celebrity apprentice. so if he wants to talk about what we ve been doing the last 30 years, bring it on. reporter: the latest nbc news wall street journal poll showing hillary clinton up by 11 points. the campaign says she s happy about those polls, nonetheless, the campaign also saying what they ve said throughout this campaign, by the end of the day they expect this to be a close race. carol? all right. joe johns reporting live for us this morning. one more word on that trump rally. his poll numbers are in free fall frankly, but there is no change in strategy. trump even joked at that rally with a mini me. bring him up! [ cheers and applause ]
minds of people who are going to vote, carol. interesting. joe johns reporting from washington, thank you. amid heightened concerns of terror across the country. democratic candidates are strong about who they think can control the fight. clinton comes in at 72% and sanders comes in at 15%. this morning sanders reacts to the findings. from the poll we can gleam that the big issue that seems to be holding you back with those potential voters is foreign policy. that s where hillary clinton has her biggest advantage. here s a perception that you do not have the stomach or the head to beat isis. what is your response, sir? well, let me assure all of the people in our country that i have the stomach, i have the head, i think we have the approach, not only to beat isis, but to crush isis and to destroy isis. and what my view is is that we have got to learn a lesson from
the two top democratic candidates at parity. this is what we ve known about hillary clinton, she has higher unfavorables than bernie sanders, about seven points, according to our poll. joe johns reporting live from washington, thank you. it s not just the state of the art his own campaign bernie sanders is talking about, he also talked to cnn about the rise of donald trump. it s a phenomenon sanders attributes in part to air time but also the concerns americans are feeling about terror, the economy and other issues. i think trump is very effectively playing to the fears and anxieties that millions of people in this country have. and have legitimately so. we re all concerned about the possibility of a terrorist attack against this country. we are all concerned about isis. we re all concerned about a disappearing middle class. you have in this country people who don t understand why it is
trump is in third place. but even there trump has seen a 20% jump since september, suggesting republican voters are essentially getting more comfortable with him, carol. all right. joe johns reporting live for us this morning, thank you. i know what you re thinking. these polls are confusing. yesterday a quinnipiac poll showed trump and cruz running neck at neck at roughly 24%. last week a fox news poll showed trump with 39% support. and this morning a cnn poll shows trump with 39% support. a des moines register poll, though, done two weeks ago shows cruz beating trump in iowa by ten points. but a usa today poll shows trump is leading in iowa. i could show you more of the polls, but you get the gist. it s confusing, right? so let s talk about that and more. with me, larry sabato, and caylee mcennaanee for above the
so the people on the stages are beginning to whittle down especially after the departure of lindsey graham from the campaign. all right. joe johns reporting live from washington. tis the season of mean. crass is in, too. when was the last time you saw a new york times op-ed start with this sentence? everybody you can fill in the blank there on donald trump s jab at hillary clinton for her bathroom break during the latest debate. or this headline in the washington post that examines if a word used by a candidate is a male appendage. or a political cartoon depicting senator ted cruz as santa claus and his daughters as monkeys. we won t show you it because it s offensive.