including new hampshire. okay. i'm going to have to go. all right, one from you, but it's always a negative question from -- go ahead. can you ask a positive question? let's see if it's possible. major's question. what? if necessary, i would do that, yes. we have to stop. i didn't want to do iraq. it was a big mistake. it should have never hamd. the way we got out was also a big mistake. wre cannot let isis continue to do what they're doing. so if necessary, the answer is yes, okay. thank you, everybody. >> donald trump wrapping up his q&a with reporters, but the night just getting started in new hampshire. we'll be checking in with trump's town hall as soon as that begins. we're also going to listen into a town hall governor bush is holding in the same state of new hampshire. that's this hour as well. we'll be taking you to both places live coming up. but right now, brand new questions swirling around secretary of state hxz. the e-mail scandal is not going away. fox news learned it was two e-mails from top clinton aides with classified in

so i mean, now he's in new hampshire. i am very happy he's there because the questioners there, people show up with well craft, well researched questions and i'm not sure this broken record and entertainment routine, this spectacle, is going to sell when it comes down to town halls. >> jeffrey, i want to ask you. you look at the poll that came out today from cnn, it shows trump very competitive against hillary clinton, but when we look back to 2011 or 2007, they fade. rick perry in 2007, you look further back, when you look, michele bachmann, for instance, is it possible that bush is going to turn donald trump into the bachmann or perry of the 2016s? >> i think the answer is found in the description i heard from cnn a few minutes ago that there are 1500 people at donald trump's town hall and 200 at jeb bush's. right there i think is the essence of the answer being seen in the polls. >> jeffrey, we are watching the two duelling town halls. stay with us. this is a live picture of donald trump's town hall where the candidate

hampshire, tell me about new hampshire. >> new hampshire, spent time up there recently, talking to top figures. they are really obsessed with immigration. >> they're with him? >> they're with him on this issue, including some of the biggest media people and political people in the state. >> i think, by the way, calling them pimps, was probably an upgrade. >> howard's dead right. in new hampshire, there are immigration border hawks, they're more center right on social issues. who is center right on social issues and a hawk on the border? donald trump. >> i don't see jeb bush pulling it off. just moments ago, donald trump went after mitt romney. he used a term, the choke. he said he choked. >> he let us down. mitt romney let us down. he should have won that election. he failed. he choked. in the end, no different than a golfer that misses a putt on the 18th hole. no different than a man who strikes out a baseball player. he let us down. mitt romney should have won that election. and he didn't. something happened to him. and that's not going to happen to me. honestly, honestly, i think he

tonight at molly's in new hampshire. live road to the white house coverage on c-span. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> good evening. please take your seats. .elcome, governor christie we have here a new jersey boy. he is a real jersey boy from newark, new jersey. the university of delaware, got his law degree, and has a long biography which i will not go into. he is going to explain himself. but i remember the first time i ever heard him speak, and i thought, my gosh, this is refreshing. he tells it like it is. and he is using that as his campaign motto. thebelieve me, this is third time i have seen him, and i know he will tell it like it is. i am the chair of the new boston republican committee. thank you. if you have never been to one of our meetings, we are at the local library the first thursday of every month. please come and see us. .e have so

new hampshire and new jersey are geographically, relatively the same size. you have 1.3 million people. they are spread out. there is a lie the southern part but there is also a good piece of the northern part. -- your problems are mostly access. let's take new jersey. we're about the same size. we have 8.9 million in about the same space. our problems for health care are not about access. you trip over a hospital in every four miles in new jersey, and we trip over each other in new jersey. our problem is cost. our access point is cost. why would we think that one program out of washington dc could fix those problems? the constitution of the united states said that anything that is not enumerated as a power for the federal government reverts to the states. i don't see health care in the constitution of the united states. make thelling to governors and legislatures each of these states responsible for coming up with a health care program that deals with access and cost in their state. not optional, they have to come up with a program. i might not necessarily

she did the listening to up state new york being similar to new hampshire. spent time sitting in diners, listening to people. it was mocked but it seems to have worked. she ended up winning going away in the senate race. putting her on the ground there is going to allow her to improve her numbers compared to where she is now. bernie may give her a scare but the poll makes it look more competitive than it is likely to actually. >> we'll leave it there tonight. thank you for joining me tonight. coming up, sandra bland's sister joins us for an exclusive interview about the next legal step. it's from daddy. sfx: dad's voice i love you baby girl. duracell quantum lasts longer in 99% of devices so you can always be there. ♪ ethey have smart online tools, which saves money. they settle claims quickly, which saves money. they drive an all-hybrid claims fleet, which saves money. they were born online, and built to save money, which means when they save, you save. click or call. >>> the kentucky police officer who used handcuffs to restrain two elementary school stu

new hampshire and new jersey are geographically, relatively the same size. you have 1.3 million people. they are spread out. there is a lot in the southern part but there is also a good piece in the northern part. your problems are mostly access. a lot of that access has to do a distance. now let's take new jersey. we're about the same size. we have 8.9 million in about the same space. our problems for health care are not about access. you trip over a hospital every four miles in new jersey, and we trip over each other in new jersey. our problem is cost. our access point is cost. why would we think that one program out of washington dc could fix those problems? it can't. why should we try to do it that way? the constitution of the united states said that anything that is not enumerated as a power for the federal government reverts to the states. i don't see health care in the constitution of the united states. [applause] so, i'm willing to make the governors and the legislatures in each of these states responsible for coming up with a health care program tha

by the time he got to new hampshire, the gloves came off. it makes sense to do it in new hampshire. that's a state bush needs to win desperately. a state he can win. they plan no spend $10 million in advertising in those states. gwen: they started a stadium rally in new hampshire. trump arrives in his big plane. the reinforcements are finally coming. >> i can tell that you folks in miami headquarters are thrilled to see that. they sit on the largest political war chest in american politics, except for the donald trump bank account. gwen: josh, as we watch this, how unusual, how different is it? for instance, to want he's in alabama, not exactly an early voting primary state. of it does have the feel other rises that are taken place in previous cycles. i'm thinking of herman cain the lay-up -- last time around. there's a sense of more urgency here. maybe something about the sentiment of the voters this time around. it feelings like trump might be able too sustain this and might be able to defy the laws of political gravity. you do have a sense that this could go on for some time, may

we will have some fun going around new hampshire. not too hot, not too cold. cooler the further up we go. but we are looking forward to it. i want to start with maybe a summary and hear your questions, hear your comments and hear your responses. a lot of folks know a little bit about me. you mentioned a little bit in the introduction. i have been elected not twice, but three times and maybe you don't know where it started. november 2, 2010 i won election along with in my state everything was blue. everything was democrat and went all republican on that night. governor, lieutenant governor, both houses of the legislature, both u.s. senators, eight seats in congress, all of them were democrats. on november 2 of 2010, which happened to be my birthday. my gift was to the state, i said. we elected a republican governor, lieutenant governor, two new members of the house and we have the majority of seats. a new united states senator. a week later, i met with all the republican lawmakers. our state capital and all the the press was there, and i told them then that the

host: donald trump in new hampshire last night talking about the summer of trump. donald trump is a leader in the gop polls right now. do you think he is the early winter of campaign 2016, and who do you think the early losers are? >> we are going to leave that recorded portion of the washington journal. we have reestablished our signal with rick santorum at the iowa state fair. this is live coverage. didsantorum: the other guys not get it right. we did not win. you give us the opportunity to go to those states to make the case of america being a great country and being led by someone who's out there fighting for and gentlemen, we can have not only a great victory for the republicans and conservatives, but more importantly, we will have a great victory for america again and we can feel great about this rate country. thank you. god bless you. god bless america. god bless iowa. thank you very much. [no audio]

struggling in new hampshire. she will be grateful for iowa numbers. >> why is she doing better in iowa than new hampshire? >> democrats compare her and bernie sanders. they like her on the big issues. 11 point advantage. 36% advantage on health care. a big advantage over bernie sanders on foreign policy. big advantage over bernie sanders on energy policy. if you move here, very important, she runs about even with bernie sanders about men. but gets 58% of democratic women. huge edge, gender gap in favor of hillary clinton. >> what about trustworthiness? >> a warning sign for hillary clinton. if you look at this. 28%, democrats find her honest and trustworthy. watch the numbers as the e-mail investigation continues at the justice department and on capitol hill. a warning sign. only 40%, empathy question -- does she understand problems facing people look me? 40% give that to hillary clinton. tie with bernie sanders. if there are warning signs on trust and empathy. >> talk more about implications of our panel of demo

we just got started in new hampshire. they have a great organization, but we are growing and we are confident we will do well. john: wise chris christie the best candidate for new hampshire? mike: there are things that distinguish him. his record as the u.s. it turned attorney and being a chief executive and a governor of a blue state. it is different than other governors. having to work with and to opposition with the democratic legislation is good practice for washington. sununu inave johnson in new your camp. would he speak about his father? >> we are happy to have him. we cannot win the white house if we don't carry ohio as a party. if you look at what john kasich counties,86 of 88 that is selling with activists not just the new hampshire but around the country. al: how much time did you spend in iowa? mike: a fair amount of time in iowa. we spent more time in new hampshire, but we will spend a good amount of time and i owa. john: when i saw chris christie up there, he was going to iowa and seeing u2. u2, iowach as he

sanders leads hillary clinton in a new poll from new hampshire. trump is at the top of the republican field in national polls. not surprisingly he took aim after a sanders rally was taken over by activists. >> i would never give up my microphone. i thought that was disgusting. that showed such weakness. the way he was taken away by two young women. the microphone. they just took the whole place over. that will never happen with me. i don't know if i'll do the fighting myself or if other people will. that was a disgrace. i felt badly for him. but it showed he's weak. he's getting thes biest crowds and i'm getting the biggest crowds. we're the two getting the crowds. believe me, that won't happen to trump. >> well, let's bring in cnn politics senior reporter steven collins in and senior political reporter nia-malika henderson. nia, i mean, what do you make of these comments. >> it's hilarious. i don't know if i believe donald trump that he felt badly for bernie sanders when that black lives matter crowd -- protest movement took over his rally but sa

presidential candidate scott walker held a town hall meeting in new hampshire. he discussed veterans health care, immigration, fighting illegal drugs, and his proposal to replace the federal health care law. this is one hour and 25 minutes. >> ok, good evening everybody, again. but i do want to thank the people who came and helped us set up, especially cindy, who put up the meeting here. this time, i would like to introduce governor scott walker. most of you know. a few things about the governor that i am sure everybody here -- we are veryar proud. has got the right to work past in the state of wisconsin. even with all of the union and all of the people sitting in the state house and threatening and things like that, so we really appreciate that, but there was a recall election, and as we know too.nately, he won that and then he went on to win an election again, so he is doing something right out there, a good conservative, and it is our pleasure up here to welcome governor scott walker. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you all. i appreciate it. first o

hampshire. >> donald trump slammed jeb bush in a new hampshire town hall. the two had dueling events within 19 miles of each other. trump had no problem pointing out he's drawing bigger crowds. t. >> you know what's happening to jeb's crowd? they're sleeping now. >> mr. trump doesn't have a proven conservative record. he was a democrat in the last decade longer than he was a republican. he's given more money to democrats than republicans. >> still trump drives the debate in the primary. trump vowed to clean up the system. >> bad ones are getting out fast. day one, if i win, day one of presidency, they're getting out. we're getting them out. >> governor scott walker tried to change the mentality. >> it affects many places around the world. >> hillary clinton's support slipped in the matchup against trump. >> the matchup road may be be a long one for republicans with 16 trying to shine against donald trump's large personality. >> large it is. >>> former athlete oscar pistorius won't get out of prison just jyet. the decision to free him was prematurely and wit

of them up there in new hampshire. they're fired up. they're not always co herent but there is some excitement up there. what do you think? >> the example is 1968. lbj maybe running for reelection. he wins the new hampshire primary but gene mccarthy gets so close that, lbj has to announce he will not seek, nor accept, the nomination to run for reelection and therefore, he's knocked off. people look at that scenario now. hillary clinton can win iowa. she's doing well, but still win the new hampshire primary. if bernie sanders get really close and she looks really weak, now we have a conversation about joe biden beginning his presidential campaign in south carolina. >> that is right. smoking joe might come in there. we'll see. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next on the run down, carl cameron with the latest on where cameron with the latest on where things stand in the republican everyone loves the picture i posted of you. at&t reminds you it can wait. test test. test test >>> tonight, donald trump co

let's begin with politics in new hampshire. two republican presidential contenders holding town hall events nine miles apart. donald trump and jeb bush in new hampshire getting their fair share of tough questions and taking the chance to take shots at each other. did either do anything to gain support in the republican party? cnn political reporter sara murray has more from new hampshire. >> reporter: good morning, christine. donald trump held the first official town hall since becoming a candidate in derry, new hampshire. it drew a big roucrowd. hundreds of others in the overflow room. questions from immigration to illegal drug use to if he has too much hubrus to be president. he was slamming his rival jeb bush. he went after him for being a low energy candidate and on common core and having a small crowd at a nearby town hall. >> have i gotten under jeb bush's skin? i don't know. i will tell you this, you mention the word skin. he said the other day one of the dumber things i heard in politi politics. when talking about iraq.

rescuers in lancaster, new hampshire, say 100 people were inside at the time. panicked as the tent's giant poles crash down. >> all i could think i just need to get my son out of there. >> reporter: a father and young daughter did not make it out alive and this morning at least 22 are recovering from injuries. >> i don't want to be here. >> reporter: the violent storm system spawning multiple tornadoes tossing vehicles and shredding homes in the upper midwest. in the southeast central florida is drenched this morning. >> it looked like a literal rushing creek running down here on us. >> reporter: hundreds of homes flooded. this mobile home park in palm harbor evacuated as rescuers moved in on boats and carried out those trapped. >> look how tall the water is. insanity. >> reporter: this woman astonished by the nerve of drivers still trying to get around after repeated warnings still in effect this morning as the waters rise. >> the situation is still dangerous. do not go in this high standing water. do not go out there if you don't need to be. >> reporter: bazi

of them up there in new hampshire. they're fired up. they're not always co herent but there is some excitement up there. what do you think? >> the example is 1968. lbj maybe running for reelection. he wins the new hampshire primary but gene mccarthy gets so close that, lbj has to announce he will not seek, nor accept, the nomination to run for reelection and therefore, he's knocked off. people look at that scenario now. hillary clinton can win iowa. she's doing well, but still win the new hampshire primary. if bernie sanders get really close and she looks really weak, now we have a conversation about joe biden beginning his presidential campaign in south carolina. >> that is right. smoking joe might come in there. we'll see. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next on the run down, carl cameron with the latest on where things stand in the republican woman: in a one-year span, i counted over 100 blood transfusions. that whole experience, lindsey's experience, changed our whole lives. just changed our out

she did the listening to up state new york being similar to new hampshire. spent time sitting in diners, listening to people. it was mocked but it seems to have worked. she ended up winning going away in the senate race. putting her on the ground there is going to allow her to improve her numbers compared to where she is now. bernie may give her a scare but the poll makes it look more competitive than it is likely to actually. >> we'll leave it there tonight. thank you for joining me tonight. coming up, sandra bland's sister joins us for an exclusive interview about the next legal step. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use, is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do n

anselm in manchester, new hampshire. c-span is partnering with media organizations to bring you tonight's event. you will be hearing from the candidates in about 30 minutes from now. we are going to help set the stage for you and learn more about the background. joining us is joe mcquaid. he is the publisher of the "new hampshire union leader." nice to see you. joe: nice to see you susan. thank you to c-span. susan: will you help our viewers understand how tonight's event came about? everybody is focusing on the debate later this week, but this is a reaction to how that was put together. can you explain? joe: it is indeed a reaction. about a month ago, 100 republicans in new hampshire, a couple of former governors wrote a letter to fox protesting the decision to choose the top 10 for their debate based entirely on national polls. i can sympathize with fox trying to get a lot of people on the stage, but six or seven months before the first votes are cast, we do not window the field down in that fashion -- winnow the field

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

bernie sanders plus seven in state of new hampshire. vermont, beating in new hampshire. welcome number to see clinton iowa. even though bernie sanders is for single payer health care. liberals tend to look that. in iowa they're saying we like hillary clinton. she wins on energy policy as well. she has a gender gap. runs about even with bernie sanders among men. look at this. six in ten, iowa democratic women are voting for hillary clinton. gender gap. huge factor and the lead in iowa at the moment. >> do the polls point to trouble spots for hillary clinton in iowa? >> there are trouble spots for hillary. similar everywhere. 28%, a poll of iowa democrats. only 28% find her honest and trust worthy. that means 70% doevenlt as e-mail investigation goes on at justice department and capitol hill. that's a number to keep an eye on. only 40%. the empathy question. which politician most understands the problem facing people look you. 40%. back hillary clinton. even with bernie sanders. if there are weaknesses for hillary clinton it's on trust and empathy. anderson. >> john. thank

back then he only had 8% in new hampshire. all of this comes as sanders is drawing massive crowds to his rallies. 19,000 in seattle. more than 27,000 in los angeles. 28,000 in portland, oregon. by contrast, hillary clinton drew her largest crowd at her june kickoff, estimated about 5,000. that said, 65% of the new hampshire democrats say they still believe hillary clinton will ultimately be their nominee. just 11% say they believe sanders will win the nomination. and there are new revelations in the clinton e-mail investigation as well, which we'll get to in a minute. susan milligan, contributing editor with "u.s. news & world report." chris, we have the new hampshire numbers and hot off the press, the cnn poll in iowa, hillary clinton 50, sanders, 31. he's creeping up in iowa too. let me start with the dooms day question for the clinton campaign. what if sanders catches her and beats her there and rolls into new hampshire and goes two for two in the first two contests? what happens? >> i mean, it's probably over, which it's h

jeb is he was supposed to do well in new hampshire. he's, you know, going down like a rock but how the hell does he do well? >> reporter: raucous trump enthuse afts filled the auditorium and packed an overflow room wednesday night in derry. not far away, bush's competing town hall crowd paled in comparison. >> you know what's happening to jeb's crowd, as you know right down the street? they're sleeping? they're sleeping now. >> reporter: trump told the g.o.p. establishment last night, "i'm not going anywhere." with a new sense of urgency, busk is trying to send the same message and he told reporters a few hours ago this campaign will look a lot different a few months from now. charlie, it sounded more like a wish than a prediction. >> rose: major, thank you so much. jeb bush and other candidates have had campaign appearance interrupted by activists for black lives matter, a movement that began after the fatal shooting of trayvon martin in florida in 2012. nancy cordes now on who they are and their goals. goals. >> reporter: supporters

the new jersey governor hosted a town hall meeting in new boston, new hampshire yesterday. it is about two hours. >> [applause] [applause] >> good evening. please take your seats. welcome, governor christie. we have here a real new jersey boy. [laughter] >> [cheering] >> he is a real jersey boy. he went to university of delaware, got his law degree, and he has a long biography, which i will not go into. he is going to hit -- explain himself. but i remember the first time i ever heard him speak. and i thought, oh, my gosh, this is refreshing. he tells it like it is. and believe me, this is the third time i have seen him and i know he will tell you like it is. i am the chair of the new boston republican committee. thank you. >> [applause] >> if you have never been to one of our meetings, we meet at the library the first thursday of every month. please, and cs. we have some great speakers. i try to get as many candidates as i can. and we welcome you. i am going to turn this microphone over to governor christie. >> [applause] [cheering] [applause] mr. christie: thank you. well,

he's working to win over the center right crowd in new hampshire because in new hampshire you can get the new hampshire votes and filaffiliat. he can use that as a springboard. it's a risky move but it's one that makes the most sense to him because that's who he is. george w. bush, passionate, conservative, but john mccain, sort of edgy, tell it like it is. as you all know, that can play well. the danger for kasich, is he walks the very line of edgy and toes it and you're kind of worried that maybe at some point if a voter gets in his face, it may not be pretty. >> up next, joe biden, al gore? maybe it's better to ask which prominent democrats are not looking at hillary clinton's poll numbers and then taking a second look at the 2016 race. first, though, politicians say and eat the darndest things especially if you're aet the state fair especially chowing down something fried. that's a way to make nice with the iowa voters. >> it's the best pork chop on a stick i've ever hachltd it's really, rt good. >> one more bite. >> that was a snickers bar done the right way. making your own way

>> crs calldieri joins us from manchester new hampshire. hillary clinton, won the 2008 democratic primary beating barack obama. what has happened to hillary clinton, have the controversies taken their toll or is there intrigue with are bernie sanders explaining things? >> i think it's mainly bernie sanders. the phenomenon is mainly more than bernie sanders. he has been taking advantage of the ground swell of support we saw for elizabeth warren, when we had a draft warren effort. someone who is going to be an unabashed proifununabashed prog. >> with the massive crowds he's getting. >> i think there may be an element of that at work here. i think a lot of democrats were uncomfortable with the idea of hillary clinton essentially being unopposed for the nomination. and so when sanders announced his campaign and started doing the sort of full throated economic message that a lot of democrats have been waiting to hear, they found that extraordinarily appealing. i think a lot of people are supporting bernie sanders in part because they don't think

hospital in new hampshire. governor christie: they should be able to take their car and go to any hospital in america and get treatment. they should not wait for a v.a. line. we should keep that promise to our veterans, we're not because the incompetence of this administration. let's get thate v.a. to get them to do what they need to do and let the american public step up to the plate, to honor veterans of like giving them health care reit on that health care we promised. mr. heath: heroin is one of the biggest crisis here. when the folks working he asked me if i would askre you. she wants to know why there is not rehabilitation in prison, not more help for these addicts when they have to turn to prostitution to get more money to support their have? governor christie: there is in new jersey. we are the first time to say first on non-drug offenders, no prison. it is a disease, and the war on drugs has been a failure. we are looking at is a moral failing by people. everyone makes the sixth. but for the grace of g

it is great to be back in new hampshire. we are blessed to have a wonderful group of republicans running for president. sometimes people ask me what makes me different. i fought and i won. i don't win three elections in four years. we won on the big issues. we balanced the budget, cut taxes, defunded planned parenthood long before these videos and we put the power in the hands of the people. if we can do it in wisconsin it is not too late there and and certainly not too late for america. i ask for your vote. >> during rick perry's time as governor, texas created almost 1/3rd of private sector jobs in the united states. jack: governor perry, in the past you mentioned cutting federal agencies. we talked a lot about the debt the size of government not working for the rest of america. what specifically, what agencies would you either eliminate or cut? gov. perry: i heard this question before. i think it is -- when you look at the federal government, obviously when we talk about the size of it and the concept of being able to shr

let's begin in new hampshire. up first, two of the republican contenders holding duelling town hall events. jeb bush and donald trump getting their fair share of tough questions and getting a chance to take shots at each other. did either do anything to increase support for their political party? we have sara murray with more. >> reporter: good morning, christine. donald trump held the first town hall in derry, new hampshire. about 900 people peppered him with questions and hundreds of others in an overflow room. the questions ran the gamut. from immigration to illegal drug use to if he has too much hubrus to be president. on the top of the agenda was slamming his rival, jeb bush. he went after him for being a low energy candidate and then common core. >> have i gotten under jeb bush's skin? i tell you this, you mentioned the word skin. he said one of the dumber things i heard in politics when talking about iraq. that we, the united states, he said, have to show them that we have skin in the game. in order to go i

he's the host of new hampshire today ona m 610, wgir, something of a new hampshire player. mr. heath, thank you so much for being with us. really appreciate it. >> talking about my golf game, john? no, john and kate, great to be with you. >> i want to talk about someone who will not be there, donald trump. he wrote a letter to the publisher of the manchester union leader explaining why he wouldn't be there. he said knowing you as i do i feel it is unlikely i will be getting the endorsement from you and the union leader. i made a great fortune based on instinct and that, unfortunately, is my view. therefore and for other reasons including the fact that i feel there are too many people ontage to have a proper forum, i will not be attending. do you think his spirit will be there? >> i don't think donald trump will be a big part of the forum. i would be surprised if many bring him up at all. i intend to kind of have a trump-less forum talking about issues voters here in iowa and south carolina think are important and they want to hear answers to their questions. >> why trump-less?

he got it right for new hampshire. tom brady. tom is an unbelievable guy. he's a very good friend of mine. i have his number right here someplace. whatever. here look, he just called me and trump then holds up a little post-it note with tom brady's new cell phone on there. michael steele, i think we learned why tom brady had to throw away that cell phone. >> we did. >> another example of him having his finger on the pulse of the people. tom brady or roger goodell. >> another quick break. kasie hunt thank you for joining us from hn houston tonight. really appreciate it. >>> coming up next, a special rewrite just for donald trump and everyone who does not understand american law on birthright citizenship and just how long it has been part of american law. it predates the 14th amendment. and it predates the constitution itself. when you're not confident you have complete visibility into your business, it can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at&t's innovative solutions connect machines and people... to keep your interne

we will see you in the months to come with the new hampshire primary. jack: for sure. host: we will take calls for six more minutes and get your reaction. we will replay the forum. if you saw part of it, you may want to alert others in the country. you can watch it and make clips to share those with friends and colleagues. next, it is ben. you are on. ben: i enjoyed the forum. and i thought it was great to hear everyone and get their take. i was impressed by paul, fiorina, and carson. i think they touch on a lot of the issues that we want to hear. whether it is the patriot act, planned parenthood, prison reform grassroots candidates and other millennial's side talk to are tired of establishment -- other millennials i talked to are tired of the establishment candidates. fiorina doesn't sound like a bully. that is unfortunate because that's what gets you up in the polls. i was impressed by senator paul's "peace through strength" policy. i think a lot of people are tired of career politicians in washington and we are ready for a grassroots candidate. host: was there anybo

he is 7 points ahead of hillary clinton in new hampshire in this new poll. maybe hillary clinton will continue to allow this bernie momentum to play out without directly acknowledging it until she homes it may eventually die down. but bernie's ground game is so strong. he drew the most special compliment you can get from trump. trump is now comparing his appeal to bernie's. >> would you give up your microphone a protester? >> i would never give up my microphone. i thought that was disgusting. he is getting the biggest crowds and i'm getting the biggest crowds. we're the two getting the crowds. believe me, that won't happen to trump. >> the truth is that sanders has repeatedly draunl far larger crowds than donald trump and he is doing it with an explicit grassroots ground game. we spoke to the sanders campaign. they've deployed 39 paid staff members and 11 field offices in iowa alone. they're opening more offices this weekend. we asked trump about his numbers in iowa. while his campaign didn't provide new numbers, the count showed ten staffers in iowa and no

i talked about this in new hampshire. my daughter sarah was with me and i said for instance, what if you found out that 1% of the budget was being spent building a rockclimbing wall? i thought this was a ridiculous thing, right? my daughter grabs me from behind and says, we already have a rockclimbing wall. i know my daughter. one thing i know is that she is not climbing the rockclimbing wall. i know it. she has a lot of skills, a lot of talent, one of them is not the rock climbing wall. maybe we don't need 40 vice presidents. don't need all these things that colleges have been allowed to do. if they had to tell us the money they spent on, they would be embarrassed and i think we would see those things being reduced. they need to give us a chance to unbundle that bill. goes toy our daughter college and says i am not into , the extracurricular scene. i go to my room and i were, i go -- i work, i go to the library, that is what i do. that is, of course, not true. [laughter] in dad's perfect world, right? you have a lot of k

and quite frankly, whoever wins new hampshire really might not be the person who, new hampshire's not playing the same role that it used to play. and you heard the debate moderator mention over and over again, the thankfulness that some people had shown town the debate and that people were there and sort of welcoming to new hampshire, but i think it's very clear that the race is just entirely different than it has been in previous years. and therefore kind of hard to make that comparison. >> it just amazed me, george pataki giving that answer. he was a pro-choice govern of new york for years. he has no chance in this race unless he can distinguish himself from the other candidates, and he certainly didn't do that in his first moments on the stage. >> lindsey graham said of course we need more troops on the ground in iraq. when jeb bush was faced with the question of troops on the ground, he was very hesitant. he stumbled quite a bit. and it was fascinating, because he has to know that the boots on the ground question and hypotheticals about what would provoke him to order boots on the

talk about new hampshire for a moment. what is not reported nationally is many of the people dependent on heroine is becoming -- because it became dependent on prescription opiates. when it became difficult to get those, they unfortunately became addicted on opium and heroin in the streets as a result. they are not in support of any additional intoxicants being legalized, marijuana. for medicinal purposes, if it was truly designed to be used as medicine, not as a way to get high, that is something i would be willing to explore. senator rubio: what would your policy be for undocumented aliens? senator rubio: this is an issue that everyone agrees that we have to fix. it cannot be fixed in one piece of legislation. they want to see more euros. this over 40% of the people in this country illegally entered legally. that's why we need an electronic revocation system that employers must comply with or they will be buying the that or they will be fined. that is the key that unless the ability to make progress on anything else when

there are a lot of them in new hampshire. they are not always coherent but there's some excitement up there. what do you think? >> here's the example everyone talks about which is 1968. lbj maybe running for reelection he wins the primary but jean mccarthy gets so close lbj a couple weeks later has to announce he will not seek nomination to run for reelection. therefore he is knocked off. hillary clinton still could win iowa but win the new hampshire primary. if bernie sanders gets really close and she looks really weak now we begin to have the conversation about joe biden beginning his presidential campaign in south carolina. >> smoking joe might come in there. we will see. kathy, james, thank you very much. next on the rundown, carl cameron with the latest on where things stand in the republican field. "the factor will be rig" will back. when i started at the shelter, i noticed benny right away. i just had to adopt him. he's older so he needs my help all day. when my back pain flared up we both felt it i took tylenol at fir

but with tonight's events hours away we begin in new hampshire where nbc news political embed ali vitali is reporting. donald trump is taking it to jeb bush. when's the big idea? >> reporter: yeah. that's absolutely right. i love that. the duel in new hampshire is a good way of putting this because the events being so close to each are not done by accident. frequently at the events, trump hits jeb bush more frequently than the other gop rivals frequently saying he is on the wrong side of women's health issues, tying him to former president bush's mistakes in iraq and just saying that he's generally lackluster in energy and sometimes making jokes he should be taking a nap so it's really no surprise it's become this level and in terms of crowd size, the trump folks are expecting just shy of 2,000 people, the last estimate we were told and bush's typical crowd size in new hampshire that of a few hundred so mr. trump while being typically brash in the rhetoric wasn't that far off base in terms of the crowd size that's typically drawn here between the two candidates in the state. >> well, ali