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Prompting fears of farmers taking matters into their own hands. and leading this hour, controversial comments from democratic minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar, appeared to compare what she called american and israeli atrocities tos they committed by the taliban had an and hamas, which the state department designates as a terrorist group. many house democrats called her statements offensive. she released a statement attempting to clarify, while other allies attacked fellow democrats for being...

For that, lets go to sunlen serfati in los angeles. did cruz address trump at all today? >> reporter: well, keeping in line with last nights debate, anderson, ted cruz said not a single bad word about donald trump today. it was all positive. and he really seemed to go out of his way to praise donald trump today, saying hes energized and happy that a lot of voters will potentially coming out to vote. this is a well-masked strategy by ted cruz here, making sure he doesnt alienate trumps supporters...

That strategy, at least publicly, and for the short term, really hone in his sights on marco rubio. >> and hes suggesting rubios campaign is now nervous. what do you have to say about that? >> reporter: thats right. at least four times today, ted cruz mentioned that he does think that rubio and his campaign are getting a little nervous. and that was the reason he said he thinks they clashed repeatedly during last nights debate. but this, of course, has been a battle that is a long time coming be...

Debate. but this, of course, has been a battle that is a long time coming between the two senators, really previewing, potentially, how this dynamic could play out on the campaign trail and will continue to dominate, most likely. very clear that both of these senators understand the real clear threat that the other poses to their path forward and theyre ready to take each other on. >> sunlen, thank you very much. joining us now is chief national correspondent, john king, also "washington post" s...

To get out and vote. but i would be getting rid of a lot of them very quickly within the first hour. one would be immigration. he signed an executive order where people with just pour in. alan and a lot of people got very involved with that, and actually, shockingly, not doing badly if court. >> lets go to cnns sunlen serfati who is there at the rally. sunlen, whats been the response? >> reporter: well, its been an interesting crowd so far here, fred. first and foremost, many of trumps rallies a...

And even more striking, even 13% are very confident that the u.s. will be able to identify terrorists among the refugees. sunlen serfati, cnn, des moines, iowa. >> all right. so lets bring in the panel and talk more about this. in washington, cnns senior political analyst and editorial director of the "national review," ron brownstein, good to see you. and cnn politics senior reporter, steven collins. and with me here in atlanta, cnn analyst, joey jackson. hello to you. so the candidates using v...

All right, since the terror attacks in paris one week ago, the fight against isis has become a major election issue in the u.s., but its what some of the candidates are saying that is fueling a debate about the fight on terror and how the u.s. should deal with refugees. our sunlen serfati is following that story. >> very simply, we cant take them, folks. we cant take them. >> reporter: its a debate roiling in the republican party. how to handle the resettlement of syrian refugees in the wake of ...

Thats where we find cnn national correspondent sunlen serfati. so, sunlen, hes in puerto rico this weekend after south florida swing. whats happening since that press conference last night? >> reporter: well, inlg, fred, if last night is any indication, the tone that he took in that press conference is really a window into how ben carson is thinking right now. its very clear that he is frustrated with the scrutiny over his past. it definitely is getting under his skin. and we saw him in that pre...

These questions swirl around, but i should note, these are legitimate questions, ones that we still do not have answers for. now, he did push back fiercefully during that press conference last night. and afterwards at a late-night event, he made mention to this new tone hes taking. he said, a lot of people assume im quiet, and because im quiet, they think im soft. but i think people are now starting to learn that i can be loud, and in his words, particularly when injustices are being done. >> su...

All right. its a big weekend on the campaign trail. ten gop presidential candidates are stumping in iowa alone. and tomorrow, several of the campaigns will meet in washington to see if they can take more control of the upcoming debates from the republican national committee. lets go to cnns sunlen serfati in iowa. sunlen, is this kind of dominating discussions and thoughts there, that many of these campaigns say they want to get together without the rncs involvement to talk about how they want u...