The Sanders Campaign accused of dirty tricks fighting back saying the system is rigged for clinton. And trump with putins endorsement. They may call the gangster and thug. But trump warmly embraces him. What the budding bro mansice mes for world affairs. Plus the top political minds will be here with insights from the campaign trail. Rick perry joins the round table. Hello. The state of our union is ready to rumble. A new war of words between donald trump and rival jeb bush. Trump called bush dumb as a rock on twitter this weekend. Take a listen to governor bush on the campaign trail yesterday. I have to get it off my chest. Donald trump is a jerk. I feel better now. I just i just gave myself therapy there. Therapeutic, perhaps. It does not seem to be moving the needle much on the polls with donald trump with a commanding lead after toouzs debate. Fox news poll showing trump leading nationally with 39 followed by ted cruz at 18 . Its not good news for Hillary Clinton w trump who loses to Hillary Clinton. Last night clinton disparaged trumps plan to ban muslims entering the u. S. And gave her republican opponents newed toer by painting a rosy scenario about the war against isis. No. We finally are where we need to be. We have a strategy and a commitment to go after isis, which is a danger to us as well as the region. Joining me now republican president ial candidate rand paul. Thank you for joining us. You heard Hillary Clinton saying were finally where we need to be. What do you think . Z i think the difficulty is actually trying to get a coalition on the ground that will fight isis. Because ive said all along the only way to defeat them for the longterm is to have sunni muslim boots on the ground. Thats easier said than done. You know, i would like to saudis, jordanians on the Ground Fighting isis. Most of them still want to fight from the air and not the ground. Also, its difficult if the battle isnt joined by the sectarian shiite army in bagh d baghdad. I dont think it will be a long lasting victory if takes a shiite or iranian army. I think the concept is good. We need sunni muslims on the ground. I dont think we quite have it in order yet. Jeb bush saying donald trump is a jerk for disparaging women, hispanics, disabled people. Thats a quote. Jeb said its discouraging that trump remains the frontrunner. Do you agree . . Absolutely disturbing. I think hell get wiped out for a general election. Im not sure that trump is for limited government or balanced budget. One of the biggest things hes been for in the last several years is using imminent do main for the government to take private property from one private Property Owner and give it to himself for his casinos and parking lots. Thats not a conservative notion. Most of donald trump is nothing more than sort of bits of populism but no consistent conservative philosophy. Back in july you thought Donald Trumps popularity represented a, quote, temporary gloss of sanity. You said the party would come back to the senses. Its five days before christmas. Trump is as strong as ever. Is it a temporary loss of sanity or do you think that the problem might be more permanent . You know, i think that weve all let the polls consume us too much. I dont think the polls are very accurate. In kentucky a week before the governors race the polls were off by 13 points. Thats where theyre supposed to be accurate. I think we have American Idol type of polls now. One candidate is getting an enormous amount of time on tv and people are saying, yeah, yeah, i might vote for him. The people dont get out and vote. About 10 of republicans will vote in iowa. You can be wildly off and disappoint some of us who arent as high in the polls. If we skew the coverage forward the polls, its a selffulfilling prophesy. I think we need to examine over things and distribute the coverage better so we have a chance of getting a better president. We put you on tv all the time, senator paul. Not complaining. Not complaining about cnn. I want you to take a listen to donald trump spokeswoman talking about Nuclear Triad this week. What good does it do to have a good Nuclear Triad if youre a afraid to use it . The subject was raised at the debate. Job bush told me onair he didnt think trump understand what the Nuclear Triad is. What do you make of what youre hearing from the trump team on the issue . This is the worrisome thing. During the debate absolutely trump had no clue what the Nuclear Triad is and hed been asked the question previously on the radio and had no idea what it was. Now theyve discovered what it is, theyre ready to use it . I think this is worrisome not only trump but christie and others on the stage who are really eager to have war. Really eager to show how strong they are and that gets away from the tradition we have of trying to limit power and reluctant to go to war. It gets to temperament. Thats why it worries me to have someone like donald trump or Chris Christie in charge of the nuclear arsenal. On monday youre launching a new web video. Its focussing on senator ted cruz. Lets take a look. It sounded like you wanted the bill to pass . The web ad describes him as flipflopper. Cruz describes himself as a, quote, courageous conservative. This ad and other attacks weve seen against senator cruz depict as a krooichb politician. Is that how you see ted cruz is a craven opportunist . I think on several things he wants to have it both ways. On immigration, at the time, he supported an amendment that said were not going to get citizenship but allow illegal status. He wanted the bill to pass. I was in the same category. I thought citizenship too far but the comprise is no citizenship but give people a legal status. Thats what cruz was for. Hes been explicit about it. Now he says never. I think he should admit he changed his mind he used to be for legalization but not anymore. Hes done the same thing. He wrote an oped with paul ryan supporting obamas trade north and now against it. He said he wouldnt support reauthorization of the patriot act and voted to reauthorize the patriot act. On a number of issues, i think he wants it both ways. Senator marco rubio had tough words about you. Take a listen. The only person running that likes politics so much hes running for two offices at the same time. He wants to be a senator and president. This is a criticism we have discussed before. The idea youre running for president and at the same time running for reelection for the senate seat in kentucky. If you havent performed in the top three positions in iowa, New Hampshire, or South Carolina or nevada do you think at that point you might have to focus your attention on your senate race . The difference between marqumarubio and i is i show up for work. With the biggest vote of the whole year and he didnt show up. I think he ought to resign or give his pay back to the taxpayer. As far as im concerned, yes, i need to do well in the early primaries. Were in it to win it. Not just to mess around. Im not in it to place in the lower tier. If were in the lower tier we wont reassess. We dont plan to be. We have a campaign we think will shock people and were hoping when we get done with the campaign and people see the votes happen that we will begin discounting the pollsters who, i think, have no clue as to what is going on in america. Well see. Senator rand paul Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thank you for joining us. Thanks, jake. Up next Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders the campaigns in the middle of a nasty fight. What happened when they met face to face last night . That when we come back. Inquiry into what happened. 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And Bernie Sanders said theyre guaranteeing less viewership by hosting the debate on saturday night. Many press releases from the clinton campaign. But you mention the dnc the vendor. You said of your staff they did the wrong thing. Absolutely. Does secretary clinton deserve an apology tonight . Yes, i apologize. It. Sanders fired one staffer and suspended two others for the data breach and actions taken during the data breach. He managed to raise a Million Dollars off an email accusing the Democratic National committee of tilting the scales toward clinton. Joining me now is democratic president ial candidate Martin Omalley who was on the stage last night making a forceful advocacy for his campaign. Governor omalley, thank you for joining us. Hillary clinton accepted the apology of Bernie Sanders last night for the data breach. I want to ask you about the role that the dnc is playing in this election, which senator sanders is focussed on. Do you think the reason two of the three democratic debates have been scheduled on saturday night is because the dnc wants to limit the audience and there by under the theory help Hillary Clinton . Yes. In fact, thats also why for the First Time Ever they limited the number of debates to just four. I think at the same time eight years ago if they had we had 16 debates. But, look, all the bickering aside. There are issues that people want to hear us discuss. Affordable college. How we make our economy work, combat isil. I thought last nights debate was a Good Exchange of those ideas. Fresh approaches and new ideas to confront the challenges. Obviously only candidate on the stage with a record of accomplishments bringing people together. And thats what our nation is looking for. Lets turn to the issue of guns. It was a hot topic last night. It sure was. Isil training videos are telling lone wolves the easiest way to buy a combat assault weapon in america is at a gun show. Its because of a flipflopping political approach of washington that both of my two colleagues on this stage have represented for the last 40 years. Whoa. Whoa. We need lets tell the truth, martin. You heard just there Hillary Clinton saying lets tell the truth, martin. Were you telling the truth or was Hillary Clinton telling the truth . The fact of the matter is Hillary Clinton has flipflopped. The truth is that Hillary Clinton was in 2000 when she ran for office in favor for a National Registry on handgun registration and then flipflopped and opposed to in 2008. Jake, you remember her attacking president obama during those campaigns. President obama having to push back on that. So Hillary Clinton flipflopped in the wind on this issue. Senator sanders supported the nra, pushed through a bill to give them gun dealers and manufactures immunity. Voted against the research into the Huge Public Health challenge. I got this done. As governor after the slaughter of those kids in the classroom in connecticut, i pulled our people together. We passed comprehensive gun safety legislation. We ban the sale of combat assault weapons. We didnt interrupt anybodys hunting season because of it. Thats real leadership. Thats leadership that doesnt blow in the wind. Earlier in this interview and last night on the stage, you made a not so subtle reference that the leading contenders are 68 thats clinton and 74 thats sanders. Youre 52. Take a listen to when you raised the argument last night. You got booed a little bit. For a different generations perspective on this. Governor omalley . During the cold war, during the cold war we got into a bad habit of always looking to see who was wearing the jersey of the communists and who was wearing the u. S. Jersey. There is a serious issue here when it comes to the generational idea. If Hillary Clinton is nominated or sanders and the republican nominee is either ted cruz or marco yub orubio. Theres going to be a generational play. Elections are about the future. Do you think clintons or sands a age if the republican nominee is younger . I think as times change American People rightly believe that new leadership and thinking is required. We cant be this dissatisfied with our gridlocked washington sort of politics and think that a resort to divisive sort of partisan politics is going move us forward. And the first debate, jake, hill said shes proud of the fact she considers all republicans to be her enemies. Thats not how you bring people together. I do offer a new generational perspective on many of these issues. One of them we didnt get to talk about last night was climate change. Im the only candidate that put forward a plan to move us to 100 Clean Electric Energy future by 2050. Another issue is Foreign Policy. Another issue is National Security. I lead the efforts of the governors and the mayors on homeland security. Im the first 9 11 post mayor and governor run for president. I understand the issue from the ground up. Im going to continue to speak to where our country is headed. What is in the heart of our young people, especially under 30. Thats how you tell where a nation is headed. Thats what i have to offer. Ultimately its up to the people to decide whether the same old thinking is going to serve us and move us forward or whether new leadership is required. I believe the people are looking for new leadership. The people are going get to suicide and theyll weigh in. When you began the campaign the role seems to have been taken by sanders. Do you think you need to finish better than third place in iowa or New Hampshire to be able to continue your campaign . Yeah, i believe that like other campaigns whether it was jimmy carter or other candidates in the same place where i am in the polls. I need to beat expectations in the early contests. We have great staff on the ground here in New Hampshire. We have terrific staff and a terrific organization. Also, in iowa. I have now visited 55 of the 99 counties in iowa. And as you know from following president ial politics and covering us theres never been a time when the voters decision on Election Night or caucus night looked anything like the polls in december. Were going to continue to offer the ideas that serve our nation that move us forward and bring people together. And i think were going surprise a lot of people in New Hampshire and also in iowa. All right, governor omalley. Merry christmas to you and your family. Thank you for joining us. Thank you, jake Merry Christmas. What happens to the guy who made his career by taking on. The sticky situation between ted cruz and the gop establishment. Thats next. The possibility of a flare swas almost always on my mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. 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The firstterm texas senator gained attention and ire of some republicans with his floor speeches bashing Republican Party insiders, but he ratcheted up tensions further when he called Mitch Mcconnell a liar. An absolute demonstration not only what he told every republican senator and the press over and over and over again was a simple lie. Life inside the Senate Chamber could get a little bit awkward. Joining me now from kentucky is the Senate Majority leader mcconnell who endorsed rand paul. I want to get to the accomplishments of the senate in a second. I have to ask you senator cruz has been campaigning against you and what he calls the washington cartel. Very critical of your leadership. What do you think of his leadership . Well, look, i made it a point to stay out of the presid