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Out of the ordinary with historical norms and its not something voters care about. so if he felt like he rushed back to washington, he would be legitimizing the attacks. >> nice try, though. >> there are many incredible qualities about rubio as a candidate. i think the challenge for him on this vote, it plays into what some has criticized him as being overly ambitious, as being too young, needing another term in the senate. it comes off a little bit as blind ambition as well. and some will say s...

Votes to matter again. look at the omnibus vote, this grotesque piece of legislation. by not voting for it, its a vote against. they needed my vote to get to 60 votes because of the senate rules. >> rubios explanation of nvotig a "no" vote, its the same excuse ted cruz cited after the confirmation vote for loretta lynch. >> listen, im going to let marco defend his own voting record. i can tell you, i flew back to washington, d.c. today to vote against this omnibus, i think it was a betrayal of t...

Cruz saying you were standing with chuck schumer that in order to win the first person had to go on air. cruz went on air with an attack but it seemed subtle. >> it is very forceful in articulating the position that he wants people to think he has. i think rubio has been impressively effective at making this attack on cruz for the amendment that would have allowed legalization and cruz tied himself in knots trying to explain that. i think that will be compelling. >> what is worse, being disingen...

A lot of senate votes as it is. he gets criticized for not spending enough time in iowa and new hampshire. this doesnt help his cause any. hes missing time in washington at a time when hes getting criticized f criticized for not combining enoug -- campaigning enough. >> senator cruz, for example, he pushed this event several hours later so we shoucould be in washington and then continue on with his campaign event. rubio campaign makes the point, when youre running for president, this is a point ...

Trying to support that legislation at least in my view. i think rubio hasnt effectively gone after cruz yet on it. if he chooses to he has what he needs to. >> cruz is vulnerable. >> i actually think on an issue as emotional as immigration i think being on the wrong side could be the harder hand to play and thats the harder hand for marco rubio at this point. the ad was subtle in the sense that it didnt mention rubio. it was unsettle in talking about the immigration bill allowing isis terrorists...

A feeling well see in tv ads quite a bit. >> and senator cruz, you talked about the fact that he said something similar when he voted for -- skipped the vote for loretta lynch. but cruz made the point that he was there when it counted, essentially. so we may see them try to draw some distinctions on that in the next couple days. >> its been a fiery back and forth between the two young senators and i imagine its going to continue. hallie jackson with the cruz campaign, thank you. >> let me bring ...

Senator. >> and this was just when rubio thought he was making progress against cruz in the back and forth. and well get into that. still ahead, paul ryan got a big victory today with a majority of the majority voting "yes" on this trillion dollar spending bill, despite big outcries from predictable conservative quarters. stay tuned.  you wont find the brand pharmacists recommend most for cold and flu relief at the shelf. advil cold & sinus is only behind the pharmacy counte...

Play. i mean cruz is a very smart guy as is rubio. theyre both 44. theyre both really smart. the different kinds of i.q.s but very, very smart. at that whole lift that cruz did, you noticed he is defending other members. very, very interesting whole run he does at that point. the other part of that i thought that was really interesting, after the show, i was watching, i think it was "hannity." and trump comes on, trump says i love all of them. were all a team. now, at 7:00 last night if he had s...

Very fast and you know, you dont want to pick a fight with a guy like that unless youre prepared to stay in the rings with him. other than trump, im not sure there is anybody else that could stay in the ring with rubio. andrea: what was weird to me echoed the point rubio was debunking, jeb sounded like he was part of the liberal media that rubio dropped the mic on. >> one the points you made, to bring that up after rubio destroyed the paper in florida as liberal paper, come right back with the s...

Of that. we watched you in the last presidential election. youre being humble with that face. who do you think performed the best? theyre saying rubio. i would agree rubio and cruz but what do you think? >> as frank luntz reported last night, that one section with cruz, luntz said he never seen a score that high. he said that 26 of the 28 people on dials had to have given cruz 100 out of 100 for it to be that high. he never in his entire career seen that. so in a sense you have to say cruz had a...