along with whatever the republican position is at the end of the day. can t bring it back? that s the risk. what happened to mitt romney, right? that s the risk. that s why you see ted cruz with the policies not as far as donald trump. he knows donald trump is too far. he wants to find that middle ground. that middle ground keeps moving. that s a problem for him now but could be a benefit for him later. josh, good to speak with you. interesting night tomorrow night. all the positions being staked out will be a great night to find out exactly where all of this is now heading over the next couple of days. josh, thank you. and the final debate of the year among the republican candidates right here on cnn. wolf blitzer will be moderator. coverage starts tuesday, 3:00 p.m. pacific time. that s 6:00 p.m. on the east. and in hong kong, the coverage begins wednesday, 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. in tokyo. so set your alarm clocks and get up early. i ll have much more from lost wages in jus
roll the dice in iowa. social conservatives, but certainly, more important, jeb bush, john kasich, chris christie, they put all of those eggs in the new hampshire basket. there s a real possibility that those three and rubio sprout in new hampshire and allow trump to win. hard for cruz to win. they don t do well in new hampshire. imagine a scenario where cruz wins iowa. what do establishment republican s do the morning after. they don t like either of those choices and they want to be a strong general election nominee. it s going to be a wild ride. it has been already. ron, good to see you. thank you, john. a wild ride indeed. cnn will host the final debate of the year. wolf blitzer will be your moderator for the evening. our coverage starts tuesday, 3:00 p.m. that will be 6:00 p.m. on the east coast. for our international viewers in hong kong, coverage begins
presidential candidates are going to square off in tuesday night. i m isha sesay. just hours ago the new star wars movie made its world premier. i will take you to the world carpet next on cnn newsroom live from los angeles. just hours now before the u.s. republican presidential contender s face-off in las vegs for their last debate of the year. it comes at an uncertain time for the republican party. let s bring in our senior reporter for media and politics dylan, to talk about, first of all, let s talk about trump s proposed ban on muslims in the united states. we heard from donald trump just a few hours ago here in las vegas. he had a very big rally. a lot of supporters there. a lot of old lines we heard and a lot of cheers for him. a lot of cheers. i ll say, cnn always has reporters at the rallies, tons of reporters.
his party off to the extreme. at the same time, hillary is going to give a major address tomorrow at the university of minnesota on terrorism which is a strength for her. normally democrats trankly are seen as weaker on national security and women are often seen as weaker. she is the national leader on when you ask people in a poll, who is the strongest to confront terrorism. she will be playing to that as republicans are tearing each other apart. that might be a nice contrast. appreciate it. john, thanks so much. thank you. as they say, the democrats fall in line. the republicans fall in love. right now they have fallen in love with donald trump who is leading by a big margin on a number of national polls and a lot more of our coverage from here in las vegas when we come back, a short break right now. you re watching cnn.
world premier. i ll take you to the red carpet next on cnn newsroom live from los angeles. it is 9:00 p.m. here on the las vegas strip where in about 18 ors the top republican contenders in the u.s. presidential race will take to the stage. it s their final debate of the year, a clash that will shape a contest that s full of complex issues and it is fair to say some very colorful personalities. okay. let s bring in cnn politics executive editor for more analysis on this and of course the man who is center stage once again, made this debate all about himself, donald trump has a rally here a short time ago. i tell you, van, he s still working the crowd. casino hotel down the strip. he acknowledged he is going to be the target tomorrow night. he is the front-runner. we ve seen a new poll out here in the united states, national poll that shows he is by far