, nikki haley, former vice president candidate sarah palin and carly fiorina, which could help trump score points with women voters. stewart: up a proposal to allow transgender students the ability to choose which bathroom they want to use, failed to pass the brevard county school board last night. county commissioners spent hours listening to residents voice their opinions. the proposal is just 1 part of what would be a broader policy, meant to protect lgbt students. the board decided the policy needs to be rewritten, before it can come up for discussion again. a pine hills furniture store manager is facing serious charges. police say he repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman inside of his store. wesh 2' s bob kealing went to the business today and spoke with the suspect' s mother. bob: early sunday morning orange county deputies say 27-year-old d met to his store miracle mattress and furniture on north hiawasee road. the business was closed. after having a drink and talking, she claims metayer suddenly forced her down on to a bed, and raped her repeatedly while she was crying, beggi

vice presidential nominee sarah palin, and former presidential candidate carly fiorina. and a new poll has good news for donald trump and bad news for marco rubio. rubio is losing to trump here in florida. trump is blowing away the competition with 44% of those surveyed saying yes, they will vote for him. rubio comes in second with 28%. ted cruz is far behind at 12% followed by john kasich and ben , carson. stewart: right now investigators in hollywood, florida are looking into this plane crash. a small plane fell out of the skies and landed on a home yesterday. board and he wasn' t hurt. the plane was apparently heading in for an emergency landing. if you' re looking to open up a new business, orlando is the place to do it. that' s according to a new, nationwide study. but do local business leaders agree? wesh 2' s brett connolly found out. >> there' s a lot of hats to wear in owning a small business . brett: and that' s the exact reason most people don' t venture out and start their own company. but 15 years ago kelly shannon put her name on a floral shop, and has watched her bu

rally for donald trump. and sarah palin will be live for an exclusive interview. you can catch it all right here on wesh starting at 7:00 a.m. wesh 2 is your source for complete commitment 2016 coverage. our own adrian whitsett is in des moines, and he' ll have live coverage from the caucuses. starting on wesh 2 news first at 4:00 p.m. you can also stay up to date on all the big issues in the politics section of wesh.com. michelle: covering marion county, ocala police are looking into whether a series of drive-by shootings at several apartment complexes are connected. you can see bullets hit windows, set. the shootings happened at another desk at a number of different apartment complexes in southwest and northeast sides of the city. one man says, he was inside his home and woke up to the gunfire. >> i just don' t understand what' s going on back here, but this is the second time it' s happened. michelle: officers are trying to determine if the drive-bys are connected to a shooting that left one man injured on northwest 16th street saturday. jason: covering orange county. the tourist d

somebody perhaps sarah palin, perhaps another gaffe like candidate and the party would come to him. number one, that lane is so fragmented between establishment candidates. ed d in florida, jeb bush has never been that great of a politician. luck.ni weak opponent in '98. benefitted from the clinton boom and out before the bush buzz. >> it's funny how history gets rewritten. she's right. that's now how the history of jeb bush is going to be rewritten. it could have been a different version of the same events. >> but it was very clear long before donald trump got in this race when you would talk to republicans the number one concern they had about jeb bush is whether he was too rusty for this and whether he was going to be strong enough to stand up to hillary clinton. the bush folks thought money would help paper that over, remind people of his conservative record, but when he went on the debate stage and totally flubed it and came on the shows and couldn't answer questions about iraq and he looked like he was unsteady, it absolutely solidified the concerns they had had all along abo

on "today," an exclusive live interview with sarah palin. >>> in sports super bowl 50 is less than a week away and the competing has touched down in california. they arrived in san jose looking to catch their first super bowl title in franchise history. the panthers rolled through the regular season with a 15-1 record before knocking off the seahawks and cardinals to advance to the big game. the afc challenger denver broncos flew a broncos team flag on the arrival to san jose. it's their second appearance in three years as the team looks to capture their first championship since 1998. meanwhile some of the nfl's best took part in the pro bowl in hawaii. coach your bin. seattle seahawks' quarterback russell wilson threw for 143 yards and six touchdowns in the first half. leading team irvin to the victory. >>> detroit lions' wide receiver calvin johnson is hanging it up after nine seasons, retiring from the nfl. he report ily told family and friends before the 2015 season it would be his last. drafted seventh overall from georgia tech johnson went on to become the all-time leader in re

," everybody. so, as you may have heard recently sarah palin endorsed donald trump's presidential campaign. and you know, things like this really get me to thinking. i'm getting' older and sometimes i look around and i don't even recognize the world i'm living in. [ light laughter ] things are changing everyday and not always for the better. [ laughter ] and it's time to take a moment to talk about how things were my day. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: back in my day sarah palin wasn't endorsing donald trump. sarah palin was endorsing john mccain and then she was endorsing nobody, because everybody realized that endorsement from sarah palin meant political suicide. [ light laughter ] maybe it still does. maybe it still does. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] back in my day donald trump wasn't threatening to kick mexicans and muslims out of the country, he was threatening to kick gary busey and omarosa out of the boardroom. [ light laughter ] isn't that right, rusty? [ dog barking ] [ laughter ] no, you're fired! ha-ha-ha-ha! [ laughter ] back in my day, we didn't eat vitamint

morning ahead. sarah palin will be here. >> you will see what happened when matt and i spent time on the trail over the weekend. it was fun to get out and glad hand a little bit. see what voters are talking about. >> get the lay of the land. let's begin with the last-minute push of support for the men and women running for president. we have it covered. let's begin with nbc national correspondent peter alexander and the gop. good to see you. >> welcome to iowa. this state doesn't pick the next president but they whittle down the field. you've felt the energy. even ted cruz can see a trump win tonight could make the billionaire unstoppable. >> reporter: in little more than 12 hours, we'll know. will it be donald trump? >> you haven't had a winner in iowa in sf 16 years. we're going to have a believer, you better believe it. you're going to have a winner this time. >> reporter: or ted cruz? >> we need to take power out of washington and back to we the people. that is what this campaign is >> reporter: or can marco rubio turn his late surge into tomorrow's surprise story? >> we are going to

senator take ag dig at sarah palin after she accused his campaign of a dirty trick. >> it seems if you spend too much time with donald trump. >> [ laughter ] >> strange things happen to people. >> reporter: a new tone to the feud. on the establishment side jeb bush expected to get backup from george w. bush giving his brother a helping hand when he appears to need it. prepared to act in the security of this country. to get back in the business of the world. please clap. >> reporter: today two fewer competitors. rand paul and rick santorum dropping out. paul is not expected to endorse anybody before the new hampshire primary. an tor santorum is backing up marco rubio. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders fielded tough questions in a town hall forum. andrea mitchell is at the university of new hampshire where tonight's event is being held. >> reporter: tonight msnbc debate will be their first debate and only one before the new hampshire primary. they did warm up appearing separately wednesday night. clinton was on display wednesday night. >> i have had to be in public dealing with diffi

get to work for us. adrian: donald trump with sarah palin. >> this is where we start. this is day one. were going to take back our country. >> if everyohne one of you bring 9 people with you we' re going to win the iowa caucuses. adrian: all the candidates still making their final push before this first vote. more than 200,000 people will caucus in iowa this evening. but there are two guys in the for the ride. >> i feel like we pretty much know. we wanted to get pictures with everyone so whoever wins we can have a pic with the president. adrian: here in just under two hours, the caucuses begin, there are 900 or so sites for the gop and about 1100 sites for the democrats. there will be just a few sites where they are intermixed, the republicans though, just filed secret ballots, they will file doubt who the winner is for the state' s later in the night. the democrats could know immediately, at least within their precinct, who has won, because they go to separate corners of the room and try to pull other candidate possible orders over to them. we are in for a wild night, a lot of fu

. >>> decision day. we're live in iowa with sarah palin as the first votes are cast. >>> shop till you drop. we'll show you the best deals for february. all that and more coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. monday morning, february 1st, 2016. we've been counting down to this day a long time because iowa caucus day. here in studio 1a, we have a golden globe winner in the flesh, christian slater. >> yes, good to be here. >> obviously, tamron hall and natalie morales. willie and al are in iowa. we'll check in with them momentarily. nice jam. you cannot go wrong with this song. you have to do the dance though. >> that's -- yeah, that's later. stay tuned. >> we have a golden globe for you if you do it. >> okay, good. >> but you have the real deal. when you won the golden globe, you came on our show and talked about this new show you were working on. you said, it's perfect timing for it because we're talking about cyber security. fast forward, the applause a

' things. donald trump said today that he did not expect sarah palin to speak for, quote, that long during her rambling endorsement speech earlier this week. she did speak for over 20 minutes. but remember, for sarah palin, that's only three sentences. [ laughter ] a ton of commas, but only three sentences. music icon cher said recently, donald trump can't come up with a hairstyle that looks human, how could he come up with a plan to defeat isis. so if you're looking for a plan to defeat isis, i wouldn't count on cher, either. [ laughter ] bein' honest. [ applause ] and adviser for donald trump's campaign today said that trump i've spent a lot of time reading the bibl." [ laughter ] [ trump voice ] it's a wonderful book. i've read all of it. [ laughter ] and let me say, it's very great. a 93-year-old world war ii veteran is making headlines for his plans to travel to australia to reunite with his war time girlfriend after 70 years apart. the man says he's excited to see the land down under, and australia. [ laughter ] be happy for him! [ cheers and applause ] i just hope he doesn't

cruz, even bringing sarah palin back to iowa. trump also showing the strength of his wallet, pumping nearly $11 million of his own cash into his campaign coffers. descended a golden escalator and announced his bid for the white house with vitriol for mexican immigrants -- >> they are bringing drugs. they are bringing crime. they are rapist. >> reporter: and he's proposed a ban on muslims while attacking anyone and everyone who stood in his way, but will his fear and frustration-fueled candidacy of big promises pay off? >> mexico. >> reporter: how do you get mexico to pay for that wall? >> only if i'm president. >> reporter: despite a lack of policy details trump has been consistently been atop the polls, the billionaire quickly becoming a messenger to the establishment, that the people are mad as hell and they are not going to take it. at the heart of trump's pitch himself, the deal-maker who can make america great again. >> my whole life i've been greedy, greedy, greedy, grabbed all the money i could get, i'm so greedy, but now i want to be greedy for the united states. i want to gr

he's that thing which you know from tina doing sarah palin, sometimes people just have an exact right look. and for larry david, i think by the time lorne called him about doing it, when larry picked up the phone, he's just like, so we're doing this? >> seth: yeah. >> no explanation needed. >> seth: yeah, and it's perfect. he's been fantastic as bernie. >> and i think it helped, i think he's helped bernie. i think it helps -- don't you thnk? >> seth: yeah. >> i think it makes -- larry's so likeable, you know, that it makes, you know, in a crazy curmudgeon way, that he makes bernie, you're like, oh, yeah, bernie sanders. >> seth: yeah. >> i always liked him. i liked him in "curb." [ light laughter ] he's my favorite part of "curb." >> seth: what did you think about donald trump coming in second in the iowa caucus? obviously you have to pay attention to this stuff as a >> yes, so he lost iowa. i don't know if people saw that. >> seth: yeah, they heard. they heard that. [ applause ] >> well, here's, but here's what i think people are like, they're >> seth: yeah. >> people are just like l