trump skipped last night's gop forum in new hampshire. and nbc tracie potts joins me live from washington. plenty of candidates, waking up hoping to be in the top ten. >> hoping they'll get a little bump in the polls. and today at 5:00 is the deadline to determine who's going to be in the debate. the front-runner, noticeably, was not there. >> here's nbc's predicted lineup for thursday. donald trump, scott walker, and jeb bush and rounding off the top ten. >> we can't negotiate with terrorists. >> it takes boots on the ground. >> we need a balanced budget amendment. >> it was a big opportunity for those at the top. slamming the fight against isis. >> i think we need a new gop. >> and those not expected to make thursday's primetime debate. bobby jindal took on iran. >> this is a bad deal. >> donald trump was a no-show, even though he's polling 24% in new hampshire. our new nbc/"wall street journal" poll shows republicans almost evenly split over whether trump is helping or hurting the party. marco rubio is the candidate that most say they

both sides flooded new hampshire and iowa with events. marco rubio said he will not use the term "anchor baby." >> i don't believe donald trump will be our nominee. >> why don't you he'll be the nominee? >> i think it will be somebody who embraces the future. le there's common ground between pro life and pro choice people that we ought to find and forge and make sure that this country respects life from beginning to end. >> reporter: they went back to the issues to try to take back the spotlight. and there's still a lot of campaigning to do. the first votes in primaries in iowa and new hampshire are in february. >> thank you so much for that. >>> and wall street is crossing its fingers, hoping for a repeat of yesterday. and stocks exploded upward. the dow closed up with its third biggest point gain ever. and this as fears over china's econraem kaun economy are easing. and speculation that the fed may not raise interest rates. >>> one of the panda cubs born last saturday died. handlers noticed respiratory issues and that it wasn't breathin

senator marco rubio told workers in new hampshire that he will not use the term "anchor babies." he added -- >> ultimately the republican party will reach out to all voters based on who our nominee is. i don't believe donald trump will be our nominee. >> former governor jeb bush held an event in florida, for common ground for pro choice voters. >> there's common ground between pro life and pro choice people that we ought to find and forge and make sure the country respects life from the beginning to the end. >> republican candidates went back to the issues. there's a lot of campaigning left to be done. the first primary and caucus in new hampshire, then iowa starts in february. >> edward lawrence in d.c. >>> now some sad news, one of the panda twins born just days ago at the national zoo in washington has died. the smaller of the twin cubs born last saturday showed signs of concern when handlers noticed respiratory issues and that it was not growing. this was the third time panda mom has lost a cub. >>> it was an emotional day in court in colorado as james holmes was formally sen

donald trump slammed jeb bush in a new hampshire town hall. the two candidates had dueling events within 19 miles of each other. trump had no problem pointing out he's drawing bigger crowds. >> you know what's happening to jeb's crowd, as you know right down the street? they're sleeping. they're sleeping now. >> mr. trump doesn't have a proven conservative record. he was a democrat longer in the last decade than he was a republican. he's given more money to democrats than he's given to republicans. >> still, trump drives the debate in the republican primary. his focus on illegal immigration continues. as trump vowed to clean up the system. >> the bad ones are getting out fast. day one. if i win, day one of my presidency, they're getting out. we're getting them out. >> governor scott walker tried to change the debate to national security. >> when you have a lead from behind mentality that you have under the obama-clinton doctrine, it affects many places around the world. >> on the democratic side, it shows that hillary clinton's popularity amon

. >> reporter: he is donald trump slammed jeb bush ia a new hampshire town hall, he two candidates had dualing events within 19 miles of each otazher and trump had no problem pointing out that he had bigger crowds. >> kbroi you know what's happening to jeb's crowd right now? they're sleeping. >> he was a democraw longer than a republican in the last decade. >>u reporter: still, trump drives the debate in the republican primary. his focus on illegal immigration ignited the crowd as he vowed to clean up the system. >> day one, they're getting out. we're getting them out. >> scott walker tried to change the debate to national security. >> when you have a from behehind doctrine, it effects around the rld. >> reporter: and hillary clinton's popularit dropped. d the road to the nomination may be longer for the republicans. with 17 candidates and each one trying to gain the spotlight against donald trump. >>> and oscar pistorius will not be getting out of prison just yet. south africa's department of justice said the decision was made people etural rooem churly and woult legal basis. now, und

during a candidate forum in new hampshire last night. but the most talked about contender, donald trump wasn't there. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is in manchester. he has more. hi peter. >> reporter: good morning to you. this is the end of the political preseason. the 2016 regular season kicks off thursday night. just two days from now but here last night 14 republican rivals in this first primary state tested out their best talking points trying to nail down that job interview but among those missing, donald trump. >> ahead of thursday night's debate the pregame warm up. 14 republican candidates sharing a single stage in new hampshire. but donald trump skipped the forum touting his front runner status with a press release instead. >> will you attack donald trump? >> no. my goal is to let people know what i think. >> should donald trump have been here? >> it would have been nice but, you know, i'm sure he had something more important to do. >> the two hour forum played out like political speed dating. the gop contenders sa

he skipped last night's debate in new hampshire. and nbc tracie potts joins me live from washington. plenty of candidates, waking up this morning, hoping to be in that top 10. >> reporter: but today is the cut off and here is the line up as we see it based on the average of the last five poll -- five major poles. donald trump, scott walker, and jeb bush and rounding off the top 10 for now, governor chris, christie and kasich. and the one thing we saw in the forum last night that maybe we haven't seen as much of in the campaign trail, lots of issues being discussed. isis, and the border. rick perry, who was governor of texas, talked about that. balancing the budget and iran. and as you noted, trump was not there, even though he's polling 24% in that state. however, the party is almost evenly split as to whether he's helping or hurting the republican party. and real briefly, hillary clinton has a two million dollar add that rolls in iowa and new hampshire today. >>> an emotional plea yesterday from actress, amy schumer. she's teaming

nbc's ron allen is in lancaster, new hampshire, with more this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. that circus big top lies as flat as a pancake on the fairgrounds behind me. hard to imagine how shocking and terrifying it was for the 100 or so spectators. a lot of children and families there who survived the ordeal. investigators have been going through it all over night and will continue today, trying to figure out how a circus became such a disaster. for the second day in a row, weather turned outdoor fun into tragedy. after a severe storm blew down a circus tent in lancaster, new hampshire, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others. officials say about 100 people were inside the tent watching the walker brothers circus around 5:30 p.m. when 60-mile-per-hour winds, one-inch hail, and lightning caused the tent to collapse. >> lancaster dispatch. white field. respond mutually to lancaster fairgrounds. circus tent collapse. minimum radio traffic, please. >> police not releasing the names of the deceased, however, the gov

while republicans see weakness -- >> the last poll done in new hampshire, we're ahead of hillary clinton by two points. >> and bernie sanders is refusing to capitalize by saying, i like hillary clinton, i respect hillary clinton and i disagree with hillary clinton on a number of issues and that's what i'll be talking about. >> while everyone is talking about the latest poll numbers, it shows sanders leading clinton by seven points in new hampshire. dara? >> an interesting race, brian moore, thank you so much for that. >>> well, they will try again next week. no settlement or decision in that battle against quarterback tom brady and the nfl. brady wants his four-game suspension stemming from the deflate-gate scandal lifted. he admitted destroying the phone was the wrong thing to do. but he maintains his innocence. but with all that, this is what people are talking about yesterday from "time". and the artist apologizes for making tom brady look like lurch you be the judge -- does the typically easy on the eyes qb look like the "addams family" character? >> the person that tweeted this call

and in new hampshire, it's at 18%, which is down. while he leads in iowa with 17%, he's tied with scott walker at 14%. yesterday, he had two targets. >> jeb and hillary on the same day, they said, donald trump has too strong a tone, too strong. we have heads being chopped off because they're christian in the middle east, we have borders where people are being killed. the world is cracking up and they're worried about my tone. >> that's just part of yesterday's three-way war of words. jeb bush went after hillary clinton in a speech of his own. brian moore is in washington. all right, let's start there. because bush really laid into hillary clinton regarding foreign policy yesterday. >> reporter: after controversy republicans really want to shift the focus back to hillary clinton. jeb bush was talking isis and and hillary clinton. >> isis grew. when was the secretary of state? >> reporter: then there's donald trump. >> leading in iowa, leading in new hampshire, leading in north carolina. >> reporter: still riding high in the polls, sti

the race for president, donald trump and jeb bush held dueling town hall meetings in new hampshire last night and both, of course, took shots at each other. trump criticizing the former florida governor as a low energy candidate who drew a smaller crowd than he did. >> you know what is happening at jeb's crowd as you know, just down the street? they are sleeping! they are sleeping now. >> trump talked about other issues, including iraq, immigration and building a wall along the border. as he mentioned just down the street, jeb bush held his own town hall meeting and he fired back against trump and said that trump is a flip-flopping democrat. >> people are very angry about how washington is not working. he has tapped into that. i respect people that feel the way they do for sure. but when people look at his record, it is not a conservative record. let's support someone who you don't have to guess where he stands because he is consistent. >> trump and bush are currently first and second in polling in the critical primary state of new hampshire. >>> in pennsylvania this morning, progress t

donald trump slammed jeb bush in a new hampshire town hall. the two candidates had dueling events within 19 miles of each other. trump had no problem pointing out he's drawing bigger crowds. >> do you know what's happening to jeb's crowd right down the street? they're sleeping. they're sleeping now. >> mr. trump doesn't have a proven conservative record. he was a democrat longer in the last decade than he was a republican. he's given more money to democrats tan he has given to republicans. >> still trump drives the debate in the republican primary. his focus on illegal immigration continues as trump vowed to clean up the system. >> the bag ones are getting out past. day one. if i win, day one of my presidency, they're getting out. we're getting them out. >> governor scott walker tried to change the debate to national security. >> when you have a lead from behind mentality that you have under the obama clinton doctrine it effects many places in the world. >> hillary clinton's popularity among democrats slipped under 50%. her support dwindled in

isn't and now a new title, grandma. >> reporter: the hillary clinton ads running in iowa and new hampshire today. but a caution for her in the latest nbc/"wall street journal" poll, the popularity has been dropping over the last months but the negative and positive ratings are still upside down. darlene. >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> new restrictions on amazon prime. now, customers had been able to share the $99 service with up to four other people. new subscribers, though, will only be able to split it between two adults and four children. and those two adults, they have to authorize each other to use the debit and credit cards that they each have on file with amazon. >>> apple said to be developing technology that could be the end of voice mail. the company working on a service that use siri and icloud to actually tribe the voice mail and then send it to you as a text. the bottom line is you would no longer have to listen to your voice mail. apple employees are testing it out. the new feature could launch next year. >> i think it would be great, a lot of times you don't w

it's going to be a big day here in new hampshire, an education summit that will be attended by a number of candidates, including carly fiorina and jeb bush and scott walker as well as john kasich. kasich will have a town hall and so will jeb bush, just 20 minutes away. trump has been sparring with bush every chance he gets, often unprovoked trying to slam him on immigration and military. trump seeing and treating bush as his biggest threat right now. all while bush is getting ann annoyed having to answer questions about trump and trying to just refer to him as the big personality in the room. bush is having to respond to him, specifically to his immigration plan on monday, forgsed to comment on it, saying it was unrealistic. trump is going to try to sell the plan here to voters today and you can bet he's going to try to steal voters and reporters and all. attention from the other candidates, especially jeb bush. matt? >> katy tur, thanks very much. members of the media will be jumping county to county. >> we have an update on something we talked about on tuesday, the fda has approved th

under new hampshire state law the age of consent is 16. she was 15 when this occurred. she is a minor. she has been emotional on the stand and discuss what she said was a trauma for her. trying ing ting to poke holes story or credibility has to be done with a great deal of care so the jury doesn't think it's bullying. >> of course. but he has to defend his client. thank you. >>> the let's get a check of the weather. mr. roker is on an adventure in abu dhabi this morning. you know, the stone pushes the heat back under your chin. >> reporter: it's a white reflective stone. it just does a little bit more. i'm going to make chicken out here. i may become a chicken out here. i'm not complaining at all. it's pretty exciting! just to remind you, it's part of the travel channel's new show "50/50." 50-hour $50,000 vacation. the clock started ticking yesterday when our two fans were picked out of our line and we got them -- they had to pack. in fact, alex had to go to h & m because they didn't have anything. they had their passports. we got on a great flight for 13 hours. boom! w

the candidates are back on the campaign trail in new hampshire again today. and it comes on the heels of those fireworks you mentioned between jeb bush and donald trump trading jabs on everything from iraq to their conservative credentials. it's faceoff in new hampshire with jeb bush and donald trump squaring off at simultaneous town halls wednesday night about 15 miles apart. >> mr. trump doesn't have a proven conservative record. >> i don't see how he's electable. >> trump questioned bush's ability to lead in an extended tirade. >> you know what's happening to jeb's crowd as you know right down the street? they're sleeping. they're sleeping now. >> at a press conference where he slammed bush over his stance on iraq. >> for him to say we have to show them we have skin in game is one of the really dumb statements. >> and during a late night cable news interview. >> he's a very low-energy person, jeb bush. he has low energy. it's okay, good if you want to lead a long life. >> bush fired off attacks of his own, painting trump as a democrat in republican clothin

the candidates from both parties flooded iowa and new hampshire with events. senator marco rubio told workers in new hampshire that he will not use a the term anchor babies. he also added that donald trump would the not be the nominee because republicans need someone to looks forward. jeb bush held an event in florida looking for common ground among pro choice voters. in that national poll on the republican side donald trump is increasing his lead. he went from 20% last month to 28% now. he has more than doubled the next republican in line, that's ben cars aen at 12%. edward lawrence, back to you. >> it's amazing to see those numbers climb. >> and they will change we think in the weeks and months to come. >>> finally after dropping for six straight days wall street appears to be bouncing back. >> for more on that and the rest of our news before the bell we turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you. wall street looks set to build on wednesday's monster rallies. the dow rising more than 600 points, the third best

paul's in new hampshire where tuition tops $50,000 a year. its alumni include secretary of state john kerry, former fbi director robert muller, actors, bankers and members of congress. according to a search warrant one of the counselors at the school said there is a horrible tradition at the school called the senior salute in which a senior e-mails a younger student regarding a conquest before they graduate. in an interview with a detective labrie described sexual score boards in which other boys tallied conquests on a dorm wall and on inloo. he denied that senior salute had anything to do with the rooftop encounter with the girl. labrie planned to studilele theology at harvard and said they kissed but he experienced a moment of divine inspiration and stopped himself from going further. a friend says labrie comes from a modest background, was beloved by crass mates who raised money for his defense. st. paul's says current allegations about the culture are not emblematic of the school or our values. >> it would be great if the senior girls and

they're trying to spwing voters in new hampshire. donald trump slammed jeb bush during dueling town hall meetings. trump said that the crowd at bush's event was sleeping. still, trump is centered around immigration. he said he'd eventually have a wall that could be dubbed the trump wall between the u.s. and mexican border. he also promised to kick out illegal immigrants with criminal records. his first day on the job. on the democratic side, hillary clinton's fallen under 50% among democrat voters. bernie sanders as in narrowed the vote between them. in a head to head match-up with donald trump, hillary clinton's lead has dwindled. reporting in washington, edward lawrence. back to you, aaron. >>> rick santorum is in d.c. today to lay out his plan to fix the immigration system. in the past, santorum has said both legal and undocumented immigrants have taken jobs from americans. he is expected to take questions from the crowd today. >>> a baltimore police officer facing attempted murder charges this morning. the case is totally unrelat

outer loop at new hampshire avenue, two lanes blocked. that is typical in the morning and has been throughout most of the summer. i thought maybe today we would get away with. it again, outer loop at new hampshire there, the two right lanes blocked here this morning. beltway at river road, right now no major problems there. road looking quite good there. inner loop and outer loop, 66 no problems. 95, northbound/southbound, no issues there. yesterday, of course, we had a lot of slowdowns northbound. outer frederick, a little construction -- outer fredericksburg, a little construction. inner loop and outer loop rolling just fine. tap of the beltway bw parkway, 95, and 29 nice and green. back in ten minutes, 4:41. >> see you then. >>> 4:33. today, officials in the district are ramping up efforts to warn people about the dangers of synthetic drugs. the attorney's office and d.c. prevention center have joined forces to hold talks at area shelters. the meetings come in response to a recent spike in overdoses related to synthetic drug use. the s

paul's in new hampshire where tuition tops $50,000 a year. its alumni include secretary of state john kerry, former fbi director robert mueller, actors, bankers, and members of congress. according to a search warrant, one of the school's counsellors told police there's a horrible tradition at the boarding school called the senior salute in which a senior e-mails a younger student regarding a conquest before they graduate. in an interview with a detective, labrie describes sexual scoreboards in which other boys kept a tally of their conquests on a wall and online. he denied senior salute had anything to do with the rooftop encounter with the girl. labrie, who plans to study theology at harvard told police they kissed and then he experienced a moment of divine inspiration, and stopped himself from going any further. a friend tells nbc news labrie comes from a modest background, that he was beloved by classmates who rallied around him and raised money for his defense. in a written statement, st. paul says current allegations about our culture ar

. >> and a new poll puts clinton in an unexpected spot in new hampshire, second place. >>> black hawk down. a crash landing for a u.s. military chopper off the coast of japan. 17 people on board survived, but 7 are injured. we'll have a live report. >>> family drama. actress kelly rutherford in tears after a judge orders her to return her two children to their father in europe. >> i have no words at this moment. >> will her initial refusal to send them back make it harder for her to see them in the future? >>> and we're going to need a bigger cage. a massive great white, at least 20 feet long, goes into the record books as the biggest ever filmed, today, wednesday, august 12th, 2015. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i admit it, i'm one of those people that says you've seen one piece of shark video, you've seen them all. i've changed my mind. that is a big shark. >> i know, it's incredible. and if you're afraid to get in

this is a bad deal. >> reporter: donald trump was a no-show, even though he's pulling 24% in new hampshire. our new nbc/wall street journal poll shows almost half of the republicans think trump is hurting the party. marco rubio is the candidate most primary voters say they could support. also looking into hillary clinton's poll numbers, her positive numbers have started to drop. her positive/negative numbers are off-balance. they are upside down. but so are those for many of the candidates. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> there are new developments in the search for two missing teens who vanished during a fishing trip off the coast of florida. the boat both teens are on missing is no longer where the coast guard found it. multiple media outlets are reporting a salvage company couldn't find the boat. on friday the coast guard called off its search for perry cohen and austin stephanos one week after they went missing. >>> what appeared to be a child handcuffed at his desk and now the american civil liberties union is suing. the suit claims a kentucky sheriff's deputy, who is also sch

it was the candidate's forum in new hampshire. candidates individually fielded questions and took the opportunity to make their stands known. >> for the first time nonviolent offenders, no more prison. >> i believe the obama nuclear deal is the single gravest national security threat facing america. >> two gop candidates skipped the forums, mike huckabee and the front-runner donald trump. >>> and piano land is sold pout. >>> and a man had just seconds to spare. we'll have that video. >>> and a scary sight at a packed beach, the warning for people hoping for relief from the heat today. >>> and weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. you're watching "today in new york." >>> it's 4:43. 4 things to know this morning. breaking news in in which. someone opened fire at a pnc bank arts center. two people are in critical condition. "today in new york's" tracie strahan is there, she'll have an update a few minutes. >> president obama turns 54 today. the commander in chief celebrated with close friends out at camp david. >>> in connecticut,

here's a live look from kechlt ene, new hampshire. last night he fired back at trump and said he's a flip-flopping democrat. trump and bush are first and second in the critical early primary state of new hampshire. >>> former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is speaking at the national press club about his immigration policy. this is also another live look. this time from washington, d.c. santorum has said both legal and undocumented immigrants have taken jobs that should go to american workers. >>> a south korean olympic athlete says he's sick after practicing in the polluted waters of rio de janeiro. the 22-year-old says he doesn't know the exact reason he got sick but his coach is convinced the water there is to blame. the international sailing federation says the athlete is one of four who became sick during this year's test event for sailors and windsurfers. >>> the next time you check out a movie at regal cinema, don't be surprised if an employee asks to search your bag. they will search bags and backbacks as customers enter t

many of those candidates were in new hampshire last night but the front runner noticeably absent. you always know when trump is not there. >> reporter: exactly. yeah. trump wasn't there and they didn't really talk about him much, either. brand-new this morning a couple of new polls we don't know if fox is going to consider these or not, but they could be shifting the game a bit when it comes to determining who is going to be on that gate stage thursday night. here is nbc's dee prikd line up for thursday, donald trump, scott walker and jeb bush on top, chris christie, john kasich or possibly rick perry rounding out the top ten. all through were talking issues at last night's voter forum. >> you can secure the border, it takes boots on the ground. >> we need a balanced budget amendment. >> reporter: it was a big tune for toes at the top slamming the fight against isis. >> creating a strategy and sticking with it. >> reporter: those in the middle. >> i think we need a new gop. >> reporter: and hose not expected to make thursday's prime time debate, bobby jindal took on iran. >> i abs

and the rise of bernie sanders, a new hampshire poll showing him in the lead, leaving some democrats to push for a run from joe biden or al gore. >> i was excited to hear that. i'm sorry to hear it's just a rumor. >> i don't see how she can run. she's got bigger problems than running for office. >> donald trump leading for republicans will head to iowa saturday. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> republican presidential front-runner, donald trump, talks face-to-face with chuck todd in iowa. looking for a wide range in conversation about the presidential field, the economy, immigration and foreign policy. tomorrow on "meet the press," here on nbc 4. >>> new this morning, people jumping for their lives to escape flames on a ferry. look at that. what officials were able to do in this incredible rescue. >>> coming up, when you dial 911 for medical assistance, why a firefighter could we respond and paramedics responding. we'll talk with wendy rieger about adopting pets. >> reporter: i'm down here with fred at the washington humane society. he has a megaphone. we are going to shout out, clear the

hampshire. we'd if saying oh, you know, brooklyn we have a problem. right now trump's image or he does to all of us is eclipsing even that hillary story. >> talking politics and talking numbers. you have a different look and somewhat of an uncomfortable look at hurricane katrina as we mark the ten year anniversary. >> i read malcolm gladwell, outliers tipping point author, that many have been given the book for the holidays and possibly read it, he looks at the data of new orleans. there's an uncomfortable conclusion here. did you have to burn the village down to save the village? did katrina finally force the changes that were necessary that new orleans needed to do to save new orleans? it's a provocative take he has. melissa perry disagrees with it as well, but it's a good conversation. >> fireworks probably. >> not fireworks. >> a good conversation? >> two very intelligent people with two different takes. but an important conversation. >> all right. >> we'll hear that. in about ten minutes fr

donald trump has an event in new hampshire. a day after marco rubio spoke there, and hillary clinton interrupted her vacation for a stop in iowa. edward lawrence has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: hi, aaron, it is getting interesting for the very first time hillary clinton is starting to talk about the possibility of competition. she talked about a challenge from the vice president. she said that she always knew getting the democratic nomination would be a challenge in this. she said that she campaigned in iowa and for the first time she's talking about the vice president entering the race saying that he needs to -- he needs space to decide if this is really what he wants to do, because of what his family went through this year. she picked up big endorsements from the former governor of iowa and the current secretary of agriculture. the candidates from both parties flooded the iowa and new hampshire with events. senator marco rubio told workers in new hampshire that he will not use the term anchor babies. he added that do

a new poll has her down in the critical early voting state of new hampshire. new revelations about her private e-mail server aren't helping. now she's being forced to do something she vowed never to do. >> "today in the bay's" brian mooar joining us live in washington where we're learning she is going to turn the server over to the fbi. good morning, brian. >> reporter: everyone is talk being that server, but hillary clinton is not. while democrat hillary clinton was nowhere to be seen her republican rivals sounded off on news her e-mail server has been turned over to the fbi. >> looks like she's hiding. >> the question is why hasn't me done it this already? >> reporter: clinton's campaign is in damage control mode after an inspector general found two e-mails contained top secret information. >> i never isn't or received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received. >> reporter: a new monmouth university poll shows just over half of voters believe clinton did nothing wrong but still support a criminal investigation. while republican

sanders, who is also catching up to clinton in new hampshire, weighed in. >> this is not about hillary clinton. this is pro-bernie sanders and pro a message that says enough is enough. this country and our government belong to all of us, not just a handful of very wealthy people. >> reporter: while the poll is showing 61% of iowa democrats say the e-mail issue is not important, republicans are latching on to the controversy. >> with hillary clinton, it just seems to be one scandal after another. >> reporter: the wildcard for democrats? vice president joe biden who made a surprise appearance at a democratic party event in delaware saturday. he hasn't even announced but comes in third place with 14% supported in iowa. >> this is a movement. >> reporter: meanwhile, donald trump's lead spiked to 23% support in iowa. this weekend trump courting voters in nashville. >> i don't want it to be about me. this is about common sense. it's about doing the right thing. >> reporter: another gop surprise? neurosurgeon ben carson is close at trump at 18% and ahead of ted cruz and scott walker and jeb b

. >>> we also have new video showing a design in new hampshire after a powerful storm knocked over a circus tent. two people died, a father and daughter. as many as 250 were trapped under the collapsed tent. police now say most made it out safely. >>> developing right now, a wildfire in northern california thought to be under control is raging once again. the so-called rocky fire is burning about 100 miles north of san francisco. so far, the flames have destroyed two dozen homes and forced 13,000 people to evacuate. >> i am scared. i really am scared. they told us that this was an unprecedented fire. it was everywhere, huge. >> and take a look this is time lapsed video. look at this. it shows the fire growing, puffing flames and smoke with every passing minute. fire crews across drought-stricken california are hoping cooler weather will let them get a handle on about 20 wildfires. >>> many memphis, the manhunt is over for an accused cop killer. he was wanted in the shooting death of officer shawn bolton on saturday night. investigators say bolton interrupted a drug deal when willborn

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many of those candidates were in had new hampshire last might but the front runner noticeably absent. >> reporter: exactly, yeah, he was not there. interestingly new this morning there are a couple new polls out that are shifting things around a bit. it's possible someone could break into that top ten, we don't know exactly which polls fox will look at. their ted line is 5:00 tonight. here is nbc's dee dikd lineup for thursday, donald trump, scott walker and jeb bush on top, chris christie, john kasich or possibly rick perry rounding out the top ten. all three were talking issues at last night's voter forum. >> we can't negotiate with terrorists. >> you can secure the border, it takes boots on the ground. >> we immediate a balanced budget amendment. >> it was a big opportunity for those at the top slamming the fight against isis. >> creating a strategy sticking with it. >> those in the middle. >> i think we immediate a new gop. >> reporter: and those not expected to make hearse's prime time debate, bobby jindal took on iran. >> i disagree. this was a bad deal. >> reporter: donald trum

circus tent collapsed. >> high winds bring down a circus tent during a performance in new hampshire killing two people injuring at least 22 others. it comes just one day after that similar scene near chicago. >> from bad to worse. california's largest wildfire jumps a highway nearly 3,000 firefighters trying desperately now to stop those names fromflames from spreading. it's a scene of incredible destruction. >> top 10. this is the day the stage is set for the candidates that make the cut for thursday's primetime debate. many of them at

senator marco rubio is in new hampshire and he says he doesn't think donald trump will be the republican nominee. jeb bush is campaigning today. the first primaries for both parties in iowa and new hampshire are in february. >>> president obama will be in new orleans today, ahead of the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina. saturday marks ten years since hurricane katrina made landfall and nearly destroyed new orleans and other cities along the gulf coast. since then the focus has been on rebuilding. estimates put the damage from katrina at more than $1 billion, more than 1,800 people died as a result of the hurricane. >>> parts of delaware county hit hard by a summer storm. announced yesterday residents are eligible for state assistance for those who had damage. damage estimates for the area is $2.5 million. >>> 10 minutes before 6:00. we are about half an hour away from sunrise this morning and look at this. we are going to see a lot of sunshine. skies are clear. look at that blue sky over the city. a live view from here at the nbc10 studios. like yesterday, just a gentle breeze blow

hampshire. the victim has taken the stand already this week. the accuser is expected to do the same. gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: he was a popular athlete on citizenshscholarship planned to study thoueology on harvard. now owen labrie will testify this week. >> i was raped. i was violated in so many ways. of course i was traumatized. i'm sorry. >> we're disguising his accuser's voice and not showing her face. prosecutors say she was sexually assaulted on saint paul's campus as part of a tradition known as senior sclalute. where older students ask out younger students sometimes for sex. >> this case is about owen labrie sexually assaulting a young girl. this is how he thought about this for months. how he made a plan and executed the plan. >> reporter: after hearing from her mother, friend, and million professional. the jury is expected to listen about dna evidence this week before the defense presents its case. labrie pleaded not guilty to sexual assault and other charges. he says they

. >>> jeb bush and donald trump held dueling town hall meetings in new hampshire last night and both should shots at each other. trump criticizing the former florida governor as a low energy candidate who drew a smaller crowd than he did. >> you know what is happening at jeb's crowd as you know, just down the street? they are sleeping! they are sleeping now. >> trump talked about other issues, including iraq, immigration and building a wall along the border. as he said just a few miles away, jeb bush held his own town hall meeting. he fired back against trump and said that trump is a flip-flopping democrat. >> people are very angry about how washington is not working. he has tapped into that. i respect people that feel the way they do for sure. but when people look at his record, it is not a conservative record. let's support someone who you don't have to guess where he stands because he is consistent. >> trump and bush are currently first and second in polling in the critical primary state of new hampshire. >>> president jimmy carter is expected to reveal more about his battle with

in new hampshire, you go there, you find just the opposite. much more interested in economic issues, hardly any interest in social issues. as a whole. as a generality. so you see dispar rat groups you have to get the nomination and not just a rise in the polls, you have to demonstrate in the primaries and caucuses you can bring the disparate parties together to get that majority. >> what's your assessment of carly fiorina, another ceo who's running. >> she's demonstrated especially what they call the kitty table to date, the seven that debated in august a couple weeks ago, she demonstrated and put in a very impressive performance. as a ceo, you're accustomed to getting brick-bats and accust accustomed to a lot of pressure and different constituencies nothing like you face in politics. i attended a dinner with fiorini a couple months ago. there was handful of people and they were impressed how she comported herself and answered tough questions. it didn't surprise me she did very well in that secondary debate and i think it's very clear she will

hampshire. the victim has taken the stand this week. the ccuser expected to do the same. gub gutierrez has more. >> he was a popular athlete on scholarship who planned to study theology at harvard. his lawyer says he will testify on wednesday in a sexual assault trial that has rocked his former boarding school. >> i was raped. i was violated in so many ways. of course, i was traumatized. i'm sorry. >> we're disguising his accuser's voice and not showing her voice. prosecutors say she was sexually asersaulted on the campus as part of a tradition known as senior salute. where older students ask out younger ones before graduationi metimes for sex. >> this case is about owen le bree sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. it's about how he thought about this for months. how he made a plan and he executed the plan. >> after also hearing from her mother, a friend and medical professionals, the jury is expected to listen to testimony about dna evidence this week before the defense presents its case. >>

. >>> let's turn to the trial that has put an elite new hampshire prep school in the spot light. the defense wraps up the cross examination of the teenager who says she was sexually assaulted by an older classmate. >> reporter: next week his lawyer says owen labris will tell his side of the story. >> i was raped. i was violated in so many ways. of course, i was traumatized. i'm sorry. >> we are disguising the girl's voice and not showing her face. the 16 year old in grueling cross examination with jay carney. >> you didn't tell him to stop because it wasn't a pleasurable feeling to you, did you? >> i didn't. points with owen, weren't you? >> again, laughing nervously, yes. >> reporter: carney trying to undermine her credibility. >> try not to lie as much as possible. >> i try not to. >> sometimes i guess you are unsuccessful. >> reporter: carney says he wasn't out of line. >> try to be professional, polite, respectful and i believe i was all three of those. >> reporter: the teenager's mother who we are also not identifying told jurors after the encounter her daughter was devastat

in new hampshire. bernie mania may be generating a real political race in new hampshire. a new poll showing senator sanders, the independent from vermont, taking the lead of hillary clinton in new hampshire. the firts time the democratic front runner has trailed in a key early voting state. sanders leading hillary clinton 44% to 37% among likely democratic primary voters. that according to the franklin pierce university and "boston herald" survey. so what do you think of all of this? we'll get to your phone calls. first on the democrats' line, mark from philadelphia. what impact, if any, has this had on the hillary clinton campaign? >> caller: morning, steve. >> good morning. >> caller: what do i think? i think it has none, first of all. you know, it's another republican witch hunt here. unless she knowingly took, you know, these unmarked e-mails or whatever the heck they were and sent them to someone who shouldn't have been looking at it, like sid blumenthal or something, i don't think it's going to i