Nearest opponents. The new york billionaire gets 34 . 21 points ahead of ted cruz and marco rubio, who are tied in second. Close behind, very close, are john kasich and jeb bush. 10 . Earlier today, i interviewed donald trump, i started by asking about that circuit of firing squad if you will we saw among the establishment candidates, which allowed trump to stay out of the scrum. Well, i didnt know what happened exactly. I was just sort of standing there watching everybody go wild. I was very happy about it. Thats okay with me. What did you make of marco rubio doing an imitation from the blade runner . He just started repeating himself. Six teams, the whole speech parts. What was it . Memory lapse . I dont know what it was. I was standing right there. Hes a nice guy. Hes been very nice to me. I heard it once, i heard it a second time, then a third. I said, i think its the exact same it isnt as if you re played it. I wondered if he was going do it once more. Let me ask you about talk to
Mosquito transmitted zika virus. U. S. Officials are trying to reassure weary americans. 5 30 on the east coast. 2 30 out west. This is way too early. Good morning. It is friday morning. Happy friday, january 29th. Im erica hill. There was little question that last nights debate lacked the act riry mowny of the previous ones. Sound found it substantive and boring. And foxs moderators prompted the feud by rolling archival clips of previous statements they made. This is the lie that teds campaign has built on and rand touched upon it. That hes the most conservative guy and everyone else is a rhino. The truth is, ted, throughout this campaign you have been willing to say or do anything to get votes. Ted, you worked for george w. Bushs campaigns. You helped to design bushs immigration policy. And then when you got to the senate you did an interview with cbs news, i wasnt even part of the video where you said on the issue of people that are here illegally we can reach a compromise. Then in
Fielding questions about this and trying to press their advantage on this point all day long today. Including direct comments on the subject from former president bill clinton today, which we will get to in just a moment. But because that statement from senator sanders, which has caused so much upset today. Because it was made on this show and made late in the hour last night, i just want to play it for you now. I want to play it for you in context, without editing, so you can just hear exactly what it is that senator sanders said. You can understand exactly the way he meant it, to the extent that thats possible by virtue of hearing it uncut and with the complete question. So so you know. This is what happened. This is what he said and how he said it. Senator, let me ask you about another issue in terms of the way the campaign is going forward. Your policies on issues like gay rights and reproductive choice are very consistent. They should be very attractive to progressive groups. But
Well get to the super bowl in a second. And a tale of two quarterbacks. Cam newton withers under denvers defense. And have we seen Peyton Mannings last snap under center . But first a quick rundown of some of the latest polls in the New Hampshire republican primary tomorrow. Cnn wmur has donald trump with a 17point lead. 33 to marco rubios 16 . Ted cruz in third at 14 . Ohio Governor John Kasich 11 . Jeb bush at 7 and Carly Fiorina at 6 . Local station wbur puts trump at 29 points, 17 ahead of rubio and cruz tied at 12 . With jeb bush and kasich tied at 9 . Fiorina at 8 , Chris Christie at 6 . And Monmouth University gives trump a 16point lead, this time over kasich at 14 . Rubio and bush tied at 13 . Thats a ninepoint gain for bush since last month. And cruz, close behind at 12 . Christie down at 6 . Now over the weekend, senator marco rubio stumbled in the abc news republican debate. He was asked about his accomplishments after supporter Rick Santorum struggled to name a single one.
D. C. , and baltimore. This comes on the heels of another storm that paralyzed travel in several parts of the country yesterday. Officials say speed and slick Road Conditions contributed to this deadly crash in tennessee. Were told the driver was killed. The passenger is expected to survive. Slippery roads in kentucky are also to blame for this accident. A driver lost control of his truck and ended up blocking one side of the highway for hours. And in d. C. , where the worst is yet to come, the president s motorcade got stuck in traffic. A ride that usually takes 25 minutes, instead took more than an hour. We want to bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins now, and bill, we know d. C. Doesnt handle snow very well. Yeah. How many inches are they looking at there . Possibly top five, definitely top five overall. Maybe even top one or two. So yeah, lets get into this. 100 Million People going to be affected by the storm. Whats changed overnight is we pretty much eliminated central new engl