the white house is urging congress to pass the $1.2 trillion spending bill. the federal reserve raised interest rates by quarter of a point. it was the first interest rate in nine years. it was revealed that belgium authorities may have missed a chance to camp one of the main suspects in the paris terror attacks. they believe he was in the brussels neighborhood two nights after the attack but they could not storm the home because night raids are prohibited by law. back to hardball. welcome back. the emerging candidates are hoping to get out from behind trump s shadow all turned on solid performances last night. hold up did the debate help them in the early contest. candidates have to win new hampshire or before that win iowa. they re all focused on that.
welcome back. the emerging candidates are hoping to get out from behind trump s shadow all turned on solid performances last night. hold up did the debate help them in the early contest. candidates have to win new hampshire or before that win iowa. they re all focused on that. no candidate was ever won without winning one of these states. however, none of them have won both. nobody has ever done it. you have to win one of them or you re not going to be the nominee. we love the math. chris christie, one shot, win new hampshire. did he do something last night to advance that goal? he started last night or one of the bigger moments when he looked straight at the camera
donald trump look likes he s having a ball. let s talk about this bro-mance. they ll have to keep waiting. cruz refused go after trump and trump made public display of afaction for cruz during the debate and in be spin room. he has a wonderful temperament. he s just fine. don t worry about it. okay. you know what i like about ted cruz, he was with me when nobody else was. when i was saying things that were strong and now people came back and they said trump turned out to be right whether it was illegal immigration or so many other thing, ted cruz was the one person that really backed me. he was with me. i have to respect that. this is what the republican establishment, i think we have to come up with a new word for it because there isn t one. today there s nothing like that.
support trump if he were the nominee. that would have been a news making question. i think there are a lot of people on that stage. a fair number of people who could consider or definitely not support trump. trump rallied crowds in arizona and took swipes at jeb. here he is today. there s a movement going on. this isn t just like let s have a good time. somebody said trump s a great entertainer. that s a lot of [ bleep ]. i ll tell you. we have a message. we have a message and the message is we don t want to let other people take advantage of us. i have endorsements from incredible people. the people that i want. i don t care if a guy like jeb bush never endorses me. i wouldn t bother me at all. i think it s a negative. i get these massive numbers on terrorism. everybody wants trump for the protection because they know i don t know what i m doing. why don t you show trump. the other guys seem like deadheads. they don t know how to knock him off. some of this is, let s be honest,
that s part of who trump is. i don t see what the purpose is of persisting with the birther stuff at this point for him even with his base. he s got his base. there are a lot of public officials and public figures who spent their life covering a story that isn t true. they just don t want their friends and family to know they were bs ing the whole time. at some point he could have done it last night. he could have said i think he s legitimate. that s all he had so say. he didn t. jeb bush attacked trump with new found energy. i think this was pre-fab. somebody fed him the lands but it was trump who landed the biggest blow. this is a tough business to run for president.