. >> trump! >> trump is right. americans know he's right. >> when mexico sends its people, they are bringing drugs, they're bringing crimes, they're rapists. >> trump is acting in a very old and shameful american tradition. every so often like a fever, anti-immigrant feeling arises. >> excuse me. sit down. you weren't called. sit down. >> what you see is what you get. he's genuine. he's the real deal. >> he has tapped into a part of the electorate that is, i think, deeply angry about the state of the economy. >> how stupid are the people of iowa? how stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap? >> this guy is just saying what people are thinking. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> trump's statement is a dangerous proposal that overrides history, the law and the foundation of america itself. >> you are getting donald trump full throttle, ready to destroy an

earlier in the show we were talking about trump, trump, trump, and trump. let's continue with trump now. i showed you this thing where he definitely made fun of the disabled "new york times" reporter. >> yup. >> larry: let's show that again. >> now the poor guy, you gotta see this guy, "oh, i don't know what i said! i don't remember." he's going like, "i don't remember." >> larry: i know, it's so horrible. it's laughable in the worst way possible, right. and someone even asked from the audience, at what point is going to take for people to say no to trump? at what point? >> it's so frustrating, man! it's insane. mech is so ass-backwards when it comes to what they're mad about. it's incredible. if i were to get on stage as a comic, i do comedy five night a week, when i got up there and game over! game over! new career! new career! that's laying carpet. >> larry: you were laying carpet? i didn't know that. >> ridiculous! >> larry: why copeople not care-- i mean, he's obviously lying. why don't people care gidon't-- it feels like you can dp with dumb and then

trump. constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like ordering wine equals pretending to know wine. pinot noir, which means peanut of the night. >> this is not conservatism. what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly, it's not what this country stands for. >> that was the speaker of the house this morn, the person who controls the outcome of all legislation that congress passes saying that congress would never pass a law banning muslims from entering this koun tr i. the senate majority leader and minority leader says the same thing. donald trump's audience seems to believe presidents are all powerful and they can do what they want, but the idea would actually require a vote of the congress

trump has seen a bump. he has seen a bump in national polls since that statement which was widely seen as controversial. >> you could say more than a bump. if you go from 33 to 38 or 41, that is showing that people and the message is resonating with more people. it is once again proven political laws do not apply to donald trump. >> we don't have a graphic, but 60% of republican primary voters say they approve of the muslim ban. he is playing to the base. nationally, when you deal with democrats and republicans, it is the opposite. 60% against the muslim ban. republican primary voters, the one who nominate their president, they support it. >> he fires up the base. this is the story for him. in the fall and winter. he fires up the base and gets them going. with hillary clinton in the same poll, he does do as well. >> and behind us is the stage where it happens tonight in less than 13 hours. donald trump, we just heard him there. it will not be an evening in paradise. who does after donald trump the hardest?

everybody stopped in their tracks and everybody's talking about trump, trump, trump again. he doesn't do -- he isn't -- he doesn't do anything willy nilly. >> he's strategic. >> he is in this and you can't help but note the timing of this as ted cruz is surging in iowa from all -- no matter how you measure it, all of a sudden he freezes the race in place with this. everything, everybody has stopped in its place in the political world to deal with this. >> steve, steve schmidt, the gop analyst said to politico today, when republican voters look at obama, they see weakness, fecklessness and indecisiveness and trump is in their estimation the antidote to that. >> yeah. no. i mean, there's a contrast here, too, on trump's part. with this proposal, chuck's saying we have the different theories why he chose now. another one you throw out there is he threw it out a day after president obama gave his prime time address on his plan to defeat isis, dealing with terrorism and all sorts of commentary there about was the president strong enough, did he have a clear enough plan and here'

trump. redid you say 97?97! yes. you know, that reminds me of geico's 97% customer satisfaction rating. 97%? helped by geico's fast and friendly claims service. huh... oh yeah, baby. geico's as fast and friendly as it gets. woo! geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. >> this is not conservatism. what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly, it's not what this country stands for. >> that was the speaker of the house this morn, the person who controls the outcome of all legislation that congress passes saying that congress would never pass a law banning muslims from entering this koun tr i. the senate majority leader and minority leader says the same thing. donald trump's audience seems to believe presidents are all powerful and they can do what they want, but the idea would actually require a vote of the congress and not one member of the united states senate is in favor of donald trump's idea. not one member of the house of representatives is

trump is 55%. on the budget, trump is 51. and how about this? it was 17 real estate now it's 15 and now it's 14. it's going down. it's going to go down quickly. by the way, one thing i have to tell you, new hampshire will always maintain its place if i win. just so you know. there's a big movement. to put you at the front of the pact. i don't know why. i don't know, is it retribution, they don't want it? they don't like it? you have a lot of power. and -- >> buy it. >> they have problems. they have a heroin problem that is really incredible. i hear so much about that from the people up here and we're going to build a wall and have a real border. we've got to get the whole heroin thing under control. >> this is donald trump at a rally in new hampshire. we're monitoring this. we're going to go back to it live. he's talking about the polls in new hampshire. even though he's still topping the polls in that state, the top new hampshire in new hampshire is not a fan. the publicer of the unier leader wrote an editorial call trump a blow hard and says h

it benefits both trump and her. the more the media -- look, trump offends. the more the media gets offended by it, the more anybody who is the person who got hit by him is offended by it, the more people out there who are offended at the whole political process in this country, who are for him, dig in harder and cheer him on. this is like a self reinforcing kabuki game between the press, trump and his opponent. it works. >> so i'm looking at where this goes next. i've heard a couple pundits say and now trump himself talking about bill clinton, trump tweeting, for example -- letting her husband out for campaign. he's demonstrated a penchant for sexism, so inappropriate and this morning, again, trump warned of bill clinton and some of the troubles of his presidency. >> i think that's absolutely fair game. first of all, hillary clinton has been of late tweeting, issues statements about how victims should -- alleged victims of sex crimes should always be believed. always be given the benefit of the doubt. that standard creates certain problems for bill clinton w

how does trump handle adversity? i think we all believe that ted cruz will fight fiercely, even if he does worse in iowa than he wants. a third question is related to the first question. is trump willing to spend money on this race? that's not just about organization, that is about ads. we still don't know the answer, whether donald will face an opponent like ted cruz and spending tens of millions of dollars to finance, if he starts to believe he might not win. john: they will be fascinating to see if -- i don't know. he really wants to win. he is also really cheap, proudly cheap, and he has said before if he doesn't think he will win, you will get out of the race. you might not do it quick. mark: he is still the favorite until cruz overtakes him a little more. cruz has extraordinary assets in fundraising and in super pac's, and extraordinary, diverse coalition. john: and a real past. mark: most of the attention is on ted cruz and donald trump, and the rest are feeling sundaes like the other movies coming out on the

do you side with donald trump or do you not side with donald trump? is donald trump right or am i wrong when i say donald trump was responsible for the killing of journalists. answer the question, katrina. is vladimir putin responsible for the killing -- that's all i want. this isn't a trick question. yes or no. >> many western scholars, u.s.-british have many different views of vladimir putin. i'm going to cite my friend, leader of the anti-kremlin -- many he believes were assassinated because of their investigative exposure in chechnya or in corruption. he does not believe that putin ordered the assassination. he believes that putin created the climate. >> what about his political opponents? a lot of them were jailed but there a lot of assassinations or is donald trump right, he's not responsible for those either? >> i'm not going to agree with donald trump. i'm going to side with those who have -- >> katrina, i need you to answer the question. you won't answer any question. i'm on your side, katrina. but it sounds like you are actually defending pu

on the website fortheholders for trump in the so-called muslim world -- the trump towers in istanbul, turkey. we know right now turkey is being criticized for not securing their border with syria. 99% of turkey officially muslim. is donald trump prepared to pull all of his business interests out of turkey for example given the criticism as you well know for the turkish government not doing enough to keep that pipeline of terrorists from going in and out of syria. >> well, what i think you need to do is consider the source. i mean "the daily beast." >> but at the same time, mr. trump has always been open about having business overseas. all over the world actually. he has said that not all muslims are this way. all he's saying is to halt the immigration process so we can get a handle on things here. with regard rars egards to turk we're not quite sure what's going on over there because russia and obama are disagreeing on things so mr. trump can't really say anything until we know what's going on with turkey. the question is here is, how many american citizens are going to have to die be

trump: yes, it is. [applause] mr. trump: it is. if he is from texas, to the best of my knowledge, there is a lot of oil in texas. he gets a lot of money from the oil companies and he is told -- totally against ethanol and everything else that you are talking about. i am not. i'm totally in favor. it is a big industry here. [applause] mr. trump: you know, is that industry is upset, iowa has problems. i was here through weeks ago with a group -- any of the people here that were at that meeting? they were such amazing people, right? stand up. we had a good meeting, right? i learned so much about it. i was in favor of it even before. that is correct, either member you very well. how could you forget? it was amazing. looking at the plants. also, beyond even the fuel capacities which we want to create as much as we can, tremendous numbers of jobs in iowa. i say to myself, if ted cruz is against ethanol, how does he win in iowa? that is very anti-iowa. i don't know how he wins in iowa. [applause] mr. trump: but i totally for it, ok? thank

>> and i think donald trump wins south carolina. >> okay. >> i have cruz, trump, trump. >> cruz trump, trump? >> i think cruz wins iowa. one of the governors could win or kasich. i don't believe trump will winnetter of the first two. trump will come back and win south carolina. so, i think a split result which means the race goes a long way. the one thing that i have been wrong about is this notion that the trump bubble will burst. he has more organization than people think. >> certainly in iowa. >> in iowa. in new hampshire. if you go to the headquarters, what you see is what he lets you see. trump is in for the long haul. one or two of the three, christie, rubio and kasich. >> i'm going to say trump in iowa. part of the reason why, i was at a trump rally a few weeks ago. i asked a lot of his supporters this question, would you be willing to switch your allegiance to ted cruz? lot of people were almost furious at the notion that cruz would come in and beat trump in the state of new hampshire, i'm going with christie. i think no one can pull off a town hall quite like chris christie.

coming to trump's defense again and again. >> i like donald trump. he's bold, brash. >> reporter: it's a different story behind closed doors. as cruz talks privately by overtaking trump and ben carson. >> people are looking for who is prepared to be a commander in chief. that's a question of strength but also a question of judgment. and i think that is a question that is a challenging question for both of them. >> reporter: trump pouncing in a tweet. looks like ted cruz is getting ready to attack. i'm leading by so much, he must. i hope so. he will fall like all others. will be easy. forcing cruz to quickly downplay his remarks tweeting "the establish's only hope trump and me in a cage match. sorry to disappoint. donald trump is terrific." the latest squirmish comes with republicans wondering whether they can stop trump. making plans for a contested contention this week in washington. the republican national committee said there was no reason for worry. but the cruz/trump tussle is a sign that the race is entering a new and volatile phase. until now,

>>> tonight, donald trump's muslim ban backlash. the republican front-runner doubling down amid widespread condemnation, defiant as rivals label his plan racist and unconstitutional. is he feeding into exactly what isis wants while rallying his supporters who say he is right? tonight, tom brokaw on the politics of fear and the harsh lessons of history. >>> plus, the money trail mystery before the massacre in san bernardino. thousands of dollars suddenly deposited in the killer's account. >>> also tonight, ate larging rise in distracted drivers beyond texting. what so many say they are doing behind the wheel. proving to be deadly. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, this outrage and provocation has taken what many see as an ominous turn with use religion as a determining factor as to who can come into this country. legal experts believe his proposal to ban muslims from entry is unconstitutional and it certainly echoes of a dark and sh

trump mania. >> donald j. trump is calling and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. country's representatives can figure out on. the hell is going don't worry about profiling. i promise, i will defend you profiling! >> are you a bigot? >> not at all. probably the least of anybody you've ever met. >> he steals headlines from other candidates who long for the attention. >> donald trump always plays on everyone's worst instincts and saying we're not going to let a single muslim in this country is a dangerous aboutaction in it's not the blow hards out there just saying stuff. not's not a program, that's a plan. >> he steals headlines from the president in we cannot turn by letting another, this fight be defined as a war islam. america and that too is what groups like isil want. >> and he's thrown his own party into a pre-primary tizzy. >> this is not conservatism. yesterday isosed not what this party stands for. and more importantly, it's not this country stands for. >> but is there more at wor

on trump. they think the market here, backed by super pac money, is the guy who will call trump out and say this isn't the person who should be our standardbearer. now, and ih right have been saying this a long time, is well-positioned, assuming that what he sees as the flaws of the establishment candidate bear out. john: we will be in the disagreement zone only because i think there are some elements of -- what i with bush is what you saw with ted kennedy. they become liberated once they realize they cannot win. somewhere deep in his psyche, he knows he will not be the nominee, but he wants to do one good thing for his own reputation, and that is takedown trump. mark: we will see if the super pac feels the same way. later the program, we will take a look at other political moves, the fallout from the rate move, and the mistrial in the freddie gray gase in baltimore -- case in baltimore. ♪ john: today after a jury deliberated, a baltimore judge announced a mistrial in the case of william port

donald trump is very unpredictable. but i think what we've seen before, trump who is willing to attack at events like this. and much more reserved when we see him on the debate stage. and part of that could be a strategy to appeal to maybe more moderates who want to see that donald trump can sort of rein it in a little bit on a bigger stage. but i think it's a big question on the cnn debate tomorrow night, you're also looking at a guy. sure, trump is leading in the national polls but in iowa it is a very tight race and that could be what pushes him over the edge. >> sarah, is somebody actually singing opera behind you or is that a recording? >> reporter: this is part of donald trump's play list. it is not actual loud opera, just very loud opera music behind me. yeah, he likes this. >> very pretty, very nice. just ahead as we have been reporting, ted cruz is heading into tomorrow's debate with new momentum. his support surging in iowa where he made gains in several polls. our gary tuchman spent time with the cruz support

donald trump gets the nomination. okay. donald trump gets the nomination. who would you tell him to pick as his veep. >> who would do it? other than jeffrey lord i'm not sure who he could get to fill this slot. i mean maybe -- >> ivanka which would make me feel very, very good. >> maybe a ted cruz. i don't know of the current candidates running who would jump onto a donald trump ticket. i think it would mean certain professional death if they did. but maybe a ted cruz. clearly ben carson i think would take the job. >> ben carson. there's a strong bench on the republican side. if they don't win the nomination rubio could do it. kasich could do it. christie. a lot of talk of nicky haley out of south carolina. >> i think there's a very deep bench. brian sandoval in nevada. tim scott would be an interesting pick out of south carolina also tea party. so i think it all depends on who the nominee is and what gap they need to fill. the one piece of advice i would give the nominee on either side is do not pick a token because you think you need check off that box. d

trump, dr. carson and probably senator cruz would be the easiest to beat but i don't really know, i have been surprised at the durability of mr. trump despite him insulting so many people using biggoted language and a whole religious group not radical, violent muslims but just all muslims he would prohibit to come in at least for now is a reckless term and really will help as even defense experts say isis and recruiting. he would probably be the ease east one to beat but i say probably because he's surprised me so far on his durability at least among the republican base. >> yeah, there were -- can katr that does not surprise you and many said they thought donald trump was going all the way. >> yeah, including myself and, you know, this idea that isis somehow liked us more a week ago just -- just the sound of it doesn't make any sense but mr. trump has been very strong from the beginning and of course, hillary clinton doesn't want to run against donald trump. of course they want to pick the milk

not donald trump. >> not donald trump. because this year, when a lot of world leaders were tested as never before, no one was tested more than her. over and over and over again she was the one who had to step in and address first the economic crisis that could have brought down the eurozone this summer. then the refugee crisis this fall. now the return of terror in europe. and it's -- this is someone who has been in office for ten years. she arguably could have been the person of the year a number of times. but this year really was the one that i think pushed her out in front. as we call her the chancellor of the free world. this is the one who stood up to putin around ukraine. this is the one who is fighting the war -- >> this sounds like somebody who you want to be person of the year. when "time" magazine has long told us it is the person who has shaped events for good or ill the most across the world. >> so i recognize around this table -- mr. halperin and i were having this fight, a spirited discussion. the person who

do you see trump leaning on that? >> reporter: i think trump is kind of forging his own path here with this one. really were, he's even pointed to fdr and him bank immigrants or people coming into the country from active countries during world war ii and, of course, this is very different. because the u.s. isn't at war with islam. the u.s. is at war with isis, which represents, you know, a small number of the i believe 1.6 billion muslims in the entire world. listen, this puts the republican party in a really tricky position because democrats like you saw josh ernest do there, like hillary clinton did yesterday are going to tie every other republican candidate to what donald trump is saying. now at the same, the republican party can't completely out of hand dismiss trump or completely exclude him from the party. because that would perhaps provoke him to run as an independent candidate and i think the republican party officials are very mindful if trump does that, the republican party leads the white house. >> i got to

> i think he's just hoping that trump will go away without him having to really confront trump. and maybe that's a smart policy and we don't know at this point, frankly. but it seems so far to be working for him. if talk radio does turn on trump and come to cruz's aid, that would be a huge blow to trump's chances. as mckay said, rosie gray wrote about this two months ago. talk radio's been influential for trump's rise. they do want someone like cruz in the senate. >> tomorrow night trump will i think come after him. he's going to have to respond. there's a sort of toughness question if someone comes up and rhetorically socks you in the face and you don't do anything. it doesn't look good. >> i agree. i actually think -- i think tomorrow night gives cruz an opportunity to do something that literally no other republican has been able to do yet. >> i agree. i actually think -- i think tomorrow night gives cruz an opportunity to do something that literally no other republican has been able to do yet. and almost no one who's interviewed trump so far has been able to do yet, which is

trump. who are you voting for? trump. i talked about it in my own house where i had people from florida come up and did a lot on the focus group eating pizza. they're all professionals. who are you voting for? trump. one of the best doctors in south florida, trump. he's a moderate guy. that's the thing. powerful bankers in new york city, democrats say screw it, i'm voting for trump. >> i would like to meet that guy. i've not met any democrats or republicans say they're voting for trump. honestly. >> in this, in all of this backdrop. >> maybe they're afraid they're not. >> if trump become the nominee it would be a good situation for hillary. >> bush talking about very, very high education and people who have had a lot of education are not necessarily for trump. how did you describe it? if you contain a higher education you tend to be supportive of trump. that's nothing to do with ideology. joe could be right. >> i think what mike said a few minutes ago if you go back to the beginning of the trump phenomenon where you talk

"citizen trump." it's at 7:00 p.m. >>> we have been taking your pulse today on our question that we put out there about donald trump's controversial statements about hillary clinton, whether or not he's gone too far with this vulgar rhetoric. let's take a look at what the pulse is saying so far. currently right now, as we look at the bing pulse, 81% say yeah, he has gone too far. the rest of you, 18%, feel that no. it's not too vulgar. the pulse remains live. excuse me, 81% to 19%. pulse remains live. that's what happens when you have a monitor. you can actually read these things. pulse.msnbc.com. >>> following brand new developments regarding a grand jury's decision late monday to issue no indictments in the july death of sandra bland, the 28-year-old who was found dead in her texas jail cell three days after police arrested her during what typically would be a routine traffic stop. medical examiner's ruled her death a suicide by hanging but her family has questioned that finding. here's sandra bland

donald trump has a point. we're not perfectly vetting people, obviously one of the terrorists in san bernardino came in on a fiancee visa. so what do you make of his suggestion to temporarily ban muslims from coming into the u.s.? >> i think it's counterproductive. right now we still make mistakes, people still come through with all the best intelligence we have. i don't think we're sharing with the rest of the world what we need to. >> why not shut it down? >> that's not going to solve the problem. we are a country of immigrants. you have people coming in. we want them here. we want them here because we want what they can provide and give to our country. and they come here for good and positive reasons. donald trump keeps citing the -- what fdr did during the second world war in intering the japanese. we saw that as a huge mistake, one of the best of the units that fought for europe was a japanese unit they let in toward the end. people are not defined solely by their religion. if you start on this jihad of i

trump, like everybody trump touches goes to gold. he says he is going to make his friend putin is his friend. >> what makes you think it would be any different as a president? the perception is whenwn he gets there, if he gets there, things will get done perception by whom? >> by his followers. >> people showing up in the middle of the day in arizona. >> still losing to hillary clinton in the hypocritical polls. >> but in those polls are all -- >> -- because he has alienated so many people. >> those are all polls. they are picking up the phone and dialing numbers that they already know. >> one thing, donald trump to a large extent is instinctsive creature. he is going by the seat of his pants. immigration is the centerpiece of his campaign i submit to you that he blurted out that immigration thing about drug dealers and racists in a totally uncalculated, unpremeditated way. and then saw the reaction from the tea party types and then made it his centerpiece to his campaign. >> you see where a lot of his stuff comes. he doesn't poll te

but that's not the trump name. trump is about winning. one of the things he's talked about as republicans say, is this going to drag on, are we going to have an open convention, how do you block trump? trump and carson didn't like that conversation. they said, if you're going to start doing backroom deals, he won't lead. here's a bit of what he told jake tapper about the idea should he stay as a republican no matter what or bolt? >> i've been hearing about it, i've been hearing about these closed-door meetings and i don't like that. that wasn't the deal i made. i signed a pledge and the pledge was a double deal. there was supposed to be honorable. so we're going to find out. if it's that way, they're going to have problems. but i hope it's not going to be that way. >> define "problems." >> i think you can expect donald trump to get pretty nasty. he's been able to do it successfully and not actually get hurt politically. and i think that he would probably make good on his promise to bolt if he doesn't like the deal that they strike. he's i

the ad calls trump a bully. if trump is a bully, the people that trump is representing have been bullied by the gop establishment for the past eight years. they see mr. trump as a defender. calling him a bully is helping mr. trump and fortifying why people like him. >> you don't believe that, sherry? >> i don't believe that. i think that mr. trump's act is wearing thin. we are seeing the results now in iowa where you don't have a national media. mr. trump gets twice the media of all the other candidates combined. in iowa where there is retail politicking and local ads it's a more realistic view he is not doing as well. >> we have talked about that whole thing about getting more coverage because you know, that's a misnomer. donald trump says yes to interviews, other candidates don't say yes to interviews. if hillary clinton or jeb bush -- we would have them on. >> you cover his rallies wall to wall. you are not covering the event -- >> there was no other -- >> we are not talking just the interviews. >> point take

bush said he would not give oxygen to trump's priebus disagreeing with trump's plan to ban muslims, telling a conservative newspaper, "we need to aggressively take on radical islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our american values" but priebus turned down requests to make that point on camera. >> the pledge. >> reporter: months after signing trump's loyalty pledge to the party, today's cautious condemnation coming as the establishment grapples with how to distance itself from trump's language without disowning his supporters, the party's faith tied to the front-runner's fortune. >> ex-s aer is baiting the battle long existing within the party, for a number of years no one has wanted to deal with. >> reporter: today a call from within the gop for the candidate to drop out. >> time for donald trump to withdraw from the race. >> reporter: and from outside the party, a fast and fierce response from democrats. >> silence only empowers bigots. >> the question now is about the rest of the republican party and dragged into the dust bin of history with them. >> reporter: trump is still leadi

no more about obama, the discussion was trump, trump, trump, trump, trump, trump, trump, trump, all day, all night on every network. that's how he continues to stay on the lead on the gop race. lou: chris stirewalt, i would expect of anyone, with your capacities and character to define that from the evidence. apparently, your lessers, that is those others, other folks running for president, can't figure out what the heck to do with him, because it is a pattern, as you suggest, with this man. he seems to find the issue. he finds the statement he ignites a brushfire in the media and, by the way, when the smoke clears, suddenly the republican party are discussing issues that they never, ever, ever wanted to touch. and this time it is the muslim religion, its relationship to radical islamist terrorism and what in the world is this country going do about it? i hear in your analysis a little rejection, if you will, of donald trump's view, and i understand that, but i don't hear and embrace president obama. the fact of the matter is he spent 13 minutes sunday. couldn't get an ounce of attentio

trump or its supporters. david shuster has more. >> reporter: in the wake of the san bernardino attack, and amidst concerns of more attack, president obama sunday night urged americans not to overreact. >> let's not forget, freedom is more powerful than fear. soothing public fears about violence can be difficult. less than 24 hours later donald trump went the other way. >> we could be politically yect or we could be stupid. it's going to get worse and worse. >> as dramatic as trump's rhetoric about muslims may seem. in this campaign, the exploitation of fear has been growing. >> i want surveillance of certain mosques, okay, if that's okay. i want surveillance. and you know what, we have had it before, we'll have it again. >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation, i would not agree with that. >> some political analysts point out in the nomination contest, the sentiment could be beneficial. >> i think particularly in states like iowa and south carolina, where you have a lot of white

that has trumped this action. now we're on there with our hand out saying we need help with is isis. he's not going to do much to help us until we change the tactic against the assad regime. >> the president said we have to deal with the syrian civil war before we can go after isis. today, secretary kerry meeting with sergei lavrov, the prime minister of russia. the so-called syrian people will decide the fate of bash aral assad, which means bash aral assad will determine his fate. this is the first astonishing example. >> this is an example of the u.s. commitment to the belligerent. vladmir putin holds all the cards. he's propped up the assad regime. it was in danger of being encroached upon by the rebel forces. he's sitting at the table and saying these are my terms. assad and his regime will stay. he may trade assad for a better deal. we're backing away from assad and this regime have to change because they have killed and murdered their people and we're wiping that slate clean. we have done it before with iran

>> trump is independent you're voting for trump. >> yeah. i'd vote for him over rubio. because maybe the party does need to be fractured. maybe it's time to blow it up. >> hillary is -- dickerson: frank joins us from las vegas where republicans will debate on tuesday. frank, some that have whole experience up for us what's the big headline for you? >> the big headline that political correctness is alive and well and it is found in the trump candidacy. three things, number one that trump voters are much more optimistic that any other republicans because they believe that donald trump can actually turn back barack obama. number two that these voters were salty in their language than any vehicle us group i have ever moderated. they have taken the tone and demeanor of their candidate and they're proud of it. number three, if donald trump should decide to run as independent, the republican party will be in deep, deep trouble. and by the way, i blame the leadership of the g.o.p. because donald trump does his worst in the presidential debates. if there were more debates where

trump. our roundtable is standing by with their insights and we'll even ask a supreme court justice what he thinks of trump's proposals. but first, we went on the trail this week for an exclusive interview with the man who has tlans formed the race for the white house. >> we are going to make america great again! i love you. i love you. thank you. >> reporter: as a presidential candidate donald trump turned to the republican primary into a blockbuster. >> i will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created, i tell you that. >> reporter: we caught up with in michigan to talk about the year that was. when you first got in, you were kind of dismissed, you know, people said, maybe he'll be in a flash in the pan. did you think you would dominate the field? >> not to this extent and not this quickly. really, it's very quick. we're doing so amazeingly well. we have the keep, i want to keep the lead. it's a very strong domination and it's a very, very big lead. i didn't think we would have t

interest is a ceiling to trump support. that 35% is strong and intense and believe in trump. the problem all these guys have is that they don't have a plan themselves. all they are doing is reacting to what trump does. as long as they do that, they are not going to be able to take him down. >> 35% is the ceiling? >> 14 people in the race. 35% would be a i wouldof2> love better than the others playing around with 3%, had% 5%. >> people said 25% that was the ceiling. when he was at 30 that was the ceiling. he keeps breaking through these ceilings. this is amazing election. trump continues to set is the tone of the debate for both parties. he made a mistake on this one with. >> why? why is this the one simon? there are people have said the war hero thing with mccain carlie. he went too far. >> i'm not going to argue that it's going to hurt him. i think his proposal was a mistake. this was a bad idea. i'm not arguing therefore this is going to hurt him with the public or primary audience it clearly hasn't. >> you can see it in the numbers. it's exactly why the numbers are not goi

trump. the question is who can win it. >> right, right. gops are having that discussion of being able to win that majority, which would create a brokered part convention next summer. here's what donald trump said to jake tapper about that. >> what do you think about the idea of the brokered convention? dr. carson got upset and said it sounded like people were trying to subvert of the voters. >> i agreed with what ben said. i wrote him a little note. i thought it was excellent. i haven't seen it yet, i've been hearing about the closed door meetings and i don't like that. i signed a pledge but the pledge was a double deal. they're supposed to be h honorable. so we'll find out. if it's that way, they're going to have problems. i hope it not going to be that way. >> he said there may be problems if there's a brokered convention. what can happen if there's a brokered convention and do you believe one of these guys could go to a third party? >> there's no question donald trump has been threatening

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i'm not a trump guy, but i think we have good american men and women supporting trump. when he came out with his big announcement about shutting off temporarily immigration from muslim nations. i gave him a thumbs up. lou: most republicans support him in that. but this brokered convention idea, it fascinates me. trump said clearly, i'll put it in parlance, in the vernacular. if you screw with me he will go independent, and he will tear the republican party to pieces because the people who like him mean for him to be the nominee. they are passionate. the intensity of their selection him is much more intense than anyone else. betsy, there is any way this can be avoid? the republic scan party is saying we have 15 candidate, but only one of them can get the 35% and it's the wrong one. >> trying avoid this is the million dollar question. a poll came out yesterday that showed 68% of trump's voters would vote for him if he ran as a third party candidate. that's giving the election to hillary clinton. >> there is one big problem that trump is racing toward. the sore loser laws

trump: kanye west, he loves trump. john: the candidates on late-night tv, when we come back. ♪ john: throughout the year, we have had a fair number of guests that stand at the crossroads of politics and popular culture. here is a best of compilation of those who came to play in 2015. mark: let me run through some of the candidates you have interviewed. john kasich -- seth: john kasich seems like a very nice man. i do not know if the electoral college is looking for reasonable man. mark: ted cruz. him aned cruz, i found aggressive debater. he was very willing to go back and forth. he likes conflict. mark: carly fiorina. seth: sharp, but less charismatic than i was expecting. when people run for president, they have to have a little bit more sparkle. mark: mr. sparkle, lindsey graham. are pulling a 1%, he was dealing. loaded up jokes. you can always tell when they preplan their off-the-cuff jokes. bernie sanders, good sense of humor. very laid-back. mark: you are an historic figure. you've helped president obama with s

trump 27'. cruz no question trump could win the nomination and this christmas he should send barack obama a very nice gift for making that possible maybe some golf clubs. send cards to the liberal media because it is the obama media 1-2 punch that has/o to the top of the republican field. first, the president. no question many americans perhaps most, are angry with mr. obama. he simply will not fight the war on terror in an effective way and many folks feel unsafe. also he continues to allow people to illegally enter america with impunity. from october is 1st to november 30th, illegal entries for foreign family units have risen 173% over the same tame last year. there is no border security and everybody knows it it just this week another illegal alienh. criminal, 33-year-old jomar diaz tried to murder a police officer in new jersey like the kate steinle case in san francisco, diaz had been deported. went back to the dominican republic and then he defies deportation and comes back) here. yet, pre

trump. rubio in third place behind donald trump. and texas senator ted cruz. trump's lead in the national polls is sure to shape tuesday night's debate. for more on that i spoke to our senior political analyst a hort time ago. either druch is leading by a lot or leading by a little but still leading and continuing his lead nationally. does that change this debate because clearly trump isn't going to soeelf i'mplode. >> i think it's more and more clear, everyone in the republican establishment who thought donald trump was going to implode is looking for plrks plan b. i think plan b is not so much as taking him down as it is invel low pressuring. blue collar, not exclusively but particularly blue collar republicans is not going to go away. the question is though is whether that is a majority and whether someone can consolidate a larger portion of the party against him. that gets more complicated baz we're seeing the potential for the first time in a modern primary era of three-way race. something republicans haven't seen before. >> you really are accepting this

>> i'm trying to understand trump myself. it feels like the producers, and springtime for hitler, where he doesn't know that the joke has gone on too long, and the harry potter series, he takes a tragedy, and eglomise onto it. and he is inciting people to act out. >> you absolutely believe that? >> absolutely. when he went after mexicans and talked about them as rapists and murderers, people started beating on latinos. and when he talks about this, we see increased attacks, and mosques being burned and vandalized. i'm wondering if it's in the same way that africans, the idea of -- . >> we look at black lives matter. and what it's all b. at its core, america's first other are blacks in this country, and they have always been the ooh and let's deal with this. >> the native americans would say, look, we're the first. >> the native americans have first claim. but when we think about who the american other is, we don't recognize the humanity on the backs of the people who literally built this country, so muslims are into that mold

trump's plan to ban all u.s. muslims from entering the united states until the government can figure it all out? 56% of americans are in favor of that. it seems trump gets strong and stronger. >> we have events, we have debates, we have speeches, we have external events in the world and for some reason they all seem to help the donald. charles: the political class, all the experts i know who have been in this game for a long time say there is no way he's going to win regardless of the polls. every time the polls come out, he's stronger. >> i think there is a large part of pundit class that figures it's going to i am floafd. the lack of specificity and the experience that recommends itself to voters who come into play. but we have only got a few weeks before the iowa caucasus. some appreciable portion that time we'll be busy with christmas and the new year and the bowl games. i think it's beginning to dawn on people that, you know, time is running out for the implosion that people keep waiting for. charles: on the

insane, trump's a lunatic, trump's dangerous, trump's got to go. why join that phrase? why join that crowd? >> in fact, when you look at supreme court precedent, as i have now, it is quite likely that trump's idea is totally constitutional. what the republicans should have said, not that trump is unhinged or he's outrageous or just piling on, piling on, piling on. what these career politicians should have said is, it's time to have a national discussion about a term that obama won't even use -- radical islam. >> i think the overreaction to trump's pause on immigration tells you more about the critics than it does about him. >> so we're in new territory. right? before now, no leading presidential candidate from 1 of the 2 major political parties had ever proposed something as extreme as banning entry into the united states on the basis of religion. it's kind of awkward because of the whole like pilgrims thing. you know? but the response to this radical proposal is already wrong in two separate aspects. first, let's be clear. donald trump is not bein

(cheers and applause) but first up, donald trump. (laughter) donald trump. (laughter) >> and we put out a statement a little while ago and these people are going crazy. shall i read you the statement? donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on! (cheers and applause) >> trevor: and just like that, donald trump took the place of young black males of the new yorker least likely to be able to hale a cab. (laughter) (applause) where are you going? oh, you! no, no, no. black guy, bronx, let's go. so, like a pokeÉmon, donald trup has evolved into an even more gruesome form of himself, this time saying we should ban all muslims from entering america. let's just take a second to think about what he said here. republican presidential frontrunnefrunrunner donald j. o ban every single person from the world's second largest religion from entering the united states of america -- every doctor, every scientist and even zayne malik. (laughter)