still finding a way to fall down, let's also spare a thought for poor jeb bush. because in the nightmare that is jeb bush's flailing presidential campaign it has now happened to him again today. one of the fascinate things about the jeb bush for president campaign this year. and it's different than everybody else in the race. it's a jeb-specific thing, but it keeps happening. it's the way his supporters and particularly his donors have been willing to talk incredible smack about him and his campaign to reporters. this keeps happening over and over and over again over the course of this past year since he got into the race. there have been repeatedly direct quotes from jeb bush supporters and donors talking to the press about how terrible and disappointing jeb bush and his campaign are. and the latest installment of this pitiful little soap opera is published at politico.com today. look at headline. "the bush blame game begins." nobody's voted yet. but that's the headline. "the bush blame game begins." one donor's quoted basically begging for jeb bush to drop out of the race, i

shift for jeb bush. >> having the best organization on the ground. >> plus hillary clinton shatters the $100 million mark fundraising. is it enough? will she soon feel the bern? >> the decision that new hampshire makes is so important. >> "inside politics." the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters. now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. thank you for sharing your sunday morning. the first of the new year. the election year. wow. with us so to share the reporting is julie pace of the "associated press." ed o'keef of the washington post. cnn's manu raju and ashley parkers of the "new york times." can donald trump translate strong poll numbers to state by state victories? iowa votes in 29 days. that's right. just 29 days. that's test number one. >> if you're having all sorts of difficulty, if your wife says she doesn't love you anymore. i don't care. get out and vote. all right. you have to get out and vote. >> now the billionaire businessman ran a low budget campaign in 2015, but says that's about to change. we're told to watch for trump tv ads any days now. what i

rand paul behind, jeb bush, the latest iowa poll out from cnn has him at three percent. >> trevor: yeah, you see that there, see that there sth see that there? trump is crushing it. yeah. and these people here, they have got so few followers that if they were on twitter they would be eggs. that is what they would be. and now i know there are a lot of people out there thinking is there anything trump could do at this stage to hurt the chances that he has of winning? and you know what? he is thinking the same thing. >> i have the most loyal people. did you ever see that, about i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay. it's like incredible. >> trevor: you guys are booing now, let's see how confident you are walking down fifth avenue and you see donald trump. (laughter) he's a presidential candidate boasting that he could walk out on to a crowded street and murder someone and still be elected president. that's basically what he said. that's the kind of confidence american voters are looking for. that's what they want. and with a fro

shoe in. ♪ tonight, we are going for bush'sf a lineup for jeb campaign event in south carolina. we will start with the controversy that is already well-worned but might require a little bit of explaining. crisis.e shoebia on the surface, this is about the high-heeled boots marco rubio wore in new hampshire on sunday which got a lot of attention. rubio's response to the subsequent media controversy says much about the current status and future prospects of his candidacy. for the unfamiliar, here is a quick catch-up. >> marco rubio's shoes. a reporter for the new york times sent the photo of his footwear in new hampshire. rick tyler, the key medications director for ted cruz -- a vote for marco rubio, is a vote for high-heeled booties. stories appeared on several outlets. finally, rubio had an up and called the fascination of his feet crazy. he wants to talk about real issues. the boots may make a comeback pretty soon. stay tuned. today, senator rubio came out with a new video exchanging his heels for a pair of football cleats. ♪ mr. rubio: you get that? >> super bowl pick this yea

jeb bush snuck down our chimneys and left a present by finally releasing his famously secret guacamole recipe. turns out, the secret ingredient? avocados. (laughter) gotta try that! and that's the kind of dynamism you'd expect from a politician who's been campaigning under the moniker "jeb!" that exclamation point really gets your attention, away from what his last name is. (cheers and applause) jeb! jeb what? no idea. though if you remember, on my very first show, jeb explained the exclamation point's real >> it connotes excitement. >> stephen: yes. well, i think he was being modest. that exclamation point doesn't just "connote" excitement, it "suggests it!" (laughter) (cheers and applause) but, sadly, jeb's exclamation point is going away, comma, period. >> before jeb bush announced he was going to run for president, he, through a secret shell company, trademarked the term "jeb!" exlcamation point. in november, he let the trademark application lapse. so you, or anyone else, can go for jeb! exclamation point. this is exciting. or should i say, this is "jeb!" and, this is --

ted cruz and former reagan white house executive and cnn political commentator and jeb bush supporter. great to see you. >> hi. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you, too. great to have you with us today. okay. anna, start with you. look into your crystal ball. what's about to happen now? >> oh, lord, alyson, that crystal ball was so -- so hard to read in to 2015. i'm not sure i'll do a better job of it in 2016. but you're right. we are in a sprint. contribution i'm very happy to tell you we have about two more weeks of mindless speculation left. >> oh, good. >> you do know that -- iowa voters, new hampshire voters, these folks just take their time. they like to look under the hood, and a lot of them, half of them, don't make up their mind until that last week, but certainly we are in the sprint, and i think you're going to see a lot of candidates spending a lot of time, some of them focused on iowa, some more focused in new hampshire. >> too reasonable. bite off some stuff and chew on it. >> oh, good. >> jeffrey lorde. the prop sills, tell me why it's true or false in the new y

here at a jeb bush campaign event in south carolina. first in the nation, first in the south. we will start with the controversy that is already well-worn, but it is the shoebio crisis. on the surface, this is about the high-heeled boots marco rubio wore in new hampshire on sunday, as have gotten a ton of attention since then. rubio's response to the subsequent media controversy says much about the current status and future prospects of his candidacy. for the unfamiliar, here is a quick catch-up. i do mean quick. >> marco rubio's shoes. a reporter for the new york times sent the photo of his footwear in new hampshire. he called them seriously fashionable, 248 retweets. rick tyler, the communications director for ted cruz said a vote for marco rubio is a vote for high-heeled booties. carly fiorina squeezed in with a shot of her own bit red a judge called the boot shy delicious -- shagalicious. they said the group came from florsheim. stories appeared on several outlets. finally, rubio had an up and called the fascination of his feet crazy. he wants to talk about real issues. he sa

conquering the republican party, the fact that you have jeb bush over at the side of the stage as he continues to see numbers drop, basically asking donald trump to reconsider his position. and marco rubio trying to look more fierce and feisty in his lines as well, trying to capture that mantle of anger that donald trump has won over. casey and jose? >> why is their relationship breaking down at this moment of the campaign? >> reporter: jose, it's because donald trump said it on stage. he was asked, you know, why are you doing this, and he went out and said, well, ted's doing better in the polls than he was before and that's why i'm going after him. the reality is ted has managed to one candidate at a time kind of land these very devastating attacks, and while some observers might say cruz did a good job of standing up to trump in the beginning when he talked about his canadian citizenship, the reality is trump still seems to come out on top of that. and so i think when you have two emerging people at the top of the polls, it's simply inevitable that this is the road we're going to g

that kind of agenda. >> mika and i interviewed jeb bush a couple weeks ago in south carolina. we're stunned by his breadth of knowledge on domestic issues but surprisingly on foreign policy issues. i'm curious, what did you not see in jeb bush that you saw in marco rubio? because certainly i think you probably agree with me nobody in the field -- in the republican field seems to have the breadth of only in that jeb brings into every interview he has. >> i would agree with that. we had a great meeting with governor bush. i would agree he has that knowledge and i think iowans are seeing that when they get a chance to listen to him they do see that. but he doesn't seem to have enough time to capture that kind

not. >>> plus, why republicans are beginning to blame jeb bush for the rise of trump. why hillary is suddenly in favor of another debate. and bernie is suddenly not. and tonight, steve kornacki reveals the bernie sanders path to victory. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. over the course of his campaign, donald trump has managed to undermine just about every institution in republican politics. and now he's going to war with the party's one real remaining center of power, fox news and its chairman and ceo roger ailes. five days until the iowa caucuses, trump who's speaking right now in south carolina, is still insisting he will not attend tomorrow night's fox news debate. actually adding another event to his schedule at the exact same time, an unprecedented escalation in his longtime feud with the network over debate co-moderator megyn kelly. trump and ailes have both gotten to where they are through a rough combination of bombast, media savvy and ruthlessness. and now locked in a battle of egos, both are trying to paint what is essentiall

town hall meeting at this hour. this is muscatine, iowa. nice down. i've been there. and jeb bush is in the town of carroll. they make the final sprint before the hawkeye state, the dust barely settled on last night's big debate. sparring mostly over foreign policy and immigration but also addressing as megyn kelly put it, the elephant not in the room. donald trump. >> i'm a maniac. and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly. and ben, you're a terrible surgeon. >> i kind of miss donald trump. he was a teddy bear to me. we always had such a loving relationship. in these debates. and in between and the tweets. i kind of miss him. i wish he was here. everybody else was in the witness protection program when i went after him. >> marco rubio taking a jab at jeb bush and rand paul over military spending. >> you cannot destroy isis with a military diminishes. i'm rebuilding the military because the world is a safer and better place when america's the strongest military in the world. >> jeb bush addressing the scandal of a leading veterans charity and his plan to fix the v department of

rubio. alongside them, dr. ben carson, chris christie, jeb bush and john kasich. 10 people here tonight but no doubt about it, the headline leading up to all of this is donald trump and ted cruz. cruz for really first time in this entire election cycle naming trump, going after him and confronting him at his campaign stops and on the campaign trail. trump last night really did not talk about one of the issues he has been pounding over last couple weeks, whether or not ted cruz is a natural born citizen but at a rally in florida, trump kind of fired a warning shot as to what cruz might expect tonight on the issue. take a listen. >> a lot of lawyers say you can't run if you do that, you can't be born in canada. you have to be able to run. i will not get into it. i'm sure they will get into it tomorrow night. reporter: trump says he thinks they will get into it tonight. cruz is facing several other headlines. new york values and story in the "new york times" about his ties to goldman sachs. so many different storylines leading up to this. we're just a couple hours away. melissa, da

. >> last four questions have been rand, please attack ted, chris please attack ted, jeb, please attack ted. let me just say this. >> it is a debate, sir, let me tell you who is not qualified to be the president of the united states. hillary clinton. >> that is a book where you changed your position on immigration. you used to support a path to citizenship. >> so did you. >> but youbook. >> so did you, marco. >> all but one of the republican presidential hopefuls face off in des moines, front runner donald trump a last minute no show, offering the rest of the field to make their voices heard before the all-important monday caucuss. >> i have had more 2:00 a.m. phone calls that everybody here put together, making life and death decisions. >> i don't think have you to give up your liberty for a false sense of security. >> there is the establish lane, antiestablishment lane, then, the kasich lane. >> if i'm the nominee we'll defeat hillary clinton and turn this country around after seven years of the disaster that is barack obama. >> the republican candidates have made more than 300 trips

. [ applause ] >> here were jeb bush and marco rubio talking about the candidate who wasn't there. >> let's be clear what the campaign is about a. it is not about donald trump. he's an entertaining guy, the greatest show on earth. this campaign is about the greatest country in the world and a president who has destroyed many of the things that made america special. >> i miss donald trump. he was a teddy bear to me. we always had a loving relationship during the debates and in between in the tweets. i miss him. i wish he was here. everyone else was in the witness protection program when i went after him on behalf of what the republican cause should be. >> meanwhile, trump himself explained his absence to a crowd including fellow republican contenders rick santorum and mike huckabee. trump said he had to stick up for his rights. >> i didn't want to be here, i have to be honest. i wanted to be fife minutes away. you have to stick up for your rights. when you are treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. [ cheers and applause ] >> i have to go a step further and say fox has

vast majority, 20 million of that, from the pro-jeb bush super pac right to rise. with iowa and new hampshire both looming the ad wars are shifting into overdrive. and while team bush has gone hard at rubio, team rubio's been attacking just about everyone. everyone except donald trump. a pro-rubio super pac taunted bush over his "train wreck campaign." hit chris christie for supposedly being president obama's favorite republican governor. and attacked cruz's value-added tax. that's a maple leaf. canadian. not just for being too european but too canadian. not so subtly putting cruz's face inside that maple leaf there. at this point only one group has spent a single cent attack the front-runner, donald trump. >> all right. with almost all of the vote now actually in, we can project that hillary clinton will win. >> i'm watching hillary clinton receive the victory tonight. >> they look at donald trump as the greatest gift from heaven. an easy person to beat in the general election. >> and then she'll become the next president of the united states. >> thank you all. god bless you! and m

>> with all due respect to jeb bush, if your going to show up late, you will need that note from your mother. ♪ joe: tonight, ted cruz glances flag, and jeb bush pulls a trick out of his bag, but first, that old conservative rag. biweeklyere is this, a national review is mad as heck and will not take it anymore. the new editors have lined up 22 conservative writers to can fade -- to convey that message to donald trump. you may recognize some of the names. one immediate implication is that the publication has been cut off from participating in the republican debate next month. what does donald trump think about this? rally in laster a vegas, he was predictably unimpressed. is ae answer is that it dying paper. the circulation is way down. not many people read it anymore. people don't even think about the national review. no, it's a dying paper. it is pretty much a dead paper. joe: are you more or less and pressed with what the national review has done than donald trump is? john: i think they are totally misunderstanding the nature of donald trump's appeal. this is an in-kind can'

this year, including theirs, is absolutely dwarfed by jeb bush. to get up to what jeb bush has spent, you have to combine the campaign spending and super pac spending from hillary clinton, includes bernie sanders, plus chris christie, plus john kasich, plus ted cruz plus donald trump before you get up to the stratosphere where jeb bush is alone. look at jeb bush. the only person spending anywhere near what jeb bush has spent and he's not really anywhere near it is marco rubio. combined, they have spent $91 million on ads so far. contrast that with what ted cruz and donald trump have spent combined, which is about $8 million all together, i mean, jeb bush and marco rubio are considerably behind ted cruz and donald trump in the polls. but they are outspending ted cruz and donald trump by an 11-1 ratio. which is nuts. that is absolutely nuts. and the people are winning -- spend $8 million collectively. that's not even what hillary clinton has spent. anyway. it's yet further evidence that money just doesn't work the way it used to in this year's presidential campaigning. at least o

forward he has gotten better and better and bert. these other candidates say next debate jeb will do a good job. rubio has shown up every time and every time he has gotten better. when you watch him deal with the attacks from chris christie and cruz and come out the winner, these are the three guise most likely to be fighting it out down the stretch. bill: chris stirewalt, thank you. martha: jeb bush going after bush on his plan to ban muslims from the united states. bush warning him he believes that could ends up backfiring for mr. trump. >> we have a serious problem and we can't be the stupid country anymore. we are laughed at all over the world. >> donald, i hope you reconsider this. this policy is a policy that makes it impossible to build a coalition necessary to take out isis. the kurds are our strongest allies. they are muslims. you are not going to allow them to come to our country in the other arab countries have a role to play. we can't do this unilaterally. we have to do this in iewn wouldn't arab world. sending that signal makes it impossible for us to be serious about

. >> marco, please attack ted. jeb, please attack ted. let me just say this. >> it doesn't debate, sir. >> a debate is a policy issue. i will say this, gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the stage. >> he got a big round of applause for that. i thought the moderators were pretty tough. at one point, even playing back a montage of sound of shifting position of amnesty and pathway to citizenship. >> he got the tape. i think the moderators were tough. especially megyn kelly. she had been under scrutiny because of donald trump. she was fantastic as pressing hard questions and knowing her stuff and testing the candidates. going back to them when they said something that was false which was really strong. i think that you know, all of the candidates maybe went back and forth with the moderators. it made it more interesting. i think something was missing. a spark missing perhaps in donald trump's absence. >> imagine what donald trump's montage. >> we heard cruz get applause there. he made a few jokes. a lot of laughter. how big of a priority is it for him to

the details? this big issue of immigration and jeb bush putting marco rubio on the defense. let's take a look. >> when you led the charge with the gang of eight, i supported it because you asked me too. you asked people to support. you shouldn't cut and run. you stick wit. that's exactly what happened. he cut and run, and that's a tragedy. >> i wrote a book about this called "immigration wars." it's $2.99. it's affordable for everybody. we should have a path for the 2 million people that are here illegally. >> you used to support a path to citizenship. >> so did you. >> i know you are, but what am i? >> let's put up on the screen that jeb bush did say ultimately he supported that karmize bill that passed by 68 votes and ted cruz voted no. while they got into a lot of the details, where there were distinctions about amnesty and legal path, the fact is there is a distinction on the voting record which people can assess and we briefly showed, immigration, a top three issue among republicans. >> yes, and let's talk about that from the beginning, donald trump. absence, not a chance for

. but wait. there's actually one more. we left one candidate off the list. we left off jeb bush. how does jeb bush do in his net favorable numbers in new hampshire? minus 8. all of the other candidates in new hampshire are not just positive but positive by a lot. positive by double digits. jeb bush, eh. new hampshire's supposed to be the place where jeb bush is going to run the best out of all the early states. but new hampshire republicans actively do not like him in a way that is qualitatively different than all other republican candidates. it's basically the same thing for him in iowa. quinnipiac has a new poll out in iowa today and they also ask this favorability question. they get a net favorability number by taking, again, the number of people who have a positive view of the candidate and they subtract the number of people who have a negative view of that candidate. and once again, in iowa, in this quinnipiac poll at least that's out today, ted cruz comes out on top. he's got a hugely positive favorable rating of plus 58 points. plus 58. a lot of the other republican candidates

plan to defeat isis, is jeb bush. that's the issue. national security is the issue. i chaired lindsey's super pac within he said the same thing. national security is the issue. the plan with the plan to get it done, the man with the aby the to be commander-in-chief on day one is jeb bush. heather: why i it not translating what you see in jeb bush, why is that not translating to voters. poll after poll he has not managed to escape single digit since the beginning when he first announced. >> we are going to go from polls to across pretty soon. and the sense i get, jeb is gaining momentum on the ground. in a place like "happening now" that prizes retail campaigning, that's where you see a difference. a week is a lifetime in this business. going back four years ago rick santorum may are been nowhere in iowa and a week later he wins the caucasus. jeb is out there, he's a great reday campaigner. idea matter, policy matters jeb put out the idea and put out the policy. he says i can get it done. if you are just being angry. donald trump may be your guy. but if you want someone to fix

issues. he was informed. the number two big winner, jeb bush. best performance bar none. and it makes you think. is it because van halen was not on the stage? >> david lee roth. >> is it because trump gets in your head. >> it's like, now i can be myself again. he's not going to come up and hit me. >> and he had a chance to shine. >> and i thought rubio got into the back and forth over the immigration policy. that was intriguing. on the one hand, you had bush saying, yeah, you were the leader of the gang of eight and we think this is a good idea. then you have cruz saying, wait, you were the leader of the gang of 8. the real tram for him was, you say that you're not for a pathway to citizenship. he says yeah, but i'm for -- >> we'll talk about that. >> we have more to come on that. let me get your reaction. jeb bush is getting a lot of praise. here was the moment when he defended being part of the republican establishment. >> i'm in the establishment because my dad, the greatest man alive was president of the united states and my brother as well, whom i adore was president, fine,

national championship betweenenhe clemson tigers and the alabama crimson tide monday night. jeb bush has made his first visit to anderson county as a presidential candidate. he spoke to voters at dyar's diner in pendleton. the former florida governor wore a clemson hat and showed off his dancing during the visit. he also zeroed in on republican bush says isn't fit to be commander-in-chief. jeb bush we need someone who : actually understands the role of america in the world, and the role of commander in chief, not an entertainer in chief or a agitator in chief or a divider in chief. we need a commander in chief who understands how serious times are right now. myra: jeb bush also talked about his plans to fight terrorism, fix social security, and stimulate the economy. bush has two stops scheduled for columbia today, and one in hilton head in this evening. republican presidential front runner donald trump was in rock hill for a rally at winthrop university on friday night. the crowds of supporters stood in line for hours waiting to get in. trump hit the stage to greet 5000 or so who pa

graham will endorse jeb bush this morning. he's the first former candidate of this race to endorse another candidate and a senator from a key early voting state, south carolina. that could matter and he worked closely with marco rubio t gang of eight. the immigration bill. so he worked with rubio yet he's still endorsing jeb bush. could be seen as the snub there. >>. >>> after the debate there was more. >> do you see ted cruz as your biggest competition right now? >> no not really. we're going to see what happens but certainly i don't see him as my biggest competition. i see him as competition. certainly he's competition and others are competition. all smart people up there. >> on the question about his loan that he got 24r from his wife's bank, do you think it is a non issue because it was the "new york times" who first reported? >> well you are going to have to figure that one out. that is a different issue. that is something that is very easy. they are not making it a non issue. don't forget goldman sachs loaned him money. when goldman sachs asks for a favor, do you think possib

what stories we will be discussing this evening. andy? >> coming up on the big show, jeb bush keeps toy turtles in his pocket to remind people that slow and steady wins the race. i hope he is in another race besides the presidential one. and ted cruz being born in canada could be a problem with the gop. and finally new research shows that drinking coffee leads to poor tv hosting. back to you, tom. >> wait, what was that last story again? >> don't worry about it. >> it is not in my -- >> don't worry about it. >> thanks, andy. let's welcome our guests. she is on our list of favorite joes after joe dirt. that's not an insult. i really, really love david spade. it is joanne nosuchunsky. he is basically the bad boy from every movie, michael gunzelman. his voice is so smooth he has to stop himself from accidentally stealing your girlfriend. charles cook. and he is from the small town of skull island. looming next to me and giant comedian ben kissle. let's start the show. >>> jeb bush carries tiny toy turtles in his pocket and hands them out to children. on wednesday while stoping for breakfas

thursday for the gop debate. at winthrop university, patrick hussion, wyff news 4.. michael: jeb bush was also in the upstate, trying to generate traction for his campaign. carol: john lyon was at his dinner in pendleton. john: this is jeb bush' first visits to anderson county as a presidential candidate. it did not take him long to make friends. jeb: 24-17, clemson. john: it was a good first step, than a suave to step that got -- two step that got jeb only good footing with the crowd. destroying them is the proper strategy. john: is talk talk on terrorism is what the crowd wanted to hear. much larger than what dyar's diner was ready for. jeb: i want an america where everyone can reach earned success. where we change our government works so that everybody can rise up. john: bush is trying to rise up in the polls, will behind front runner donald trump. who bush says is not fit to become runner in -- commander-in-chief. jeb: we need someone that understands the role of commander-in-chief, not an agitator in chief. we need someone that understands how serious times are right now. john: he th

and center in that one. they're flanked by dr. ben carson, jeb bush, chris christie and john kasich and rand paul makes his way into the 9:00 debate. noticeably absent is one donald trump the frontrunner in the race. he said he will not be at the debate tonight. he is holding his own event here in the des moines area, funds raised from that will go to veterans groups. at this point still unknown which but at that is where the money will be going. one group is saying they want none of it. the founder of the iraq an afghanistan veterans of america, his name is paul rikkelhoff sent out this tweet. the i'm quoting, if offered our group will decline donations from trump's event. we need strong policies from candidates, not to be used for political stunts. good pr on the other front for donald trump as it relates to one poll, from "wall street journal" and nbc news. here in iowa trump is the clear frontrunner over ted cruz. trump getting 32% of iowa support, cruz at 25. marco rubio at 18. will tonight change anything? we'll see shortly. david: blake, thank you very much. appreciate it. me

front and center. they will be flanked by dr. ben carson, chris christie, rand paul, jeb bush and john kasich. there is one notable absence, that will be donald trump he will be holding a different event. it's most certainly going to change the dynamic tonight. i can tell you from talking to the folks over at the campaign of ted cruz. they prepared much differently for this debate tonight because of that dynamic, a trumpless debate. they expect that their candidate will receive crossfire * from all sides because they say when those other six candidates on the stage look right, look left, it will be cruz in the middle. they are look up to trump and cruz and the only one they will be able to talk about face to face is cruz. they believe it will be a battle with cruz and marco rubio. especially when it comes to the issue of immigration. here in iowa, immigration is one of the hot button issues. those two expected to go at it tonight. 11 candidates here tonight and it you will gets started about an hour from now. i'll send it back to you. charles: what can we expect tonight? there wil