. >> also talks on the funeral of politics this week was democratic candidate martin o'malley o'malley, or is you may know him -- do i know him? it seems the highest of voters of iowa could not relate to a man in his 50s with abs like that. he'll now return to his natural habitat playing sleeveless >> colbert hosted his emmy winning show for nearly a decade. before that, he was a correspondent on "the daily show." now he is days away from hosting a special live edition of "the late show" after the super bowl. stephen, good morning. >> thank you, charlie. an honor to be here. >> politics keeps on giving and giving and giving for late night comedians. >> well, especially presidential politics, because the nice thing is that people, you can feel the wave of public interests and what is going on in the election right now. catching fire. the nice thing about presidential years is everybody in the country cares about the story, everybody pays attention. you don't have to explain your joke to anybody. you can just go to the punch line and it's a great story, because it affects everybody and t

. ,,,,,, ♪ >>> here is martin o'malley taking off his jacket, rolling up his sleeves, loosening his tie. why would he do that? >> sometimes, public figures will just spontaneously go casual, all right? they make themselves -- it makes them seem more relatable or hard working. sometimes, they will even -- they will even roll up a sleeve like this or maybe put their foot up in a position that no o one. it lets the audience know, let the awudience know they are regular folk and skipped leg day. >> stephen colbert showing off his calves. all right, stephen. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." this half hour, is a powerful veterans charity failing to answer its own call to help our troops? chip reid continues his investigation into the wounded warrior project. >>> amazon and netflix are snapping up movies from sundance. that is ahead. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. >>> "the washington post" says it might take decades for the united states to leave afghanistan. american troops were supposed to pull out by 2017. senior military officials are concern

me >> reporter: former maryland governor martin o'malley is at 3% in the polls, and in a primary that would make him a non-factor. but in a caucus, where neighbors can horse trade, they can switch allegiances halfway through, that 3% could make the difference, especially since clinton and sanders are separated by about 3 points, charlie. >> thanks, nancy. cbs news political director and "face the nation" moderator john dickerson is in des moines. john, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what should we be looking at and what could be the consequences of iowa? >> on both republican and democratic side, we're looking for turnout. if it's bigot rep on the republican side, that means donald trump and ted cruz's supporters have come out to caucus. bernie sanders has created an actual organization that can turn out voters to the caucuses. those are the first two big things i'm looking for. what we'll learn tonight on the democratic side, we'll learn if hillary clinton's structure, which she's been working on for months and months, before bernie sanders was a threat, she was building

mike huckabee and martin o'malley dropped out of the race. >> the voters are sick of me, and i need to acknowledge that. >>> global emergency. that's what the world health organization is calling the cases of the zika virus. >> this morning snow is pounds from oregon to the great lakes. >> there's nothing to block theit. >>> hundreds were forced to evacuate. >> a man goes bananas. >>> all that -- >> i don't know the answer to that. >> those are must-win pants. >> every single morning is a must-win attire. >> -- and all that matters. >> all those frogs. kermit, what's your biggest regret? >> signing up furor high school biology class. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> punxsutawney is bronc 61% of the time. the only other one to get it wrong that often are the republican nominee. >> announcer: this morning's toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." the first round of presidential voting produced a surprising win and a virtual tie. ted cruz won last night's iowa republican caucus with 28% of the vote. that's just ahead of marco rubio at 23%. >> cl

. >> reporter: their clashes made it hard at times for former maryland governor martin o'malley to get a word in. >> secretary clinton, i cut you to respond on the issue of lone wolf. >> can i get 30 seconds too? >> reporter: under pressure from the clinton camp, sanders released details of his health care plan about two hours before the debate. it includes a 2% tax on most americans, which he says will still be cheaper than the private insurance they pay for now. >> nancy, thank you. >>> republicans are also feeling the pressure ahead of the upcoming iowa caucuses. the feud between iowa front runners donald trump and ted cruz is escalating. they traded new jabs over the weekend after last week's gop debate. major garrett is in washington with a growing rivalry is now getting personal. >> reporter: good morning. it's politics as usual for donald trump and ted cruz. i guess we can forget all of their different kinds of things. they can throw mud and hurl insults just like -- well, just like every one of the mill politician. was open to gay marriage and his explanation for all of that, h

martin o'malley and mike huckabee announcing 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, thank you. >>> as you just heard there in the words of bernie sanders he and hillary clinton are locked in a virtual tie. >> the clinton campaign however declared victory overnight after this upbeat rally that lana alluded to and avoided a loss like she suffered in 2008. matthew dowd explains what's next. >> like donald trump she had an opportunity to basically start to put the race away with a clear victory tonight. she didn't get that so now she faces a likely loss in new hampshire so the next place she can win is south carolina, so that race is now which could have been shortened if she had now going to be a much longer race and go into march for sure. >> iowa voters delivered a split decision for the republicans, as well, but ted cruz took the lead away from donald trump to win. >> trump barely ahead of marco rubio whose strong performance w

. >> reporter: their clashes made it hard at times for former maryland governor, martin o'malley, to get a word in. >> secretary clinton, i kcut yo off and will give you 30 seconds to respond on lone wolf. >> can i get 30 seconds, too? >> under pressure from the clinton camp, sanders released details on his health care plan two hours before last night's debate. it includes a 2% tax on most americans, which he insists will still be cheaper than the private insurance they pay for now. >> nancy, thank you. >>> republicans are also feeling the pressure ahead of the iowa caucuses. the feud between donald trump and ted cruz is escalating. major garrett is in washington with a growing rivalry now getting personal. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's politics as usual for donald trump and ted cruz. i guess we can forget all their posing as fundamentally different kinds of candidates. turns out they can throw mud, dredge up opposition research and hurl insults just like, well, just like every other run of the mill politician. >> he was very pro-choice and supported partial bi

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. clinton a defender of obama's legacy. >> i'm not sure whether we're talking about the plan you just introduced tonight or we're 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 wh

. >> martin o'malley. >> hillary clinton. >> all three democratic candidates taking part in the forum hosted by abc news' sister station fusion. answering rapid-fire questions. >> is it off brand for a democratic socialist to live in a mansion like the white house. public housing. >> the candidates laying out their plan for guns and immigration plus bernie sanders and hillary clinton taking aim at each other. >> have you known this lady is 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 he will lay out his before the iowa caucus and i and others will be anxious to see them. >> taking shots at donald trump. >> who would have thought donald trump would be leading in national polls? i mean, for those of you who ever thought about running for president take heart. i mean shall -- >> trump on the attack as well. >> i haven't even started on her yet although last week i did a little bit. i guess. we haven't even started. >> trump will again be center stage in the republican d

. >> 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 is getting more aggressive with you? >> it could be that the inevitable candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today. >> i have laid out specifically my tax plans, and my friend, senator sanders, has said he 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 national polls? [ laughter ] i mean, for those of you who ever thought about running for president, take heart. i m

martin o'malley has less than 1 percent... he's announced he's dropping out of the race.here are the numbers in woodbury county,,, hillary got 46 percent... bernie got 53 percent... and martin o'malley got less than 1 percent.up highway 75 in plymouth county... mrs. clinton got 55 percent... bernie sanders got 45 percent... martin o'malley got zero percent.and in sioux county... clinton got 48 percent... sanders got 51 percent... and o'malley got zero percent. 3 3 texas senator ted cruz is this year's republican iowa cuacus winner.here are how the numbers break down for the top six candidates in iowa: cruz with 28 percent... percent... marco rubio with 23 percent... ben carson with 9 percent... rand paul with 5 percent... and jeb bush with 3 percent.but it looks like donald trump won woodbury county... with 100 percent of the vote counted... cruz was just behind him followed by rubio... carson... rick santorum... and rand paul rounding out the top six.in plymouth county the top 6 are trump... cruz... rubio... carson... bush...