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The cnn political reporter eric bradner, bright and early for us. the news he used equal time on nbc to have have television spot. holding that in the back pock, getting closer to the early voting states. he really just couldnt hold on. so now you have 11. you have 11 in this crowded field. and you have donald trump. basically announcing a switch in strategy. he is going to start spending money. hes going to start spending 2 million a week he says maybe in ad spending. who does that put pressure...

But at some point, eric, dont you think she has to step up and address whats right in front of her? >> right. >> actually right behind her. like 20 years behind her. >> right. exactly. she will probably come up with a good way to sort of blow it off. yes, this is going to be, donald trump has brought a high enough profile into the race and media attention, its hard not to address something when he is waging a sustained personal attack on you. hes made very clear that hes going to keep up the att...

The last chance for the candidates to make a strong impression with voters heading into the holiday season. millions will be watching. the big questions will donald trump attack ted cruz? will marco rubio and ted cruz get into it? will ben carson and jeb bush have breakout performances? we will watch to see what happens. >> we will watch, athena. four republicans fill out the undercard. george pataki and huckabee had huckabee as well as rick santorum and lindsey graham. as athena mentioned, a ...

Those polls will speak volumes. some people would wonder, eric, which is more important, the iowa poll or the national poll. >> right. its a really good question. the iowa poll is especially important because to win the nomination, traditionally, you have to win one of the early voting states. iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. if you cant win one of those states, it is a tough road to the nomination. the reason for that is there might not be a ton of delegates on the line in iowa, but a sense...

The big questions, will donald trump attack ted cruz? will marco rubio and ted cruz get into it? will ben carson and jeb bush and others have breakout performances? we will see what happens. >> we will. thank you, athena. four republicans fill the undercard debate. george pataki and mike huckabee and rick santorum and lindsey graham. and as athena mentioned, a shake up with the republican race. ted cruz leading in iowa. and joining us is political reporter eric bradner. lets look at the polls....

The two syrians caught because their car had a punctured tire. what the police havent said so far is if these two men with syrian passports had the visa that allows them to be here illegal and pass through europes borders illegal. the investigation continues and police say expect more arrests and a high level of vigilance during the celebrations here today. >> nic robertson, thank you so much. two days now until the cnn gop presidential debate. terror and u.s. security will be top of the agend...

Necessary with this warning which is significant. >> how many u.s. citizens are in kabul? >> reporter: estimates alone have almost 11,000 soldiers and probably 10,000 american contractors and people working for the u.n. and people working for ngos and consultant firms and journalists. i cant say specifically how many. >> these types of threats are not unique i assume. even the u.s. embassy has told employees to not travel by roads because it makes them vulnerable and instead travel by helicopter...

Appears to have two segments of the republican base. national security base who are concerned about letting refugees in the united states and religious conservatives worried about the fate of the refugees and what happens to them. he badly needed to display knowledge of foreign policy and show he was taking steps to shore up the policies for his campaign. he has done that. >> eric, lets listen to him in his own words and how he threads the needle. >> the thing i really learned here in listening ...

Its back to the campaign grind for the men and women who would be president following the holiday weekend. ben carson has been learning first hand about the plight of syrian refugees. he took a visit to a refugee camp in jordan. joining us to go over the latest political bus, eric bradner. the image of carson at the camp and interviews from jordan is obviously meant to brush up foreign policy credentials. how did he do? >> he badly needs to do that. it was a big problem for his campaign. he seem...

Cooperate, at least in part, remains to be seen. but, no, the presidents rhetoric has not changed. he has been doing these international meetings for several days now and big foreign trip and not come to any sort of resolution with russia that will change the strategy and have the two countries working on the same page. >> we will see if that changes after the admission a bomb they took down the 9628 flight a couple of weeks ago and 50 million reward put up by the russian government for the peop...