impact segment tonight, bowe bergdahl facing trial. ted cruz passes donald trump in iowa. at least in one poll. according to the des moines register poll, cruz is beating trump 31-21 in the hawkeye state. fox news has cruz 28% trump 26%. all other candidates far behind. joining us from washington, brit hume. seven weeks before the iowa caucus, cruz is obviously doing very well there. is that going to hold, brit? well, i think it may prove a little early but i think it s a genuine surge. i think cruz is preble now leading that des moines register poll i think he is probably leading. it s better to surge in iowaen in the last 10 days than it is to surge when there is seven weeks to go cruz is a controversial figure. very smart, very goodl3
figure. very smart very goodl3 debater. has run a very, very well organized and managed campaign. but there is a reason why he is not liked in washington and the voters of iowa may find out what those reasons are during thest are of the holidays and month of january which might mean he could be overtaken. give me a hint on what the reasons are. well,. well, he has been in the total opportunist in the eyes of many in the senate that has led him into some votes that i think will come back to haunt him. he voted against authorizing the nsa to continue the surveillance program that many people wish we now still had. he has voted against certain military spending bills as marco rubio has been criticizing him for. he has taken various different positions on immigration. he says, you know, he is against amnesty but a couple years ago he was promoting an amendment which he argued vigorously would have left in place not the citizenship process. it would have cut that out. but it would h