mike huckabee and martin o'malley dropped out of the race. and it's always sad when you drop out of a race no one knew you were running in. [ laughter ] martin o'malley will now return to his -- you know his regular job is he's the guy on the cover of the "just for men" box. [ laughter ] ted cruz, after ted cruz won he gave an hour-long victory speech thanking god and saying his win was a victory for judeo-christian values. on sunday he called on voters in iowa to awaken the body of christ by voting for him. it actually worked out pretty well. marco rubio and donald trump have been doing the same thing. god is a very important part of this primary election. most all of the candidates go out of their way to talk about the bible and their faith. so we thought it would be interesting to take real quotes from the primary candidates. these are things these guys actually said. and we want to get an idea of what they would sound like from the mouth of jesus. so here they are. the words of the candidates as read by jesus himself. >> you don't lock yo

martin o'malley who barely registered on the democratic side has suspended his campaign and on the republican side, mike huckabee who was the big winner here eight years ago has suspended his campaign. george, robin. >> what a difference a few years makes. mike huckabee won in 2008, he's out. rick santorum came in last place, not out yet but in last place. amy with the morning rundown. >>> we begin with a travel nightmare. flights canceled and highways closed from colorado to minnesota because of possible blizzard conditions. up to two feet expected in some areas and south of that storm possible tornadoes, rob has much more on that forecast coming up. >>> five suspects are in custody in france this morning accused of planning a potential attack on nightclubs and bars. police say the four men and one woman in custody near lyon trying to obtain weapons and had already bought bus tickets to join fighters traveling to syria. >>> the cdc has added more affected by the mosquito-borne zika virus. the world health organization declared it's global emergency because of its link to birth defects. the l

martin o'malley and mike huckabee announcing that they will be suspending their campaigns with potentially more to come as we head now into new hampshire. reena, kendis. >> all right, new hampshire just one week away. lana zak in des moines for us this morning, thank you. >>> as you just heard there in the words of bernie sanders, he and hillary clinton are locked in a, quote, virtual tie. >> the clinton campaign however declared victory overnight after this upbeat rally that lana alluded to and avoided the worst, a loss like the one she suffered in 2008. abc's political analyst matthew dowd explains what's next for the clinton campaign. >> like donald trump she had an opportunity to basically start to put this race away with a clear victory tonight. she didn't get that, so now she faces a likely loss in new can win is south carolina, so that race is now, which could have been shortened if she had won tonight overwhelmingly, is now going to be a much longer race and go into march for sure. >> well, iowa voters delivered a split decision for the republicans, as well, but ted cruz took the l

to towards martin o'malley, but well aware he might not meet the threshold to survive. we asked the vice principal of the school where the caucus is being held to explain the process. what advice would you have for them in how to approach this whole thing? >> would i would do is know this is a very fluid process. >> we're going to start the count -- >> in theory the hillary people on one side, the bernie people going to be trying to get the o'malley people on people to come to them? >> exactly. all of a sudden the o'malley people will have more significance in this process. >> reporter: tonight o'malley suspended his campaign, freeing his voters to move to one or the other democratic candidates. >> we fought very, very hard in order to give the people a choice. and the people have made their choice tonight. >> reporter: the iowa caucus is always a test of organization, not just inspiration. today an army of volunteers helped out. we met this 13-year-old girl phone banking for ted cruz. >> i made 833 calls for ted >> reporter: he's 30 years old and an electrical engineer

o'malley, barely in the single digits. abc's jonathan karl with the latest. >> reporter: a rare break from the campaign trail for bernie sanders. for a meeting with the guy he wants to replace. the meeting comes just after president obama seemed to tilt toward hillary clinton in an >> she can govern and she can start here day one, more experience than any non-vice president has ever been who >> reporter: clinton took that as an endorsement, but sanders dismissed suggestions he's leaning towards his former secretary of state. >> i think he and the vice president have tried to be fair and even-handed in the process. >> reporter: but as the race tightens, clinton is playing the obama card. >> i don't think president obama gets the credit he deserves. >> reporter: mrs. clinton took time to sign an excuse letter for this high school student. >> i will sign it. that is so cute. >> reporter: but even here, there are signs of bernie sanders' rise. this woman, a hillary supporter, says she may jump ship. what's the chance you chang

governor martin o'malley says he's in. hillary clinton's camp says she's in if bernie is. but bernie sanders, who met the white house, his answer? he's considering it. and look at this tonight. the new poll showing sanders edging out clinton in iowa. last night's poll had clinton barely ahead. which proves this evening what the campaigns already know -- this is all about turnout. >> reporter: a rare break from the campaign trail for bernie sanders. for a meeting with the guy he wants to replace. >> the president and i discussed this morning a number of issues. foreign policy issues. domestic issues. occasionally a little bit of politics. >> reporter: the meeting comes just after president obama seemed to tilt toward hillary clinton in an interview with politico. >> she can govern and she can start here day one more experience than any non-vice president has ever been who aspires to this office. >> reporter: clinton took that as an endorsement, but sanders dismissed suggestions he's leaning toward his former secretary of state. >> i think he and the vice and even-handed in

it's like magic martin. [ laughter ] martin o'malley i would guess is probably the least recognizable of all the candidates that they let on tv. but maybe not. maybe more people know him than i think. so i decided we should conduct our own pop to find out. so we sent a camera crew out on hollywood boulevard to see how long it will take for someone to identify martin o'malley. and go. >> hi. excuse me. who is this? >> ma'am, i don't know. >> who is this? >> i'm not for sure. >> hi. who is this? >> uh, al gore. >> yes. sir, who is this? >> i don't know. >> do you know who this is? >> no. >> hi. can you tell me who this is? >> yes. great. >> thank you. hi, sir. who is this? >> i have no idea. >> who is this? >> politician? >> yes. who is this? >> i don't know. >> hi. >> running for president. >> what's his name? >> jerry coleman. >> no. >> that's not gary coleman. for a number of reasons. we'll come back to that and see if we can find somebody. meanwhile, on the republican side, donald trump and ted cruz haven't been getting along so well lately. it used to be they were pals. then they h

. >> a new national poll shows hillary clinton ahead of bernie sanders by double digits with martin o'malley trailing behind but clinton could actually lose the first contest there in iowa. abc's liz kreutz reports from des moines. >> reporter: overnight in snowy iowa, the race heating up. >> i'm trying to win our vote. leave me alone here. >> reporter: the democratic voters in a cnn town hall. >> just to be clear, you are going to raise taxes to do this. >> yes, we will raise -- we will raise -- we will raise taxes, yes, we will, but also let us be clear, chris, we may raise taxes, but we are also going to eliminate private health insurance premiums for individuals and for business. back when asked about his opponent. >> now, this calls for a standing up response. >> okay. >> what do i think? let me just giver you a couple of examples. i voted against the war in iraq. hillary clinton voted for the war in iraq. >> reporter: later hillary clinton animated, energetic confronted with questions over her honesty and her e-mails. >> i've heard from quite a few people my age that they think you're

martin o'malley, by the way, is pitching himself as a candidate for the party's future, but if he doesn't get enough votes at next week's caucuses, his supporters will have to switch to one of the others. >> decision day coming around. >>> meanwhile, republican donald trump is threatening to boycott thursday's debate on the fox network. the front-runner is demanding that anchor megyn kelly be removed as a moderator. trump, you'll remember, tangled with kelly during the last fox debate. he says she isn't fair to him. so far fox is holding firm reminding trump even if he's president, he won't get to pick the journalists. >> true. >>> so, a key law enforcement official in europe is warning that isis is planning another cities similar to the one in paris. of the terror group's new combat style capability to carry out large attacks. those attacks will focus primarily on soft targets because of the impact that it generates. says isis has created a whole industry out of the production of fake passports. the french interior minister claims isis got blank passports from its operations in libya, sy

o'malley was pleading for a chance to speak. our coverage begins with abc's megan hughes in washington. megan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena, yeah, the timing is critical. the fact this was the last debate before the iowa caucuses, it was very clear that for hillary clinton and for bernie sanders, the gloves are now off. in south carolina, front-runners hillary clinton and bernie sanders come out swinging debating health care. legacy. >> i'm not sure whether we're talking about the plan you just introduced tonight or we're talking about the plan you introduced nine times in the congress. >> reporter: sanders says clinton is lying about his plans for health care. >> that is nonsense. we're not going to tear up the affordable care act. >> reporter: clinton slams sanders on gun control. >> he voted to let guns go onto amtrak, goes go into national parks. he voted against doing research to figure out how we can save lives. >> reporter: the debate step as way from the charleston church where a white

. >> martin o'malley. >> hillary clinton. >> all three democratic candidates taking part in the forum hosted by abc news' sister station fusion. on stage at different times answering rapid-fire questions. >> is it off brand for a democratic socialist to live in a mansion like the white house? [ laughter ] >> well, i would consider it more like public housing. [ laughter ] >> but it wasn't all laughs. the candidates laying out their plan for guns and immigration plus bernie sanders and hillary clinton taking aim at each other. >> have you noticed this lady, that she's been getting more aggressive with you? >> it could be that the inevitable candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today. my tax plans, and my friend, senator sanders, has said that he will lay out his before the iowa caucus, and i and others will be anxious to see them. >> the candidates also taking shots at republican front-runner donald trump. >> who would have thought donald trump would be leading in of national polls? [ laughter ] i mean, for those of you who ever thought about running for pre

and martin o'malley was his campaign aide. he apologized. he told martin, this isn't an organizational problem. what ben carson has is not an organizational problem, he hasn't met the bar that voters have. and i think you can do all of the shakeups you want at this late date. >> at one point people thought he would be just fine. >> you have seen this before. listen, in the 2012 cycle, you have the flavor of the month, the one person he needs to fire on his campaign is ben carson, that's the reality. lead, but when you can't tell the difference between hummus and hamas, you're not going to be able to survive in a presidential campaign. there's a level of narcissism here, and you saw it in the interview. he was happy to talk about all these internal details. here's a guy who spent most of his career telling people take personal responsibility. >> i disagree. i think he's certainly a little lost. he didn't talk about fixing the big problem, which is people want a president as big as our fears and as strong as our adversaries right now. he doesn