blast his comments. jeb bush calling him unhinged. chris christie -- >> this is the kind of thing people say when they have no experience and don't know what they're talking about. >> and ben carson suggesting that everybody should be registered and monday sterd. >> hillary clinton said "you don't get it, this make us less safe. even former vice president dick cheney weighing in. >> i think this whole notion we can a no more mus clims, and we can just ban a whole religion goes against everything we stand for and believe in. >> tim cruz hinted at nuclear war against isis. >> we will carpet bomb them into oblivion. i don't know if sand can glow in the dark but we're going to find out. >> a u.s. custom agent would ask someone if they're muslim. if they said yes, he'd be banned. >> his supports are seemed unfazed telling us, don't let them in. >> good morning to both of you. donald trump has made a campaign out of moments lick, there saying things that sound outrageous to some, controversial for others, but even for donald trump has he gone too far this time? >> i think he's become th

unhinged and chris christie on the air. >> this is the kind of thing that people say when they have nokes appearance and don't know what they're talking about. >> reporter: and ben carson insisting everyone visiting our country should register and be monitored during their stay as is done in many countries, regardless of their religion. hillary clinton tweeted this is reprehensible, prejudice and divisive. dump, you don't get it. this makes us less safe. even former vice president dick cheney weighing in. >> i think this whole notion that somehow we say no more muslims and ban a whole religion and goes against everything we >> reporter: trump's overall rhetoric is forcing opponents to toughen up their own rhetoric, ted cruz hinting at nuclear war against isis. >> we will carpet bomb them into oblivion. i don't know if sand can throw in the dark, but we're going to find out. >> reporter: and with a new poll showing trump extending his double-digit lead in iowa his supporters remain unphased. a veteran telling people a real don't let anyone come in, ship them all back, referring to muslims.

jersey governor, former new jersey governor chris christie both in new hampshire today. christie, who faced some criticism recently for not strongly condemning trump's claims that thousands of people celebrated in new jersey after 9/11 took a tougher stance on that monday. >> i said i think even that day, if it had happened, i'm pretty sure i'd remember it, but if you'd like me to say it another way, i'll say it another way. it didn't happen. the fact is people can say anything, but the facts are the facts, and that did not happen hasn't happened since. >> christa: in response christie said -- trump said the governor should be careful with what he says. also, it's that time of year when lawmakers question how millions of dollars of taxpayer money has been spent in recent months. >> jadiann: that's right. oklahoma senator james langford releasing his wasteful spending report. the national institutes of health spent more than $2.5 million for a truck driver weight loss program. the national endowment for the arts spent at least $35,000 to fund silent shakespeare plays in virginia. and f

marco rubio, ted cruz or ben carson. tomorrow night joining the debate stage will be chris christie. >> all right. thank you very much. >> nbcs political director and moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. good morning. it isn't that trump is falling. carson is cratering. >> that's exactly what this is. everybody wants this to somehow say trump is falling. he's not gained in the iowa poll. he's gained in our poll. cruz has become the traditional christian conservative candidate. what you would normally see when you break down between two lanes in the republican party trump is his own whole other entity. >> very careful not to criticize trump publicly. he got caught doing it behind the scenes the other day. it's his strategy to make sure the trump supporters like him enough so if trump then craters he'll get their support. >> his only pact to the united nations is, if you look at this as three sections, the establishment lane which right now looks like marco rubio lane, cruz has a bigger shot at picking off the trump supporters. when you talk to trump supporters, their second choic

seek shelter in new jersey despite the governor christie saying he opposes the measure. some local coalitions are taking a stand against the governor's decision and privately funding shelters for refugee families. governor christie said he would close new jersey to syrian refugees out of concern that isis militants could slip in. the front of political refugees from cuba says he disagrees. >> new jersey has always been a welcoming state. it's rebleat stories of an immigrant past and present and it will continue to be so regardless of what the governor is saying. >> it's 6:33. hitting polluters hard with taxes and sanctions. that's one of the ideas world leaders are promoting at the global climate change summit in paris. president obama and leaders from 150 countries are trying to come up with a binding dpraemt on reducing carbon emissionings. they met with leaders of china and india. smog is choking the capitals. that type of pollution is warming the planet leading to rising sea levels, melting glaciers and extreme weather. >> merge countryings, abandon cities, fields that no longe

do was tweet. >> and in his element, donald trump letting loose on chris christie. >> the people in new jersey want to throw him out of office. they say why isn't he running new jersey? >> on hillary clinton. >> what she did with the e-mails is criminal. >> and without mentioning clinton's house at his rally, overnight trump hitting him hard on twitter. after news the former president will campaign next week in new hampshire writing bill belichick was terrible, failed badly and clinton's campaign insisting she won't be bullied or distracted by attacks trump throws at her and former president clinton, promising she will challenge trump, under fire for what clinton has called his penchant for sexism. this morning trump's daughter is defending her dad as one of the great advocates for women, on the cover of "town & country." but it's the front of a different publication that has trump fired up after a new hampshire paper ripped him as a crude blow hard, comparing him to the bully bif, from "back to the future." >> the paper quickly called out by trump. and the publisher. i'll take you

candidates are pushing their messages in iowa. for chris christie: that's experience. the republican hopeful has been struggling in the polls but is hoping to change that in the next month. in a waterloo campaign stop, christie said president obama isn't doing enough.... and that the country needs a leader with experience... one topic he touched on...recent us is this, if a center for the develpomentally disabled in san place in america is a target for terrorists." christie also focused on two other big topics. one was drug addiction....he shared a story about a friend he lost to addiction... and said pro-life means more than just the 9 months in the womb..." he also says there needs to be more transparency to how colleges bill students for tuition... marco rubio wraps up a trip across the state -- he's also talking aggressive war against isis.. even when questioned about america's responsibility for civilian casualties in war zones. when i'm president of the rhetorical war on terror, not lectures, a real war on terror. and if you're captured alive, you're gonna get a one way ticket

provoke and anger. >> back on tonight's main stage and getting a second look, chris christie, where where he's staking his claim with more than 50 visits since june. and here at las vegas at a predebate event, sarah palin defended donald trump's proposed muslim ban saying it's not islamophobic, that trump is just trying to keep the nation safe and we should not marginalize someone like donald trump. >> nbc political analyst nicole wallace served as communication director for president george w. bush. good to see you. >> thank you, guys. >> we're coming out of the most controversial period in dp's campaign. put the numbers back up that we just showed. he is strengthening his grip p. because behind thome numbers was a ban on muslims coming into this country. and more importantly, those comments and the reaction to them, the universal criticism from the republican party of republican leaders distracted from a conversation a lot of republicans wanted to have, a conversation that would have helped candidates like marco rubio who want to have a party about the best way to after paris and

. >> reporter: rand paul jabbed chris christie over the bridge-gate scandal. >> i think when we think about the judgment of someone who might want world war iii, we might think about someone who might shut down a bridge because she don't like their friends. >> reporter: christie directed his sharpest attacks at president obama's foreign policy. >> yes, we would shoot down the planes of russian pilots if in fact they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless, weakling that the president we have in the oval office is right now. >> reporter: and ben carson battling to resurrect his campaign wouldn't answer when asked to pick sides in a spat between paul and rubio over surveillance. >> i think you have to ask them about that. i don't want to get in between them. let them fight. >> reporter: the bottom line most analysts agree is that nothing that happened here last night dramatically shifts the trajectory of this race. that means, like the temperature here in las vegas, things will remain frozen in place. trump at number one. ted cruz at number two, with two ja

kasich, chris christie, the so-called establishment candidates. they are fighting for their political lives and at a certain point they will really have to go after them. >> what changes the trajectory here we are five weeks away from voting. cruz is looking good in iowa, but you've got donald trump leading in most of these polls, and that hasn't changed. >> there's your story. iowa and new hampshire, the one-two punch and it's cruz and punch, one-two in iowa and cruz really is one so look to new hampshire. if you're a republican and you don't want donald trump as your candidate and don't think ted cruz is electable, want one of the establishment candidates, got to put a win on the board or seen to be putting win, a closer than expected second or something like that, and the problem that the republican establishment has the four candidates, christie, kasich, rubio and bush, all bunched together in new hampshire, 8,%, 89%, 10% and that's allowing trump to lead and one them has to break out in the next six weeks. >> splitting that vote for sure. >> steve, thank you very much. >>> now we

a law firm. christie hasn't been charged in but his former deputy chief of staff and a top port authority appointee are facing criminal charges. >>> chances are, they're not watching us, but thousands of santa ares laying in bed sobering up. the nypd enforced a strict no-tolerance policy during yesterday's holiday pub crawl. organizers released their route to police in advance, and apparently it worked. organizers say there were no arrests this year. >>> well, dozens of rescued rabbits have hopped to new homes. the aspca held two events. nearly 180 rabbits were rescued from a brooklyn home last january. there are still some available. if you want to find out how to adopt one, just go to our website at nbcnewyork.com. remember, if you don't get one quick, they're going to multiply. >> well, there is some tradition to that, isn't there? >> coming up, we'll introduce >>> plus, did the knicks finally break their losing streak? highlights and more coming up next in your sunday sports. >>> and erica grow returns with a check of the forecast. >>> welcome back on a sunday morning. a war

anti-trump may be once again up for grabs with jeb bush and chris christie delivers strong performance and marco rubio defending accusations from cruz that he's too moderate on immigration. >> i've always been at the right, i've always been a consistent conservative -- >> that happens to be ted cruz's campaign, consistent conservative. >> but have i been for longer than just two years in the senate. >> it doesn't mean that i supported the other aspect of the bill, which was a terrible bill. >> insisting his position hasn't changed. >> i categorically oppose amnesty. my first priority is securing the borders. >> so the more the next tier republicans fight amongst themselves, the more trump just steams ahead unscathed. even he seemed to be taken aback by his support, several thousand people in the crowd in the middle of the day saying something is going on and it's beautiful to see. >> thank you very much. >> big news in the economy. the historic move by the federal reserve, raising key interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. chairwoman janet yellen saying that marked an hi

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class." (sot: chris christie/ (r) presidential candidate :58- 1:02) "if your eyes are glazed overr like mine this is what it's like to be on the floor of the s. senate." islam, isis and terror were the most discussed topics on facebook during the debate. (sot: john kasich/ (r) presidential candidate 1:07-1:14) "we need to have a coalition that will stand for nothing less than the total destruction of isis." this morning, kasich heads to iowa - the caucuses, now just 46 days away. interesting: the candidate who got the most twitter followers during the debate? bernie sanders - a democrat. i'm tracie potts in wassington, now back to you. >> former vermont governor howard dean campaigned for hillary clinton in sioux city on tuesday. at a private house party, dean gave supporters two main reasons to vote for clinton, her decision making skills and her experience. "first, is she makes decision based on facac, not based on political reason or emotional reason and that is really important because when you are president, you better care what the facts are and the second is she has been in

venetian hotel, it's trump center stage flanked by ben carson and ted cruz, chris christie back on the main stage. rabid paul barely made the stage. trump remained super confident. his biggest applause of the night came when he attacked >> this country needs to get away from political correctness. it's killing us. it's killing us! [cheering and applause] it is absolutely killing us. >> kris: meantime, florida senator marco rubio, third in the polls, is running a new ad in iowa and new hampshire going after conservatives. the rest of the republican pac will be there fighting it out in an earlier debate. as for the democrats, their debate is next in new hampshire on saturday. that's the latest live in the control room, kris anderson, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: the patriots have once again clinched the a.f.c. east. new england won the division after the dolphins lost last night to the giants. the pats' pro shop quick to let fans know the a.f.c. east championship gear is now officially available. hats and shirts reading "the east is on lock." the pats have won the a.f.c. east 13 ti

rivals will pounce next. >> christie hasn't hit me yet. he will. he has to. he has no choice at some point. rubio's got to hit me. there's only one way you get to the top and it all through trump. let's face it. >> reporter: trump leissuing a challenge. >> how about this for cnn. i won't do the debate unless they pay me $5 million, all of which will go to the wounded warriors or vets. >> reporter: there was rhetoric he had to face up to monday afternoon during an at times contentious private meeting with dozens of black pastors and religious leaders, many angry with what they see as race baiting. the meeting was supposed to result in an endorsement from 100 black leaders, but the end only earned the support of a few. >> we're going to pray to god about it as minister do. >> reporter: these days trump seems less concerned about ben carson, whose numbers have slipped. and now car and you son is defe pro-life record. >> look at my record. you know, i've spent my whole life as a pro-life advocate, trying to save lives. >> as for that meeting being some demanded an apology, not just to af

about. we're seeing it from jeb bush, marco rubio, chris christie, they're fighting for their political lives right now and they're going to have to go after them. >> what changes the projecture of the race right now? cruz looks good in iowa but trump is leading in most polls. that hasn't changed. >> iowa, new hampshire one, two punch. cruz is one. you got to look tot new hampshire. if your a republican, you want the establishment candidate, you got to put a win on the board in new hampshire or be seen as putting a win on the board or closer to second. the problem that the republican establishment has is the republican candidates i mentioned, christie, kasich, rubio and bush are all bunched together. 8, 9, 10%. it's allowing donald trump to lead pretty comfortably in that state. one of these have to breakout. >> they're splitting that vote for sure. steve, thank you very much. now we move to chicago where family and friends, two people killed by police, one of them demanding answers. officers responding to a domestic disturbance call shot 19-year-old antonio greer. betty jones was accid

, late monday, donald trump predicting which rivals will pounce next. >> christie hasn't hit me yet. he will. he has to. he has no choice. some point rubio's s t to hit me. there's only one way you get to the top and it's all through trump, let's face it. >> reporter: trump issuing a challenge ahead of the next gop debate two weeks from today. >> how about we do this with cnn. i won't do the debate unless they pay me $5 million, all of which money goes to the wounded wawaiors or go to vets. >> reporter: billionaire feeling and acting invincible as poll after poll show him solidly in the lead despite his increasingly inflammatory rhetoric, rhetoric he had to face up to monday afternoon during an at-times contentious private meeting with dozens of leaders. manynyngry for what they see as race-baiting. >> beautiful thing about the meeting is they really didn't ask me to change the tone. >> reporter: meeting was supposed to result in an endorsement from 10000lack leaders, but in the end only earned the support of a few. >> going to pray to god about it as ministers do. >> reporter: thes

which chris christie talks about a lot but about the intricacies of foreign policy. rubio has that experience. >> used your quote yesterday with ben carson when he was on the show. i said you had said the paris moment was a commander in chief moment. clearly voters now looking at ben carson saying we're not so comfortable with him being commander in chief during these difficult times. do you see any possibility as you watch his numbers slip that he can rebound? >> i think we won't -- i just talked about voter internalizing paris. we're not going to get over that between now and election day. what we understand now is that the nature of isis and their strategy now is to wreak havoc along the lines of what they did to the innocent people in paris. we're not going to let go of feeling that the importance of experience and the importance of strength -- >> so you don't think he can rebound on that side of the equation. >> i think, as long as his opponents for the republican primary vote allow us to like him -- we want to be able to like ben carson, respect his career as a physician and

reason to be concerned. >> chris christie in new hampshire trails trump there as both trump and clinton dominate their respected races. a potential match up on saturday night live. >> aren't you worried about the republican. whose their front runner? >> donald trump. i told you. >> oh my god we're going to be president. >> trump meanwhile is doubling dune on his defense of russian president putin who called trump a bright and talented leader and who also faces widespread accusations he's ordered political journalist killed. trump insisting there's no proof of any of that. >> thank you very much. donald trump joins us by phone now. mr. trump, good morning. good talking to you. >> good morning. let's talk about the fight, the criticism. you fired back at hillary clinton after the debate saturday night. she's working on the ban of muslims entering the country and they have become isis' best recruiting tool and they're showing people videos of your comments. there's no proof, no tape. thus she is a liar and lies a lot. don't you open yourself up to the very same criticism when it co

christie delivering strong performances and marco rubio bouncing between with hallie jackson, defending accusations from cruz he's too moderate on immigration. >> i've always been at the right. i'm a consistent conservative -- >> that is ted cruz's campaign slogan. >> i have been more for than just the years in the senate. >> reporter: cruz questioned on fox news about his support for immigration reform in 2013. >> it doesn't mean that i supported the other aspects of the bill, which was a terrible bill. >> reporter: insisting his position hasn't changed. >> i categorically oppose amnesty. my first priority is securing the borders. >>> the more cruz, rubio, and the others fight amongst themselves, trump moves forward. he seemed to be unscathed. even he was taken bakby his support. several thousand people in the crowd in arizona during the day and it's beautiful to see. >> peter, thank you very much. >>> big news in the economy. historic move by the federal reserve, raising key interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. chairwoman janet yellen saying it marked an ex

sorts of decisions about not just counterterrorism measures which chris christie talks about a lot but about the intricacies of foreign policy and rubio has that experience and is benefiting from it. >> ben carson was on the show yesterday and saying paris was a commander in chief moment and voters are looking at him saying we're not so keen with him being commander in chief during these difficult times. >> voters internalizing paris. we won't get other that between now and election day. what we understand now is the nature of isis and the strategy now is to wreak havoc along what they did to the innocent people in paris so we're not going to importance of experience and the importance of strength and dealing with isis. >> you don't think he can rebound on that side of the equation? >> i think as long as his opponents for the republican primary vote, allow us to like him. we want to be able to like ben carson and respect his career as a physician and sort of honor the civility with which he's carried out his race but we don't want to choose him with the nominee. >> the problem with

. there's a new man back on the main stage. that's chris christie. after all the gains he's made in new hampshire. matt and savannah, back to you. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. >>> let's turn to chuck todd, nbc political director and moderator of "meet the press." good morning, chuck. >> good morning. >> a huge surge for trump. trump isn't falling but this is carson cratering. >> that's exactly what this is. everybody wants to somehow say trump is falling. he's not. he actually gained in that iowa poll and gained in our pot. cruz has become the traditional christian conservative candidate. what we normally see when it lanes and the republican party, your conservative lane and establishment lane. trump is his own whole other entity. >> what do you get for your surge, you get attacked by donald trump. >> of course you do. >> that's what's happening now. ted cruz has been very careful, chuck, not to criticize trump publicly. got caught doing it behind the scenes the other day. >> right. >> but is his strategy make sure the trump supporters like him enough so that if trump then c

it's worth. a piece of garbage. >> sarah: last month the "union leader" endorsed chris christie for president. >> nancy: a popular holiday present going up in flames. a hover board caught on fire in a new jersey home and half of that house was destroyed. the home just gorged. firefighters say it started while the toy was charging. thankfully no one was hurt. but officials say you shouldn't leave that toy unattended while charging it. and a hover board also burst into flames inside a shopping mall in houston. boom and saw this toy on fire at a kiosk. the batteries were exploding. a worker put at the flames with a fire extinguisher. no one was hurt but part of the mall was closed because of that thick smoke. >> sarah: much more ahead on today "today in new england" as we keep a close eye on this winter weather. >> nancy: a live look outside in saugus where the snow is really coming down. j.r. will give us an update on what's g i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should

insulting your way to the president. >> i'm at 41 and your at 2. >> rand paul blasting chris christie of bridgegate. >> we may think about someone who would shut down a bridge because of their friends. >> and a case of william porter charged in the death of freddie gray. >> a jury failing to reach a verdict. the state argued porter showed indifference by not securing him in a seatbelt. >> we are calm. you should be calm. >>> the hair started coming out. >> 200 people joined the class action lawsuit against care brand wen. wen saying they are not to blame. >> there are many reasons why individuals may lose their hair unrelated to wen hair products. >>> more trouble for the ceo of raising the price from $13.50 a pill to $750 a piece. martin shkreli arrested on securities fraud charges. >> these highlight the brazenness of shkreli's schemes. >> shkreli creating an elaborate ponzi scheme. stealing from his own company and lying to investors. >>> president obama roughing it with bear grylls and an unusual autograph request. >> this is a classic. >> the thing is, you looked ripped. >> i am

... >> doesn't matter. >> nancy: meanwhile, governor chris christie called for a no-fly zone over syria, vowing to shoot down russian jets if they violate it. senator rand paul said that would be inciting world war iii. nancy chen, 7news "today in new england." >> sarah: today the department of security announcing changes to the nation's terror alert system. the system will be modified to better inform the public about terror threats. plans to change the terror alert system were announced shortly after the mass shooting in san bernardino. also today, the federal reserve will decide whether to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years. the historic announcement is scheduled for this afternoon. impact on homeowners who may see a sharp rise in mortgage rates. >> christa: back to school this morning for more than half million students in los angeles after a threat based on a popular tv show shut down the entire school district. officials say this was a bomb threat made from overseas, and it prompted them to keep students at home. the e-mail was also directed at schools in

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stage. chris christie after all thehe gainin he made in new hampshire. matt and savannah. >> peter alexander, thank you very much. >> let's turn to chuck todd. moderator of "meet the press." >> good morning. >> we have the huge surge for cruz. it seems like this is carson cratering. >> this is not everybody wants to somehow say trump is falling. he has gained in the iowa poll. cruz is the traditional christian conservative candidate. what we normally see when it is a breakdown between two lanes in the republican party. trump is his whole other entity. >> what do you get for a surge? you get attacked by donald trump. cruz is careful not to criricize trump.p. he got caught doingt behind the scenes. is his strategy make sure the trump supporters like him enough so if trump craters, he will get their support? >> his only path through the nomination is with trump supporters. you look at this as t tee sections of the republilin partrt cruz and evangelicals and establishment lane with marco rubio and donald trump supporters. cruz has a better shot of the trump supporters. you talk to trum

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 the sioux county livestock company in sioux center. he'll end the eve

chris christie is making gains in new hampshire. >>> hillary clinton is unveiling her terrorism plan. she is speaking in minneapolis where she says local officials have already made a strong effort to combat home grown radicals. >>> secretary of state john kerry is taking the fight against isis to moscow where he meeting today with russian president vladimir putin. the u.s. and russia are still at odds over how to end the civil war in syria. the chaos resulting from that war has helped isis establish a power base in the region. use of a certain type of antidepressant to dramatic increase in the risk for autism. dr. natalie azar is here to explain what this means for women. we know that taking antidepressanters during pregnancy can be harmful to the baby, but when you take them can be of most harm for autism. >> right, the conclusions from the study, natalie, are that the use of ssris, those are like prozac, zoloft, paxal, particularlylyn the third and the third trimester can increase the risk of having autism disorder in your children. and dock to or thes are urging caution. the rela

. chris christie taking marco rubio to task for missing another big vote. this time, on the bill that funds the government. >> senator rubio, listen, if you're going to say you're opposed to something, how about showing up to work and voting no? right? that's the minimum you should have to do. >> reporter: rubio in south carolina, again, defended his absence. >> i'm running for president and, unfortunately, that means that sometimes, i won't be able to get there in time to vote on things. >> reporter: even with all that feuding, the candidates still found a way to remind voters of what's really important. especially this time of year. >> thank you for supporting my grandpa, and thank you for being here on this beautiful day. have a very good christmas. >> the crowd loved trump's granddaughter, but don't expect this to be the last word before the holiday. chris christie is still on the trail this weekend, and donald trump campaigns in michigan on monday. harry? >> thank you so much. >>> chuck today is moderator of "meet the press" and joins us this morning. good morning to you. >> good

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