i don't support amnesty. we're not going to have amnesty when i'm president. there's going to be real consequences for violating our law. but this whole notion that he's the only conservative, i think as people learn more about his record, they'll learn he's very calculated. he's always looking to take whatever position it takes to win votes or raise money. we're not going to beat hillary clinton with someone that will do or say anything to get elected. >> one of the things cruz said is that you gave an interview to univision to jorge ramos in which you said in spanish that you would not try to undo the executive actions president obama made when it came to -- >> that's also inaccurate. that just never happened. what i've always said is that the president's dafa on adults needs to be -- now it's being stayed by a court, but i'll repeal it, and daka needs to end, too. the only thing on daka, the people wouldn't be allowed to re-register and we shouldn't be adding people to it. that's consistently my position. it's just not accurate. at the end of this election,

we were on the verge of losing amnesty. it would've been granted to 12 million people across this country. the only reason it was beaten is because millions of americans rose up. i was proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with jeff sessions and steve king and we led the battle to defeat it and stop amnesty. [applause] sen. cruz: i will give a very simple point that you can make to any of your friends. the other individuals on that stage were nowhere to be found. it was like they were in witness protection. when the battle is being fought on the verge of amnesty being passed, you do not show up to fight? your credibility as a presidential candidate when you say i care about amnesty becomes suspect. that is what is so encouraging. it's the great thing about new hampshire, iowa and south carolina, you all take this seriously. the responsibility to vet the candidates and look them in the eye and say who is blowing smoke? to distinguish who has the record of walking the walk. let me close with this. if you all agree with me that

she says the amnesty has greatly improved security. self-confessed criminal has handed over 84 rifles. >> translation: violence escalated because people were attacking communities. my community. so i was protecting my female. now i am protecting all people. >> reporter: many victims are worried that criminals are not being punished and will re-offend. many of the communities affected by crime and violence in the state say the government needs to do a lot more than the amnesty program. they say they need help dealing with the impact of crime. >> this amnesty program, i think the best thing to do. >> reporter: state government leaders defend the amnesty. >> the security council demanded for the people to have mercy. we are working together. we are finding how we can make life more meaningful and better for our people. >> reporter: state government says the amnesty has reduced crime in the area by 70%. training and educational programs will be provided for anyone who is given a pardon. victims of crime say the priority should be giving th

] show any remorse, you can't grant them amnesty. >> reporter: state government leaders defend the amnesty. >> the security council have granted in amnesty. the chief of the at this time is there. the security parties of the states are there. we are working together. we are fining how we can make life more meaningful and better for our people. >> reporter: state government says the amnesty has reduced crime by 70% here. training and education programs will be provided for anyone who is given a pardon. victims of crime say the priority should be giving them compensation so they can rebuild their lives, al jazeera, nigeria. >>> riot police have blocked human rights activists from reaching the border with turkey. the protesters are calling for safe passage to refugees who face a fence and police controls along the frontier. several hundred activists gathered at a border village with some burned a european union flag. >>> and russia has closed its arctic border crossing with norway to block a group of syrian refugees from returning. up until this weekend, norway was returning some of the refug

. >> set king of saying he is for amnesty, everybody is for amnesty instead of ted cruz. that is false neas and a debate problem. >> i will say this. gosh if you guys ask one more main question, i may have to leave the stage. >> don't worry i will not leave the stage no matter what you ask me. >> he made a deal with chuck schumer he will oppose any conservative amendment. >> rand's way is not the way to do it. everyone who comes to the united states we need to know who they are and why they are coming. >> not to make decisions whether something is legal or illegal, or profiling. you see something suspicious you call law enforcement and let law enforcement make the decisions that can be done without profiling people. >> we will win that against isis when it settles down, we should leave, we shouldn't be policemen of the world. we need to turn it over to regional powers to handle that. >> that is the book where you changed your stand and immigration. >> so did you. so did you, marco. when you do that, you ask people to support you shouldn't cut an run and stick with it. tha

doesn't support amnesty. and then mr. bush chiming in on that, as well. was that a critical moment against mr. rubio or for mr. bush? both are looking to get voters. >> it's a critical moment for anybody on stage dealing with that. i just wish they would have been using these video montages in the last six debates, because donald trump's montage would have been incredible if you people would been able to see what he's said in the past about issues compared to what he's claiming he believes now. that may have been the best move for donald trump not to be there tonight as he dodged that bullet. for rubio and cruz, i don't think there's going to be anything new per se for the voters. most people have seen them hashing out this amnesty issue, the gang of eight issue, this vote in the senate issue. we've heard about it and chris christie has laughed saying if any of you guys are bored to death right now, then welcome to my world. and vote for me. so i don't think it's going to hurt either one of them too much when

the amnesty isn't enough to stop offenders. hundreds of people dead have been left dead. >> reporter: hundreds of illegally owned rifles, ingredient aids and home-made bombs surrendered to police. their owners won't be charged of any offence in the continuing arms amnesty aimed at cutting crime. fighting started here during last year's election. on and off tribal and ethnic tensions over landownership have plagued the state for years. many have acquired weapons to defend themselves. hundreds have been killed. the husband and son of this woman were shot and killed in separate politically motivated attacks. >> translation: when high husband was murdered i was in the bedroom. i heard boom boom twice, i got scared. the shots continued for a while. when it went quiet i went out screaming. >> reporter: she says the amnesty has greatly improved the violence. this man has handed over 84 rifles. >> translation: violence has escalated because people were attacking communities, my community. so i was protecting my people. now i am protect

. >> the security council gave us the money for the amnesty. we are working together. we are finding out we can make life more meaningful and better for our people. >> reporter: the state government says the amnesty has reduced crime in the area by 80%. training and programs will be provided to anyone who is given given a pardon. victims say they should be getting help to rebuild their lives >>> the sundance film festival is often associated with the off beat quirky side of cinema, but there's another darky and scarier side. from park city utah rob reynolds reports. >> reporter: midnight here is the beginning of horror. >> we want to be here first. >> reporter: these people lined up late at night to see the film the greasy strangler. >> it's a mixture of sweetness and tenderness and some sort of quiet sort of deoperatived weirdness. >> reporter: film maker is back with a murder movie. >> they play this game called 31. it is a fight to the death against this seemingly stream of home side kal maniacs. -- homicidal. >> reporter: this is a mother g

bush was heavy for amnesty. >> he worked for him. >> and he was heavy for amnesty. and if you look at rubio go after him, rubio and bush are both claiming each other was totally amnesty and, honestly, marco has a lot of good points as to ted's feeling on amnesty. ted just switched his views on ethanol. he was totally against it now he's for it. it's iowa and he's for it. >> where are you in ethanol? >> i've been in favor of ethanol. >> you're okay with the subsidies. >> i like fuel and ethanol is fuel and the people out here, it's a very important subject but ted switched and i think they feel very queasy about that. ted will switch opinions, and i think that's fine. in the world -- >> you've changed a lot. >> i've changed opinions over the years. i mean, we change. but it will be very interesting to see what happens. i will -- i'll tell you one thing. i am really looking to february 1st. it's going to be very exciting. >> let me ask you. senator rubio sponsored a bill in florida back when he was in the statehouse to give in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants

everybody's for amnesty except ted cruz. that is an authenticity problem. >> this is the problem that ted's campaign touches on. he is the most conservative candidate and everybody else is a rino. now you want to trump trump on immigration. we cannot beat hillary clinton and say or do anything to win an election. >> i'm confused. he was the sponsor of the gang of eight bill that required a bunch of thresholds, but allowed for citizenship. >> you used to support a path to citizenship. >> so did you, marco. >> i guarantee you one thing, she will never get within ten miles of the white house. the days of clintons in public housing are over. >> cnn's sara murray was at the debate. >> reporter: good morning, christine and boris, donald trump's decision to stay out of the debate left more room for the moderators. >> when you ran for senate in 2010, you made clear you opposed legalization and citizenship for illegal immigrants. within two years of getting elected, you were co-sponsoring a path to citizenship, in your words, amnesty

. >> i do not support amnesty. i said i do not support -- >> you said past criticship is code for amnesty. >> it has been. at the time and the context of that was in 2009 and 2010 where the last effort for legalization was an effort done in the senate. it was an effort led by several people that provided almost an instant pass with very little obstacles moving forward. what i've always said is this issue needs to be solved. they've been talking about this issue for 30 years and nothing ever happens. >> i have a detailed immigration plan on my website. ted cruz.org. it was designed with iowa's own congressman steve king and jeff sessions. and we have the tools in federal law to do this now. we can build the fence, end sanctuary city by cutting off funding to them. we can end welfare for those illegally. what is missing is the political will. too many democrats and sadly, too many republicans don't want to solve this problem. >> all right. great question by megyn on that. then they exchanged fire. >> this is the lie

and what amnesty international is saying is this is not good enough. companies have a to trace all of the raw materials to ensure that there aren't any human rights abuses at any stage in their supply chains. brent: can they do that? i know you are calling on them to trace back every component they use. is that feasible logistically? can it be done. guest: we were able to identify at least seven steps between the children risking their lives to mind the cobalt, not going to school because they are working, seven steps between them and the companies you named -- which include electronics firms, but also vehicle manufacturers like daimler and vw. the companies' responses were, of course, we do not tolerate child labor. but they only go back two steps. it should be possible for them to go back as well. brent: all right, we have to wrap it up there. thank you very much. guest: thank you. brent: an explosive court case is about to start in nigeria. a former national security adviser accused of stealing money earmarked to fund the fight against islamist terr

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for example, on the question of amnesty, it is a fact that right now marco rubio advocates amnesty for 12 million people here illegally. he advocates legalization and citizenship for everyone here illegally. he advocates amnesty for criminal who's are here illegally. it is also a fact that marco has said whether went on spanish television that he would not revoke president obama's illegal executive amnesty on the first day in office. he said you can't do that overnight. that will take time f i'm every single one of president obama's illegal executive orders on day one. >> we got a minute left. >> sure. >> finally, you and i had a couple of run ins in the debate. one of them was about whether or not you qualified for a 30 second response. let's revisit it. >> the question was about -- it's not my question you get to respond to, it's his answer. i don't get 30 seconds to respond to me. >> your question was -- >> you don't get 30 seconds to respond to me. >> i know you like to argue about the rules, but we're going to conduct the debate. >> a number of observers thought that you threw you

we were on the verge of losing amnesty. amnesty would have been granted to 12 million people across this country. the only reason it was beaten is because millions of americans rose up. i was proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with jeff sessions and steve king and we led the battle to defeat it and stop amnesty. [applause] sen. cruz: i will give a very simple point that you can make to any of your friends. the other individuals on that stage were nowhere to be found. it was like they were in witness protection. [laughter] cruz: and let me tell you something. when the battle is being fought on the verge of amnesty being passed, you do not show up to fight? your credibility as a presidential candidate when you say i care about amnesty becomes suspect. that is what is so encouraging. it's the great thing about new hampshire, iowa and south carolina, you all take this seriously. the responsibility to vet the candidates and look them in the eye and say who is blowing smoke? to distinguish who has the record of walking the walk.

secretary general of amnesty international joining us there. many thanks to you. >>> and cnn is reaching out to kurdish officials were comment on this. we have not yet received a response. >>> europe's financial markets are seeing red today. 2 % losses on many of the indices. let's take a live look. trading has been under way for less than an hour. and early in the trading day you see landon's fte down. the dax down 3% down. the zurich smi down 2.5 % right now. >>> a powerful blast of winter weather is on the way for millions of people in the united states. we will find out who is at risk when we check in with pedram javaheri. when your type 2 diabetes numbers aren't moving in the right direction, it can be a burden. but what if you could wake up to lower blood sugar? imagine loving your numbers. discover once-daily invokana®. with over 6 million prescriptions and counting, it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. invokana® is used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 dia

we know that -- all of the republicans were pro-amnesty. george bush was pro-amnesty. so just say, it's over. we're not anymore. i think jeb bush, at least admits that he changed his policy. >> and jeb bush -- >> he evolved. they're allowed to evolve. why can't we evolve, too? >> i'm evolving right now. >> years and years of the fox channel. >> true. everyone is so proud -- >> so proud. yeah. >> growing up. what do you think about jeb? >> jeb looked like he had the monkey off his back. trump wasn't there. feeling loose. >> still not funny at all but i've always had a little soft spot for him because i think -- he understand policy, i don't like what he did in florida necessarily, but he understands the point about consensus, and john kasich does, too. if you want to get things done, you have to work with people who you don't agree with. and he did very well on his evolution about immigration. the story obviously, he's married to an hispanic woman and understands that. he's from florida. and i think that he does get it, but i still don't think the establishment is going

trump was publicly supporting amnesty. he was tweeting in support of rubio's amnesty bill. he was criticizing mitt romney for being too tough on illegal immigration. >> when he was talking about self deportation? >> and donald's proposal today as a presidential candidate is that he still supports amnesty. what he says is we should deport the people and then they should be able to come back in as citizens. as you know, that's touch back. it's something establishment republicans have pushed for a listening time. you fly them home. they touch the ground briefly and come back as citizens. i they's wrong and so many of donald's supporters don't know that he supports amnesty right now and don't know that he agrees with hillary clinton on health care. >> let me talk about the state of the campaign for you. it is neck and neck here. the polls have been insane. what i find fascinating, if you go back to 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, the polls in iowa historically have been awfully wrong for both democrats and republicans. why do you thin

. >> if we're tired off getting claim to be against amnesty, campaign against amnesty, and then go to washington and join the democrats to support amnesty, we need to look too if they have a proven record. >> team rubio pointed to a - - amnesty quote we need to seur secure the border and should have border security first and then legalization. at the first opportunity in the debate exp cruz noted trump's past debate contributions. >> let me say i'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly. and ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald >> rubio's debate performance got strong reviews even though he got hit for baninga path of immigrants. >> we're not going to go round ing up 12 million people but we're not going to handout green cards either. >> marco made the choice to go the direction of the major donors to support amnesty because he thought it was politically advantageous. >> this where you need to send someone from out sofd of washington to washington. >> cruz had a rough night with a chance to shine in trump's absence. >> i would note tha

. >> reporter: these former fighters in the area was given amnesty in 2012. they receive about $200 a month in government benefits. they're pleased it has been extended for another year but it has failed to create jobs >> we need jobs. right now, none of us are employed. most of the money is not here. >> reporter: government leaders say more than 30,000 fighters have given up their weapons and theft and the number of illegal oil refineries have been reduced. critics say infrastructure such as schools, hospitals and roads, which the government promised to build, have not been delivered. >> the amnesty program was a bribe, to get the fighters out of the way so that government will continue to have unhindered access to the resources of the region, oil and gas. >> reporter: locals say the amnesty has taken fighting off the street but not much else. more than 80% of government income comes from exporting oil from areas like this in the area. the region remains one of the least developed in the country and its people are among the poorest. now the falling price of

i do not support blanket amnesty. i do not support blanket legalization. >> you said it is basically code for amnesty. >> it has been. at the time and context of that was 2009 and 2010. >> reporter: some candidates and staffers say donald trump's decision to skip the debate yielded a more substantive and more respective debate. rand paul said it was disdainful of iowa voters. >> i think the disdain that trump showed by not coming may turn off iowa voters. they say one-third of the voters are undecided. it is good to be here and make the argument. we think the youth vote will come to us because we think they don't want the government collecting all their phone records. >> reporter: whether trump's absence hurts him in iowa is an open question. some put a back fire on any other candidate in the race and it has only sent his numbers higher. back to you, boris and christine. >> sarah murray in iowa. helping us sort through the winners and losers in the debate, we turn to jeremy diamo diamond. he is live in washington. her

second, we are just talking about amnesty. there are the deportation systems that over 70% of republicans would potentially be in favor for. younger and minority voters are seeking this on this crucial issue. they are waiting for a standardbearer to demonstrate strength and compassion, which president reagan epitomized. looking out for the long-term health of the gop, and even if immigration or was unpopular in the short term, but in the long term, the gop must adjust to demographics in the united states. let's now approach their attack on our argument on foreign policy. reagan had realism based in realism, and the second thing we would say and we carry greater obligation and now, let's go to team opposition by smith's final argument. and president obama, a democrat, ronald reagan tapped into our idea that we want dynamism and to return to the optimism that once belonged. reagan it united the country. we had economic malaise, the oil embargo, and general discontent. and why do gop of social -- gop officials need to emulate thi

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you can't bring that through amnesty. >> reporter: state leaders defend the amnesty. >> the security council is there. the people are working together. we are finding how we can make life more meaningful and better for our people >> reporter: the state government says the amnesty has reduced crime here by 70%. training and education programs will be provided for anyone who is given a pardon. victims of crime say the priority should be given them compensation so they can rebuild their lives >>> president xi jinping is one of the first world leaders to visit iran since the lifting of international sanctions. china signed agreements with iran to boost trade to 6 on 00 billion dollars. his tour also stopped in saudi arabia and egypt. it is a delicate balance to boost ties with regional rivals. >> reporter: it is the first visit by a chinese president for 14 years. iran is happy to roll out the red carpet. >> translation: today we negotiated over the preparation of a 25-year comprehensive document on the strategic ties between the two companies as well as establishing bilateral relations

obama is for fixing immigration, for amnesty. donald trump is not for amnesty. he's for no exceptions. he doesn't want to let anybody in unless they're coming here legally and doesn't want to let anybody stay. the environment. donald trump is not for the epa. he's not a believer in climate change. he may not be creating this anger as steve schmidt just said, but he is certainly harnessing it and he's doing in a way that no other republican has been able to do. ted cruz is coming close to him in places like iowa, but donald trump still turns out the biggest rallies and riles up the biggest crowds across the country, people who are just really angry at the status quo. they feel this country have not been taken in a good direction, they feel, as steve was saying, that obama has wrecked this count country. they want someone to go in and fix it. donald trump hasn't been specific about it. when we ask what they think he'll do, most people will tell us it going to be better, i'll have a better job, the economy will be fixed, the immigrants won't be here, we won't have

vote for amnesty. a vote for donald trump is a vote for obamacare. >> reporter: $70 million of television ads have run in iowa, mainly negative. >> it doesn't feel like he's feeling too good. sounds like he's under a lot of pressure and not reacting very well. that is problematic, presidents are under pressure every day. >> reporter: and the pressure is mounting for the caucus tomorrow night. the record turnout is 122,000 people for the republican caucuses in iowa. 2012. mostst projections and models suggest it will be a bigger turn out, perhaps as much as 160,000. but there is snow predicted tomorrow night, chris. >> carl, thank you. now to the tight democratic race. just a day before the iowa caucuses, hillary clinton is in full damage control. after the state department revealed they can't release private e-mails because they ed henry has the latest on the investigation and how it's affecting the campaign. >> good to see you, chris. last may hillary clinton had a 41-point lead in that same bloomberg

wanted to grant the amnesty. the security apparatus of the states are there. we are working together and finding how to make life more meaningful. >> state government says the amnesty reduced crime. training and educational programs will be provided for anyone given a pardon. victims of crime say the priority should give them compensation so they can rebuild their lives. >>> two volcanos in mexico have been rumbling into life, throwing columns of ash into the air. the volcano erupted 12 times in 12 hours on saturday. several eruptions were seen east near the city after the volcano roared to life. [ laughs ] sorry. still ahead on al jazeera sports. we'll tell you what happens when a policeman calls for back up for a street basketball game. details next. tails next. >>> welcome back. the hong kong government is going ahead with the demolition of the city's last urban walled village despite protests from the villages. some homes have been knocked down, a group of residents refused to leave, demanding the 600 year ol

they are pleased amnesty has been extended. but they'd be better to have jobs. >> the oil community was supposed to employ us. but not now. it has to be reviewed. most of them embezzle. >> reporter: government leaders say 30,000 fighters have given up their weapons, and theft at the illegal oil refineries have been reduced. critics say infrastructure, such as schools, hospitals and roads which the government promised to build have not been delivered. >> the amnesty programme was a bribe. to get them out of the quay, so that government will continue to have access to the resources of the region, jill and gas. >> locals say the ament nesty took the fights off the streets. the region is one of the at least developed in the country, and its people are among the poorest. now the falling price of oil will reduce the oil for amnesty and the development for the region. >> we can't continue to think about oil. we have to create a new economy, an economy that is outside oil. what other areas, how can we get the people engaged overseas. h