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>> i think hes poking a little fun at the u.s. political process i have to say. i think if i were vladimir putin and i were watching the republican primary and, you know, the circus its turned into, i would be saying to myself i knew democracy wasnt such a good idea. >> so what do russians think? average russians on street about the presidential race here in the u.s., a well-known businessman slash celebrity as the top contender for the next president? are they entertained? >> its funny you ask....

Handle terrorism? donald trump at 33%, ted cruz at a distant 24%, and then marco rubio, it is interesting, the national security terrorism in iowa is now the number one issue. the economy has been number one, post-paris and san bernardino heading into the final debate of the year, terrorism, now 30% say its the top issue, and foreign policy is third at 13%. trump leads on terrorism, cruz on foreign policy, a nice issued debate tomorrow night. >> yes, also the longest interim on television, cnn f...

Ahead of trump by ten points in iowa, but wow, what a poll for donald trump by monmouth. >> well, look, you can preach it round or preach it flat, depending which candidate youre boosting for. but heres the thing all the polls agree on. ted cruz is doing that thing. thats the thing that we have watched for a long time and predicted for a long time would come for him, which is a time when doctrinal conservatives, people who are into conservative ideology more than they are candidate personality, ...

Presidential candidates are going to square off in tuesday night. >> im isha sesay. just hours ago the new "star wars" movie made its world premier. i will take you to the world carpet next on "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. >> just hours now before the u.s. republican presidential contender s face-off in las vegs for their last debate of the year. it comes at an uncertain time for the republican party. lets bring in our senior reporter for media and politics dylan, to talk about, first of...

And there trump has a big lead. now its ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio. and over here in nevada, another equation altogether. here, it is donald trump out front, second place is ben carson. so you can see the challengers in the debate. these challengers have to not only knock donald trump down, but if they cant do that somebody needs to come in as a second contender or the race could be over pretty quick. once you get past the first rush in february look what happens in march. now you have...

This one. >> s.e., this was a movie starring -- [ laughter ] what are you looking for on the stage? is it the cruz-trump showdown or is there another contender youre looking at? >> im actually going to be looking at the way marco rubio deals with ted cruz. i think tomorrow night is incredibly important for marco rubio because its a foreign policy debate. and he and cruz are having this very interesting argument about foreign policy right now. if marco rubio cant define ted cruzs foreign policy a...

Senator rubio is such a contender against a hillary clinton? >> well, right now, what marco rubio and ben carson who are two pretty different candidates share in common is nobody really knows them, understands them. rubio walked back the more right-wing stances. ben carson is soft spoken, not really out there except for a few fairly outrageous statements and i dont think the electorate has an idea of rubio and ben carson are like. and i think it should either win the nomination i dont expect ben...

Christmas gift under a christmas tree for a hillary clinton. this guy, if i am mad or i am angry, i go to youtube and open his speeches so i can laugh a little bit. >> it sounds like youre treating him like a joke, but he is the leading gop contender nationwide. there are many, many americans who believe very much that he would be the best commander in chief. >> actually, i respect mr. trump. i dont know him personally. i respect him but i think the idea that hes giving and the speeches hes sayi...

Politicos opium den this morning. >> i was about to say, the lighting in there. >> its like captain morgan is sponsoring that. >> wow. >> put down the word, mike. >> thanks so much, mike. coming up, the 2016 money race in full swing with candidates posing up to millionaires across the country and which contender versus the most seven figure friends. just ahead on morning joe. u earn bonus cash back. why put up with that? but the quicksilver card from capital one likes to keep it simple. real sim...

>> queen in chief. >> as well as rick wilson. im not sure what to call rick wilson. and both are republican strategists. so lets start with crystal. tonight cnn is reporting that the party establishment is preparing for a brokered convention if trump stays on top of the polls. the top brass needs a plan if that happens. heres a new cbs poll. it is out tonight and trump is on top again. do you think this will be a brokered convention? >> isnt it interesting that conservative voters have gathered ...