You and called you up and said im not willing to show up for the job interview, you wouldnt hire me. Thats what donald said to the people of iowa. Cruz now also attacking marco rubio, who is rising in the polls here. Marco broke his promise to the American People. Rubio, rising fast and hitting back hard in an interview with us. His whole campaign is built on he is the only conservative and everyone else is a sellout and its absurd. What surprises await us tomorrow night . The best political minds will be here with insights from the campaign trail. What a race. Hello, aye ja hello, im jake tapper. Were in iowa. We have one day until the i walk caucus, when the first votes in this wild and wacky election season will finally be cast. On both sides of the aisle, its very tight and very tense as the candidates head into their final 24 hours on the campaign trail. The very latest numbers revealed overnight by the Gold Standard in iowa polling, the Des Moines Register, showing donald trump on top, leading his closest competitor, ted cruz, 28 to 23 . Marco rubio surging with 15 . On the democratic side, it is within the margin of error. With Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders by three points, 45 to 42 . Anyones race there. Real nail biters on both sides. You can feel the excitement here in iowa. Its that energy that Bernie Sanders is counting on to win. And he joins me now, live, from cedar rapids, iowa. Thank you for joining us. Appreciate it. My pleasure. So the Gold Standard in iowa polling, the Des Moines Register, bloomberg poll came out last night, shows clinton ahead 45 to 42 . What do you need to do to win . How do you expand turnout and win the Iowa Caucuses . Jake, you know, when we started this campaign here in iowa, we were 50 or 60 points secretary clinton. We have come a long, long way. And the reason for that is we have 15,000 volunteers who, today, are going to be knocking on doors. Theyre going to be making telephone calls. Theyre going to be be urging people in very large numbers to come out and vote. What i sense is there are a lot of people who will participate in the caucus process on monday night, who previously were not involved in politics. Thats working class people. Thats young people who now want to direct the future of this country. They dont want to sit back. They want to take on a rigged economy, a corrupt campaign, finance system. And they want to stand up and be counted and have iowa be the first state in the country to lead us in a very, very different direction. So, i think if the turnout is high, jake, i think weve got a real shot to win this. Im sure youve seen this story in buzzfeed. The Clinton Campaign training caucus leaders to throw support to martin omalley, who is in f far, far third place in some cases, in a way to manipulate the process, completely according to the rules but some people might find it odd. What do you think about that tactic . You know, i cant keep up with what the Clinton Campaign does, to be honest with you. When i do get disturbed, im seeing ads on television suggesting, for example, that i am attacking planned parenthood when i want to present lifetime pro planned parenthood one of the greatest organizations in america. I dont know what the Clinton Campaign is doing. All i know is that we are bringing out large numbers of people. Were creating a lot of excitement and energy on the part of people who really are tired of establishment politics and establishment economics, tired of seeing almost all new income and wealth going to the top 1 . Want us to address climate change. Want us to address a broken criminal justice system. So, im feeling good, jake. Our issues are out there. People are really enthusiastic. And if people come out to vote, i think you can look at one of the biggest political upsets in the modern history of our country. The viewership for the democratic debates has been very, very strong. You and Hillary Clinton have agreed to do more debates. Details have not been agreed to. You want to do one in brooklyn. Shes challenged you to debate in flint, michigan. Will you debate in flint, michigan . Is that okay with you . Sure, i dont have a problem. As i understand it, this is what happened. Dnc, without my input, without our campaigns input, announced six debates and then suddenly secretary clinton, who isnt doing so well in New Hampshire, she wanted another debate. I said thats fine, but lets do three other debates in california, one in new york, lets do one in michigan. But, obviously, if you do one in michigan, you want to do it before their primary, not after their primary. God knows whats going on in flint, michigan, is an outrage beyond belief. A Public Health crisis. I dont have a problem with being in flint, michigan. Lets do it before their primary. Lets work out the details. Ive always wanted more debates. Our message is resonating with the middle class and working families of this country. So to have those debates is something that i look forward to. We learned recently that you now have protection from the u. S. Secret service. Were you getting threats or this just part of rising in the polls and becoming a credibility, legitimate candidate . Well, i think, you know, Security Issues is probably something we should not talk about. Fair enough. The Washington Post wrote a scathing editorial about you this week. It says, quote, sanders is not a brave truth teller. They cast you as just another politician, pandering to liberal voters. A clinton ally says her campaign is handing out copies of this editorial. Want to give you a chance to respond. Look, i am not greatly beloved by the economic establishment, by wall street, by the big money interests or by, you know, the major media of this country, including the Washington Post. I am being attacked because i am too ambitious, because i say, among other things, that maybe we should have attacks on wall streets speculation, whose greed and recklessness helped to destroy the lives of many, many pooen people. And maybe we should use that money to make public colleges and universities tuition free. Maybe we should do away with these outrageous corporate loopholes that allow corporations to stash the money in Cayman Islands and not pay a nickel in taxes. Maybe we should do that and use that revenue to restore our crumbling infrastructure. Maybe we should expand Social Security so that millions of seniors in this country dont have to live on 11,000, 12,000 a year by lifting the cap and asking millionaires to contribute their fair share. The Washington Post doesnt like it. They dont like my idea of a medicare for all single payer program, which would enable the United States to join the rest of the industrialized world. Guarantee health care to all people and, by the way, jake by the way, save middle class families thousands and thousands of dollars a year on their health care costs. We are taking on the establishment. Washington post is the establishment. Doesnt surprise me they dont like my ideas. Lets turn to national security. There have been some questions about who is advising you on military and foreign polishes. Who are the former generals or former Senior Defense officials upon whose counsel you rely . Weve been talking the last month to many, many, many people who are very knowledgeable about national Security Issues and foreign polishes. And i am confident that we have the judgment and the experience to do what has to be done for the American People. I would just remind the viewers, jake, that on the most important foreign polish in our lifetimes, or at least in the last 20, 30 years right. I voted against the war in iraq and Hillary Clinton voted for it. I am confident that in terms of dealing with the middle east crisis, the need to put together a coalition to prevent our young men and women in the military from getting involved in perpetual warfare, i am absolutely confident that i can handle that issue. I know that you assert that you have the right judgment. Im just wondering if you could name a former military official there are two larry korb worked in the reagan administration, somebody we have consulted with. Fair enough. At cnns october debate, you fa famously told Hillary Clinton ill spare you my Bernie Sanders impression but you said the American People are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails. Should voters take from those comments that you think nothing was done wrong . No. When it comes to how secretary clinton handled that no. Thats not a fair no. No. I do not think that is a fair assessment. Its a very serious issue. I think there is a Legal Process right now taking place. And what i have said and i get criticized. Bernie, why dont you attack Hillary Clinton . There is a Legal Process taking place. I do not want to politicize that issue. It is not my style. What i am focusing on, jake, are the issues impacting the middle class of this country. You know, jake, i go around this state of iowa. I cant go to a meeting where kids do not tell me not kids. Middleaged people how much in debt they are in terms of student debt or people who cant afford health care. Those are the issues were going to focus on. Theres a Legal Process under way with regard to the email situation. It will play out. Im not going to politicize it. Fair enough. Senator Bernie Sanders, congratulations on what youve been able to build here in iowa. Well see you on the campaign trail. Thank you very much, jake. Coming up next, donald trump says he skipped this weeks debate because of an argument with fox news. But his strongest rival ted cruz, hes not buying it. If i was interviewing with you and called you up and said im not willing to show up at the job interview, you wouldnt hire me. And i think thats what donald said to the people of iowa. Every day you read headlines about businesses being hacked and intellectual property being stolen. That is cybercrime and it affects each and every one of us. Microsoft created the digital crimes unit to fight cybercrime. We use the microsoft cloud to visualize information so we can track down the criminals. When it comes to the cloud, trust and security are paramount. Were building what we learn back into the cloud to make people and organizations safer. I thione second its there. Day. Then, woosh, its gone. I swear i saw it swallow seven people. Seven. I just wish one of those people could have been mrs. Johnson. 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You told a group of pastors reenl recently that if trump wins New Hampshire and iowa that there is, quote, a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee. Are you the firewall . Are you the one that can stop trump . Look, ill leave political punditry to other folk. This is your punditry. I can can tell you we are competing hard here on the ground in iowa and in New Hampshire, south carolina, nevada. Were running a national campaign. Weve got an Incredible Team all across super tuesday, across the sec states. You dont have to win here necessarily . We dont view any state as a mustwin. Were positioned to do well in iowa, we work very hard. Grass roots team weve got is unbelievable. Its second to none. 200 volunteers nationwide. And tomorrow we will complete whats known as the full grassley, all 99 counties in the state of iowa, and stood in front of the men and women in iowa and looked them in the eyes and asked them for their support i think thats what its going to take to win ien aye wau but well find out tomorrow night. Youve expressed your concerns about donald trump. I know you he attacked you first, for the record. You have, since, counterpunched and talked about your concerns. You have made your concerns about his, in your view, new york values, support for partial birth abortion and more. Theres a phase to any campaign. A month ago, donald was telling everyone how much he liked me and how much i was his friend. And then his poll numbers started falling and ours started rising. And now i wake up every day and look at my phone and discover what new insult he has launched out. Theres been a lot. Theyre always interesting. I will give him credit. When he insults someone its always memorable and colorful. My approach has been im not going to respond in kind. I dont intend to insult donald trump. Im not going to engage in personal attacks. No matter what he says, i like donald. I will continue to praise him as bold and brash. Now i do think policy differences are fair game. I do think pointing out he and i have very, very different views on questions like life and marriage and religious liberty he and i have very different views and records on questions Like Health Care and obamacare and amnesty. And so all of that is fair game. But i think the people of iowa deserve more. I think the American People deserve more than just a battle of petty insults. So, i dont intend to play that game. As you point out, there have been a lot of policy deferences youve been highlighting with your opponents. Lately youve been focusing more on marco rubio, who trails you in the polls here. Some say he has momentum. He, this weekend, said that your campaign is being deceitful about his record. Why should voters pick you over marco rubio . And why are you better to go after Hillary Clinton in november than rubio . Well, listen, i think the central question in this primary is trust. Were tired of being burned. We are tired of having politicians who are sound on the campaign trail but dont do what they said. In texas, i promised the men and women of texas i would lead the fight against amnesty. We made the exact same promises but when we got to washington, he decided to break the promise he made to the people who elected him and joined with chuck schumer, harry reid and barack obama. Not only did he not lead the fight against amnesty, but led the fight to pass amnesty. It was the Rubio Schumer amnesty bill. It made it easy for obama to bring in tens of thousands of Syrian Refugees without mandating background checks t granted amnesty to 12 Million People here illegally. I made a very different decisions, to stand with Jeff Sessions, steve king and millions of conservatives across the country against amnesty. We defeated it in congress. If youre asking who can i trust to do what he said, the fact that on his signature issue, marco broke his promise to the American People is significant. That would be like me coming to washington and suddenly discovering i was for obamacare. That would be commensurate with what marco did. If we nominate a candidate who supports amnesty who has the same position on amnesty as Hillary Clinton, we will lose the same millions of reagan democrats, of steelworkers, auto workers, Truck Drivers and el t electricians who stayed home in 2012. Theyll stay home in 2016. We have to be working for the men and women of this country. Amnesty takes their jobs and drives down wages. Rubios response to that, obviously, is that you offered an amendment that would have provided a path to legal status. Not citizenship, but a path to legal status. His response is false. The amendment i offered was 38 words. It was one sentence. It said nobody here illegally will ever be eligible for citizenship, period. It didnt say a word about legalization. And the differences are very clear now. Marco supports amnesty. He supports legalization today as a president ial candidate. I oppose amnesty, citizenship and legalization. Ill give you another difference, jake, which is i had pledged on day one to rescind every single illegal and unconstitutional executive order issued by barack obama. That includes president obamas illegal amnesty. Marco has gone on univision in spanish and told jorge ramos he will not repeal, will not rescind obamas illegal amnesty on day one. He says you cant do it over note and he wont do it. Thats a sharp difference. Its not a personal difference, personal insult. Its a difference in policy. By the way, marcos support for amnesty goes back many, many years when he was speaker of the house. In florida . In florida. He led the fight to provide instate tuition for illegal aliens. Hes entitled to have that view. He doesnt get to try to convince the voters that his position is different from what his record is. For anyone w