"outfront" now, drew kline, endorsed marco rubio, and host of the ben ferguson show, ben ferguson. ben, look, ted cruz, i know you've got to be thrilled here. a lot of your predictions turned out right. ted cruz coming out on top. but donald trump, cruz and rubio got more than any in history in iowa. they all broke the record. so do you think new hampshire is really becoming a much more important state for ted cruz? something he has to win? >> no, i don't. i think the fact that people are putting pressure on him is unrealistic. you have a night where he won in a place where he said he was going to win. the voters trusted him. you now have him moving forward. 6:00 yesterday, we were talking about trump running the table. that did not happen. he almost came in third place. yes, you have rubio who did well. i was expecting him to do well. but let's not overstate, he was in third place. ted cruz is in first place. he won, and he won by multiple digit lead here. that is a big night for him. you've got rubio, one big issue, and that is this, he's got to go toe-to-toe with donald trump an

. >> outfront now, the former senior adviser to mike huckabee's campaign and ben ferguson. ben, let me start with you down in texas. ted cruz predicting victory. can he delivery? >> yes, i think he can. i think he had a huge endorsement today that means an awful lot in this state. the governor is loved here. he is a super star. in many ways the endorsement that rubio received in south carolina. ted cruz is up in the polls in texas and rubio was not in south carolina, so i think this will continue to help him have that lead. ted cruz is loved in this state a lot like donald trump is being loved at his rallies. when ted cruz goes out, people come around him. he is a rock star in this state. i think this will help him tremendously to win this state. he has to win this state. there's no doubt about it. >> hogan, you don't buy it. >> i think ted cruz has to win the state of texas. governor abbott is a very big endorsement for him. here's the problem. he's not as well liked as in his own home state as marco rubio. it's a statistical dead heat. that spells bad news for him. here's

ferguson show, ben geferguson. yesterday it was the pope. now it's apple. is that a smart fight for donald trump to pick today, particularly before south carolina? >> it's a populist move. it's a very smart move to say apple should look into the cell phone of a terrorist. it's pretty obvious donald trump has not looked into the details. he has his own staff using iphones, tweeting from iphones, selling products on an iphone. he loves to talk about honesty. he loves to talk about other people being liars. he loves to talk about ted cruz being dishonest. how dishonest is it for a candidate to say boycott apple when all of his employees are using apple products on the campaign trail using that exact technology? if ted cruz was doing it, he'd be saying he was a hypocrite and a liar tonight. supporters are going to say it's the idea that matters more than the reality. it's kind of do what i say, not what i do, yet again from donald trump. >> i have to give you a chance to respond to that. you're a supporter of donald tr

pastor mark burns is a donald trump supporter along with our political commentator ben ferguson and another commentator. pastor burns, you're next to me. donald trump has a real lead among evangelical voters here in south carolina. he wasn't able to get those voters to come to his side in iowa. why would evangelicals vote for him? you are. why? >> number one, i believe that what you see with donald trump is what you get. that's resonating with the evangelicals. we're tired of the current political establishment. we're tired of the polished politician that says one thing and does another. i don >> you don't care about the divorce and the change of views on abortion? >> that's the whole grace of jesus. he said while we were yet sinners, he still died for us. there's the redemption story. donald trump was one thing, but he received a new message. now he's something else. >> ben? >> yeah, look. here's my problem. i don't trust a man who says he never asks god for forgiveness. i don't trust a man who opens up casinos. i also have a problem with a guy that says planned parenthood -- if you want t

outfront now, ben ferguson, pastor mark burns, and our political commentator. let me start with you. obviously not catholic, but christian, a man of faith. donald trump, not christian? >> donald trump is a christian. he's made very clear his stance on supporting our conservative values. we christians will have a friend in the white house. he stood by that and i'm going to stand by the fact that he is a christian. i would n-- we're voting for th next president of the united states of america, so we can't expect donald trump -- he's not qualified to preach in anyone pulpit, but is he qualified to be the president of the united states? i absolutely think so. >> ben, the other day president obama said that donald trump -- now the pope is engaging with donald trump. did he just get elevated even further? >> getting headlines, the kardashians can get headlines. doesn't mean they're good people or we should be excited about what those headlines are. donald trump has a very unique dynamic now. he uses being a catholic as a negative against ted cruz, implying he wasn't