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Expectations. >> is he real? >> depends on what you mean by real. >> is he a contender for the presidency? has he got a plausible route? >> very narrow route. a very, very narrow route. et cetera running now 25% in the republican party, which is about 40% of country. >> im talking about the nomination comfortable he be one of the last two guys fighting it out. >> right now he would have to change a lot of minds. people saying the ticket would be weak we are him on it than off it. i think theres ...

Contender, i dont think thats healthy for the republican party. i think at the end of the day hes not a republican or conservative but it looks like hes getting his feet on the ground and those two campaigns are a very powerful thing. >> ive spoken with some people, donna, who are close to joe biden, lo v joe biden if you will and they say he feels upset that hes not the automatic heir apparent. hes been vice president for six and a half years. whenning are was president, george w. bush was vice...

Allowed him to be seen as an actual contender for the presidency and now hes in the ball game with his fellow republican competitors. >> its almost within the margin of error if you think -- whats the margin of error? four or five points, right? thats almost within a margin of error. nia, the numbers for hillary clinton and bernie sanders are moving in opposite directions. hillary clinton is now ahead 47% 29% over bernie sanders but a month ago he was ahead 56-19. thats not a good trend for her....

50e6d and europe. and jared fogle agree toss a plea deal that will put him behind bars for years. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." donald trump speaking with cnn and with voters. the republican front-runner is about to hold his first-ever town hall meeting as a candidates. youll see it live from new hampshire. and in a sit-down with cnns chris quoemor, trump is doubling down on his demand to expel millions of undocumented immigrants, that comes as the brand-new cnn/orc poll ...

Are skeptical of the american government which american sentiment in general is the federal government does not enforce the laws on the books currently. how do you ensure that they enforce the ones that you are pitching right now? >> you cant, answer my question. >> you cant do nothing because the government has screwed it up in the past. we are going to have a new president, and we are hoping that president will enforce the law and not sit there like this president has done and watch the situat...

What do you make of these numbers? >> the first thing that pops to me is how dramatically hes improved since june. hes made leaps and bounds of support on these issues from a couple months ago when he got in. so what were seeing is him moving from a fascination to a serious contender. and he has been dominating the airwave airwaves. i think hes getting the response from voters and they think hes competent and confident in what hes talking about and thiss why he has huge leads over his opponents....

Are skeptical of the american government which american sentiment in general is the federal government does not enforce the laws on the books currently. how do you ensure that they enforce the ones that you are pitching right now? >> you cant, answer my question. >> you cant do nothing because the government has screwed it up in the past. we are going to have a new president, and we are hoping that president will enforce the law and not sit there like this president has done and watch the situat...

It is amazing to see how broad this movement is. its across every single issue. he made leaps from where he was in june when he announced his campaign. what you are seeing in talking to voter this is weekend at iowa state fair, i found this to be true. he moved from fascination to real contender. in that time, people have grown to really trust him on immigration, trust him on the economy, because they see him now, as a real contender. >> lets look at that, sara. trump is so far out ahead. hes at...

Amendment and so, honestly, i think we should put all of our energies, all of our political will over finally getting the border secured and fixing the legal immigration system. >> walker later clarified he would end birth right citizenship through addressing -- im quoting here -- "root causes." not sure if he means the root cause of the 14th amendment or not. both walker and fiorina tried to appear positive. over gop members rushed to distance themselves. >> i appreciate the fact that mr. trump...

Spurring economic growth. its always been a calling card of the republican party, the free market and trump speaks to that. somehow hes managed to turn the fact he is a billionaire into a pitch to voter who is are making less than $50,000, who dont have college degrees. this seems to be reflected in the view of how trump would handle the economy. the interesting thing is, its not just the economy. >> lets put up numbers. >> he outpaces the field when it comes to illegal immigration and isis. he ...