hillary clinton: with both of you, ok? [indiscernible conversation] hillary clinton: i love it. of course you can. ♪ conversation] >> thank you so much, hillary. time of my life. thank you. ♪ [indiscernible conversation] hillary clinton: hi. hillary, right here. right here. >> thank you, hillary. hillary clinton: getting close, next monday. >> hope to celebrate. hillary clinton: i love it. [indistinct conversations] hillary clinton: wrigley field. i love it. why don't you take the family? [indistinct conversations] >> thank you. hillary clinton: thank you so much. thank you very much. [indiscernible conversation] hillary clinton: next monday. there you go. >> thank you. >> i hope you will come help me. hillary clinton: thank you. how are you doing? so happy i got here. want to get a picture? where is your camera? [indiscernible conversation] >> are we done? ok. hillary clinton: how are you? you remember. thank you. with your help, i am. i am so glad to see you guys. thank you. are you together? hi, how are you? thank you. [indiscernible conversation] hillary clinton: got it?

hillary clinton: i am terrific. you are so nice to do this. >> this is an evil eye to protect you against any spirits. hillary clinton: i love that. thank you. seriously, i appreciate it. >> it is so nice to see you. we have about six women here who would like task question -- to hillary clinton: good to see you. we talked about this last summer, remember? i thought it was a great idea then, and i am so happy it worked out. hi. >> hi, i'm claudia. >> claudia is with her husband, she came with her husband to caucus for you. hillary clinton: thank you, claudia. >> mrs. mary. -- this is mary. teaches different cultures and classrooms. -- in classrooms. >> a former city council person and west des moines school board member. hillary clinton: let's talk about that. i know it. hi, how are you? hillary clinton: this is a treat. i am really looking forward to it. >> anyway. hillary clinton: thank you for having us. a few people invading your space here. thank you all. >> we were all just going to have a conversation sitting

hillary clinton: sure. hillary clinton: next monday. there you go. please come for me. >> i will. >> there you go. >> hi. hillary clinton: i hope you'll ome help me. thank you. hi. how are you doing? so happy i got here. want to get a picture? where is your camera? conversation] [inaudible] >> are we done? ok. hillary clinton: how are you? i remember. my god! >>i am so glad to see you guys. thank you! hillary clinton: with your help i am. >> thank you. hillary clinton: are you ogether? >> hi, how are you? thank you. inaudible] [indiscernible] hillary clinton: i know. we're getting a double whammy. the prescription drug companies are making money, the insurance companies are making money, you're not. we have to go after all of the different elements. hillary clinton i have talked to a lot of pharmacists. > thank you so much. hillary clinton: hi. how are you doing? yeah. i think broadband is -- [indiscernible] it took about 30 years but we got it done. we have to have government programs that subsidize the cost. so we can get it all over the country. w

hillary clinton is great in debates. she always performs well in them, but bernie sanders, i guess you have to call bernie sanders a winner because clinton wasn't really able to stop his momentum. this is turning into a race where the dynamic is purity versus pragmatism. sanders is rlivinrepresentativ things are done now.ate and how- people who are liberal and dissatisfied with the policy achievements of president obama who want a more progressive champion. sanders still looks strong. iowa and new hampshire are his best states. those are places where the electorate is whiter and more liber liberal. there are questions if he can expand more broadly. he definitely didn't do anything to lose the momentum we have seen him pick up in the polls. >> eric, we are showing some of the polls now. the democratic choice for nominee nationally, clinton and sanders. let's look at another poll. south carolina, african-americans, clinton, 82%. sanders, 11%. you know, there is early voting in a couple of weeks. then, is hillary clinton lo

hillary clinton: i love it. hillary clinton: wrigley field. i love it. family?t you take the [indistinct conversations] >> thank you. hillary clinton: thank you so much. thank you very much. hillary clinton: thank you. >> thank you. hillary clinton: a -- next monday. there you go. >> thank you. >> i hope you will come help me. hillary clinton: thank you. how are you doing? so happy i got here. want to get a picture? where is your camera? [indiscernible conversation] >> are we done? ok. hillary clinton: how are you? you remember. thank you. with your help, i am. i am so glad to see you guys. thank you. are you together? hi, how are you? thank you. [indiscernible conversation] hillary clinton: got it? ♪ hillary clinton: hi. ♪ [indiscernible conversation] ♪ hillary clinton: right now we are seeing reimbursement rates -- [indiscernible] i know.clinton: and [indiscernible] prescription drug companies, insurance companies. the recipient's price is going up. [indiscernible] hillary clinton: i have talked to a lot of folks. [indiscernible] hillary clinton: high, h

. >> i've known hillary clinton 25 years. i like hillary clinton. and i respect hillary clinton. i have tried as you hope i know not to run a negative campaign, not to be tacking every other day. to keep this discussion on a high level where we debate issues facing this country. by the way with a few exceptions we're doing a lot better than the republicans on that regard, but on the other hand that is not a very high bar to reach. >> i voted against the war with iraq. i led the effort against wall street deregulation. see where hillary clinton was on this issue? on day one, i said the key stone pipeline is a dumb idea. why did it take hillary clinton such a long time? in other words, yeah. i do think i have the background and the judgment to take this very, very difficult job of being president of the united states. >> howie, he went on from there. and used a lot of lines in his campaign we heard before. we need a political revolution, going off on the rigged economy. this is like cat nip for voters. >> the crowd is like pro sanders. but i think he spent part of the time on the d

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hillary clinton may have a leg up on that, but trump acts like he's going against hillary clinton. we are here in des moines live. >>> the group that seized when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you there. when you call, a small business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. no annoying hold music. just a real person, real fast. whenever you need them. so your business can get back to business. sounds like my ride's ready. don't get stuck on hold. reach an expert fast. comcast business. built for business. >>> i want to clarify something that's personal to me. every presidential election, people run and believe it or not it's kind of scary this year, but believe it or not, most everybody actually tries to do what they say they are going to do when they're running. they're telling you what they believe and so you've got to take them seriously. >>> welcome back to "hardball." that was the great man former president bill clinton today on the stump the first time in his wife's campaign this year. follows weeks of attacks by the r

hillary clinton: a very good question, ella. [applause] hillary clinton: that is a great question. how many people have student debt or ever had student debt? that's nearly everybody here. there are two big things we have to do. first, i want to make college debt-free, so you don't have to borrow money for tuition to go to a four-year public colleges -- public college or university. and it will work, because what we are going to do is to focus on it being a compact between the federal government and state governments, and institutions. i do think that colleges and universities have to take a really hard look at what they are spending money on. so that they make sure what they are spending on is related to helping prepare a student for life, for professional career. sinvestedtates have di in higher education area a lot . a lot of the money that states use to put into colleges and universities has gone into everything from prisons to roads, you name it. we got to figure out how the state does more of its fair share. in order for it to be debt-free, families above a certain income lev

bernie sanders closing in on hillary clinton. this is a new national poll we are just releasing here on cnn. it comes as sanders and clinton are in final preparations for the cnn presidential town hall. you can see live pictures of the stage. this will be sanders and clinton's last chance to state their case to voters before the iowa caucuses. clinton's once lead narrowing under the sanders' surge. clinton leading sanders and she is leading still 52% to 38%. clinton leading among women and non-whites. sanders leads with men and independents. and his lead when it comes to independents is nearly 35 points over clinton, as you can see on the screen there. 35-point lead. more breaking news tonight. we want to show you live pictures from new hampshire. >>> in a few moments, donald trump is going to be appearing at that podium. he said the republican establishment is starting to get on board with his campaign. >> you know, look. at a certain point, you've got to make deals. we can't have a guy who stands in the middle of the senate flo

you can see hillary clinton on stage. that's her daughter chelsea clinton on stage with the former secretary of state. i said polls are close right now. there is a brand-new poll that has sent politicos into a frenzy this afternoon. i'm talking about the des moines register politics poll. donald trump up five points over ted cruz. this is the first time the des moines register polls look anything like that. as to the democrats, hillary clinton is up three points on bernie sanders. that is awfully close. and our cnn orc poll, shows the same thing as the register on the democratic side and roughly the same thing on the republican side. donald trump is now up six points. some consistency there. we have coverage all across the state right now. cnn politics correspondent m.j. lee following donald trump and joe johns in waterloo with bernie sanders. executive editor for cnn politics mark preston sitting right next to me as we speak. before we get to the live events, the reason mark is here, we have breaking news, a big announce

i'm sure hillary clinton is monitoring our phone calls. like that comedian out of his job for making fun of him. but my question is, have there been any foundations set up for victims of bill clinton, like kat then for paula jones. >> it would not take a elaborate security apparatus to eavesdrop on our call after we're talking on television before tens of thousands of people right now. i'm not familiar with any of the charities that the caller was suggesting. >> david is next. springfield, vermont, independent line. good morning. >> good morning. i just had a couple of comments and questions. number one, i know that somebody maybe the media there or the person on control mentioned the dealings of the hurricanes in haiti and how the foundation helped out there. and i had heard some reports of some ill use of the money over in haiti with contractors and some kind of shady reports that of how things were going on there with the clinton foundation. one thing i wanted to say was that i notice their foundation isn't called help save the world ;x

[laughter] hillary clinton: thank you. >> again, please. hillary clinton: you want to get a picture? come right here. here you go. >> [indiscernible] hillary clinton: hi. all right. >> hi. can you get over here. you twoclinton: are sisters? give me your camera. here we go. thank you! meope you'll come caucus for monday night. >> thank you. of course. >> hillary! own, bud.on your you're on your own. ?? washington journal is next. campaign event. at 7:00 p.m. senator ted cruz campaigns with former texas governor rick terry. coming up in 45 minutes, former alanvirginia congressman mollohan on reforming federal prisons. -- inss before one week less than one week from the iowa caucuses, our guest is benjamin ginsberg. >> good morning, everyone. donald trump will not attend the fox news debate thursday night in des moines, iowa over the network standing by. megyn kelly is one of the moderators. before the hawkeye state votes first in this primary battle, tedy bruschi of texas said it's -- ted cruz of texas said it's like not showing up for a job

that hillary clinton -- sanders was on hillary clinton's coattails. he emphasized everything she said. she sounded more like a president. sanders is too far to the left, too liberal. you mean by sounded more like a president? caller: she sounded like she was more in control and knew more about what was going on, like when they started talking about the medical bill. i think what she was talking about the medical bill -- post,in the washington the writer talks about the winners and losers and it gets into the style of bernie sanders. yes, sanders has one volume, shouting. and he got tripped up on his voting record. hour, hehe rest of the was the prime mover in virtually every discussion from wall street to health care to time a change. accusing the offense, clinton of half-measures. we want to hear your rep-up. next, hagerstown, maryland. republican line. good morning. caller: i think bernie one need debate because he is offering a longer list of free stuff. party is noic longer what kennedy said, what can you do your -- for your country, it is, hey wh

hillary clinton to win. this country cannot afford four more years like the last seven. >> senator, i was shocked to learn this week that you have been the target of more negative ads, more attack ads by rivals, $20 million in attack ads than any other candidates out there especially from the so-called establish president candidates, your rivals, and your friend and mentor, jeb bush, both his super pac and the campaign, have really gone after you. take a look. >> he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. then he blip asked worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-honor path to citizenship. >> dictators like saddam if they go i will not shed a tear. >> i remain unconvinced the use of force proposed here will work. >> senator, why is it that the other so-called establishment candidate, chris christie and bush are ganging up. are you disappointed in the way that your friend and mentor, jeb bush, is going after you? >> along, first, two things, in many ways it is an affirmation of what i have been saying, you

our pollster ends up saying he would rather beat hillary clinton than bernie sanders, hillary clinton doing better with the most committed supporters. people who participated before. bernie sander's meanwhile does the best with a lot of the new participants. hillary clinton has a slight advantage. as bernie sander's revolution comes, that's how he ends up winning. >> but what extent if bernie sander's does win, do you think the clinton camp, rather, is really concerned? do they think they have this southern firewall coming up? >> reporter: they do. even our nbc "wall street journal" maris poll shows she has a more two to one lead in south carolina, which would be the really big state next after new hampshire. they do think they have that southern firewall. you go into the march 1st states, alabama, georgia, texas. they think the more diverse voters ends up helping them. alex, to me, the biggest test case on what happens in iowa is how long the nomination takes place. if hillary clinton is able to win iowa or lose in new hampshire, she probably goes in and does well in south carolina a

it was hillary clinton, barack obama, made me his secretary of state, hillary clinton. and barack obama who by the way, opposed the war in iraq, made me his secretary of state. have i said that enough? and the all evenin long, all evening long, it was hillary clinton, comma, friend, colleague, secretary of state, of president barack obama -- >> barack obama. hillary, barack obama, hillary barack obama. >> there's a reason she's comfortable. and yes, democrats don't ask questions about terrorism. you notice what a dramatic difference it was in that room from the other debate? isis almost never came up. the priorities are different. the foreign policy questions were much more geared towards answers about the diplomacy where it's tougher for a democrat is when you get a lot of questions which are basically on the country easter if ied, what are you going to do about it. that's where democrats fientd it more difficult. >> i also think that hillary clinton can stand on the stage in terms of foreign policy and answering that question of should i worry with any republican that

with hillary clinton we see things like, will hillary clinton get prosecuted? questions around the benghazi hearings. and with o'malley we hear why is martin o'malley running for president, is he still running for president. folks with questions of whether he is in the race at this point. >> what you are tell ing me is there is snark on-line. we are shocked by those. >> curiosity. >> fair enough. >> daniel, seiberg, thank you very much. >>> as we have noted, iowa will kick off the primary season with caucuses, it is 15 days from now. we will be watching the debate with some voters in iowa. they are at a debate watch party in urbandale, basically a suburb of des moines. the race is tight between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. three polls in the last week, two had hillary clinton up by three or less and one has sanders up by two. a lot going on tonight. 23 minutes from the debate. we'll be right back. me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my

for hillary clinton it is a plus. >> voters don't trust hillary clinton in iowa. a lot of voters don't, 67% don't trust her. is a "the new york times" endorsement enough to override distrust? >> i think first and foremost, i think hillary clinton will have a good night monday. a lot rides on what happens monday night there. if iowa voters reaffirm what many think, that hillary clinton is the best choice for president, i think you'll see momentum pick up not just in new hampshire but throughout. >> talk about the republican race, something interesting going on, had been a race between donald trump and ted cruz for first place. we wake up and there's a pitch battle between ted cruz and marco rubio, maybe for second place. ted cruz unleashing ferocious ads on marco rubio calling him the republican obama. >> ted cruz's nightmare scenario is not to come in first and not to come in second. if marco rubio takes second place, he is all of a sudden a viable contender to overcome kasich in new hampshire and ted cruz is out of it. ted cruz has to have a strong showing to go

discussing how bill and hillary clinton. hillary's close friend james carville drug a 1 hundred dollars bill through a trailer park. imagine if that was said today. hey james that's over the top. and now hillary saying those who have been victims have a right to be believed. >> liberal women and liberal men get a pass. so you can have a liberal man saying horrific things and he will get a pass. when it's an icon like hillary clinton who, again, as far as i can tell has zero accomplishment secretary of state. unstable middle east, i don't know what her accomplishments are as a senator other than the violence against women conference. >> benghazi. >> benghazi, right. i don't know what her accomplishments are except she was married to bill clinton the last president who did preside over a pretty strong economy after working with newt gingrich. that's her whole selling point is that enough? i don't think so. >> let me ask you this. very simple question. if hillary says victims of assault, sexual assault have a right ton believed

and that was hillary clinton's point. i still think there are democrats who actually most of them are not even in the senate now, but who still have kind of marks on their arms -- >> scars. >> -- from being twisted. >> because they lost. >> and these are democrats. democrats. who just were not sharp. that even what the president did, they thought it was too far. >> we're only getting started. we have a lot more coming up. former president bill clinton's past suggestion loomed large in this debate. we're going to tell you what was said. that's coming up. >> you called bill clinton's past transgressions "totally, totally, totally disgraceful and unacceptable." senator, do you regret saying that? >> i was asked a question. you know, one of the things -- t...to help sense danger before7 was engiyou do. . because when you live to innovate, you innovate to live. the all-new audi q7. a higher form of intelligence has arrived. wheall i can think abouthit, is getting relief. only nicorette mini has a patented fast-dissolving formu

hillary clinton has been critical of it before, too. i think sanders' people, his supporters have watched hillary clinton's attacks over sanders over health care and felt really good about the attacks. they felt like as long as they said universal health care is not a good idea and this sort of vision of the pie in the sky, they feel good about it. but the clinton people feel good about the fact they got sanders to put a plan out, that plan as joy was saying puts you in a box where they -- democratic voters are going to be stuck voting for the person -- where a practical solution -- >> that is interesting until you mention the plan sanders put out. some of the views are coming from the liberals who are listening a little bit. you had paul krugman of "the new york times," all of them, nick, saying basically that -- basically coming down on hillary clinton's side of this argument, knocking bernie sanders, in some cases, lack of being specific, being pie in the sky, they're giving hillary clinton cover on this. >> listen, his plan was push

it doesn't mention hillary clinton or show hillary clinton. so that leads bernie sanders to tell me, it's not a negative ad. what is your impression of this ad? >> i think every independent person has been watching that, including journalists and writers know it's a negative ad and an attack ad. he's used personal attacks and doing it through innuendo but i think everybody watching and paying attention to this, caucus goers are doing know exactly how negative this ad is. >> in watching hillary and bill clinton campaigning, it seems she is taking the sort of softer role and bill clinton is in charge of the attack lines. is that the way you've assigned the jobs for the two clintons out here in the closing days? >> hillary clinton has been out here making a forceful argument for his campaign and drawing a clear contrast. she's very strongly making the argument that people want a president who will produce real results to make a difference in their lives now. not wait for things that may sound good on paper. but will either never happen or simply

what does that have to do with hillary clinton? again, if i'm a woman and i hear trump attacking a husband as a reason for not voting for a wife, bill clinton is popular. he's already been through all of those ridiculous analogies and came out with a 65% approval rating. so those people who were too young to remember will know that bill clinton remains one of the most popular people since he left the presidency as well as when he was president. >> let's talk about some of the polls out and perhaps you can explain what you believe is happening here in new hampshire and iowa. bernie sanders certainly leading at least in one news poll. you have him at 53% in new hampshire. the iowa number also shows a surging bernie sanders. if you average them in he's within the margin of error or topping her in the polls. right now, senator sanders is saying the clinton campaign is attacking him basically out of fear that things have gone wrong for them. what's your reaction? >> well, first of all, from day one i have a regular column for "the hill.

that was on this server for hillary clinton. the department of justice fbi agents are putting that case together. they've got the evidence. they lay out that evidence in a report. that report and, you know, again, it could still be in process will recommend here are the various charges. and that is then taken and reviewed by james comey. it's serious. >> as katherine herridge reported earlier today that some of the e-mails too secretive to be released under any circumstances. i mean, if they can't release them even to the members of the intelligence committees, because of the secret nature of this, probably meaning that people's lives are in jeopardy and then we hear reports it's likely bob gates said the russians tapped into this, to me, it seems that this is almost a slam dunk. she will have serious legal issues. your reaction? >> sean -- >> no doubt. >> sean, my question is, do you think the obama justice department, loretta lynch and the president himself are going to indict hillary clinton after what the president said earl

that if i'm hillary clinton, i have some solace. one is that the preregistration numbers are down in iowa. actually, in both parties. now, you can vote on the day of caucusing, but it would really help sanders if he had more people already in his pocket, and he doesn't. two, for barack obama, the college students were home. school was out of session. so they were spread around the state, which without getting into the math, is a big deal in the caucuses. for sanders, they're in school, so they're just in a few districts which plays against him. lastly, one thing i was surprised by the ann seltzer poll, the gold standard, is the enthusiasm for hillary clinton is better than or at least the same as bernie sanders supporters. for those three things, i would never predict a caucuses, but they lean towards her. >> you mentioned the college thing. one of the things the sanders campaign will say is that they're trying to convince those college students to go back to their hometowns around iowa because the democratic rules are very complica

bernie sanders and hillary clinton locked. according to a poll, 45 percent of the voters said hillary clinton is their pick for the nomination. and 42 percent favor sander ares and o'malley at three percent. and doug, this is quite a difference from months ago where clinton led 40 percent and now only three percentage points. boy, what happened there? >> this is a statistical tie. hillary clinton is getting the women and older voters and bernie sanders is getting the younger voters and male. and there is a issue with what john and pat raising on the republican side. it is an issue of turn out. bernie is having a big rally at a large university in iowa. if he can mobilize the students to register and vote on caucus night on monday. and he can can get a turn out to 200000 he can win. and a conventional turn out hillary clinton is in a position to eke out a win. >> clinton like trump was the subject of news and the e-mail scandal is more than trump sitting out a debate. how is that affecting the polling numbers? >> we don't know

i will beat hillary clinton. she does not want to run against me and you can see that in the press releases. i want the vote others to give me that chance and we will beat hillary clinton and reverse the damage barack obama has done to this great country. >> all right. thank you, senator. >> thank you. >> according to the new york city hollywood lena dunham having second thoughts about hillary clinton thanks to her role in her husband's many scandals. >>> herman cain, mr. 999 is here in the studio. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy for my studio. ♪ and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... that's huge for my bottom line. what's in your wallet? [ woman ] thanks. the dealership reviews on cars.com made it easy, but... [ man ] we thought it might be a little more tense. you miss the drama? yeah. [ technician ] ask him whatever you want. okay. ♪ do you think my sister's prettier than me? ♪ [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] research

hillary clinton: thank you. cynthia: and hillary clinton made good use of her time here at the wannamaker's home in waukee to make >> friends -- quick friends. and to focus on issues iowans are interested in national security, terrorism, working with congress and what all busy women want to know -- >> the question is simple,what keeps you going? hillary clinton it's not easy, : it's exhausting, challenging. my friends say i have a responsibility gene. which someone times gets in the way -- sometimes gets in that way, because i feel such a responsibility towards things and people. i mean vitamins, exercise, yoga,all helps too. interested in clinton's plans to improve education which she is , passionate about. hillary clinton we have to start : at the beginning, first 5 years of life are so critical as to whether or not children will succeed in schooling. cynthia: clinton so enjoyed hanging out with the girls, she stayed twice as long as scheduled, posed for pictures, and invited them all to do it again. hillary c

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they feel hillary clinton is. what's really getting in the way of this argument of hillary clinton here in iowa is that in these hypothetical match-ups, at least in polls in iowa and new hampshire, between the democratic candidates and donald trump and ted cruz, bernie sanders is actually performing better and so because of that he's really undercutting her argument, or certainly trying to, as he makes his case here to potential caucus-goers in iowa, john and kate. >> brianna keilar in iowa. we'll keep our eye on that stage. when hillary clinton takes the stage, we want to see how she'll respond to this new shape of a race. joining us gloria borger and former obama adviser dan pfeiffer and doug heye, former communications director at the rnc. four years ago you were working in a heated iowa and new hampshire race. hillary clinton just a month ago in new hampshire was leading bernie sanders in the monmouth poll. now she risks fouling behind in iowa as well. what's going on here? >> this was always going to be a clo

you mentioned hillary clinton. ted cruz is hitting you hard on your relationship with hillary clinton. a brand-new ad released overnight. here it is. >> i live in new york. she lives in new york. for years. i really like them both a lot. >> you were at his wedding. >> i was at his wedding. thatting a right. >> sit like where you all pretend tody like each other and you're all pals behind the scenes. >> he says america needs a fighter not a dealmaker. >> you can't have somebody on the senate floor and nobody endorses you. here's a guy with all these senators, not one endorsement for cruz. he's a nasty guy. nobody likes him. it will be worse gridlock than you have right now. right now, you have gridlock. as far as hillary clinton is concerned, when i was in business, i was a world-class businessman. i built one of the great companies. that's what i intend to do with the country. bring it back to health. it's dieing with $19 trillion in debt and lots of other problems. when i was in business, i got along with everybod

it was hillary clinton, barack obama, made me his secretary of state, hillary clinton. and barack obama who by the way, opposed the war in iraq, made me his secretary of state. have i said that enough? and all evening long, all evening long, it was hillary clinton, comma, friend, colleague, secretary of state, of president barack obama -- >> barack obama. hillary, barack obama, hillary barack obama. >> there's a reason she's comfortable. and yes, democrats don't ask questions about terrorism. you notice what a dramatic difference it was in that room from the other debate? isis almost never came up. the priorities are different. the foreign policy questions were much more geared towards answers about the diplomacy where it's tougher for a democrat is when you get a lot of questions which are basically on the country's terrified, what are you going to do about it? that's where democrats find it more difficult. >> i also think that hillary clinton can stand on the stage in terms of foreign policy and answering that question of should i worry with any republican that you pu

kristen welker is with the hillary clinton camp. casey hunt is with bernie sanders, and you can't forget the voters. jacob silver is out talking with folks at a des moines cafe, and we have kelly jackson who is in ames, iowa. let's go first to chris jansing in council bluffs. that's where marco rube wroe is set to speak in the next hour. i know that rubio has made a pretty solid gain in the polls of late over this past month. what is the strategy now heading into the caucuses? >> build on it. that's what every candidate is doing this weekend. you look at the schedule. it's almost mind-boggling. mark wroe rube wroe has already had an event today. he has four all together, and he is also going to put out there a 30 minute ad. what he is calling a special tv event that's going to air on local television where there will be calls, social media. the whole idea here is what is always in iowa. turnout, turnout, turnout. who will be able to mobilize their voters. now, for marco rubio, this has become a real dog fight for second place. whoas

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hillary clinton you're so nice : to do this. cynthia: it's not everyday a presidential candidate stops by your house. hillary clinton: we talked about doing this last summer, remember? cynthia: not many voters get to get up close and personal with hillary clinton. marsha wannamaker put out lunch for the ladies with the former first lady. >> i thought it was a great idea then, and i am so happy it worked out. >> so glad to be here. cynthia: the woman who could be the first woman in the white house wants to know what's on the minds of women in the >> my question is about education, and education policy. hillary clinton: let's have universal prekindergarten, but we start on a priority basis for low income kids. cynthia: these busy moms want to know hillary's secret. >> the question is simple what , keeps you going? hillary clinton my friends say i : have a responsibility gene. which sometimes gets in my way, because i feel such a responsibility toward things and people. that's who i am. vitamins, exericse, yoga all of that helps as

hillary clinton in the final stretch. look at this. clinton. his favorability rating at 86 pgt. the only democrat more popular among democrats here is barack obama. >> meanwhile, on the republican side, donald trump with the momentum. inside the poll. >> yeah, trump has take an beating over the last couple of weeks. negative advertising attacks from his opponents. his favorability rating, unfavorability rating is at 47% among iowa republicans. that is sky high. meanwhile, cruz and rubio are both much more higher favorability ratings. cruz has take an beating himself. his rating has gone down 11 ere is some solidity? >> reporter: 71% of trump voters will vote for him. 45% of iowa republicans say they could change their mind before tomorrow night. that could help marco rubio. he's the top second choice among these kptds. more iowa republicans say rubio is their second choice. >> let's bring in the front-runner. donald trump joins us by phone. thank you for joining us. "the des moines register" has you in the lead. are you c

i'm caucusing for hillary clinton. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. >> when you look at resumes across college basketball it is hard to compare with the cyclones. isu has notched one over oklahoma. fifth texas a&m was another story. billy kennedy gave steve perlman a start when he hired him as an unpaid assistant. tied at 30. the second half, a breakaway jim. 11 points, four rebounds. burton, fancy, to the k. nine points, 14 rebounds. isu lead by three. iowa state south by three. george niang doing niang type things. they close the game on a 14 to 16 run. how about this. niang follows left right left right. look at the back. the little kid trolling towards niang that the fan really wants him to stay down. they know house brings down the house -- daniel house brings down the house. >> we have very good defense. we tried to keep everybody front. a lot of it has to do with them and some of it we have. the couple possessions we had up with this. we have to have a better job in execution and put guys in better positions. >> iowa state taking on west virgin

have with hillary clinton. and christie stayed true to that during the republican debate in des moines last night... he focused his attacks on hillary clinton instead of his rivals. at an event in johnston, he said it's one of the reasons he'll "surprise" people at the caucus. he also said his time as decisions and be accountable for them. marco rubio also has his sights set on the democratic candidates... at a rally in burlignton, rubio bernie sanders before turning his attention to the obama administration. he said the president failed the united states by trying to make he didn't discuss the debate, aside from one thing... i had this thing going on last night, this debate. i don't know if you saw it. it was a lot of fun. i actually had a little bit more time than usual. i think there was somebody missing or something. but it was great. donald trump says his decision to boycott the debate, quote, "turned out great." trump made the comment in new hampshire, after holding a replacement event in des moines. it r

this has to be done by bill clinton and hillary clinton. until she is all in on calling him a socialist or unelectable or too left whatever it is i don't think they can do it for her. >> the people who support hillary clinton care about electability. the people who support bernie sanders and people inclined to support bernie sanders have worries about sanders whether he can get stuff done that he wants to get done. they are thinking about purity. i think a lot of these arguments will fall on deaf ears among sanders supporters. >> we are here at the event chris christie is having this evening. you will see people filtering in behind us. i believe that the campaign as you said is testing things out feeling their way through this. even though she is imperfect surrogate it is helpful when they see their people out trying to push back because until the last few days i think they felt a little isolated like they are the only ones trying to stop the momentum. >> they have various skills. she most of the time is very good. they have a lot of people