i think of this as in the category of donald trump being donald trump. people said this is his personality. this is why some people like him. this is why some people dislike him. these people have been out here for hours. the first person in line came out here at 11:30 this morning. drake university where this is being hosted tonight said the event has been significantly over sold, that many people will not be able to get in tonight. there's 700 seats inside. the trump campaign has set up some big jumbotron television screens where there will be an overflow crowd of people watching outside. there's a debate going on just three miles away from where we're standing. it sure doesn't it feel like it right here. >> incredible. we're going to be going back to her through the hour. now i want to go to our chief political analyst and the executive editor for cnn politics and editor of "the daily beast." we were told fox didn't have a podium standing by. that wouldn't have been protocol. now they have a podium standing by. i don't know if they're going to use it

at the end of the day he is in it for donald trump and donald trump only, not the republicans and not -- >> what do you make of huckabee and santorum going to this event? >> other than the fact they're trying to get as much attention as possible? the old saying if you're going to get run out of town and come monday, they may be run out of town. if you'll get run out of town, get in front and make it look like a parade. that may be what they are trying to do. grasp on to the last embers of their own campaign and some attention toward their campaign. >> let's remember, these 24 guys who won the iowa caucuses and now are relegated to being like two little minnows that swim behind the shark. >> they are bobbles on donald trump's charm bracelet. >> but they don't like ted cruz. >> we will count their votes monday night and dr. carson's votes monday night. what those three get will have a lot to say about what the margin is at the top. >> this is not so much how much they love donald trump but how much they don't like ted cruz. >> and that's the big question. is this the first sign of other

donald trump. donald trump may have overreacted by walking away from the debate. the view from fox, trump was always looking for an excuse to get out of the debate. he didn't want to face ted cruz tomorrow night. you can choose to believe that or not to. this might be a petty, personal argument that's playing out in front of the whole country because these two men are so powerful. >> but brian, trump has talked about shenanigans with debates at just about every debate. he's talked about, maybe i won't do it, or maybe i'll -- >> maybe donate to -- right. >> so it's not completely out of the ordinary that he has an issue with the debate. or has been kind of toying with the idea. >> we are only -- more pressure on the line, more at risk. and, of course, he believes he has more power than ever, as he consolidates his lead. he knows other television networks will air his event tomorrow night and he'll get a lot of attention for it. and once again, he is like the puppet master, pulling the strings. >> an

this isn't about the country for donald trump, it's about donald trump. this erratic behavior is just inexplicable. the idea he's not going to participate in a presidential debate and let viewers discern for themselves the difference between the candidates because he has a problem with the host is just childish. >> you say it's childish. let me read to you what roger ales from fox news put out about donald trump today. there's this back-and-forth as you well know. whether trump would go or not go. roger ales puts out this press release today about donald trump. we learned from a secret back channel that ayatollah and putin intend to treat trump unfairly if they meet with him and he becomes president. let me just ask you, rick, if -- i mean, if something like that was said about your candidate by the head of a news organization, would ted cruz show up to that debate? >> it doesn't matter. roger ales is not running for president. i don't think the american people care about the back-and-forth between roger aels and donald trump. there's no reason to get out

donald trump did not. by not being there, he avoided some tough questions and perhaps answers that would have put him in hot water. >> all right. john berman reports live from des moines. many thanks. my next guest says he was contacted by the trump campaign and will be receiving some of the funds that were raised last night. joining me now by phone, keith howard. he's the executive director of liberty house. he's also an army veteran. keith, good morning. >> good morning. thank you very much for having me. >> thanks for being with me. when did the trump people contact you? >> i was contacted by a colonel jolly yesterday afternoon around 4:30, and to be honest, i was afraid i was being punked. he said that he was representing the trump foundation, and would like to make a donation to liberty house, i called him back from a different number thinking this might be a college newspaper prank, but everything checked out, and then this morning i went online and saw that liberty house is one of the 22 organizatio

are they biased against donald trump? caller: i think what they did, donald trump is wrong. she should pay the price. she thinks it's a big deal. opinion, i never liked the girl. i liked o'reilly. he's my favorite at fox. on twitter, it's as this. why is it written that any politician to get softballs? megyn kelly is a lawyer and asked the lawyers question. what you think, leo? --ler: thank you for calling thank you for taking my call. fox.a huge fan of i think megyn kelly was playing the part of the republican party members who don't want donald trump. toy set up this election pick bush. they wanted bush. where he is at. just like the democrats wanted hillary clinton. now look yesterday when the senators came out of the white house, a different tone. totally different tone than what he was saying before. becausethis is a setup he is not the candidate the republican party wants. they wanted little boy bush. host: will he or won't he show up, only trump with his expanding lead could build such suspense. they say this. the donald is his own man. it is his decision about whethe

. >> donald trump. >> okay. brad? >> i agree. i think donald trump will gain the most. he's sucking up all of the oxygen. we're not talking about the differences between the candidates. we're talking about donald trump not participating. which is smart. for him, it's probably smart. him doing the unconventional thing politically has turned out to be to his benefit. i do think it's a short gain for him. he's playing just in iowa and new hampshire and he's not thinking about the fact that he may be the nominee and insulting a woman like megyn kelly will have repercussions in the general election when other women will be turned off by that. >> quickly, adriana, do you think he's not going to show up at this debate? >> i don't think he's going to show up and it benefits the remaining candidates on the stage. there's been a lot of exchanges between jeb bush and others and so jeb bush must be relieved that he doesn't have to go up against donald trump. >> that's true. >> we'll leave it there. brad, adriana cohen, ana navarro, thank you for that interesting discussion. we appr

, isis needs donald trump, and donald trump needs isis. isis needs to say on the one hand, muslims, you are under attack. donald trump needs to be able to say on the other hand, you are under attack by muslims. and that's why i strongly believe that he should not be allowed to come to our country. just think what would happen in the current climate if he came to birmingham, to london, to glasgow and preached that message of divisive hate. it would be damaging. it would be dangerous. it would be deeply divisive. >> the gentleman's making some really interesting points. the examples he's used though are more surely about donald trump being a bigot rather than hatred. britain is pretty good at roasting beef. do you not think it better that we just roast trump? >> i'm sorry. i don't think a debate like this calls for flippensy at a time like this. with the greatest of respect, when our police service and our security services are working night and day to prevent our country being attacked and when they need the support of the muslim community

you look at donald trump's campaign. it's not operating from any place that's not recognizable as the american right as we have known it over the last 10 or 20 years. he's not using operatives who have run on campaigns before. he's not polling from any part of the traditional american right of the republican party. he's using the republican party as a vehicle to operate his own party at this point. >> that's well said. that's about it. steve, let me ask you this. stewart stephens who is very successful political operative. he was campaign manager for mitt romney or chief advisor. really interesting guy. very thoughtful guy. he's been a bear on donald trump the whole time. i think he thinks the normal rule of politics will apply. gravity will have its final say. is that your position right now? >> certainly not. it hasn't been through the entire summer and the fall. i think what's happening is very understandable. the crisis is not caused by donald trump. he's the result of the crisis in the republican party. you have a p

donald trump speaking now. what he's doing is introducing some veterans who are going to speak and stand at the podium for a moment and talk about their trials and what they've gone through as veterans. as he does that, we're going to continue on with our conversation and then we'll dip in as soon as donald trump starts to speak about policy or other issues. i want to bring in bicari sells. i found it very interesting that he has his rivals standing on stage with him in front of a big donald trump for president sign. >> well, they weren't just his rivals. these were the last two winners of the iowa caucus. this gave his ploy tonight some validation. not only did donald trump put his money where his mouth is, but he had rick santorum and mike huckabee get up there and erode all their valuables and principles so they'd have a camera following them. tonight is something we haven't seen before. those two weren't just some average joes. they have won here in iowa. and t is just amazing tv to sit back and watch. >> b

that doesn't hurt donald trump. that hurts marco knrrubio, ted cruz, not donald trump. >> when we look at it and talk about the benefit of having that debate without donald trump, if you are on the campaigns and you're strategizing right now, what are you thinking? with the guy in the room, you lose. without the guy in the room, you lose. >> if you're marco rubio, what you're thinking is did ted cruz lose enough last night? you could somehow catch him for second place in iowa. if you caught him for second place, that would catch people by surprise, maybe you get momentum. >> maybe new hampshire. that sounds good. thank you very much. let's go over to ari melber. he's doing fact checking. if you watched social media last night or monitored it this morning, there was plenty to go around. >> first off, you were talking about what ted cruz was fighting over. the politics of that. lit rr look at the proposed law. this is what he was proposing. quote, no person who has previously been willfully president of the u.s. while

if donald trump, first of all, if donald trump wins iowa. it's huge as he would say. but even if he comes in second, that is a huge victory for donald trump, considering the last time i checked, everybody thought he would be out of the race six months ago. so, look, if he goes two iowa and one new hampshire, that's a great play for donald trump. they think trump speaks to all of that. >> what do you think dr. jeffress on this issue? because i know people like yourself we had jerry falwell on last night. he didn't endorse donald trump but had a lot of great things to say about him and how he uses his faith in action in ways that people don't know about where ted cruz is a more traditional evangelical i would argue. is that a fair assessment? >> i think it is, sean, look, evangelicals, especially in iowa are conflicted between trump and cruz because each candidate represents qualities evangelicals are looking for. they are drawnb to trump because they sense he is have to its specially on national security and economy. they like the fact that he is a political outsider.

the donald trump campaign set the precedent tonight for refusing to debate, a precedent that donald trump will follow if he is the republican nominee. we may have already seen donald trump's final presidential debate. at his rally tonight in iowa, donald trump got one of his biggest reactions when he said this. >> when you're treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. and i have to go a step further and say that fox has been extremely nice the last number of hours actually and they've wanted me there and they said how about now. they called a few minutes ago, how about now, can you come over? i said hasn't it already started. and we thought what we'd do is let them start and we wanted to be about 15 minutes into that hour so that by now they're all tuned in. look at all the cameras. this is it like the academy awards. >> you made it. rachel maddow got across the hall. we have the republican strategist and chuck todd, political director for nbc news. rachel, i floated this idea last night when you were in flint that this is the first debate that donald trump will refuse to partic

donald trump. >> sara with an h? joining us to discuss the state of the race is former presidential candidate, lindsey graham, who just last week endorsed jeb bush for president. great to see you. >> you can't do bigger than john wayne. >> that's true, but can you? can you? >> no. >> all the speculation. sarah palin may be the special guest. may be endorsing donald trump. some things people might know about you. one of your best friends is senator john mccain. also what people might remember is sarah palin was john mccain's running mate. donald trump questioned john mccain's war hero status over the summer. what would that mean if sarah palin now endorsed donald trump? >> if sarah endorses donald trump, it would be good for trump. i like sarah palin. i traveled the country with her. i appreciate her and her family very much. john wayne and sarah palin can't save donald trump from being crazy. if he's the nominee of our party, we're going to get creamed. he has an 81% disapproval rating with hispani

. >> that's donald trump's take on your dad. what's your take on donald trump on your dad? >> i cannot wait for my dad to run against donald trump in a general election. because time and time again, my dad has called out donald trump for his disgusting, racist, fascist language against new american immigrants, against american muslims. we've seen a lot of support in iowa from the latino community. we were just endorsed by the head of dream iowa the other day, and we're seeing a lot of movement here especially with latinos. i think we're going to really hit the road by storm come february 1st and we're going to hit donald trump by a freight train come november. i'm looking forward to this. i mean -- >> we know how important that is, especially when it comes to younger voters, first time caucus goers. what is your message here in letting everybody know, the martin o'malley that you know, that some of us may not? very quickly. >> i think the thing about my dad is he's a uniter, not a divider. he's the best of both worlds. he's young, he's bringing a lot of fresh energy to this

the hammer on donald trump -- whatever the question, they load on donald trump. it would be an mistake but i'm not counting on them doing anything. charlie: great to have you on the program. we will be right back. ♪ charlie: we continue now with politics and the back-and-forth between donald trump and fox news. joining me now we have gabriel sherman. he is the author of the loudest voice in the room, how the brilliant bombastic richard neal's bills. -- built fox news. megan, let me go to you in iowa. what is the talk and iowa about the impact of this? obviously we will not know until we see the debate and the numbers and what donald trump does. but having those kinds of restraints, what is the talk? >> it is the talk of the town. ebay talk is what you are flagging, will this be able to fit or something that hurts him? the overwhelming consensus of what you hear is that this is again going to help him. he has the upper hand and is showing the voters who is boss and he is walking away. he is using the tone that has made him famous. you think with donald trump he

donald trump is a showman. they put on a show today, and he's good at production, he's good at shows. that's out there and that's part of this. i'll go back to phyllis schlafly, when i read the text from what she had to say, it wasn't an endorsement. she was encouraging him saying this is the only one taking this on. it wasn't an endorsement like sarah palin gave an endorsement today. if glenn beck comes into iowa and endorses ted cruz, that will scoop the news from today and influence another segment of the caucusgoers. i stand with ted cruz and a full spectrum constitutional agenda. he's there. he's solid as he can be. i'm going to stand next to him all the way through this and i think he wins iowa. >> okay. i want to ask you this. this is our latest cnn poll of polls. this is in iowa, okay? it has ted cruz at 127%, and donald trump at 25%. if cruz loses iowa, what happens next? because it doesn't seem like cruz is going to win new hampshire. i ask you that because sarah palin has a lot of support in iowa. sh

trump does, does donald trump quote from scripture? is there a passage in the bible that speaks to donald trump? just a few moments ago they were playing this biographical video and ivana trump appears in that video talking about her dad and his values. to see donald trump in front of this audience might seem strange to donald trump's critics who point to his personal life and how he's conducted his life in new york city, but donald trump is somebody who is going to talk about his faith, i think, in the last couple weeks of the campaign. we heard it over the weekend when he was talking to jake tapper on "state of the union" and i heard it last friday when donald trump says he has a terrific relationship with the evangelical community. he is very much trying to speak to that base, but this is a sophisticated part of the republican party. they're going to be listening to, you know, a certain kind of language out of donald trump. if he doesn't pass that test, if he doesn't speak in their language in that christian conservative language, t

. >> this is the beginning of the end for donald trump. >> the beginning of the end for donald trump. i will eat my right hand is the republican nominee. mark: happy 2016. the countdown is over and i was has begun. this month, you can expect major speeches. what matters more than anything else is which candidate has the strongest closing argument. we saw three candidates make their bed today. >> on donald trump and i approve this message. donald trump called it radical islamic terrorism. he is calling for a shutdown of muslims entering the united states until we can figure out what's going on. he will stop illegal immigration by building a wall. we will make america great again. mark: in new hampshire to top candidates put forward their own closing cases. >> i won in one of the toughest places in america. i know better than anyone how to prosecute. >> we need a commander in chief. which of these three arguments you think is the strongest? it's only the 1st avenue year. trump is the strongest closing argument. it brooks no quarter. he said two phases to his campaign, one stop illegal i

she was essentially donald trump before donald trump. having a public, political figure who fires up the grassroots, fires up, you know, she was the beginning of the tea party movement, i think, that donald trump now kind of holds that baton a little bit. but whether or not you end up getting that this now means that donald trump is gonna be your iowa winner and front-runner, i think we're a little bit in front of our skis on that one, but it's certainly good news for donald trump today. >> let me ask, she has her detractors. sarah palin, there's a definite body of people out there who think she does more harm than good, that people remember her from that famous interview with katie couric and not being able to say which newspaper she read. there are those who would point to that and say it's not all great for donald trump to have her at his side. what do you think? >> if this were a general election, i think it would be almost a radioactive thing for any presidential nominee to have sarah palin by your side, this early, with her numbers

now donald trump has sarah palin. guess what, ted cruz is going to roll out glenn beck in iowa later this week. you try to bring in the celebrities you can to gin up attention. i'm betting in camp trump tonight. they prefer to have sarah palin. ted cruz will do what he can. don't count cruz out. he has a great organization on the ground. again, this complicates. cruz needs iowa. if trump can win iowa, a lot of people are saying the palin endorsement could be very valuable down the road if cruz falters, sarah palin can help donald trump with skeptical evangelicals in the south. let's watch this play out. >> gloria, cruz needs iowa. what does sarah palin need? what does palin want out of this? she's been out of the mainstream spotlight several years. she has a lot of clout among conservatives. published successful books, had television shows. but, you know, as the years tick by she becomes the distance grows between when she was actually in the mix as a candidate or even as a governor which she didn't complete her term.

so donald trump wins. he gets to hold his own forum, shows that he's a big guy, he's generous, raising money for wounded warriors. and we're not talking about anything substantive at the moment, right? >> i don't know if this is going to help him or not. this is a disgusting human being. the original question that megyn kelly asked him at the debate was entirely appropriate because he made absolutely degrading and sexist comments about women and he's proved to her exactly right. and beyond that, what this shows is an authoritarian screech to the media that it would be terrifying that the donald trump has the powers of the presidency of the united states. can you imagine what he would try to do vis-a-vis the media as president, trying to dictate who can ask him questions in a presidential debate? god help us if this helps him politically. it's appalling and it's terrifying. >> so, jason, you heard what hadley brought up, you know, hillary clinton. >> right. >> but donald trump seems to have found a way to n

what is donald trump due to land? >> reporter: should be any minute now, and from what we understand, john, you're right. the voters are going to be looking to the skies, because donald trump is expected to arrive via trump force one as it's called, his boeing 57, parked behind him for this event. donald trump pulling out the big guns in this final weekend before the iowa caucuses monday night. interesting about this campaign schedule, you mentioned busy the next 24 hours. right. event here then in clinton, then davenport end of the day. normally doesn't do three events a day. goes to show they want to get this ground operation up and running and this candidate out here to remind voters what they need to get done. the last few minutes we heard one of donald trump's supporters up onstage informing the crowd this is what you have to do, this is -- how you show up on caucus night and register your support for donald trump. they realize there are a lot of new voters that donald trump is bringing into this campaign, bringi

donald trump and donald trump needs isis. isis needs to be able to say on undere hand that they are attack. donald trump needs to say on the other hand the you are under attack by muslims. that is why i strongly believe that he should not be allowed to come to our country. just think what would happen in the current climate. if he came to london, to glasgow and preached that message of divisive hate, it would be damaging, it would be dangerous, it would be deeply divisive. >> the gentleman is making some interesting points. these examples are more shortly about donald trump being a bigot rather than hatred. britain is pretty good at roasting beets. shouldn't we just roast trump? think aorry, i don't debate like this calls for flippancy at this time. with the greatest of respect, when our police service and our security services are working night and day to prevent our country from being attacked, when they believe the support of the muslim community, to have someone come to our shores who demonizes the entire community would

for debate stage absent donald trump, incident was hardly a debate absent donald trump. from the very first question. >> let's address the elephant not in the room tonight. >> reporter: to the very first joke. >> let me say i'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly. ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we have gotten the donald trump on out of the way -- >> reporter: to a completely changed dynamic. with no trump lightning rod, other candidates had to dodge bullets. >> i would note the last four questions is marco, please attack jeb. i would say this, gosh, if you ask one more mean question, i may have to leave the station. >> reporter: some candidates got flat-out more attention. this was rand paul asking about her values relative to her husband's infidelities. >> i think her position promoting fairness to women in the workplace, that if what bill clinton, any ceo in our country did with an intern, with a 22-year-old, 21-year-old intern in their office, they would be fired. they would never be hired again. >> reporter: the most extraordinary m

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i like donald trump, donald trump is very opinionated which doesn't make it easy for him for the debate. >> the youngest person here, have you ever voted for a president, before? >> no, sir. >> who won that exchange? >> i think ted cruz did from the opening statement. i think that he is willing to die for this country instead of staying on his knees. and i feel like donald trump isn't willing to do that. i think he's in it for personal gain. >> kim, what was so, either effective about what cruz said or where donald trump came up short on that exchange? >> he's so engaging. he just goes, goes, goes. quick, quick, quick, quick. i can't believe what he said. >> i want someone to defend donald trump. william, go ahead. >> donald trump is just making a point this is a weakness in the cruz campaign. whether it's fair or not, democrats don't play fair. he was just making that point to cruz. >> go ahead. >> i just don't -- he sounded honest. i like honesty in politics. it's hard to find. >> he had honesty out of these politicians? >> no. but i love to hear something that sounds more honest than

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mark: donald trump. john: i agree it's a good day for donald trump, but even a better day for sarah palin, who is back in the spotlight. the first one she has commanded in the year, and that is good for her. , checku visit the site out more on sarah palin's endorsement of donald trump. mark: tomorrow, exclusive on our of bernie sanders documentary series. we will see you tomorrow night from new hampshire. until then we say to you, sayonara. ♪ emily: i'm emily chang and you are watching "bloomberg west." one of four americans traded in a prisoner swap with iran is speaking publicly. he tells reporters news of his impending release took him completely by surprise. he said it was so intense, he poppedlow prisoners only champagne after they were sure they had left iranian and space. the white house is appointing a health and human services apartment official to lead federal efforts to help the city of flint, michigan, deal with its devastating water crisis. the flint mayor arrived in washington today. the

number one, donald trump is not a conservative. and two, we wanted to make the point, not the so-called establishment that's opposing trump, in fact, as we speak, you have elements of the political accomplishment among republicansns hiding under their desk, figuring out how they can co-op or deal with donald trump. we want to win this election. we want to do it with a consecutive and we think we can. >> rich, you wrote this morning, this is what national review exists to do, to plant the flag for conservativism, have you missed your chance, has trump >> i object the notion because he's at 30% at the polls. this thing is effectively over. look, w knew we could get a lot of blowback from this issue. it's particularly rich that donald truru invoked william f. buckleleand said buckley would be ashamed of what we have done. in ct, buckley wrote about donald trump in 2000, he called him a nar sissist. >> alex, you have a different take, at the beginning of the month, you tried to get an anti-trump thing going, you had no takers. is the g

now that we've gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> i kind of miss, donald trump. he's a little teddy bear to me. we always had a loving relationship in the debates. i wish he was here. >> let's begin by being clear. this is not about donald trump. he is an entertaining guy. the greatest show on earth. this campaign is about the greatest country in the world and the system has destroyed what made america special. >> jeremy, what happened? >> what a split screen experience we had last night. you know, with donald trump holding his own event raising money for veterans and having the two former winners of the iowa caucuses, rick santorum and mike huckabee, current candidates, standing at his side. as far as the other candidates are concerned, certainly ted cruz became the big target on stage last night. you know, he literally took the place of trump at center stage during the debate. that certainly helps to elevate his status. you know, he was dealing with punches from -- fighting with the moderators and other candidates. that benefitted him. i think he could have don

"donald trump is a menace." "donald trump is a menace to american conservatism who would take the work of generations and trample it under foot on behalf of a populism as heedless and crude as the donald himself." so that's fun. donald trump said at his wayne allyn root event tonight that he's planning on unveiling a new donald trump tv ad tomorrow which he hinted would actually be an anti-ted cruz ad. parts of the anti-ted cruz "donald trump is a menace." "donald trump is a menace to american conservatism who would take the work of generations and trample it under foot on behalf of a populism as heedless and crude as the donald himself." so that's fun. donald trump said at his wayne allyn root event tonight that he's planning on unveiling a new donald trump tv ad tomorrow which he hinted would actually be an anti-ted cruz ad. parts of the anti-ted cruz republican establishment are now saying they will support donald trump if only to keep ted cruz from winning the presidential nomination. other parts of the repu

she has endorsed donald trump. even though he said some nasty things about you, suggesting you aren't a war hero, he doesn't see heroes as people who were captured, held as p.o.w.s, what does that say that sarah palin, your running mate, has now endorsed trump. >> i respect and admire sarah. many of my friends and people i am supporting, support me, have endorsed trump or cruz. i mean, this is life in politics. i respect her decision and her views. >> what about the former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. you and he have had a pretty good relationship. i'm told he introduced you at a rally in 2008. you campaigned for him in 2001. if he were to run for president, do you think you could endorse him? would you like him to run for president? >> i think that's a decision only michael bloomberg can make. i'm spupporting the nominee of the republican party so i really don't know how quickly he's going to decide. but it certainly is an interesting scenario. anybody with -- what was it i read today? $44 billion? and a

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it's donald trump. this he knows if he says something outrageous he'll get media. it might be good for him. there are some people in the base. there are some people who like donald trump who may like the idea of him taking it to hillary. you know, no, i don't think it's helpful. i think it's helpful to hillary clinton in the long-term. it's an old issue. in fact, i would say mr. trump gave bill clinton's foundation $100 invited bill and hillary clinton to his wed iding. after all these allegations and scandals. we all know bill clinton had his issues. a lot of things to go after hillary clinton i would skrut nice her on. i think her husband's personal issue is not one. >> of course, the republicans are going to use it. some people in media say it's a fair game. others said, you know -- >> do you think it's fair game? >> as a democrat, i've known about this issue. i had to work through the issue. >> as a political operative, do you think it's fair game? >> you can't put it under the rug. it's out there.

two front-runners, donald trump and ted cruz. an insider's look at the race for the republican presidential nomination. i'm joined by alice stewart, senior communications adviser to senator cruz, cruz for president campaign. thanks very much for joining us. i know that senator cruz told iowa pastors, we just heard it, if you don't stop trump in iowa, he might be unstoppable because he looks like he's going to do well in new hampshire, south carolina, does cruz believe that if he loses, let's say, iowa and new hampshire, trump will be the republican nominee? >> absolutely not. we're looking at a long-range strategy here, wolf. and the key to the clip that was just played, this was a last-pitch call, call to action for evangelicals at a meeting last night. it important to take that into context. key word, he said, if donald trump were to win iowa. and the purpose was to appeal to the evangelicals who are very supportive of ted cruz and urge them to go out to their congregation and those in the faith community. and if they want some

let's start with donald trump. >> sure. donald trump and ted cruz are in this heated rivalry and they are in the key caucus state of iowa. i think trump needs to make sure that he is able to encourage supporters to show up to the caucus, translate that momentum he has been getting in rallies and i think ted cruz needs to win this upcoming debate. he's had a really tough week. he's trying to rebound, trump has taken a lot of oxygen from him over the past several days. i think he needs to be able to really mobilize his supporters and really land a punch on trump. >> so what about kirsten, looks like the top two. trump and cruz, and what do they need do? >> it is pretty much between them. rubio is the third but it is -- they are sort of in a separate group by themselves and trump honestly if he just does what he did in last debate, he will be in great shape. and he found his sea legs and in the beginning with him i think the last debate he was striking the right tone. he was able to communicate to people that he is definitely

donald trump didn't like that one bit. and talking about ted cruz and where he was born. >> it's gone from suggestion and to this is one of his main points he's talking about it in his rallies. we heard it in never and definitely hearing about it here now. we're going to take a quick break. wfrom your cold & flu. you give them a case of the giggles. tylenol® cold helps relieve your worst cold & flu symptoms... you can give them everything you've got. tylenol® there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree? (man) the twenty-sixteen subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. you premium like clockwork. month after month. year after year. then one night, you hydroplane into a ditch. yeah... surprise... your insurance company tells you to pay up again. why pay for insurance if you have to pay even more for using it? if you have liberty mutual deductible fund™,

you wouldn't do what donald trump is recommending? a temporary ban on all muslims coming into the united states until the u.s. can figure out what's going on, pair phraraphr what his position is. you don't support that decision? >> no, i don't think you can do it on the basis of religion. you know, that's not typically what we do. >> a lot of terrorists can come from a lot of different areas. we can be much smarter than simply to target muslims. you know, when it comes to muslims, here's what i have to say. i dwru up in detroit. there are a lot of muslims there, a lot of good people i played with, they were friends. teddy roosevelt, i think, had the right physical ones if i. when he said we're a nation of immigrants. everybody is welcome to come to our country from any race, any religion, any country if they want to be americans, if they accept our values and principles and our laws, and if they don't, they stay where they are. that makes perfectly good sense. >> dr. carson, stay with us. we have more questions for you. some of the mo

move by donald trump. have sween this movie before -- we seen this movie before? >> let me share with you, i was in the room, the media genius of donald trump and what he pulled it off. what has -- >> you were in the room -- >> at the trump event. yes. if i bailed it on your debate, would lose millions of viewers and advertisers and yet for us, media members who were in the room, this is what he did. first of all, he gave a preinterview to cnn and he said, look, at all of the cameras are coming me. ales is still calling me on the phone. as a reporter i'm tweeting out and i'm asking, folks, is this still being covered live? i don't know. but he's pulling it off, everybody. that is kind of the snowball that got rolling. then the first part of the debate was on trump. so it was off to the races. >> which to give fox news credit the mere fact there were 12.5 million viewer, a substantive debate, they were able to talk about issues as opposed to have personality conflicts. >> i do want to come back to, you know

won't they just be taking pot shots for two hours at donald trump and donald trump not giving any response? >> they're, you know, pygmies here at this stage. i'll tell you, john, exactly what this reminds me of is when ronald reagan fired the air traffic controllers when everybody said he couldn't do it and secondly, when he walked away from the negotiating table with gorbachev at reykjavik and everybody said you can't do that, either. in other words, the message delivered in both cases was be bold, be strong, be unique, be different. that's donald trump's message there in a nutshell. if he continues with this, this is his message and he's living up to it. >> so, alex, if you are one of these other campaigns right now, how do you respond? >> well, i think the interesting thing would be for one of these candidates, maybe all, to show up at the last minute at the trump event and say, donald trump, you can't get away from me. and let's have a debate right now. that would be a demonstration of strength as well. look, i hate to disagree with dana, but this is not about issues. if anybody thinks

donald trump has a lot of flair. donald trump understands how to command a crowd. and to speak to that noisy inner voice of republicans. we don't know if donald trump can really make it through the caucus. >> i think donald trump is about to get a lot of attacks. he's viable in iowa. he's been smart, strategic, calculating. >> will he wrap up the come nation by march? >> i think we can call it optimistic. i think i will tell you, if he defeats donald trump in iowa, after nine months of donald trump leading, ted cruz comes out of iowa as a dragon's lair, like it or not. >> a lot of republicans are falling into the same trap that hillary clinton did in 2008, where they underestimated the turnout power of barack obama at that time. i think they're also underestimating the turnout power of donald trump. if those people show up to the caucuses, the primary in iowa, the way that barack obama voters did in '08, donald trump may surprise people. >> but barack obama had a seasoned team of political veterans who put together an incredible team on the ground. >> when 70% of t

"donald trump is a menace." "donald trump is a menace to american conservatism who would take the work of generations and trample it under foot on behalf of a populism as heedless and crude as the donald himself." so that's fun. donald trump said at his wayne allyn root event tonight that he's planning on unveiling a new donald trump tv ad tomorrow which he hinted would actually be an anti-ted cruz ad. parts of the anti-ted cruz republican establishment are now saying they will support donald trump if only to keep ted cruz from winning the presidential nomination. other parts of the republican establishment will tomorrow issue what they're literally calling a manifesto to try to stop not ted cruz but to try to stop donald trump at all costs, even if that means supporting ted cruz. not ted cruz. yes, ted cruz. this is fun. i mean, it's weird, but it's fun, right? i mean, the republican race for the presidency this year is turning out to be kind of a baseball game. but it's a baseball game where everybody's got a

they think donald trump is ideological mallable. he's basically worked in washington as a businessman before. he knows how it gets done. and so you're starting to see a bit of chatter, i would say, from establishment types saying okay, if it comes down to these two, we would probably prefer trump over cruz for precisely those reasons. >> columnists today said cruz and trump are the worst thing that can happen to the republican party, but are you hearing what sam is hearing, if they were forced to choose, more types would go with trump because he doesn't actually mean anything? >> i don't know what establishment means any more .. i think because people in washington know cruz better. there are some personal animosities that are maybe blinding them about what is the better choice. notice something cruz did in that statement you quoted a minute ago. i think this gets to the problem. ted cruz attacked president obama's stimulus and t.a.r.p. what washington republicans remember is that t.a.r.p. was a president bush measure. a third of am

donald trump. we didn't think it benefitted channel, me, or donald trump. >> after another round of twitter insults against kelly, trump follows up the december 15th republican debate on cnn by again airing his fox grievances with bill o'reilly. >> you are back. how does it feel. >> it feels good. you have always been fair to me. >> which brings us to this week, megyn kelly and donald trump were set to come face to face again, in a primary debate just ahead of the iowa caucuses. but it seems there will be no burying of the hatchet, so to speak. here's what he said to wolf blitzer on cnn monday. >> i'm not a fan of megyn kelly, she probably doesn't like me. that's okay. but she better be famplt i like to go to the debates. i've done well, every poll says i won the debate of the we'll see what happens. >> when you say probably you haven't 100% decided you will be will. >> no, nothing is 100%. >> with me now, tara grant, david zurowic. kevin sheridan, and cnn legal analyst mel robins. awesome having a

domd trump, donald trump, donald trump. >> you're pivoting to the general election already. >> trump has very, very high unfavorables as well. do you think there's any way for him to improve that? >> yes. i think he will tone it down and become more main stream and more polished once he wins the nomination. i think that goes without saying. >> you think he'll stop demonizing reporters so damn much? i'm concerned about the way he's continuing to so distrust. >> i think reporters without boarders should have better things to do than criticize donald trump. let them really fight where freedom of the press doesn't exist. if donald trump were under fbi investigation, his last name every time his name was mentioned would be who is under fbi investigation? >> as far as we know clinton has not been investigated by the fbi. the headline isn't whose under fbi investigation. >> i bought you so many vanilla milk shakes you owe me. would you consider, just consider it. oh me milk shakes, i'll take them off the ledger if you consider it. >> i was curious, steve, as a broadcaster what you thought o