump later sent out this tweet saying a new poll indicates that 68% of my

i'm also joined by s.e. cupp and jeffrey lord. great to see ul ofall of you.ddle. i read your piece twice this morning. you point out how he was a registered democrat for a number of years. had supported a numb of democratic candidates. >> it's more than that really. i think it's much easier for trump to convince democratic electorate that he's a social conservative. on foreign policy he's against the iraq war. he wants to bring -- let's bomb isis but he wants to bring america back from the world. he could run as the bernie sanders trader to his class. he's had a wealth tax. all these things appeal more to a democratic primary electorate. my simple thesis is had he made the decision in 2009 and not gone birther, he could have had a better chance to win the democratic primary than perhaps the republican primary, which is not an insignificant chance as it is. >> jeffrey lord i'm looking at you. and he laughs. what are you thinking? >> if you went to youtube this minute there's a wonderful audio tape of ronald reagan campaigning for harry truman and humphrey. thi

. >> kris: police told the clerk the gun was fake, but he thought the three s.es are set to face a judge today. live at the newsdesk, kris anderson, 7news "today in new england." >> nancy: relatives of a sharon native killed in an attack near israel last month had the chance to honor him in the country on tuesday. a baseball game was held in honor of ezra schwartz. his brothers threw out ceremonial first pitches. schwartz's parents paid an emotional tribute to their son prior to the game. schwartz was doing volunteer work in israel when he was killed by a palestinian driver who intentionally rammed hits car into a group of pedestrians. he was 18 years old. >> sarah: the man from andover accused of pulling a gun on a snowplow driver is being held without bail. police say 51-year-old michael mccullom and the driver almost slammed into each other while turning on north main street at the same time on tuesday morning. mccullom followed the driver enter a parking lot where they got into a fistfight. that's when they say he pulled out a loaded gun. >> he comes flying in. i got out of the truck

. >> s.e. cupp, the debate the other night, you heard republican candidates suging the u.s. should go in ground forces. lindsey graham wants 10,000 u.s. troops in syria right now and another 10,000 in iraq. you think the american public is ready right now for these kinds of casualties and costs if the u.s. were to deploy troops in that manner? >> you're never ready for casualties in the cost of war, but for the first time, a majority of americans want ground troops in iraq and seyri. and that's for a a number of reasons. one, it feels like the current strategy that the obama administration has been defending for months isn't working. and that's been sort of reassured by some of the members of his own cabinet who have contradicted this idea that isis is contained. when president obama said just now that doesn't mean that isis won't still be dangerous. they will still be dangerous. that doesn't jive with past explanations that isis is contained,i isis is not an extet shl threat. it's difficult to compel the american voters that taking back 40% of isis east's territory ovs is t

s.e.? >> in addition to the trump/cruz, you know, knockouts and the cruz/rubio fight, i'm looking forward to what i think will be a decisive decision between hawks and the more sort of libertarian, you might call it isolationist foreign policy within our party. are the chris christies who have been talking about a more muscular foreign policy and marco rubio, are they going to win the night? or is ted cruz going to make an effective case. is rand paul going to make an effective case for maybe why we need to be a little bit more cautious. i have a feeling i know who is going to win, but it will be very interesting to see how that plays out. >> yoga berra had that saying when you get to a fork in the road, take it. they have to decide which direction they're going and basically what you got here are the outsider faction here with ted cruz and donald trump and some others and the insider faction, the establishment fac, if you will. the gulf is wide. which way are they going to go? >> you're lo