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Voters will head to the polls on february 9th. trump has more than double the support of his second rival. chris christie, jeb bush and kasich are going all in on new hampshire. in one of them or rubio can consolidate enough establishment support, they have a chance to take trump down. the problem is they are splitting the establishment vote which is why each is trying to cast himself as the one and only true trump alternative. >> what would you like to say to him should he walk into the room right now? >> i'll take you on one-on-one. >> the newspaper which endorsed christie unleashed a blisse...

With it. i like to be in the back. i can't imagine anyone believes that if you are looking for a commander and chief ha has isis to con teneld with and aggressive china to contend with. that has an aggressive china and putin to con tend with i'm not sure leading from behind. we gave president obama a hard time for saying he want to leave from behind. what people want is they want confidence can. that's what they like will trump. there is plenty of stuff not to like about trump. i understand why people find him offensive sometimes. what they like is supremely confident and country that seems to...

Blessing and coalesce that establishment vote behind him. >> thank you, sir. we will see how this turns out. we go back now to the issue of donald trump and this new battle that's brewing between the gop frontrunner and the democratic frontrunner that's all been heating up today. at the top of the show, you heard from donald trump on the "today" show demanding this apology from hillary clinton. here's what led to the demand. >> we also need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that trump is sending around the world don't fall on receptive ears. he is becoming isis' best recruit...

Rubio who has now got into second place. donald trump is at 27%. that's up from the last time quinnipiac did this poll at the beginning of november. as you see, the other headline is that jeb bush is far down in the pack at 5%. how big of a deal is all of this, michael? >> i think it's a very big deal because as jeff points out we're at t minus two months. i tabulate the maverick vote and i tabulate the establishment vote. let's add up donald trump and ben carson and throw ted cruz into that mix. you'll get 59% of the gop. and then conversely, do a total of the establishment types. that would ...

The mainstream because they are senators. they're not outsiders, to be there if and when carson and trump collapse. jon: cruz seems to be taking a shot, molly, at marco rubio's former support for the so-called gang of eight immigration bill which he now says was a mistake. is that going to be an achilles heel for marco rubio? >> oh, absolutely. one of the interesting things about that that debate the other night was that we started to see cruz figure out his path to the nomination. so he understands that he does need to line up those conservative voters while also appealing to the establishmen...