even martin o'malley. clinton is trying to blunt a late surge from sanders in the polls with gun care. more from jeff zeleny. >> reporter: john and christine, a lively debate on sunday night in charleston, south carolina. democratic voters make their choices in the primary race. two weeks today is the iowa caucuses. new hampshire primary one week after that. bernie sanders was trying to show he is in contention for the fight. there's no doubt he is launching a close race with hillary clinton in new hampshire. he is on the defensive throughout the debate. on health care, on guns. here are a couple of exchanges that caught my attention. bernie sanders likes to point out that hillary clinton is too close to wall street. >> i don't take money from big banks. i don't get personal speaking fees from goldman sachs. what i would do -- [ applause ] >> -- what i would do is understand that when you have three out of the four largest banks today, bigger than when we bailed them out because they were too big to fail,

hillary clinton and bernie sanders and martin o'malley. hillary clinton is trying to blunt a late surge from sanders. she went after sanders on guns, on health care and she really embraced president obama as closely and more firmly as she ever has. more from senior correspondent jeff zeleny. >> reporter: john and christine, a lively democratic debate on sunday night in charleston, south carolina. the final debate before democratic voters make their primary votes known. two weeks before the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire votes a week after that. bernie sanders trying to show he is in contention for the fight. no doubt he is locked in a close race with hillary clinton in iowa and new hampshire. he was on the defensive throughout the debate on health care and on guns. here are a couple of exchanges that caught my attention throughout the debate. senator sanders likes to point out he believes hillary clinton is too close to wall street. >> i don't take money from big banks. i don't get personal speaking fees from goldman sachs. what i wou

bernie sanders and hillary clinton and martin o'malley. chris cuomo moderates. the candidates appear for 30 minutes each from chris and the audience. sanders first, then martin o'malley and then clinton. >>> on the republican side, donald trump entering the week with a reason to smile. a fox news poll puts him in the lead in iowa by double digits. today is a busy day for trump. he heads from iowa to an interview with wolf blitzer in new york, then to new hampshire. then back to iowa. more on the final dash to the caucuses from cnn's jeremy diamond. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump delivering his typical speech here in iowa with just eight days to go before the iowa caucuses. before heading to the rally, he attended church services here sunday morning. obviously important in iowa where evangelical voters are a key primary electorate. he attended services for an hour and he arrived here and said he attended services and talked about the services and they were discussing humility and wondering if that was directed at him. of course, also, donald trump hittin

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martin o'malley saying his supporters should stand strong. clinton and sanders locked in a dead heat just six days before the caucuses. was last night the push that gave the edge. cnn senior political correspondent brianna keeler joins me now. what did we see and not see enough of? >> there were arguments that these two candidates were making hillary clinton more serious. one week now before the iowa caucuses. >> all right. we are live. >> less than a week away from the iowa caucuses. >> this calls for a standing up response. >> the democratic candidates are out of their chairs. >> i'm not capable of doing q and a from a set. >> a final pitch to voters. >> experience is important, but judgment is also important. >> bernie sanders kicking off cnn's town hall going record to record with hillary clinton. >> i voted against

clinton and martin o'malley quickly accepted the occasion, bernie sanders holding out so far after the democratic national committee threw cold water on the plans with a statement saying, quote, we have no plans to sanction any further debates before the upcoming first in the nation caucuses and primary but will reconvene with our campaigns after those two contests to review or schedule. a spokesman said sanders doesn't want to participant. clinton took a swipe at sanders and said while she offers concrete plan, sanders offers only -- >> clinton emphasizing her experience. bernie sanders emphasizing a political revolution and questioning clinton's judgment. >> people kind of make fun of me because i do put my plans on my website and i do tell you how much it will cost because i do want you to know i'm not just shouting slogans or engaging in rhetor rhetoric. i've thought this through, i have plan, i want you to understand it, because i don't think you know what we need to get done in this election or presidency unless you level with people. you tell them what you can do and you let the