these guns. >> lee's new film "chi-raq" tacklesgang warfare in chicago - and the idea that a "sex strike" could help quell it. while it's a satire based in one inner city, gun violence is an epidemic. >> how long will be... will we... will we bow down before the tyranny of the nra, the gun manufacturers and the politicians, you know, which are in their pocket? >> the director applauds the call to action by groups like black lives matter - but emphasizes that black-on-black crime cannot be ignored. >> we're killin' ourselves. >> recently lee was awarded an honorary oscarfor revolutionizing modern-day black cinema. that didn't stop him from speaking out about the need for still greater representation in the industry. >> it's easier for african american person to be president of the united states of america than president of a hollywood studio or tv or cable network. >> and talking about the president, one of lee's most iconic films "do the right thing" may have helped a younger barack obama. >> i always say thank god he didn't take michelle to see driving miss mother*á*áin' daisy.

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chicago police station. "america tonight's" lisa fletcher with the victims forced to confess and the truth that set them free. >> what does that say? >> i'm a free man. not on papers, that i was actually innocent of this case. innocent. >> good evening, from chicago. a city struggling against an onslaught of violence by criminals and sometimes by the police. in the final weeks of this year, the murder toll here continues to climb. eclipsing the gains made over the last two years. but the focus now has veered toward the chicago police department itself, and towards the city's mayor, rahm emanuel. the spark that ignited the current crisis was the shooting death of young la quan mcdonald at the hands of a police officer who has since been charged with murder. but "america tonight's" lisa fletcher found the chicago police department's history of misconduct goes far deeper and is much darker. >> reporter: ronald kitchen never thought he'd hear these words. >> we have ways of making niggers talk. >> kitchen was not being held against his will by men in white hoods or neonazis. he was in th

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shooting, this time leaving a grandmother and a teenager dead. what will it take to leave chicago? i've got to talk to some who say invented the term sharaq. >>> breaking news tonight, the so-called -- teen, he was on the lamb. mexican authorities nabbed ethan and his mother. he was wanted in texas for allegedly violating probation after an alleged drunk driving cash that killed two people and injured others seriously. sonny hostin joins me along with evan. what are your sources telling you about ethan couch's arrest? >> ethan couch and his mother were caught by mexican authorities. they were detained earlier today, earlier this afternoon and we expect that couch is going to be on his way back to the united states in the custody of the u.s. marshals. now, this happened down near puerto vallarta on the pacific coast in mexico. apparently, the u.s. was aware of his presence there, was able to do some investigation with the mexican authorities and finally being moved in and arrested him earlier today. we expect the mother's case to be a little bit more complicated because, as you know, don, sh

change. then to chicago. >> it hurts me all over to know the family is going through this tragedy going on, police shooting without asking. why you got to shoot and ask questions later? amy: protests continue in chicago after police shot dead to the african-americans a , 55-year-old african-american mother of five and a close student. could these latest killings force mayor rahm emanuel to resign? we will go to chicago for an update and also speak to a statistician with the mapping police violence project which has documented how police have killed at least 1152 people in the united states so far this year. and we remember the oscar-winning cinematographer haskell wexler. >> what advice would you have for the next generation coming up? or to sayilent something is debilitating, and i hope they don't fall victim to that. has died at wexler the age of 93. we will speak to pamela yates director of "rebel citizen," a new documentary about the life and work of haskell wexler. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman.

of chicago. angry demonstrators demanding the mayor's ouster after he apologizes for the city's response to a deadly police shooting. a city torn apart by charges of police misconduct and gang-related murders. tonight, one mother's painful journey to improve the place some refer to as chiraq. >>> we're hearing from the new young stars of the hotly anticipated "star wars: the force awakens." about to bring you back to the galaxy far, far away. what the newbies told us about the legendary harrison ford. >> chewy, we're home. >>> and this year's favorite viral videos. the shake it off singing cop. the ball prank. guess who still holds the title first the "nightline 5." >> what does it take to stay close to a dad who's oceans away? a box of crayons. a fleet of paper airplanes. a next-door neighbor with a box. and a delivery from overseas. that make the distance paper and >>> good evening. thap are thanks for joining us. tonight many in chicago saying, enough is enough. it's the latest clash in an ongoing war against violence in a city that's lost so many sons and daughters. spike le

doing well at the box office and is amazon' s first feature-length film, but it is people in chicago are protesting the film and its title, which compares the city of chicago to iraq. >> this is an emergency. >> homicide in chicago and hanoi have surpassed the death toll of american special forces in iraq. >> welcome to chi-raq! >> land of pain, misery, and strife. >> everybody got a man banging and slanging. >> all for the bang bang. >> it all started with a gorgeous -- >> what' s up? >> a woman like no other. >> you just try taking way they guns. >> my gun go boom, i will make sure a trojan end up in the neck. >> i will deny all rights of access. >> i will deny all rights of access for interest. >> had them all take a solid of -- solemn oath. stop the murder madness or there would be no more poke. >> the situation is out of control because i' m in front of an empty stripper pole. >> oh, snap! >> gon' make sure these. it down these guns -- full' s put >> p eace! karen: "chi-raq " is out into theaters just as the city of chicago as an due to the recent indictment of police officer jason

also know that the use of excessive force and misuse of authority is not new in chicago or isolated only to chicago. there is a history of it. we have worked hard to address these concerns over the last four and a half years through intensive training, new policies governing the use of force, but for whatever progress we have made, the killing of laquan mcdonald is a vivid reminder that we have much more work to do as a city. there are two key -- there are two key questions before us. first, was this specific investigation handled properly? and i want to be clear, that that question is being investigated by the united states department of justice and the u.s. attorney's office and as you know the city has handed every piece of evidence over to the u.s. attorney's office here in chicago and the fbi within weeks of the incident. this includes evidence related to the shooting itself, but also evidence related to the police department's response. they will address these questions when their investigation is complete. i hope you would await the conclusion of their inquiry, which i also a

. thousands of protesters now on the streets of chicago. a live look. demonstrators demanding the city's mayor rahm emanuel step down. this comes after the department of justice announced it is launching a civil rights investigation into the chicago police department. the police chief has already resigned. and earlier today, the mayor promised complete reform. mayor emanuel also apologized for the 2014 shooting of a black teenager named laquan mcdonald. the mayor said he takes responsibility for the shooting because it happened on his watch. but the demonstrators say the only thing they want to hear is his resignation. mike tobin on fox top story live on the streets of chicago. what's it like? >> the best efforts by mayor rahm emanuel to calm or satisfy this crowd are not working. the size and passion of this crowd is anything has grown. what they're trying to do now is get into the state of illinois building, also called the thongsen building. they're outhere and as you mentioned they are demanding the resignation of rahm emanuel, as well as the -- as well as the resignation of a

. richard, thank you so much. >> good to talk to you. >> you, too. >>> we'll go to chicago now. a lot of protests under way in that city at this hour. i believe it's outside of the department store. i want to go to john yang following this. what are we seeing in chicago? >> protesters, kate, marching through the loop, through downtown chicago. right now, the shot -- i'm sorry. i don't have return up but i can see the shot from our network camera. this is on the backside of the thompson state office building on lake street on the northern edge of the loop. they have been marching around the loop area. it's been mostly peaceful. there were a couple of tense moments early on. a couple of protesters after some sort of altercation were put into a police van and they were released about ten minutes later. not taken into custody. not arrested. they also tried to get into the chicago board of trade. the chicago board of options exchange to try to disrupt business there. they were kept out. a couple did get in to the macy's downtown. older folks may remember that as the marshall field in downtown

. you're looking at live pictures of protesters gathering outside of city hall in chicago as mayor rahm emanuel gets ready to hold a news conference with the city on edge after a number of videos of police-involved shootings have been released in the last few weeks. the mayor apologizing for the police in the 17-year-old shooting of lequan mcdonaldment we'll speak to a task force members straight ahead. >>> also breaking news out of baltimore. the police officer william porter taking the stand there in his own defense. he is the first of six baltimore police officers to go on trial in the april death of freddie gray. porter faces multiple charges including involuntary manslaughter and reckless dane iengerment. he faces 20 years in prison. he testified about why he did not strap freddie gray with a seat belt in the van saying he had never been shown how, also why he didn't call a medic. let's talk about this with miguel. let's get to the major question about calling for help and whether he heard freddie gray say that he couldn't breathe. >> reporter: look, the cross-examination of w

excessive force and misuse of authority is not new in chicago or isolated only to chicago. there is a history of it. we have worked hard to address these concerns over the past four and a half years through intensive training, new policies governing the use of force. but for whatever progress we have made, the killing of laquan mcdonald is a vivid reminder that we have much more work to do as a city. there are two key questions before us. first, was this specific investigation handled properly and i want to be clear that that question is being investigated by the united states department of justice and the u.s. attorney's office. as you know, the city has handed every piece of evidence over to the u.s. attorney's office here in chicago and the fbi within weeks of the incident. this includes evidence related to the shooting itself but also evidence related to the police department's response. they will address these questions when their investigation is complete. i hope you would await the conclusion of their inquiry which i also am anxious for. the second question is how we prevent th

our lives, but i todo know that the misusef force is not isolated to chicago. there is a history of it. we have been working hard to combat that with additional train aring, and combat training, and the proper use of force, but regard lless of the training, the killing of laquan mcdonald is a vifd reminder of much more work to be done in the city. there are two key questions before us. first, was this specific investigation handled properly, and i want that question to be clear that the question is being handled by the city's department and all evidence has been turned the offthe fbi within weeks of the shootings, and that is not only the shooting itself, but to the police department's response. they will address the questions when the investigation is complete, and i would hope that you would await the inquiry which i am anxious for. and the second question is how we prevent this type of incident from happening again. how do we ensure that we are effectively policing the police? that is why today i'm announcing that i have asked five respected chicagoans who are leaders in the crim

from the top spot, the powers that be are getting nerve. >>> the chicago city top cop loses his job. and an illinois prosecutor calls on an investigation of the police. spike lee has an idea that might surprise you and he is with me tonight. i want to begin with the crowd turning out for donald trump in new hampshire. gop leaders increasingly fear he could get the nomination and lead the republicans to a rout in the general election. jeff zeleny has more for us from new hampshire. the leaders feel they have created an unstoppable candidate who is hurting the party and they don't know how to stop him. what are your sources telling you? >> there is no question about that. they don't know how to stop him. two months from tonight, at this very hour, the first votes in the iowa caucuses will be coming in. and many republicans, many people in the establishment thought by this point this race would be in a different -- have a different look to it, it would be ordered differently. but donald trump has remained on top of the field. the rest of the candidates have not been able to consolidate

, i'm brobrooke bal. we have breaking news out of chicago after that video was released showing a police officer killing an african-american. the top cop is out today. in announcing a a new task force, the mayor of chicago said moments ago that he has asked for superintendent's resignation. he's been on the job for four years leading that police force for the third largest city. the decision comes with the public's trust in the department clearly shaken and eroded. >> superintendent mccarthy knows that a police officer is only as effective as when e he has the trust of those e he serves. after this weekend, after sktively handle the protests that followed the release of the video last week and the arrest of the killer, superintendent mccarthy began a discussion on sunday about the direction of the department and the undenial fact that the public trust and leadership of the department has been shaken and eroded. this morning i formally asked for his resignation. >> the superintendent's firing comes a week after the police officer was arrested for first-degree murder in last year's

. protests in chicago, with rahm emanuel apologizing, they're not buying it. trish: it will be get interesting. neil cavuto. breaking this hour, rahm emanuel says, i'm sorry. two words you rarely hear from the chicago mayor's mouth. this coming after he faced sharp criticism throughout the country and most especially in chicago after his handling of the city's police department after the dash-cam video of laquan mcdonald's death. we'll show you the protesters. they're taking to the streets. you can hear them calling for his resignation. this on the heals of that debacle situation where the police department held on to that videotape for roughly 13 months until avram emanuel became mayor. he was up for re-election. he held on to the video. recently was released. people were very disturbed by it. we have much more coming up on this story as protesters take to the streets of chicago calling for rahm emanuel east resignation. i'm trish regan. welcome, everyone to "the intelligence report." we'll head out to chicago with more on breaking story. meanwhile another story breaking this hour

the work. rich versus poor, safe versus violent. the two different sides of chicago. our special series. >>> and rules of the sky, the faa announces new regulations for drones. ♪ >>> president obama is fighting back at isil, and at critics of his strategy to defeat the group. today the president made a rare visit to the pentagon to discuss the u.s. military's plan in syria and iraq. al jazeera's national secure if i correspondent jamie mcintyre has the story. >> reporter: bisi after a more than two-hour meeting here, president obama's message was essentially this, read my lips, no new strategy. trust me the old one is working. president obama's motorcade left the white house mid-morning, for the short trip across the potomac. the rare pentagon meeting of his entire military and homeland security team was intended to show that defeating isil remains among the president's top priority. afterwards in the pentagon briefing room, obama talked tough but took no questions. >> as we squeeze its heart, we'll make it harder. >> reporter: he offered no new plans just a promise to pursue h

shooting that many in chicago call a cover-up with very serious implications. city police officer jason van dyke shot and killed laquan mcdonald in october of last year. he was the only officer to fire even a single shot. the city and police union put out a statement about the shooting that later proved misleading. however, the only way to tell for sure was to look at the video you just saw, which only came out last week, and only after people went to court to get that released. officer van dyke was charged in the killing only last week. chicago's mayor rahm emanuel only took action with respect to the police department today, asking superintendent gargarry mccarthy for his resignation. 13 months after the shooting, illinois attorney general lisa madigan sent a letter to the u.s. attorney general loretta lynch, asking the justice department civil rights division to investigate the chicago police department itself. there's a lot to cover tonight, starting with the very long road to where we are now. cnn's ed lavendera has that. >> reporter: six seconds. that was the time it took for offi

>>> hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. we begin with breaking news from chicago, a major fall from grace for chicago's top cop after a deadly police shooting scandal that has rocked that city. the mayor rahm emanuel revealing just last hour he asked police superintendent gary mccarthy to resign. >> he has become an issue rather than dealing with the issue. and a distraction. i have a lot of loyalty to what he's done and him, but i have a bigger loyalty to the city of chicago, its future and the strength of that future, and no one person trumps my commitment and my responsibility to the city of chicago and its future. >> the city up in arms and in protest after the disturbing police dash-cam video of the shooting death of laquan mcdonald surfaced. here's more from mayor emanuel. >> the use of excessive force and misuse of authority is not new in chicago or isolated only to chicago. there's a history of it. for whatever progress we have made, the killing of laquan mcdonald is a vivid reminder that we have much more work to do as a city. >> today, the cop charged with first degree mur

shipped to peyton manning's. red like cameras. some are rigged in chicago apparently >>> controversy continues to swirl three days after al jazeera showed secrets of dope supporters. it shows how easily athletes exploit the system. the biggest debate continues to be the question of whether the allegation is true that peyton manning's wife was sent human growth more monday. in the film sly said he prescribed and sent hgh to his wife ashleigh and says that he knew that because he was interning there when he was being treated there in 2011. ahead of the institute in a written report, he apparently interned there two years later in 2013. if that is the true day it would bolster claims for manning's supporters that sly couldn't have known what was happening. 2011 was a significant year for manning. he had three surgeries on his neck and missed an entire football season. he worked with the institute to try and recover from his surgeries and neck injuries. the next year in 2012 manning was released by the cut. the denver broncos rolled the dice on him and signed him up as a quarter back. he

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opinion on the streets of chicago. >>> a friend of the san bernardino killers is now under arrest. enrique marquez had previously been identified as the buyer of the guns used in the massacre, and today, charged with providing material support to terrorists. jennifer bisram has more on this. >> reporter: tony, enrique marquez is the first person charged in the mass shooting in san bernardino two weeks ago that killed 14 people. he was arrested and charged with three criminal counts today. one of the accounts, marquez and farook conspired to commit acts of terrorism in 2011 and 2012, and these acts were every carried out. but according to the after david, they planned to attack a local freeway during rush hour, and they also planned to attack the library or the cafeteria at riverside community college where they both were students. and the other charge, the purchase of two long rifles used during the deadly attack on december 2nd. and the third criminal charge claims that marquez defrauded authorities by entering into the sham marriage with a member of syed farook's family. >> inte

chanting rahm must go, after he said i'm sorry in reference to the debacle out of the chicago police department. chicago is the most violent city for violent crime in the country. i'm going hand it over to liz claman who's going to take you into the close of trading right now. liz: superimposed next to that is a neck snapping 360-point swing for the markets. the dow jones industrials down 126. you can blame it on black gold losing more luster, forcing spasms in energy stocks after a 25 -- 200-point gain. >>> fighting terror is the topic of the hour on capitol hill. defense secretary ash carter saying he believe the fight against isis is building momentum but refusing to say that the terror group has been contained and this is fbi director james comey tells another senate panel that the san bernardino terror suspects have been radicalized for a long time and discussing jihad for at least two years before the deadly spree. one week ago this hour. senator dan sullivan is a marine corps officer and member of the senate armed services committee. he was in the room, the most frighte

, brad! jack: coming up on local 5 news at five... a bus crash earlier today in chicago takes the life of someone from des moines. jack: but next.... we've got snow! we'll take a live look at your road conditions and what to expect if you're jack: here's a live look now outside from the d-o-t cameras. ((add info on where-- ad lib to conditions)) we are hearing about some accidents. again, you unless you absolutely have to. and if you do, go local 5's claire powell is out on the roads right now. claire? claire/livetvu: -- shorter version of the a block -- location, road conditions, any where -- go slow jack: and we're not the only ones weather. all across the country, wild weather has been hitting from new mexico, to texas, to illinois. hundreds of flights are being cancelled at chicago o'hare international airport. "we had a flight to las vegas to go see fireworks on the 31st, and um all flights are cancelled. and we couldn't get a flight out of here until um, the 31st. " "lady down there said there were 700 cancelled." jack: a young des moines woman was killed in a bus crash this morning

a a we're following breaking news at this hour, and it happened half an hour ago. chicago's mayor, ron immanuel, asked for the resignation of the police chief, gary mccarthy, with the force since 2011. following the shooting death of black teen, laquan mcdonald. he was shot 16 times by a white police officer, the officer involved in that case, jason van zike, has been charged with murder. and he was released with $50,000 cash bond yesterday, outlining the problem, from january, the shooting victims in the windy city, and a year later, there have been 2,324 shooting victims. the reverend, jesse jackson among others demanding that the police chief be fired. it's four times higher than the national average. the black friday protests led by reverend jackson put a lot of pressure to do something. and the city council said this they too thought that the police superintendent should go. >>> a short i'm ago, immanuel said that it's under investigation. >> was this handled approximately? i want to be clear that the u.s. attorney's office, as you know, the city has handed every piece of evi

steplation of a cover-up by chicago cops. looks like the city of a deep dish is in deep dish of [bleep]. these allegations make chicago the most corrupt city in america so congratulations second city you're finally number one at something. kidding. and i sit down with spike leer of the new movie "chi-raq." it's the only film about black people in chicago police haven't allegedly tampered with. let's do this. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. very kind. thank you. thank you so much. welcome to the "the nightly show." they tell us larry. spike lee is joining us tonight. [cheers and applause] very cool. before we begin though i'm sure you all have heard of this shooting in san bernardino right now it's a horrible situation and still unfolds as we're taping and our heart goes out to everybody. this is really unacceptable of the heels of the shoot at planned parenthood it's overwhelming. it's happening too much. let me see if i can put it in perspective there's been 355 mass shootings this year and we are only on calendar day 336. this has really got to stop. all right. that's all

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. >> following more news today, hundreds taking to chicago to the streets last night demanding justice for a man shot and killed pia police last year. yesterday the cook's county district attorney say charges will not be filed goodens the officer who shot ronald johnson. now people in that community are joining his family calling for some officials to step down. >> reporter: marching near the sight where chicago police fatally shot ronald johnson in october of 2014. protesters called for the cook >> hey hey. >> hoe hoe! >> alvarez sparking outrage after announcement on monday. >> i'm not covering anything up. >> that they will not be charging the officer in that shooting. >> the crime cannot be proven without a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: resisted arrest and took off running. dash cam video shows johnson running from police before being shot we officer george hernandez twice in the back. >> i'm very upset that she didn't convict this officer murdering my son and i'm not going to stop until i get what i want for him and that's justice. >> the night of the shooting, dispatch began receiving

out. >>> more resignations and dash-cam video. now the feds are going to investigate the chicago police. >> this is bigger than one incident. >>> as the paris summit continues. bernie sanders on why climate change is the biggest threat facing us all. >> let me be clear about this. i see this as the major planetary environmental crisis that we face. >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i am chris hayes, the day after president obama called on the nation to rise above fear and resist the urge to discriminate in the wake of recent terrorist attacks, the republican presidential frontrunner is now demanding that an entire religious group be barred from entering this country, according to an official statement from his campaign donald trump is calling for a total and complete shut-down of muslims from entering the u.s. until our country's representatives can figure out what's going on. the candidate discussed his new proposal moments ago including reading the statement aloud at a rally in south carolina on board an aircraft carrier. >> what's happened is we're

times by police officers. in chicago meanwhile local black religious leaders called today for a vote of no confidence against mayor rahm emanuel. this follows allegations of a coverup in investigation of the death of 17-year-old la quawnl n mcdonald. as david ariosto reports, outrage over mcdonald's shooting by a police officer has forced chicago's mayor to scramble to survive. >> some kid was shot down by 16 shots. >> 16 shots. >> it's time for police to stop. not just today, this is not new. >> reporter: as protests continue to royal the city of chicago over the police killing of a black teenager the stakes for rahm emanuel couldn't be higher. the chicago mayor is facing perhaps his biggest political challenge yet as calls for his resignation get louder. >> getting him to resign doesn't mean our work is over. >> but in a week that saw the u.s. justice department investigation the department. and the new illinois observer poll that shows a majority of chicagoans, 51% think emanuel should resign. the embattled mayor this week sought to strike a conciliatory tone. >> i'm the mayor. i tak

missed their flights today may not get out anytime soon. 21:29:49--58 'we were going to chicago and from chicago to lax, so it was a direct flight from chicago but its the flights coming in i guess. they dont get the planes coming in so they cant take them out.' scott helling of ames, and his mother marlene have tickets to bowl...but their flight was cancelled today...and this wasn't just about seeing a football game...the trip had an extra special meaning. 21:28:45 'how much preparation went into this trip? quite a bit because 21:28:47--21:29:01 'it was in memory of my father who was a huge huge away two or three years ago but we said if and we were gonna go out there so, it was its not gonna husbands brother was picking us up. were very disappointed, because this was a folks who don't have tickets to the rose bowl...but were planning on going to pasadena to tailgate...like zach morgan...who's from pella but now lives in los angeles...he but won't be able to fly out of des moines until sunday, due to the weather. 21:42:20 'its disappointing yeah, i was talking to all my friends abo

, part four of our week-long series. five days in chicago. >>> also growing fear islamophobia is spreading, and not just here in america. >> and we are back with our final installment of our series "five days in chicago" looking at the protest movement targeting the chicago police department. the demonstrations intensified when video was released last month showing teenager laquan mcdonald being shot 16 times. the officer who fired those shots appeared in court for the first time before being indicted on murder charges. we're in chicago now with the latest. >> well, the laquan mcdonald case is back on the move here in downtown chicago. you can see protesters are blocking streets, causing a lot of trouble here on this busy rush hour night. they've been doing this pretty much for the last three weeks now. earlier today they jostled around jason van dyke as he left court after a very brief court appearance. he's facing six counts of murder in this grand jury indictment. when it comes to how to reach the new goals there is a definite split between the old guard and the new guard. >>

. >>> plus, you can see the gunshots. another chicago police shooting, another 400-plus-day wait to see the graphic video. does it show a justifiable killing or murder? >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the globe. i'm jim sciutto in for jake. and this is "the lead." and breaking news right this second. >>> our cnn/orc poll out of iowa where donald trump looms larger than ever in the republican field with exactly eight weeks left when voting starts and america gets down to the business of actually electing the next president, trump is the overwhelming double-digit leader. winning iowa would be a huge jump start to trump's bid for the nomination. something many people once thought impossible. but something that now looks more and more likely by the day. cnn chief political correspondent dana bash is here to run down the numbers. so, dana, trump went from being statistically tied ahead by really a margin of error and now up by 13. >> we're seeing the trend in the iowa poll ral le mirror what we saw last week in the national poll. trump is best on issues voters care