Its great for new yorkers. Reporter that poll showed no matter who wins, they holds a significant lead over republican frontrunner donald trump. Now, Bernie Sanders has called for a debate with Hillary Clinton before that primary in late april. No word yet on if that will happen. We expect theyll bring it up this afternoon. Back to you. Jen on the republican side, donald trump is doing damage control after making shocking comments about women and abortion last night. Steve Linda Schmidt live in Columbus Circle where protestors are speaking out against the president ial hopeful. Reporter good evening. Tonight, donald trump continues to get slammed for the statements. Some of the criticism from conservatives. There was a demonstration from a fairly large group of people. They held the demonstration right across the street from one its clear he hasnt thought very deeply about this issue. Reporter mallory is with susan b. Anthony list in washington, d. C. There has to be a form of punishme
Political experts say it wont be easy. New yorkers remember the good work that senator that Hillary Clinton did when she was senator for this state, and she was very active, very engaged. A recent quinnipiac toll showing the former senator with a 12point lead, clinton sounding confident during a Campaign Stop in westchester county. I have earned 9 million votes in this election already. I have 1 million more votes than donald trump and i have 21 2 million more votes than bernie sanders. Reporter those attending the rally say sanders have pulled off plenty of upsets and are confident. The numbers dont favor him, but its not over. As long as hes mathematically in it, theres a chance. Reporter we can expect to see plenty of the candidates in the empire state before that this is considered the most important president ial primary in new york state since 1988. Back to you. Thank you. On the republican side, donald trump is taking a lot of heat for comments he made over abortion yesterday. E
It has been a rough start to the year as you know. The dow, s p 500 both down more than 7 so far in january 2016. Even worse performance for the Technology Heavy nasdaq. It is down 10 percent this month alone. That correction territory. Candidates squaring off in the final gop debate before the first votes are cast in the 2016 election. Blake burman with more on last nights actionpacked debate from des moines. Good morning, blake. Maria, good morning to you as well. Elephant not in the room as megyn kelly put it, donald trump was quickly addressed but from there candidates moved on to the issues especially immigration which is hugely important in the state of iowa. Showdown on that front between marco rubio and ted cruz continued. Trying to paint rubio as proamnesty. Rubio essentially called cruz a liar. This is the lie that teds campaign is built on and rand touched upon it. That he is the most conservative guy and everyone else, everyone else is a rino the truth is ted throughout thi
Attacks in San Bernardino and paris. Voters were worried he was too weak on Foreign Policy or isolationist. Who are the fans in the live free or die state going to support now . Our political experts will weigh in. Donald trump setting stage for very big fight in New Hampshire. Trump hurling another grenade at rival ted cruz. You watch, the democrats, they have already said they will sue him. If he get the nomination they will sue his ass off. Trish now accusing him of cheating and stealing the race in iowa. Donald trump is demanding a new election tweeting ted cruz didnt win iowa, he stole it. That is why all the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. That exclamation point. Trump goes on to say, based on fraud committed by senator ted cruz during iowa caulk curbs either new election should take place or cruzs results nullified. Trump is referring to the controversy around the Cruz Campaign suggesting to ben carson supporters on election day that carson wa
Cleveland. Also on our agenda this morning, im with him. This really is all about the person who has the boldest, most fierce vision on the issues facing america. Its a big get for Bernie Sanders. His first endorsement from a sitting United States senator. Oregons jeff merkley. Hes throwing his support behind sanders. The timing on this is important as Hillary Clinton hopes to win new york and put sanders in her Rearview Mirror and unite the party. Heres another sign that democrats just arent ready to end this fight. Rounding out our agenda this morning, the most important number of the day. April is going to be a very bad month for ted cruz. Trumps new convention manager, paul manafert, predicting a bad month for ted cruz. Im going to show you why i think he might have a point on that and why it may be because of this guy, john kasich. All of that, much more ahead this hour, but we are going to begin with donald trump. The republican frontrunner not backing away from his claims that h