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Check is because the way they define in the -- in the regulation the way they define in the business of selling firearms. >> lets say he make this is change. you cant enforce the change without resources and as you know atf is an agency starved of resources. we did a comparison when it comes to regulation with the fda, for instance, and over the last decade the fda -- over the last five years the fda has seen a near 50% increase in its resources from congress. atf not even 10%. in fact, they hav...

And can democrats truly get excited about hillary clinton? just look at how packed this schedule is over the next seven days in iowa. the presidential candidates will hold a total of 44 events. thats just in the next week. by the way, 28 of those events are by ted cruz alone. an acknowledgment that iowa is must-win for the texas senator. in new hampshire the story is similar. 58 events scheduled in the next week. an acknowledgment, actually, that more candidates knew new hampshire as do or die t...

Krauz. i resolve to give ted cruz more lead time before i announce my policy positions so you can replicate them faster. so you believe that basically he steals all your ideas? >> well, you know, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. and i think on foreign policy he started talking about regime change being a bad idea. toppling secular dictators being a bad idea. and i think ive been the leader on that issue and i continue to. and its an important voice. in fact i think that was ...

Or fifth -- >> refresh our memory, how many republican nominees have lost in iowa and new hampshire? >> its almost impossible. i would also refresh your memory and say at this point in 2003 on the democratic side, howard dean was way ahead and john kerry was in ijt asks in iowa. and in 2008, rudy giuliani was leading in the polls at this point. you cant count governor bush out but the hill is steeler by the day. there is no question he had a better debate on tuesday. but to see the fight in him,...

The presidential race showed donald trump leading among republican primary voters with 26%, ben carson not far behind with 23%, senator ted cruz and senator marco rubio neck in neck at 11%, jeb bush following down to 4%. on the democratic side hillary clinton finding herself with a very strong lead over bernie sanders, clinton with 56%, sanders with 39. joining us now is political editor for the boston globe, senior editor for the daily caller, jamie weinstein, good to see you. lets talk about t...

Running against donald trump because they cant seem to chip away at what his support is. but to that point he still has a quarter of the republican electorate that is support. its an incredibly large field. when you start to see people trop out, thats where i think people will see if donald trump is vulnerable in a republican primary. >> you cant see it from the shot, right thereupon theres a trump condo building. hes literally looming over the democratic debate on cnn. this idea, hes an outside...

One else believed that you could. >> hes an outsider. hes an outsider and this is the year of the outsider. if you look at the republican side, donald trump, bernie sanders on the democratic side. thats very hard for hillary clinton, with the name clinton, or jeb bush, with the name bush, you know, to run against. >> outsider but as danica knows -- >> hes a politician. >> he announces that hes a socialist, for example. by the way, today hilly in your piece said, im a moderate. so she is sort of ...

In a new quinnipiac university poll. hes up 21 points in iowa from two months ago. now edges hillary clinton in that critical first caucus state. lets go to our national correspondent suzanne malveaux in ohio where hillary clinton has been campaigning. what is the latest on the democratic side, suzanne? >> reporter: wolf, it really is absolutely stunning. take a look at those numbers the quinn yak poll showing that sanders is neck and neck with hillary clinton, now at 41% in iowa, 40% for hillar...

And number two. and the latest reuters national poll, trump is at 38%, and carson is in second place. they may be competing for votes and you may see a little bit of a change back and forth there. still trump is number one and carson is number two, its not going to change the race much at all, with some of these other republicans. >> it seems most campaigns must be looking at each other saying at least theyre doing something right since both of those numbers continue to arrive. lets switchgears ...

As well? >> i dont think that that issue has as much residenonance an th democratic side. when you had a really hot debate it was really about reform and how to move reform forward and there was a lot of push back from the dreamers who wanted more action of the president. i think on the republican side what donald trump has tapped into and the reason hes outpacing peep like bush is hes tapped into something thats been powerful currency in american politics and media for a long time. which is ess...