trump says cruz has been issued a passport from his native canada. he is playing the birther card where it can do the most damage accusing the most right wing candidate of being a card carrying canadian. does it get any better than this? the "washington post" trump said this about cruz, republicans will have to ask themselves the question, do we want a candidate who can be tied up in court for two years. trump had this question again and again. >> how do you have a candidate where there is something over the head of the party and that individual? so ted will be able to answer the question hopefully satisfactory. >> it is certainly a concern i guess for the party. i hope that naut the case. i'm not involved in that. a lot of people are bringing it up. >> i would like to see ted do something where he goes into court and try to get some kind of order. i would not like to see that happen. >> do you believe senator ted cruz is a natural born citizen? >> i don't know. i would seek a declaratory judgment if i were ted. if ted should eke it out and she has t

in canada! that, of course, is the sound of canada's national bird, the loon. if you knew that, you are not qualified to be president. or maybe you are. i think the whole thing is horse (bleep). but trump doesn't. listen to what trump has been playing at "his" rallies. born in the u.s.a. "born in the u.s.a.!" it could be worse, ted. he could be taunting you with the canadian anthem -- i think it's that barenaked ladies song: you have a drum stick and your brain stops tickin' our home and native land but cruz has his own snappy musical comeback. >> now ted cruz is saying donald trump, you know, is from somewhere even worse than canada: new york. >> i think he may shift in his new rallies to playin' "new york, new york." because, you know, donald comes from new york, and he embodies new york values. >> stephen: i don't like what he's insinuating about new york, that donald trump comes from here. that is just a nasty thing to say! but maybe ted cruz is misinterpreting trump constantly questioning his citizenship. as trump's campaign manager explained, "we're tryin

in america but then headed up to live in canada. was he immigrating a second time? is that what they were doing in canada. he was never an american during this. the mother was but not the father. >> reporter: as you know rafael cruz came from cuba. they moved to work and do ventures in the oil and gas industry. they spent four to five years there and came back to texas and moved to houston which is where ted cruz grew up. i would note during that time period ted cruz's father left the family essentially as cruz writes abandoned ted cruz and his mom, alcohol was an issue. went to texas and found jesus and reconciled with his family. >> and didn't become an american until 2005. it is interesting about his nationality. trump continued hammering cruz over his canadian birth. >> how can you vote for somebody where there is a question. i'm not saying right or wrong but a question. you can't have your nominee with a question. it is impossible to do. he is running and people are suing to say he is not allowed to run. >> meanwhile another co

like a week ago they didn't know he was born in canada. now they do. >> we all know from "south park" canada is not universally beloved, either. anything can happen. cruz is really in a difficult place and it just makes this campaign all more exciting and interesting and weird in my humble opinion. >> and fuel for "veep." >> and i don't know how we can top it. >> big question. and this was the big question at the hbo party last night. is trump good for "veep" or bad for "veep" because how do you outdo trump on "veep"? >> we can't do trump on "veep," we have to hope that the sure a surdity of our ridiculous characters we have over four years will triumph over trumpism and cruisism but remains to be scene. >> gains credibility. >> we're going to stop being comedy and be a drama now. >> drama category. >> like your previous channel, yes. >> frank rich, thank you very much for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >>> coming up, republicans have falsely accused president obama of many things, but job killer might just be the most frequent accusat

and there are a lot of people now that are saying he was born in canada, he was born on canada's soil, on canadian soil, and he cannot run. and as you know, i guess you probably heard last night, illinois is looking at it very seriously. they might not even let him run in illinois. they feel strongly about it. >> let me ask but somebody else who's thinking about getting in the race. michael bloomberg. you said yesterday, "i love it," speaking about him getting in the race. why would you love it? >> well, i would love it. i'd love to compete against michael. and i know him very well. and i think he might very well get in the race. and i would love to have him get in the race. >> one of the reasons -- >> he's very opposite on me with guns and he's opposite on pro life and he's opposite on a lot of things. so i would love to have michael get in the race. but t don't know if he's going to do it, but i hope he does. i would love to compete against michael. >>> as for the democrats, iowa has tight toend a tossup. our battleground tracker shows bernie sanders is up over hillary clinton 47% t

not canada. that didn't work in iowa. it's a strategy that trump has tried and tried and tried and it's just not -- it's not resonating in iowa. he has to take on ted cruz in a different way. >> here is the interesting piece, which is for the last several weeks ted cruz has effectively turned himself into the alternative to trump. what you're seeing, i think, with the john mccain others who are going after ted cruz is wait a second. we want a more establishment candidate to be the alternative. we don't want these two choices here. and so i think you're starting to see more of an war among the republicans than we've even had before. as it narrows down to trump and cruz, republicans are starting to panic a little bit. >> right. i spoke at a huge breakfast among republicans outside richmond yesterday. the alternative for trump people was cruz. >> right. >> yeah. i want to play a robo call. it's being played in iowa from a white nationalist, aka, racist group. >> that's not a trump call. that's a group separate from the trump

he was born in canada. he was born in canada and he was a citizen of canada until 15 months ago. and he said he didn't know. that he didn't know about his loans. he didn't know about goldman sachs and citi. he didn't know he was a citizen of canada and now he is running for president. he his a real problem because he was born in canada. and there are people, great constitutional lawyers and i'm not only talk about professor tribe from harvard. many others are saying he should not be and ka not run for president because he doesn't qualify under the guidelines. i don't know if it is right or wrong. he should ask for a declaratory judgment from the courts and the last thing that the republicans need and that ted needs is to be running for office and then disqualified. >> this is showing up in the polling and in this new poll that shows you with a big national lead. 36%, 17% for ted cruz and 11% for marco rubio. >> i haven't seen that yet. >> a third of republican voters are questioning ted cruz's eligibility for president. >> i understand that. >> do you think that is due to your pu

in canada. he has to solve this problem because the democrats will sue him if he's the nominee. you can't have a person running for office even though ted is very glib saying i'm a natural born citizen. the point is you're not. you can't have a nominee subject who be thrown out as nominee. i'm sure ted is thrilled that i'm helping him out but i am. i mean i am. i mean, he's got to go and fix it. >> as i said, iowa's governor terry branstad said when you run for president of the united states, any subject is fair game. let the people decide. katy tur, you don't want to cause questions about whether the other side is going to have litigation against your candidate if you nominate him. that it's way he is going to play this. knowing the democrats are not going to get a prior review from the supreme court and certainly not going to try to get one because they probably enjoy this. if cruz is the nominee, they'll play the same game the same way republicans used willie horton after al gore brought it u

canada is still part of france. >> who needs sarah palin? ted cruz has an endorsement of "duck dynasty's" phil robertson. here we go. >> my qualifications for president of the united states are rather narrow. is he or she godly. does he or she love us. can he or she do the job. and finally, would they kill a duck and put 'em in a pot and make 'em a good duck gumbo? i've looked at the candidates. ted cruz is my man. i'm voting for him. [ quacking ] [ gunshots ] >> you know, that's a duck call, but i tell you, i am so alien from that. these three are going to tell me something i don't know. when we come back. thanks for watching "hardball." if you need a reason to start celebrating super bowl 50 early - i'll give you two. get a large,1-topping pizza for only 50 cents when you order any large pizza at regular menu price. better ingredients. better pizza. better football. papajohns.com ♪ light piano today i saw a giant. it had no arms, but it welcomed me. (crow cawing) it had no heart, but it was alive. (train wheels on tracks) it had no mouth

step, -- of canada, mr. trudeau. argentinian president itts to be much closer, so will be interesting to hear his pitch for investors. we will speak to axel weber, giving up his first interview in davos. linkagelk about the between real growth and these bear markets and what that means for all attila t in the next couple of quarters. -- four of volatility in the next couple of quarters. we will talk oil with the leader of the iea. i'll ask if it is a shock to investment. then the deputy manning -- managing director of imf joins us and we will talk about china with him. we look forward to that. that is a great lineup, trying to get some perspective around the big issues. the first major european company to report later this morning. has the group price of affected the bottom line? ♪ anna: welcome back. shell will become the first european oil maker to report earnings. it comes after quarter which salt crude lose more than a quarter of its value. ryan is here. what do we expect from shell today? ryan: we can

canada. so women can make a choice more freely about what works for them because they have the time and the space to breast-feed if they choose to. so although there are breast-feeding advocacy programs and projects in canada, they are not as a trick pony and as they are the united states. it's not about withholding food from people who don't breast-feed. it's just advertising in the subways or something like that. because instead they have maternity leave. that maternity leave does make it a lot easier for women to actually, for women to be supported if in fact they do decide to breast-feed. of course, as i'm sure you know, the united states is one of only four countries in the world that have no federally mandated paid maternity leave. others are swaziland, new guinea, and somewhere else. >> i am interested -- you talked about research from the pump companies and how that promoted their way of thinking in terms of natural breast-feeding. i'm curious about any kind of research that is being

one difference that you could point you would be between the united states and canada in canada you have an 89% initiation rate. in the united states the initiation rate is 79%. in the united states at the six months, 49% of women are breast-feeding and in canada 52% of women are still breast-feeding. so the numbers are fairly comparable but the huge difference between canada and the united states of course is that women, women have maternity leave in canada. so women can make a choice more freely about works for them because they have the time and the space to breast-feed, if they choose to. so although the are breast-feeding advocacy programs and projects in canada, they are not as draconian as they are in the united states. it's not about withholding food from people who don't breast-feed. it's just sort of advertising in the subways or something like that. because instead they have maternity leave and that maternity leave does make it a lot easier for women to actually, for women to be supported if, in fact, they do decide to breast-feed. and, of course, as i'm sure you know, the uni

last night trump claimed cruz's parents voted in canada. jake tapper host of "state of the union" joins us now. you joined ted cruz for the exclusive interview. what stuck out to you? >> he's trying to stay on message and not talk about the accusations that he's not constitutionally eligible to be president because he is, in the views of donald trump and others, not an natural-born citizens. ted cruz said nothing could be further from the truth. he's perfectly eligible. it's tough to stay on message when so many opponents are jumping into the act. take a listen. >> carly fiorina saying the other day that she says it's odd that it wasn't until 2014 that you were announced you were dual citizenship your citizenship with canada. you say you didn't know about it until "dallas morning news" wrote the story in 2013. did you ever go back after the dallas morning news story and try to find out more about your parents' time in canada? whether they did -- i mean, did they vote in canada? >> no. they did not. my mother didn't because he was a u. -- sh

was a citizen of canada, or get out of the race. he also talked about this weekend including a crack about cruz's support of the keystone pipeline. >> all conservatives want the keystone pipeline. you know who's going to appeal that fast? ted cruz. he's from canada. i never thought of that. this is a first. ted cruz will approve the keystone pipeline because it benefits canada. it's great. he could be the only guy who will run for president, then run for prime minister of canada. >> according to "the wall street journal," donald trump made his decision to start skewering senator ted cruz as his private jet was approaching new hampshire earlier this month. ted's hanging around the top too long in the republicans. according to his campaign manager, time to take him down. howie jackson in iowa following the cruz campaign. perry, political reporter for nbc news. david drucker. thank you all. let's start with halle. it seems to be a paper bag you have to bang your way out of if you're ted cruz on this constitutional eligibility issue. i'

he is an anchor baby in canada. the canada does not accept anchor babies. john: my question for you is, ,ith this alternative shindig it in the rearview mirror, is the clear from paying any costs for skipping the foxnews debate? mark: every instinct i have, every instinct trump has is this did not hurt him. it may have even helped him and allowed him to enter the final weekend without any damage from the debate and suffered a huge which is strength, what got him to this day, front runner for the republican nominee. john: it seemed they were all disoriented and weirded out that trump was not on stage with them. got used to debating with him there, he was suddenly gone. it was like the sun was gone. physical law was revoked. jeb bush performed well, but anyone else did nothing to gain and anyway except for trump jokes. mark: he was in the new , showing areas today he can do well in iowa. when he comes to a place, he draws such a big crowds. he does not need to go city by town, -- city by city, town by town. john: he overstated the case when he stated crews go

canada is still part of france. >> who needs sarah palin? ted cruz has an endorsement of "duck dynasty's" phil robertson. here we go. >> my qualifications for president of the united states are rather narrow. is he or she godly. does he or she love us. can he or she do the job. and finally, would they kill a duck and put 'em in a pot and make 'em a good duck gumbo? i've looked at the candidates. ted cruz is my man. i'm voting for him. [ quacking ] [ gunshots ] >> you know, that's a duck call, but i tell you, i am so alien from that. these three are going to tell me something i don't know. when we come back. thanks for watching "hardball." some research. let me introduce you to our broker. how much does he charge? i don't know. okay. uh, do you get your fees back if you're not happy? (dad laughs) wow, you're laughing. that's not the way the world works. well, the world's changing. are you asking enough questions about the way your wealth is managed? wealth management, at charles schwab. you can't breathed. through your nose. suddenly, you're

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we have the cold air attack from canada. the southern branch will ride across the country with a series of low pressure systems. once we get into the super bowl weekend do these two getting together and get in phase like last week with the blizzard, if the answer is yes, we have to watch that very, very closely. if it is a no it's a miss. gray. >>> 7:24 in sports this morning, sixers have a tough test against golden state tonight and the eagles lock up lane johnson. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: cha-ching, eagles offensive lineman is the highest paid right tackle in the nfl. he signed a 6 year contract worth $63 million. 35 is guaranteed. johnson 2013 first round pick is under contract until least 2021, he is being groomed to take over at left tackle for jason peters. he believes big things are ahead for the eagles. >>> it's optimistic we have a bunch of of great young players heard and veteran leaders like celek who is a warrior. i think there will be changes moving forward, but we have a new taste in my mouth and we'

los sirios recibidos por el primer ministro, sin embargo; como los explica jorge contreras de canadÁ hay factores que lo podrÍan complicar. jorge: esta imagen conmoviÓ al mundo entero y permitiÓ que los sirios llegan a su paÍs, la cifra reducida a 10.000, pero ni siquiera esta promesa se puede cumplir. no era posible lograrlo, por muchas razones creo que por la logÍstica. hasta el 28 de diciembre 3840 refugiados estaban en suelo canadiense, dejos de los 10.000 ellos necesitan nuestro soporte e integraciÓn, ropa de invierno, muebles, habilitar escuela y centros hospitalarias, sin embargo; muchos esperan en el aeropuerto para poder acceder desde el otro lado del atlÁntico, esperando poder llegar a canadÁ en donde les tienden la mano. >> ¿cÓmo no ayudar esta gente? cuando ves las imÁgenes. jorge: la mayorÍa de los refugiado que su han llegado a canadÁ han sido apadrinados, y las bases militares que han sido preparadas no funcionan todavÍa. es toda la informaciÓn, regresamos a los estudios. arantxa: cambiando de tema el estreno de esta noche, una veÍan mad de la cadena fo

baby in canada. but canada does not accept anchor babies. cruise -- cruz, is he free and clear from paying costs? and: every instinct i have everything jump -- a donald trump has is that this did not hurt him and he is entering the weekend without damage from the debate, instead a huge mama of dominance which got him where he is today, front runner for the nominee. john: with only one exception, it seems to me that all republican candidates were disoriented and weirded out by the fact that chump -- donald trump was not there. he was a suddenly gone. he was the son gone, or some other utopian law provoked. nobody took advantage in a meaningful way. appeared in-- he iowa plenty of times, he chose to appear in new hampshire today. the part of it is, when he comes to a place he draws a crowd. he does not have to do city by city, town by town, is an extraordinary advantage he has. john: i think he overstated when he says that ted cruz got pummeled. i do not think that he severed immeasurably. i do not think that anybody gained or suffered, i ment

the fact that he was born in canada, and he has had a double passport. cruz's response just moments ago, he tweeted out video of the popular sitcom character fonzie jumping the shark. that's a pop culture reference for when someone has just gone too far. >> let's pick up on in chuck todd. raising the birther argument like he did with president obama, is this a sign that trump sees cruz as a real threat here? >> absolutely. cruz has taken off in iowa. it is his state to lose. and the question is, how big could his victory be? and if cruz gets momentum, some people argue they are fishing from the same boating pond. you know what, there's not a lot to this, lester. it all depends on what you define as natural born. but guess what? before anybody would have any standing to challenge ted cruz's citizen, ability to be president, he'd have to actually be president for you to have standing, so i think this is a moot point. >> chuck saadtodd, thank you. trump is not only the front runner, he's women and among white the evangelicals. >> reporter: a campaign rally

ted cruz was born in canada. and he returned at 4 years old. in the law there's only two ways to become a u.s. citizen. one is you are naturally born citizen and that is you are born to an american parent which ted cruz was or you were naturalized. ted cruz was not naturalized so he is a natural born citizen. that's the definition of a natural born citizen. that's off the table. laurence tribe also agrees that ted cruz is a natural born citizen even though he pretends to -- >> no, just to be clear, laurence tribe believes, just to give you credit, laurence tribe believes that the argument you're making right now is the better of the possible arguments. what he says is -- what he says is the supreme court has never decided it and he agrees that to have absolute clarity on it we would need a constitutional amendment. >> he has raised the doubt and he has said that but he has also said personally he believes that ted cruz is eligible. he's said that. he told "the new york times" reporter that. so, look, there really isn't any doubt. and i want to

and lot of people now are saying he was born in canada. he was born on canada soil or canadian soil. and he cannot run. as you though, i guess you probably heard last night illinois is looking at it very seriously may not even let him run in illinois they feel strongly about it. seriously. yeah, if he got the nomination, if everything was fine i would vote for ted cruz. i'd go for ted cruz. him. >> i was putting that in relationship to his place of birth. real question whether or not ted i will tell you, the first thing if he got the nomination, first thing that would happen democrats will bring a lawsuit against him, large tribe of harvard and many other people, many people beyond have come down and said he's not entitled to run. it's got to -- whether he gets declare for rejudgment from the courts he's got to trait enthat out. mark. >> dickerson: to be clear you would vote for ted cruz if he would be the nominee. somebody else thinking about, michael bloomberg you said yesterday, i love it. if he -- him getting in the race, why would you

i think lots of people, including voters are saying he was born in canada? that's news to me. >> it's not news to us around here, but it might be news to them the fact is it's never been litigate litigated, never been to the supreme court. so what we have here is the enemy of my enemy is my friend when it comes to john mccain. john mccain has for love for donald trump. donald trump called him a losing for getting captured in vietnam. what you have here is cruz is a guy who's campaign against fellow republicans through the he's a guy that has called mitch mcconnell a a liar on the floor so hi own republican caucus have a strong distaste from mccain. >> chickens coming home to roost. >> for ted cruz. >>> on the other hand hillary clinton seems to be cruising to the nomination, but there was a new release of e-mails on friday. this may cause some problems for her. in 2011, when an aide was having trouble sending her material by a secure fax, she sent they see instructions. if they can't, turn into nonpaper with no identifying heading, and send nonsecure. bob wo

they took a picture of the air canada agent's screen and tweeted about it. >> he is six. we didn't really want to do press or anything, but a lot of family and friends said this is an important issue. it's not he is six. he is a chimed. other children are impacted like in. life if we don't put it to an end now. >> air canada told the family it has no control over these matters. >>> new information on that black bearing sleeping in new jersey. he came down making a quiet exit in the middle of the night. the animal was spotted. many came out to get a look. the bear likely wandered over from the reservation a few miles away. >>> elise finch with your exclusive cbs2 forecast. a little chilly to hang outside. i guess not for a bear, huh? , not for a bear. for the rest of us, a little bit chimerix. that's for sure. that's what we have tonight. then temperatures get interesting into the week. let's check in with your weather watchers see what kind of numbers we are seeing out there. they are already pretty cold. i mean, we don't have too many warm temperatures. let's start down

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the man from canada. reporter: speaking of truth. on the democratic side bernie sanders saying what politicians usually will not. >> we will raise taxes. yes, we will. reporter: explaining during a town hall how he would fund a single payer health plan. >> we are going to eliminate private health insurance premiums for individuals and businesses. reporter: hillary clinton campaigning on healthcare. was trying to get universal health care coverage. reporter: trying to hold on to her lead. one republican debate remains but donald trump threatens to boycott if megan kelly is allowed to participate. this marks at least the third time he has threatened to pull out of debate. barbara: it is 4:57 and 36 degrees. breaking news. john: how a big water main look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, at devry university's college of business, we're looking for what the companies you'd want to work for, are looking for: the go-getters. students who want to go places, in the business they're in now, or the star

he was born in canada. i guess his parents voted in canada. a lot of things. if you're born in canada, it may be a problem. he gave up his citizenship 16-18 months ago. here's the problem. laurence tribe is from harvard university law school. and aa very great lawyer constitutional expert. he's on television last night. he said about natural born citizens that this matter is not a settled matter. it is wrong to say it is a settled matter because it is not. just so you understand, that means there is a question. it is not subtle matter. he was born in canada. i say to ted, as a republican, i think it's important, you have to get it straightened out. you can go for what is called a declaratory judgment where you say there is a problem where there is a problem of interpretation. you put a lot of papers in and you get a ruling from the judge. because you cannot put somebody there that is going to go in and he's going to be immediately sued by the democrats because they are saying he was born in canada. he's not

a huge shot of cold air is going to be coming down from canada. out ahead of it very mild temperatures. 10 to 15 degrees above average. then by sunday all of that warm air heads into new england. it's going to be 58 in new york city. when it's only 33 in tulsa and 1 in fargo and 4 in minneapolis. all eyes are still on the that ball game played outdoors in minneapolis with a windchill of about negative 20 for the vikings/seahawks game sunday afternoon. >> bring your long johns. >> portable heater. tape those little heating pads to yourself. >> whatever you got. joe, thank you. >>> in quebec, canada, dramatic fire was caught on video where a boy and his parents had to escape from their fourth floor apartment. 10-year-old jason was lowered by his stepdad and caught by someone on the ground. his parents jumped out afterward onto the snow. they both remain in the hospital for treatment. >>> alabama chief justice roy moore, the same judge behind the ten commandments tablets from a few years back, has ordered state judges to stop issuing marriage license

senator ted krudz was born in canada to an american mother. he says the constitution is clear. but tonight, trump is getting some unlikely help. a former presidential candidate saying, it is a fair question. tonight. >> reporter: as senator ted cruz drove through iowa today, donald trump tweeted him a helpful message. "ted, free legal advice how to preempt dems on citizen issue. go to court. you will win." tonight, the senator's answer. "thanks, but no thanks." >> i'm not going to be taking legal advice any time soon from donald trump. >> reporter: trump relentlessly jabbing cruz for being born in canada. >> do you believe senator ted cruz is a natural born citizen? >> i don't know, to be honest. finding an unexpected ally in senator john mccain, someone he insulted last summer. >> he's not a war hero. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured. >> reporter: but despite their bad blood, mccain says he agrees with trump that cruz has some explaining to do. >> i think there is a question. i'm not a constitutional scholar on that, but i think it's