Good evening, im erin burnett. Out front donald trump defending his personal attacks on bill clinton, speaking to reporters onboard his private jet. Trump asked if his own personal indiscretions would be fair game, too . Yes, they would be. Frankly, hillary brought up the whole thing with sexist. All i did was reverse it on her. Shes got a major problem. Happens to be right in her house. If she wants to do that, we are going to go right after the president , the expresident and see how it comes out. At the same time, it is a lastminute push for votes as the clock runs out on 2015. Republican candidates blanketing the primary states to win over voters. Chris christie, marco rubio, donald trump are in the buckeye state. Jeff, 25 degrees there. Theres been bad weather. Hows turnout . No question of course its cold and snowy. Look behind me at this crowd here. You can see i would say 1,000 or more, perhaps thousands have gathered here in council bluffs, iowa. We are five weeks away from the critical iowa caucuses. If youre wondering why donald trump is suddenly going after the clintons, he is trying to rally republicans to his side. Trying to get these voters and all supporters who have been driven by his celebrity turning them into caucus goers. Thats why hes here tonight. Donald trump is opening a new front in his war against the clintons. Reviving political scandals from two decades ago. There was certainly a lot of abuse of women. You look at whether its Monica Lewinsky or paula jones or many of them, and that certainly will be fair game. Thank you all so much. With bill clinton ready to hit the campaign trail, trump says everything is fair game in his outreach to women voters. Even this. Certainly if they play the womans card with respect to me, that will be fair game. Reporter in New Hampshire today, Hillary Clinton ignored trumps latest taunt. Do you have a response to donald trump . Great to see you. Her campaign issued a statement saying Hillary Clinton wont be bullied or distracted by attacks he throws at her and former president clinton. The clintons, the picture of a Big Happy Family seen here on a sunday stroll in new york. A stark reminder of how much time has passed since this tense moment in the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, raising the question of whether these old controversies carry any weight. The new feud has trumps primary fight written all over it. Few things rally republicans more than taking on the clintons. Overnight he tweeted, remember that bill clinton was brought in to help hillary against obama in 2008. He was terrible. Failed badly and was called a racist from namecalling to nose picking. The Trump Campaign once again took the low road, retweeting a photo shop picture of jeb bush picking his nose. A Bush Campaign spokeswoman fired back. Out on twitter, there arose such a clatter, latenight twitter drunk donald is back at it. All candidates feeling the pressure. Marco rubio and Chris Christie also in iowa squeezing in a final round of hand shakes and speech necessary 2015. In the new year, trump said he will open his checkbook before the iowa caucuses. He gloated today saying he spent less than any candidate saying, i will spend big in iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina. I demand the election be today. Of course donald trump does wish the election was today. He is leading nationally and doing very well here in iowa. The next five weeks are critical. Its one of the reasons he said he is going to spend up to 2 million a week on ads for the border security, isis and other things. He clearly is making this investment the first time in his campaign a little worried if all these supporters of his who have been drawn to his celebrity will actually become caucusgoers in five weeks here in iowa. Thank you very much. Donald trump with to take the stage at that platform where jeff is. Pastor james davis and jeb bush supporter matt lewis with me. Let me start with you. Trump is about to spend millions. 2 million a week. He spent nothing so far. Now he is. Is this a sign he is worried . It is. There is a reason he hasnt spent anything so far because hes gotten hundreds of millions of dollars free earned media from the media. He can welcome himself to the club with all the other candidates. Its a sign of weakness. He is not winning in iowa. Ted cruz looks to be winning by a wide margin there. If you pay close attention to New Hampshire, his lead is starting to erode with people like governor bush and others. I think he is nervous and spending money because he should be. I dont think that is fearbased at all. The pundits are saying such. There was an oped that came out in the wall street journal today that spoke about there being a great chasm or the thing that is the most important feature of this election is going to be the divide. Most people are hard right or hard left. So now comes a time iowans make their decision late in the game. Its time for him to control his own narrative. At this point, hes gotten a lot of free media. That free media has been controlled by prou deucers of television shows. They control whatever tweet he goes out. Because its so hard right and left there is anger in the middle. The ad said something about it being a void that people in the middle dont have a voice. So i believe what is going to happen now, he is going to go after those in that center and pull them to his side. What is your verdict on this spend . I dont think donald trump is worried or afraid, per se. Campaigns spend money. It is a miracle he is doing so well not spending money. I dont think its a sign of weakness he will spend money. I think it is a realization in iowa, for example, we know that Donald TrumpsWinning National polls. We know donald trump has people coming to rallies. What we dont know is if they will show up in caucus in iowa. Maybe this is a way strategically to try to drive them to the polls. On this issue of the polls and the money, let me ask you this. Trump was just asked about jeb bush in the context of all the spending he is doing on ads. Let me play what he said. So ill be spending a minimum of 2 million a week and perhaps substantially more than that. Jeb spent 40 million. He wasted 40 million. There is a big difference. Comment to that . He hasnt spent 40 million, he wasted 40 million. Thats of course his opinion. If you were in New Hampshire right now, you can sense one campaign is on an upward trend and one is on a downward trend, donald trump. He is nervous. Not to disagree with pastor davis earlier with what you said, youre right. America does have a hard left and hard right. No one has been more devisive than donald trump. He said reckless things, universal health care is obamacare on steroids. He thinks Vladimir Putin is a really good guy when he brought huge instability to the middle east and european. When it comes to serious voters in iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and when they vote, he is not going to see the votes he wants. I think youre using the word serious in the place of establishment. There is a chasm. If 60 Million People showed up to vote for mitt romney, 61 showed up to vote for barack obama. That left 100 Million People sitting in the living room disinterested. More people showed up to vote for American Idol than they did the president ial alec. Donald trump is speaking to that 100 Million People and rousing them to get out and embrace something different. I believe jeb bushs donors will pull up. At what point do the Purse Strings dry up when youre spending 40 million or close to 60 million and polling down in Single Digits . Its ridiculous. Does that strategy make sense if you have the same number of people who dont vote . I think the grave yards of political campaigns are littered with the corpses of people who were going to bring out people who dont vote to vote this time. Thats the big xfactor. There is a reason political strategists target lightly voters and people with a past record of voting, they have a higher propensity to turn out and vote. Every once in a while a campaign changes the game. That does turn out people who didnt vote before. We dont know yet. Thats the big question about donald trump. Will they show up to vote . Thats the one remaining big question mark. As a final point, the retweet of the photo shot picture of jeb bush picking his nose. Would you admit donald trump shouldnt have done that . Its silly, of course. Once again, its nothing new. Sometimes the thing different is brash, in your case and crass. I believe people that are smart, people waking up out of the slumber of the political process can throw away some of this stuff and listen to the context or the meat on the bone with respect to the trump candidacy. Thank you all very much. Out front next, ted cruz meeting with evangelical leaders as his father a controversial born again pastor play as crucial role in his campaign. A special report on their relationship is next. Donald trump slamming bill clinton, onetime golf buddy and wedding guest. Jeannie moos with a bed designed to ensure a sound nights sleep. At t knows the best kind of holiday. Is the kind where everyone gets what they wished for. Make this holiday extra happy when you buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones. Like the Samsung Galaxy s6. Buy one get one free. So spread some cheer. And capture every minute of it. Right now at at t, buy one get one free on our most popular smartphones. Choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . Why settle for this . 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Reporter his father rafael cruz has been front and center in both Cruz Campaign and his life. Here he is on the stump during cruzs senate race. Tea party is alive and well. Reporter rafael cruz is outspoken, passionate and controversial. Here he is in 2013 in a conservative forum in iowa. Socialism requires a government becomes your god. Thats why they have destroyed the concept of god. They have to destroy all loyalties except loyalty to the government. Thats what was behind homosexual marriage. Reporter the younger cruz said his father does not speak for him, but rafael cruz words have at times become a liability. We need to send barack obama back to chicago. I would like to send him back to kenya. Reporter that was 2012 at a tea party gathering. Ted cruz says his fathers comments were intended as a joke, though an illadvised joke. On the campaign trail, ted cruz does not shy away from sharing his fathers story from cuba to canada to america. Talking about his influence. When what is 2 and 3 years old, my parents, neither one of them were christians. They were living in calvary. Both of them drank far too much. Reporter rafael cruz became a born again christian leaving his Roman Catholic faith in 1975. Now a pastor in suburban dallas, rafael cruz was born in cuba in 1939. He fled the country for texas as a teenager in 1957. His history as a cuban revolutionary, a major influence on his world view. One he shared while stumping for his sons senate race. When castro took over in 59, i went back to cuba. I got the shock of my life. This same man that had been talking about change was now talking about how the rich were evil. Reporter the Cruz Campaign said mr. Cruz was pointing out both president obama and fidel castro used slogans like hope and change. But rafaels controversial comparisons just keep coming. If he has his way, it will make this is a third world country because it is after restriction of wealth on a global basis. Reporter obviously, president obama would absolutely disagree with that. The Cruz Campaign says, look, rafael cruz is a hero. He is someone who is the embodiment of the American Dream so it should be no surprise that he is someone his son uses and looks up to. They said he will continue to stump for his son on an official basis and that he does very well with evangelical christians. On an official basis, an important caveat there. Thank you, sarah. Lets go to ben ferguson now and josh smoltz. Josh, you worked in the senate with ted cruz. What do you think of him . Thats a leadin. I dont think its any secret ted cruz has not played along well with others in his time in the senate. Hes got a resume basically of three or four years here in the senate where theres one or two senators he can get to agree with his point of view. 97 and 98 others who by and large disagree with it. Its proven to be very difficult for him to sort of trump whatever it is he is supportive of. Frankly, there is nobody sitting behind him ready to pick up the mantle. I honestly think its a problem for him as he is trying to convince voters he can accomplish the conservative change he is talking about when he has demonstrated absolutely no ability to get that done his time in the senate. I want to show you a clip from saturday night live just recently. If im president , i can promise you, isis will hate me. How do i know . Because everyone who knows me hates me. Democrats hate me. Republicans hate me. I have what doctors call a punchable face. Said with humor, but it matches what unnamed classmates told the daily beast. They describe cruz abrasive and arrogant. Fellow senators called him a whacko bird and a jack fill in the rest of the world. Why do so many people who know ted cruz dislike ted cruz . There are people who dont like him because he didnt play by the establishment rules and Mitch Mcconnell laid forth in congress. Its not a liability when congress doesnt like you. The American People hate congress. What is their approval rating, 9 . I think youre overstating it. To say other senators who are not liked, who are the gop establishment dont like ted cruz, thats a fundraising point. Thats a reason to vote for ted cruz. This is the reason why people in washington dont understand the phenomenon around him, even donald trump and ben carson. They are not the establishment pick. They are not the ones that play the game for their own personal gain. Ted cruz went to washington as a tea party guy. He said im not going to suck up to Mitch Mcconnell and john boehner. Im going with an agenda and ill fight for it. Thats why hes loved in texas and all over the country by conservatives and evangelicals who are rallying behind him. He is liked by the average voter, the hardworking man and woman in this country. He is liked by the christians. You can laugh at it but look where your guys are right now. They are hated and not running for president. The ones that have are failing and falling on their face. You can laugh as a d. C. Guy, but youre wrong. Hold on. Its far beyond the republican establishment. The New York Times quoted his former College Roommate judgment if the New York Times is quoting a former roommate, you are talking about the New York Times. You are only helping ted cruz story. Thats a hit piece. If it was written by your former boss, that is what you would be saying on tv. How come it doesnt work the same for ted cruz. Im saying there is a long and distinguished history of everybody who worked with ted cruz complaining they dont get along with him. He doesnt have a good reputation of working with others. I would say this. The guys won a lot of cases in front of the supreme court. If you are a lawyer, you are not going to like him because he is better at his job than you are. If youre in congress and you havent got to run for president or you got beat badly and ted cruz comes along and doesnt play the washington establishment game and now he is if second place, you probably hate him. The American People, they like him. It has nothing to do with the establishment game. Sure it does. The fundamental problem, we dont have a dictatorship in america. Figure out how to get your agenda through congress to enact it into law. He hasnt been automobile to work with democrats or republicans. If you talk to average people out there that are conservatives that had enough of the establishment, name one Success Story you guys had under Mitch Mcconnell that the American People were thrilled about in the republican party. It doesnt exist. Youve been getting your brains beat in by barack obama, harry reid and nancy pelosi. Even when you have the house, you dont do anything with it. 85 of conservative Republican Voters like ted cruz. Only 5 of independents. Isnt that a problem . Youve got to win over some people. Not just evangelicals on the far right. In the primary, ive got to get the people to come out and vote for to you win the primaries. Right now ted cruz will do well. Look at the poll numbers in iowa. If you cant make it through early on you become jeb bush. I would rather be in the position ted cruz is nn the guy like jeb bush that dropped out that were establishment candidates. You have to win the primary before you can think about the general. If you dont, you end up being jeb bush. Thank you very much. We are waiting donald trump, speaking of the antiestablishment about to speak to supporters in iowa. Marco rubio winning a major endorsement from a hedge fund billionaire. Our series of the big money behind the candidates. Moderate to severe Crohns Disease is tough, but ive managed. Except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. 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Reporter donald trump getting along with the clintons . That seems like ancient history. She says, wed love to run against trump. Its her worst nightmare. Reporter trump seems determined to relive a nightmare in Hillary Clintons life, her husbands philandering, invoking the names Monica Lewinsky and paula jones. That will be fair game. Reporter total 180 from trumps defense of bill clinton in 2008 when he told wolf blitzer the former president s dalliances should be a nonissue. Look at trouble bill clinton got into with something totally unimportant and they tread to impeach him which was nonsense. Reporter the reality is trump and the clintons were really friends. I always respected him. I liked him over the years. Reporter the two men golfed together and trump famously invited the clintons to his most recent wedding. It was perfectly nice. Im glad we did it. He also told me on more than one occasion what a good job she did in the senate for new york after 11 reporter the way trump tells it now, they were both playing the you scratch my back ill scratch yours political game. When the billionaire argues he wont have to play if hes president. With Hillary Clinton i said be at my wedding and she came to my wedding. You know why . She had no choice. I gave to a foundation that frankly that foundation is supposed to do good reporter regardless of the senior clinton and trump relationship, their daughters are genuinely close. Chelsea saying, she is always aware of everyone around her and ensuring everyone is enjoying the moment. For ivanka, the feeling is mutual about chelsea. Shes been a great friend to me. Ive been a great friend to her. The politics of our parents is not relevant to our friendship. Reporter that friendship is no doubt being tested as their parents go after each other in such personal terms. It will likely only escalate when bill clinton hits the trail for his wife this coming monday. Dana, thank you very much. Trumps Campaign Spokesperson and Hillary Clinton supporter. Bringing up Monica Lewinsky and paula jones. Has he gone too far . He goes too far every single day. Ultimately, its up to the Republican Voters to determine whether or not they want this man to be their standard bearer and whether or not the lemmings want to go over the cliff with him. Donald trump has been getting away with this. Frankly, the republican establishment and republican opponents cowered in the corner. I dont think youll see that from either clinton. Katrina, what do you say . The mere fact you have the Clinton Campaign and all the top ranking democrats saying that they really want to run against donald trump because of these types of things, i think they are really terrified of running against donald trump. Thats the last person they want to run against because in dana bashs reporting how they used to have a close relationship. Why this insult stung hard. Hillary clinton knows donald trump isnt a sexist, a racist or bigot the democrats are pushing for. Donald trump moments ago did say when asked about this, he said his own marital infidelities, he considers them to be fair game for everyone else. He sounds like he is saying all is fair. Im sure he doesnt care what people say about him, obviously. People say all kinds of things about him. Ultimately, this is going to come down to simple politics and the fact that democrats start with 242 electoral votes in a general election. Thats against any republican nominee. Its a race for democrat. Republicans start with 171. If youre donald trump you probably start with fewer than that. 38 of republicans say theyll never vote for donald trump. The more he does this, the more he makes himself implausible and unlikely, for those 38 of republicans who say they would never vote for him to ever come back to him. Democrats do want donald trump to keep talking. Give him a microphone. The only thing harder than running against one clinton is running against two, which is what donald trump will get and hell rue the day. That will be great considering the polling that has come out shows that donald trump and Hillary Clinton in a statistical tie among general election voters. More importantly among women voters. Take a look at the electoral college. She is running on the fact she is a woman. Because republicans are saying they wont vote for him, i believe thats going to change. There are a lot of democrats that are going to vote for mr. Trump. We hear from them all the time. Many of these rally supporters are sporting donald trump. They are democrats. Republicans counted him out early on in this race just like democrats are going to count him out early on in the race. They wouldnt be out there championing donald trump to be the nominee if they werent afraid to run against him. Donald trump used to be friends with the clintons. Went to the wedding of donald and melania. Their daughters are still friends. Trump said it was just a political move. It didnt mean anything. I think all those things. What republicans need to ask themselves, is this somebody that they want to be representing their party and speaking for them . This guy will say anything at any moment to any audience he thinks it will be pleasing to that audience at that time. He was the clintons friend. It did cost many republicans their political career. This is not a path that is new to anyone. Voters in america have already rendered a judgment on it and threw Newt Gingrich and a bunch of republicans out in 1998 because this is the avenue they pursued politically. Democrats are saying go after him. It wasnt the avenue. He is willing to change his mind about people, say the clintons because it is politically expedient at the time. He will change his mind, not committed to anything. I think if you thing your mind about a politician, that is a completely different circumstance. We are talking about politicians here, not people he was friends with on the golf course that were personal connections. This was politically related. Of course he changed his mind. A lot of people changed their mind on different politicians including obama. We are looking at obama remorse today from democrat voters. There are things that have happened that changed the minds of many people. Thanks to you both. Appreciate it. He changed his mind whether he is a democrat, prochoice. Mitt romney did the same thing. Its a political thing. Fair point about mitt romney. Thanks to both of you. One of marco rubios biggest backers with a taste for the good life. 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And remember, im selffunding my campaign. Very important. Reporter most candidates cant afford that luxury so endorsements by billionaires are highly coveted, like billionaire Hedge Fund Manager ken griffin, the richest man in illinois and 69th richest person in the u. S. Griffin is throwing his full support at his ample cash behind marco rubio saying in a statement, rubio is a, quote, inspiring, courageous and bold leader who embodies the American Dream of freedom and equal opportunity for all. Willie sutton was asked why he robs banks. He said thats where the money is. The same is true in politics. Candidates gravitate to those who are willing to and able to provide huge sums of money and ken griffin has proven himself willing to do that. Reporter griffin is worth an estimated 7 billion, according to forbes. Accounts for nearly 10 of the daily Trading Volume of u. S. Equities. Reporter with 26 billion in investment capital, citadel, his pet project is one of the largest investment firms in the world. Griffin isnt shy about spending his cash. I need you by me reporter an extravagant wedding reception in 2003, starring disco queen donna summer at the palace of versailles in france according to fortune magazine, the same location where Kim Kardashian and kanye west held part of their lavish multicity wedding. Griffins marriage fell apart about a decade later and the divorce played prominently on the front pages of tabloids around the world. His exwife requesting support of nearly 1 million a month. As for real estate, four Luxurious Properties in sunny palm beach, florida, with more than 28,000 square feet. Homes in aspen, colorado, hawaii, and new york, according to the chicago tribune. Plus the Main Residence worth more than 40 million, according to deed records and the chicago tribune. Three penthouse floors in an ultraexclusive chicago high rise. Griffin is also a highprofile art collector who in 2006 paid 80 million for jasper johns false start, a record price for a painting by a living artist. The main wing at the Chicago Art Institute named after him. His donation there 19 million. There is plenty leftover to influence the political scene. Not just here in chicago but our nations capital. I announce my candidacy for president of the United States. Reporter griffins political contributions adding up to a whopping 25 million since 2001, according to cnns review of state and federal Election Commission records. Though most of his money has gone to republicans, hes also donated to democrats. Including 430,000 to the chicago rahm emanuel fund. But giving to politicians is less like philanthropy and more like playing the stock market. 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Reporter when ethan couch was captured on the streets of mexico with dark hair in a dark goatee, texas Authorities Say the 18yearold had the look of someone on the run trying to change his appearance. Earlier this month, the teen was seen with blonde hair in a video that appeared to show him at a party with alcohol, a violation of his probation. Authorities say ethan and his mother tonya couch had a Going Away Party the night before, driving from ft. Worth to the mexican resort town on the pacific ocean. An immigration official says the pair crossed through mexico through tijuana. Tonya couch will face up to ten years in prison. Her focus has been on making sure he didnt see any justice done. Making sure he was not accountable. For her to assisthim, i felt like was gist a natural next occurrence. Im not surprised she helped him. Reporter not surprising to those who have seen the couch family up close since the teen was only sentenced to probation for a drunk driving crash that killed four people in 2013. His attorneys argued he suffered from affluenza saying he lived a privileged and wealthy lifestyle where there were no consequences for bad mayor of. The victims families filed civil lawsuits against the family. In those tapes, ethan couch openly talked about his drug use. Taking valium, hydrodone, marijuana, cocaine, tried ecstasy once. How she let her son drive illegally. You understood at any time he was under 16, he was never to be driving by himself . Yes. Nevertheless, you allowed that behavior to yes. When is the last time you recall disciplining ethan for anything . I dont remember. Reporter mexican Officials Say ethan couch and his mother are being voluntarily deported back to the United States. It is not clear when they will arrive back in texas. Prosecutors are fighting to get his case moved out of the juvenile system and into adult courts. For now, they say he isnt likely to face significant jail time for violating the terms of his probation. If he stays in the juvenile court, the maximum sentence he could receive is incarceration in a juvenile facility until he turns 19, with which is april the 11th of 2016. That is not enough. To be clear, ethan couch has not committed any new crimes but is a violation of his probation. His mother mentioned that felony charge was getting in the way of apprehending a fugitive and faces up to 10 years in prison. I want to go straight to paul cowan, former prosecutor and defense attorne. How does this happen . Four people died because of what he did. He is only serving probation. He leaves the country illegally. Gets caught and all he can get is 120 days in jail. It sounds really absurd. He starts out by asserting this affluenza defense. My parents make so much money. Im innocent. Cant hold me accountable. I grew up too privileged. Nobody in the world thinks a judge is going to buy that. The judge gives him a slap on the wrist and he slaps the system in the face and flees the country. He is at the int intersection of the juvenile and adult system. When he violates probation, all they can do is send him back to a juvenile facility. When he turns 19, he has to go into an adult facility. He hasnt been sentenced to jail in an adult facility. He will be back on probation in 120 days. So they put out a wanted notice for him. He had this party. It was like a goodbye party. The whole thing is shocking. They offered a reward for his capture. How did he get over the border . How did they get there . Talk to donald trump about this. 11 Million People have come into this country. We cant keep them out. Do you think we keep american citizens from leaving the country. It is so porous that unless the cops really had delivered a notification to a particular place where he left and i understand he was driving a flatbed truck over some entrance into mexico, there is no guarantee that anybody would have spotted him at the time he crossed. It is a very, very insecure system in terms of felons that are able to flee. Bottom line, thats it. A few months together. The d. A. Has one additional theory they were playing with. There might have been some charges that werent covered by the plea in the original juvenile case. Maybe they could revive that and give him an adult trial. I dont think it is going to play out. Whats going to happen ultimately is that he will get probation and probably fail and wind back up in jail again given his prior track record. Thank you very much, paul callen. Up next, jeanne moos with the earthquake bed you have to see to believe. Details. Thats why i run on quickbooks. I use the payments app to accept credit cards. And everything autosyncs. Those sales prove my sustainable designs are better for the environment and my bottom line. Thats how i own it. A survivalist. It comes with a steel and trap door. Reporter if the idea of an earthquake keeps you up, maybe you would like to sink into an earthquake proof bed and we do mean sink. A building could come crashing down and you would be snug in your coffin bed. Quake provides free burial. Seismic activity would activate the bed. Seen here in animations apparently created by a Russian Company whose details are sketchy. The bed also contains supplies, though it is unclear how you would get to them. If this is an earthquake proof bed, i would rather take my chances poopooed one headline. An expert on earthquake preparedness kept an open mind. If you are able to be in a steel enclosure with supplies, thats not a bad thing. It looks very expensive. Reporter does it come with tourniquets, for those of us that tend to dangle limbs over the side of the bed . Some wondered if shaking triggered the thing, would you have to wonder about the second most common thing people do in bed. Babe, did you feel the earth move . Seismic activity as sensed by this chinesemade bed demonstrated in 2012. When the man whistles, so rescuers can find them, his companion cant keep a straight face. To simulate a building collapse, they dropped almost 3 tons of concrete on the bed. It remained intact. Some say the latest version could become an oven if an earthquake caused a fire. Quake and bake wrote one commentator. At least there is a fire extinguisher underneath. Thumbs up or thumbs down . Thumbs up if you can afford it. Keep the thumbs out of the way. Jeanne moos, cnn, new york. That was pretty terrifyingly claustrophobic. Tonight, tom foreman looks back at the heroes and the villains of the last 12 months. You dont want to miss that. Thanks for joining us. Ill be back here again. See you tomorrow night. Set your dvr. A. C. 360 with jim sciutto starts now. Good evening. Im jim sciutto in for anderson. We begin with breaking news. The storm system that has already claimed dozens of lives have threatened to put a big s. W. A. Swath in the country by new years. 18 million are in a difficult situation. 16 counties are facing severe flooding. That has broken one 25yearold record. Governor jay nixon said this earlier today. You are talking about almost 10 more vertical feet of moving water. The power were talking about as well as the volume is extre