Pulling out of the next president ial debate tomorrow night. If it is a publicity stunt, its working. But it could also be a risky move. Five days before iowa, where donald trump is neck and neck with ted cruz, in the battle for the first votes of campaign 2016. Heres maipg. They cant toy with me like they toy with everybody else. So let them have their debate, and lets see how they do with the ratings. Reporter it began with a statement from fox news mocking a future President Trump is unable to deal with foreign adversaries and replacing his cabinet with his twitter followers. When i see a press release written by a child, like i just saw, i said what do i have to do . Reporter trump also objected to fox news moderator megyn kelly. Youve called women you dont like fat picion, dogs, slobs. Reporter but in 2011, trump only had praisefor kelly. Do you realliness youre a no, i could never beat you. That wouldnt even be close. There would be no contest. You have done a great job, by the w
President ial nominees, but a win would greatly increase momentum leading into the New Hampshire primary. A recent poll by the Des Moines Register and bloomberg shows the iowa choice for democratic nominee among likely caucusgoers is Hillary Clinton with 45 percent of the vote. President ial candidate weve run a Terrific Campaign from the grass roots up. Of course its close its competitive thats why i hope everyone who has decided to caucus for me will come out monday night. Senator sanders not far behind with 4242 percent of the vote. President ial candidate when we started this campaign here in iowa, we were 50 or 60 points behind secretary clinton. We have come a long, long way. So i think if the turnout is high, jake, i think weve got a real nominee. Surprisingly enough, he wasnt much of a target sunday. Senators ted cruz and marco rubio were going after each other. President ial candidate when marco ran in florida he promised the men and women in florida he would lead the fight ag
Neighborhoods across 15 states fresh out of luck for food. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from washington. Good evening. In a president ial Election Year thats taken some pretty odd directions, add this one to the list. Now five days before the iowa caucus votes republican frontrunner donald trump has abruptly dropped out of tomorrow nights debate in an apparent huff, a decision apparently not rooted in any shrewd political strategy but rather in a spat between trump and fox news which is carrying the debate. For any other candidate, it would be a highly risky move, but as katy tur reports, for this candidate no one is placing bets. Reporter when it comes to donald trump, the only rule is there are no rules. Five days to the caucus and the billionaire is skipping iowa today for south carolina, news debate tomorrow. I dont know what games roger ailes is playing but whats wrong over there. Reporter trump and his Campai
Trump has abruptly dropped out of tomorrow nights debate in an apparent huff, a decision apparently not rooted in any shrewd political strategy but rather in a spat between trump and fox news which is carrying the debate. For any other candidate, it would be a highly risky move, but as katy tur reports, for this candidate no one is placing bets. Reporter when it comes to donald trump, the only rule is there are no rules. Five days to the caucus and the billionaire is skipping iowa today for south carolina, and skipping the fox news debate tomorrow. I dont know what games roger ailes is playing but whats wrong over there. Reporter trump and his Campaign Manager arguing fox isnt fair after it sent out a press release mocking trumps complaints about moderator megyn kelly. The candidate still angry at kelly for reciting things he himself said about women. Unlike the very stupid and highly incompetent people that run our country, mr. Trump knows when to walk away from a bad deal. Reporter t
The first votes of campaign 2016. Heres maipg. They cant toy with me like they toy with everybody else. So let them have their debate, and lets see how they do with the ratings. Reporter it began with a statement from fox news mocking a future President Trump is unable to deal with foreign adversaries and replacing his cabinet with his twitter followers. When i see a press release written by a child, like i just saw, i said what do i have to do . Reporter trump also objected to fox news moderator megyn kelly. Youve called women you dont like fat picion, dogs, slobs. Reporter but in 2011, trump only had praisefor kelly. Do you realliness youre a better moderator than i . No, i could never beat you. That wouldnt even be close. There would be no contest. You have done a great job, by the way, and i mean it. Reporter ted cruz locked in a dead heat with trump called trumps dispute with fox news laughable. Really, really scary. laughter and, you know, donald is a fragile soul. laughter you k