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>> reporter: while cruz tries to rally voters over the threat of illegal immigration. >> i understand that when the mainstream media covers immigration, it doesnt often see it as an economic issue. but i can tell you, it is a very personal economic issue. >> reporter: vowing to secure the border. >> if im elected president, we will triple the border patrol. we will build a wall that works. >> reporter: and using some language that sounds awfully familiar to trump. >> he says were going to build ...

Im a democratic socialist. >> joining me now to talk about this year in politics rosie gray, reporter for buzzfeed and ryan grimm, reporter for huffington post. ive been thinking about the big takeaway trend, the kind of topline thing that happened and was new and most important in politics this year. rosie gray, what would you nominate? >> the obvious answer is the trump phenomenon. hes just completely turned the primary on its head and really the republican party on its head, and its led to so...

By possessions. were going to take you to roam live in just about 20 minutes. until then that is a look at your christmas morning headlines. lets begin this morning talking about the role of faith in some of the biggest head lines of the year. the popes historic trips. the religious rhetoric surrounding the presidential race. and of course what were dealing with in terms of terror. lets discuss with christine lee, father john deveney and our senior political writer from buzz feed. great to hav...

>> the whole family will enjoy reading stories like "the grinch who lost her e-mails." >> i know just what ill do, she said with a snicker. ill use my owner is ver and no one will be the wiser. >> and if you act now well throw in the inspiring new christmas story soon to be an instant classic. >> read this one, daddy. >> okay. >> "the senator who saved christmas." >> this is a good one. >> if you are not completely satisfied with this collection of cruz christmas classics you probably hate chr...

That millions want to repost and repeat. viralty isnt just luck, its a science. a science thats always changing. and one of the very first laboratories devoted to figuring out how your social media mind works is buzzfeed. >> we dont disassociate the process of making content from the process of looking -- weve been able to have a culture that really bridges art and science. >> is the core tenant of buzzfeed viralty, is that the key word? >> i think sharing is the key word. buzzfeed began as an e...

>> we reach a lot of audience through sharing. the biggest indicator of whether or not youll spend the time to read something is whether or not someone shared with you. >> you might still associate buzz feed with cat videos but they are trying hard to change that perception. they hired hundreds of editors around the world. >> we still do cat lists and good at them. not going to be bashful about that. >> from the animated gif to the feature, we want to do all of it. >> ze frank launched buzzfeed ...

Front-runner with too much gusto, lest they alienate his supporters. as buzzfeed noted to last week, only jeb bush trailing badly in the polls would attack trump directly for his statement that america should ban muslims from entering the country, a proposal a widely panned as racist. or consider that after "the new york times" reported that senator ted cruz had been privately questioning trumps judgment, cruz was request quic tweet -- trump is terrific. #dealwithit. but it trump who cruz finds ...

First? will it be this one? you know, hes taken down seven so far. you know, if you look, so far, everyone thats attacked me has gone right down the tube, so thats good. >> donald trump there, speaking at a rally last night in las vegas. trumps gop rivals may not attack him at tonights debate, but not because theyre afraid of sinking in the polls, because they want to get their own messages out. they want to give this last debate of the year everything theyve got to improve their own prospects. ...

The chairman of the american nazi party is skeptical of trumps proposed muslim ban. according to buzzfeed, "unless trump plans on ruling by presidential decree, i dont see how he would implement any of his plans. the rest of the sold out mainstream political whores would block his every move. i seriously doubt whether he believes what he says but it is nice to have someone like him saying it." and while trumps anti-muslim proposal earned him comparisons to marine le pen the leader of frances far...

When you launched your campaign. so thats some of the pushback that were starting to see from outlets like buzzfeed and others. >> and what do you think donald trump likes more than anything else? being called out by the liberal media, i imagine, what he would say, the liberal media. >> yeah. no question. if 75% of the media are scum, that means three out of four are us are probably scum. im not sure which one of us among the four of us is not scum. >> hey, i was going to claim that one. >> its ...