palin. >> we have a tremendous event planned in a little while. that will be a very big event. i think you will be very impressed. i'm a big fan of sarah palin, yes. that i won't say. i'm a big fan of sarah palin. not saying who it is. >> after a spokesman for ted cruz reacted to the speculation saying an endorsement of sarah palin would be a blow for palin, palin's family fired back sarah palin tweeting out an essay of her daughter bristol writing the cruz's campaign negative knee jerk reaction makes me hope my mom does endorse trump. late this afternoon, cruz tweeted i love sarah palin. without her support i wouldn't be in the senate. regardless of 2016, i'll be a big fan. at this hour, trump just wrapped up the second stop of the day with the 10th annual renewable fuels summit in iowa ahead of tonight's main event in ames an own the phone on the phone in iowa katy tur. so much speculation of tonight. what do we know about whether it could be sarah palin? >> reporter: we don't know on the

i think sarah palin -- miss palin's been very, very loyal to senator mccain through all of this. in fact her biggest loyalty majority of conservatives would like to see her run against senator mccain in arizona where she resides. but she's not going to do that. she stayed out of the race in 2012. she didn't endorse conservatives. now it's time she said, i think i'm going to see a winner from my house and that winner looks like mr. trump. >> scottie hughes, thanks for joining us. thank you. reporting, helping us, appreciate the enormity of what's going on in the race in iowa now. a quick break. much more after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you're a mom, you call at the worst time. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. where are you? it's very loud there. are you taking a zumba class? news, sarah palin about to formally publicly

you certainly know sarah palin. i wonder what went through your mind as you watched her up in the stage last night and today, as well. >> she continues to garner a lot of attention wherever she goes and frankly, we haven't seen much of her lately on the national stage. so it was interesting that they picked the venue they did, and the timing they did. i thought it was smart on behalf of the trump campaign to turn her loose and obviously two days later we're still talking about it so it must be effective. >> i wanted to get your reaction to something that nicole wallace, who obviously worked with you in 2008, becoming palin's handler during the campaign. >> listen, i think sarah palin is interested in donald trump's career as a television star as she might be in his future as a politician. i think sarah palin squarely straddles the world of reality tv and the world of politics and i think she's interested in replacing him in "the apprentice" or following him to washington. >> do you think she's right? that at this st

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sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and support i wouldn't be in the senate today. >> reporter: it all spelled bad news for cruz as iowa governor terry branstad took the texas senator to task for his lack of support for renewable fuels. important to iowa farmers. now with iowa less than two weeks away, and polls showing trump neck and neck with cruz, palin's official endorsement could be crucial. katy tur, nbc news, ames, iowa. >>> less than 24 hours before, the announcement, palin's 26-year-old son track was arrested on misdemeanor domestic violence charges. court documents state that track and his girlfriend were arguing for most of the day when he allegedly hit her in the head with a closed fist, sending her to the ground, where he then kicked her in the knee. palin then allegedly threw his girlfriend's cell phone. she retrieved the phone and ran inside the house where palin allegedly pulled an ar-15 rifle on her, saying, quote, do you think i won't do it? palin was arraigned and released after

sarah palin. in a crowded race if you can take up so much oxygen, that helps. >> gloria, it's not just an endorsement. sarah palin has agreed to campaign with donald trump in the coming days. much more active support. >> she will be there to mobilize the republican base, to energize conservatives and evangelical voters who have had questions about donald trump, particularly ones raised by ted cruz and others. and so i think what she does is she commands the vast audiences. she mobilizes the voters and she's another celebrity. so, you have a star and another star. >> david, sarah palin did direct jabs at ted cruz, gave a shout out to rand paul. how much do you read into the fact that she didn't even mention cruz directly? obviously, palin/cruz had been allies up until now. she endorsed him and he credits her with helping him win the senate. >> there's no doubt she was a big help to him. he was trying to sort of preempt any attacks coming his way when he tweeted out recaller when there was speculati

john: issue one -- palin for trump. palin: are you ready to stump for trump? i'm here to support the next president of the united states, donald trump! john: republican presidential hopeful donald trump receiving the endorsement of former alaskan governor, sarah pail be, vice president rble running mate is popular with some conservatives for her vo sitroyals opposition to with the obama. how much will sarah palin's endorsement help donald trump? to susan ferrechio and welcome. susan: i think a palin endorsement is going to neither help nor hurt him. i think trump is a rising star on his observe merit with the conservative base and with republican voters. it may help bring in some of the evangelical vote, what is what he needs right now inive. in that sense she may help but he is rising ahead of the pack so far nationally, it's not going to have a huge impact on eleanor: i think it's a sort-term appeal for iowa. she does have some following among the evangelicals. let's remember, she helped destroy what little chance john mccain had of becoming president becaus

run produced a palin family bus tour. remember that? in which she and an entourage of relatives and assistants, staffers set off across the country. they said they just wanted to be tourists and sight see memorably in new york city, the sarah palin is maybe running for president bus tour also involved governor palin eating pizza in midtown manhattan with donald trump and his wife where donald trump famously ate pizza with a knife and fork. ultimately though, governor palin decided she would not run for president in 2012. although again, her quitting announcement, her announcement why she was not going to run for president like the time she quit running for governor, it was a little hard to understand. just in terms of her choice of language and how she was trying to explain herself, it was just hard to get. >> you know, there was that is sense through my own personal internal deliberations in making this circumstance i would go back and forth about whether now is the time and if i say no to the opportunity that's in front

i am a big fan of sarah palin, but i'm not saying who it is. >> palin walked lock step with cruz, by the way on tea party causes and had high praise for him in 2012 when he ran for the united states senate. here she is at a rally that cruz's senate campaign still features on its website. >> let me tell you something, i would not be in the u.s. senate today if it were not for governor sarah palin. she is fearless, she is principled, she is courageous, and she is a mama grizzly. that was ted cruz after he was in the u.s. senate. and here's sarah palin saying the feeling was mutual. >> ted cruz represents the positive change that we need. he represents that change and that is why you see the disgusting attacks thrown at him. >> but another cruz relationship soured today. cruz spokesman rick tyler tried to get ahead of the news by saying a trump endorsement would impune palin's conservative cred. bristol palin responded, after hearing what cruz is now saying about my nom in a negative, knee-jerk reaction, makes me hope my mom does endorse trump. iowa, of course, is do or die, i think for

sarah palin. but donald trump is under attack right now from where? ted cruz say he's not a conservative. sarah palin, someone who has a great relationship with the conservative base say, of course, he's a conservative. the establishment is attacking donald trump saying he's not a republican. sarah palin who was the vice presidential nominee for the republican party and governor of alaska says of course he's a republican. i think most importantly, what does donald trump do that no other candidate can do? dominates the media on television, internet, social media. and who else in america if you're thinking about a big political figure who can do that? sarah palin. in a crowded race if you can take up so much oxygen, trust me, that helps. >> gloria, i mean, it's not just an endorsement. sarah palin agreed to campaign with donald trump the coming days which signals a much more active kind of support. >> yeah, she's going to be there to mobilize the republican base. to energize conservatives and evange

john: issue one -- palin for trump. palin: are you ready to stump for trump? i'm here to support the next president of the united states, donald trump! john: republican presidential hopeful donald trump receiving the endorsement of former alaska governor sarah palin. mrs. palin, who ran as senator john mccain's vice presidential running mate during the 2008 election is popular with some conservatives for her vociferous 07 signatures to president obama. how much will sarah palin's endorsement help donald trump? to susan ferrechio and welcome. susan: i think donald trump's teflon nature goes in both directions. when he says something that seems outrageous to people, it has no changes in the poll. and on the other hand i think a palin endorsement is going to neither help nor hurt him. i think trump is a rising star on his observe merit with the conservative base and with republican voters. it may help bring in some of the ehave been gel cal vote, which is what he needs flown iowa. she's very popular with those voters. in that sense she may help but he is rising a

about a trump/palin ticket? >> that sounds exciting! >> reporter: trump recently appearing on palin's talk show, where she sang his praises. >> this is a movement. the trumpeters. the trumpservatives. these are what these folks are called. everything about donald trump's he is crushing it in the polls. >> reporter: her endorsement now coming at a pivotal point for trump, as senator ted cruz and others attack his, quote, new york values. mr. trump, both rush limbaugh and senator ted cruz are warning voters you are may not be real conservative. what do you say to that? >> well, i am a real conservative, and rush has been terrific to me. >> reporter: now trump is counting on palin to rally republican skeptics, especially key evangelical voters. trump's big win today, a big blow to cruz. when he ran for senate, palin was one of his biggest supporters. >> you know what, she can pick winners. let me tell you something. i would not be in the u.s. senate today, if it were not for governor sarah palin. >> reporter: in ne

you said sarah palin is female donald trump. in many ways she has a lot more support from the conservative side of the party, the most conservative elements. >> yeah. deirdre: so in that way, i almost feel like she helps him more. >> no doubt about it. in fact i did endorse her and of course earlier in this campaign i was supportive of a guy like mike huckabee who had been a governor of a liberal state and a very good governor, elected, reelected. i knew mike huckabee could be a terrific president because of his experience. i also like chris christie for the same reason. if i were picking a team right now to win this election and i don't care which of the candidates is it, if it is opposite hillary clinton i'm for whoever it is but if i were picking the team, i would pick donald trump and carly fiorina, or ben carson. i don't think that, i don't think sarah wants to be vice president now. she could probably do just as well as she could have of course with john mccain but i'm not sure she wants to take on that load again. however

there has long been chatter of a sarah palin-trump endorsement. after all, their they have similar attention grabbing styles and they seem to like each other. back in 2011, at a of a palin presidential campaign, trump left the door open to running as her vice president. >> she didn't ask me. she came up as a friend and she is a terrific woman. >> reporter: earlier in the campaign trump has no kind words for senator john mccain who picked sarah palin to be his running mate, catapulting here to national fame. >> he was a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> reporter: despised by the elite and adored by the disaffected she could be a fit for cruz. in fact, she endorsed his 2012 senate run and he credited her with his win. >> i love sarah palin. sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and support, i wouldn't be in the senate today. the kind of move that excites someone that supports donald trump but wasn't sure if they would go out and caucus on a cold night. >> reporter: it all spelled bad news for cruz a

i love sarah palin. sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and support, i wouldn't be in the senate today. >> reporter: jeb bush was less diplomatic during a fox news appearance. >> i respect donald trump. i don't think sarah palin has the ideas to keep us safe. >> reporter: on the democratic side, hillary clinton picked up the key endorsement of the human rights campaign, the nation's largest lgbt rights group. rival bernie sanders had his comeback. >> we are the only on the democratic side not to have a super pact and i'm proud of it. >> reporter: clinton still holds a strong lead over sanders nationally but latest polls show sanders is beating her in iowa. now clinton will return to iowa today. she is expected to spend four days in the state this week versus just one in new hampshire. back to sarah palin's endorsement of donald trump. it came on the same day palin's son trac was charged with assault and possessing a weapon while intoxicated in connection with an incident involving his girlfriend monday night. the pal

palin supporters and palin support just might be exactly what trump needs to get over the top in this campaign. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor sarah palin. >> reporter: going rogue times two. donald trump and sarah palin dishing out the conservative red meat. palin praised trump as the only conservative who can stand up to washington. >> our candidate is ballsy enough to get out there and put those issues on the table. >> reporter: trump was eating up every minute. palin's jaw-dropping endorsement lit up the universe of 21st campaigning. >> reporter: iowa is stupid, lady and the trump screamed the new york post. >> she said what you're doing, donald, is amazing. it's a movement and it is a movement. >> reporter: asked how he landed the endorsement, trump said the former alaska governor reached out to him. >> i've always liked her a lot and respected her a lot and she called and sees what is happening with the campaign, she sees what i'm saying and she sees it's become like a movement. >> reporter: but one of trump's sons eric says the connection runs deeper than that. >> she's gott

and palin brings energy. that's really what she brings. if cruz has one victory under his belt, an actual victory, where people came out and, you know, put their support for him on the table, you know, i think that's a very different picture going pardon. >> trump is more fun than cruz, too. you know, he's just more fun to be involved with. >> but that may hurt him. i will be happy to admit it, on television, if i'm wrong about this, but i do get the impression that a number of the people who are backing trump are going to his rallies because he's entertaining, because he's cathartic, especially now that sarah palin is involved. that only augments this aspect. >> i've heard this. you get about half the people show up just to see the show. >> that's part of it. but nate silver had a piece the other day saying he'd been to one of these events and when the locals were asked, how many of you are going to go caucus, about 1% of them said they were going to go do that. that's an anecdote, i accept. but i've heard this from a number of people, an

sarah palin and donald trump. there was a suggest some people watching that donald trump looked a little stiff. he didn't know what to do with his arms. the speech was long and he was uncomfortable. don lemon asked him about that last night. let's listen. >> you did seem to be uncomfortab uncomfortable. am i wrong? were you uncomfortable there watching sarah palin? >> no, not at all. i was there. i didn't know it would be quite that long. she made a beautiful -- she made a very good speech. i was very happy. i would have normally left the stage and let her speak, i thought it would be nice if i was there. i thought it would be disrespectful to her if i left the stage. >> that put that to rest, doesn't it, tom? >> quite that long, huh? that's how he puts it. you know, this is what is so interesting about him. this is why politicians are the way they are. politicians mask this stuff. people have been doing this forever. one of the reasons we are entertained by donald trump when he goes up on the debate stage or on a

sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and support, i wouldn't be in the senate today. >> this just might be the kind of move that excites someone that supports donald trump but wasn't sure if they would go out and caucus on a cold night. >> reporter: it all spelled bad news for cruz as terry branstad took the texas senator to task today for lack of support for renewable fuels. important to iowa farmers. >> i believe it would be a big mistake for iowa to support him. and i know he is ahead in the polls but the only poll that counts is the one they take on caucus night. >> reporter: now with iowa less than two weeks away and polls showing trump neck and neck with cruz, the palin official endorsement could be crucial. >>> this is peter alexander. she was trump before trump. a provocative outspoken media magnet, sarah palin burst on to the national stage in 2008. >> they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull -- lipstick. >> reporter: with her informal folksy style she gave voice to a gr

for sarah palin, that's a plus. for trump, all those points we have talked about he gets to say she is on his team. >> kelly o'donnell at the white house, thank you so much. donald trump began saying wow, unbelievable, i love you. here he is speaking to the folks, 10,000, at the oral roberts university. take a listen. >> we had a little thing we thought maybe a thousand people. i did it for a friend of mine. i came in and they had a thousand and then announced 5,000 and then 10,000. it was four days they had 25,000 people last time. you remember that. amazing. oklahoma's amazing. >> love you! >> so i just want to introduce somebody very quickly, very special person, a wonderful person. and then i'm going to come right back and we're going to have fun today. we're going to have fun! we're going to have so much fun. we're going to talk about how great our country will be. we are right now a mess. but we're going to make it great again. so, she's a really great friend and she called and she just -- she just wanted to h

palin endorsed ted cruz in his senate race. touting his biggest endorsement yet from sarah palin. >> he is perfectly positioned to let you make america great again. are you ready for that, iowa? no more pussy-footing around. our troops deserve the best! you deserve the best! >> reporter: from day one, i said if i ever do this, i have to get her support. >> reporter: a favorite of tea party conservatives, palin's endorsement is seen as a major victor or ted cruz. the two are locked in a virtual dead heat in iowa. >> i love sarah palin. without her friendship and senate today. >> reporter: jeb bush was less diplomatic during a fox news appearance. >> i respect donald trump. i don't think sarah palin has the ideas to keep us safe. >> reporter: on the democratic side, hillary clinton picked up rights campaign, the largest lgbt rights group. >> we are the only on the democratic side not to have a super pact and i'm proud of it. >> reporter: now clinton will return to iowa today. she is expected to spend four days in the state this week versus just one in new hampshire. back to sarah palin

governor sarah palin endorsing him. "on the record" will continue to monitor this breaking endorsement. and former g.o.p. presidential candidate herman cain is standing by to go "on the record." his response is next. >> this is a woman that from day one i said if i ever do this, i have to get her support. you owned your car for four years, you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends, three jobs... you're like nothing can replace brad. then liberty mutual calls, and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement™, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. you won't see these folks they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus

defending sarah palin. that's what i thought what was so important about tonight. when she said, the establishment doesn't like donald trump, it was look like, it doesn't like me. >> here's sarah palin taking shots at the republican party itself. which tells you where this campaign's at. >> we need someone new who has the power and is in the position to bust up that establishment, to make things great again. it's part of the problem. his candidacy, which is a movement, it's a force, it's a strategy. they're attacking their own front-runner. for the gop establishment, to be coming after donald trump's supporters, even, with accusations that are so false, they are so busted, the way that this thing works. >> this is going right back at the republican party, the reince priebus crowd and all those people who seem like they're just dying, they don't control this thing anymore. >> it brings into the circle a lot of folks who have kind of been looking at this peripherally. some of ted cruz's supporters. some are s

back to sarah palin's endorsement of donald trump. it came on the same day trac her son was charged with assault and possessing a weapon while intoxicated in connection with an incident involving his girlfriend monday night. the palin family attorney declined to comment on the case. >> don champion here in new york, thank you. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will have more on sarah palin's endorsement of donald trump trump. >>> hillary clinton campaign is some of her e-mails found at her home was higher security clearance than to the secret. some contained information on highly sensitive programs. the clinton campaign says these were not classified when they were sent or received. >>> ben carson, temporarily, suspended his campaign after a volunteer died following a car accident. a van carrying three carson volunteers and a paid staffer in western iowa flipped on its side on an icy road and hit another vehicle yesterday morning. yesterday afternoon. the others were treated at a nearby hospital. >>> to international news now. at le

and now sarah palin has made it official. former alaska governor"our next president of the united states, donald j. trump." last fall, i asked the former alaska governor about a potential cabinet position with trump, who had praised her. "is there a particular area you think would line up best with your strengths, a position you would want to serve in?" former alaska governor"that's a great question. i think a lot about the department of energy, because energy is my baby, oil and gas and minerals, those things that god has dumped on this part of the earth for mankind's use. i think a lot if i were head of that, i would get rid of it." presidential candidate"we're gonna give them hell." but the bigger question now is whether palin's endorsement will make a difference. "he got the endorsement of sarah palin. yeah. when he heard, john mccain said, well, then you're all set." conan o'brien aside, for those candidates running against trump, palin's support during their congressional campaigns was no joke. presidential candidate"sa

cruz then went into damage control mode. >> listen, i love sarah palin. sarah palin is fantastic. without her friendship and support, i wouldn't be in the senate today. and so regardless of what sarah decides to do in 2016, i will always remain a big, big fan of sarah palin's. >> amazingly, palin's endorsement of trump wasn't the only bad news he got today. at the iowa renewable fuels mm today, wa's governor says he wants to see cruz defeated in iowa. the amount of oil supply is a huge issue to agribusiness. >> i believe that would be a big mistake for iowa to support him. i know he's ahead in the polls. the only one they that counts is the one on caucus night. >> unlike cruz, trump was at that renewable fuel summit where he did his best to pander to iowa voters. >> the renewable fuel standard is an important tool in the ability to achieve energy independence for the united states. i do all in my power as president to achieve that goal. so far you agree with me, right? >> trump's busy day actually began with another big endorsement. he was at the john wayne birthplace museum in io

and her people that love sarah palin are obsessed with palin. the same people that love trump are obsessed with trump. that's probably his biggest asset for him right now. i don't know why. she may have wanted to go back, for all i know, in alaska. her son's in trouble with the law. she want to go back and deal with part of that. they may have said hey, we've done what we wanted you to do. don't worry, we'll bring you in other places. i don't know. and it's hard to read the trump campaign because you really don't know what their idea is here. i mean, i would have assumed that she would have been out for him at least for a couple days straight, going around the country or at least in iowa. that's why they picked her to do this. they needed her in iowa. will it pay off? i'm not so sure it will. i think this was a smart move if you're behind. i don't know how it's going to play with the rest of the country moving forward. but i will say this. i don't think you're going to see sarah palin popping up at events over the next three, four or five weeks

the key is that sarah palin is behind mr. trump, and mr. trump is behind sarah palin. but you have to remember, one thing about the trump campaign is the spotlight is always on donald. he doesn't distract with other people or other things going on. it's always on mr. trump. and i think that's something you have to remember. when people go to these events, they're not going to see the surrogates. they're not going to see the celebrities. they're going to see who hopefully will be the next president. so whether she's there or not, they've put it out that she's involved with the campaign. and if we're going to see her this afternoon, that's great. but the truth is people aren't there to see palin. they might like her, but they're there to see the number one person, which is trump. >> and maybe if ted cruz is being really, really honest, one person he would have maybe liked to have seen at some of his campaign events would have been sarah palin, amanda. how much does this hurt him? how much do they regret that they didn't get sarah palin on board because she was so essenti

. >> i would like to bring up, if i might, governor sarah palin. >> reporter: tonight, sarah palin is back. >> are you ready to make america great again? >> reporter: shaking up the republican race, with just 13 days to go until the iowa caucuses. >> are you ready for a commander in chief who will let our warriors do their job? not a politician. can i get a hallelujah? dog gone right, we're angry. justifiably so. >> reporter: the two former reality show stars have been close for years. palin sitting down for new york pizza with trump in 2011, as she pondered her own run for the white house. >> how about a trump/palin ticket? >> that sounds exciting! >> reporter: trump recently appearing on palin's talk show, where she sang his praises. >> this is a movement. the trumpeters. the trumpservatives. these are what these folks are called. everything about donald trump's campaign, it's avant-garde and he is crushing it in the polls. >> reporter: her endorsement now coming at a pivotal point for trump, as senator ted cruz and others attack his, quote, new york values. mr. trump, both rush lim