You can also send us your thoughts over social media at j, facebook or send us an email. The news is that ted cruz has overtaken donald trump and thats according to the latest iowa poll from Des Moines Register from Bloomberg Politics. Ted cruz has surged ahead to become the latest frontrunner in the campaign for the iowa caucus opening an impressive lead over a stalled donald trump. When first and second choices are combined, cruz has the support of 51 of likely caucus goers. Bloomberg also has these charts that show who is on top, who is leading, who is moving around. You can see ted cruz with 31 of likely caucus goers staying its their first choice. Thats a substantial lead over donald trump who has 21 of those calling him their first choice. Ben carson is at 13 . Now, some of this spore is coming from evangelicals. The New York Times reported recently that ted cruz received the endorsement of an influential iowa conservative. Here is how they reported the story which occurred earlier this week. They said that senator ted cruz on thursday run the endorsement of an influential leader of yays christian right calling on conservatives to unite behind mr. Cruz. He is the president in chief executive of the family leader. And he backed the winner of the past two Republican Caucuses, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum. In both case, the caucus winners were too conservative and underfunded to capture the nomination. This time, mr. Cruz is better in position be the nominee because he has a National Grassroots revolt against republican establishment. We all will be going all in for senator ted cruz. He spoke in the rotunda of the state capital. We will turn to the phone lines where our first caller comes from beverly, massachusetts. Matt is calling in on the independent line. Good morning, matt. Caller good morning. I just wanted to say i think it would be interesting and intellectually consistent if the republicans had kind of a inquestion sis by one another and trump on cruz because he had some foreign ties and i consider a lot of troubling questions there. So thats my comment. Thanks. Host all right. Thats matt from beverly, massachusetts. Next up is nick from fairview, tennessee, on the independent line. Nick what, do you think this morning . Caller yes. I have voted republican mostly for years and years, but i nine out of 10 times, i have actually submitted an application to be a volunteer for ted cruz. This is the first time ive done this. If we get eight years of hillary, the countrys over. Theres no country in my mind, absolutely. Shes totally corrupt. And everybody has faults. And i dont really i admire trump to some dream. Hes a good man. Think he really means well. I support trump. He loses the nomination, please dont support him if he becomes a Third Party Candidate because thats what hillary is dreaming of. And we need to put the country first. And ted cruz is a rebel and all the way. He had the audacity to move further. Mitch mcconnell is a liar. And so host nick, when did you decide to support ted cruz and when did you sign up as a volunteer for his campaign . Caller well, ive been with the tea party to some degree off and on for quite some time. And im a political animal. Ive been fighting this all along for a long time. And i know that unfortunately, the democratic philosophy is not a political philosophy anymore. Its a religious philosophy. Thats why its frorging some corrupt people. And thats why ted cruz his family has suffered. Host all right. Thats nick from tennessee. We hear your thought this morning. Our next caller is from florida, rick. What do you think of the shakeup within the Republican Party . Caller to tell you the truth, i am watching it with a great deal of delight. To tell you the truth, if ted cruz cancels out donald trump, youre still going to get a president if elected, that obody is going to work with. They keep proclaiming they are going to do this and that, but they still have a congress to go through. Thats why we have checks and balances. And these socalled evangelicals, if you would listen to what ted cruzs father has to say when he is in a church, it is indefensible. There is absolutely no way that these people are evangelicals. If you go to a church that spouts hate against any person, youre not in a church. Youre in a cult. Host rick, who do you support for 2016 . Caller i support Hillary Clinton because she is by far, the most qualified to be resident of our United States. Im very surprised that bernie has pushed her in the direction that he has pushed her. I cant believe that some of these people would follow such charltons. And charlatans and they better remember if they get to heaven, theyre going have a little test of their own they ave to take. Host here is a tweet from Hillary Clinton. And just a reminder, you can call in with your thoughts. How do you see the election shaping up . How do you see this new development that ted cruz has overtaken donald trump according o this poll in iowa. Special line opened this segment or iowa residents. Here is how donald trump responded to these latest poll in a Campaign Stop on friday. Des id that the dinkins Moines Register is not being fair. Every time the des moines does the poll, i always do badly. Im only doing this that they dont sue me but i dont mind. I hope they sue me because they dont have enough noun sue me. Thats the good thing. [applause] im sure its my opinion that they dont do it properly because you know, they poll like 300 or 400 people. But i really believe if they lose 20 people, boom in the pocket. Trump . Forget that one. Forget that. I dont know if they do that. Do you do that t Des Moines Register . Every time i have a Des Moines Register poll, i do poorly. I also do poorly with the bloomberg polls. I dont know why. But we have a great poll come in. Cnn the last couple of days where were leading by 13 points in iowa. In iowa. [applause] and somebody say its coming out ometime. Host he sent out this tweet. Trump 33, cruz 30. Were taking your calls. And the next one comes from new york on the republican line. Its robert. Robert, good morning to you. Caller hi. Good morning. Ive been disputing Barack Obamas eligibility for presidency for the last seven years and now im disputing the eligibility of ted cruz and Mario Marco Rubio on the same basis. These two individuals do not meet the article two, section one, natural born citizenship definition. And the legal precedent is minor versus 10 . The United StatesSupreme Court in 1875 said that a natural born citizen is one whos born in the United States of participates or are both americans themselves. And of course, marco rubio, his apartments were both cubans when he was born even though he was born here. His parents were not american citizens. And ted cruz, he was born in canada to a cuban father. So i dont want to see the iowan voters be duped. Again, this would be the third time in our history that a usurper has taken over the presidency. Host all right. All right, robert, from new york on the republican line, concerned about the birth of several candidates and of president obama. Next up is mark from philadelphia, pennsylvania on the democratic line. Mark, go ahead. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. Yeah, i just want to say first of all, my former iowa resident. What people dont realize about this iowa caucus is this represents a very minute portion of the electorate democratic republican. So what you normally get here is the most radical on the left democrat, on the right, republican people. So i dont even personally speaking, i dont think its representative. The second thing is do you know Hillary Clinton will be starting out next year with 237 Electoral College votes. Right out of the gate. All she needs is 33 more to win. She can lose ohio and florida and still win. I mean, with the what the republicans need to do is figure out that ted cruz is too right wing. He will not do well in the states up here, you know t pennsylvania, whatever. Or even ohio, i think hes too conservative. Theres only two people that could beat hillary and that is marco rubio and jeb bush. Thank you. Host all right. Thats mark from pennsylvania. And mark brings up a good point. We should note the sort of methodology of the survey. Its the bloomberg report and bloomberg poll says that their iowa survey was taken december 710 and included 400 Republican Caucus participants. Its higher for some subgroups that are better mentioned within the poll numbers. The report also shows that there were changes and Favorability Ratings as well. Ben carsons favorability rating has fallen from 84 in october to now 72 in december. Thats a decline of 12 . Marco rubio has stayed pretty much flat but ted cruz, meanwhile, has jump where had ben carson has fallen. So ted cruzs favorability went from 61 to 73 in the latest december poll. Thats up 12 points. Donald trump has stayed virtually flat. Jeb bush has fallen 11 points to 39 in the Favorability Ratings. Well turn to mark from South Carolina on the republican line. Ark, go ahead. Mark, youre on the air. Caller yes, to the last caller, i dont believe rubio and bush are going to make it to the south. I know i wont be going to the polls if rubio or bush is there. Rubio is too soft on immigration and bush is too soft on everything. A ar as ted cruz, hes wonderful choice. Hes conservative. The social media, theyre not liking that too well. Cruzs father and church how about Jeremiah Wright . Does anybody remember Jeremiah Wright . Host youre talking about president obamas former pastor . Caller correct. Now, did anybody remember what he spouted that ended the democrats run from Jerry Maya Wright and were worried about what ted cruzs dad is saying . Hillary clinton never sent a classified email. Whitewater, vince foster. How much more do the democrats need . They just want to have the first woman, thats all they want. They just had the first black man. Now they want the first woman. Theyre trying to be the heroes of everybody and just its not going to work. Were in trouble. The worlds in troubles. We dont need a hillary, a liar and we dont need bush or rubio to let more immigrants in. Thats the problem. Host ok, mark, we hear your points. Next up from marni on the independent line. Marty, go ahead. Caller hello. Host good morning, marty. Caller i just wanted to say i dont believe the polls. I believe the man from the just said just to has that out to confuse people. But he dont realize how mad people are in this country. Host who doesnt realize how mad people are . Caller the editor of the newspapers. Host ok. Ok. Caller now, hes just trying to reverse the momentum on donald trump. People dont realize how mad they are because people have he has awoke a Sleeping Giant to this muslim and mexican problem in our country. Host so marni, i take it that youre a trump supporter. Caller yes, i am and im a republican. And another thing i wanted to say. I dont know who answers your phones, but they will not answer the republican phone most of the time. I had to call in on a on the other one. Host ok. We have a couple of callers coming in. Would you support donald trump if he launched an independent bid . Caller yes. Host you would. Ok. Support him no matter what. Thats marni. Caller i think most people would too. Host all right. Oklahoma. I from next is terry. Terry, what is it like up there, the sentiment . Caller well, ted cruz is my choice for president and ill be going to the caucuss and voting for him and encouraging my friends and neighbors in Madison County and Dallas County to go out and look for ted. When the caller earlier said that rafael cruz whos a Southern Baptist bornagain christian pastor was preaching hate, ive been with rafael cruz in marshalltown, iowa in a baptist congregation and then in places in my home county. He is a preacher of jesus christ and the love and peace and joy of jesus. So just wanted all the listeners to know that individual that called earlier was the purveyor of hate. And if you want to go and hear rafael cruz preach the gospel, it would be good for everybody in america. And i hope they can put it up on youtube. Host terry, when did you decide to support ted cruz . Caller after meeting with him. I attended an event with congressman david young and steve king that they had rafael and other candidates and got to visit with ted and heard him share his faith and story and love and devotion he has for his wife and his daughters. And i want to endorse and for others to go to his website and check with his father, and theres all kinds of people that want to stay separation of church and state, but rafael cruz has a fine power point presentation on almost like the majority of Jerry Falwell where he started his campaign in liberty university. Decidedle of america they would look to their bibles and look to god and pray for the land of the free and home of the brave and god willing, will be a reformation and people can trust in god and trust in president ted cruz. Host all right. Thats terry from iowa. Next caller is billy on the republican line. Peter, what do you think this morning . Caller really . Host hello. Youre on the air. Caller ok. I dont support ted cruz. Host ok. Cruz ishis father is a bigot. He wants obama should go back to kenya. So rafael cruz was not born in america. Hes not qualified to run as president. Or ould go back to canada take his son back to cuba. Host all right. Thats peter from maryland. Ted cruz spoke on National Security during an event and he went after the white house and their approach towards defeating isis. Whether its fort hood, san bernardino, or a number of others tragically in between from little rock to boston to garland to chattanooga. President obamas approach has been to treat each one in isolation. The administration has called lone wolfs. Tors not to be associated with formal groups because they didnt receive direct orders from him. They investigate any suspects. But they ignore the reality that our nation is under attack. What America Needs today just as e needed in the late 1970s is first, a firm resolve to always protect americans freedom here at home, freedom that has made this the greatest nation on the face of the planet. But second, we need moral clarity. That starts with defining the enemy. And third, we restore americas leadership in the world through a position of strength. How do we do that . First, we protect americans freedoms here at home. Americans no longer feel safe in their schools, their workplaces, their cities. They should not be the new standard. This is to the new normal. Heidi and i have two precious little girls. They are 7 and 5. Every time i pick them up, every time i hold them in my arms, i want them to be confident that they are protected and far from any harm. And a safe america starts with a secure america. Host we are talking about ted cruz and how he has surged in a new Des Moines RegisterBloomberg Politics poll overtaking donald trump as a frontrunner in iowa. You can see that ted cruz now has 31 of those who say they be likely attend the Iowa Caucuses. Donald trump has 21 . Ben carson in third place with 13 . I want to get a few more headlines for you this morning including this important one. Nations have proved landmark climate deal. Heres a story in the New York Times. Such pacts have required economies like the United States to take action to lower Greenhouse Gas emissions but theyve exempted countries like china. They have been working for nine years. Changes the dynamic by requiring action from some form from every country rich or poor. The remark from president obama were that this agreement sends a powerful signal that the world is fully committed to a low carbon future. Weve shown that the world has both the will and ability to take on this challenge. They report on the details of this pact saying the new deal will not on its own solve Global Warming at best, scientists who analyzed it say it will cut global Greenhouse Gas emissions by half to stave off an increase in at spheric temperature of two driesells you. That is the point at which scientific includes includes they world will have consequences including severe drought, widespread food and water shortage and more destructive storms. The Washington Post has this summary of what is in the new climate deal. Temperatures, it will commit nations to pursue efforts to limit an increase 1. 5 degree celcius. It will focus on reducing the deforestation. Every five years, they have to pledge to more strict limits. According to financing, nations must offensive a variety of sources and channels including public funds and they must recognize the importance of averting and addressing harms from adverse weather events. And they must track their progress and detect shortcomings. Again, that is some information on this historic pact to curb Greenhouse Gas emissions that was recently negotiated in paris. Back to the phone lines. Were talking about ted cruz and donald trump and the tries the white house. Our next caller is from albany, georgia on the democratic line. What do you think this morning . Caller good morning, young lady and thanks for taking my ca