Fundraiser at Drake University instead of attending thursdays gop debate. His supporters proved distance was no obstacle. we woke up this morning and found out he was having a separate event and jumped on a plan in houston, flew to omaha and rented a car to drive to des moines and here we are. trump dumped the debate due to an ongoing feud with fox but standing out from the crowd is what his people enjoy most. hes going to look at the big picture and hes not going to bow. what began as pure excitement. we got the email and it was super exciting, and it was like oh i got a ticket. turned to frustration weve been in line for about 2 hours. Drake University told Ticket Holders that Trumps Campaign overbooked the venue. they oversold like crazy which is exciting but it kind of sucks when you are in the cold for so long. pretty frustrating considering wanted to see quite some time. but in time several hundred inside Sheslow Auditorium were graced with the gop frontrunner. We are going to ma
Iowa is already a battleground for the president ial candidates. Tonight it will be a battleground for Cable Television ratings. On fox news it will be the final pre caucus gop debate live from the iowa everywhere else it will likely be donald trump. Trump is refusing to participate in tonights debate. Instead he is hosting what he calls a fundraiser for wounded veterans. The campaign booked Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University. The only problem. Know one knows exactly which Organization Trump is raising money for. We reached out to his Iowa Campaign to ask who is the beneficiaries of his fundraiser will be. We got a vague response quote many veterans groups will benefit it will be a great event. Trump wont be the only republican president ial candidate at the event. Mike huckabee and Rick Santorum plan to take part after their undercard debate on fox news this evening. With trumps big event at the school tonight, Drake University is reflecting on a successful political season on its
It is could stand on end. Todd cruz modified his standard iowa stump speech to go after trump. The new york billionaire pulled out of the fox news president ial debate thursday night in des moines. Cruz compared trumps move to screwing up a Job Interview with iowa voters. Sen. Cruz imagine you put up an ad in the help wanted pages looking for a new employee to administer the government and turn the ship of state around. Imagine someone called you and said, you know what, id like that job, but i aint showing up for the interview. What would you say . Youre fired todd before he got back on his tour bus, cruz invited trump to another unscheduled debate in sioux city saturday night. Sen. Cruz so how about the two of us in a one one one debate, mono a mono . Todd by the way, trump says hes already beaten cruz in all the previous debates and he cruz again. Stacey . Stacey republican president ial candidate marco rubio also weighed in on the feud between cruz and trump at his predebate rally
Todd ted cruz modified his standard some speech to go after donald trump. The billionaire pulled out of the foxnews debate thursday night in des moines. Ted cruz compares trumps moved to screwing up a Job Interview with voters. Ted cruz imagine you put up an ad in the help wanted pages looking for a new employee to administer the government and turn the ship of state around. Imagine someone called you and said i would like the job but im not showing up for the interview. Will you say . Youre fired. Todd before he got back on his bus, ted cruz invited donald trump to another unscheduled debate in sioux city saturday night. Ted cruz how about the two of us in a oneonone debate . Eric donald trump says he has already beaten ted cruz in all the debates and he tweeted that he asked canada if you should debate ted cruz again. Elizabeth marco rubio also at wellmans pub in West Des Moines last night. Marco rubio 98 of the press coverage is on this thing saying donald trump wont show up, ted cr
But first, weijia jiang has more from drake on trumps continued war of words. Reporter they will debate without donald trump. He says megyn kelly was unfair to him which he moderated the last fox news today. I got an unfair question but we did need to talk about that. I refuse i refuse to talk about that. Reporter nearly 40 of iowans say they can change their mind before monday, and his opponents will be reaching out to those voters at the debate. What does it say when donald tells the men and women of iowa my time is more important than your time . Reporter donald trump will be here at Drake University where he will hold his own event. It will be part rally in part fundraiser for veterans groups. I give you Bernie Sanders. Reporter with Susan Sarandon looking on, Bernie Sanders call that Hillary Clintons ties to wall street. She is raising money from a philadelphia investment firm. Reporter but hillary had her own start campaigning for her. Former president bill clinton. She is a walk