so it is a great poll for ted chris, it is a good poll for donald trump. >> des moines, we should point out, is probably a lovely place, but also quite a small place. described by bill pryson, i was born in des moines iowa, somebodien had to be, something like that, but it ises important, because come next spring, early spring, it ises going to be the litmus test of where these candidates are going to stand. or nomination, yeah. >> that's right. now the cacueses are february t know if crow have been to iowa, but that's not spring. it is typically the snowiest month. >> okay. all right, so what do you think we will see come springtime. >> well, do yo mean after the caucuses. >> yeah, after the caucus, because february you say is is not that time of year, come springtime, when it ises coming up aehead, who is going to be the person that the republicans are going to choose. >> i edon't make a predictions like that, things change very dramatically even in h the days leading up to up to the caucus. we are doing the final poll, the person leading on day one, is sometimes in third or fourth pl

donald trump, ben carson, ted cruz, marco rubio, jeb bush, carly fiorina, chris christie and john kasichnd rand paul on the stage for the primetime debate. trump is way out in front in the national polls. the cnn poll of polls shows him at 31%. ted cruz in second place at 17%. some polls have trump up by more than 20 points. including this from monmouth university. 41% for donald trump. ted cruz at 14%. i'm not good at math, but i think that is 27 points behind donald trump. this is one of many things trump was bragging about here in las vegas overnight. cnn's sara murray in the hall. >> reporter: good morning, john. hours before the cnn debate campaigning in las vegas last night, donald trump approached ted cruz with kid gloves. he could not help but mention the monmouth university poll shows him far ahead. leading 41% to ted cruz's 14%. >> i heard today when they announced the poll. 41 to 14. i like cruz. good guy. i heard. here is how they announced. cruz surging. so what i heard is, this was on television, cruz surging. i said, i don't know, that sounds bad to me. coming up, cruz sur

in iowa, anti-trump forces see cruz running delegates.if ted cruz, chris christie, and marco rubio can deny trump a majority of the delegates, some party insiders hope they can deny him the nomination. but carson warned if the winner of the primaries isn't our nominee, we have a massive problem. trump is again warning republican leaders he could make a third-party run. that would almost surely mean a win for the democratic candidate. jessica: that's what a lot of people are afraid of. ben carson is now taking a page playbook. carson is threatening to ditch the republican party. the retired neurosurgeon slammed that insiders were discussing the the presidential nominee at the convention. donald trump left the door open to an independent bid since the start of his campaign. the gop front-runner recently threatened republicans after receiving harsh criticism for his muslim ban proposal. jim: a warning from u.s. intell about a new potential threat from isis. the new u.s. intelligence report warns places -- warn isis in syria may be able to create fake passports for travel overseas. u.s. of

kasich, carly fiorina, marco rubio, ben carson, donald trump, ted cruz, chris christie and rand paul. donald trump's frontrunner status is stalled by cruz in the state of iowa. wolf blitzer and dana bash is spending a lot of time over the several days in the cone of silence finalizing questions. there will be 17 cameras and invite-only audience of 1,400 people in the theater on tuesday night. this is the last debate of the year. the last chance for candidates to make a strong impression with voters heading into the holiday season. millions will be watching. will donald trump attack ted cruz? will ben carson and jeb bush and others have break out performances? we will watch to see what happens. >> we will and analyze every minute of it. thank you for that. four republicans in the undercard debate. pataki and mike huckabee and rick santorum and lindsey graham. >>> and a huge shakeup in the republican race. ted cruz is soaring in iowa. the latest poll has cruz at 31% with trump ten points behind and carson and rubio barely breaking double digits. in a new national poll, cruz is surging i

he will be flanked by ben carson and ted cruz. chris christie will be back on the main stage and rand paul will be there, as well, though he barely made the cut. he said there's only one reason people are watching this republican debate. >> it was totally because of me. it's true. it's true. it's true. [cheering and applause] and the other candidates should be thankful. because i'm giving them a chance to make total fools of themselves in front of millions of people. >> kris: another round tonight. the rest of the republican pack will fight it out in an earlier debate. the democrats' next debate is in new hampshire on saturday. live in the control room, kris anderson, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: a disgruntled guest at an oklahoma hotel is behind bars after he allegedly rammedded his truck through this hotel lobby on purpose. you see two employees diving for safety. luckily they weren't hurt. then you see the man walks out of his truck as if nothing happens. officials say he was upset when his credit card was declined and h

nobody falls too far but there are four candidates who stood out that his trumpet and rubio and ted cruz and chrise showed us he couldn't cover a terror plot he cannot uncovered a plot by his own aides for the washington bridge. >> did he dialed that back the little bit to stop muslim of immigration? or did he stepped it up? >> he just needs to the state no damage meaning he still goes end as the front-runner. >> and that may play popular with the electorate but not the other half. >> and chris chris jihadist as a good couple of weeks. he still has a long way to go but will continue that momentum. >> will he be a factor to win new hampshire? and still a couple months to go. >> it is conceivable trump could be second in iowa. >> and we are talking soon. >> and it was without a holiday party. >> we have on our ugly sweaters. >> we can do better. >> [applause] happy holidays. >> pre-christmas -- mary christmas. >> the washington square park is the latest encampment. >> they. >> the debate made them throughout their rocking chairs you can stay just not the rocking chair? do you have a story? tel plus

once again donald trump will be at center stage flanked by ben carson and ted cruz. chris christie returns to the main stage after not making the cut last month. now, donald trump is still the front-runner and his numbers are on the rise, but a few opponents of gaining ground, a new toll has trump leading his rivals with 41%. ted cruz at 14%, followed by roub yoat 10% and ben carson with 9%. yesterday donald trump released a letter saying he will be the healthiest ever elected to the presidency if he wins in 2016. he did acknowledge eating less than healthy diet and he said his primary form of exercise consists of speaking at campaign events. >> new this morning secretary of state john kerry will meet with vladamir putin in moscow. he's working with russian leaders how to end syria's civil war and restore stability in eastern ukraine. kerry's second trip to russia this year and the first since moscow's intervention in syria. >>> a court-martial is the next step in the military case against army sergeant bowe bergdahl charged with desertion. army officials made the announce

i think you'll see people like chris christie against ted cruz and marco rubio. i think ted cruz debate will certainly center on the idea of surveillance. i think chris christie is to benefit as well. >> the debate on the 15th raises the bar for the republican candidates. if you want to criticize the president, tell us specifically what you would do differently. we'll stick with the theme as we continue in a moment. next hillary clinton's response. also donald trump's theory about why his poll numbers are on the way up right now. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. it begins from the the second we're born.er. because, healthier doesn't happen all by itself. it needs to be earned every day. using wellness to keep away illness. and believing a single life can be made better by millions of others. as a health services and innovation company optum powers modern healthcare by connecting every part of it. so while the world keeps searching for healthier we're here to make healthier ha

and ted cruz is on the right side of this debate, in terms of public opinion. >> what ted, chris, what ted cruz is trying to do and robert eluded to it, is that on the one hand he's say nothing, we don't want regime change. and i think that he and donald trump and ben carson and rand paul, all are in agreement on that. and the fact that the dominant players in the race are saying that is a great significance. but what ted cruz is trying to do that ronald reagan didn't do is talk with a blustery, texas swagger about what he's going to do militarily to isis, at least from the air. and so, he's trying to blend that caution, that caution, that steve is talking about with a bluster about isis that will satisfy and try to calm the fears of the american people. and he's very shrewd about how he's approached it, but i think donald trump, donald trump is trying to stand the stride both of these things on regime change and immigration and so far, he's still remaining somebody that those other two people have to get passed. meaning cruz and rubio, and they didn't necessary deploy it tonight. >> c

ted cruz either. i think they were very much hoping that marco rubio would step in and become the alternative to donald trump, that is not working out very well. called out some hope that chrishristie will do it in new hampshire. there has been some movement from him in new hampshire in the polls. we will see, i don't see that traveling well past new hampshire. but ted cruz has put some impressive numbers up and worked very hard at it. if you get these almost desperate -- must have been 15 solicitations yesterday. desperate surrounding solicitations, really trying to squeeze the golden goose as hard as he can. gregg: in an interview you were quoted saying the mainstream media underwent 12 stages of the nile and are now admitting the rise of donald trump so i guess the media is prematurely predicting his demise. why do you think they so mocked and ridiculed donald trump? >> i don't know. is hard to see how they missed the electorate is very angry and the electorate was upset in 2008. that is how we wound up rejecting establishment candidates and got president obama. eight years on many of those people are still very frustrated, totally disenchanted and on the republican side

donald trump, ted cruz and chris christie will be on the stage tonight. a recent action news poll shows that trump has new support from republicans for his call to temporarily ban muslims from entering the united states. >> they are attracting to not necessarily his stance on the issue, but that he stood up and said this is what i'm going to do. >> he leads the field nationally but is facing a tough challenge from ted cruz in iowa. you can follow the debate with brian taff, he will hold a live chat with voters on facebook, join in with your questions and comments on facebook.com/6abcactionnews. >>> there are ways to get the money back for finding hidden cash in your home. here is how. >> reporter: for the mulders, the gift of giving can come with a hefty price tag thanks to five kids under 8. >> you want them to have a big christmas. >> yes. >> the family spent about $4,000 last year but there may be hidden holiday cash in their house, enter money saving expert lauren gruden. >> i think most people have $1,000 worth of hidden money in their home. first sh

reappear here to celebrate the release of the newest book without any further ado please welcome ted and chris hedges. [applause] thanks for coming. i'm going to talk a little bit about my book and then chris will talk about whatever he's going to talk about and then we will have a little discussion and throw it out to the audience for q-and-a. if you have any questions, comments, insults, keep them and like the government legally barred your insults. can anyone hear me? okay so i will talk a little bit about the buck. we don't have the ability to do a slideshow so it's good to be pages from the books that you can grab a copy of the book and look at it before you buy numerous copies. but i will just go through the thinking here. so anyway, this book like all my best ideas by publisher [inaudible] suggested they might want to do a graphic novel biography of edward snowden. and i was intrigued by the idea that i was concerned that someone else might do a biography and so one of the things i wanted to do is to make the book discrete and in its own things that would be different from the autobiogr

front-runner donald trump will be center stage on his left and right, ben carson and now ted cruz. and chris christie once in the underguard debate will be thanks to a strong showing in new hampshire. >> religious leader got together to rally for unity. >> see if there are congregations representing muslims and christians and jews. in the township of washington, the faithful lit candles on the last night of hanukkah. at tonight's meeting, they say it is to accept all faith and not violence and prejudice and want to stand up against the anti-muslim prejudice after the shootings in san bernardino and paris attacks. >> the bronx priest accused of stealing money to pay for a male prostitute resigned. but the investigation into father peter mcquelly is moving forward. the he claim ed /- /- claims he stole funds to house drugs in new jersey. >> if it's true, he did a gross injustice. he hurt us badly. >> just because he is a priest doesn't mean he is exempt from everything. >> letter from father mcmigueli saying it is best as i do be continue to serve as your pastor np so far, no chargers have bee

mark: ted cruz for sure, who i will have an interview with peter on the program. is also chris christie having a fantastic week, speaking with emotion and passion and focus. john: i definitely agree with all three you said having a good week. maybe more personally, hillary clinton is having a good week, too. who had a bad week? mark: jeb bush. he is performing well and speaking out clearly and is on the message he wants to be on, and his holdovers are horrible and his donors continue to be concerned, wondering what he can do to shake things up that he has not already tried. john: i told you a long time ago that i was dead, and he is dead. the other guy, bernie sanders. where is he? nowhere. more of whatup, donald trump told me in that phone interview, and my conversation with ted cruz in iowa. we will be back. cruz today senator ted took his campaign to the crossroads gun range. i sat down with senator cruz and asked him about all the buzz following his rise in iowa. welcome back to iowa. sen. cruz: thank you, mark, good to see you. mark: put aside your texas modesty and tell y

john kasich, carly fiorina, marco rubio, ben carson, donald trump, ted cruz, jeb bush, chris christie and rand paul. trump is center stage once again. he is still the frontrunner nationally, but his frontrunner status is challenged by cruz in iowa. the three polls showing the texas senator leading there. cnn's wolf blitzer and dana bash along with hugh hewitt are finalizing debate questions for the huge production. there will be 17 cameras and an invite-only audience of 1,400 people filling the theater on tuesday night. this will be the last debate of the year. last chance for the candidates to make a strong impression with voters heading into the holiday season. millions will be watching. the big questions, will donald trump attack ted cruz? will marco rubio and ted cruz get into it? will ben carson and jeb bush and others have breakout performances? we will see what happens. >> we will. thank you, athena. four republicans fill the undercard debate. george pataki and mike huckabee and rick santorum and lindsey graham. >>> and as athena mentioned, a shake up with the republican race.

once again donald trump will take center stage flanked by ben carson and ted krutz. chrisistie returns to the main stage after failing to make the cut last month. donald trump is the front-runner. a few are gaining ground. a new poll has trump leading with 41%, ted cruz at 14%, followed by marco rubio at 10%, ben carson with 9%. >> a school district in indiana wants to arm teachers in the wake of recent mass shooting. the school board is -- those with police training would have access to the guns. parents an educators say they want to be proactive in preventing another mass shooting in the school. right now they are not sure when the idea might actually happen. >> a local lawmaker says that he will stand his ground and stay in session as long as necessary to fight a federal gun law loophole. donald norcross says the loophole allowing known terrorists to buy guns is nonsen nonsense. he is calling on paul ryan to not send lawmakers home for the holidays until they take a vote and close that loophole. >> how can somebody pledge allegiance to isis, be allowed to go out and pur

ted cruz and some of his opponents. perhaps the nsa could come up. marco rubio and chris christie have talked about ted cruz on that.'s how much to get involved in the middle east. these should be a factor. >> absolutely. these are tough issues to get involved. president obama does not have a strategy for the middle east so, what's their strategy? how can they convince us the u.s. will be in better hands and safer hands and cut off the kind of threat so many people are anxious about today? so in the past, as you well know, ted cruz and marco rubio have both distinguished themselves as smooth debaters, they know their stuff. ted cruz is very smart, very crafty. he's run a very smart campaign in iowa. but now that the spotlight is on him, his opponents say he's too arrogant, he doesn't work well within the system. people will start pushing him on those issues a lot more has suddenly become, as i say, the man to watch. >> what about donald trump? what do you think he does differently if anything? we talk about cruz vaulting into first place. trump's numbers have inched up in iowa, in the "des moines register" poll, gon

and he's got to be concerned not just about the rise of ted cruise, but chris christie who is betting everything on that state. christie's hands-on approach is paying dividends. he's running a strong third which has earned him a new barrage of attacks from trump. >> but you know, the people in new jersey want to throw him out of office. they say why isn't he running new jersey. we're a disaster state. we're going to hell, and our governor is up in new hampshire every single day having town hall meetings. you're going to be doing it in new jersey in all fairness. >> one-time frontrunner jeb bush who who is now struggling has been spending plenty. he may be looking beyond iowa and new hampshire hoping to build a firewall to block trump in florida where he campaigned yesterday. >> donald trump is not serious about being a candidate. he's a great politician. he fils this space. he is the chaos candidate, and he would be the chaos president of the united states. >> now, we have heard that from jeb bush before. that term chaos candidates, and the florida primary that he is counting on winni

>> jed bush will be the first choice, but you've got marco rubio, chris christie. ted cruise is an outsider so he is not an established candidate, but clearly marco rubio and chris christie would be >>> ted cruz, speaking of him, he has seen a rise in polls lately. he has got some key endorsements. how someday he keep that momentum going because donald trump attacked him this week. >> absolutely. as he started to win in iowa, when donald trump came out with this claim about muslims coming into the country, what i'm curious to see what happens at the debate, what are the fireworks, respectful or do they go at it because they have in press. ted cruz has the support of very con sifshtive-- conservative evangelists. is he going to get it? you are hard-pressed to say he could win something like new hemp shire, but ted cruz is. he is not looked at as an establishment candidate but he looked more establishment than a donald trump, so people may flock to him as well >>> this week a big night ahead as the g.o.p. will be back up for another debate, last one for the year. donald

and it seems ben carson, chris christie, ted cruz and marco rubio are unable or unwilling to exploit his weaknesses, which begs the question, can anyone outlast the king of reality tv? there he goes. has he built up too much immunity for anybody to knock him out? >> everybody wonders that's period >> that's i think red 97! set! red 97! did you say 97? yes. you know, that reminds me of geico's 97% customer satisfaction rating. 97%? helped by geico's fast and friendly claims service. huh... oh yeah, baby. geico's as fast and friendly as it gets. woo! >>> it sounds ke it's going

marco rubio, chris christie, ted cruz are all running tight in new hampshire polls for the second-place spot, behind donald trump. leon: 7 on your side with a health alert, the cdc reports five more illnesses tied with the chipotle restaurant chain. they are in kansas, north carolina, and oklahoma. all of those who were made sick reported eating at chipotle the week prior. it is not known if it is the same strain that has sickened more than 50 people since october. alison: the police are working to prevent dw why this holiday season, patrolling the roads. montgomery county police officer noah leotta was killed after being struck by suspected drunk driver while he was on a dui enforcement detail. an average of 11 people will be killed in drunk driving crashes this month. leon: parents are warned about a possible disruption to school service in charles county. some bus drivers may bring kids to school in the morning but may not return in the afternoon to take them home. a letter were sent to parents saying the schools are preparing just in case that happens. parents are warned the buses m

[applause] >> hi, so, thanks for coming everyone, i'm ted, that's chris. i'm going to talk a little bit about my book and then chris will talk a little bit about whatever he's going to talk about and then we will have a little discussion and then we'll throw it out for the audience for q&a, so you if you have any questions, comments, insults, please keep them and we will feel them and like the government, we will ignore your insults. so can everyone here in the back? okay, i will talk a little bit about the book. we don't have the ability to do a slide show. you should just grab a copy of the book before you buy numerous copies of it. but i will go through the thinking here. closer. these mics are cleaned after every appearance, right? [laughter] >> so anyway, this book was really not my idea, like all of my best ideas, my publisher suggested that -- yes. sorry. said that -- suggested that i might want to do a graphic novel biography of edward snowden. i was intrigued by the idea and into it but i was concerned that someone else would do a biography in som

she mentioned ted cruz -- she mentioned chris christie. christie is getting a lot of buzz right now. do you think chris christie would be a challenge to hillary clinton? i do not think-- he would be as difficult to beat as marco rubio, but he would be more challenging than ted cruz or donald trump. the places where a guy like chris christie is not going to do very well because he is far too progressive of a republican for those evangelicals to support. do you think would be a stronger general election candidate -- marco rubio or chris christie? the itris christie -- istor in this election self-confidence. this is like a high school election. if you say what you believe and you say it bluntly, you are moving ahead. rubio does not have that fire. thank you for doing it, you guys. thatll be right back about time magazine choice for person of the year. ♪ mark: if you work at time magazine, today is like christmas. if you do not work there, today is like the fourth night of hanukkah. they announced their long-awaited person of the year. the win

ted cruz, surging in some polls. marco rubio, jeb bush, carly fiorina and john kasich and rand paul and chris christie. donald trump is out in front in national polling. the poll of polls showing donald trump in first and ted cruz in second and marco rubio in third. you can see the margins there. some polls have it larger. including this one from monmouth university which shows trump at 41%. i think 27 points ahead of ted cruz. that was just one of many things that trump was bragging about in a raucous rally here in las vegas. cnn's sara murray inside the loud hall. sa sara. >> reporter: good morning, john. hours before the debate here in vegas, donald trump approached ted cruz with kid gloves. he could not help but mention a new monmouth university poll shows him leading 41% to ted cruz's 14%. >> i heard today when they announced the poll. 41 to 14. i like cruz. good guy. i heard here is how they announced. cruz surging. so what i heard, this was on television, cruz surging. i said i don't know. that sounds bad to me. coming up, cruz surging. then they say the monmouth poll was just done. cruz is surgi

while trump bashes bush, bush --- along with ted cruz, rand paul and chris christie --- are all beating up on marco rubio for missing crucial congressional votes. bush ad says: "over the last three years rubio has missed important national security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. politics first. that's the rubio way". but, those missed votes have not kept rubio from picking up a key congressional endorsement - representative trey gowdy - who sits on the powerful house oversight committee. gowdy says: "i know that i'm gonna vote in the south carolina republican primary for marco rubio." republican ohio governor john kasich picked up an endorsement of his own --- billionaire ron burkle --- who has mainly supported democrats in the past. meanwhile, leading democrat hillary clinton, taking a break from the campaign trail today, also took a break from responding to attacks during a campaign stop yesterday ... clinton says: "i will do everything i can to keep us safe. i have laid out my plans over the last few months." waldman says: "the last day of 2015 will be c

just six candidates on the main strainl stage, donald trump, ted cruz, jeb bush and chris at the. the others in the race in the undercard, rand paul, john kasich. mike huck a bow. the fox debate is set for january 13th in south carolina. happening now, u.s. commanders are in northern syria, cnn learned special operation troops are there. they are adviseding local fighters. u.s. officials decline to say exactly how many are where they are for obvious reasons. this contingent is for the up to 50 special op forces. president obama approved to advise syrian fighters. battles enrageing in the key iraqi city of ramadi, iraqi forces fight to take anbar province from isis. isis fighters cap cured the city in may, gaining a key propaganda victory as well as a strategic foothold, 70 miles from baghdad. cnn is following developments for us. robin, in may, when isis took the city, u.s. secretary of defense said that the iraqi army didn't seem like it had the will to fight. ash carter questioning whether or not iraqis have the will to fight. if they were to retake the city, this would be a key

flanked by ben carson and ted cruz... with chris christie back and many voters: "there is not anybody that i like 100%." still undecided. "i just want to see how this all plays out." and with this crowded and contentious field of republicans, there hasn't been as much attention on hampshire. tracie potts, nbc news washington. following tonight's debate -- handful of the gop candidates make stops in eastern iowa later this week... including donald trump -- as the longtime frontrunner of the republican race has announced he'll hold a rally at the veterans memorial coliseum in cedar rapids saturday afternoon... the event is scheduled to begin at 2 p-m... doors will open at 11:30... coming up on the news at noon... some winning toy ideas if you're still doing some holiday shopping for the little ones... plus... governor branstad officially enters the record books -- we have more from his big night... we'll be right back with your although you will mainly notice the winds and cooler temps as the week wears on. i'll have that forecast com

flanked by ben carson and ted cruz... with chris christie back on the main stage... and rand paul...barely making it in. and many voters: (mos 1:11-1:13) "there is not anybody that i like 100%." still undecided. (mos 1:15-1:17) "i just want to see how this all plays out." with such a crowded and contentious republican field, there hasn't been as much attention on the democratic debates. the next one's saturday in new hampshire. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. >> two gop candidates plan to visit siouxland later this week. dr. ben carson will be in spencer, iowa thursday night for a rally. it'll be held at the airport there starting at 6:30. friday morning he'll be in storm lake. he's scheduled to take part in a meet and greet on the buena vista university campus at northwestern college in orange city at 3 p.m. there's also a rally in sioux city at stoney creek friday night at 7. former arkansas governor mike huckabee will also be in siouxland. he'll be in rock rapids on thursday afternoon at 2:45 at maintainer custom bodies. then, at 4:45 he'll visit

flanked by ben carson and ted cruz... with chris christie back on the main stage... and rand paul...barely "there is not anybody that i like 100%." still undecided. "i just want to see how this all plays out." with such a crowded and contentious republican hasn't been as much attention on the democratic debates. the next one's saturday in new hampshire. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. the debate airs tonight on cnn. sports illustrated hands out its first high school athlete of the year award. it's going to a high school student in michigan. hunter is a wrestler -- but -- he's being honored for walking. over the summer hunter walked for more than 50 miles with his younger brother braden on his back. braden suffers from cerebral palsy... "i have had so much support, wasn't just me carrying my brother, most people see my project as a boy who carried his brother but in reality we were carried by so many other people" its coming up on today in iowa... a plan to fight drought. the new water supply coming to an area that badly needs it. plus-- learning how to become a j

frontrunner donald trump will be center stage -- with doctor ben carson and ted cruz -- and governor chris christie in the undercard debate. to the democratic side now -- vertmont senator bernie sanders joins the congregation of mount carmel baptist church in waterloo. this weekend -- he called for change. he pointed to government investment in education -- rather than investing in the nation's prison system to keep people off the street and employed. some supporters say their personal experiences draw them to sanders. one man says this time last year struggling to find a job. derron black "so you know with bernie talking about $15 an hour, that would help out a lot. like i said, i was there." not everyone who attended the event -- supported sanders. a few attendees say they simply wanted to hear what he had to say. one person is in jail -- after barricading themself in a cedar rapids home -- earlier this afternoon. cedar rapids police say they responded to the 5- 38th street south- west around 3-30 -- where a person barricaded themself inside the home. by 7-30 -- the person walked out of

big gop donors last -- the asked to pump money into rivals like chris christie. money for ted cruz, who is -- trump in iowa. trump could win all four states but not all the delegates. any can be going to the convention with under the 1237 delegates you would a spurs ballot nomination. then carson -- ben carson warned that denying the nomination to what he called "the winner of the primaries" would be a massive problem. reed: thank you. in other news, politicians resort to violence in a heated role. marie: why these l angry. reed: a train smashes into a -- escapes death. reed: a passenger train smashed into a truck at a crossing the czech republic. watch what is about to happen. he crosses the line and then smash. the truck driver escaped we are nobody on the train was injured. authorities estimate the damage at about $31,000. marie: april broke out between lawmakers in ukraine parliament toit started when an opposition lawmaker tried to drag the country's prime minister -- from the podium. it sparked a fistfight on the floor. the prime minister had been getting a speech defend

with a lead in national polls, in iowa one poll shows trump in a statistcal dead heat with ted cruz and chris christie is looking to build on recent gains, if you plan on watching the debate take part of on a live conversation with "action news," i'm hosting a live chat with voters and political analysts, we hope that you ask questions and make comments and follow the debate right along with us, head to our facebook page, and please join the conversation. >> should be a good one. >>> the number of people traveling this holiday season will top 100 million for the first time ever. this according to aaa who released their estimate today. it represents a third of the country's entire population, they count anyone traveling 50 miles from home from december 23rd to january 23rd, it triples the number of people that traveled for thanksgiving, 91% will drive. >>> a big rally on the street today. the dow up triple digits and the s&p 500 up more than 21 points, this ahead from the announcement from the federal reserve on whether it will raise the actual rate. >>> the holidays got happier for a wal-mart

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he's got to be concerned not just about the rise of ted cruz, but chris christie who is betting everything on that state. christie's hands on approach is paying dividends. he's running a strong third in, earning him a new barrage of attacks from trump. >> they want to throw him out of office. why isn't he running jersey? we're going to hell. our governor is in new hampshire every single day having town hall meetings. he ought to be doing it in new jersey. >> jeb bush who is now struggling has already been spending plenty. he may be looking beyond iowa and new hampshire, hoping to build a fire wall to block trump in florida where he cam pained yesterday. >> donald trump is not serious about being a candidate. he's a great politician. he fills the space. he's the chaos candidate and he'd be the chaos candidate of the united states. >> that florida primary that he's counting on winning isn't until march 15th. >> a lot more talk until then. >>> on the lighter side, former florida governor jeb bush has some tips for all of those people who have been wanting to take selfies with him on the campa

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ted cruz. surging, new jersey governor chris christie, who returns to the main stage this time. republicans face an uphill showingith polls hillary clinton still beating the top republican contenders. scott thuman is live in vegas with live coverage and analysis through the day right here on abc 7. leon: coming up -- the countdown has been on for months, some people have waited outside for weeks. alison: the new "star wars" movie is premiering in hollywood. we will have a alison: tonight, bill cosby is fighting back against some of the women who have accused him of sexual assault. he has countersued to seven of the women in a defamation lawsuit. the suit claims that his reputation has been damaged beyond repair after the women filed their lawsuit last year. have come40 women forward accusing the actor of drugging and sexually assaulting them. frenzy of "star wars" fans in los angeles for the world debut of the seventh film of the franchise. alison: it's one of the biggest film premieres in hollywood history and some fans were camping outside of the movie theaters for more than a

chris christie says, we're fighting it really badly. >> that use of that metaphor, that it was striking to me that ted cruz and chris christie both invokedar in the wake of this. obviously there's an active war the u.s. is waging in iraq and now parts of syria, both with air strikes and ground forces. they're not called boots on the ground, but they essentially are. but it's also -- it's so striking the difference as soon as everyone learns who did it and starts to speculate why they did, something goes from something you can kind of brush off like the horrible shooting in oregon community college to an example of essentially a civilizational struggle. >> yeah. i think there's more than a bit of threat inflation in this. i mean, i spent a weekend in iowa following marco rubio around for a piece that's coming up in "esquire" and he was very much into this is a civilizational struggle and if we don't win then they win. now, what you're dealing with still is a rump faction of barbarians in one particular part of the world. i do not think they are a threat to western civilization unless their activities become so heinous that western civiliz

. >> donald trump sometime leading in polls nationwide but ted cruz is gaining ground. chris is at 22%, five points be behind trump. in iowa, cruz is winning. two separate polls over the week put him ahead of trump two to 10 points. now trump is taking aim at cruz. >> i don't think he has the right temperament. i don't think he's got the right judgment. >> what's wrong with his temperament? >> you look at the way he dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a, frankly like a little bit of a maniac. you're never going to get things done that day. look, i built a phenomenal business. i am worth many, many billions of dollars. i have some of the greatest assets anywhere in the world. you can't walk into the senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people. he'll never get anything done. that's the problem with ted. >> trump insisted his own judgment has been sound. he also said he can beat hillary clinton in a general election. >> cruz tweeting this response: trump and cruz will be on the main stage for tuesdays republican debat

she mentioned ted cruz -- she mentioned chris christie. christie is getting a lot of buzz right now. do you think chris christie as a republican nominee would be a challenge to hillary clinton? steve? steve: i do not think he would be as difficult to beat as marco rubio, but he would be more challenging than ted cruz or donald trump. for sure. is, he has toblem go through the evangelical states. the places where a guy like chris christie is not going to do very well because he is far too progressive of a republican for those evangelicals to support. so he is not going anywhere. john: who do you think would be a stronger general election candidate -- marco rubio or chris christie? kim: chris christie -- the "it" factor in this election is clearly bombast and self-confidence. as much as we do not want to say this is like a high school election, it seems like it is. the specifics are being cast aside. if you say what you believe and you say it bluntly, you are moving ahead. i think rubio does not have that fire. very steve and kim, courageous

ted cruz is at 18%. marco rubio still at 11%. ben carson is at 9%. chris christie rounding out the top five at 4%. ted cruz is leading in iowa with 30%, three points ahead of donald trump. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders bringing his message to nevada tomorrow. he will campaign in reno, we are told. and monday evening, he will campaign right here in las vegas at canyon springs high school. doors open at 5 p.m. the campaign also running a statewide tv blitz, with an advertisement telling his life story. he is running about 20 points malls and shops are busy right now, today is turning out to be the busiest shopping day o best deals in stores on this day after christmas. chloe: windy weather and chilly conditions continue this an gerard: well, if you use sprint or verizon, you could have money coming youbut you will have to act fast, customers have until thursday, december 31 to claim refunds for unauthorized third-party messages. the charges for things like horoscopes or sports allegedly buried in the bill. the activity is known as cramming. the wireless kerry will pay claims with t

ted cruz. all three states and chris christie is surging in new hampshire. trump was back in attack mode over the weekend, responding by phone to a claim hillary clinton made about him during the democratic debate saturday night. ms. clinton: he is becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting , islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. mr. trump: it's just another hillary lie. she lies like crazy about everything. mark: the first state will weigh in six weeks from now, when iowa holds its caucuses. mark albert, for cbs news, the white house. mollie: some good news to pass along today, a west des moines woman has been found safe after going missing overnight. police say 20-year-old erica johnson was found around 6:00 this morning. they say they were concerned about her safety because johnson has special needs and diminished mental capacity. turning to news from around the state, residents in the town of madrid are mourning today after school football coach randy hinkel. officials say he s

in our curriculum tonight's psychology with donald trump, forensics with ted cruz annexed to credit with chrishristie. 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 begin airing will 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. andhis is a better kids grandkids. this commander and chief requires training wheels. >> we need jeb bush. john: also today john mccormack was there with camera in hand as he jumped hillary clinton for her reluctance to say she would send troops to fight isis. >> they do not believe it is a national security threat. i do. he would work to create a coalition in the air and on the ground is well. sector defense is increasing special operators in syria. that is boots on the ground. i'm not quite sure what she think

members of the jewish community were joined by mayor ted gatsas and executive councilor chris sununu. the lighting was followed by the singing of traditional chanukah songs and people in attendances cocoa. very nice. and a unique menorah is lighting up an arizona city. this menorah in downtown tucson is made out of legos. the first of its 8 candles was lit sunday evening. a jewish outreach group unveiled the menorah as part of a lego-themed hanukkah celebration. celebrants also got to make edible menorahs and dreidels from lego candy. a very happy hanukkah to those of you who are celebrating. here is your chance to help someone in need, wmur' s annual spirit of giving food drive kicks off this friday, december 11. we' ll be collecting non-perishable food donations including pre-packaged donations at all hannaford shaws and wal-mart locations in new hampshire through the 13th. all the food collected will go to the new hampshire food bank. so make a donation if you can, that would be great. a nice-looking week this week. mike: temperatures dip a little isolated showers at the end of the

i'm alex wagner in for chris hayes. senator ted cruz is having a

>>ted with chimps. chris martin got the idea after bumping into andy.took six months to transform the animasician niece the 3-d chimpanzees. >> enjoy it. and the rest of your weekend, everyone. bye. mu >>>. >>> "the weekend insider" from hollywood. your 24/7 celebrity conversation. >> i don't think your family always has to be the person you were born to. >> sandra's secret adoption out in the open. meat louis's little sister, leila. >> there were a lot of false starts, a lot of pumps in the road. >> that's just part of our good week -- >> bad week. >> fighting constantly. >> plus, courtney calls off her wedding. and "the wiz's" record breaking win. >>u don't want to be called fat, but i'm pregnant. i would hope to gain some weight. >> kim fat shamed again. how one word yoced the haters. >> that is just disgusting to talk about a pregnant person's weight. >> plus, did christie brinkley crash sophia's silen honeymoon? >> we had thanksgiving dinner with them. >> her bikini photo on the internet plus a marilyn monroe moment. >> we adminy hurricane but i th