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i also went to the bathroom. >> good morning. it's wednesday, december 23rd. welcome to morning joe. where has the conversation gone? >> to the bathroom. >> it's christmas week. >> no toilet talk at the table this morning, gentleman. >> willie, richards. long national nightmare. >> it's 6:01. >> it's over. we had jeff greenfield come out and say this is the sort of thing that you said when it is beaten badly. in 1984. >> your jeff greenfield point is a guy whose going to vote for donald trump. >> okay. thank you guys. >> that's all i have to say. >> we have msnbc analyst and democr...

But i think that the fireworks really are going to focus between ted cruz and marco rubio here. i think you're going to see a lot of back and forth, particularly over foreign policy. as you mentioned, the first debate since paris, since san bernardino. it's really at the forefront of voters' minds. and marco rubio has been going after cruz aggressively on his defense voting record. so you have both this vote against the usa freedom act, that ultimately ended the metadata collection program, and also some votes against defense budgets, the rubio campaign is saying amounted to show votes. and i ...

we begin tonight with the fear dominating the headlines. los angeles area schools closed today in response to what officials said was a credible threat of violence. it is the latest in a string of events at home and abroad that have americans focused on national security. in fact, 40% name national security and terrorism as their top issues for the federal government to address in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. all of this, of course, happening against the backdrop that the gop presidential candidates will hold for their final debate of 2015. nine candidates set to s...

Agree with me on everything they say look, you're doing what you said you would do. when you tell us you'll defeat isis and stand with israel and keep us safe and protect our constitutional rights, when you tells you'll take on washington and corporate welfare and have economic growth, we believe you'll do what you said you'll do and that's what we need if we're going to turn the country around. >> joining us now on set editor of the weekly standard bill crystal. author and columnist mike and msnbc contributor dorian warren and halley jackson who has been on the trail with both ted cruz and ma...

Biggest threat to trump in new hampshire? >> in the polls, trump is way ahead in new hampshire. christie's trying to come back, rand paul has a libertarian base. you see senator graham taking trips, talking about his hawkish views. and i think jeb bush and marco rubio's campaigns are making a real play for new hampshire. at the same time, there's a reluctance, steve, and i've spoken to many of these establishment donors today to take on trump. they're not funding the anti-trump super pacs, not putting the big money against them. one of the reasons is, if they think they engage, everyone else w...