he won the iowa caucuses. opelling him to the democratic nomination and the white house. >> in 2008 iowa approved a young senator, president obama, could attract white voters. >> at this defining moment history, you have done what the senate said we couldn't do. >> in this race vermont senator bernie sanders is trying to show that he can appeal the democrats outside the north-east. that's why his campaign is excited about a poll suggesting that he is ahead of hillary clinton in iowa. on the republican side iowa doesn't have a good track record in predicting nomination and white house success. future president george w. bush finished third in 1888. john mccain, the eventual 2008 nominee came in fourth. that year the winner say the caucuses and governor mike huckabee. tonight i love iowa a lot. strategists in both parties point out that the e.u. caucuses narrow down the field. underdogs gain credibility and media attention. that means an influx much cash and a boost in organizational help and polling numbers. pre

the audience already gathering aboard the "iowa" which is moored in los angeles. trump's addressed the only public event today for any of the 16 republican candidates. rest of the presidential hopefuls behind closed doors prepping for tomorrow night's critical debate which will be broadcast here on cnn in less than 24 hours. the usual debate prep has the added challenge this time for candidates of how to take on and maybe take some of the spotlight away from the gop front-runner. the latest poll by "the new york times" and cbs news shows trump leading the field with 27% of the vote. ben carson, 23%. a full 63% of voters -- nearly 2 out of 3 -- say that their mind is not yet made up. we begin with sara murray in front of the "uss iowa." >> reporter: the big question on top of everyone's mind, donald trump has said regularly in his stump speech that he will make a strong military, he will be great fob veterans. he has not said how he will do any of this so it will be interesting to see tonight if he offers any meat on the bones, any of the policy specifics. we know t

or iowa state, a shall we say diplomatic move in the state of iowa especially today for that rivalry. >> yeah, that's definitely the first impression i got from him was, you know, he wasn't reading from a teleprompter. he was talking to this crowd of a couple hundred people. he said he wasn't a politician, but man, he sure sounded like one. >> he sounded like one in many, many ways and didn't sound like one at all in some other ways. and obviously folks in iowa certainly seem to be liking what he's doing leading the polls there by a couple of touchdowns to use the football analysis. >> absolutely. >>> and welcome back to "america ease news headquarters" from washington, i'm elizabeth prann here with leland vittert for our second hour of "america's news headquarte headquarters". >>> once dismissed as a candidate bernie sanders proving yet again he's a contender. the vermont senator building a lead over clinton in new hampshire and closing the gap in iowa. today sanders begins a campaign swing through the south as hi underdog campaign gives hil

we've had to move locations many of times because the iowa -- the people in iowa want more of mr. trump. and i don't think that des moines register expected that. but it's very obvious that he is very much well received. >> tanna, he did say that trump is right and that voters like that he breaks all the rules. >> right. and he does. and i love that about him. and that's what he does. and that's what a lot of people love about him. i mean he puts to words the things that people are thinking. and it's not favorable. and it's not popular. and it's not convenient and easy for him to bring up the subjects that he is bringing up that people go, wait, i like that, i want that in my president. and -- he's definitely nonconventional. and that's what people are liking. washington, d.c. is broken, and mr. trump knows that. and he is going to fix it. >> what do you think now of him being tied now though with den carson? i mean it's two outsiders. ben carson has really gained momentum in the last couple of weeks, last couple of days, really. >> he really has. that's bra for ben. but i work fo

back of the "uss iowa" trump is speaking. about 1,000 people expected to attend the trump event, but down here these aren't folks that have tickets as you might imagine. these are folks who are here who are angry with trump and got all sorts of signs. some of them very provocative like this one here saying "unmask donald trump." and you've got other ones where you have lot s of children sayig we're not illegals. there was a fight earlier between trump supporters and folks who want trump out screaming "don't trump" at him, and certainly they're a very, very vocal crowd here tonight trying to get trump to hear their message while he tries to give his message to the crowd that he's to see him. anderson? >> all right. sara sidner, appreciate that. vice president biden took a veiled shot at donald trump a short time ago tonight before a group of latino leaders not naming trump by name but cond n condemning in his words, quote, a guy denigrating an entire group of people. will donald trump react? we'll see that shortly. >>> first, t

the basket. we are committed to iowa and we think it will make the case.ohn: so scott walker is going to put all of his eggs in the iowa basket, the place where he went from first place to 10th place. ruh-roh. his donors believe he is in peril. there is talk of him losing the campaign manager. in the words of john cleese, he has passed on -- he is no more -- he has ceased to be -- he is a stiff, he kicks the bucket, he is an ex-candidate. or, mark, is he? mark: i normally think people overreact to short-term blips, and i don't see why anyone should get out of this race when we have two front runners in trump and carson. a lot of establishment types think it will last. but i have to say, i am stunned at what i'm hearing, even from how leaklies, about things are. the fundraising is going to be key. if this leads to drying up of funds, it may be that governor walker doesn't have a way to go forward. you know, the basket of iowa, where he is now in 10th, has been indented and there is a whole in the bottom of it precisely the size of an egg. john: [laughter] i

on the back of the uss iowa, trump is speaking. about a,000 people expected to attend the trump event. down here, these aren't folks who have tickets. they are angry with trump. they have all sorts of signs, this one here says i'm maddon alleged trump and you got other ones where you have lots of children here saying we're not illegals. there was a fight earlier between supporters and folks who want trump out, speaking don't trump at him. certainly, they're a very, very vocal crowd here tonight trying to get trump to hear their message while he tries to give his message to the crowd that's here to see him. anderson. >> all right, sara sidner, appreciate. that vice president biden took a veiled shot at donald trump a short time ago before a group of latino leaders, condemning his words, quote, a guy denigrating an entire group of people. will donald trump react? we'll see that. first, though, a preview of the debate and top 11 panelists. former top obama adviser david axelrod and done kipg and cnn reporter, nia malika henderson. dona

half the republicans running for president are in iowa today. eight candidates are taking part in the annual event that is hosted by the faith in freedom coalition. they're hoping to rally a pivotal group of faith-based voters. >>> pope francis arriving for his trip to cuba this afternoon. he's praising the relations between the united states and havana, saying it's a model of reconciliation for the world. the holy father will spend four days in cuba before heading to our country next tuesday. >>> the string of scary highway shootings in the phoenix area, suspect appeared in court. he told the judge that police have the wrong guy. he says his gun has been in a pawn shop. but he remains in jail on $1 million bond. >>> you republican presidential candidate carly fiorina is gaining momentum after her strong debate performances last week. in fact, in one new hampshire poll, she's now leading the pack. she has 22%, while donald trump is at 18%. dr. ben carson at 10%. so can carly ride this until the actual voting begins? bringing in daniel halper, onl

is in the high 20s. >> went to iowa to chase governor christie i met the chair for the lead county i allege g.o.p. previously worked in campaigns for the tacky and romney and volunteered for rick perry and was once democracy. when we met in cedar rapids diaster if his style will not translate well in iowa. >> this is the time cruz christie has received the endorsement of former speaker of the iowa house of representatives and that is when he lost her vote. >> in order to pass a gas tax she calls it a dirty politics thank christie should not be associated with that. >> that is the worst move he could have made. >> we're tired of dirty politics. the money is out of the issue with trump he doesn't need other people to endorse him. >> so we have our guest is studio from stipe we have a reporter from the "des moines register" have you noticed the trend of iowa voters who were once team christie now they are team trompe? >> we ask people why they're in -- interested in cruz christi because he is blunt and gets to the point with those of the same characteristics that he brings a wood is not

you can't just ride in on a helicopter at the iowa -- [ ride of the valkyries plays ] oh, no. what -- what's that music? i know that music. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] donald trump is not running as an every man, donald trump is running as what every man wants to be. and if you think voters aren't impressed with a helicopter explain this. >> and i think our people have no idea what's happening. and do you a agree with me? does everybody agree with me? they're smart. let's give them a helicopter ride, okay? >> seth: now those just aren't any kids. those are also trump's advisors. [ laughter ] and you can tell they're riveted. just look at this kid. there he is. [ applause ] of course it wouldn't be a trump appearance without comments about women. and trump said, "i will be so great to women. i cherish women and the women haven't been taken care of properly." which sounds less like a trump speech and more like a confession at the end of a "law and order: svu." [ laughter ] i cherish the women, that's why i made dolls from their skin. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and appl

he was down to 5% among republicans in the state of iowa before he dropped out of the race. before he started failing in iowa and everywhere, scott walker had been a front-runner in iowa for a really long time, a long enough time that it leaves a mark. for example, if you look at the iowa state senate, fully 1/3 of the republicans in the iowa state senate are signed on officially as scott walker supporters. scott walker planned on winning iowa. his campaign got in there early. they sent a bunch of staff there, they grew their organizing effort there. this long member of the iowa political establishment signed up for scott walker while he was still looking strong there. what happens now. just without . so you can drink all you want... ...with no discomfort? exactly. here, try some... mmm, it is real milk. see? delicious. hoof bump! oh. right here girl, boom. lactaid®. 100% real milk. no discomfort. and for a creamy and delicious treat, try lactaid® ice cream. >> we're committed to iowa and this will help us make the case all across the koun tr i. >> scott walker said he was pu

and we all know that's a huge chunk of the iowa electorate. he's the guy right now who stands the best chance of being the evangelical candidate. unless, my orthodontist he might get ben carson a run for his money. these people are odd. john: i want to show you something else about the trump number. this is a closer race and he has seen in recent polling. we also looked at his internals, those are compelling. his unfavorable favorable is way ahead. the number of people who said they would never vote for him back in may has turned around. his internal numbers are very good. guest: what you think that is? john: he's dominating everything area and guest: you don't suppose it's because you can't turn on the tv set? john: like i said, dominating everything. weekend, two candidates that did not do well or walker and christie. they had a couple of curious ideas about how to handle immigration. at any moment, that could tell you where the desk that execute tell you were the packages yet we have people come into this country with visas in the minute the

let's start with the democrats. in iowand new hampshire, hillary clinton can feel the burn from bernie sanders. sanders is leading by nine points in new hampshire. in iowa, she is only leading by 11 points. that lead is cut in half over what it was a month ago. the race is on for the democratic side. voters are beginning to look for alternatives to hillary clinton. thrown into the mix is vice president joe biden going to run or not? he met with family members in delaware as part of the discussion as to whether or not to jump into the campaign. it is one reason hillary clinton is meeting with activists across the state of iowa trying to get the democrats to sign on to her campaign. >> with her poll numbers sagging, hillary clinton is turning up the heat on donald trump. listen to how she ridicules trump's plan if he wins the white house on undocumented immigrants. >> he talks about deporting 11 million people. somebody needs to ask us tell us how that specifically will happen. you know what he says. they will go. they will h

the things you love on your phone, available on 11 volkswagen models. >>> we're committed to iowa andus make the case all across the country. >> scott walker said he was putting all his eggs in a basket of iowa. that was a week ago, less than a week ago. then last night he quit, quit the race all together. joining us no uh to talk about whether him quitting changes the race in iowa is a political columnist in the iowa paper that also held an editorial board meeting today. thank for having me rachel. scott walker did put all of his eggs in the basket of iowa. much of his staff was working there, many of his efforts were focused there. does him leaving leave a hole in iowa, leave space that other candidates are going to move into more than would be true in the rest of the country? >> well, he did have a little bit more support in iowa than he did in the rest of the country, as you said. the last poll showed his support around 5%. if they splinter to everyone some go to rubio and some go to bush, some go to ted cruz and maybe some go to ben carson or carly fiorina. it's going to have a v

might only need 20% of the vote from iowa republican caucusgoers. so i think this scrambles everything. the race we thought we were seeing five or six months ago has fundamentally changed and i don't think anybody has any idea of how it all shakes out four or five moments from now. >> that's for sure. governor scott walker just called a press conference, that will be at 6 p.m. eastern time, 5 p.m. in wisconsin in madison. steve core knack kirk you are here, too. his last -- the last poll that we were just looking at earlier in the hour had walker at negative 1%. i mean, he fell pretty fast and pretty hard. >> what mark is saying is true, you take a trip back in time. >> less than 1%. not registering in the poll. go back in time to january or february, the conventional wisdom about this republican race that was jeb bush was going to be the overwhelming establishment favorite, raise a ton of money, a ton of endorsements and one sort of insurgent who can challenge him, best position to challenge him, it was going to be scott walker. obviously, that has

, do you think he can win the iowa caucus. you know iowa well. ke: no. because of the evangelicals. john: you think he will crumble? mike: i think he will lose. john: mike does not believe that donald trump's favorite book is the bible. bob casey and chris coons put the president short on upholding a veto. mike, my question for you is, is this now a done deal and how big a deal is it if the deal is done? mike: i do not think it is ever a done deal until they cast ballots. in the words of joe biden. this is a big -- deal. john: freakin'! mike: this is a big deal, because it is a signature moment for the middle east. it is a signature moment for diplomacy in general. john kerry has spent an enormous amount of time and energy over the last couple of years. john: for a long time, i thought they would get to the point where obama has gotten too, more or less, overriding and sustaining a veto. i think he will get enough democrats to filibuster a republican resolution of disapproval and keep it from ever passing. dick durbin will come back and get the un

for example, if you look at the iowa state senate, fully 1/3 of the republicans in the iowa state senateon officially as scott walker supporters. scott walker planned on winning iowa. his campaign got in there early. they sent a bunch of staff there, they grew their organizing effort there. this long member of the iowa political establishment signed up for scott walker while hwas still looking strong there. what happens now. amid interesting questions about what happens to scott walker's billionaires and his high falutin staff and all his strategists and everything, maybe the most pressing question is about iowa. it's one place in the country where he might have real political consequences and soon. >> we're committed to iowa and this will help us make the case all across the koun tr i. >> scott walker said he was putting all his eggs in a basket of iowa. that was a week ago, less than a week ago. then last night he quit, quit the race all together. joining us no uh to talk about whether him quitting changes the race in iowa is a political columnist in the iowa paper that also held an ed

>>> live on the uss-iowa dock here in los angeles. speaking at the rally here is our speaker. >> by god, here i am, pastor joel olsteen always begins with something funny on sunday morning and i would like to run this by you. i heard this yesterday and whether democrat or republicans i think you will enjoy it. three washington, d.c. teenagers are on the way to school and walk by the white house and there is the commander and chief out for a morning stroll. off to the right they see a car and a collision course with the president. they came and threw him out of the way and saved his life. the president gets up, brushes himself off and says you saved my life. what can i do for you? one student said i would like to ride on air force one and the other said i would like to go to west point. and he said i can take care of those. but the third kid said i would like a plot at arlington national cemetery and he said son, that is strange. why are you in such a hurry? he said when my dad finds out i saved your life, he is going to kill me. the ma

the walker campaign. is that something they can cling to and say, people like us in iowa? od you do not have likability factor, you're going to be in trouble. the fact that there are several candidates with very high likability factors, they have to y into out how to parla actual votes. why choose this person that you are not is ginned up about even though you like them. there is a difference between who do you date and who do you marry. right now there are a lot of people you would date. [laughter] john: in another episode we will have sasha discuss that. he knows more about that than anyone. thanks for being here. we will be right back. ♪ mark: we are always live on the internet 24/7. this program airs twice a day, 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. eastern. john: sometimes it is also on 11:00 p.m. all day long, day and night. we will see you back here tomorrow, i hope. until tomorrow, i say for both of us, sayonara. ♪ 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. alix: we are moments away from the closing bell. i'm alix steel. joe: and i'm joe weisenthal. ♪ [closing bell ringing] alix: u.s. stocks closi

, it means the research dollars that come to iowa state and the university of iowa and other colleges have got to be focused on businesses and on enterprises that revolve around the dominant economy arot economy that's always been here and always will be here. and that's the ability to grow things and to sell those things in america and across the world. >> as someone who was a small businessman, i think i understand what's required. 80% of the new jobs in this nation are going to be created by small businesses. and we can do a number of things. when the udeg program came in, while it was called urban development action grant. i saw it could help my house district in deep southern illinois. i got some business leaders from my area together and the first year of that program, one out of 12 dollars we created jobs. jobs that are still there, jobs that expanded. we can do it. next, we need credit for exports. small company in a small town has a very tough time getting credit to expand exports that create new american jobs. if we had federal guarantees on those loans, you w

mike: if i knew what that meant. ♪ we go under the hood of the latest iowa poll. dden winners, the hidden losers, all of it after this. john: we have two guests tonight. from des moines and san francisco, guys, you have been digging into these i'll what numbers and i want to start with you -- into these iowa numbers and i want to start with you. what are they looking at? what do the numbers reflect? guest 1: when we create poll questions, we hear trump has nothing on the issues and that he is thin. do you want more specific policy positions before you decide to vote or, are you comfortable with a person figuring it out when they are in the white house? a majority says they are comfortable for them to be in the white house. it is a little bit higher for donald trump. the heart of the question is, is donald trump playing with different rules than the other candidates? i don't think he is. mike: ben carson has no qualifications and he is free much even -- pretty much even with him. you know that ad buys help a candidacy. ben carson's media campaign is waving out of a

the new republican numbers in iowa. he horse race, donald trump and ben carson are still at the top with 27% and 21% followed by ted cruz free find out what happened to scott walker. take a look at what has happened to scott walker. back in february, back in may, as early as july, welker was in first place. now he is in 10th place with just 3% of support among iowa republicans. mark, what has happened to scott walker? mark: he has been eclipsed by donald trump and ben carson. that serves the other candidates. i think his jumping ahead in iowa-based on the one speech in january created an artificial bounce. not a lot of activity in iowa at that point, and he jumped as a neighboring state governor. his path back will be tough, in part because there are so many people in front of him now. and in part because he has a lot of national work to do. if you talk to the campaign, iowa is a big part but they need to improve the national sense of his candidacy and the possibilities of it. you have to do those two things simultaneous

let's start with the democrats. in iowa and new hampshire, hillary clinton can feel the burn from bernie sanders. bernie sanders is leading by nine points. here in iowa, where i am, she is only leading by 11 points. that lead is cut in half of over what it was a month ago. the race is on on the democratic side. thrown into the mix is vice president biden going to run or not? he met with family members in delaware part of the discussion as he decides whether to jump into the campaign. it is the reason hillary clinton is meeting with activists trying to get the democrats to sign on to her campaign. >> with her poll numbers sagging, hillary clinton is turning up the heat on donald trump. listen to how she ridicules the frontrunner's plan to deport all undocketmented immigrants in he wins the white house. >> he talks about deporting 1 million people. someone needs to tell us how. he will say they have to go. they have to stand in line and come back. 11 or 12 million people? really? well, i'm going to be pressing very hard to ge

reality is you take a look at the iowa caucuses. so caucuses put disproportionate valley on passion and organization which are things that we do very well at the there's 131,000 people who participate in the iowa caucuses four years ago. there are 120,000 students in iowa. four years ago, ron paul finished 3803 short vote of winning the caucus. and they were genuine to the why is that significant? winter break. this type is february 1. this be the first time in over a decade the caucuses have occurred when school is in session, when students are going to be a round. you look at that map and you can see how much opportunity there is. caucuses and organization and student strength, those are where we are very well positioned. >> so in other words, some of those kids who are at sea back every year and loved rand paul and make him a winner of the straw poll of you are going to be in school in iowa speak was just absolutely. >> how -- >> iowa has doubled the population of new hampshire with w the participants because it's a caucus state.

hitting the campaign trail in iowa. e republican presidential candidate firing up a crowd at a rally in ames earlier today. he was talking immigration, blasting leaders in washington, d.c. bernie sanders hit the trail in south carolina today. hillary clinton spent the morning addressing a gathering in d.c. we've got live fox team coverage for you today. we're live in washington, but first we go with senior political correspondent mike emanuel live in boon iowa. >> donald trump rallied an enthusiastic crowd here as he leads the polls in the hawk eye state. his biggest applause line came when he made this new promise on the issue of illegal immigration. >> the gangs you've been reading about in different places like chicago, and a lot of the places, not to mention names. a lot of the places they're illegals and they're tough dudes. they're out of here. but i get the wall started they're gone the first day. they're gone. >> trump unveiled a new making america great again hat. a camouflage version here today. trump drew a si

he gave them an opportunity to go after him. >> closing in on the iowa caucuses, will this be an issue to impact the campaign? or cumulative effects, so to speak, of ultimate getting people to make up their minds on whether or not to support him? >> you make a good point about the cumulative effect. if you have loads of gas and controversies, i think it does eventually create of feeling of support for you. there's some speculating his ceiling is, you know, 30%. others say 35%. some say upper 20s. i don't know what it is. we'll see and remember, iowa may be a few months away but those are like dog years. everything is going to happen sometimes in a day and will change the dynamics of the campaign. >> back in 2008, hillary clinton's campaign was notably accused of insinuating that obama was a muslim with mrs. clinton herself saying obama was a muslim, quote, as far as i know. >> hypocrisy is the life blood of politics. you just cited another great example of it. >> you teach them well. because that is fundamental to campaigns and what folks said years ago. it seems like they have memory

i mean, you look at the polls in iowa. if you take the people who are at 1% an enthe people at 7%, it's vast majority of the candidates right now. i mean, that just shows how good the field is, not how poor the field is and difficult for everyone. i think in some sense they're all long shots at this point. >> there was a suggestion from shawn spicer in an interview the other day there's not an undercard debate next time and instead just interviews and you can read beneath the surface there and it sounds like an attempt to sort of rush people off the stage and out of the debate. do you think that interpretation is correct and if so what would you do to push back against it? >> i saw the comments and i think that is how a lot of people interpret it. it's a huge mistake at this point to say, okay, two debates, sefrg settled. do you know how many debates there were last time? rick santorum was in 23 debates and the rnc said we're going to narrow it down to 10, is 1 debates. okay, fine. 23 is probably too many. everybody got tha

the iowa state fair should have been a homecoming for scott walker. ly resemblance to his home state was the protesters that followed him around. in the latest polls scott walker isn't just losing to trump. but he's fallen behind bush, cars carson, cruz and fiorina just a few to name. joining me now my guest. thank you raoult for joining us tonight. why has scott walker fallen so precipitously and so sharply in this fashion? >> well i think there are two factors. one is donald trump who is the major factor right now in the republican primary. and donald trump has taken out a pull horn and said the things that walker used to say with a dog whistle. when you played the clip of his speech all of these things he bragged about doing in wisconsin have the subtle racial sub text. and that is no accident. walker's political rise comes out of right wing talk radio sphere around the suburbs of milwaukee. and there is a lot oaf very explicit racism there and that's bhn a part of his campaign in a low key way. donald trump just gets right out there with it. so he'

the iowa poll shows that anne carson is favored by 23% of likely republican voters. d to 27%. the retired neurosurgeon with surging numbers. >> thels are not particularly surprising given the fact time out there amongst the people that and i've been saving the level of the csm and press are quite sometime and hasn't been reporting on. so we've seen it so it's not surprising. lauren: to gop debate will be held live tonight. expected to be contentious. nicole: and will be late tonight so we'll be playing clips tomorrow sure. hewlett-packard handing out another 30,000 pink slips as it looks to save $2.7 billion annually. the cuts will largely affect the enterprise service business. hp splitting into two publicly traded companies in november. the enterprising apple handle servers, software, cybersecurity, card technology. hp does this will handle the other side. hp will handle printers. 55,000 workers hpsa.this part of the restructuring back in 2012. separately general electric says it will move 500 jobs overseas because congress did not renew a government program that al

. >> many of the republican and democratic presidential candidates visited this year's iowa state fair in des moines. coming up, we look back to the 1988 presidential race where seven democratic candidates participated in a debate at the fair. speakers include joe biden, al gore, richard gephardt, jesse jackson, bruce babbitt, paul simon and michael due kakis, who went on to win the nomination but lost to vice president george w. bush. this is two hours. >> this will help iowans. getting down to the business, let me introduce the candidates. may i ask there be no applause in interest of saving time. to my immediate right, senator joseph biden of delaware. [ cheers and applause ] . >> please, we save time for the candidates to speak. >> next to him, former arizona government, bruce babbitt. jesse jackson. massachusetts governor michael dukakis, former senator -- or rather senator albert gore jr. of tennessee. [ cheers ] >> missouri congressman richard gephardt and illinois senator paul simon. [ cheers and applause ] . >>> may i remind those men in the audience, these men are going to be

iowa. you know what? thething that matters in iowa in the real world is the ground game, getting people to the caucuses. hillary has an unbelievably good organization in iowa. hillary will win the iowa caucuses. i don't know about new hampshire. but she will go to south carolina and pull it off there. >> you managed the ground game -- >> i don't speak with that degree of certainty. >> that's a lot of certainty. >> that's a lot of certainty. hillary was organized for the iowa caucuses in 2002. how did she do? >> not as organized as she is now. a lot of obama's people are working for hillary. >> i don't discount people's emotions and how they feel about the candidates in this race. i think that's a big driver. hillary is losing support among democrats, not gaining it. iowa is no different. it is not immune from that emotion about her. >> you talk about the organizing piece, that's something we'll get to on both the democratic side which has the 15% floor as well as the republican side where there's certain peop

the basket. we are committed to iowa and we think it will make the case. john:. walker is going from first place to 10th place. is donors believe he is in peril. there is talk of him losing the campaign manager in dropping out. john cleese has passed on -- he is no more -- he has ceased to be -- he is stiff -- he is and ask candidate -- an ex- candidate. or is he? mark: i normally think people overreact to short-term blips, and i don't see why anyone should get out of this race when we have two front runners in trump and carson. but i have to say, i am stunned at what i'm hearing, even from walker allies. the fundraising is going to be keys. -- to be key. if this leads to drying up of the funds, it may be that governor walker doesn't have a way to go forward. the basket of iowa where he is now in his dented and there is a hole at the bottom precisely the size of an egg. john: [laughter] i think putting all your eggs in the iowa basket would make sense if you were close to where you were a few months ago. he is doing it because he has no other place to go. mark: n

that is a huge chunk of the iowa electorate. he is the guy that stands the best chance of being the evangelical candidate and he has a huge following. no doubt about that. unless one thing, given what you said, given the numbers, given the field. unless my orthodontist went to iowa, he is a nice man, very religious and he might give ben carson a run for his money. these people are odd. >> i want to show you something else. this is a closer race then trump has seen. those are compelling. his unfavorable-favorable turned upside down as favorable. the number of those people who said they would never vote for him in may which was huge, it has turned around. his internal numbers in the poll very good for him. mike: why do you think that is good? john: he is everywhere, dominating everything. >> you can't turn on a tv set without seeing him. >> over the weekend, two candidates that did not do well, scott walker and chris christie had a couple of curious or odd ideas about how to handle immigration. take a listen. >> we let people come

in the latest iowa poll, rick perry was at 1%. so were three other candidates that show no sign of dropping out. chris christie is one of the three in the poll that was tied with perry at 1%. governor christie got potential good news for his campaign today. one thing looming for him was the prospect of the criminal driels of his former staffers and employees in the bridge gate scandals. they were due to start up next month. if you are polling at 1% in iowa, on the brink not making debates having staffers go on corruption trial is nothing to look forward to. the good news that arrived today is those criminal trials those bridge gate trials suppose to start next month have been delayed until march. those trials could still be political kryptonite for governor christie when they start up but won't have a chance to derail his campaign until march, provided his presidential campaign still exists in march. as of tonight, rick perry is the first to drop out. why him first and who's likely to be next? joining us now is beth, senior editor

you have the football fans of iowa. k they care more about football than politics whether the donald trump show turns into something else bigger than the football game we'll watch that together. >> well, let us know later. thank you very much, vaughn hillyard. bernie sanders is shaking things up on the democratic side. polls show him beating hillary clinton in two key states, iowa by one point, new hampshire by nine. he's in south carolina where he just wrapped up a town haul on the cam campus of benedict college. >> anyone who tells you they have a magical solution to foreign policy and how we create a more peaceful and civilized world is kidding you. nobody has magical answers. bullet me just say this. l. i voted against the war in iraq. >> joining me is tad devine, a senior advisor to the sanders campaign. you worked in al gore in '04, what is it about this campaign? >> well, i think bernie has a powerful message, a message about the inequality of wealth and income in america and it's connecting with people and he's p

bloomberg politics, we do the iowa poll. i spent the first half of my week sort of looking at the trump phenomena and writing about the i i electorate. what they like about him out in iowa is he's rich, he's independent. those are all things that normally would be, you know, negative for at least a republican candidate. so it's -- you know, he's defying -- he's just defying conventional wisdom at every turn. today's moment, it's not a real contract. that said, mr. trump workings in the real estate industry, so i bet he's got some very good contract lawyers who could help him with this. >> yeah. i believe we have sound of trump saying what happens when people attack him, how they go down in the polls. can we play that? >> jeb bush is a very nice man. i think he's a very nice person. i think he's a very low energy person, and i don't think that's what the country needs. i hear that he's going to spend a lot of money on negative ads on me. honestly, look, he's getting the money from special interests. he's getting the money from

pole in iowa. the only reason that was notable was because he was behind john huntsman too pulled out of iowa and even said i'm pulling out because in iowa all they do is think -- two weeks later rick santorum and supporting iowa and to refresh everyone's memory he won 11 out of 30 states and tied to others as far as delegates. probably the belief was if he would have won michigan out right a lot of people believe romney would have gotten out of the race to us understanding the understanding the fluidity of these types of races understanding, you look at the "cnn" poll yesterday scott walker's under 1%. i remember having questions three months ago when people asked me how are you going to stop scott walker? if you go back four years ago in the league was herman cain, michele bachmann. romney was there, gingrich was there. a lot of people and perry and most of them didn't get past iowa. you really have to take a look and understand the way these races are. the first thing you have to understand as there

you have to look at rick santorum who won the iowa caucus last time. he is barely registering in all the polls that have been conducted in the state recently. santorum is also struggling with money. he has not that much to spend. he does not have a super pac of great proportions. i think santorum is someone to watch. there will only be four people in the early debate next week on cnn. get more airght time they would at 11:00 a.m. debate. guest: nobody has a carly fiorina moment. if they don't have one of moments where they do so well they don't get momentum from it, all of them will have to look at what their future campaigns will be. host: rand paul tweets this after rick perry's decision. what does it say about the gop with -- 183 and a half term governor with a successful thousand?leading jobs guest: it says that in the republican party, you have donald trump, ben carson, carly fiorina, people want outsiders. people do not want career politicians. they don't want people who have spent time in politics. rick perry, that is one of his calling cards. he

the campaign trail. that is live donald trump speaking in des moines, iowa. he sounded off over the controversy involving a town hall questioners trump. this is the first time in my life by not saying nothing. i didn't say anything. i didn't say nothing. that is sort of amazing. >> we are waiting on remarks from carly fiorina. senator ted cruz. and in the hawkeye rick sanatorium and the campaign trail is hopping today. here is a map of all of the action. the democratic candidates focusing on new hampshire where the democrat convention begins. we'll check in there later in the fox report. and carl came ron is live in des moines. rick sanatorium won iowa back in 2012. what was his message tonight. >> reporter: he thanked iowa republicans for getting it right last time. you spent the time to really grill the candidates and you made the right choices and he won from come from behind almost a midnight recount the night of iowa caucuses and beating mitt romney. rick san toryanium is the prevailing president in the iowa caucus. and candidates in both places. you ment

the iowa polls, the leading candidates are not politicians.here is a huge thirst for people who are not part of the washington establishment. that is definitely resonating. it will be interesting to see if that carries through. through the primaries, through all these debates, through the nominating convention, etc. as far as the iran deal, the president was clear when he was running for president that he would negotiate with iran's leaders and with her enemies. -- our enemies. that was part of his platform. as far as whether it is a good deal or not, that is what the debate is about. the president's argument against a military strike against iran right now, one of the arguments is you could go in and destroy some of these nuclear facilities very easily. that is not a long-term solution. .ou can rebuild you cannot take the knowledge out of the brains of the thousands of iranians working on these facilities. you can build the next facility deeper and maybe not have inspectors on the ground. which the deal does provide access to all these facili

i mean, you look at the polls in iowa. if you take the people who are at 1% an enthe people at 7%, it's vast majority of the candidates right now. i mean, that just shows how good the field is, not how poor the field is and difficult for everyone. i think in some sense they're all long shots at this point. >> there was a suggestion from shawn spicer in an interview the other day there's not an undercard debate next time and instead just interviews and you can read beneath the surface there and it sounds like an attempt to sort of rush people off the stage and out of the debate. do you think that interpretation is correct and if so what would you do to push back against it? >> i saw the comments and i think that is how a lot of people interpret it. it's a huge mistake at this point to say, okay, two debates, sefrg settled. do you know how many debates there were last time? rick santorum was in 23 debates and the rnc said we're going to narrow it down to 10, is 1 debates. okay, fine. 23 is probably too many. everybody got tha