to speak we ll mont they aitor you. athena, what s expected to happen there? reporter: this event is expected to get under way in a few minutes. like the other republican candidates he s been critical on the president s proposal on gun control as well. he says the president should take his case to congress and not use executive powers he doesn t have. he s called this a danls pattern if it continues. but also something interesting about governor bush, he among the republican candidates has perhaps most consistently, most explicitly and most extensively kept his fire trained on the front runner donald trump. take a listen to what he had to say about trump on nbc this morning. i find it remarkable that no other candidate is taking him on. he s a bully. and his views, while it is very fun to talk about all the great theatrics of his speeches and
announcement. to the republican candidates trying to shore up support with voters in the key states of iowa and new hampshire, among them marco rubio and jeb bush who are taking aim not only at donald trump but president obama, but will it resonate with voters? athena jones is in new hampshire and manu is in iowa with the rubio campaign. marco was on the stage. did he rally the crowd. reporter: he did. it was a small room, 75, so felt like a packed room. he talked a lot about socialist, talked about how he is pro-life, how he opposes abortion but he said if he were president he would sign an abortion law that included some exceptions. he said the only exception he supported is to save the life of a mother. this is an issue that plays very well to this socially conservative crowd. he talked about the issue that