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WEWS This Week With George Stephanopoulos January 31, 2016

Top. Clinton and sanders join us live on this week. Trump, clinton, sanders, votes. As we count down to iowa. From abc news. A special edition of this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Tomorrow night we will know. After a season of surprises with unconventional candidates riding a wave of anger, will those first sfloerts iowa, just a few hundred thousand, will they tell americas establishment were through . In these final hours, the candidates all across iowa. Donald trump rolled into dubuque on his own air force one. Get out and caucus and dont stay back. I dont care. Youre feeling horrible. You have a 104 temperature. The doctor says, you cannot leave. It will be the end of you the you leave ped. Youll not be able to make it. Get out of bed and caucus. In cedar rapids. Thank you, bill. Thank you, chelsea. Thank you guys. I am so proud to be my parents daughter. And you need a worldclass changemaker. She is the best i have ever known. Ted cruz called in Phil Robertson from duck dynasty. Now trump says hes not showing up for the debate with our man, cruz. So lets call old donald duck and try to get him to do the debate. [ duck calls ] and listen to Bernie Sanders with the indie rockers vampire weekend. In this land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island and now the pollster who knows iowa the best has weighed ann selzers numbers for the pole showing donald trump with a slight lead. Cruz in second, rubio at 15 and ben carson at 10 . On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton neck and neck with Bernie Sanders, holding a slim threepoint lead. Lets dig in with jon karl. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton so close. Theyre drawing on completely different universes. Reporter its incredible, george. Look at the generation gap here. Bernie sanders has a lead of nearly 40 points among Iowa Democrats under 35. But it cuts both ways. If you look at Hillary Clinton, she has an equally huge lead among Iowa Democrats over 65. Remember, traditionally, the older voters are more reliable caucusgoers. That could be an advantage. The poll shows the strategy of bringing out bill clinton. Events than Hillary Clinton in the final stretch. Look at this. Clinton. His favorability rating at 86 pgt. The only democrat more popular obama. Meanwhile, on the republican momentum. There are some warning signs inside the poll. Yeah, trump has take an weeks. Negative advertising attacks from his opponents. His favorability rating, unfavorability rating is at 47 among Iowa Republicans. That is sky high. Meanwhile, cruz and rubio are both much more higher favorability ratings. Cruz has take an beating himself. His rating has gone down 11 points in just a few weeks. And this ere is some solidity . Reporter 71 of trump voters 45 of Iowa Republicans say they could change their mind before tomorrow night. That could help marco rubio. Hes the top second choice among these kptds. More Iowa Republicans say rubio is their second choice. Lets bring in the frontrunner. Donald trump joins us by phone. Thank you for joining us. The Des Moines Register has you in the lead. Are you confident you can turn the supporters into voters . I am. The more people that get out, the better i do. I think well have a big crowd. The blizzard supposedly is going to be on tuesday, not monday. Or monday night. And hopefully, that will hold. They think record attendance will happen tonight. If that happens, im supposedly, according to the pollsters, in very good shape. We have a great bonding, as you see by the big surge we have had in the poll. There is vulnerability there as well. Theyre less comfortable with you with the idea youre going to be representing america to the world. How do you convince them youre ready to be xhef commander in chief . For one thing, did well against hillary one on one. Ive beaten her in pols. Im the one that will beat hillary, assuming she makes it to the gate, which is questionable. To be honest with you. Well see what happens. I think the big factor, if you look at iowa, and this one, how well im doing with e van jell kals. Im leading with e van jell kals. Leading with tea party. Im doing great in every as peck throughout the nation. And you know, we look forward to an sbesing season. We begin we begin if one day, hard to believe. The votes are finally here. You mentioned Hillary Clinton. Ted cruz is hitting you hard on clinton. Overnight. Here it is. I live in new york. She lives in new york. Ive known her and her husband i really like them both a lot. You were at his wedding. I was at his wedding. Thatting a right. Sit like where you all pretend tody like each other and youre all pals behind the scenes. He says America Needs a fighter not a dealmaker. You cant have somebody on the senate floor and nobody endorses you. Heres a guy with all these senators, not one endorsement for cruz. Hes a nasty guy. Nobody likes him. It will be worse gridlock than you have right now. Right now, you have gridlock. As far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, when i was in business, i was a worldclass businessman. I built one of the great companies. Thats what i intend to do with the country. Bring it back to health. Its dieing with 19 trillion in debt and lots of other problems. When i was in business, i got along with everybody. Democrats, liberals. I got along with conservatives and republicans. I happen to have a conservative way of thought. But when youre a businessman you have to get along with everybody. You cant just say, im going to get along with a small Group Function that way. Worldwide. I get a long with everybody. Ted cruz is saying a vote for trump is a vote for obamacare. Saying in the last few months, youre for single payer governmentrun health insurance. On that obamacare issue, right there, hes saying, because you want the government to pay for everyone to have health care, sthat just like obamacare . Look, ted cruz is a total liar. Im so against obamacare. Ive been saying it for two years. Im going the repeal and replace obamacare. I dont know where he gets this. He didnt put down on his Financial Disclosure forms that he borrowed money from banks at lowinterest loans. Lower than you or anybody can hes got favorable deals from the banks on wall street. He never put it down. Ted is a liar. This is why nobody likes him. This is why he doesnt have one endorsement from one senator. Not one. He works with them. He doesnt have one endorsement. Any senators endorsed you yet . They will be very soon. Do you have anyone to announce . We have tremendous endorsements. Jerry fallwell jr. Just endorsed me. Every cant didate goes through liberty university. Thats problem one of the reasons i went so high with evangelicals. Sheriff joe from arizona. The toughest guy on the border. The toughest there is on the border just endorsed me. I have great endorsements. Many more are coming. You say ted cruz is a liar. You have said you want everyone to be kofered on health care and how is that not obamacare . Thats true. I want people taken care of. I have a heart. I want people taken care of. If people have no money, we have to help them. That doesnt mean single payer. It means we have to help people. If somebody has no money and theyre flying theyre lying in the middle of the street and dying how do you do it . Well work with the hospitals, doctors, weve got to do something. You cant have a small percentage of our economy have no protection so they end up dying from what you could have a simple procedure or a pill. You cant do that. Well work something out. That doesnt mean single payer. Maybe hes got no heart. If i lose an election, thats fine. Because frankly, we have to take care of the people in our country. We cant let them die on the side walks of new york or iowa or anywhere else. So but thats not single as far as obamacare is concerned. One of the staples of my speech, you can ask my supporters, its repeal and replace obamacare. The premiums are going up, 25 , 30 , 40 . Its an outrage. It will probably fail on its own unless the republicans renew it by 17. A whole staple of my campaign is getting rid of obama care and replacing it. You and ted cruz going at it. Any concern that marco rubio will sneak up the middle here . You never know. Its an election. The number that you gave that my people are most committed to me. The people i have are far away, double, triple, quadruple committed to me. Theyre not going anywhere. I built a great company. Some of the greatest assets in low debt, tremendous cash flow. Im selffunding my campaign. Im not borrowing from the oil men and err other special interests. Hes 100 in their pocket. Hes going to do whatever they want him to do. Ive turned down hundreds of millions of dollars from people that wanted to support my campaign because i dont want their money. Once they give me their money, they influence me. I dont want to be influenced. The only one that will have influence on me is the American People. I was there at your announcement in june. After. Tell the truth right now. Did you ever imagine then that on the eve of the Iowa Caucuses in every state . The truth is, no. I didnt. I thought, im somebody that knows how to win. I close the deal, you know that about me for a long time. I do close the deal. But i never thought i would have 4 24point leads in different places. In florida, im 48. Bush is in the basement. This is in the state of florida. I never thaulgt i would have the leads. In new hampshire, a 22point lead. Iowa is the closest, i guess the poll just came out. I have a five or sixpoint lead. I think the people of iowa will surprise. Nay know that these phony ads these people put out there such lies, like obamacare, nobody is more negative on obamacare than donald trump. Nobody knows health care more than donald trump. Anything you could do differently . You always look back. The answer is no. Im leading in the National Polls by in some cases2 points. And even more. I think its hard to say that i would have made changes. Certainly, i could have changed i would really say, no. Im very happy. I have unbelievable people that will be voting for me. The thing im most proud about is, take a look. You Just Announced it this morning. By far the most loyal people are the people that are going to go out and vote or caucus for trump. Well see what happens thunderstorm night tomorrow night. Hey buddy, lets get these dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. These are multisymptom. Well so are these. This one is max strength and fights mucus. That one doesnt. Uh. Think fast you dropped something. Oh. Ill put it back on the shelf. New from mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. This thing with her emails is a big deal. She lied about the fact that there is nothing classified on my server. It. Thats the clinton way. She put our National Security she broke the law on her convenience. Hard on those emails. She responds live, next. E copd, it can be hard to breathe. It can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. So i talked to my doctor. She said. Symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. Symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. Symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It should not be taken more than twice a day. 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Speaking is hard for me. But, january january i want to say these two words. Madame president. [ cheers and applause ] Gabby Giffords there with a hug for Hillary Clinton there in ames, iowa. Thank you for joining us, madame secretary. Thank you, george. Lets talk about the Des Moines Register poll. Eight years ago, your hopes were shattered by the surge ff barack obama. Happen again . Im confident we have run a terrific campaign. So proud and grateful to the thousands of iowans that have joined this campaign. Were going keep working until the caucuses conclude tomorrow night. Of course, its close. Its competitive. Thats why i hope everybody who has decided to caucus for me will be sure to come out on monday night. You did have the surprise on friday. The state department saying they will not release2 emails of yours deemed topsecret. You want them released. Why are you so confident that release would not compromise National Security . What do you ne that we dont . Well, heres what i know. I know that this is i think a continuation of the story that has been playing out for months. There is no classified marked information on those emails. Sent or received by me. Member of the Intelligence Committee who has had a chns to review them said this chain did not originate with me and there were no classification markings. I do want them released. And of course, i cant be clear about exactly what the reasons might be for some in the government as part of this interagency dispute to make this request. Not the make them public. But, i would like to see them disclosed. Think they can. And should be disclosed. From everything im told about them. Your supporters, including tom vilsack and others, have suggested its political. Is that what you think . Im going leave that to others experienced in the ways of washington to comment on. I just have to point out that the timing, and some of the leaks that have led up to it, are concerning. I just want this matter resolved. The best way to resolve is to do what i asked months ago. Release these. Let the public see them. You have said many times, the classified. No evidence that thats not true. The nondisclosure agreement you signed as secretary of state said its not that relevant. Classified information is marked or unmarked classified. All of you are trained to treat difference. Of course. Thats what i did. I take classified information very seriously. You know, you cant get system. In the state department. To put on to an unclassified system, no matter what that system is. We were very specific about that. And, you when you receive information, of course, there has to be some marking. Some indication that someone down the chain had thought that this was classified. That was not the case. The final thing i would say, because clearly, the best answer on this is release and disclose these terms. Of email very well included a published newspaper report. That seems a little hard to understand. That we would be retro actively overclass overclassfying a public newspaper article. Lets get it out. See what it is. Let the American People draw their own conclusions. This is very much like benghazi. The republicans will continue to use it. Beat up on me. I understand that. Thats the way they are. After 11 hours of testimony, answering every question in public, which i requested for months, its clear their grasping at straws. This will turn of ut the same way. Is you told david muir it was a mistake to et up the private server. This monday, you said there was no error in judgment. How you to square those two statements . It was permitted. It was not the best choice or i would be talking about what the people in iowa are talking to me about. The concerns on their minds. The really, able to answer their questions as i have been now for so many months. You and senator sanders going at it right now. Here was he was on the stump yesterday. Saying this about your attacks. Dont tell me that im defending or protecting the gun lobby. Dont tell me im attacking planned parent hood. Those are inaccuracies. And we can do better than that. Hes calling you out. He said hes got a dminus rating from the nra and a 100 record from planned parenthood. Let me tell you what the people who work on these issues every day have said. Im the leader. The leader who has taken off tough issues. Issues like planned parenthood, the gun lobby for years. The planned parenthood action fund. I was honored to have that. Thats not saying others havent voted for them. They were looking for a leader and they found it with me. Ive been endorse bdty brady campaign. Yesterday, at an emotion event endorse i had by Gabby Giffords and her husband, mark kelly. They believe im the leader they want to stand up to the gun lobby. The same with the human rights campaign. They concluded i was the leader to protect anded a strans cause and the rights of the lgbt community. People who know us, who know what they want in the next president have sided with me. Theyre going the hit Bernie Sanders with the fact that hes a democratic socialist if he gets the nomination. Some of your supporters concerned about that. Senator Claire Mccaskill said with a hammer and a sickle. Steny hoyer. He calls himself a socialist. I dont think that is a good title to have to run for the president of the United States. Well, th

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