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And i think something like that would be very effective. i do think its probably something that he should get off his shoulders, because its a tough issue. i mean, he was born in canada and a lot of people see that. he was a canadian citizen, i guess, for a long period of time. he gave it up, what, 14 or 18 months ago. its not an easy issue. its a very complex issue. hasnt been adjudicated yet fully and hasnt gone to the supreme court. but i think if he got a declaratory judgment, that would sol...

>> questioning whether his canadian roots disqualify him for the presidency. >> i hope thats not going to be a problem for him, but ive been hearing a lot about it. so its certainly a concern i guess for the party. but i hope thats not the case. im not involved in that, but a lot of people are bringing it up. >> reporter: cruz responded tuesday with this clip on twitter, showing fonzi from "happy days" actually jumping the shark. a scene that gave rise to the pop culture expression for something...

Are raising the problem. >> ted cruz is he just responding by tweeting? how is he responding? >> well, you saw ted cruz talking about the tweet he put out, fonzi from "happy days" jumping the shark. but he had more to say about that in iowa tonight. >> he questioned your ethnicity and your faith. now he is questioning your eligible to run for president. isnt this playing into the democrats play book the republican party is defined by this, you know -- >> listen, with all respect, our good friend...

Where there is something over the head of the party and that individual. >> cruz responded tweeting this, a clip from fonzi from "happy days" jumping a shark. instead of going after trump, cruz went after the media for covering possible division among the republican candidates. >> with all respect, our good friends here in the media are playing into the democrats playbook. how about we talk about the real challenges facing this country? one of the things the media loves to do is, is gaze at thei...

This metaphorical tweet, linking to fonzi from "happy days" jumping a shark. >> its the best way to respond to this kind of attack is to laugh it on and move on. >> mockery. >> to the issues that matter. >> reporter: meanwhile, trumps campaign rallies continue to be packed with controversy. a supporter shouting president obamas a muslim last night. >> what did you say? i didnt hear it. okay. i didnt say it. >> reporter: the billionaire pretending to be outraged. >> im supposed to reprimand the m...

The flaxen-haired don king, that he will say anything. the danger i think for the clinton campaign, you get somebody like trump and he pivots and starts to become rational going into the fall. but i think that his brand is so bad that it did infect people. its not helpful. >> lets go back to cruz here. i get the idea, mark, of letting the social conservative candidate win iowa, because that persons never been able to pull it off before. but whats different from santorum, lucka bee and others? th...

Are looking at it very strongly. the fact that he, thats cruz, was born in canada and he has had a double passport. cruz responded to trump on twitter with a clip of "the happy days" episode when fonzi jumped the shark. its an episode thats widely considered to be the moment when the show began its decline. moments ago, cruz was asked by reporters to respond to trump. and he said he had nothing to add beyond his tweet. for trump, this is a major reversal on cruz, because we do have a memory and ...

About it. and i know that even some states are looking at it very strongly. the fact that he, thats cruz, was born in canada and he has had a double passport. cruz responded to trump on twitter with a clip of "the happy days" episode when fonzi jumped the shark. its an episode thats widely considered to be the moment when the show began its decline. moments ago, cruz was asked by reporters to respond to trump. and he said he had nothing to add beyond his tweet. for trump, this is a major reversa...

He tweeted out -- >> right. >> my response to donald trump, calling into question my natural born citizenship and here once again is his response. >> just because -- >> bring on the fonz. >> watch this. >> does the leather get wet? >> hold on. >> we dont have the video. it must cost too much. >> it was jump the shark moment where fonzi is still in his leather jacket. >> given that their candidate is not exactly the most contemporary cat in the world theyve played social media very well. >> is it...

Nuclear deal, this is something he wants to be discussing and hes simply not. you played that bit of him talking about the fonzi tweet. he does want to laugh it off, hoping this will not become an issue, but he was forced to confront it more directly today because people kept asking him about it. >> look, as a legal matter, the question is quite straightforward in settled law, that the child of a u.s. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen. people will continue to make political noise abo...