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JIM BITTERMANN, CNN SENIOR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT: The gunman went into the offices during the editorial meeting...</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Police raids linked to the Paris attacks are underway in Belgium.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Active shooter in San Bernardino, California.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ISIL wants to frame this as a war between the United States and Islam.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Unbelievable scenes of lawlessness in Baltimore.</s>MARILYN MOSBY, STATE'S ATTORNEY, CITY OF BALTIMORE: To the youth of this city, I will seek justice on your behalf.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Another tape the city of Chicago does not want you to see.</s>DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: They're bringing drugs. They're rapists. Complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.</s>SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I cannot wait to stand on the debate stage with Hillary Clinton.</s>SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails!</s>HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I've lost more sleep than all of you put together.</s>KIM DAVIS, COUNTY CLERK, ROWAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY: You are a strong people!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The pope of the Holy Sea.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If there's anything true about Pope Francis, he is close to the people.</s>POPE FRANCIS, LEADER OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: God bless America.</s>ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: Yes.</s>CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: Happy new year. Welcome to this special edition of NEW DAY. Chris Cuomo, Alisyn Camerota, Michaela Pereira, all here for you. We're going to look at all that 2016 has to offer. Trump, will he continue on the road to becoming the Republican nominee? What will happen on the Democrat side? Could there be any shake-ups there?</s>CAMEROTA: And could this be the year of incredible medical breakthroughs? How will new treatments and advancements in medicine affect your health? Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins us with a look at the medical horizon.</s>MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: So much possibility and, speaking of that, Hollywood getting ready for the award season. Oh, it's going to be exciting. Who's going to be up for top honors and take home the coveted Oscar? That and so much more ahead. But first, let's give you a check of your headlines from the news desk.</s>FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: All right. Good morning again, everyone, and happy new year. I'm Fredricka Whitfield. Let's take a look at the top stories. The new year rung in around the world with huge parties and celebrations. But all eyes turn to New York City when the ball drops there.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Four... three... two... one!</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Four... three... two... one!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Four... three... two... one!</s>WHITFIELD: Oh, very exciting. One million-plus jamming Times Square to greet 2016 amid some of the tightest security ever. Six thousand officers on duty following terror threats aimed at New York, Washington and Los Angeles. In Belgium, officials cancelled Brussels festivities outright in the wake of an arrest connected to a suspected new year terror plot, and in Munich, Germany, train service resuming today at two major rail stations there after a reported ISIS terror plot forced the evacuation of stations on New Year's Eve. Authorities say an alleged plot involved between five and seven potential suicide attackers from Iraq and Syria. They say intelligence officials from another country tipped off German police about the threat and the ISIS connection. And President Barack Obama preparing to leap over congressional road blocks with executive action to address gun violence. White House officials say the president has been frustrated by his inability to get gun control legislation through Congress. Gun-control advocates expect the executive orders to be announced next week ahead of the State of the Union. And only two teams left standing in the battle for college football's national championship, Clemson and Alabama, rolling over their opponents in the Orange and Cotton Bowls, setting up an epic showdown one week from Monday. Coy Wire has the latest live for us from Fort Lauderdale. Good to see you. Happy New Year.</s>COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Happy New Year, Fred. Good to see you, as well. Now, Clemson entered this match-up as the nation's lone unbeaten No. 1 ranked team, and they were an underdog, though, to Big 12 champion Oklahoma. So Clemson, seeking their first national title since 1981, had to find a way to stop the Sooners' third-ranked scoring offense, and they did. This game was close until Clemson exploded in the second half, outscoring Oklahoma 21-0. Led by the dynamic duo of Wayne Gallman on the ground, who scored twice, and Deshaun Watson, who is the game's offensive MVP with over 330 total yards and two touchdowns, Clemson stays perfect with a 37-17 victory. Now, the other semifinal matchup featured the only team to make last season's playoffs. Alabama taking on the Big 10 champs, Michigan State. The Crimson Tide's Cyrus Jones had the big play of the night. This 57-yard punt returned for a touchdown. And quarterback Jake Coker, he played the game of his life, throwing for two touchdowns in 'Bama's 38-0 smack-down of the Spartans. Now, in just ten days, Alabama and Clemson, they're going to play for that national championship in Arizona. And more big bowl games today, Fred, including the Rose Bowl, between Iowa and my former team, Stanford, and that game is under heightened security today -- Fred.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Good luck to all. Thanks so much, Coy. All right. Back to Alisyn and Chris.</s>CAMEROTA: The political season about to pick up speed. The Iowa caucuses just one month away. It will be the first time that we have real results from real voters.</s>CUOMO: We can't just mindlessly speculate anymore?</s>CAMEROTA: That is over. And we actually have a real political panel here now to give us some insight. CNN political commentator and former communications director for Senator Ted Cruz, Amanda Carpenter; CNN political commentator and former Reagan White House political director, Geoffrey Lord. He's a Trump supporter. And CNN political commentator and Jeb Bush supporter, Ana Navarro. Hey, guys. Great to see you.</s>GEOFFREY LORD, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Hey.</s>ANA NAVARRO, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Happy new year.</s>CAMEROTA: Happy new year to you, too. Great to have you with us today. OK. Ana, let me start with you. Look into your crystal ball. What's about to happen now?</s>NAVARRO: Oh, lord, Alisyn, that crystal ball was so -- was so hard to read in 2015. I'm not sure I'm going to do a better job of it in 2016. But you're right. We are in a sprint. Chris, I'm glad to -- I'm very happy to tell you we do have about two more weeks of mindless speculation left.</s>CAMEROTA: Oh, good.</s>NAVARRO: You know, you do know that -- Iowa voters, New Hampshire voters, these folks just take their time. They like to look under the hood. And a lot of them, half of them, don't make up their mind until that last week, but certainly, we are in the sprint. And I think you're going to see a lot of candidates spending a lot of time, some of them focused on Iowa, some of them more focused in New Hampshire.</s>CUOMO: Too reasonable. Let's bite off some stuff and chew on it. OK?</s>CAMEROTA: Oh, good.</s>CUOMO: Geoffrey Lord. Here's the proposition. You tell me why it's true and/or false in the new year. Trump cannot hold on in Iowa: the evangelical base, too big. They don't like the negativity. They go Cruz. True or false and why?</s>LORD: Sure, possible. Sure, possible. Absolutely.</s>CUOMO: Possible?</s>NAVARRO: What's all the hedge, Geoffrey? Come on, it's 2016! Take a risk.</s>LORD: Are you asking me, could Ted Cruz win this in Iowa? Yes. The question is what can he do beyond that? And the one thing that I would add is Ronald Reagan, of course, lost Iowa and became president. Rick Santorum and Governor Huckabee both won Iowa and never became president. So winning Iowa, in and of itself, doesn't do anything. I really do think this is going to be a long march here, a long march. New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada and on beyond that. So whoever wins, even if Donald Trump wins Iowa, that's not going to solve anything.</s>CAMEROTA: Amanda.</s>LORD: Or settle anything.</s>CAMEROTA: Amanda, winning Iowa doesn't mean anything?</s>AMANDA CARPENTER, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: It's always good to win Iowa, but here's the thing. Iowa doesn't crown a king, but it knocks out a lot of princes. I think that we're going to see a lot of GOP candidates -- remember how big this field is -- are going to get knocked out, and then we're going to have another big shake-up when all that polling gets redistributed. Think about it. The guys in the undercard debate may only have 1 or 2 percent in the polls, but 1 or 2 percent can mean a lot for the top- tier candidates. And so after Iowa, we're going to see a big shake- up, and we may start again. It's always good to win, but winning Iowa is not everything.</s>CUOMO: I can't trust the other two with this next one, Amanda, so I'll stay with you.</s>CARPENTER: Great.</s>CUOMO: After what we saw with Trump and Jeb at the most recent Republican debate, where Trump -- I know you're sick of it, but I'm saying it again...</s>CAMEROTA: Oh, I love it. I could never get sick of this metaphor.</s>CUOMO: Trump looks at Jeb and says, "Who's talking, me or you, Jeb? Me or you?"</s>CAMEROTA: I'm talking.</s>CUOMO: And then she gives a little of that action, which is what Jeb Bush did, and I say this is a new Jeb Bush. He has decided to be the anti-Trump, and it is going to give him a boost. Yes or no, Amanda?</s>CARPENTER: Yes. I mean, it's always good to see Jeb assert himself on the national stage. I think a lot of people are clamoring for that, waiting to see real personality come out. And I think the more -- the less guarded Jeb Bush is, the better it is for him. That said, I still think it's a very bad idea for try -- for Jeb Bush to define his candidacy via Trump. He needs to be his own man, quit looking back on his Florida record, trying to run on that, and look forward at the current fights that have happened with the Obama administration and get in the middle of that.</s>CAMEROTA: Ana, you're close, of course, to Jeb Bush. Was that the moment in the last CNN debate where he found his sea legs? Does he feel that he found his voice that night?</s>NAVARRO: You know, I'm seeing a different Jeb Bush in the last several weeks. I think that, really, since what seems like ancient history, but since the very bad debate in Boulder, I think he figured out that theatrics is part of the job description, and he's now doing it. I also see him doing much more focus on New Hampshire, which I think is smart, you know, as we've discussed. Iowa means something. It doesn't mean everything. The only time Iowa means something huge is when it's an upset, like in 2008 when Barack Obama upset, then, Hillary Clinton. If we see that kind of thing, either on the Democrat or Republican side, it would be huge.</s>CARPENTER: But wait...</s>NAVARRO: On Jeb, I think you're going to see him, you know, keep grinding away. A lot of retail politics, spending a lot of time in the early states, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and I think you're going to see him try to do this the old-fashioned way, one voter at a time.</s>CAMEROTA: Amanda, do you want to jump in?</s>CARPENTER: But -- yes. Well, one thing about that, the interesting part of the new Jeb dynamic is that a rising Jeb, a rising Chris Christie makes life a lot harder for Marco Rubio. In many ways, they're competing for the same type of voter. And the more they clash, the more, you know, those three continue to be competitive with each other, makes it easier for a Cruz or a Trump to take the bigger lane.</s>NAVARRO: Well, actually, I think it's the two young bucks that have been locking horns. And I think we're going to continue seeing Cruz and Rubio, who are so evenly matched, who are both rookie senators, who are, you know, both lawyers, very different styles. One goes poetic. The other one goes legalese on us. And I think you're going to see the two of them clash a lot, which I'm not sure doesn't open up a space for another candidate, maybe Geoffrey's, maybe somebody else.</s>CUOMO: All right. Geoffrey, what about this one? The chance that Donald Trump picks a female running mate before the convention?</s>LORD: Before the convention?</s>CUOMO: Yes.</s>LORD: Possible, yes, sure. I can see it.</s>CUOMO: Possible. It's possible that Alisyn knocks me unconscious in the next 15 seconds.</s>CAMEROTA: Probable!</s>LORD: I heard (ph) that once. You know, so I think, sure, absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, if Donald Trump wins this nomination or it becomes certain ahead of time that he's going to do it, yes. Yes. That's possible. He could pick Carly Fiorina. He could pick Ted Cruz...</s>NAVARRO: Oh, come on, Geoffrey! He can't stand Carly Fiorina. He has said over and over again that five -- five minutes of hearing her voice is, you know...</s>CARPENTER: But Carly holds her own in the debate.</s>LORD: Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait. JFK couldn't stand Lyndon Johnson either, but he made him vice president.</s>NAVARRO: Yes, well, Donald Trump is no</s>JFK. LORD: There's one -- there's one other thing here. I really do think this is going to be the year of the outsider. Again. And, I mean, election year itself. So whether it's Donald Trump or Ted Cruz or whomever, I think the outside is winning. I think that's why Donald Trump picks on Jeb Bush all the time. Not because he thinks Jeb Bush is a threat, but because Jeb Bush is the very symbol of the establishment. And whether it's Jeb Bush or John Kasich or some of these others, I think that's a real weakness, and I think that somebody on the outside is going to win this nomination.</s>CAMEROTA: I think we're going to leave it there.</s>CUOMO: Absolutely.</s>CAMEROTA: Geoffrey...</s>LORD: Happy new year.</s>CAMEROTA: Thank you, guys. Thank you, Amanda and Ana, great to see you.</s>NAVARRO: Feliz ano nuevo.</s>CAMEROTA: Thank you.</s>CUOMO: Mick.</s>PEREIRA: Hillary Clinton is the Democratic frontrunner. But that doesn't mean she has clinched the nomination. What does she have to do to stay on top? Does Bernie Sanders stand a chance? All of that, next.