out and says mitt romney won. that was the night of the caucuses. two weeks later turns out mitt romney did not twin iowa caucuses. republican party, two weeks after the caucuses were held, told the des moines register for their edition that came out the morning of january 19th, quote, it's a split decision. split decision. how is it a tie? shouldn't there be a tie breaker? later that afternoon the republican party of iowa decided to change its mind again. they decided they would decide who won the tie. they decided it wasn't mitt romney and it wasn't a tie after all. a different guy won it. rick santorum won. that same morning the party said it was a split decision but in the afternoon the state party chairman said this. >> it is indisputable that the certified caucus result had rick santorum winning by 34 votes. i feel i owe senator santorum and supporters an apology. >> you're daring this then a victory for rick santorum? >> yeah, the certify vote result. >> the last time republicans held their iowa caucuses th

>> looks. >> mitt romney and obama appear about equal. consultants even worry about the people who stand behind the candidate. at this obama rally, people were already seated behind the podium when a staffer, highlighted here, came on stage and got some white people to move out. >> if you look at a candidate for president, he's got a bunch of people behind him, half will be men, half will be women. >> and a certain number will be of a different race. in this case, the result is that the camera now will see some minorities behind obama. >> there will be a percentage of blacks, hispanics, a percentage of asians. that's the way you do it. >> i thought it just worked out that way. >> you did? that's why you're sitting where you're sitting and i'm sitting where i'm sitting. you don't have a clue how this works. >> people have to be cynical about baby kissing. >> kids are a particular attraction. i like to use kids. i'm always worried they'll pick up a baby and drop it. >> how much superficialallity, but for all nobody move! get on the floor! d

that was a different mitt romney. that was the moderate leading liberal man who won the governorship in massachusetts. but the day he decided to run for president, he switched on everything the weather was equal rights for gays and lesbians, whether he was support for roe versus wade, so that is what these people do, political opportunist and find where the polls are at the time and we saw perfect example when chris christie could have given a serious response to how are we going to balance our budget and what kind of entitlement reform are you talking about, what does he do? he fix that little miniscule piece of the budget, planned parenthood. amy: marco rubio, his comment about jesus christ. that's unbelievable. here he is asked about what has happened to him, "time" magazine said he was going to be the savior of the republican party. what does he do? panders to the religious right, the kind of devices comment that is creating so much division across the board politically in this country, he focuses on the word "sav

>> looks. >> mitt romney and obama appear about equal. consultants even worry about the people who stand behind the candidate. at this obama rally, people were already seated behind the podium when a staffer, highlighted here, came on stage and got some white people to move out. >> if you look at a candidate for president, he's got a bunch of people behind him, half will be men, half will be women. >> and a certain number will be of a different race. in this case, the result is that the camera now will see some minorities behind obama. >> there will be a percentage of blacks, hispanics, a percentage of asians. that's the way you do it. >> i thought it just worked out that way. >> you did? that's why you're sitting where you're sitting and i'm sitting where i'm sitting. you don't have a clue how this works. >> people have to be cynical about baby kissing. >> kids are a particular attraction. i like to use kids. i'm always worried they'll pick up a baby and drop it. >> how much superficialallity, but for all this is the one place we're not

of the caucuses and says mitt romney won. that was the night of the caucuses. then two weeks later, it turns out mitt romney did not win the iowa caucuses. republican party two weeks after the caucuses were held told the "des moines register," for their edition that came out january 19th. quote, it is a split decision. split decision. it's a tie. how can it be a tie? it's an election. shouldn't there be a tie breaker if it's a tie? nope. and then by later that afternoon, the republican party of iowa had decided to change its mind again. they decided that they would decide who won the tie. in fact, they decided it wasn't mitt romney and it wasn't a tie after all. actually, a different guy won it. rick santorum won. remember, just that same morning the party had said it was a split decision, but then in the afternoon the state party chairman said this -- it is indispuundisputable that certified caucus results had rick santorum winning by 34 votes. i feel i owe senator santorum and his supporters a apology. >> declaring it a vic

let's go back to mitt romney because the democrats do play this card. hillary clinton did try to act like she was a victim because of words of donald trump. you know, will you at least agree in retrospect that, quote, the war on women, mitt romney, the fact that mitt romney had a binder of resumes of women who he wanted to hire, that that was not sexist, that that was an unfair charge leveled against him by your party, by your fellow liberal democrats? >> i think that -- hey, hey, hey. there is a woman here. >> hi, how are you? >> i think that -- >> was it unfair? >> whether it is -- was swift boat unfair to john kerry? >> no, it was actually accurate. because of the men that served with him. >> when it is an election year, there's mud slings. >> but i asked you a specific question. >> on the left and the right. >> was it fair to say this was a war on women. >> no, i don't -- i don't think it was unfair. and i also think speaking to donald trump and all of his hiring of women, bill clinton appointed the first female secretary of state, bill clinton appo

(background talking) >> sabrina: mitt romney or maybe not. that was the declaration on caucus night 2012. but, it turns out the numbers were wrong. romney was not the winner. it was a massive embarrassment for the iowa gop who days later had to recant the victory for romney and declare rick santorum the winter, winner, excuse me. the end result razor thin, just 34 votes separated the two. it was precinct reporting problems that actually caused that error. something the republican party of iowa wants to keep from ever happening again. i'm sure you can imagine why. so that's why they're working with the democrats on some new technology. a caucus reporting app for smartphones. >> jeff: obviously, we had some things that we needed to fix. but not only that, if we're going to maintain 1st in the nation status, we actually need to grow and evolve. and, i can look everybody in the eye. andy can look everybody in the eye on the cutting edge. >> andy: the two of us, the republican party of iowa and the democratic party of iowa we really are together o

in 2012, she spoke at the republican national convention and championed mitt romney for president. after a year that included tragedy and triumph, the governor continue to focus on healing while dismissing the murmurs of's ring morning to vice presidential candidate. she will be the third consecutive woman to deliver the republican response to president obama. >> we hope the president will join us in a year of real action by empowering people, not by making their lives harder with >> americans have an hurting. when we have demanded solutions, too often, washington responded with the same stale mindset. mike: in recent years, paul ryan gave the address one year before he was picked as mitt romney plus running mate. senator marco rubio -- marco rubio delivered the 2013 response and is now running for president. mike: we now know the breed that made up caitlin the dog. she was found with her muzzle bound with electrical tape. her story of recovery has gone viral all over the world. many were curious about the breed that make up ground. results show she's a mix of boxer and german shep

romney -- is it possible governor romney could still be lured back into the race? eric: most of the deadlines for getting on the ballot have already passed. he is not going to be a candidate. it is highly unlikely that a non-candidate who has amassed zero delegates is going to emerge as a potential nominee in cleveland. mary anne: let me translate for everybody at home. [laughter] mary anne: when eric says he will not be a candidate, it means he will not ever run, but if there is a brokered convention, and mitt romney stands on his dock, looking at the shores of the frozen lake masaki, he will be ready to brought -- be brought into the brokered convention. he will be there in a heartbeat. eric: if there is going to be a candidate that emerges that has not been part of the process to the endpoint in cleveland, it who ran and suspended the campaign, but still has it could be a special interest group leaders -- leader who controls the both of delegates. ed: could it be paul ryan? mary anne: why romney saying we should raise the minimum wage -- it should be $15. saying

romney, we went with mitt romney, he failed. now he wants to run again? that was the worst signal! the last thing this country needs is another bush. we've had it with the bushes." months later, trump entered the candidate field. with controversial comments on immigration- and cheers and jeers have followed him ever since. the donald returned to the tea party convention to a aring crowd, and he e uck to his talking points- presidential candidate "we're going to have a big, gorgeous beautiful wall and they're going to name it trump someday." -and vented frustration to the heavily anti- establishment tea party about current establishment republicans. "obama is the worst negotiator i've ever seen, except when he negotiates with republicans. potshots at ted cruz regarding a one million dollar donation from "you have to do well- excuse me. excuse me. he didn't report his bank loans. he didn't report his bank loans. say whatever you want. audience, about a third of the crowd neither stood nor cheered as he left. ww, back to you. meanw

during that last ten days or two weeks, he roared into a virtual tie with mitt romney. in that sense, he won because he did vastly exceed expectations. but the point was that things change and they can change in that last ten days to two weeks. >> out with this ad focused on issues involving the hundred million people below the poverty line and taking aim at wealthy americans. >> is the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans apply more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million combined. provide living wages for working people. ensure equal pay for women. we need to level the playing field. with your help, as president, we will. >> as you look at that add from senator sanders and you look at the ground game of those getting supporters to caucus night, how is the sanders campaign doing? >> well, that's the big question on that side. he has something like 100 operatives here in the state. there's tremendous enthusiasm. and the caucuses are about organization but organization with large enthusiasm and intense enthusiasm. at the jefferson jackson day dinner in

mitt romney made several points you guys in the media made fun of, such as russia being our biggest threat. >> coming up. american children living undocumented in a region dominated by drug cartels. in them, they just don't know it. >> facing up to old demons... >> i am really, really nervous... >> lives hanging in the balance... >> it's make or break... i got past the class... >> hard earned pride... hard earned respect... hard earned future... a real look at the american dream hard earned only on al jazeera america >> we've been talking tonight about the 2.4 million immigrants deported since president obama took office. among them are thousands of children of immigrants who were sent back to mexico even though they were born in america, in other words, u.s. citizens. many of these are loss in mexico without papers or language skills. as david ariosto tells us, living in areas controlled by drug cartels. >> a friendly neighborhood soccer match. it's a welcome distraction for these kids. many are undocumented, struggle with the language and are displaced due to poverty and violence. it is

caucus. >> first place we had governor mitt romney with 274 votes. >> only to announce two weeks later there had been a miscount. rick santorum was the actual winner, and that mistake many argue cost santorum valuable momentum. mary snow, al jazeera. >> coming up, the fight against the crisis of epidemic proportions. >> on thursday the world health organization announced it would be holding an emergency meeting to discuss the zika virus. which has been exploding exponentially. it is leaked to guillan barre syndrome, and peril sis. ebola claimed more than 11,000 lives. one of the hardest hit countries was liberia. a tragic story of one liberian village's fight after a man brings his sick child to the facility. >> knowing what to expect is still impossible. >> i always keep it at the back of my mind that ebola is very deadly. so i don't come in contact with my patients, i do interview them from a distance. so i always take my preventive measure by not touching my eyes, nose, and mouth. and then i protect them when i'm in the field. >>> how are you? >> karl is the film's director, karl we

romney having similar issues, it is different, because john mccain and mitt romney were not threats to the democrats winning the white house. >> and donald trump points out accurately, he was born in canada and his father was cuban and his mother was born in the united states, a u.s. citizen. do you believe that ted cruz is a natural-born citizen? >> well, i have no reason to believe he isn't, but again, that is not for myself or mr. trump to convince the voters of that, and it is up to senator cruz. >> well, are you saying that it is going to be ajude kate and o going before the courts? because the courts have never really adjudicated or described what exactly is a natural born citizen according to the constitution. >> well, you made the point, wolf, and that is what mr. trump is saying, he does not personally think it is an issue, and mr. cruz has addressed it, and trump is fine with that, but he is saying if he is a nominee, what are the democrats going to do? are they going to be bringing up the issue, and legal standing at this point, and just because it has not happened in the

romney were both on the ballot in texas, mitt romney didn't spend a dollar in texas. he got more votes than ted cruz. this notion that ted cruz is going to tap into this great conservative upswing, it's just not there. i think this race is going to come down to ted cruz and whoever is going to win. we're just not sure who that person is going to be. >> stuart stevens, jeffrey lord -- >> it could be a ticket. >> and amanda carpenter, thank you. >>> president obama's new owe motion nal appeal and the leader of the arm ds takeover out in oregon, he joins us tonight on 360. [ cough ] no matter what nasty cold symptoms you get, alka seltzer plus liquid gels rush liquid fast relief to your tough cold symptoms. and they outsell mucinex liquid gels 2 to 1. alka seltzer plus liquid gels. where our next arrival is... red carpet whoa! toenail fungus!? fight it! with jublia. jublia is a prescription medicine used to treat toenail fungus. use jublia as instructed by your doctor. are you getting this?! most common side effects include ingrown toenail, application site redness, itch

mitt romney made several points you guys in the media made fun of, such as russia being our biggest threat. >> coming up. american children living >> we've been talking tonight about the 2.4 million immigrants deported since president obama took office. among them are thousands of children of immigrants who were sent back to mexico even though they were born in america, in other words, u.s. citizens. many of these are loss in mexico without papers or language skills. as david ariosto tells us, living in areas controlled by drug cartels. >> a friendly neighborhood soccer match. it's a welcome distraction for these kids. many are undocumented, struggle with the language and are violence. it is a sad though familiar story but there's something different about these children. some are actually american. those like 14-year-old salvador were born in the u.s., in his case a small town just north of san francisco. but today, he's living here. the violence and at times lawless mexican states of michoacan, which is considered the very birth place of mexico's drug wars. his parents like millions of o

that showed that mitt romney was vulnerable. he wasn't a strong frontrunner. it's not that it's unimportant. it tells us something. but doesn't tell us who the nominee is going to be. fernando: and so you think new hampshire is a closer the rest of the country because demographically it's unique, but in terms of the process? carl: yes. it has about a million people, and it is much more diverse than it was when i started covering it. you go up to new hampshire, it was all white people. there's a latino population there, there's some african-americans. it is more diverse than it once was. but it always gave us a chance -- it gave them, the new hampshire voters, and they loved it, a chance to see the candidates up close. you had to go into living rooms in new hampshire. not just gymnasium's. -- gymnasiums. coffee klatches they call them. these little rooms, and you had to sell yourself to the activists. and a candidate like bill clinton, by the time the voting came, he talked to half the people in that state. half of the democrats had seen him in person. now, wha

that showed that mitt romney was vulnerable. he wasn't a strong frontrunner. it's not that it's unimportant. it tells us something. but doesn't tell us who the nominee is going to be. fernando: and so you think new hampshire is a closer approximation, obviously not of the rest o othe country because demographically it's unique, but in terms of the process? carl: yes. it has about a million people, and it is much more diverse than it was when i started covering it. you go up to new hampshire, it was all white people. there's a latino population there, there's some african-americans. itits more diverse than it once was.

because of mitt romney. and the 2012 presidential race. and a part of that presidential race, which is all of a sudden ry

>> a tricky balancing act for jeb bush, mitt romney cutting through the campaign spin. >> it's part of the look at the stories you may have missed this week. >> poor jeb bush, he is asked about donald trump and this week, the tight rope he walks on that topic was clear. one day praising trump. talent. i mean, he is very entertaining and smart as a whip. >> the next, unloading on him. >> that's why i called him a jerk. he disparaged a person who he knew had a disability. >> next up for bush, whiplash. marco rubio likes to use humor in his ads as he did here, addressing about his habit of drinking lots of water on the campaign trail. >> most important preparation for a big game or big speech, >> he's got this cloud over his head, i don't think it's going to be possible for him to do very well. >> but trump's questioning of canadian born, ted cruz's citizenship is no laughing matter for cruz or for 2012 gop nominee, mitt romney, who tweeted this today. ted cruz is a natural born citizen, obama, too, even george romney. this isn't the issue you're looking for. >> he is decked out in his re

because of mitt romney. and the 2012 presidential race.

i supported mitt romney, he lost. it's ok. mitt romney, i thought he should have won. we had a failing president. i supported these two guys. i supported very heavily john mccain. i raised a lot of money for him, was on his campaign, and everything else. bill o'reilly -- great guy. this dopey guy -- glenn beck. he is like a dope. i watch them cry on television all the time. he is doing very badly. his thing is falling apart. i see him on television. i called bill o'reilly, and said, bill, white you have a guy like that on television. fox fired him. the thing that bothers me. he said, donald trump voted for barack obama. me! here is the problem. the thing about having a big microphone is we can at least explain to people that these people lied. they lie so much. the reason he did not like me is because i did not do his show. he asked me so many times, do my show -- i did not do it because i don't respect him. i'm so busy. i couldn't do his show. timewise. all of a sudden, another time goes by. i understand that. he started hating me. the guy goes on television last nigh

i mean, the last time mitt romney won and then lost by 35 votes or something. the difference between first and third on caucus night could be a few hundred votes so i think that the margins here are what we're playing at and i think that donald trump not showing up is going to be seen -- forget the megyn kelly thing. even when john mckrfrciane was competing he still went to the didn't. >> quick last word on this. donald trump's campaign is not about respect and watching his battle with fox, i'm just getting the popcorn out. it's like godzilla. i don't know who is going to win. >> maybe it's up to rupert murdoch who wins. thank you for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, who has the best chance of winning iowa and who has the best chance have winning new hampshire and who is the best person to tell us? the try accompany ant return of nate silver to the last word, that's coming up. and later play write joins us to talk about the new campaign, stop hate, dump trump. we have breaking news from the standoff in oregon. reports of arrests made tonight. that's next. see

over the weekend, mitt romney said all 2016 candidates should release their tax records before iowa. chuck told -- trump told chuck todd that he was working on getting his tax records. also, the associated press notes that trump is nowhere among the ranks of the country's most generous citizens. that's according to the review of his financial records. the overwhelming majority of his foundations recent gifts have been made with other people's money. we bring that up because you have mike huckabee with an attack ad against ted cruz playing in iowa, which discusses the fact that he doesn't tythe 10%. >> and also, most of the money that he's been spending was the donors' money. he said he was financing this entire campaign but when we looked at the financial records, it turned out that he was actually spending more of his donors' money than his own. we'll have to wait and see what the final quarter is but he's been very reticent about taking money out of his own campaign and spending it on his campaign. let's talk about the fund-raiser he had back in september on the battleship iowa. he

the rest is mitt romney. this is where marco rubio and jeb bush are fighting it out for the establishment republican vote. if you see rubio winning in these places, he's doing what he needs to do. rick santorum surprised us on caucus night and caught up to mitt romney. that means he's getting those evangelicals. donald trump tries to get a little bit of everything. if you see trump's color popping up in the cities near cedar rapids and over by des moines and rural areas, that means he's on his way to a strong night. cruz, tea party, evangelicals. rubio, establishment, a little bit of evangelicals. trump's supporters across the board. >> trump just wants a little bit of everything. maybe the right way to say it is he just wants a little bit of everything. marco rubio, he's making this bet. maybe he could surge to number two in iowa. that could be a game changer for him. does a path exist for marco rubio still to be the nominee for the gop? >> yes, but it's not easy. a whole bunch of third place finishes won't

plenty of us in the conservative movement were skeptical of the coronation of mitt romney. why? because number one, he was the foil for obamacare, the political cover for obamacare. >> there's almost a good reason for that when you say this guy created -- >> look, the attacks on cruz -- first i just want to say that trump and cruz together, whoever is batman, whoever is robin, that team has left the establishment on its back. a year ago if you had people on your show, half of them would have been said it is going jeb versus hillary, bush verses have clinton. people like me would say why? that is not a fair fight. that is so last year. the establishment is on its back and what's happened in the past, all about elect ability. who can win. this year it is about the ideas. >> do you think that a trump and a cruz could ever work? >> well -- >> together? >> that's what you're suggesting. >> perhaps. kelly ann might like that. but from 1980 we had a very raucous primary that produced one of the best tickets in the history of the republican party in the country in ronald reagan, a movem

because of mitt romney. and the 2012 presidential race. and a part of that presidential race, which is all of a sudden very important again in terms of understanding what's going on right now in today's news and politics. and yes, in 2012 the 2012 republican presidential primary ultimately produced nickname mittens mitt romney as that party's presidential nominee. but at the very beginning of the presidential cycle in 2012, when they first started polling republican voters in 2012 on who they wanted to be their nominee, you know who was at the top of the list? you know who was at the top of the heap for republican candidates or potential candidates when they first started polling at the very beginning of that cycle? you want to know who was polling in first place? donald trump. and i'm not talking about this presidential cycle for 2016. i'm talking about the last one. this is the representative headline. this was about a national cnn poll of republican voters taken in april 2011. "donald trump tied for first place." and donald trump ended

and what it did to republicans, someone like mitt romney, tied his hands. he had to be against what barack obama was doing and what he was doing was very close to what marco rubio was working on in the senate. so it took the wind out of mitt romney's sails on the immigration issue four years ago. you could see if, really depends on who the nominee is. somebody like donald trump, completely different conversation, but say a marco rubio or a jeb bush or one of these establishment candidates got through the primary and looking to pivot to the middle on immigration, say the supreme court ruling comes out and it goes against the administration -- excuse me, goes with the administration, they have no choice but to oppose the administration politically. >> and if it's donald trump, like you said, a whole different calculus. >> you almost see it could add fuel to the fire and ridden the issue saying i have been telling you this issue is out of control and now ten times worse with the ruling and you got to stop it now. >> all right. steve with the politics of it, th

. >> you write about a republican tv ad man who has been an advisor to president bush and mitt romney. what is he talking about? >> he has been going around talking to republican elites and he has been starting a campaign in the millions branding trump has a strong man type figure. these meetings that he is having understand have been taking place up until the last few weeks. it is unclear if he is going to go through with anything. it is unclear if he has the money to do anything. but there is definitely a hunger and appetite out there to take down donald trump. the problem is we are getting closer and closer to the date in which the first votes are going to be cast on february 1st. time is running out if republicans want to launch a stop movement. some are saying if we want to stop, we should remain on our own. >> he is the front runner and remains that way for the past seven or eight months. >> there is nothing stopping had him. >> will romney endorse a candidate and will that be beneficial or counter productive? >> he has spent the last few weeks and months calling around to aids.

>> mitt romney ran like a traditional politician. trump is showing we do have to change the way we run politics. >> the most interesting thing about trump, cruz's evangelical tea party base, often the successful campaign in iowa. you have rubio and bush competing for the romney map. the thing about trump that's interesting is he's everywhere. trump has some support among evangelicals, when you go into the suburbs. he has support among democrats showing up at his rallies. iowa is a pretty white state, but it does have diversity in terms of its politics. >> what do all those people have in common? >> they're mad. >> and this was the candidate that rubio was supposed to be, and maybe the candidate that he'll emerge as, but he was supposed to be the one to build these coalitions, the bridge builder across the different, you know, lanes of the party. he hasn't been able to do that. he's got the three, two, one strategy, come in third in iowa, second in new hampshire and win in south carolina. so, you toe, we'll see. if trump is kind of ta

not a single person voted for mitt romney in those areas. there were precincts where barack obama got zero. not one person differed from their neighbor on that issue. it's always easy for people in politics and media to blame twitter and facebook and have made our politics uglier. we have to look at bigger things than just what the social media platform is. matt: we made a specific design decision. maybe background checks should be required for gun purchases. on what informed citizens do if they take a position, they agree or disagree, but then they have the ability to leave a reason and the crowd has the ability to comment and upload. we made a decision to structure it as a debate with different perspectives. i would rather have a crowd sourced, multidimensional -- multidimensional debate more like a wikipedia model that an expert driven type of model. it's going to require time and tools and new social norms for that to really work. dan: i'll do a little bit for that. if you have not downloaded brigade, i encourage you to do it. i was an e

that's when the former chair incorrectly named mitt romney the winner... when rick santorum actually received the most votes. one of 2016's g-o-p hopefuls is taking to the metro today... to celebrate his birthday. rand paul is throwing a birthday party for voters tonight. he'll be at buzzard billy's from 8 to 9 tonight. admission is free. a couple of other hopefuls also head to the metro... democrat martin o'malley and republican rick santorum will both be in town. meanwhile ted cruz stops in humboldt and webster city ben carson sticks to eastern iowa. and mike huckabee wraps up his 99 county tour with a stop in urbandale. if the cyclones are to compete for a title in the loaded big 12, there can be no unfortunate surprises.. certainly not at hilton coliseum, where they hosted 11-1 texas tech, last night. but the red raiders whittle that lead down to just one before matt thomas rattles off 6 of 10 from beyond the arc. he finished with 22 points. georges niang rode the bench in foul trouble for most of the first half, but comes alive with 14 points in the s

he's not mitt romney and the clintons are not prepared for that. you can watch a whole lot of screaming and hollering or some gentlemanly ribbing. the republic kan presidential debate. it's january 14 and it's going to be awesome. what does donald trump have in common with kim kardashian. later we'll dig deeper. president obama's gun control orders with katie pavlich. tucson. blew an amp.but good nights. sure,music's why we do this,but it's still our business. we spend days booking gigs, then we've gotta put in the miles to get there. but it's not without its perks. like seeing our album sales go through the roof enough to finally start paying meg's little brother- i mean,our new tour manager-with real,actual money. we run on quickbooks.that's how we own it. kennedy: hello to you, high plains drifter. let's run and frolic together. carly fiorina firing another shot in her duel with donald trump. >> he remind me of the kim kardashian of politics. they are both famous for being famous and the media plays along. kennedy: i don't know. tom, i think thi

romney was leading those polls with 24% of the vote, and one week later mitt romney did not win that state. does that really happen one week out typically? >> the nail biter results are typical here in iowa. people are used to that. in fact, you mentioned romney. he was declared the winler if you remember on the night of the caucuses, and then only afterward was santorum determined to have won by a slim margin. people make up their minds late in january. still a lot of undecided caucus goers out there. >> there will be another final poll to have that final poll taken on the race. >> as we get closer to the caucuses and the primaries, there's this -- there's this phrase that becomes part of our common parlance. it's ground game, ground game, ground game. we keep hearing that, how critical it is. i've read what you have said about the ground game there versus celebrity. senator cruz has phenomenal ground game, and donald trump has incredible celebrity. both of them are really powerful, and i want to get your take on how powerful celebrity can be when it comes to elections. >> you know,

just this much ahead of mitt romney and he won. you go back to anne seltzer, kind of legendary in political circles. he said it was the time they saw a surge beginning. so the question is, is somebody surging now? all we know is that she said she saw no search surge for anybody. and that does include marco rubio. >> fascinating. sort of anecdotally, what you hear out there is that rubio is getting some attention. but what is so different about this time around? obviously rick santorum did very well with the evangelical vote. but there's a feeling that that vote this time around could be divided. because you've got trump evangelicals, who are very different from cruz evangelicals. >> it is not at all monolithic. last time around, 57% of the republicans who took part in the caucus called themselves evangelicals. probably similar to that now. rick santorum won among those people. but guess who was second. it was ron paul. and then mitt romney. this is not a monolithic group. in my covering of the campaigns here in iowa, if you go to a

it's josh romney. mitt romney's son has set his sights on an elective office of his own. governor of utah. told a local newspaper that he's strongly considering a run in 2020. he's going to have to run against jason chaffetz that year. now to the what, a ted cruz reaction shot during the state of the union. you're not going to get one. cruz's press secretary says he'll be on the campaign trail in new hampshire next tuesday, not in the well of the house. now to the where. it's michigan where straight party ticket voting is now officially gone. governor rick snyder signed a bill today meaning there's only nine states left that do it. when you can just pull the lever straight d, straight r, of course, straight d.c. party. now to the when. it's january 18th, when the british parliament will debate a petition to ban donald trump from the uk. more than half a million have signed a petition to ban him after his proposal to ban muslims from the united states. now to the why. twitter is considering a new feature that would allow 10,000-character tweets. sources say it could happen

but didn't necessarily win the -- it didn't at all win the state for mitt romney. >> right. >> so, you know, i think that this is more about, you know, generating discussion, giving readers, you know, something of an idea where "the register's" editorial board -- and this is, you know, five people, you know, thinking after in-depth interviews with these candidates. >> with that said, is the headline here, it is probably a safe bet to say that "the des moines register" will not endorse donald trump? >> that is my prediction. it's probably the only one i'm willing to make. >> all right. thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate it, kathie. thank you. >> thank you. >>> developing news now, blizzard watches are posted along the east coast as the region prepares for a major snowstorm. how will d.c. handle what could be one of its worst storms ever after less than an inch crippled that city? and we have new comments now from the mayor of washington, d.c., apologizing for what happens yesterday. and we'll help you understand all that satellite/radar stuff you're looking at. >>> n

he's not mitt romney and the clintons are not prepared for that. you can watch a whole lot of screaming and hollering or some gentlemanly ribbing. the republic kan presidential debate. it's january 14 and it's going to be awesome. what does donald trump have in common with kim kardashian. later we'll dig deeper. president obama's gun control orders with katie pavlich. kennedy: hello to you, high plains drifter. let's run and frolic together. carly fiorina firing another shot in her duel with donald trump. >> he remind me of the kim kardashian of politics. they are both famous for being famous and the media plays along. kennedy: i don't know. tom, i think this analogy falls apart. >> it's a good analogy. donald trump is the kim kardashian of politics. but unfortunately she is the khloe and the other one is the kendall. kennedy: the 18-year-old is dating a rapper. >> they are all "k," right? the kardashians are famous for being famous, but so are all these politicians. it's just that trump is the best at it. kennedy: joe? >> i think there is some con