ted cruz is leading by double digits in iowa 49 days before the caucuses. ed by 31% of republicans in the new poll. donald trump has 21%. ben carson, 13%. democrats, hillary clinton has a nine-point lead over bernie sanders in iowa. the jury has started deliberations in the trial of the first six baltimore officers accused in the death of freddie gray. officer william porter is charged with manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment, and misconduct. he faces a maximum penalty of 25 years behind bars.

good evening.the final count-down to the caucuses - brought republican presidential candidates back to the corridor. corridor.five candidates gathered in front of a crowd tonight at theheu-s cellular center to be part of the "rising tide" summit. cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee is here to tell us about the headline that dominated the conversation. hundreds packed into the u.s. cell center to see 5 republican candidates, in the final weeks before the caucuses at the rising tide summit.this wasn't a debate - but an open discussion.the candidates took the stage to talk about free market and limited government, but also talked about the biggest headline in america right now. now. senator rand paul, senator ted crus, dr. ben carson, former senator rick santorum and carly fiorina de sure thousands of voters know where they stand less than two months from the iowa caucuses. first district congressman rod blum sponsored saturday's event with the grassroots saying the rising tide means a revival. revival.we want to focus on the economy and helping the working families, middle classes go up."but

i asked if you have been to the caucuses before and do you know the date of the caucuses? be the second question i could ask to find out their level of involvement. i was surprised by what i found. had done something similar at a trump event in waterloo and there i found -- i did not report on it at the time but almost all of the people in the crowd told me they had never been to the caucuses before. that sort of what i was expecting to find. half of those i interviewed said they had been to the caucuses before. said they knew the date of the caucuses and that told me maybe these trump people , and he's drawing the biggest crowds of any candidate running for president, maybe they do know more about the caucuses than we think. we think of them may be as a lot of new voters and that may not be the case. i want to pare back a little more be on the fact that they may not be the political neophytes we thought they were. what are they saying is resonated with them. what is hitting home? john:: they love that he says what he wants to say. they love that he is independent, they li

even if he were to get half of those 55,000, he would perform well in the iowa caucuses. ull, as you know did not show a big influx , of newcomers, newbies, to the iowa caucuses. i wondered if these people are going to show up. that is the big question, right? i went to a training session. trump is just now starting to ramp up his training for precinct captains. those are some of the most trusted, insider, county leaders that speak up for the candidate on the night of the caucuses. they are really important. and about 90 people showed up for this event on saturday, and the interesting part is 2/3 raised their hands to say they had never caucused before or much less done any nitty-gritty organizing. it was interesting to see. mark: is that a good or bad sign? jennifer: right, that is the question. even donald trump is really disorganized and just now starting to recruit these really disorganized newbies who do not know what they are doing in the caucuses seven weeks ahead of the caucuses, or he is successful in recruiting people from all over the state who have never been i

john: he needs to win the iowa caucuses. ere is a chance that if he does that, he would be unstoppable. mark: he needs to turn this roman unorthodox campaign to see if he can do the orthodox saying of turning out voters. marco rubio's moment was when he decided to focus on delegate accumulation as well as winning early states. put a lot of money into spending in iowa, new hampshire, but also down south. in the states where they are going to vote in they have built march, a strong operation with lots of supporters and volunteers. that has position him to be as likely as anybody, with the possible exception of donald trump, to be the party nominee. john: there was the focus of doing all of these things and focusing on a laserlike way on iowa. where all of the time that he spent and all of the retail politicking that he did has yielded him important endorsements from evangelical leaders in iowa. he has not been able to consolidate the evangelical block. mark: he needs to be able to withstand pressure because he has been under a

winning the iowa caucuses might make her feel differently... two months from tonight the iowa caucuses, the single most important moment in the process of electing a president. i don't say that because i'm in iowa, i say it because its just true. governor mike huckabee met with several supporters today at greggo's pizza in mount ayr. it was part of his "the huck stops here" tour. former florida governor jeb bush is also in iowa... he hosted a town hall meeting this afternoon in waterloo. polls have bush running a distant sixth in iowa... but is about a potential running mate. presidential candidate should i be elected president, i would have my vice president... i think she will be a great partner, i mean - oh wait, did i say that out loud? we always talk about this with one gender in mind i think we've reached the point in our country where, maybe we should be a little less gender specific. what we can be specific on is campaign spending. so far the bush campaign and its super pac have shelled out nearly 29-million dollars in campaign ad spendi

we will talk about the unique s of the iowa caucuses. cycles, the major candidates have had many more days on the ground. a lot more visits to different parts of the state. the rules are roughly the same. they have democratized them a little bit. this is an institution like no other. other states have caucuses. no other states have caucuses that are influential in the process. john: no one understands what a difficult challenge it is in terms of organization. -- tove to get people can come to an event, that there for three hours on a cold night in february. it is so different. that is true of all caucuses. it might be 10 degrees on february 1. it is a totally unique experience in american democracy . i agree with you. interesting to see how much effort there will be on the republican side. mark: because participation is really narrow, you cannot get a babysitter that day, the weather is bad, because participation is small number of people have such a huge influence. you did not expect anywhere close to 200,000 people voting. at thee seven

putin in the kremlin has had a problem with people from the caucuses. would he use that to justify his continued involvement in what's going on in the skies and on the ground in sir yes? >> he will and in fact, he has said at much as one of the reasons they are there besides supporting the assad regime is to confront the for the purpose fighters from russia, prime arm the caucuses there in syria so they don't have to fight them in russia. when you look at the north africa region and caucuses, that's where you get your most experience fighters, the already experience fighters. not so much in north america, but the caucuses in north africa, they are experienced fighters some going back to the 1980's in afghanistan fighting the satisfactory yet. >> the u.n.'s refugee agency appealed to jordan to allow syrian refugees to cross the border. there are currently 12,000 trying to flee the war. stranded between the borders between two countries, the lives of refugees will be at risk in the coming months. >> a meeting between syrian opposition groups is in riyadh,

and putting more resources to staff to organize for the caucuses. bush has struggled to find support in iowa and across the country. you'll still bush during commercial breaks, though...the pro-bush superpac democrat martin o'malley is reaching out to iowa voters... by showing up at their home... 32:38-32:42 i'm martin omalley, i'm running for president, good to meet you, this is my son william. o'malley introduced himself to homeowners in the beaverdale neighborhood. his son william went door knocking with him. o-malley went to 12 homes... just three people answered the door. clouds will thin tonight as colder temperatures slide into the state. lows will be well into the teens and even single digits in northern iowa. new year's eve will highlight the colder temperatures. highs will only reach the low 20s in des moines on thursday, with teens to the north and partly sunny skies. we year's day, but temperatures will remain cold with morning lows in the single digits to 10 degrees friday morning. the weekend will be quiet with sunshine and highs clouds

she finished a surprising third in the 2008 caucuses then complained the process excludes some people like exclude some people like those who have to work on caucus night for example. she is not exactly wrong about that and the democratic party has worked to make some changes. this week police are a newly released batch of newly released batch of her old e-mails from the secretary of state and this e-mails. she wrote it to her longtime friend in january 2012 and apparently talking about newt gingrich in florida there will be pressure on state republican party's to reopen or liberalize valid ballot access especially in the caucuses which as we know are creatures of the parties extremes. those last couple of words they are is what got the attention there. so did iowa democrats you might hear some of the states highest profile democrats sticking up for the caucuses and those who take part in a part of of part of the extreme. they would push back against that. we did not hear any impassioned power although she's publicly was congressman in the second district is the only democratic member

." >>> well, as we head into the new year, getting closer and closer to the iowa caucuses five weeks ice the first major indicate ore the 2016 election. >> that's right. andrea mitchell filling in this week. has it been fun? it's been a great fun. it's just around the corner. we have to get ready and ramp up. the candidates also have to show their stuff. are they like donald trump able to get huge crowds but can they deliver on caucus night. that's a real test. we're watching chris christie rising in the polls. he's practically moved to new hampshire. is he going to dominate the new hampshire race and then what happens? what happens when chris christie of new jersey moving to south carolina and beyond. is dus he run into a roadblock? >> the favorite doesn't always shake out the way you think it's going to be. >> i think if this year produces anything. are people so concerned about their futures and frankly there's been a lot of racially tinged rhetoric in this campaign, really usually stug and is that going to draw people out. >> and when we talk about iowa and the caucuses, this is g

they learned now the caucuses are important, all the comments about how they don't like caucuses are ne. they know how to organize now. it will take a miracle for sanders to win here. >> he will do better there. the majority of the voters are black he is not going to win there. very fast, a bunch of republicans are wondering who is he going to go with? the assumption has been rubio. when does he make that decision? >> i don't think he will make it until voting starts or right before voting starts. he met with four candidates while the debate was taking place. he is still very impressed with marco rubio. what he wants more than anything is to be with the winner, not just in the nomination but in the general election. he thinks, i believe, that marco rubio is the most viable general election candidate. >> i'm sorry that you don't get to spend new year's worrying about whether michigan wolver e wolverines are doing anything in the football playoffs. >> maybe next year. >> when we come back final thoughts on the road to 2016. weeks away from the february foursome all weigh in with what to

but you win the caucuses by going out and meeting voters one-on-one, talking to them, answering their questions, shaking their hands going to their communities not making them drive 2 hours to you." huckabee will be continuing his campaign traveling back to jenna: another republican presidential candidate was is finishing up his most recent tour in iowa today. jeb bush was in des moines today and spoke about his ground game right here in iowa. he also spoke about his place in the last iowa poll.

mike huckabee won the iowa caucuses. rick santorum squeaked by in the iowa caucuses. this is not going to be a deathblow for donald trump. >> he's got a floor of voters who just don't care about fact checking, don't care about the statements he's making, but i think he also has a ceiling. so i think the question is 50.1 percent of republicans willing to embrace this? my guess at the end of the day, no, but he's a phenomenon that will go all the way to the convention. >> senator, to that point, some people have speculated that his rise and sustainability gives rise to the thought of the demise of the republican party. the left leaning center of the america progress points to the dilemma for the gop. two points fewer whites, and that's held true for several election cycles previous. they say the main challenges for republicans in 2016 are two-fold. an overreliance on white votes and an agenda and political tone that's too conservative for a national electorate. >> they would be saying that about any new, republicans would have a very different time. if you look at where

the iowa caucuses are not a primary, so they're fluid. up until the day that people come to the iowa caucuses they can change their mind it's important to have people on the ground who are supporting you, pushing your policies and asking folks to commit to you. when it comes to the primes and all the other states you need people to get on the ground and each one of those states to make sure that your voters show up at the polls to vote for you. while polls are important, and while donald trump leads at the polls, he'll need to make sure that the voters show up at the polls to vote for him and there are enough people on the ground in the iowa caucuses to do well in the iowa caucuses. >> trump's demise has been pregnan predicted a number of times. but he continues. >> i've said this in the united states on national television that he's a candidate to be taken seriously. he has really struck a chord with the american voters. anybody who does not take him seriously does so at their own peril. i think he has a chance to win the nomination and i

he came in second place in the iowa caucuses four-years ago. he pulled a come-from- behind showing just getting beat out by the eventual nominee mitt romney. presidential candidate bernie sanders was on the campaign trail in iowa today. during a stop in muscatine, sanders discussed climate change, making college more affordable and removing big money from politics. sanders s so discussed creating an economy that helps the middle-classss (bernie sanders (d) presidential candidate) "we have got to develop and create an economy that works for working families and the middle class. not just a small number of very, very wealthy people." to iowa on new year's eve, with a stop in des moines. democrat martin o'malley will be visiting sioux city on sunday. the former maryland governor will stop by the mary treglia house. doors open at 11:45 a.m. getting ready for the new year! the increased secuity as the big apple prepares for the ball drop tomorrow night. and.... rose bowl parade preps: the massive undertaking underway in california to get the floats r

we through the venue, else before the caucuses. in des moines amanda we are iowa. stephanie/2shot: the democrat's brown and black forum is still on the calendar. jack/2shot: it's scheduled for january 11- th, at seven p-m on the campus of drake university in des moines. jack: also on the republican front -- donald trump is ready to release his health records. while nominees typically release their medical records as a matter of course, trump's doing it now. he would be 70 if he made it the white house. and he makes no secret of his lack of exercise regimen, and seemingly no diet restrictions, with a heavy focus on bacon and steak. stephanie: stephanie: michael wanchanic- the suspect in mondays' double homicide- made his first appearance in court today. wanchanic is charged with two counts of first degree murder. his bond is set at 2 million dollars. wanchanic also had a warrant out of marion county for a probation violation. he's held without bond on that. we caught up with the central iowa man who spotted wanchanic's van on tuesday night. he played a crucial role i

evangelical voters are a large part of the turnout in the iowa caucuses so that works well for cruz. the question for trump is if he's bringing these new caucus goers into the process will they actually turn out and be able to get them. this is literally about getting people into buses and putting them in those buses and getting the home their caucuses. >> the thing that trump has is he knows the name, address, e-mail number, phone number of everyone who has been at his rallies. it's not an organic thing. they know who they are. they sign these cards and sign up in advance. you can be sure in the month ahead five weeks to the iowa caucus you can be sure there's going to be emails and texts, where their caucus location is. they are more organized than you think. it seems like a chaotic campaign on the surface. infectious need it's pretty organized. >> former detroit register reporter. i want to play some sound from the 2012 republican caucuses and the winner that time. >> you by standing up and not compromising, by standing up and being bold and leading, leading with that burden and re

winning the iowa caucuses might make her feel differently... two months from tonight the iowa caucuses, the single most important moment in the process of electing a president. i don't say that because i'm in iowa, i say it because its just true. mike huckabee met with several supporters yesterday at "greggo's pizza" i mount ayr. it was part of his "the huck stops here" tour. the iowa department of transportation plans to open a new driver's license station in central iowa... it'll replace a dallas county licensing facility in adel that's scheduled for closure. the d - o - t operates facilities in ankeny and des moines... but a third is needed in the western suburbs because of facility... but the des moines register reports it will be in a rented space. a state appropriation of more than 400 thousand dollars will be needed for it. these are unprecedented times. this state has the fourth-ranked hawkeyes in football and the fifth-ranked cyclones in men's basketball. the latter was at hilton coliseum last night, hosting the north dakota state bison

it's been working more than a year on preparing for the caucuses. for the past two months, party leaders have been training volunteers and staffers on how to run precincts on caucus night. charlie szold says they're prepared, but ready if something to go wrong. 40:05 its a big organizational undertaking and things always go wrong in the last week before you get there. 40:09 so you need to be nimble on your feet and prepare for whatever is going to happen we're doing it was well as you can possibly do it, as well as a human being can run something 40:17 the republican party is getting a little technical help. it has a new app that will tally caucus results at republican headquarters... it will let precinct leaders know if numbers seem off... and double blustery winds will die down as we head into the overnight. lows into saturday will be some of the coldest so far this december. highs will bounce back to the upper and middle 40s sunday through tuesday. highs will cool a bit on christmas eve, but strong south winds will likely push temperatures well ab

we would've loved to do it through the venue, we'll do it somehow else before the caucuses. tim: the democrat's brown and black forum is on the calendar for january 11-th, at seven p-m on the campus of drake moines. jenna: in the wake of control politicians: your prayers aren't enough. republican candidates ted cruz, ben carson, rand paul, and jeb bush all tweeted "prayers" for those impacted... but gun control advocates want more. a scathing new york daily news cover this morning read--"god isn't fixing this." president obama also asked for prayers for the victims. office meeting with the fbi director and attorney general he again called for tightening access to guns. "important for all of us, including our legislatures, to see what we can do to make sure that when individuals decide that they want to do somebody harm, we're making it a little harder for them to do it, because right now, it's just too easy. white house officials confirm that the president is considering using executive action for new background check requirements. the president's comments today mark the 17th

where the caucuses will take place in a little re than a mmth. sanders says his progressive agenda.. and the big crowds he's seeing on the campaign trail.. are generating enthusiastic support. s/ sen. bernie sanders / (d) from around this state who agree with what we are talking about i back om nevada, we areremaking up a lot of ground there, i think we can win in nevada. you know what? we are on a path to victory in pulling off one of the great political upsets in the history of the united states. sanders is the only major political caadidate holding polititcal vents thursday. he'll be hosting a new year's eve party at a downtown des moines hotel. coming up next...ur road to the rose bowl covera continues as "now, kwwl sports, presented by your local toyota dealer." announcer:r:ne candidate tough enough to take on ththbully... jeb bush: donald, you're not going to be able that's not going to happen. (applause) announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on isis. jeb will destroy isis... and keep america safe.e. jeb bush: ththunited states shoul

thank you for watching "early now on today in iowa: less than two months from the iowa caucuses, the republicans go head to head again on the debate stageein las vegaa. this s ime, a promise from donald trump to republican voters. plus, how did that happen. a small plane ends up on a house. and this morning, we're learning about a secret santa -- who's also being called the layaway angel. see what they did to make the i'm jerry gallagher... let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. good wednesday morning. it's a windy morning out there wwth winds out of the south and southwest 15 to 20 miles per hour. this is as a warm front is pushing through the area. later today a cold front tracks through and we will be seeing falling temperatures, and the winds coming from a more westerly to southwesterly direction. right now, there are some reduced visibility across the region with areas of fog, and perhaps a litte drizzle at times this morning. storm track 7 live doppler radar shows just a couple of stray showers up in our northern counties. ho

by the way, the iowa caucuses are february 1. todd: blood tests just released show the woman charged with driving her car into crowds of people on the las vegas strip had marijuana in her system. the tests show lakeisha holloway had more than the nevada legal limit of pot in her blood when she was arrested earlier this month. one woman was killed in the crash. 35 other people were injured. stacey: changes coming in the way chicago police officers are trained. mayor rahm emanuel says one change will require every officer responding to a call to carry a taser. the changes follow the release of video showing a black man police officer. and the accidental fatal shooting of a woman during a domestic call last weekend. todd: right now, facing flooding. major rivers in flood prone areas of missouri and illinois are creeping toward milestone or near record crests. forecasters say the mississippi river in st. louis is expected to crest tomorrow night at 13 feet above flood stage. meantime, authorities are confirming a 14th missouri floodin

"we listen to people when they have feedback about how the caucuses work, and one of the things we heard is that some people can't participate, and certainly our military are so important to us and we just felt like that was something we really needed to concentrate on." iowans who are registered to state, such as military members...can sign up for the tele-caucus by visiting the iowa democratic party's website. the deadline to register is january 6, 2016. once registered, you will be given a pin that will allow you to call in on caucus night and cast your vote. and remember, caucus night is february 1. sabrina at ((time check)) we'll take a short break but still have lots more good morning iowa still ahead... coming up, we see how one man is spreading christmas cheer with a very unique vehicle. sabrina: but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...eight-thousand block of northwest 37th street. and a second at the ...31-hundred block of northeast 46th avenue. s

we are now just seven weeks away from the february first iowa caucuses. the latest national poll has trump leading the republican pack by 27-points... in iowa... the lead is up for grabs... the state quinnipiac poll has trump up by just one point over texas senator ted cruz. marco rubio and ben carson are the only other candidates with double-digit support. the full republican pack will duke it out tonight... the debate stage is set in las vegas this moring... it'll host the final two debates of the year... undercard and prime time both will be moderated by c-n-n's wolf blitzer. it'll be the first debate to use state polling data to determine who makes the prime-time. that change landed chris christie.. carly fiorina.. and john kasich on the main stage. they'll join front-runner donald trump and five others. the remaining four candidates the undercard debate begins at five p-m... and the prime time debate starts at 7-30. governor branstad may have some advice for those republicans vying for office... there was a gentleman in leland, iowa... people apprecia

not just today but, also, as we get closer to the caucuses in iowa in and the primaries thereafter. >> do you think the escalation of the rhetoric could be a reaction to ted cruz pulling ahead of him in that one iowa poll? >> i think it could be. i think it's also part of his whole mo. he had consistently racheted up the rhetoric time and again. we have talked about some of that so far in this piece. i would not be surprised a lot all if between now and iowa, he took it up another level. >> this was a pretty harsh level. you are talking about muslims. it could be muslim professionalals who have lived in this country 3 forever who happened to be on a business trip abroad. could this be a short-term benefit for him, though, that could them hurt him when it comes to broadening his electoral appeal? >> antonio, i would have thought that three or four months ago, and here we are on the eve of the caucuses and he is still first or second, depending upon the poll. i think you have to remember, though, he's running for the republican nomination. and there are a number of people who are taking

jeb doesn't seem to be phased and says he's confident going forward into the caucuses reporter sabrina ahmed has more "this morning, i had the opportunity to speak with jeb bush... and we talked about his ground game in iowa. as you saw in that last poll.. he's not doing to hot. but is he worried? take a listen. lets talk iowa.. how are you doing? just spent 2.5 days doing well, great ground game.. 3 town hall meetings.. conencting converting 4% worry you? were winning in year before election in iowa never win these are discerning voters who make up their mind late i think theyre going to want someone whhas the leadership skills to face these comomex xhallengeshow important is iowa to win the untry? iowas important.. all fevb states are... iowa at feb 1 makes it doubly imprtant so is nh.. you've spent more money, bigger staffmore effort? we're workign hard in all places, theyre unique some requre tv ads, orgs, i feel good about where we are, i really do less than 60 days.. what in iowa? connect, find, convert, make sure they go to the caucus. " jessica rae: mike huckabee was also in io

mike huckabee won the iowa caucuses. rick santorum squeaked by in the iowa caucuses. this is not going to be a deathblow for donald trump. >> he's got a floor of voters who just don't care about fact checking, don't care about the statements he's making, but i think he also has a ceiling. so i think the question is 50.1 percent of republicans willing to embrace this? my guess at the end of the day, no, but he's a phenomenon that will go all the way to the convince. >> some people have suspected his rise in sustainability gives thought to of demise of the republican party. the left-leans center of the america progress points to the dlemta for the gop. two points fewer whites, and that's held through for several election cycles. they say ma the center for american progress, quote -- the first an overreliance on white votes at the expense of buildings a broad of coalition in battleground states. and second, an agenda that's too exclusive and exclusionary. >> they would be saying that about any new, republicans would have a very different time. i happen to see the issue sa

plus...we are less than 50 days from the iowa caucuses... coming up...how both parties are handling the final preparations leading up to february first. and..before the caucuses...we get to celebrate the holidays! where you can go tomorrow to find unique gifts for the "hard-to-buy-for" president barack obama faced tough questions today about everything from the budget to his anti-terror strategy. it was his last press conference of the year as he headed off to a holiday break with his family. this all comes after a recent poll showing 60-percent of american disapprove of how the president is handling terrorism. but besides talking about the past... the president also outlined his agenda for the rest of his term. edward lawrence has the story. president barack obama praised congress for passing a 1.1 trillion dollar budget deal that includes tax cuts. sot president obama: :07-:25"i am not wild about everything in it. i am sure that is true for everybody. it is a budget that invests in out military and our middle class without ideological provi

." >>> a shake-up in the iowa caucuses. new polls indicate ted cruz surging past donald trump and now he appears to be trump's strongest challenger for the gop presidential nomination. >>> questions this morning about the shooting death of an armed african-american man by l.a. county sheriffs who repeatedly the ground. snow and rain and weird weather out east while the west basks in . >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> this morning, republican presidential front-runner donald trump is fending off a serious challenge from surging texas senator ted cruz. cruz has built up a ten-point lead in iowa, just seven weeks ahead of the caucuses. the gop candidates face off in their final debate of the year tomorrow night in las vegas. don champion is here no new york. >> reporter: good morning. no doubt there will be plenty of fireworks tomorrow night. trump spent the weekend still defending his proposed ban on muslims entering the u.s.

"we listen to people when they have feedback about how the caucuses work, and one of the things we heard is that some people can't participate, and certainly our military are so important to us and we just felt like that was something we really needed to concentrate on." iowans who are registered to vote but out of state, such as military members...can sign up for the visiting the iowa democratic party's website. the deadline to register is january 6, 2016. once registered, you will be given a pin that will allow you to call in on caucus night and cast your vote. and remember, caucus night is february 1. sabrina: new at midday now -- a man accused in a shooting spree last year gets prisonime. sabrina: pete polson was found guilty on several charges-- including attempted murder -- stemming from a shooting in pleasant hill. today, a judge sentenced him to 55 years in prison. the november 20-14 shooting injured two people -- a third person was narrowly missed. polson said he was heavily intoxicated at the time and didn't remember much from the shooting. "i have a drug addiction. something i

there are about 7 weeks until the caucuses in iowa, iowa,and the fifth republican debate is now over.last night -- candidates focused on national security and thear on terror. terror.this was the very first g-o-p debate since the attacks in san bernardino california and paris france. france.before the primetime debate began, several experts were expecting the two main leaders at the polls, donald trump and ted cruz, to clash but it was jeb bush that went head to head with trump.jeb made several comments about trump, questioning the seriousness of his campaign. "donald, you know,#is great at the one liners, but he's a chaos s candidate, and d he'd be a aos president. he would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe." 42 and you're at three, so so far, i'm doing better."(jeb bush/(r) presidential candidate) "doesn't matter. doesn't matter."(donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "so far, i'm doing better. you know, you started over here, jeb. you're moving over further and further. pretty soon, you're going to be off the end." end."trump also defended his cokments a

he says showtime is over, and now it's gametime, with the iowa caucuses right around the corner. christie led off by saying president obama isn't doing enough in the fight against terrorism at home and overseas. 7:20-:22 "he's never understood how to fight terrorism." christie referenced the terror attacks in paris and san bernardino, california, saying the obama administration isn't doing enough to keep americans safe. 7:35-:47 "if a center for the developmenta lly disabled in san bernardino, california has now become a target for isis terrorists, then that means every place in called out republican opponents ted cruz and rand paul, accusing them of voting for measures that weakened the u.s. intelligence community. one man in the crowd called republican frontrunner donald trump a "national humiliation," pleading with christie to take him on.12:30-:34 "something happened in made donald lose the christmas spirit." but christie said he won't get into a "tit for tat" with trump. bruce swenson appreciated christie's straightforward responses and his focus on strengthening the u.s. mi

you called and pick the winners of the last two iowa caucuses. se mike huckabee rick santorum in 2012. your endorsement is considered to be a high-value. neither one of those guys went on to win the republican nomination. what makes you think this time around you have a better judgment about who can win the nomination than the last two cycles? at 2008ake a look back and 2012. we selected huckabee in santorum and the country selected mccain and romney. i believe we got it right. the country got it wrong. the past for general election winners have come out of being winners in iowa. ted cruz hastime shown he has the resources which huckabee didn't have. he has the infrastructure to go the distance once he gets behind iowa. we could not be more excited about ted cruz's candidacy. even with our announcement we are seeing people give calls and e-mail saying we are on board, tell us what to do. an earlieraid in interview marco rubio is trying to straddle different lanes. what does that mean? what are the lanes? he sees complete chaos in an establishment

the iowa caucuses don't come until 2016. but the presidential candidates dominined uch of 2015. kcrg t-v nine's chris earl has number eight on our list... picking a president here in iowa. twice this year, trains derailed the first movements in the 2016 iowa caucuses actually came back in the spring on the republican side -- when, as the field was approaching more than a dozen candidates, some of the republican from the south said they wouldn't dump money and resources into the iowa straw poll in ames. by june republilin leaders in iowa cancelled the straw poll with a unanimous vote. when the republican field hit 16 candidates, some began to drop off. rick perry left in mid-september. wisconsin governor scott walker was an early favorite in the polling but, after one poll showed him at 0% nationally, he left the race. bobby jindal followed in mid-november, dropping the field to 13. for much of 2015, donald trtrp and ben carson trarad first t ace in iowa polls and then... ted cruz found his groove. " dec 5 10pm: what we're seeing every day is that conservatives are uniting behind

it's not a full "onslaught" on politicians expected to shake hands in eastern iowa with the caucuses 37 days away. for the republicans, new jersey chris christie and florida senator marco rubio will be in eastern iowa. christie will host a town that's before events in muscatine, iowa city and cedar rapids tomorrow. meanwhile, rubio has several town-hall meetings set for this week, including stops in clinton and waterloo on tuesday. for the democrats, former maryland governor martin o'malley will hold campaign events in waterloo and tama today. o'malley is showing just 3 percent support in the latest cnn/orc poll. vermont senator bernie sanders will be around the state this week, including stops in davenport and des moines. this week the eastern iowa airport plans to be swamped with fans on their way to pasedena, california. the iowa hawkeyes are playing in the rose bowl this friday. a teen from a suburb of des moines got the ultimate christmas present! his parents surprised him with rose bowl tickets. 16-year-old nathan and on christmas morning, what he thought was just a t-shirt was

save a lawton home after a car flames. " " republican's debate the issues and each other before the iowa caucuses. " nats kids cheering" ride" for hundreds of siouxland kids tim: good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna: and im jenna rehnstrom the holiday season is a time to show others you care. siouxland did that tonight in a big y for our veterans. tim: support siouxland soldiers organized "holiday for our heroes" to say thank you to local service man and women. elisa raffa was there and has more elisa there was so many people, music, food, and holiday cheer. veterans expressed gratitude for events like these where their service is appreciated. people lined up outside at 4 oclock for the event that started at 5:30. by the time the event actually started, the director project they had served about 500 people dinner and she says, they show their appreciation. "their home lives have been disrupted. it's a whole different system for them, so we needed to honor what thth haha done for us... the times they have e given, many of t tm are injured, and they still come to th

it's also two and a half weeks before the iowa caucuses. fox business has yet to announce the moderators. on the campaign trail... in iowa. clinton begins this morning in waterloo... with a tour of "cedar valley tech works." soon after.. she heads across town to the "5 sullivan brothers convention center." a meet and greet will take place there. then at 4 - 30 p - m.. she arrives in urbandale at "living history farms".. for a town hall. a water main break is slowing up traffic in downtown des moines... here's a live look... at east 21st and easton boulevard... the break happened about an hour ago. as you can see... crews have closed off a lane so they can fix it. they ask you to avoid the area until now here's savannah guthrie with a look at what's coming up next on the today it's time to rise and shine. at kum & go, we're doing more for you to start your day right. like serving up a friendly "good morning" along with breakfast sandwiches & breakfast pizza, & donuts & muffins & coffee that are all made fresh & hot in our store's kitchens eve

huckabee won the 2008 republican caucuses but has stayed far back in the pack for 2016. last night in new hampshire, the 3 candidates for the democratic presidential nomination met for their latest debate. the top 2 in the polls will campaign throughout iowa this week. vermont senator bernie sanders has 3 days of iowa stops planned, all in western iowa, secretary of state hillary clinton is scheduled for tuesday visits to keota, fairfield and bettendorf. the cbs/you gov poll of iowa democrats, released today, showed clinton with a lead but only by 5 points - 50 to 45 - over sanders a mild sunday breaks out after the harsh winds earlier this weekend. meteorologist chris havely joins us with the first alert forecast. back to you. attorneys for a man accused of killing his daughter in dubuque are questioning the attorneys for a man accused of killing his daughter in dubuque are questioning the confession he made to police. 62-year-old robert stern faces a 1st -degree murder charge. police say he admitted to shooting his daughter multiple times with multiple guns in june. hi