Well ask two top leaders of congressional intelligence committees how serious is the security po breach. And our panel handicaps the escalating battle between donald trump and ted cruz. And cruz Hardball Campaign manager. How confident are you . Oh, well win. All right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. We begin with that historic snowstorm that buried much of the eastern u. S. The recordbreaking blizzard dropped 2 feet of snow here in the nations capital. Baltimore saw the most snow ever. New york city and philadelphia also under feet of snow. Hundreds of thousands of homes are without power, as this part of the country begins to dig fran, whos on the snowy streets. We got snow and more, what we do know is the northeast is waking up to clearer conditions, but those in the midatlantic can attest its a long road to cleaning up. Tens of millions can say they experienced the blizzard of 2016. Many folks were caught offguard while tens of thousands were without power for an extended period of time. The norm did not underbhaum us as we wanted. They began bracing family po harsher conditions. There was no public transportation. In pennsylvania, the National Guard responded to stranded motorists on the pennsylvania turnpike, some for as long as 16 hours. In new york, a travel ban began at 2 30 eastern, essentially shut down. In new Jersey Governor Chris Christie jumping off the campaign trails just days before iowa. This is my 17th snow emergency in six years. The ice and snow canceled more than 11,000 flights since thursday. Airlines hope to be back in business this afternoon. But its not all bad. In the district we saw flooding, biking, even snowboard, and this giant panda at the national zoo. He didnt hesitate to pounce, stuff. Chris, back to you. Thank you, elizabeth. I have love that video. And thanks to colonial parking for getting me here today. They drove me across town in the snowplow this morning. Gentlemen, i could not have made it without. To from the winter cold to the heat of the campaign. With eight days until the iowa caucuses, donald trump has an 11point lead over arrival ted cruz. Marco rubio is the only other candy in double digits. Cruz by ten points, but take a look at this. Among the republicans saying theyd attend a caucus, more than a third say they have never gone before. Donald trump has a lead among the firsttimers. And in New Hampshire, donald trump maintains his lead at 31 , more than dump either ted cruz or marco rubio, who are in a battle for second place. Joining me from iowa is president ial candidate senator marco rubio. Welcome back to Fox News Sunday, senator. Thank you. Thanks for having me back. Lets start with breaking news, some good news, that is iowas biggest newspaper, the Des Moines Register endorsed you saying senator marco rubio has the potential to chart a new direction for the party and perhaps the nation with his message of restoring the american dream. How big of a deal is that for you in iowa . I feel its affirmation that our campaign is a serious look, barack obama has done incredible damage to the United States over the last seven years. So our next president does need to be someone who is frustrated about that, but it also has to be someone who knows exactly what to do to undo this damage. My whole campaign has been build built on that, on a fundamental promise. If we do what needs to be done, i believe this country can be greater than its ever been and i believe our children can be the freest and most prosperous americans that have ever lived. Thats what our campaign is bullet on. Were happy to have that endorsement. We had a second one yesterday from the sioux city journal, so we feel positive about the momentum thats gaining as we get closer to the caucuses, as you know, caucusgoers make up their mind on the day of the caucus or leading up to is. On the other hand, senator, one of my rules is campaigns is dont Pay Attention to what what 24th do. There are reports this week that your campaign has pulled almost 1 million in ads in New Hampshire and iowa, switching them from 60second ads to 30second ads, and theres a story in the paper today that says your Campaign Manager told some top supporters to expect a long slog well into april. That sure doesnt sound like somebody who thinking hes going to win the early states. First of all, this is a long slog because of the number of people running. Its a very unusual primary and niche nomination cycle. We did not cut more ads. We have more than any other candidates. We made some strategic shortening of adding, because we got better slots at a better price. Were always looking to save money. This campaign has to be about convincing the largest number of voters possible that we are the right choice for the almost party. I know this. Will republicans be getting a solid conservative, i will beat had been Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. In the end, this country cannot afford four more years like the last seven. Meanwhile, senator, i was shocked to learn this week that you have been the tart of more negative ads, more attack ads by your rivals than any other candidate out there, especially from the socalled establishment candidates, your rivals, and your friend and mentor jeb bush, both his super pac and his campaign have really gone after you. Take a look. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty, then flipped and worked with Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizen ship. If they go, i will not shed a tear. Force proposed here will work. Senator, why is it that the other socalled establishment candidates especially christie and bush, are ganging up on you, and because i know its personal, are you disappointed in the way your friend and mentor jeb bush is going after you . No, in many ways its an affirmation of what ive been says. You dont attack a candidate you only spend it if you feel someone is a threat so that obviously affirms what weve been saying, we have a path to the nomination, but also to defeating Hillary Clinton. In the end voters will vote on someone you sea establishment candidate. Every time i have ever run for anything at this level, ive taken on the establishment. I had to do it when i ran for the senate, and even now, most of the establishment said to me you cant run, its not your turn. 20 million did not come in this should this is not grassroots money, but from big donors and establishment who believe i need to wait my turn. Its part of the process. We knew that going in. I think that amount of money being spent against us confirms what ive been saying, and that is we are a campaign thats gaining momentum and support, and obviously other candidates view that as a threat, so theyre responding. Well be fine in the end. One of the knocks against you, senator, is that youre the republican barack obama, that you lack the experience to be president. Youve been in the senate for fiveplus years, so let me ask you, what do you consider your biggest legislative accomplishment . Well, first let me say the most important job of president is commander in chief. Being president is not like being a senator, but its not like being a governor either, its a unique office unlike any other in the world. If you look at the entire field, no one has more experience or last five years on the issues of National Security than i have. Im proud of the things we have clef. We brought accountable to the v. A. I helped lead an effort that got rid of the obamacare bailout fund. Just a month ago in a bipartisan way, i helped impose additional sanctions on hezbollah. I also have if experience of accomplishments as speaker of the house. This is the future, what kind of country we are going to leave for our children, the number one role is to be commander in chief, keep us safe. I will do that. Ive got more experience and have shown better judgment on those issues than any of the other candidates in this field. I want to pick up on one of the accomplishments you have mentioned. You have said often that you led the effort to end the bailouts, so socalled risk corridors for obamacare which could have protected Insurance Companies who lost money on premiums. Running president that did anything against obamacare. We got rid of the bailout fund, which may lead to the collapse of obamacare. Senator, while you certainly did speak out on the issue, it was other republicans who actually pud that provision in a spending bill that obama was forced to signings which put it into effect. In fact you voted against that spending bill. The Fact Checkers at the Washington Post gave you, as we put it up on the screen, four pinocchios for your response. How do you respond . First of all, theyre wrong. The reason it was inserted is because i spent a year and a half pushing this issue, speaking communicating with my colleagues, for a year and a half i was the only one talking about it. It happened because we led the effort on it. Did someone else physically type thats absurd. Maybe, but thats not the issue. That. From everyone watching this, to the editorials around the country, i believe New York Times wrote one saying how marco rubio has done something that will lead to the collapse of obamacare. We pushed this the entire time. Had it not been for our efforts, the obamacare bailout may very well still be there in law. Lets talk about another controversy, and that is your tax plan. Lets lay it out. You would establish three income tax brackets topping out at a 35 rate for the highest earners, but some still argue thats still too high. Carson and paul propose a flat tax rate of just under 15 . Senator, the argument is that their plans would do more to promote Economic Growth than your plan. They would not, because two mentioned, especially ted cruz ooze contain a valueadded tax, a europeanstyle tax, you find it in canada as well. Let me just interrupt to say you know that he flatly denies that. He can deny it, at the may not call it that, but it works exactly the way a valueadded tax works, and everybody who knows about tax policy agrees. It is a valueadded tax. Its a tax on businesses. Businesses have to pay a tax on both the money they make and on the money they are paying their employees. This is why Ronald Reagan investigated the v. A. T. Tax, it was a way for government to blindfold people. Not only do they get a statement with their tax showing how much they paid in taxes. The employer is now paying the tax. Theyll get the money to pay that tax by paying the workers less. So its a way to disguise the burden of taxation. You have created a new tax and liberal congress now has multiple taxes they can race. They can now also raise the v. A. T. Tax. Its a dangerous scheme. We wont have a v. A. T. Tax when im president. What people leave out is we increased per Child Tax Credit for working families and alloy all businesses, especially scorporations, a large number of americans are paying taxes through their business, as high as 39. 5 . Under my plan, those small businesses, those scorporations and partnerships would only be paying 25 flat. So my plan actually represents a substantial growth in the economy, but also a substantial savings for the vast and overwhelming majority of americans. Senator, were running out of the time, so im going to ask you for a quick reaction. As im sure you have seen theres news stories today, New York Times reporting that billionaire and former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg is for president. How would he shake up the race . Well, i dont i havent spent time thinking about mayor bloomberg. Ive met him a couple times, dont know him well. Ill wait until he becomes a candidate. If he becomes a candidate well have a conversation about our differences. If he as just out there talking about president , theres a lots of people that have done that. As of now hes a private citizen that owns a big companies. Do you feel at a disadvantage when youve got bloom berg and trump who are both billionaires . I think this is a great country where the son of a bartender and maid can be running for the same office and have the same opportunity as the son of a millionaire or for that matter the son of a president. Its extraordinary. In no other country would that be possible. I want america to remain that kind of country. Thank you, senator, for your time. Debate thursday in iowa. Absolutely. Thank you. They battle it out as we get closer to the first vote. Plus what would you like to ask the panel about the escalating war between trump and cruz . Twitter you cant predict. The market. But at t. Rowe price, we can help guide your investments through good times and bad. For over 75 years, our clients have relied on us to bring our best thinking to their investments so in a variety of market conditions. You can feel confident. In our experience. Call a t. Rowe price retirement specialist or your advisor. To see how we can help make the most of your retirement savings. T. Rowe price. Ronald reagan would get along with tip oneil and they make great deals for everybody. Thats what the country is about really. If as a voter if you think we need more republicans to cut a deal with harry reid, nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer, then i guess donald trump is your guy. Trump priding himself as a deal maker, while ted cruz worries he would do just that with the washington establishment. Time for our group, george will, lisa lerer, who covers National Politics for associated press, michael needham, and political analyst Juan Williams. Lets look at the latest fox news poll. Trump is now up 11 points in the last two weeks. Cruz is down four points. George, now that their truce has ended too soon whether to say whether trump has done this. The sixterm governor of iowa came out against ted cruz, broke the tradition of governors remaining neutral in iowa on the issue of ethanol, of all things, which is an important boondoggle to iowa. Our a worth while program if youre an iowaen. [ laughter ] general Douglas Mcarthur said every disaster in war can be explained too late. S is beginning too late to rally against mr. Trump. Its also unclear yet whether the fire between trump and cruz is going to have the effect that the war between dib gephardt and howard dean had in 2004. They trained their fire on each through, won iowa and won the nomination. The polls show that Donald Trumps supporters are im going to interrupt you there, because im going to get to that and bring in lisa to discuss exactly that subject. There are some interesting numbers in the poll. Meteorology most of trumps late is among the 38 4319 among firsttimers, but only a threepoint lead among traditional caucusgoers, which lisa raises the question, will those Trump Supporters show up . The truth is we just dont know. In some ways, the iowa caucus this is a highly untraditional campaign and highly untraditional organization. Hes not doing any of the traditional things you do. 4 cruz set up camp cruz, which is a sweepaway camp for all help. Hes doing exactly what were supposed to do if the traditional rules apply in iowa. But its not clear if the traditional rules apply at all. Thats what well find on you. George mentioned the fact as to whether or not the republican wing of the Republican Party has delayed too long in firing back against donald trump. Well, that ended this week the navl review published a special edition called against trump in which morn than 20 conservatives railed. But this week trump also got a big personal endorsement. Are you ready for a commander in chief who will let our warriors do their job and go kick isis ass . So, michael, who moves more votes . The thinkers at the National Review or sarah palin . Good conservatives are split among all different candidates, but the establishment has become completely unified in trying to kill ted cruz. Trent lott, the Senate Majority leader who helped shepherd no child left behind, now a lob lobbyist, came out and said hes going to do what he can to stop ted cruz. So many people are , trent lost set we need to coopen them. You also had bob dole that did an interview with New York Times, which took off after cruz. He did and got into the 1980 election stop Ronald Reagan back then. So you see the republican establishment absolutely hates the fact that ted cruz has come to washington i love that youre leaving out donald trump. They dont like him, either. Sure, and i think the appeal for the average voters, who you represent, is being antiestablishment a plus or mine sinus . I think its clear the two candidates who are duking it out are the most antiestablishment candidates. Donald trump because of his perm, because of things hes said and ted cruz because he hasnt been coopted, and most importantly they fear that ted cruz hasnt been able to be coopted. One other question. You want you to look at an odd comment that donald trump made on the stump yesterday. The pulse, they say i have the most loyal people, did you ever see that . Where i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue, i could shoot somebody and wouldnt even lose any supporters. Theres times when you just shake your head. Is that funny or alarming . I think he meant it funny, it probably is funny. Theres certainly no evidence its not true. Every single rule of politics. Thats what people want, because every single rule has gone el this country 19 trillion in debt. You dont do that without a lot of partisan ship. Thats why donald trump has taken off. This is an antiestablishment year and its a good thing it is. Youre endorsing cruz it sounds like this morning . Im endorsen an antiestablishment candidate. Im just asking the question, you dont mention trump. Those are the people who have gotten us in trouble. We asked you this question, and got this tweeted out by a fellow d. 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