an atmosphere where bullying is not appropriate. chris matthews is here with us ahead of his trump special that airs right here tonight. we ll talk with him in just a moment. plus, this. how incredible is it to have so many young, talented, dynamic republican candidates for president? a little birthday gift for ted cruz, by way of a new national poll. and chris christie s message to hillary clinton today, that s raising a few eyebrows. here s my suggestion to her. suspend your campaign, get on a plane to paris. good super tuesday evening to you. thanks for joining us. i m erica hill. we begin tonight with donald trump versus hillary clinton. the jabs between the two front-runners getting increasingly personal. today, hillary clinton hit back. it s important to stand up to bullies wherever they are. and why we shouldn t let anybody bully his way into the presidency. because that is not who we are as americans. that would certainly seem to be a reference to trump
they can ultimately impact travel. it can impact almost every sector of the economy. so, ken, do you see a connection being made between the two tonight at all? potentially. i think that the bigger sort of theme that the federal reserve is potential and likely at this point is this deep distrust of government. other candidates have taken a shot at that theme again, and it really is a centerpiece of donald trump s campaign rhetoric. jackie mentioned that he s been critical of janet yellin, because it really speaks to this deep concern among the base of the republican party. and even to some extent, among the base of the democratic matter that the economy is rigged and that the fed is this black box that s making decisions about the economy that affect millions of americans lives and their pocketbooks, without any real accountability or transparency. that s what i ve seen rand paul and ted cruz pick up on this
voted for last cycle, because he wasn t able to win. they see donald trump as a winner, partially because of his rhetoric and he tells them every 14 seconds that he s a winner. so i think that that you re going to hear more of that. donald trump is going to be donald trump. of that, we can be certain tonight. that is the one thing we can all be clear about, donald trump will be donald trump and he will remind us after the debate how well he did. ken, what s the one thing you re looking for tonight? well, who s going to take on donald trump. generally, we ve seen a number of different candidates try to position themselves as the guy who s going to or the gal who s going to take down donald trump, but it hasn t really worked. carly fiorina had a really good back and forth with him at one debate that seemed to catapult her. obviously, she s fallen off dramatically. rand paul at different times has taken a run at him. hasn t really worked out. obviously, this immigration plan that
we begin tonight with the fear dominating the headlines. los angeles area schools closed today in response to what officials said was a credible threat of violence. it is the latest in a string of events at home and abroad that have americans focused on national security. in fact, 40% name national security and terrorism as their top issues for the federal government to address in the latest nbc news/ wall street journal poll. all of this, of course, happening against the backdrop that the gop presidential candidates will hold for their final debate of 2015. nine candidates set to square off on the main stage tonight. less than seven weeks to go now before the iowa caucuses. this will be the first republican debate since the terror attacks in paris, also the shooting spree by a radicalized couple in san bernardino. the candidates are expected to focus heavily on national security issues. donald trump will once again be standing at the center podium. he holds a 27-point lead
i can bypass the counter and go straight to my car. and i don t have to talk to any humans, unless i want to. and i don t. and national lets me choose any car in the aisle. control. it s so, what s the word?. sexy. go national. go like a pro. continuing our coverage of the race. a live event in washington, d.c. is about to get under way. democratic front-runner hillary clinton is scheduled to appear with 13 democratic senators, all of them women. every female democratic senator is expected to be on hand and to endorse hillary clinton except one. it s a big one. senator elizabeth warren. she has not endorsed clinton or anyone else for the democratic nomination. joining me politico ken fogle.