i also want to say that this helps sarah palin, too. >> goodness yes. >> this is good for sarah palin, suddenly she's back in the game. she's back in the spotlight. crowds are ready-made for her. donald trump is larger than life. she gets to be on that stage with him. and it doesn't hurt her personally, by going forward or hurt her celebrity. >> what's so fascinating, i followed sarah palin day one. the sarah palin i knew in 2008 was mercilessly, sexist attacks on men, women. endorsed a guy who calls women slobs and bimbos. the sarah palin i know from 2008 was attacked mercilessly on her faith and had to defend her christian conservative pen costal religion. this is a guy she endorsed who had been attacking ben carson on his christian conservative itch and ted cruz on his christian conservatism. it's a remarkable marriage of two people who you're right, are -- who you're right, similar in terms of the reality tv kind of persona but so -- are so different in so many way ways. i don't recognize her anymore. >> transcended politics, right? celebrities i think somebody coined a phrase, ce

sarah palin. but donald trump is under attack right now from where? ted cruz say he's not a conservative. sarah palin, someone who has a great relationship with the conservative base say, of course, he's a conservative. the establishment is attacking donald trump saying he's not a republican. sarah palin who was the vice presidential nominee for the republican party and governor of alaska says of course he's a republican. i think most importantly, what does donald trump do that no other candidate can do? dominates the media on television, internet, social media. and who else in america if you're thinking about a big political figure who can do that? sarah palin. in a crowded race if you can take up so much oxygen, trust me, that helps. >> gloria, i mean, it's not just an endorsement. sarah palin agreed to campaign with donald trump the coming days which signals a much more active kind of support. >> yeah, she's going to be there to mobilize the republican base. to energize conservatives and evange

>> listen, i love sarah palin. sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and support, i wouldn't be in the senate today. so regardless what she decides to do in 2016, i will always remain a big, big fan of sarah palin. >> did she tell you she was gonna do this? >> what's your reaction to. [ inaudible ] >> what's happened in flint, michigan is an absolute travesty. it is a failure at every level of government, a failure of the city officials, a failure of the county officials, and the men and women of michigan have been betrayed. every american is entitled to have access to clean water. and to all the children who have been poisoned by government officials, by their negligence, by their ineptitude, it's heart-breaking. there needs to be accountability as to why dirty water, poisoned water was given to a community that did not deserve this. and we need to ensure that there's accountability to ensure clean water and clean air. and our prayers right now are with the people of flint, michigan, that the health consequences of this are not

for sarah palin, that's a plus. for trump, all those points we have talked about he gets to say she is on his team. >> kelly o'donnell at the white house, thank you so much. donald trump began saying wow, unbelievable, i love you. here he is speaking to the folks, 10,000, at the oral roberts university. take a listen. >> we had a little thing we thought maybe a thousand people. i did it for a friend of mine. i came in and they had a thousand and then announced 5,000 and then 10,000. it was four days they had 25,000 people last time. you remember that. amazing. oklahoma's amazing. >> love you! >> so i just want to introduce somebody very quickly, very special person, a wonderful person. and then i'm going to come right back and we're going to have fun today. we're going to have fun! we're going to have so much fun. we're going to talk about how great our country will be. we are right now a mess. but we're going to make it great again. so, she's a really great friend and she called and she just -- she just wanted to h

you certainly know sarah palin. i wonder what went through your mind as you watched her up in the stage last night and today, as well. >> she continues to garner a lot of attention wherever she goes and frankly, we haven't seen much of her on the national stage. so it was interesting that they packed the venue they did and timing. i thought it was smart on behalf of the trump campaign to turn her loose and obviously two days later we're still talking about it so it must be effective. >> i wanted to get your reaction from nicole wallace becoming palin's lahandler during the campaign. >> listen, i think sarah palin is interested in donald trump's career as a television star as she might be in his future as a politician. i think sarah palin squarely straddles the world of reality tv and the world of politics and i think zest problshe's interes replacing him in "the apprentice" or following him to washington. >> do you think palin has little desire to hold any office elected or appoint snd. >> she hasn't indicated an in

chaos follows sarah palin. we seen this play out again and again and such a mismatch of the direction that donald trump may want to go where sarah palin has been in the past and the cruz campaign would love this drive this is asking the question of what kind of republican is donald trump? sarah palin has stood for these things. the tea party stood for things against the babailouts. donald trump can talk about how he'll take on special interest but no, we're going to increase the ethanol mandate in iowa -- >> capitol -- >> he was very effective today in criticizing cruz for setting the birther thing aside but the -- okay. that's a big thing to set aside. >> sarah palin should answer that. >> yeah, on the senator whose bought and sold by goldman sachs and the loans and the -- i mean, he keep -- that's his new thing now and he'll keep harping on it to make cruz look like an establishment person. >> the problem is that cruz can't be the establishment opponent to donald trump because the establishment hates ted cruz

sarah palin. in a crowded race if you can take up so much oxygen, that helps. >> gloria, it's not just an endorsement. sarah palin has agreed to campaign with donald trump in the coming days. much more active support. >> she will be there to mobilize the republican base, to energize conservatives and evangelical voters who have had questions about donald trump, particularly ones raised by ted cruz and others. and so i think what she does is she commands the vast audiences. she mobilizes the voters and she's another celebrity. so, you have a star and another star. >> david, sarah palin did direct jabs at ted cruz, gave a shout out to rand paul. how much do you read into the fact that she didn't even mention cruz directly? obviously, palin/cruz had been allies up until now. she endorsed him and he credits her with helping him win the senate. >> there's no doubt she was a big help to him. he was trying to sort of preempt any attacks coming his way when he tweeted out recaller when there was speculati

a story about sarah palin will be on page a 1 as of tomorrow. >> great to join you. >> is the sarah palin endorsement expected to be politically important in iowa or more broadly? >> yes. what we're watching, rachel is a paradigm shift in real-time because this is a party dominated by the outsiders. the anti-establishment voices, they are now the establishment. so following the traditional rules an endorsement like this can wouldn't rock the boat and wouldn't have that much impact. but in a race 13 days before iowa where the two leading candidates have not been endorsed by a senator or a governor a voice like palin thus matters. >> in terms of the what i'm starting to think of as the mythical beast of the republican establishment, which is the sort of idea that we keep talking about what they're going to do and it never seems to have much impact or be manifest in visible ways. it is one thing for donald trump to have taken a shot like he did early in his campaign against john mccain calling him not a war hero. john mccain has been incredibly loyal to sarah palin ever since he picked her a

sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and support, i wouldn't be in the senate today. >> this just might be the kind of move that excites someone that supports donald trump but wasn't sure if they would go out and caucus on a cold night. >> reporter: it all spelled bad news for cruz as terry branstad took the texas senator to task today for lack of support for renewable fuels. important to iowa farmers. >> i believe it would be a big mistake for iowa to support him. and i know he is ahead in the polls but the only poll that counts is the one they take on caucus night. >> reporter: now with iowa less than two weeks away and polls showing trump neck and neck with cruz, the palin official endorsement could be crucial. >>> this is peter alexander. she was trump before trump. a provocative outspoken media magnet, sarah palin burst on to the national stage in 2008. >> they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull -- lipstick. >> reporter: with her informal folksy style she gave voice to a gr

you said sarah palin is female donald trump. in many ways she has a lot more support from the conservative side of the party, the most conservative elements. >> yeah. deirdre: so in that way, i almost feel like she helps him more. >> no doubt about it. in fact i did endorse her and of course earlier in this campaign i was supportive of a guy like mike huckabee who had been a governor of a liberal state and a very good governor, elected, reelected. i knew mike huckabee could be a terrific president because of his experience. i also like chris christie for the same reason. if i were picking a team right now to win this election and i don't care which of the candidates is it, if it is opposite hillary clinton i'm for whoever it is but if i were picking the team, i would pick donald trump and carly fiorina, or ben carson. i don't think that, i don't think sarah wants to be vice president now. she could probably do just as well as she could have of course with john mccain but i'm not sure she wants to take on that load again. however

i love sarah palin. sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and supporor i wouldn't be in the senate today. >> repororr: jeb bush was less plomatic during a fox news appearance. >> i respect donald trump. i don't think sarah palin has the ideas to keep us safe. >> reporter: on the democratic side, hillary clinton picked up the key endorsement of the human rights campaign, the nation's largest lgbt rights group. rival bernie sanders had his comeback. >> we are the only on the democratic side not to have a super pact and i'm proud of it. a strong lead over sanders nationally but latest polls show sanders is beating her in iowa. now clinton will return to iowa today. she is expected to spend four days in the state this week versus just one in new hampshire. back to sarah palin's endorsement of donald trump. it came on the same day palin's son trac was charged with assault and possessing a weapon while intoxicated in connection with an incident involving his girlfriend monday night. the palin family attorney declined to comm

back to sarah palin's endorsement of donald trump. it came on the same day trac her son was charged with assault and possessing a weapon while intoxicated in connection with an incident involving his girlfriend monday night. the palin family attorney declined to comment on the case. >> don champion here in new york, thank you. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will have more on sarah palin's endorsement of donald trump trump. >>> hillary clinton campaign is dismissing the latest report on her e-mails. some of her e-mails found at her home was higher security clearance than to the secret. some contained information on the clinton campaign says these were not classified when they were sent or received. >>> ben carson, temporarily, suspended his campaign after a volunteer died following a car accident. a van carrying three carson volunteers and a paid staffer in western iowa flipped on its side on an icy road and hit another vehicle yesterday morning. 25-year-old braydon joplin died yesterday afternoon. the others were treated at a nea

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sarah palin: are you ready for a commander in chief? are you ready for a commander in chief that will lead our warriors do their job and cake isis' ass? it was not so much a speech as a series of small explosions -- taking aim at the president, sure, but also the republican establishment. sarah palin: you are sounding angry is what we are hearing. you are right we are angry. playing up a donald trump as the outsider. sarah palin: he is from the private sector. can i get a hallelujah? in the private sector you have to balance budgets and prioritize. past 2-year sarah palin has been absent from the political front line, concentrating on being a reality. she is still a darling of the tea party right and the evangelical party. in iowa, that matters. she is gaffe-prone, as we saw when she ran for vice president eight years ago. i love hockey moms. the difference between hockey moms and pitbulls? lipstick. jon: there is often a slip. sarah palin: you can see russia from land in alaska. the danger is while sarah palin may help to win over the

and sarah palin picks sides. she is clearly a part of the celebrity circus wing of the republican party which may, in fact, be the biggest wing. >> okay. so the curious thing this morning, ben, and you heard sara murray reporting it, we all expected sarah palin to appear with donald trump in iowa, but suddenly she's not. is there anything to that, you think, ben? >> i mean, sarah palin -- >> ben, i want ben. wait, wait. ben. >> oh, i thought you said van, sorry. >> if you're sarah palin, and this was a very simple move, it was probably donald trump saying, i'm in trouble in iowa. i've got to figure out a way to come back. i'm going to pick sarah palin. and then i'm going to let her come out on stage. and her people that love sarah palin are obsessed with palin. the same people that love trump are obsessed with trump. that's probably his biggest asset for him right now. i don't know why. she may have wanted to go back, for all i know, in alaska. her son's in trouble with the law. she want to go back and deal with

sarah palin endorsed ted cruz when he ran for senate in 2012. the switch of allegiance came as a surprise. how much can she do for trump? in a run for vice president in 2008, sarah palin bill turnbull shown a as a desk presiden -- as a lesser governor in 2009, sarah palin worked as a political -- as alaska governor in 2009, since then, sarah palin has worked as a political pundit . she is a polarizing figure amongst the party as a whole. genie: there has been another big loss in the arts world. italian cinema lost one of its reats with the death of ettore scola. directed "special day" and "we loved each other so much." scola, the filmmaker, who has died at the age of 84, films comedies with a subversive edge. than the 1977 film "a special day," starring sophia laurent, which denounced the persecution of homosexuals under miscellany. -- under mussolini. >> all aspects of fascism -- >> the established his career as a screenwriter, including the 1963 hit. he carved an imprint for himself as a filmmaker, winning the best director afford -- the best

and sarah palin was the original. and yesterday america found the old cable, plugged it in, and guess what, it still works. >> he's from the private sector, not a politician. can i get a hallelujah. >> hallelujah. >> where in the private sector you actually have to balance budgeted to prioritize, to keep the main thing, the main thing. and he knows the main thing of president is to keep us safe economicically and militarily. he knows the main thing. and he knows how to lead the charge. so troops, hang in there, because help's on the way because he, better than anyone, isn't he known for being able to command, fire! (laughter). >> trevor: what? that is amazing! she's all over the place. like it's not even human. it's like the only thing sarah palin hates more than obama is punk yaition. nobody is-- like it is almost like she a malfunctioning robot, maybe, or the troop, or the commander, or boy, or e it is like a bag of scrabble tiles that grew a body and came to life. it's so randomment and whatever she is, she is happ

sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and support i wouldn't be in the senate today. >> reporter: it all spelled bad news for cruz as iowa governor terry branstad took the texas senator to task for his lack of support for renewable fuels. important to iowa farmers. now with iowa less than two weeks away, and polls showing trump neck and neck with cruz, palin's official endorsement could be crucial. katy tur, nbc news, ames, iowa. >>> less than 24 hours before, the announcement, palin's 26-year-old son track was arrested on misdemeanor domestic violence charges. court documents state that track and his girlfriend were arguing for most of the day when he allegedly hit her in the head with a closed fist, sending her to the ground, where he then kicked her in the knee. palin then allegedly threw his girlfriend's cell phone. she retrieved the phone and ran inside the house where palin allegedly pulled an ar-15 rifle on her, saying, quote, do you think i won't do it? palin was arraigned and released after

how much will sarah palin's endorsement help donald trump? to susan ferrechio and welcome. susan: i think donald trump's teflon nature goes in both directions. when he says something that seems outrageous to people, it has no changes in the poll. and on the other hand i think a palin endorsement is going to neither help nor hurt him. i think trump is a rising star on his observe merit with the conservative base and with republican voters. it may help bring in some of the ehave been gel cal vote, which is what he needs flown iowa. she's very popular with those voters. in that sense she may help but he is rising ahead of the pack so far nationally, it's not going to have a huge impact on him. eleanor: i think it's a short-term ploy for iowa. she does have some appeal among the evangelical voters and that arer a large part of the electorate in iowa. but let's remember, she helped destroy what little chance john mccain had of becoming president because as a vice presidential running mate she had zero credibility. and i think if trump continues to talk about how she'll play a ro

sarah palin expecd to follow shortly. and tom, the big question, is palin expected to hit the >> reporter: she will, davivi we know that she'll be campaigning with donald trump tomorrow here in iowa. and then both of them fly together to tulsa, oklahoma. in the past, sarah palin has worked very hard for the candidate she's endorsed. now, that said, a palin endorsement sometimes comes with drama and there's no difference right now. just last night, we learbed that sarah palin's 26-year-old son, track palin, was arrested in a domestic violence incident. so far, no word yetet from the palin or trump camps. david? >> tom llamas, thank you. >>> meantime, on the democratic side tonight, a breaking headline, as well. the eye-oponing new poll out of new hampshire tonight. bernie sanders beating hillary inton by 27 points there. in any new hampshire poyet. new hampshire has bn good to secretary clinton before, but the snims between these two candidates now being replaced by sharp words on the trail. with iowa and new hampshire com

sarah palin and donald trump. there was a suggest some people watching that donald trump looked a little stiff. he didn't know what to do with his arms. the speech was long and he was uncomfortable. don lemon asked him about that last night. let's listen. >> you did seem to be uncomfortab uncomfortable. am i wrong? were you uncomfortable there watching sarah palin? >> no, not at all. i was there. i didn't know it would be quite that long. she made a beautiful -- she made a very good speech. i was very happy. i would have normally left the stage and let her speak, i thought it would be nice if i was there. i thought it would be disrespectful to her if i left the stage. >> that put that to rest, doesn't it, tom? >> quite that long, huh? that's how he puts it. you know, this is what is so interesting about him. this is why politicians are the way they are. politicians mask this stuff. people have been doing this forever. one of the reasons we are entertained by donald trump when he goes up on the debate stage or on a

bottom line, he said i love sarah palin. sarah palin is fantastic. this is after the cruz campaign said it was a blow to sarah palin, would hurt her standing among conservatives. >> a lot of conservative voters you encounter on the campaign trail look back at tgovernor palin's experience in 2008 and she's a sympathetic figure to those on the right how she was treated. that's what trump hopes on the campaign trail today. >>> i want to bring our audience breaking news from wall street. right now the dow is down more than 400 points. that as oil fell to a new 12-year low, under $28 a barrel. nbc news business correspondent olivia sterns joins me now with the reaction to it. we've been watching this for the last hour or so and now we're at 405. >> just slightly off session lows here but in the big picture stocks just keep on getting hammered. right now the dow is down over 400 points. the s&p is off by about 8%. the benchmarks, both the s&p and dow officially in correction territory for the year -- or excuse me, in correction territory. that means they a

endorsement from sarah palin. she is now facing backlash from veteran's groups over comment she made tying the white house to her son's domestic violence arrest. palin's son is a 26-year-old iraq veteran who was charged this week on domestic violence charges. she addressed the issue last night in oklahoma. listen. >> my son, like so many others, they come back a bit different. they come back hardened. they come back wondering if there is that respect for what it is that their fellow soldiers and airmen and every other member of the military so sacrificially have given to this country. and that starts from that, the top. the question, though, that comes from our own president where they have to look at him and wonder, do you know what we go through? do you know what we're trained to do to secure america? >> let's bring in democratic strategist and cnn political commentator donna brazile and doug heye, former dnc commentator. donna, you don't like sarah palin's comments one bit. >> i'm a daughter of a veteran. i bel

senate today if it were not for governor sarah palin. she is fearless, she is principled, she is courageous, and she is a mama grizzly. that was ted cruz after he was in the u.s. senate. and here's sarah palin saying the feeling was mutual. >> ted cruz represents the positive change that we need. he represents that change and that is why you see the disgusting attacks thrown at him. >> but another cruz relationship soured today. cruz spokesman rick tyler tried to get ahead of the news by saying a trump endorsement would impune palin's conservative cred. bristol palin responded, after hearing what cruz is now saying about my nom in a negative, knee-jerk reaction, makes me hope my mom does endorse trump. iowa, of course, is do or die, i think for the cruz campaign. and the key to iowa is the v evangelical vote. for now at least cruz is still following that track with garnering nearly 33% of the vote for himself. but cruz's no good, very bad day has turned into a pile-on. a super pac supporting marco rubio released a new ad, hammering cruz

palin defending sarah palin. that's what i thought what was so important about tonight. when she said, the establishment doesn't like donald trump, it was look like, it doesn't like me. >> here's sarah palin taking shots at the republican party itself. which tells you where this campaign's at. >> we need someone new who has the power and is in the position to bust up that establishment, to make things great again. it's part of the problem. his candidacy, which is a movement, it's a force, it's a strategy. they're attacking their own front-runner. for the gop establishment, to be coming after donald trump's supporters, even, with accusations that are so false, they are so busted, the way that this thing works. >> this is going right back at the republican party, the reince priebus crowd and all those people who seem like they're just dying, they don't control this thing anymore. >> it brings into the circle a lot of folks who have kind of been looking at this peripherally. some of ted cruz's supporters. some are s

>> sarah palin is back. center stage and throwing her support behind donald trump. >> we're going to give them hell. >> nearly a decade after the conservative fire brand rallied rochus crowds, palin is taking on a new mission, shoring up trump against some of his rival's potent attacks. sara barracuda came out swinging. >> are you ready for a commander in chief that will let our military do their job and kick isis ass. no pussy footing around. >> reporter: and assuring voters that trump, a former democrat, is a conservative. palin even casting the businessman has a populist who just happens to be a billionaire. >> yeah, our leader is a little bit different. he's a multibillionaire, not that there's anything wrong with that. but it's amazing. he is not elitist at all. >> reporter: yesterday, trump pressing pause on his proomry battles. >> i'm going to be connecticut front tagsal today for a change. >> reporter: to relish his celebrity endorsement. >> this is a woman that from day one, i said if i ever do this

governor sarah palin endorsing him. "on the record" will continue to monitor this breaking endorsement. and former g.o.p. presidential candidate herman cain is standing by to go "on the record." his response is next. >> this is a woman that from day one i said if i ever do this, i have to get her support. you owned your car for four years, you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends, three jobs... you're like nothing can replace brad. then liberty mutual calls, and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement™, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. you won't see these folks they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus

>> are there any still sarah palin true believers? >> you can start there then. >> her star power has greatly diminished. i just don't get the sense that the draw is there like it was in the early obama years. i do think you're right. i think there's a strategic reason she attached her herself to donald trump and she craves that type of attention? i watched how much the rhetoric has changed. i watched when she was stumping for john mccain, and we were all very alarmed at what was happening at her specific rallies. i look back at that. i look and it's almost quantity. what we witnessed in 2008 specifically .really wasn't as alarming as what we're seeing now. i think he highlighted something that sorch has been underanalyzed in trumpism. trumpism has trumped chen eyche. when was the last time we had cheney come out and tell us how to think about foreign policy? let's listen to palin on foreign policy tonight. >> let me say something really positive about one of those individuals, rand paul. i'm going to tell you about that libertarian s