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Two of the three most recent polls in ohio show trump in the lead there. And here in florida, its not even close. Trump holds massive leads over mu marco rubio ahead of tonights debate. And the president is weighing in again, at a joint press conference a short time ago with canadian Prime Minister justin trude trudeau. President obama was asked about the current political climate. He lashed back at the suggestion that he himself contributed to the overall negative political tone across the country and the rise of donald trump. But he did say that negative environment is a place where donald trump can thrive. He called out several candidates by name and then this. The tone of that politics, which i certainly have not contributed to, i have not you know, i dont think that i was the one to prompt questions about my birth certificate, for example. What youre seeing within the Repu ....
Lands landstuhl. Three of the five prisoners are going through medical checks, psychological evaluations. Were told at least one of those, Jason Rezaian is in good spirits. Its scenes like from the cold war, the three u. S. Former prisoners have been brought here and this is where theyve been overnight. Two others, by the way, one has already headed home, chosen, if you like, to find his own way and a mystery about another who decided to not leave iran after he was released by the iranians. Perhaps he just didnt want the attention that these three are already getting and will surely get when they do eventually head home back there to the United States. Keir, that was a moment of great confusion over the weekend where the reality differed from the advanced billing. Do we know anything further about that case . We really dont, you know. We didnt really know that he was in iranian ....
Also with us, david frum, Senior Editor for the atlantic and Eugene Robinson for the washington most an an msnbc political analyst. Casey, that seemed to be the ignition for this debate tonight is when that subject came up, naturalborn citizen to ted cruz. The back and forth went on for at least ten minutes it seems. It went on for quite some time, lawrence. And im sure its going to, no matter what happens with the remander oaf this debate, dominate many of the headlines. Cruz in some ways taking this attack to donald trump in a stronger way than weve seen some other candidates who tried to go after him on stage. The back and forth between them showed cruz standing in many ways, seeming like an equal to trump, which has been the main challenge of this all the way along. But trump at the end of the day made this seem like an big overarching issue that he wasnt necessarily rais ....
Were trying to get chains on every vehicle, get plows on every vehicle that could carry a plow. Even president obama getting a crippled by a small snow last night. Were surrounding this story from all angles. Lets start with nbc meteorologist bill karins. How is this looking right now . Just about as bad as we expected, maybe even worse now for a few southern cities that dont deal with this weather. Torn detoday, ice storm friday, and even the possibility of coastal flooding. The storm still in two pieces. One has with brought snow it kansas and nebraska. The other thing strong storm the enhanced risk of severe storms goes from mobile back to new orleans. Much of the new orleans area will get hit after dak. Its hard to determine if there are tornadoes with the storms or not. It will start earlier towards houston and the shreveport area. Our latest total snow for the entire event. Whats been changed overnight is the snow totals have increased in areas like memphis, when memphis can get ....
Donald trump. We will see. The gop frontrunner and former Alaska Governor soon in iowa. Well have a look in nor walk where we expect to see donald trump and sarah palin take the stage in about a half an hour. Also this morning the democratic race takes a nasty turn. Hillary clinton dismissing what her Campaign Calls meaningless new polling from New Hampshire showing Bernie Sanders with a massive lead. Sanders is now making a tough comparison when it comes to clintons experience. I think, on the crucial Foreign Policy issue of our time, it turns out that secretary clinton, with all of her experience, was wrong and i was right. Experience is important. Dick cheney had a lot of experience. A whole lot of people ha ....