welcome back, everyone. moments ago chris spoke with republican front-runner donald trump. he gave us a lot to dissect. let s do that now as cnn chief national correspondent john king. good morning, john. happy new year. happy new year to you as well. what did you hear in the interview? i heard a politician. he said he doesn t like the name. he knows how to speak to the voters that he knows he needs. in the next 60 days are important. the republican party will decide whether mr. trump will stay their front-runner. the democrats will decide their race as well. let s start with the gun issue. yub one, the executive action is the wrong way to do it. a president is supposed to work with congress. that motivates the republican base who thinks this president uses his pen and wants to do everything by executive fiat. the republican base doesn t like
jeffrey, one of the things that distinguishes iowa, ground game is important, maybe not as in future primaries because t y they how the caucus system works. one of your big knocks on mr. trump is the ground game. he hasn t put together a message for these states. i do think it s relevant and i do think they re at it. they have chuck lauder in who produced the santorum win in 2012 who really knows the state very well. he knows how to do this. they re doing very well. the one thing i would caution, chris, no matter who wins iowa, john mccain, for example, came in fifth in 2000 and yet managed to become george w. s main opponent, beating him in new hampshire. ronald reagan lost, et cetera. whoever wins, there s still more primaries to come. so, you know, the buildup, no matter who ones, you have to be careful with it.
basis, why doesn t more get done in d.c. the election, there are plenty of problems, we outline them all time. you say you re going to make america great again. as far as making america great, getting back into bill clinton and his sex life, that seems to be a big point of emphasis. why are you doing that? i was mentioned during the course of the debate nine times. none of the other republican candidates mentioned at all. the last person that hillary clinton want to run against, i know this for a fact. as you know, i know many people on the clinton side and all sides. they were at your wedding. as a businessman, i got along with everybody. nobody did it better than me. it was my obligation to my company, my family, myself to get along with clinton and every person that i needed to get along with. i got along great with everybody. i know many of the people in the clinton campaign. the last person they want to run against is donald trump, believe me. what does that have to do
two good takes on it. tweet us @alisyn camerota, alisyn with a y. donald trump just moments away. let s get to it. alisyn? ted cruz is trying to step up his whole game on amnesty and on illegal immigration. you listen to him and marco rubio, they were both weak on it. hillary clinton created isis with obama. she s caused death. she s caused tremendous death. now he s the front running candidate for the republican nomination. someone has to call him out. we know we can t stop every act of violence. but what if we tried to stop even one? craziness. he knows that he can t get it through congress, as if he s king barack obama. i will unsign that so fast. the so-called gun show loophole doesn t exist. people who should not own guns should not be able to buy them. this is new day with chris
his actions, republicans running to replace him were seemingly competing on who would undo them faster. so he s going to sign another executive order having to do with the second amendment, having to do with guns. i will veto that i will unsign that so fast. so fast. all these executive orders he ll come out with tomorrow that will undermine our second amendment rights on my first day in office, they re gone. reporter: jeb bush argued there was no need to expand background checks. the so-called gun show loophole doesn t exist. people that want to casely sell guns ought to have the right to do so without being impaired by the federal government. reporter: democrats have applauded obama s efforts. sunday bernie sanders, whose democratic rivals have called him weak on gun control, endorsed increased background checks. i think most gun owners in this country understand that people who should not own guns should not be able to buy them.