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Taking. you describe her in your piece as a third rail in the clinton sort of political world, and that makes her somewhat untouchable. >> right. i mean, all of the other close advisors to hillary that i spoke to for that piece did not want to be named and were very wary of really talking about her because how powerful she is. she is literally in every sense of the word hillarys gate keeper. you can see that from the e-mails that have come out how close she is to hillary, how close she protects ...

It is tough being a parent. im a fairly new parent. i have really young children. you cant criticize other parents because everybody -- >> no, how dare you. sandra: no, i really mean that. >> third rail of parenting. >> i try to assume as i would assume with you and your twin girls youre doing your best. while that might not be my style which this isnt, it might be hers. >> so when i come home from work, i have the girls bringing me my slippers and pipe. >> you dont snoke a pipe, do you? youre s...

And cameras are everywhere capturing everything from the comical to controversial. theyre giving us a glance at our world from vantage points rarely weve seen before. here is the best of 2015. i have to warn you some of what you are about to see might be disturbing. surveillance cameras silently spying during some of years most dramatic moments. this subway robbery in the city of brotherly love. the victim chase after the thief but winds up dazed on the tracks. miraculously surviving encounter w...

Were pretty scared about the ride they undertook yesterday that passed through three stations before they killed the power to the third rail and got it shut off. >> ron mott for us in -- just outside boston, where again it appears as if it was operator error there yesterday. ron, thank you. up next, take a look at this. why would anyone ever think its okay to dress up like the folks in this photo? well tell where you it happened and which presidential candidate has already weighed in on it.

An operator and blew through several stops, passengers were onboard that train. rail workers managed to stop the train by cutting power to the third rail. deputy city editor for the boston globe mike bellow joins us now from boston with more on this story. mike, what can you tell us? >> well, this is a bizarre instance. ive never seen anything like it before. it happened around 6:08 a.m. this morning. apparently a red line train on the way into boston, the operator of the train notices something...

Doors, people trying to call the emergency line that we had, but we -- nothing happened. nobody answered. and nothing. it was all dark. >> so nbcs ron mott joins me from boston. what are investigators saying about a construct of a theory for what happened here? >> well, hey there, thomas. things look to be smooth on the rails at this hour, but a different story this morning for about 50 people on that red line train making their way from the southern areas of boston metro up to the downtown area...

The train traveled north before mbta officials were able to shut down the third rail and stop the train. there were passengers onboard and officials were able to take the train to a station and let them off. one employee suffered minor injuries, massachusetts governor charlie baker told a boston radio station that the train seemed to be tampered with, quote, by someone who knew what they were doing. keep an eye on this for you. before we go to the break, you just have to see this end to a high...

Just think that the only reality that will hit him, i think will be the iowa caucus. and the second thing will be when he has to the start to spend his own money in a significant way, which he has not yet, he has self funded his campaign, mostly. is he going to spend a billion to keep it afloat? >> he doesnt even have a billion. even saying that hes a billonary, a lot of magazines that have analyzed it are saying thats not true. basically you cant believe a word that comes out of this guys mouth...

During the break, senator. they avoid it like the plague. they agree that weve got to do something about entitlements, but they know its not as if candidate 2 offered a plan like jeb bush and chris christie, they get out on the third rail and get electrocuted. >> im not sure theyre not performing because of that. >> dont you find it odd that the ones who have offered specific plans have not specifically launched themselves. >> but they were there before they announced their plans. i think the th...

Federal deficit 5% and then all the way at the bottom you get to gun policy. now, i mean, given that this is such a third rail issue for voters, people feel so strongly, is this the right issue for her to be focusing on? >> well, look, alisyn, somebody has to focus on this issue. just look at what weve seen and what she says -- what she says in that ad. i really applaud her for taking this on. because there are as a politician, there are risks in taking this issue on. but what it needs is someon...