political crash landing, look back to 1996 when bob dole lost the election by 200 plus electoral votes but republicans gained seats in the senate. here is how dole handled things. he was at a rally nearly 20 years ago to the day after the rnc said every republican for themselves. he decided to keep the base excited by talking about, wait for it, the same stuff trump talks about. media, immigration, health care. albert gore, going out to the buddhist temple in l.a. where they take a vow of poverty and walked out with $122,000. how do they get the money? nobody knows and nobody seems to care. nobody really cares because al gore has already said that s it. the media said, that s the end of that one. what am i hearing just the past couple of weeks? maybe 10% of the people are being naturalized, have criminal records because they rush in
not to have to worry about any of other competitors on stage. but to show how he would compete in the general election against her. that s a good strategy. i would like that my point is if you re marco rubio or ted cruz, or one of the guys at the back of the pack. would you go, i got the front of the pack. that s why today you saw what trump was doing. i love his stuff on hillary clinton. that she s running to avoid jail. that s hilarious. but i like the stuff trump was doing today about the starbucks cup. i think he s playing to win in iowa with the evangelicals who care about the war on christmas. you know there s a reality to it. and i think that if you guys are saying the best candidate on the republican stage tonight is not talking about either the economy or how to defeat his opponents on that stage, well gee, they will be gone soon and somebody else will be up against hillary. everybody on the republican side, running, looks like
privately republicans hope if he or rubio is the nominee that they won t be touched by some of the stuff trump has done. where other voters start embarrassing birth right citizenship or policies mr. trump has embraced that s where republicans get nervous this could hurt them. words matter. words matter. great article. up next we ll update you on some of the other top stories, including the pope s new call for prayers. plus a check on wall street. stocks slightly higher. federal reserve begins a two-day meeting to decide whether to hike interest rates for the first time in nine years. it s almost like flat-lining today. much more on this. mandy drury, who always puts things into perspective, and always will, is going to be with me next. behold, these are two wind turbines. can you spot the difference? the wind farm on the right was created using digital models and real world location-based specs that taught it how to follow the wind.
previously, we were probably looking at rubio. reporter: what happened to rubio in your mind? donald came out and we liked his message better. reporter: this 18,500 seat arena is the home to basketball s dallas mavericks and hockey s dallas stars and a busy concert venue but never before has a billionaire real estate tycoon, former reality star host be the headliner here. this was a mega event and whether you think that s a good deal or not may have a lot to do how you feel about donald trump. the people here overwhelmingly think it s good. so he s not fired, he s hired. to add to the atmosphere, one-wheeled trump supporters showed up. big wheels for trump. reporter: lisa shed brought her 15-year-old son. some of the stuff trump says bothers you? yes.
before has a billionaire real estate tycoon, former reality star host be the headliner here. this was a mega event and whether you think that s a good deal or not may have a lot to do how you feel about donald trump. the people here overwhelmingly think it s good. so he s not fired, he s hired. to add to the atmosphere, one-wheeled trump supporters showed up. big wheels for trump. reporter: lisa shed brought her 15-year-old son. some of the stuff trump says bothers you? yes. reporter: but you re still supporting him for president? yes because i think he ll turn this country around. reporter: but you think he needs to be more kind to some people? yes. reporter: to who? women. reporter: what do you think he s said about certain women. i m not happy about that and