Nuclear program. What turned an American River orange . Is this now, states downstream dion madding to know, what is the agency going to do to clean it up. S good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Our politics lead today. Most politicians if they were accused of being whiners, they dont want to be seen that way. Most politicians are not donald trump, the frontrunner for the republican president ial nomination, and when asked by a conservative writer, trump told chris como today, he whines when hes not winning, and he whines until he wins. He noted he could still mount a Third Party Bid for the white house if he does not like the way the republican umpires, the rnc calls the balls and strikes. Right now, thats an option on the back burner, because donald trump is winning. Newly released polls out of iowa and New Hampshire show voters choosing trump out of all other contenders. As we observed yesterday, to paraphrase the great philosopher nicha, that which does not kill donald trump, only makes donald trump stronger. Dana bash is here with me now. The last poll numbers we saw out of iowa had had scott walker in the lead with donald trump behind him, now, trump has taken the lead. Is walker reacting at all . He is. Maybe if he did a philosopher, he would say, i think, therefore, i am. Hes doing something quite different. Hes calling him a democrat. The big question coming out of last weeks debate is whether trumps refusal to pledge allegiance to the gop would hurt him. This new poll said 55 of viewers said they were less comfortable with him as a candidate. Hes still topping the polls. I anew major poll has donald trump leading for the first time in the first contest state of iowa. Edging out scott walker, who spent months treading lightly around trump and is now taking the gloves off. Is hes using the same old talking points of the democrats, they didnt work in the past, theyre not going to work in iowa. Trumps rise in iowa am coulds as he told chris cuomo he wont rule out running as an independent. I have to keep that door open. If something happens im not treated fairly, i may use that door. The bombastic billionaire is defying convention once again, admitting to being a whiner. I am a whiner, i keep whining and whining until i win. He tried to redeem himself with female voters after a public feud with megyn kelly. I will be so good to women. I cherish women. I will be so good to women, i will work hard to protect women. Todays new iowa poll shows despite controversial remarks about women, trump is at 14 . Winning with female voters in the first caucus state. This gop opponent is not buying it. Vulgarity does not equate with insight. It does not equate with a vision for the country. Reporter trumps lead narrowed in the first primary state of New Hampshire. On the upswing, two breakout stars from last weeks debates. We keep plugging. Were like the engine that can. John kasich catapulted from barely registering to third place. Conservative voters in the live free or die state are not turned off by comments about same sex marriage. I went to a wedding of a friend of mine that happens to be gay. Carly fiorina shined in the undercard. I didnt get a phone call from bill clinton. Reporter new polls show fiorina moving up in many iowa and New Hampshire. Now, jeb bush is down to seventh place in iowa, he was never banking on a iowa vick the ry b ho hoping for a big backing by team bush. You have to win the primaries before you get to the general. Theres a minor detail. I want to bring in republican president ial candidate, the former senator from the great commonwealth of pennsylvania, Rick Santorum. You won iowa last time around. This new poll shows donald trump leading. No matter what he seems to say, whether hes going after mexican Illegal Immigrants or john mccain or megyn kelly, he seems to go up in the polls. Does it surn you at all . Its more of the same. Hes taking the same approach to all of these things which is a no holds barred approach. Theres an element out there that is sick of it. And theyre im seeing it and hearing it across this country. Theyre sick of the establishment dictating to them who our candidates are going to be. And setting rules to make that happen. Donald trump is different. And i think is making a difference as a result. Is ive covered you for a long time. You pride yourself on your Foreign Policy expertise. I got into a conversation with donald trump about his approach to isis, which is, he wants to bomb all the oilfields in iraq. I want to play some of that for you and see what you think. I dont think iraq would want us to bomb their oilfields. Heres the government of iraq, there is no government in iraq. The socalled government in iraq went to iran to meet with iran. Iran is going to take over iraq, its as simple as that. I dont know that iraq, the government of iraq, or whatever you want to call them, would support our bombing the oilfields in iraq. Who cares. Okay. I dont care about the government, theyre corrupt. The government of iraq is totally corrupt. Thats your frontrunner, you were on the Senate Foreign affairs committee. Whats your reaction when you hear that . My reaction is, i have Serious Problems with the government of iraq too. And it is incredibly influenced by iran, and is doing the bidding a lot of iran. And i have concerns that we are fighting a war through them, very ineffectively. Because of them, were not arming the kurds, thats clear. Were not giving support to other sunni arabs in the region. I dont know if id use the term corrupt, but i would say, theyre certainly not ainlooing with aligning with us in making a fight against isis. His idea of bombing oilfields is a big mistake. We have to make sure that when we do take that territory back, that that area can be productive and stable economically, so i think the oilfield idea is i abad idea. But his idea that the government of iran and iraq are in cahoots and working together and causing problems for the United States to be successful is absolutely true. What do you think of a candidate when asked, the government of iraq wouldnt want you to do that, who cares. Thats the bravado, the substance. In this case, the substance, i generally agree with donald trump pp. Not the strategy of bombing all the oilfields. I think hes correct in that the Iraqi Government has been one of the biggest problems for us in being successful in defeating isis. Youve held 92 events in iowa over the last 38 days. Thats more than any other republican candidate. You are not doing great in this latest poll, what would your message be to a iowa an out there who supported you last time, and wants to support you again, i supported you last time, you didnt go on after iowa. I won iowa, but i didnt win until three weeks later. You give me the win out of the gate. We went on to win 10 other states, more than any other candidate since ronald reagan. He with did a pretty good job given the fact we didnt have a clean win until about a month into the campaign. You give us a good start, we have no doubt we can go on and compete in New Hampshire, South Carolina and across the country. We built a great grassroots organization, and we feel comfortable were going to be ready to take it on once we get through. At the undercard debate thursday night, you said this about whether the supreme courts decision to rule same sex marriage bans is unconstitutional. Its not any more than dread scott to abraham lincoln. Do you think its unnecessarily inflammatory to compare same sex ruling to dread scott. I was quoting justice roberts. He compared this decision to the dread scott decision. He said the rational for this decision is the same for dread scott, and in fact, i just took it one step further and said that, the president in that case. Knowing that this case was unconstitutional in its basis, said that the president has a role in enforcing the constitution too. And so im taking the next ledge cal step, if you want to be with justice takwney and the way he interprets the constitution, or lincoln. I choose lincoln. Before you go, how is your daughter doing . Shes doing great. Weve had a great summer, shes healthy as can be, and we feel very blessed that everyone in in the family is doing well. Tell your wife i said hi. I will. Thank you so much. Comments about blood and name calling. Its safe to say this is far from a traditional race for president. 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And with dishes like this luscious crab lovers dream or savory snow crab bake. Im just Getting Started so hurry in and get crackin welcome back to the lead im jake tapper. I cant stop myself. He governs the state right next door. His supporters have said its a must win for his campaign, and yet scott walker finds himself having lost serious ground in iowa. Hes been passed on the iowa racetrack and is now smelling Donald Trumps fumes. I want to talk to bill burton, he now supports hillary. Welcome, essie. Walker slipping in iowa, thats bad news for him. Is his campaign pinned . The state of iowa. I think a lot of people were looking at scott walkers iowa moment after the debate and hoping he was going to have a resurgence. Its hard to get any ground with trump in the airwaves. Its just almost its almost impossible. And i think if anyones waiting for the next gaf to sink his campaign, theyre going to be waiting a long time. Let me ask you, looking deeper inside the iowa poll. 55 of the republicans who watched the debate last thursday as dana pointed out. They said theyre less comfortable with trump as a candidate after watching his performance. What are the odds that you think he might actually get the nomination . P. I think the odds that he gets the nomination are zero. But the odds that he creates even bigger problems for the republican brand are high. If you look at how Rick Santorum rerespondeded to the donald trump interview. It was a whole series of me too, me too, me too. And not, wow thats what our party stands for. The party is where donald trump is, he says it in more colorful language. Every republican candidate came out, announced what he said about megyn kelly. I cant find a stain in Donald Trumps policies, at least the ones hes enumerated. Economies are better under democrats. Doesnt know if hes going to defund planned parenthood. Theres not a lot of conservative policy in his bravado. That said, i think we have to remember, whats going on here is a little bit of a core conservative base feels very burned. By 2008 and 2012. Being told, heres who is electable, heres who you have to vote for, our nominee is going to be john mccain, thats who you have to support. What do they get for that . They didnt get to vote on principle for their candidate, who may have been Rick Santorum or ricking huckabee and they didnt get a republican in the white house. Theyre a little tired of being told by folks like me or jeb ush about, that this guy, this guy you love, happens to be donald trump right now, is electable. Theyre sick of that. I dont know if its trump, or theyre wedded to the idea im going to get something out of this election, no matter what. Really quickly, on immigration, on choice, on Foreign Policy, on issue after issue, republicans are all in the same place that trump is, its just that trump says it in the most offensive of terms. Sodium pentithal moment right now, which candidate do you fear the most . Which do you want hillary to face the least . I think if you consider that democrats are going to have a problem putting together the exact same coalition as president obama, and we may have have trouble with voters in the midwest and northeast. I think that on paper, a scott walker or john kasich, or someone like that could be real trouble in the general election. Even jeb bush if you believe he could bring florida. I still think Hillary Clinton could beat those guys. On policy after policy, were closer to where the American People are than republicans. Essie, you alluded to something earlier. Donald trump being asked this morning about abortion and about planned parenthood, roll that clip. I would look at the good aspects of it, and i would also look, im sure they do some things properly and good, and good for women. I would look at that. And i would look at other aspects also. We have to take care of women. We have to absolutely take care of women. But i will make a bet with you right now, that is not going to hurt him with the voters either, are the Republican Voters that want to defund planned parenthood. His supporters dont really seem to hold him accountable for policies or things hes said. I think youre right. The problem is, now, hes putting other republican candidates in a position to have to say, well, i agree with donald trump, or i completely disagree with donald trump, thats not who they want to be facing, they want to be facing Hillary Clinton, they want to be contrasting to Hillary Clinton. Regard less of what bill says, hillary is marco rubio. Let me ask you about that bill, hillary went after marco rubio for not supporting exceptions when it comes to abortion. In in cases of rape and incest. Why go after marco rubio . Plenty of republicans had that position . Well, she also went after jeb bush previously. 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