Are holding 1338 events making lastminute pitching hoping iowa will become the first step on the road to nomination. We couldnt be more excited or heavily caffeinated. Stay tuned for our Christmas Eve of politics. We start with the latest bloomberg poll. Put it up on the screen on the republican side, trump with a fivepoint lead over ted cruz, marco rubio in third at 15 and ben carson still in double digits at 10 with rand paul at 5. And the democratic race its Hillary Clinton continuing to hold a nor row threepoint lead over Bernie Sanders 4542. We got a lot to get to this morning. The latest developments in the Hillary Clinton email story, Bernie Sanders will join us later. Marco rubio and rand paul are standing here at west end salvage, but we begin with senator ted cruz from texas by his own admission needs a win here in iowa to keep the Trump Campaign from being in his word, unstoppable unstoppable. Senator cruz, welcome back to meet the press. Chuck, good morning. Good to be with
The latest developments in the Hillary Clinton email story, Bernie Sanders will join us later. Marco rubio and rand paul are standing here at west end salvage, but we begin with senator ted cruz from texas by his own admission needs a win here in iowa to keep the Trump Campaign from being in his word, unstoppable unstoppable. Senator cruz, welcome back to meet the press. Chuck, good morning. Good to be with you. Your campaign i take it doesnt believe the Des Moines Register poll. You believe youre ahead. What i found was interesting if you add up the other candidates that are going after evangelical voters, ben carson, Mike Huckabee, rick santorum, theyre 14 if you add it to the 23 youll be the runaway winner here. Is ben carson going to cost you iowa . Listen, at the end of the day this race was always going to come down to do conservatives unite. Ten months ago you and i visited right at the outset. If youd told me ten months ago that the day before the Iowa Caucuses we would be in a
Can Bernie Sanders pull the upset and end the idea that her nomination is inevitable. Theyre going to throw everything they have at us. Sanders joins us this morning. Im chuck todd in des moines, iowa. Joining me here for insight and analysis are tom brokaw of nbc news, Jennifer Jacobs of the Des Moines Register, joyann read of msnbc and david brody of christian broadcasting network. Cruz, rubio, paul, sanders, the candidates are all here. Were going to do our own caucus. Welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press. From des moines, iowa, this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Theyre here. The iowa ku kcaucuses. It all happens tomorrow night. Were here in des moines at the west end architectural salvage, a coffee shop that also sells custom and vintage furniture. And of course the candidates are here, all here, all over iowa selling themselves. In fact, on this last full day before the caucuses, the 13 candidates campaigning in i
Caucus sites. In addition tonight on news 13 networks we will show you to caucuses in their entirety, something is network has been doing since 1984. One is 49 miles northwest of des moines that the Area Community college. Organizers have become together and expect a big turnout. And in des moines we are at Roosevelt High School. The school is hosting for caucuses, three democratic comeau one republican. Set up in the cafeteria for precinct 23 carried live on the news 13 network. Cspan to network. The Weather Channel is predicting snow later for this evening and that it will hold off until after midnight when the caucuses are over. Jonathan martin is with us as we start out our programming. On the ground watching these candidates, senior political candidate for the New York Times. Start with the weather, how is it tonight and will it be a factor in turn our . Unseasonably. It is definitely on the mild side, all in all. 330 this afternoon and do not even need a winter coat. No reason wh
And were drawing contrast. And the contrasts are clear. The contrasts by the way are substantive and policy based. A vote for marco rubio is a vote for amnesty. A vote for donald trump is a vote for obamacare. If you look at their positions, marco rubio right now is a president ial candidate is advocating amnesty, advocating citizenship for 12 Million People here illegally. And donald trump right now as a candidate is advocating fullon expanding obamacare to make it socialized medicine. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor. Now, my views are polar opposite opposites of both of those. If im elected there will be no amnesty, we will secure the border. If im elected we will repeal every word of obamacare. So that gives a clear and simple choice for the voters. Lets talk about two issues here that seem to be potentially tripping you up here in iowa. One is et