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Eligibility to the presidency murky. iowa governor terry breast cancerton and 2008 republican presidential nominee john mccain. trump may have something. facts matter. president obama was born in honolulu, the state of hawaii part of the u.s. cruz was born in calgary in canada. donald trump zeroed in this weekend and today on the issue of cruz canadian birth. here he goes. >> ted cruz has a real cloud hanging over his head. so the question is, is ted cruz, is he a natural born citizen? if he was...

In the next several days we are going to find out how this tests. we are going to find out what trump is trying, whether it works or not. if it works with the very conservative people, very isolationist, home grown, home schooled people that dont like foreigners and strange people, say wait a minute, i didnt know -- well see. >> remember though, ted cruz hasnt made a secret of it. he wrote about it in his book. im not sure thats the case they make. it is part that his father abandoned him and hi...

Tiresome that constitutional law provisions are supposed to be interpreted based on what we would like the constitution to say. the constitution is the constitution. natural born has a meaning going back to 1608. we have a half dozen supreme court cases interpreting it. it means other things, too, but you have to be born within the country. >> that is not true. >> ive been saying that when cruz was the only candidate i had. i had no idea trump was going to run. so its not that i want him not to ...

Coming out now that you did with the rink with trump being frustrated how inept and useless government is and jumping in saying im going to fix this. welcome back to "hardball." that was ann coulter in my documentary "citizen trump" talking about donald trumps first foray into politics in new york city in the 1980s. trump is bucking the partys establishment and channeling the outrage republican voters have felt for a long time. to his detractors, trump represents the end of the republican part...

Donald as the gift of self-promoter went out there and pitched this as i got the project done that the new york city government couldnt get done. >> you see the same instinct coming out now that you did with the rink with trump being frustrated how inept and useless government is and jumping in saying im going to fix this. welcome back to "hardball." that was ann coulter in my documentary "citizen trump" talking about donald trumps first foray into politics in new york city in the 1980s. trump...

You are a lawyer. how do you do that? >> yes. since my very first book "high crimes and misdemeanors," i find it to use a smith college word, tiresome that constitutional law provisions are supposed to be interpreted based on what we would like the constitution to say. the constitution is the constitution. natural born has a meaning going back to 1608. we have a half dozen supreme court cases interpreting it. it means other things, too, but you have to be born within the country. >> that is not ...

Trump is 30% ahead by marco rubio by 16 points. a monmouth poll show as similar story. trump leads by 18 points in the monmouth. ted cruz and john kasich tight at second 14%. no candidate comes close to challenging trumps lead. weve got a tight race in iowa with the home schools and evangelicals probably think donald trump is who he is, a cosmopolitan, big city, secular guy. they can spot him. hes not one of them. he is note a country mouse. where they like the mustang, the wild one, trump is th...

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Plates like iowa where ted cruz has that strong base of evangelical support. right now iowa is the state for ted cruz to lose in many ways. if there is a larger turnout, donald trump is favored to win there. if that is the cases. a place like new hampshire, a place like nevada, potentially a place like south carolina, i think this line of questioning will eventually potentially, i should say, work for donald trump in casting the doubt in voters mind. whether he will be a sure enough bet to beat ...