mr. perry: you know where i'm from? >> texas. mr. perry: where do it -- where did i grow up? >> down by the border. perry: i know how wet can be , but also know how dry it can be. >> how are we going to take care of our crops? perry: [indiscernible] do you think there's anybody that is running for president that knows more than i do? >> i do not. has been: mike spence to understand what an agriculture producer does -- my experience has been to understand what an agricultural reduce or does. whether it's the way our seed gets dealt with. federal debtorhe whether how the federal government decides how it is >> -- o deal -- exide >> thank you. >> this is my daughter. >> you doing all right? >> yeah. >> we also have an honored veterans program, governor. [indiscernible] >> i think he is giving a speech today. [indiscernible] is your favorite artists or band performing at the grandstand? mr. perry: should we go back and it's again? -- should we go back and do this again? it -- i wantname to let my knife -- i want to let my wife name it. >> loosen the button at the bottom. >> which

just the pacific. >> [indiscernible] mr. perry: sorry? >> you are including hawaii? mr. perry: yes. and alaska. >> that was quite a large force. mr. perry: it was indeed. >> [indiscernible] you mentioned that both arnold,on and -- and yes, supported the invasion. obviously, it never happened. do you know exactly what caused the nimitz and macarthur thought about the plan teco -- plan? mr. perry: i don't know what they thought about the plan, i just other comments about it, but it is pretty clear that the was not verynavy enthusiastic at all, both from the standpoint of dividing the efforto support the there as well as in the central pacific and the navy was not -- i keep doing that -- so that is bad and i think probably most important for king and marshall so that we had built up much, invested so much in the central pacific and the philippines that it seemed natural to persist in that direction rather than their big -- take a big leap off to the side. not to mention that if you wanted to do this north pacific, you have to back up a long way and start building bases in the aleutians

mr. perry: i have not looked at it. but again, you will hear a lot of people saying, repeal and replace obamacare. we have been seeing that for a long time. believe that the states are where the decisions need to be made, not washington, d.c. the idea that washington can come up with a way to deliver health care that is efficient for new york state versus new mexico or washington, this is, on its face, not common sense. letter people in the country decide. the in the state of texas, we do not consider it to be effective, more people have access to the best quality health care that you can. that is why we have the most sweeping reform in the nation. people in texas agree with that. if you want to live in a place carehigh taxes and health that is being substantially restricted, go live in that state. anybody that would rather pick washington over the state, we will allow them to do that. >> is your message sinking in with iowaans? campaign is about ideas. it is about solutions. here is what i'm going to tell you. here is

mr. perry: i heard this question before. mr. heath: i thought you might have. mr. perry: i think it is -- when you look at the federal government, obviously when we talk about the size of it and the concept of being able to shrink the size of state government. if anybody gets on the stage whether any of these candidates here or anybody on the left that says there is any way to go forward in this country without cutting and without growing, those are the two things that we must do in this country. we have to cut spending. i know a little bit about cutting spending. we had a $10 billion shortfall in 2003. we went in and made the cuts. we told people we would do that. we realize that's how you have to live your life. the government has to learn to do it as well. the states that have been successful, governors have done that and made successful cuts. we cut the $10 billion out and cut the regulatory laws down. we had sweeping tort reform. we had health care explode across texas. two years later, we came back into session, we only meet every other year for 140 days, we

mr. perry: i heard this question before. mr. heath: i thought you might have. mr. perry: i think it is -- when you look at the federal government, obviously when we talk about the size of it and the concept of being able to shrink the size of state government. if anybody gets on the stage, whether any of these candidates left thatybody on the says there is any way to go forward in this country without cutting and without growing, those are the two things that we must do in this country. we have to cut spending. i know a little bit about cutting spending. a $10 billion shortfall in 2003. we went in and made the cuts. we told people we would do that. we realize that's how you have to live your life. the government has to learn to do it as well. the states that have been successful, governors have done that and made successful cuts. we cut the $10 billion out and laws down.ulatory reform.weeping tort we had health care explode across texas. two years later, we came back into session, we only meet every other year for 140 days, we had an $8 bill budget surplus. that's

mr. perry: special needs. the way i explain it is that the development of what we have in new orleans occurs generally in three stages. the immediate aftermath. we were literally pulling schools together, cleaning them up, finding teachers. then you have a second phase and this is where a heap of criticism is deserved. it was at the point when we got and the focus was clearly on deconstructing the former system. process people were expelled. we can talk to the youth empowerment project, families and friends for incarcerated children, and the data bears it out. right around 2007 the expulsion rate was around the same as it what it was pre-katrina. then there was this third phase. to the credit of john and his team there were a lot of corrections that were done. the rsd and new orleans education way it looks now is different than it was three years ago. walter: recovery school district has addressed to your monday exposure problems? mr. perry: i am not satisfied. but there was a recognition that there was a prob

mr. heath: thank you, governor perry. mr. perry: thank you. >> rick santorum represented pennsylvania from 1991 until 1995 in the house. mr. heath: should the federal government subsidized any sector and which ones? mr. santorum: we have to make sure our sectors are competitive. one of the things i announced, if we are going to restore the center of america, we have to get american spectrum realty that we have to get americans back to work. wage growth has released stagnated. 74% of americans do not have a college degree and do not have manufacturing jobs. 20 million manufacturing jobs when reagan was president. we now have 11 million. if we do not allow our country to be competitive with the rest of the world, we will continue to see that the client and there is no struggling list. that is why i put our campaign square on, will make effectuating competitive. he will put out a flat tax that will have a time that transitions for manufacturing. we will incentivize that money to calm into country. we will have repatriation. inst

mr. heath: thank you, governor perry. mr. perry: thank you. >> rick santorum represented pennsylvania from 1991 until 1995 in the house. mr. heath: should the federal government subsidized any sector and which ones? mr. santorum: we have to make sure our sectors are competitive. one of the things i announced, if we are going to restore the center of america, we have to get american spectrum realty that we have to get americans back to work. wage growth has released stagnated. 74% of americans do not have a college degree and do not have manufacturing jobs. 20 million manufacturing jobs when reagan was president. we now have 11 million. if we do not allow our country to be competitive with the rest of the world, we will continue to see that the client and there is no struggling list. that is why i put our campaign square on, will make effectuating competitive. he will put out a flat tax that will have a time that transitions for manufacturing. we will incentivize that money to calm into country. we will have repatriation. inst

mr. perry: me neither. that is the point. until you as these individuals what they are talking about, americans are looking for solutions. they are tired of rhetoric. tired of washington saying they are going to do something and then they don't. i clearly have a way to the -- secure the border. personnel, strategic fencing, placement. >> our road to the white house coverage of the candidates continues from the iowa state fair on c-span, c-span radio, , as thec-span.org candidates walk the fairgrounds and speak at the soapbox. friday morning at 11:00 eastern, it is ted cruz. on saturday, chris christie avenue and bobby jindal at 1:00. joined the twitter conversation "dmrsoapbox." >> on the next "washington journal," on the efforts to combat islamic terrorism. matt blunt. later, jason williamson of the aclu. you can join the conversation with phone calls and comments on facebook and twitter. is liveton journal" every morning at 7:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> thursday, rick santorum talks about integration policy at the nationa

i had a question for mr. perry and his statement. my question, sir, is that there's a lot of adverse opinion about tpp, but what i'm hearing from you, tpp, the majority -- or the major component of it isn't exactly trade and economics as much as it is another way of coming at china in a nonmilitary position. and a lot of the emphasis -- the precedent putting on it is just because we are so reluctant to do battle with china. this is another way of doing it. and also my statement is, that i am really so against chuck schumer becoming the minority leader and his stance on the iran treaty. i think it forfeits him from becoming the democratic minority leader. and i'll get my answer off the air. thank you, mr. perry. >> well, thank you for the question. i won't comment on mr. schumer. i have my own opinions. but let's focus for a minute on china. our economics trade and economic expert, i'm not on this program claiming i am, but i think broadly speaking the obama administration has shown a willingness to engage with china on all levels. at

governor perry, welcome back to the soapbox. mr. perry: thank you, carol. that was awesome. thank you. be lookingasure to at this you and listening to our star-spangled banner sung by this extraordinary talent. is an extraordinary state. it reminds me as i travel across , many miles of its, it reminds me of where i grew up west of fort worth in haskell county. a little community called paint creek. it was not big enough to have a post office. it was where i called home. the values i learned there shaped my worldviews to today. those values are hard work, the dignity of having a job, of serving your country, serving your state, serving your fellow man. being able to give back to this incredible country that has given all of us the opportunity to succeed. one of the reasons i want to be your president is because i think all too often some of those opportunities are not where they could be today, should be today because washington, d.c., have decided they are the fountain of all wisdom and that all decisions need to be made their. you know what my answer is? i am mad as hell an

. >> good luck mr. perry. >> good luck. >> did we get our picture? >> not yet. >> got it. thank you, sir. >> we have a mutual friend. you high. to tell -- hi. rick perry: oh yeah. i have a house in austin and the house of here and i came up here when i do you were coming to the fair. -- knew you were coming to the fair. rick perry: it was a little 7-eleven and they turned it into -- you know where high park cafe is? rick perry: yeah. >> it is on the left. rick perry: next to the laundromat. >> if you want to have some really good mexican food, go there. rick perry: i think rob has some great restaurants. >> all these awesome. -- oh, he's awesome. >> there is a cleaner. >> jack brown. >> right behind the apartments. driving by getting a little breakfast. >> he wanted me to ask you about a time you went to the restaurant. rick perry: we used to take people there on a regular basis back when i was a governor. [laughter] >> thank you. keep it up. rick perry: where is your camera? >> thank you. thank you. good luck. >> on the count of three. 1, 2, 3. up.et your horns >> gig 'em

here is what mr. perry said about mr. trump last month -- governor perry is now losing ground, and members of his staff to trump. sam clovis is here, he was perry's former iowa campaign chairman, and left the perry campaign to join trump. right, sam? >> that's correct, dagen, how are you today? dagen: i'm terrific. why trump? >> well, i think of all of the candidates running for office, it was a long process of taking a look at everybody. i had a great friendship with governor perry and things didn't work out there, and a lot of the campaigns came asking me for help and support. the trump campaign was provided the most compelling arguments for me and, decided in having talked to mr. trump, i felt like this was an appropriate move for me and i'm very proud to be part of this campaign. i think of all of the people running, he is the only one that will go to washington, d.c., and truly change the politics of washington, d.c. i doubt that any of the rest of the candidates running will be able to effect that because i think on

picture mr. thank you sir, good luck. >> [inaudible] gov. perry: eha get rid of all of them not just the epa. they are all too big. across the board whether it is the department of education or the department of commerce, those are all agencies that are too big and too intrusive. you and we can come up with some more in a straight line fashion that will serve the people of this country. hurdle, this high is the big cumbersome costly agency of government. otherput dozens of initials in front of it and say that washington is too big and too corrupt and too intrusive. it is not responding to what american people really want. something and making it work are too different things. the easy thing to say is just get rid of it. wiser thing is why do you need this agency. 62.5%. ozone levels at 23%. we did all of that without the federal government's restrictions and regulations. we did it with the number one energy producing state in the nation. people.bout 6 million if you want to put it in perspective. and those reductions and in missions came at

. >> caller: mr. perry, i have two points. first of all, i think china would beat the piss out of us in a conventional war because they've got more men and they have a fervor for fighting. second of all, within the last year, year and a half, i have seen obama on television say, he wants to cut the military back so far, so we can't start any more silly wars. please comment on both of my points. thank you. >> i will. >> i don't think you're right about the first point. i don't think they would beat us. despite the fact that you're quite right, that they certainly have more personnel. but the whole point is air/sea battle is we would use highly technical weapon symptoms to counter their personnel, and we would never deploy -- i don't think. i think it would be odd for us to deploy land troops. former secretary gates has warned against it. there isn't much appetite in congress or here in the administration for such a conflict. and your second point, there are a lot of people blaming the obama administration for cutting the defens

mr. perry i have two points. first of all, i think china eight -- beat- the piss out of us in a war because they have more men and a fervor for fighting. at second, over the last year and a half i have seen china on the television saying he wants to cut the military back so far so we can't stop -- start anymore silly wars. please, double my points. -- comment on both of my points. host: i will. i don't think that they would be this. despite the fact that they are -- you are right, they certainly have more personnel. but the whole point of the airsea battle is that we would use highly technical weapon systems to counter their personnel, and we would never i think it would be on for us to deploy the u.s. in a land war in asia. there is not much appetite here in the congress or the obama administration. it issecond point, understood the station now. there are automatic cuts to the defense budget, and there are redundancies among the services that are huge waste of budget money that airsea battle is designed to solve

for more on this, let me bring in mr. ross and perry bacon, nbc news senior political reporter. how big a deal is this for native americans in alaska? >> thank you for having me. you know, it's cool. it's a big deal, but it's a big symbolic gesture and it absolutely acknowledges the humanity of native people and says that yes, indeed, native people did have agency voice and self-determination and were not butt naked indians running around in the forecast but that we recognized the sacred sites and that is cool. for native people, we take it with a grain of salt this is not a pronative move. this is a proalaskan move, all a ala ka people of all skin colors realize these people had a relationship with the mountain and thus, it was properly titled as denali. for native people, we kind of see this as the symbolic gesture as we need a little bit more. there are sacred sites that are attacked every day. the oak flats, the arctic drilling that obama allowed and we're past the point of wanting symbolism and instead want substance to go along with it. >> well -- >> so i think that's the

thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. scott perry of pennsylvania. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen. we certainly appreciate your indulgence. we know it's been a long time. in the context of these statements is how i'd like to ask my questions. 1994 not too long ago 11 13-year context for this deal for the most strict portion of it, so from 1994 the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons is one statement, and also the united states and international inspectors will carefully monitor north korea to make sure it keeps its commitments. we all know that's, of course quotes from president clinton that none of that happened. i mean, north korea is what it is. we are where we are. in that context, secretary kerry, reading your quote recently with a reporter from al arabiya. i don't know how to interpret at this oint in time except to take it at face value in relation to chants of death to america, death to israel, we're going to continue our policy. and then it's very troubling -- it's very disturbing, very troubling and we'll have to wait

thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. scott perry of pennsylvania. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, gentlemen. we certainly appreciate your indulgence. we know it's been a long time. in the context of these statements is how i'd like to ask my questions. 1994 not too long ago 11 13-year context for this deal for the most strict portion of it, so from 1994 the entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons is one statement, and also the united states and international inspectors will carefully monitor north korea to make sure it keeps its commitments. we all know that's, of course quotes from president clinton that none of that happened. i mean, north korea is what it is. we are where we are. in that context, secretary kerry, reading your quote recently with a reporter from al arabiya. i don't know how to interpret at this oint in time except to take it at face value in relation to chants of death to america, death to israel, we're going to continue our policy. and then it's very troubling -- it's very disturbing, very troubling and we'll have to wait

. >>> plus, new katy perry good intentions. is paved with mr. president, we know you tried to make a good deal with iran. whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terrorism, scream for the destruction of israel and death to america. so, what if you're wrong? and they can't be trusted? senator casey, don't trust iran. vote this down. but first, we have a very special guest. come on out, flo! [house band playing] you have anything to say to flo? nah, i'll just let the results do the talking. [crowd booing] well, he can do that. we show our progressive direct rate and the rates of our competitors even if progressive isn't the lowest. it looks like progressive is not the lowest! ohhhh! when we return, we'll find out whether doug is the father. wait, what? >>> celine dion is back on the vegas stage. yes, she has taken a year off to help care for her husband, rene, who is fighting cancer. but last night with her husband's full blessing, celine made a triumphant return to caesar's palace. >> my three children wanted me to be here becau

. >> those who take him on directly, as he points out, mr. it's rick perry or senator lindsey graham, they've taken him on and their poll numbers have gone in the wrong direction. nobody is going to out-trump trump in terms of taking him on. you could imagine where a rival makes a case for themselves using trump as a kind of foil but no one has had the bravery to do that yet. >> the rnc demanded hillary clinton apologize for those remarks when she used terrorist and republican in the same sentence saying they share similar views on women. what was she doing there? is that going to backfire? >> that's just what she wants. hillary clinton's challenge is that she's running against herself. running against the special e-mail server she set up and disclosure after disclosure and story after story about the difficulties she's had explaining what she was up to with that private e-mail system. that's no good for her. she needs to get engaged in a fight with someone and bettered have it a fight with a republican so she's picking those fights and hopin

. >> mr. poindexter. jack collins, how can they not have rick perry. a governor of no consequence. the only one to take on donald trump, like the world heavyweight championship. shampoo has had it, chris christie. they got that -- over the top. and a typical politician. i want rick perry versus donald trump. >> that won't happen. week, you were out and about. a violent weekend. >> what happened to national night out against crime, remember? they don't call it that any logger because bill deblasio, god forbid we acknowledges crime. nine women shot in two separate instance, never have piscine more women shot than that and an unborn baby last night and don't get hysterical, we are still in the safest city in america. this guy doesn't get it. taken over the projects, they will be terrorists and coming after you. ben: you travel a lot, and pretty violent scenarios, baltimore the most violent month in july in 43 years. the mayor, is the safest big city in america when you go by statistics. >> you are in a broadcaster. have you ever reported more women being shot and men in the hood? this

, mr. young said they would bring back which some people believe to be tortured. could either of you see a scenario where you would sign off on the legality of enhanced interrogation techniques, how would you respond to president saying he wanted to do this would you resign? would you go along with it? what would you do? >> first of all i don't know if you're aware but there's been a minute i think to the ndaa by senator mccain and feinstein fen know what codified executive order that president president obama put in place we first got here, fla which is supported by the administration including the intelligence community spirit that would make it law. >> that a future president could not, could not. i think that would frankly be the best way forward. i don't anticipate being in a situation to which i would ask to sign off on eit's. >> and by implication you're suggesting you would not. >> yes. >> john, what is your view of? >> the executive order is currently prohibited. it's also i think

this is avery and mrs. burke. have fun. [indiscernible] >> hi rick. gov. perry: 75th division. >> you have been preaching about it. gov. perry: i'm going to keep it up. i was born in detroit. gov. perry: those young kids know how to do it. you need to get it on a photo. let's get another one. did you get a? -- did you get it? take care. dave, will you give her one of your cards? good luck to you. thank you. how are you? [indiscernible] gov. perry: her great great grandpa was in the army with him. in the early 1800s. get out of here. the burris and county named after him, and all that kind of stuff >>. we -- >> we are pretty proud of it. gov. perry: i tell people, if you want to find out everything about yourself, which is true, run for president. i had no idea until i ran last time. >> your guy was my guys boss. gov. perry: first cousin, five times removed. >> that is kind of cool. i did not know that. i did not know that. we are headed back down this way. gov. perry: was this longer than 2011? >> it is equal to, if not longer. gov. perry: let him drink hi

mr. clovis thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me on, john. >> that exchange between jorge ramos and donald trump last night. people as you well know liken ramos to walter cronkite of the latino community. mitt romney won 27% of the latino vote. if you want to win the white house like donald trump you need do better than 27% of the latino vote. does tossing jorge ramos from a news conference help you do that? >> i don't think we need to look at jorge ramos particularly from the latino perspective. he was a reporter and became disruptive. he interrupted the questioning. he stood up. he began to shout at mr. trump and mr. trump appropriately tried to answer his questions. tried to deal with him and he would not show the consideration to the other reporters or to mr. trump. he was asked to leave. he left the room and he was invited back in and there was a very positive exchange between mr. trump and mr. ramos. i think if you look at it from a reporter's perspective and inconsid

mrs. clinton is making two stops today. she will make a town hall on her college affordability plan. and rick perry has stopped paying his campaign staff. he is behind in the polls and his fundraising has been sluggish. plans to pickpack up some of the slack for him. mcdonnell saysb he will appeal his corruption conviction to the u.s. supreme court. that is after a federal appeals court refused to review his case. last year mcdonnell and his wife were found guilty of doing political favors in exchange for gifts. asy are free from prison they pursue appeals. a new etiquette della mefford diners. should you tip the waiter at mcdonald's? a server will not take your order. you have to ask for your food at a kiosk, and then the person brings it to you. maybe not the same as a waiter. a look at take markets and see what this chinese devaluation has done to u.s. stocks. they seem to be recovering somewhat. you saw 1% declines earlier, now less than that. percentage on the s&p 500. as far as currencies go, let's look there as well.

mr. kasich: i think special ed has to be taken care of. i think it should not be mixed with others. i don't tie you that because it is what you want to hear. thank you. are you kidding? it is unbelievable. to spend all of that time on -- >> what are your comments on the debate? mr. kasich: it was good. all the way from new york? >> you are the first republican -- positive. mr. kasich: where have you been? >> joshua tree. the mojave desert. mr. kasich: you want to go up north. [indiscernible] mr. kasich: what are you doing now? >> studying communications and public relations. mr. kasich: what about you? >> i minored in politics and law. thank you. >> i have met all of the candidates. god bless you. mr. kasich: thank you. >> what do you think of the candidates coming out -- >> do you have plans to get big money on a political elections? mr. kasich: i have something that makes sense. >> let's talk to everyone at once. >> governor, what here in iowa translates to all of the others? mr. kasich: everything i talked about. i do not think people are different no matter where they live. peop

i'm going to call out mr. trump or anybody else. >> they were completely inappropriate and offensive comments, period. >> 24 million people was not there to watch carly fiorina or jeb bush or lindsay graham. perry of texas started attacking me quite viciously and went down in the polls. >> done will trump attacked carlee fiorina again today saying he gets a headache listening to her and she has zero chance of womening. some republican campaigns say they are especially us from trarted because it doesn't matter if he is winning or losing he is still dominating the discussion am. >> thank you very much. police in santa maria california say a man in the country il legally is now charged along with another suspect in the rape and deadly attack of a 64 year ol woman. as chris martinez reports, the case is adding fuel to the debate over u.s. immigration policy. >> marilyn pharis was home alone asleep when police say she was sexually assaulted, strangled and beaten in the head with a hammer. she died a week later. one

as you mentioned, mr. speaker, looking at minnesota and maryland, i am glad looking at the other problems states are having but i made that decision several years ago. like my friends rick perry and bobby jindal, i turned down a medicaid expansion under obamacare. that was tough. a blue state like wisconsin. there were some republicans that wanted us to grab the money but we turned it down because we knew how difficult it would be to repeal. -- otherin charge states were expanding to it and adding underneath it. we showed we could get results. i am proud to say the state of wisconsin for the first time in our history, everyone living in poverty is covered under medicaid. we took everyone above poverty and transitioned it to the marketplace. it still protects taxpayers. kaisere nonpartisan family foundation looked at what we did and said wisconsin was the only state out of all of the states that did not take the expansion, the only state that did not have a coverage gap. in other words we got results while

i'm going to call out mr. trump or anybody else. >> they were completely inappropriate and offensive comments. period. >> 24 million people was not there to watch carly fiorina or jeb bush. that or lindsay graham, perry of tech as started attacking me quite viciously and he went down in the polls. t reporter: donald trump made a point of attacking carly fiorina again today tweeting that he gets a headache from listening to her and she has zero chance of winning. jeff, some republican campaigns are especially frustrated because they say it doesn't matter if trump is winning or losing, he's still dominating the discussion. >> glor: julianna goldman in ulc., thank you very much. police in santa maria, california, say a man who was in the country illegally is now charged with another suspect in the rape and deadly attack of a 64-year-old woman. as chris martinez reports, the case is adding fuel to the pbate over immigration policy. >> reporter: marilyn pharis was home alone asleep when police say she was sexually

. >> mrs. clinton seems not to be the able to have integrity and tell the truth. if she's not done anything wrong, just be honest about it. >> reporter: rick perry in south carolina promised to stay in the race despite serious money troubles. >> this is a long game. i tell folks i'm in it to win. >> reporter: the political roller coaster is in iowa this weekend. every candidate believing they have a fair chance at winning the white house. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> for the latest on the race for the white house, be sure to tune in to "meet the press." chuck todd will sit down with donald trump for a one-on-one interview. that airs sunday morning at 10:30 right here on nbc 10. >>> social security is celebrating its 80th birthday today. how old should you be when you file for it? collect as early as the age of 62 and your benefit will be reduced by as much as 25% to 30%. at full retirement age, 66 or 67 for most, you get your entire benefit. wait longer and you will get an extra 8% each year as late as the age of 70. experts say there's no one size

. >> mr. trump made a big dealing of signing up a new co-chairman. social conservative sam clovis. the des moines register published a leaked memo when he was working for perry six weeks ago in which he slams trump for trump's faith. his comments reveal no foundation in christ which is a big deal. trump said he wasn't aware of the e-mail but suggested the fact that clovis is with him should speak for itself. trump likes to talk about his book, "the art of the deal" and he describes it as his second favorite book behind the bible. he repeated it's a personal matter and he's not going to be specific. >> joining me now, syndicated columnist and fox news contributor dr. charles krauthammer who is the author of "things that matter." charles, it's great to see you tonight. >> good to be here. >> donald trump leading by the highest anybody has had in the entire race, and what he said there was there is something happening. and there is, is there not? he's stumping the pollsters and taking the voters along with him. >> there's no doubt that he has a very strong constituency. now it's up to

. >> mr. trump made a big dealing of signing up a new co-chairman. social conservative sam clovis. the des moines register published a leaked memo when he was working for perry six weeks ago in which he slams trump for trump's faith. his comments reveal no foundation in christ which is a big deal. trump said he wasn't aware of the e-mail but suggested the fact that clovis is with him should speak for itself. trump likes to talk about his book "the art of the deal" and he describes it as his second favorite book behind the bible. he repeated it's a personal matter and he's not going to be specific. >> joining me now, syndicated columnist and fox news contributor dr. charles krauthammer who is the author of "things that matter." charles, it's great to see you tonight. >> good to be here. >> donald trump leading by the highest anybody has had in the entire race and what he said there was there is something happening. and there is is there not? he's stumping the pollsters and taking the voters along with him. >> there's no doubt that he has a very strong constituency. now it's up to 28

as you mentioned, mr. speaker, having looked at minnesota and maryland, i am glad looking at the other problems states are having that i made that decision several years ago. unlike my friends rick perry and bobby jindal, i turned down a medicaid expansion under obamacare. that was tough in a blue state like wisconsin. there were some republicans that wanted us to grab the money but we turned it down because we knew how difficult it would be to repeal. families in charge of their healthcare coverage. other states were expanding to it and adding underneath it. we showed we could get results. i am proud to say the state of wisconsin for the first time in our history, everyone living in poverty is covered under medicaid. we took everyone above poverty and transitioned it to the marketplace. it still protects taxpayers. even the nonpartisan kaiser family foundation looked at what we did and said wisconsin was the only state out of all of the states that did not take the medicaid expansion, the only state that

. >> mrs. clinton seems not to be able to have integrity and to tell the truth and if she is -- if she has not done anything wrong, be honest about it and show it. >> reporter: rick perry in south carolina promised to stay in the race despite serious money troubles. >> this is a long game and i tell folks i'm in it to win. >> reporter: but the political roller coaster is in iowa this weekend, with every candidate believing they have a fair chance at winning the white house. vice president joe biden is in delaware with his family still mourning the loss of his son and making no decision yet on whether he will enter the race. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> republican presidential candidate donald trump seems like the teflon man. after controversial comments about last week's deet debate moderators, megan kelly, he is leading the pack in some key states and national poll and clearly tapping into a real frustration about how washington works or doesn't work. the anti-politician. but do

as you mentioned, mr. speaker, having looked at minnesota and maryland, i am glad looking at the other problems states are having that i made that decision several years ago. unlike my friends rick perry and bobby jindal, i turned down a medicaid expansion under obamacare. that was tough in a blue state like wisconsin. there were some republicans that wanted us to grab the money but we turned it down because we knew how difficult it would be to repeal. families in charge of their healthcare coverage. other states were expanding to it and adding underneath it. we showed we could get results. i am proud to say the state of wisconsin for the first time in our history, everyone living in poverty is covered under medicaid. we took everyone above poverty and transitioned it to the marketplace. it still protects taxpayers. even the nonpartisan kaiser family foundation looked at what we did and said wisconsin was the only state out of all of the states that did not take the medicaid expansion, the only state that

. >> mrs. clinton seems not to be able to have integrity and to tell the truth and if she is -- if she has not done anything wrong, be honest about it and show it. >> reporter: rick perry in south carolina promised to stay in the race despite serious money troubles. >> this is a long game and i tell folks i'm in it to win. >> reporter: the political roller coaster is in iowa this weekend, every candidate believing they have a fair chance at winning the white house. vice president joe biden is in delaware with his family still mourning the loss of his son and making in no decision yet on whether he will enter the race. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> you probably remember this incredible video of a pro surfer being attacked by a shark in the middle of a competition. >> mick fanning got back into the water today competing for the first time since that close encounter. fanning is surfing in the seventh round of the world surf league in tahiti. he said it was time to put the latest scar

governor perry, and others gramled with the trump femme nonnon. one way or another. the rest will likely do the same tonight. we will all get to see how donald trump handles the spotlight. a big night all around. we are joined by dana bash from cleveland. everyone is looking to the top tier debate. the so-called happy hour debate earlier this evening. did it live of to its nickname? >> reporter: it was an hour. that's about all i will say about that. it wasn't -- happy. and it certainly didn't have fireworks. it didn't have a lot of znging to it. it was very subdued. part of that may have been because the republican national committee and fox for some reason did not have people in the audience to kind of give the debate give the people on the panel a little bit of energy. they said they've couldn't deal with getting 4,500 people in and out of the room. but i think the one answer to that question i think that maybe people are going to be talking about, the buzziest part of this happy hour debate was carly fee re -- carly fiorina, on the early stage, not the later stag

stood on the ramp in dallas, texas and looked the president of the united states in the eye and said mr. president, if you won't secure the border, texas will. that's exactly what we did. >> while opposing the federal dream act, perry support soed in-state college tuition to children of illegal immigrants. finally, florida senator marco rubio, son of cuban immigrants. he rose to become the youngest ever state house speaker. he calls for stronger hand at confronting iran, north korea and russia. he also criticized the white house recent outreach to cuba. he supports traditional marriage and cosponsored a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks. >> all human life is ready of protection. that law exists. it's called constitution of united states. >> in 2013, senator rubio sponsored bipartisan immigration reform that outlines a path to citizenship. he's now in favor of securing the border before immigration overhaul can be undertaken. tomorrow we're going to finish up the week with the final round of candidates. rick santorum, donald trump and scott walker. interesting. helisabeth elisabeth, b

and looked the president of the united states in the eye and said, mr. president, if you wantborder, t >> reporter: attention shifts to tonight's main attraction where trump, who made a grans sbrand arriving on his personal jet, will be front and center. >> are we going to hear more about your immigration plans tonight? >> i think so. >> reporter: to show how much attention the billionaire has stolen social media sites released data showing americans are searching for and talking about trump at rates exponentially higher than everyone else. >> i take my new phone thanks to the donald -- >> reporter: maybe why so many attention-starved candidates were willing to take part in this parody video, showing how they are preparing for tonight. >> i normally call my mom to get advice. mom, i can't say that on television! >> reporter: in all seriousness, these candidates have been preparing in various ways. we know scott walker, for example, has had mock debates for probably a couple of months and more intensely the last couple of weeks. i learned today that jeb b

mr. trump, thanks for joining us this morning. we heard jon karl say your two big attackers are out but you're leading the polls. jeb bush calls you the front-runner does that mean you're the target tomorrow night and what are you going to do about it. >> i probably am the target and only those who attacked me viciously went down stub sanctionly. lindsey graham went down to zero so the voters were fantastic but they did certainly go down. >> jeb bush said you're preying on people's fear and angst. that's what he suggested yesterday. is that what you're doing and what's your response to mr. bush. >> no not at all. our country is in trouble. politicians have driven us into the ground that they don't know what they're doing. certainly good at getting elected and after they get elected they don't do anything. they're all talk no action and time we do something bit. we want to make america great again. that's my theme. make america great again and the word again is a very important word because now we're second to china. we're going do

mr. trump, thanks for joining us this morning. we heard jon karl say your two big attackers are out but you're leading the polls. jeb bush calls you the front-runner, does that mean you're the target tomorrow night and what are you going to do about it. >> i probably am the target and only those who attacked me viciously went down stub sanctionly. lindsey graham went down to zero so the voters were fantastic but they did certainly go down. >> jeb bush said you're preying on people's fear and angst. that's what he suggested yesterday. is that what you're doing and what's your response to mr. bush. >> no, not at all. our country is in trouble. politicians have driven us into the ground that they don't know what they're doing. certainly good at getting elected and after they get elected they don't do anything. they're all talk, no action and time we do something bit. we want to make america great again. that's my theme. make america great again and the word again is a very important word because now we're second to china. we're going

mr. trump, thanks for joining us this morning. we just heard jon karl say your two big attackers are out but you're leading all the polls. jeb bush calls you the front-runner, does that mean you're the target tomorrow night and what are you going to do about it? >> well, i probably am the target, and i was honored to see that the only those who attacked me viciously went down substantially. in fact, lindsey graham went down to zero so the voters were fantastic as far as i'm concerned, but they did certainly go down. >> jeb bush said you're preying on people's fear and angst. that's what he suggested yesterday. is that what you're doing and what's your response to mr. bush? >> well, no, not at all. our country is in trouble. politicians have driven us into the ground that they don't know what they're doing. they're certainly good at getting elected and after they get elected they don't do anything. i say they're all talk, no action, and it's time we do something bit. we want to make america great again, that's my theme. make americ

as you mentioned, mr. speaker, having looked at minnesota and maryland, i am glad looking at the other problems states are having that i made that decision several years ago. and like my friends rick perry and bobby jindal, i turned down a medicaid expansion under obamacare. that was tough in a blue state like wisconsin. there were some republicans that wanted us to grab the money but we turned it down because we knew how difficult it would be to repeal. and families in charge of their healthcare decisions. other states were expanding to it and adding underneath it. we showed we could get results. i am proud to say the state of wisconsin for the first time in our history, everyone living in poverty is covered under medicaid. we took everyone above poverty and transitioned it to the marketplace. we did so in a way that still protects taxpayers. even the nonpartisan kaiser family foundation looked at what we did and said wisconsin was the only state out of all of the states that did not take the medicaid exp