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CNNW Anderson Cooper 360 December 30, 2015

Well as the volume is extremely significant. We have a lot more water coming. We try to stay out in front of it as best we can. Today is tuesday. Were looking at thursday night for friday morning for that crest. Ten vertical feet of moving water. S the governor has activated the National Guard. Activations have been underway all day long. The floods have already claimed at least 13 lives in missouri alone. Well have much more ahead on the deadly flooding in missouri and across the midwest. First, the feud thats heating up between donald trump an the publisher of the New Hampshire union leader. At this time last night at a rally, mr. Trump was slamming joe mcquaid and his newspaper. In typical trump fashion, he didnt mince words. So this guy, his name is joe mcquaid he is a lowlife. Im telling you. I watched this guy. Honestly, he is a loser. You have a very dishonest newspaper and a failing newspaper. It is going down the tubers. Mr. Trump served up those gems hours after mr. Mcquaid wrote this in an editorial. He reminds us have the grownup bully biff in back to the future movie series. On february 9th, we trust New Hampshire republicans will send biff trump somewhere, anywhere but on the road to the most important Elective Office in the United States at a most crucial time for this nation. Mr. Trump has been hurling new attacks. His newspaper has endorsed chris christie. Mr. Trump has had a lot to say about that as well. Tonight, we are going to give mr. Mcquaid the floor. He joins me now. Thanks for taking the time. Hey, jim, how are you . Donald trump certainly had a lot to say about you last night at his rally. Lets go through the list briefly. He called you a lowlife, a sleeze bag, useless. Whats your response to everything he said about you . Well, it is not at all surprising. Im surprised that it comes this late. I thought that after we endorsed another candidate, we would join the long list of losers in the trump lexicon. I think we got under his skin with the editorial yesterday, which ran on the front page, which is where we go when we want to make a point. It is an important endorsement leading up to the new ham shire primary. Back in august u say that trump actually sent you a letter asking for your endorsement the day after he didnt participate in the New Hampshire voters first forum. I want to read part of that what letter says. I have it mere. I got great credit for not coming. People called it insight and vision. I hope this, along with many of my other correct decisions, will lead you, a man i have Great Respect for and the union leader, to endorse me at the appropriate time. Clearly, he had much kinder words for you a few months ago. Trump now tweeting about this letter after we asked him campaign for comment. About it, this is what he said, quote, in this tweet. Shows how dumb joe mcquaid of the dying union leader is to put out the letter i wrote saying why i didnt do his failed debate. Your response to that . I hadnt caught up with his latest twitter feed. It shows how dumb i am. He said in his crazy stuff last night and yesterday afternoon to this tv station that the reason we lashed out at him editorially, was because he wouldnt do our forum. Yet, the day after the forum in which he says it was a lousy forum and he was brilliant for not doing it. He was still asking for my endorsement and calling me a man for whom he has Great Respect. We have many other quotes in which the newspaper, the union leader, is terrific and im terrific. Im mildly surprised at the number of balledface lies he committed yesterday with trying to flame us with his trump tower of inferno. As we know, we have just quoted them here. Trump used very tough words, familiar words to describe you. I want to get to how you described him in your editorial. Crude, a blow hard with no clear political philosophy and no deeper understanding of the important and serious role of president of the United States than one of the goons he lets rough up protesters in his crowd. Do you see an argument there that he is responding to you with similar language you used to describe him . Oh, absolutely. The only clear difference is that i was telling the truth about trump. Trump has been lying about the union leader and yours truly and the reason that i said he was a crude blow hart and then cited several examples of it, carly fiorina, a face you dont want in the white house and john mccain, not a true war hero. Somebody has to call a spade a spade. This guy is not going to be an emperor and he aint got no clothes whatsoever. I was happy to do that in simple, direct english. Lets talk about the numbers as we approach the New Hampshire primary. It has certainly surprised a lot of pundits that his support is maintained, keeps growing. You said that you trust that New Hampshire voters will not vote for him. The polls still show him polling the highest. What do you think will change between now and february 9th . Well i think on february 9th, the voters of New Hampshire are going to show that the polls are incorrect. And the news media, the networks, yours included have elevated these National Polls to way more important than they should have been and should be. The fact of the National Networks deciding to limit the stage of republicans to now six is going to be the next one. But even eight or seven back last summer is why we had our voters first forum. Because credible candidates dont get a chance to be heard in the states which are going to do the voting because the National Networks wont let them on primetime. So, of course, you are going to get certain bubbles for certain candidates. The National Poll is going to show trump ahead, because he has got the name recognition. He is a tv brand. He is, in part, a creature of the National Television networks. Joe mcquaid, i want to thank you for taking the time tonight and giving us your side of this argument that seems to still have a life of its own. We appreciate it. Well, youre very welcome, jim. Mr. Trump is also ramping up his attacks on hillary and bill clinton. He claims mrs. Clinton has made her husbands past infidelities fair game for criticism after accusing trump of being sexist. Just a short time ago on his campaign plane, he was asked if that means his own personal indiscretions are fair game. Heres his answer. Yes, they would be and frankly, hillary brought up the whole thing with sexist. All i did was reverse it on her. Because she has a major problem, it happens to be right in her house. If she wants to do that, we are going to go right after the expresident and see how it comes out. After last nights rally, mr. Trump tweeted this, remember, mr. Bill clinton was brought in to help hillary against obama in 2008, he was terrible, failed badly and was called a racist. On the today show this morning, he said, he himself, wasnt calling him a racist in that tweet. But took another swipe at his treatment of women. He was called it by the obama campaign. He was called it loud and clear. Thats what they said. I dont believe he is a racist if you want to know the truth. They called him a racist. It was a miserable campaign. There was certainly a lot of abuse of women. You look at whether it is Monica Lewinsky or paula jones or many of them. And that certainly will be fair game. Certainly if they play the womens card with respect to me, that will be fair game. A lot to discuss certainly. Joining me jeffrey lord and tara setmyer. Jeff, id like to speak with you. Trump continuing to make the argument that bill clinton, his infidelities is fair game. Bringing up paula jones, Monica Lewinsky, is that fair game . The problem here is that Hillary Clinton is that Juanita Broderick is out there. She has accused hipt hillary cl of threatening her to be quiet and that she was an enabler and threatened her. So, sure, it is absolutely relevant. If they are going to go down this path, you have a whole bunch of women saying Hillary Clinton played aid role and not a good one. To be clear, i want to be sure of what you are accusing Hillary Clinton with. You are accusing her of helping to cover up a Sexual Assault. I am not accusing her. Juanita broderick is accusing her of this, in print and on the radio. Absolutely. I have the transcripts. We are aware of that story. Kelly ann, i want to ask you, trump has made his shire of questionable comments about women through the years. So is he treading on thin ice here by calling bill clinton the sexist, perhaps, opening himself up to credit sum of his own comments . He has already been criticized for those comments. He was criticized in august. It was mentioned in a live first debate in cleveland on august 6th. Lets back up and say why mr. Trump said what he said. Its because Hillary Clinton called him a sexist. Just as he has done with the republican candidates it seems he attacks after he has been attacked. I believe if mrs. Clinton is going to run a genderbased campaign subtly saying to all the republican candidates i dare you to speak to me a certain way or use a certain word about me. And the subtle reminder that were voting we need to elect the first female president , if she is going to play the gender card, the gender card may be played against her. Thats what this is about. Secretary clinton, herself, in a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, this fall, said, all Sexual Assault victims have a right to be believed and a right to be heard. And she was promptly asked by someone in the town hall meeting would those Sexual Assault victims include what neat that broderick and Kathleen Willie . I think her husbands casual relationship with an intern is less relevant to most of the electorate than Hillary Clintons casual relationship with the truth. Her lack of trust worthiness is what is dogging her in some of these polls. The tweet from donald trump that said that bill clinton was called a racist . When asked if he himself thought clinton was a racist, he said he didnt believe that he was, but he was called a racist by others. This related to his comments before the South Carolina primary. If he is going to put Something Like that out there, does he need to own it and not tiptoe around it . That applies to the racist comments and other accusations here of abuse as opposed to just sexist comments. Abuse by the former president. Listen. Does who need to own it . Does trump need to own the implication of his tweet . Trump doesnt own up to anything. He says what he wants to say, because he has absolutely nothing to lose. Thats what makes him such a rogue candidate. In politics, most candidates are very cautious. And they have a limit to how far theyll go because theres usually a consequence for it. For donald trump, lets defy the laws of political gravity. Hillary clinton has everything to lose. She has everything on the line here. Shes waited her whole life for this one moment. It was right there in her hands in 2008. Nows her big chance. She knows her candidacy is flawed. Theres lack of enthusiasm. Thats why she is reeling out bill clinton. He is powerful. For donald trump to do this, it is par for the course. So, did you beat your wife . Its like, what . So, the famous axiom. You just wanted to put it out there. Trump is a master at this, master manipulator of the messaging. And what hes done is he has taken over the entire news cycle again with this. He knows exactly what he is doing. Hillary clinton is not controlling the message, donald trump is. Thats exactly what he wants to do. Jeffrey, lets get at what donald trump is accusing Hillary Clinton of on playing the feminist card, playing the sexist card. Right. Right. Responding to a comment is not the same as running a genderbased campaign. Lets be fair here. Donald trump says a lot of things that might open him up to playing, whether it is the ethnicity card or the race card or the muslim card. So to respond to an attack or make a comment doesnt mean that the campaign is defined by that particular cause. Is it . Is that a fair accusation to level at the Clinton Campaign . In her case, she has. On numerous occasions, she says, dont you think it is time for a woman president . Thats not the same as in 1966, when john f. Kennedy was running for president , he said, i am not the catholic candidate running for president but the democratic partys candidate who happens to be a catholic. If Hillary Clinton is nominated, she will be the democratic partys candidate that happens also to be a woman. She is not running as the womans candidate except that she is. She is not going to be that. She is playing that card. This has opened a whole set of can of worms for her in doing so. With every opportunity she has to remind us she is a woman. She talks about the first woman this and this and that. And the ridiculousness she sets out there to pander to latinos and the grandmother thing. Donald trump talks about how much money he hasse donald trump doesnt play the money card. Im not sure about that. Hes not. Trump has done Something Else smart here. I dont know if it has been missed. He is pivoting to a general election. The fact that he is taking Hillary Clinton on will animate the base, one, and two, it suggests to me he thinks he is going to win the republican nomination. He is showing and now all these polls are showing that the clinton trump race is a little bit tighter than some people may have hoped or thought. Hes pivoting. He is also paying hillary back for suggesting in the democratic debate that he is in the isis recruiting videos, a comment that Many Democrats immediately asked secretary clinton to recant. We have to leave it there, i appreciate it. But great to have you on. Thank you. Happy new year. Happy new year to all of you. Just ahead, an International Manhunt ends in mexico. The man, actually a teen. 18yearold ethan couch, the socalled affluenza taken had dyed his hair and his beard and left town with his mother. Were going to hear more about the Going Away Party that the threw before they skipped town. I asked my dentist if an electric toothbrush was going to clean better than a manual . He said sure. But dont get just any one. Get one inspired by dentists. With a round brush head. Go pro with oralb. Oralbs rounded brush head cups your teeth to break up plaque and rotates to sweep it away. And oralb delivers a clinically proven superior clean versus sonicare diamondclean. My mouth feels super clean. Oralb know youre getting a superior clean. Im never going back to a manual brush. The jig is up for teenage fugitive ethan couch and his mother. They were detained today in mexico. Here is what the texas teen looked like when authorities found the two hiding in an apartment near puerto vallarta. His darkened hair and with a beard apparently to help disguise himself. In 2013, when he killed four people while driving drunk, he was blonde and cleanshaven, 16 years old. He got off with a light sentence, no prison, rehab and probation, after his lawyers argued his client was too rich and too spoiled to know right from wrong. It sparked a lot of outrage. After this video recently surfaced apparently showing couch at a beer pong party. He vanished. His probation officer couldnt reach him. An arrest warrant was issued two weeks ago for allegedly violating his probation. His mother, tonya couch, also facing charges now. The Prosecutors Office said today they will be deported to the u. S. It is not clear exactly when that will happen. Authorities said today they have evidence that mother and son carefully planned their disappearance. Joining me now, sheriff d. Anderson of Tarrant County texas and cnn legal analyst, mark geragos. Sheriff, if i can begin with you, what information are you able to give us on where ethan couch and his mother are being held and when you expect them to be brought back here to the u. S. To face charges . They are still in the custody of the mexican authorities in mexico. We expect within the next 2448 hours for them to be brought back to the United States. Obviously we wont publicize or talk publicly about when that occurs for security reasons. But i expect them to have them back in Tarrant County very soon, locked up in a facility. Looking at this, it looks like something that they both skillfully planned. They even had a goingaway party before they left which would have seemed to have given authorities an opportunity for people to warn they were going. Is that what you believe now . They took meticulous plans to leave the country possible for good . I do believe that. I dont know for good. I certainly think they planned to run and run a long way and for a long time. I said that when he first disappeared. He had a big head start and they certainly had enough money and ability to go a long way and hide. I didnt think we would find them close by. I didnt think we would find them in this country. Sure enough, they did. They went to mexico. They were going to be in it for the longhaul. So i wasnt surprised at all where we found them. That was one of the two places that we were prone to look. Mexico and the caribbean were the two things we heard where they might end up. So it was planned, no doubt. They planned it out and left to give them the maximum lead time before we started looking for them. So mark geragos, i have to ask you, youve seen a lot of cases before. Have you ever seen one like this, the disguises going to mexico and holding a party before . I

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