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A new poll shows Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by just three points among likely voters in Iowa

A new poll shows Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by just three points among likely voters in Iowa. In New Hampshire, Sanders leads Clinton by four points. On the Republican side, the Iowa poll shows Ted Cruz leading Donald Trump by four points, but Trump has a 16-point lead in New Hampshire. The GOP race remains volatile, but two distinct plotlines are emerging. Trump and Cruz are battling for supremacy in Iowa, and Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are fighting to be the mainstream alternative. Major Garrett reports.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan sits down to discuss the president's executive actions on gun control, current GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, and his recent push to focus the Republican party on poverty in an interview that aired January 10, 2016

House Speaker Paul Ryan sits down to discuss the president's executive actions on gun control, current GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, and his recent push to focus the Republican party on poverty in an interview that aired on CBS' "Face the Nation" on January 10, 2016

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Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal, Jamelle Bouie of Slate magazine, Susan Page of USA Today, and the Washington Post’s Ed O'Keefe discuss the run-up to the 2016 presidential election in light of Donald Trump

Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal, Jamelle Bouie of Slate magazine, Susan Page of USA Today, and the Washington Post’s Ed O'Keefe discuss the run-up to the 2016 presidential election in light of Donald Trump’s recent attacks on fellow presidential candidates from both sides of the aisle.

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In this web extra from CBS' "Face the Nation," Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie responds to conservative criticisms that he isn't tough enough on justices in both in his home state and on the Supreme Court

In this web extra from CBS' "Face the Nation," Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie responds to conservative criticisms that he isn't tough enough on justices in both in his home state and on the Supreme Court.

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GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul says no Republican outside the beltway wants to raise the debt ceiling without budgetary caps. The senator believes the best way to mend any disconnect between Washington and voters is to create stricter term limits

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul says no Republican outside the beltway wants to raise the debt ceiling without budgetary caps. The Senator from Kentucky believes the best way to mend any disconnect between Washington and voters is to create stricter term limits for Congress.

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GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul believes Ted Cruz’s presidential eligibility must be decided in the Supreme Court. The senator says it's a matter of constitutional interpretation, but adds, “All experts agree he was naturally born in Canada”

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul believes Ted Cruz’s presidential eligibility must be decided in the Supreme Court. The Senator says the controversy is a matter of constitutional interpretation, but adds, “All experts agree he was naturally born in Canada.”

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