it's looking good for him, but john kassig holding out hope. chris christie holding out hope. there's a game or two two be decided before that happens. marco rubio is feeling pretty good. he has a lot of support too. even a nonprofit organization. >> it's important to remember that chris christie, and john kassig put a lot of energy into new hampshire. we know that bernie sanders put a lot of energy into new hampshire. he is behinds by a smidge at the moment. he's is guy that doesn't want super pac money but this will help fundraising. >> he's been able to cobble together small donations in a way no other candidates has. are the superpacs supporting hillary clinton, and for the most part has kept the powder dry, will they go after bernie sanders, if he win, goes into new hampshire and wins well. hillary clinton is faced with a difficult choice, and the super pacs raised tens of millions, they may have to invest some of that in attacking bernie sanders, as opposed to holding off hillary clinton to get the nomination and go after republicans, that's what they want to do, they ma

a lot of answers on substance that were - john kassig gave solid answers when asked about the economy, stimulus, the voters, debate watchers were not listening to that. another thing that was interesting. these candidates are running against president obama, hillary clinton, but when you look at the polls on the democratic side. they should spend a little time mentioning bernie sanders. they did a little bit, they are going after hillary clinton. iowa and new hampshire. both are close. >> you talk how they weren't listening to the substance that kassig was talking. it seems like that audience was more involved than audiences in past debates. they were more so than other debates, when no one knew what they'd get. i think they were very involved just now they want rand coming up. he was devoted to the under-card. that probably made him the win are of the under-card debate. they were very emotional. they were booing. it was not as trump friendly as a lot of people thought. cory - we talked to him earlier, the head of the trump campaign, he said they wanted more tickets, they didn't get e

chris christie and john kassig have virtually pulled out of iowa to concentrate on the new hampshire primary. as for the democrats, monday was a chance for closing arguments. hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off in iowa. the independent senator in some polls have been edging out clinton. monday, sanders talked about his plan for universal health care and how to pay for it. >> you are going to raise taxes? >> yes, we will raise taxes. >> for clinton it was a chance to push back at sanctions that are new to the economic news. >> i've been on the front lines of change and progress since i was your age. i have been fighting to give kids and women and the people left out and left behind a chance to make the most out of their own lives >>> and, john, ahead of the caucuses, hillary clinton goes to new york tomorrow for fund raises. bernie sanders goes to the white house to meet with president obama >>> many candidates that win iowa caucus don't necessarily win the nomination. rick santorumion four years ago. why is much emphasis place on this. >> mike huckabee won in 2008. the iowa

i was thinking tonight felt like the first debate for john kassig. back in august, that was in cleveland ohio, his home state. marco rubio had that tonight, his answer was more concise. he going after donald trump, failing miserably. he lost state after state. >> it's as good a debate as he had, he had it in front of his home town. >> michael shure in miami, thanks, tonight's debate was important with marco rubio. that's because the boarder republican is trailling donald trump in his own state. marco rubio's numbers - he's at second place in florida. if marco rubio were to lose, it could end his campaign. it's a winner talking all state. the polls showed it tightening. a trump supporter is charged with assaulting a protestor, he was hit after being led out in a rally. police identified the suspect. he was 78-year-old john mcgrath. a number of event in recent weeks marked by protest and occasional responses. >> joining us from miami is a director at the tea party network. it will be great to have it with you. we'll see what we saw. saying that he coul

it will be about taxes, and john kassig may talk a lot about taxes. making their points on budgets and taxes in the familiar territory of the earlier debate for those not polling is carlos santana, bobby jindal george pet -- petaki and lindsay graham, all with a big mountain to climb in the debate >>> the latest university poll shows democratic presidential front runner hillary clinton leading bernie sanders by 41 could do it 65% would support clinton, 24 sanders could do it 68" of bernie sanders's supporters i think hillary clinton would be the second choice could do it 88% had a favourable impression of clinton much 77% had a favourable impression of sanders. joining us from atlanta, a political science professor, and an al jazeera political contributor could do it do you think this is the beginning of what many expected in the g.o.p. race, that we'll see in 2012 various republicans rotating as front-runner. >> i think it's less that, and more about the fact that we see the restlessness before the holiday could do it iowa voters, caucus voters are f

aid worker abdul-rahman kassig. two british aid workers and a japanese journalist were beheaded as well. adam goldman has covered that story extensively for "the washington post." >> tactically, i don't think "jihadi john" meant much to the organization itself. he wasn't a battlefield general, he wasn't coordinating troop movements, but he held great symbolism for that group and i think his demise is a blow to the organization. i think he was a great recruitment tool and he also seemed untouchable, but the u.s. just let isis know that we can reach any of you. >> warner: later, the pentagon said it is "reasonably certain" that "jihadi john" was indeed killed in the strike. >> woodruff: in tunisia, secretary of state john kerry said the turn of events shows the islamic state's days are numbered. in this country, abortion policy is going back before the u.s. supreme court for the first time since 2007. the nine justices agreed today to consider a texas law that could force most of that state's abortion facilities to sh

that his staff includes strategists john we've ever and fred davis. they specialize in getting republican candidates in running the non-republicans -- then again, they say, no republican has ever won the white house without carrying the swing state of ohio and perhaps, mr. kasich can take his buckeye success nationally. that's the "wall street journal" this morning. "washington post" also weighing in on john kasich becoming the 16th republican throwing his hat in the ring yesterday. they said john kasich joins the race and they say mr. kasich's route to the g.o.p. nomination would run through new hampshire where its tone could play well in town hall meeting. yet that tone could be a curse. it may be that his style doesn't fit with the g.o.p.'s current ethos. if one of the most serious candidates in the state to attract real attention while donald trump surges. by the way, that debate taking place august 6 in cleveland. and you have got to be above 10% to make it on the stage. gary -- excuse me, robert in pittsburgh pennsylvania, democrat. robert, good

and john kassig are at 2%. our next caller is richard from grand v.c.u., mt., on the -- grand view, montana. richard? he's gone. move on to ellen from indiana on the republican line. ellen, good morning to you. caller: good morning. and i'm an 81-year-old christian and i want to say to all the people that call in daily. as a christian, i have more in common with a black christian than i do with a white non-christian. and i say that because when i was growing up, this country was totally christian. we learned about our founding fathers who were primarily christian and wanted to go by bible wisdom. and then we took prayer out of school and now we have gotten to the point where i am very concerned that god can no longer bless america. the base of the republican party is the judeo christian principles. god is love and god is wise and we better get back to that. and that's all i have to say. host: all right. that's ellen from indiana on the republican line. we are joined now by peter sullivan from the "hill" newspap