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>> i give rabd paul kudos in the sense that i like finally you have republican candidates who say, look, im running in the general election here. and have the kind of ---kahunas to do that. a lot of people say its the dwet of his campaign. >> i think its the birth of a real conversation. >> it is. >> and this hopefully will be a bellwether for other republicans to say, look i dont just have to appear to those 80 caucus voters in iowa. >> whether i agree or not 9 fact is republicans have lost fiv...

With his, quote, secret weapon at his side. who is that? his wife of 24 years kelly paul who will be instrumental in introducing her husband to the nation, especially women voters who some say senator paul may be struggling with. >> here is how rand paul responded to those claims last night with greta. >> the interesting thing weve seen is that in the last couple of weeks we are outpolling hillary clinton in iowa which is a purple state, pennsylvania which is a purple state and also in colorado....

>> its been ugly. lets turn lets turn a corner and go to mike allen. good to see you this morning. happy new year. >> and to you, willie. >> key dates as we look at 2015 that may give clues as to who may or may not run for president in 2016. what are you looking at? >> a great calendar here. state of the union on january 20th. after that you have cpac and you have hillary clintons last paid speech on march 19th. on april 6th, unofficial holiday here in washington. nats opening day. the real bell...

Wage? >> thats the kind of fearmongering that always goes on. but the effect is what you see in the gdp. people have more money. they not only can pay their bills but they can go out to a restaurant or buy a new shirt or maybe a new reel for their fishing rod or something. they have more money. the economy picks up and really rolls. >> weve got reuters reporting that the state minimum wage increases for 2015 are going to affect about a third of walmarts locations. how will that have an affect on...

>> reporter: this is very true, shep. this is a strong point in the last two presidential elections to try to get a bellwether where the cuban vote would lie, lay with the republican party or whether the democrat people who support it could benefit. and the younger people especially university age favor getting rid of the embargo or at least lessening the effects of the embargo. did find one young attorney here today who told me, gave the analogy of the american business model as far as what he ...

Purpose? >> im not an investment person. im good at budgets but im not an investment person. were they risky decisions? well, you know, one can ask if they were or not, but there is no question that loan is a, you know, challenge for the institution to pay back. >> cooper union is faced with a mortgage payment of $10 million a year. its terrible irony that an institution that was supposed to get people out of debt gets into that kind of debt itself. >> the idea cooper union would think about cha...

Courts decision in the hobby lobby case was outrageous and promises the legislation will be a top priority for democrats. now, a similar bill will likely face strong opposition in the republican-controlled house. okay, lets shift our attention to the markets and talk business, because as we saw the indices down for a second day, the nasdaq was hit the hardest. the dow fell by more than 100 points. cnbcs steve sedgwick live in london for us with a preview for today. steve, good morning. >> repo...

Might be kind of a bellwether how they are doing. they have secured the air field there and secured the military headquarters. it looks like they are nching their way back. this is good news. at some point, the iraqi army is going to have to eject these people from all of that tear tory. >> really a disturbing level of tension right now. there could be retaliation. there was a palestinian teenagers body found over night. if you are seeing this cycle, how do you get out of it? >> this is a proble...

Reasons why they talk. >> so lets assume you get him to talk. youre confident theyre going to get him to talk some >> yes. >> how do you sense whether or not what he says is a load of crap or telling the or whether truth? how do you know? >> sure. really good point. in a setting like this which in a lot of ways its optimal, you have a whole support team there including intelligence analysts and experts. fbi, defense department, cia, probably. they have access to all source intelligence plus a co...

American public has no appetite for anything on that chinese menu. so i want to ask you a question about this. we just heard mitt romney from the cheap seats although the seats in parts of utah are that cheap but from the cheap seats making his critique of president obama. but hes out there with a bunch of republicans talking about the future of the republican party. this debate about foreign policy is now going to become a central debate. going forward as it chooses its nominee. outline what th...