to donald trump. this is the way business is. take the feelings out of it. it is what it is. >> if there is hypocrisy it's that trump is agreeing to go on nbc which he is bashing and suing and all the rest. >> for him doing that, now you are calling me back. >> it's a business transaction on both sides and mutually beneficial. >> i'm going to play some promos for you. take a look. >> i wish there were some real men around here. >> you read my mind, girlfriend. i would kill for a real man. >> hi, ladies. >> oh, hi donald trump nice to meet you. >> donald trump is hosting "saturday night live" this week with sia and because of equal equal time rules for television mr. trump can only speak for four seconds in this promo. >> let me say this, ben carson is a complete and total loser. >> all right. >> wow. >> nbc now says they didn't mean to release that carson promo. trump is a natural entertainer. but he is neck and neck with ben carson. are there any pitfalls for him here? >> i'm with ryan here. i would

i mean, what -- do we have to talk about donald trump? no, i'm not quitting. he is entertaining, he's fun, he says really funny things in the breaks in the debate, but i'm running for president of the united states and it's a serious endeavor. >> bush continuing to take thinly veiled swipes at trump and rubio. out on the trail yesterday making references to the big personality on the stage as well as candidates who want to go from one side of tfof the capit the next. >> america does it better when it's a dynamic response to the opportunities and challenges we face. that's how we do it. that's how we roll as a country. and we are not rolling that way right now. that's how america has always been, moving forward. always believing in the dynamic response, always embracing the unforeseen because we are americans, dammit. >> i want to win. i want to win. i want to restore our greatness as a nation. i don't want to talk about it anymore. >> but for us who? who is going to lead the world? who is going to take care of the persecuted? who is going to take care of oppre

donald trump is a uniter. what he plans on doing is he plans on reaching out to all of the minority communities. and basically donald trump provides inspiration, hope. they know him to be a doer. this country is in terrible shape both as a country domestic as well as internationally. we have horrible things going on across this globe. we have refugee situation that, you know, is really out of control. and what donald trump is going to do like he does in his own business put things back on track and make this country great very much like he did his own company. >> michael cohen, we thank you. as always you and mr. trump, you take the questions. you answer them. appreciate it. thank you so much. >> good to see you, jake. >> good to see you, michael. >>> it may have been the best day of chris christie's campaign. on sunday he earned the coveted endorsement of an influential new hampshire newspaper, the new hampshire union leader. it gave him a boost one could argue in his new hampshire or bust strategy. and we ju

this is donald trump getting substantive and it's donald trump trying to make an argument to the american people that he'll be best for the white house. >> katy tur in new york. we turn to chris jansing in tampa, florida. explain to us what you're hearing from the carson campaign and how they are nurturing this new lead in florida. >> reporter: well, it starts in places like this. this is a bookstore and you know he's on this book tour. it was with the folks who loved his books, who went to his speeches, that he first got convinced to become an improbable candidate, now the even more improbable front-runner. i talked to his senior strategist today. he said look, it's much easier to become number one than it is to continue so their challenge is how do you build on this momentum and they are doing that by having their super pac here, they are signing people up, getting e-mails, but remember, they are already not just first in the polls, they have the most fund-raising among the republicans, the most social media and the most number of individual donors. we talked to quite a few of them alre

shots at donald trump in a direct way. you haven't seen him challenge it at all. i think cruz has certainly benefitted from the descent of ben carson in recent days. the big question going forward is whether cruz will have to challenge trump and whether trump will take on ted cruz, specifically in iowa. tom: jamie, i heard so many people talk about the fact that the polls don't matter, we're so far out, the selection not until a year from now. the road to the first caucus state iowa is not that far away, so it does seem like the polls are getting to be more important. >> i think, you know, there is truth to the fact that you are a little under 70 days away and a lot of things can change. you mentioned in 2012, rick santorum came from no where. i remember doing a story in the cycle at this very day saying why hasn't rick santorum had his moment in the sun and ultimately had his moment in the sun? we're seeing the three top contender in iowa and elsewhere. marco rubio, ted cruz and donald trump about to go into a battle roya

>> donald trump. >> mr. trump. >> he continues to have anger among the far right of the spectrum on the republican side. he continues to tap into that especially with the immigration issue. that is the number one driving force for most of these voters, they are the people that help, they are a cancer, the ones that keep pushing, the an tie conference immigration crowd. i think the biggest pit fall for donald trump is that his campaign is earned of free media. that is the biggest thing for im. can he keep that up? i'm not sure. he is running with a very short staff. i think he has ten staffers, even. it's going to be interesting to see what happens, and if he keeps, you know, it depends on if the electricet gets sick of his act. >> kimberly dr. ben carson. >> i think dr. sar son appeals to carson appeals tothe conservative crowd, but has a different approach. instead of being the rival rouser, he has been a soothing candidate, and the soothing alternative to trump's bio and the fact that he is an outsider and

he's now just behind donald trump in iowa. as cruz rises in the polls, he's facing more scrutiny on his immigration stance. kasie hunt tried to nail him down on that today. >> how do you define amnesty? >> well, listen ur right. we've seen an awful lot of the republican candidates for president who want to obscure the record on immigration. >> how do you define amnesty? >> in particular, we've seen marco rubio's campaign trying very much to blur the record. >> how do you define amnesty? >> i consider it to be forgiving the law-breaking of those who come here illegally and having no consequences and in particular, a path to legalization. >> is that also amnesty, sir, a path to legalization, sir? >> he wants to separate himself from marco rubio, his answer still isn't cut and dry. kasie hunt joins us live. kasie, if you will, decode this one for us. this battle breaking out between cruz and rubio. cruz wants everyone to think rubio is soft on immigration. why didn't he want to go down that road with you with all those questions

and 41-year-old donald trump was flying high. when you look at that wonderful skyline, do you say i own that, that, that, that? >> well, i look at that skyline, barbara and i really say it's i'm very proud to be a part of >> reporter: in the big apple, the trump card wasn ace. you look out there? any good properties that we can see? >> i'd really like to buy everything if that were possible. >> reporter: i bet you would. should be preserved and left and donald trump should not be allowed to touch central park. very relieved. but trump was already dreaming about his next conquest. a future far more grand than just prince of the city. >> new york developer donald trump saying american foreign policy lacks backbone. >> reporter: it was the beginning of a long flirtation with the greatest "get" of all. >> we're going to see whether or not i'm going to run. >> are you running for president? >> i have never been so serious >> reporter: finally after almost 30 years the man who might be president sailed down an escalator for his surreal

he is friends with donald trump as he proudly said back when he was trying to get donald trump to stop attacking megyn kelly. >> the kelly/trump story is relevant to me because i'm friends with both of them. >> in his interview with his friend tonight bill o'reilly told donald trump that something trump tweeted bothered him. >> when you tweet out a thing and this bothered me, i got to tell you. you tweeted out that whites killed by blacks, these are statistics you picked up by somewhere, at a rate of 81%. and that's totally wrong. whites killed by blacks, 15%. yet you tweeted it was 81%. >> that is the toughest moment that donald trump has ever had on his friend bill o'reilly's show. and as we showed you earlier trump's defense was that it was just a retweet and he can't check every statistic he uses and the o'reilly grilling of trump didn't last very long. 40 seconds after bringing up the trump tweet that bothered him, bill o'reilly said this to donald trump. >> look, you know i'm looking out for you, right? you know that? you know i'm looking out for you. i'm looking out for every ho

now, bill o'reilly doesn't just know donald trump, he is friends with donald trump, as he proudly said back when he was trying to get donald trump to stop attacking meghan kelly. >> the kelly/trump story is relevant to me, because i'm friends with both of them. >> in his interview with his friends tonight, bill o'reilly told donald trump that something trump tweeted bothered him. >> when you tweet out a thing, and this bothered me, i got to tell you. you tweeted out that whites killed by blacks, these are statistics you picked up from somewhere, at a rate of 81%. and that's totally wrong. whites killed by blacks is 15%. yet you tweeted it was 81%. >> that is the toughest moment that donald trump has ever had on his friend, will oriley's show. and as we showed you earlier, trump's defense was it was just a re-tweet and he can't check every statistic that he uses. and the o'reilly grilling of trump didn't last very long. 40 seconds after bringing up the trump tweet that bothered him, bill o'reilly said this to donald trump. >> look, you know i'm looking out for you, right, you know that?

place hillary clinton and donald trump as a family member. women intended to say a sister or brother. man had a harder time relating to her. she's my wife's sister, graceful at times, totally opinionated, and available to rip your head off. trump was described as a drunk racist, and a smart alec teen. and a priceless take from an independent voter he described trump as the very, very confident buzz light gear who didn't know he was a toy. voters, they say the darnedest things. we'll see you soon. "state of the union" starts now. >>> new details on the planned parenthood shooting that left three people dead. >> he was in front of me and he was aiming and he started shooting. i was looking at his face. >> how did the gunman choose his target? the president pleas enough is enough. >>> plus, more arrests in the paris terror attacks as officials warn of radicals working inside airports. what is the u.s. doing to prevent a plot here? >>> and trump under fire. his comments about muslims in america send fact checkers into a frenzy. >> i watch when th

today's donald trump is different front the donald trump of tuesday but a whole lot more donald trumping. >> i don't want to discuss a pathological disease. if you're pathological, there's no cure for that. >> while carsons not hitting back, carly fiorina is stepping us on his behalf. the new mega huge lasted 59 midsts with trumping against jeb bush and marco rubio who the donald calls weak like a baby. you'll hear how he trumps the intelligence of everybody in

donald trump, the front runner. he says maybe we should boycott starbucks over the new plain red cups? now, that's a headline. and hillary clinton jabs the republican field, quote, they want to complain that the economy isn't growing enough, she says. it's the republicans that caused the problem in the first place, she says. we'll discuss that. and this is a huge day for your money and for this network and look at this, you're watching the death of freedom of the press on a college campus in america and we're going to talk about it. "varney & company" about to begin. ♪ first thing we'll do this morning, after watching the dow sink, what, 200 points yesterday, we're going to look how it might open this morning, probably ever so slowly lower. down around the 17-7 level. bearing in mind the international agency says opec's strategy, keep on pumping, could keep oil at $50 a barrel for years. we may not see $80 oil until 2020, says the international agency. $43 right now. gasoline down a fraction, 2.21 is your national

donald trump, we have to get back to him one more time. he just called marco rubio a lightweight, and he said vladimir putin would eat him for lunch. you think that's fair? >> no, that's not fair. look, marco's a capable guy. he's a talented politician. here's what i think. i think i'm the best qualified to be president. >> but is marco rubio ready? >> i'm the best qualified guy to be president. >> you're not going to answer the question. >> if you're comparing me to donald trump, i'm better qualified to be president. >> is marco -- >> i'm better qualified than anybody else running for president, and it's not -- i'm not pushing people down when i say that. and if it makes you feel better, everybody on the republican stage is better than hillary clinton. that's a low bar, though. >> you have said you have grave concerns about donald trump. you watched firsthand your brother, your father be commander in chief. >> yeah. >> are you comfortable with donald trump as commander in chief? >> i'm not comfortable with some of the things he says, part

but now you have donald trump who is saying, wait a minute, here is donald trump, the big, tough donald trump, tough on china, tough on trade, tough on immigration saying, we don't want to send troops in there. >> that is his nationalistic argument. >> i know, but it makes it more serious within the party. dr. carson is no egg interventionist by his past record. tonight he said he wants to destroy the caliphate. >> by going into iraq. >> what does he mean? >> that made no sense. >> he is -- his spokesperson would not back that up. >> it makes no sense. carson, i agree with robert costa who said that carson ended up brushing off the personal attacks. carson on substance tonight, whether it was banks and economic all his feet were foreign-policy, to me, looked, to me, looked like a guy way in over his head. >> he was mad that may not mean anything to his supporters, but a translated that way. >> when it came to minimum-wage, he made a very big mistake. he said something to the effect -- i have to put my glasses on. sorry. he said, one minimum-wage does not fit all. he said the black teen

john kasich and jed bush - donald trump had a friendly crowd. it was the only moment they made him look ugly. he looked mean spirited and ugly. that can happen with donald trump, but on the issue bush came across as impassioned, as a leader. and so did john kasich. there's a moment they said this is un-american, not the nation we were based or founded on. that was an interesting turning point. >> at the top of the show there was a moment where marco rubio said that welders make more than philosophers, and made the argument about letting market forces decide the minimum wage. it's not true. according to the bureau of statistics, philosophers makes more man welders. i'm surprised carly fiorina didn't correct everyone, she was a philosophy major. >> in ohio, a private plane crashed into an apartment building. no one was inside the building or the house next door that caught fire. investigators are trying to determine how many were on board. authorities confirmed two deaths, but local news reports said as many of nine may have been killed. >> the wh

between carly fiorina and donald trump. is donald trump saying that because they were both on "60 minutes" the same night, though it wasn't taped at the same time or in the same place, that he has a relationship with putin? >> so i wasn't -- that was my read last night in real time. i was corrected rather vociferously as one is on twitter by a lot of people. no, no, he was saying he's met him several times. this happened to be one of the times when they were together. >> stable mates. >> stable mates were his line. they're not stable mates unless the stable is the whole world. putin was in russia when this interview was taped. fiorina, however, her best line of the night was this thing about we didn't just meet in a green room. but in fact when she met with putin it was in a green room getting ready for a speech. it wasn't a tv green room but it was a green room. neither one of them won that exchange. not in a good way. >> who did it hurt more? >> probably hurt fiorina more. trump's brand is able to sustain saying things th

lou: i think you are right, guy, to donald trump, and his immigration plan. and senator marco rubio today moving it seemed to me, closer to trump on the issue of the departing of -- deporting of illegal immigrants. >> i think that donald trump is talking about deportation of up to 11 million people using what he is describing a deportation force, almost everyone else in feel field rejects, rubio made comments saying yes more people will have to be deported. but that is really not a departure from his previous position, even the "gang of 8" called for deportation of criminal illegal immigrants. lou: this has nothing to do with illegal immigrants, rubio's comes were clear, if you have laws you have to enforce them. enforcing them, would bring us to position we're in i think, you would agree now that a appellate court supported a district court injunction against president leaving 5 million illegal immigrants in limbo as they await a decision as to whether or not they will be deported. >> i think that every conservative in america does and should oppose the pres

he had this to say to me in response to donald trump. >> that's donald being donald. whenever there is a bad poll, he gets weird. he doesn't know what he is talking about. this was an american express card. if there were personal expenses, i paid them directly to american express. >> reporter: a pretty good reason for donald trump to be setting his sights on marco rubio more than he has in the past. particularly here in new hampshire because rubio is climbing pretty big in the polls here. he went from just 2% a couple months ago to 11% which puts him third. new hampshire is such a key place for so many of these players. donald trump really wants to remain on top and continues to push the others down. it is still a long three or four months until the first in the nation primary here. john and christine. >> 90 days. 90 plus days. >> when is california? june? >> maybe it will go all the way to california. take it to the convention. the new national poll show donald trump and ben carson at the top of the republican field. trump on top by three points. carson in second. ma

donald trump has edge but ben carson follows closely behind. we will have the numbers for you. >> nicole: all-time high, social media once again beat the profits expectations, we will have all the detail for yours. >> cheryl: chocker at the cma awards, the rising star that walked away best male vocalist. >> nicole: cavs win. welcome to fbn:am, first at what's moving in today's market and what to expect ahead. >> cheryl: russian jet that crashed on saturday may have been brought down by a bomb potentially isis. u.s. has preliminary that the bomb was the cause, a bomb planted is the likely cause. in an interview american enterprise institute senior fellow and former embassador to unbolton weighing in on development. >> if isis is responsible for downing the plane, that is the single biggest mistake, he will retaliate and won't mess around like president obama has done, i think it would be extraordinarily massive. >> cheryl: all 224 people on board were killed. resort to russia. britain has suspended all flights to and from the resort down. there

stuart: donald trump picked up on that? he started talking about starbucks, a place in the trump building. he will embrace saying merry christmas to everyone. now, as a practicing christian, what do you make of this thing with starbucks and the cup? >> i think it is overblown. >> yes. >> i got -- before this controversy started i got my starbucks and high red cup, i thought oh, christmas season that is great. i did not notice anything was off until this grievance mongers let me know that we're supposed to be upset about the cup. they seem christmasy to me, i like them, i think getting caught up in these things suggests that is somehow connected to christmas, connected to birth of christ, that is missing the points. stuart: dunkin' donut came out, announcing they have a cup for christmas. it said, joy on it, it has a grind wreath-likmotif. and comment on that war on christmas at starbucks? yeah, there is no war on christmas. i fight with bill o'reilly about this every year. we live in a pluralist, society, if people want to

in a fox news poll released just hours ago, donald trump, dr. ben carson take the top slots, followed by senator ted cruz and senator marco rubio tied with 11%. then you have jeb bush, mike huckabee, john kasich, rand paul all with 4%, carly fiorina and chris christie round out the top ten. a new quinnipiac poll shows trump and carson virtually tide at the top followed by senator cruise and senator rubio both in double digits. polls also show cruz beating hillary clinton in a potential head-to-head match yp in the general election. in iowa senator cruz is gaining momentum. a kbur monmouth college poll shows cruz in third place behind carson and trump. rubio is the only other candidate in double digits. cruz takes third again in another iowa poll with trump and carson take first and second. here with reaction 2016 goll presidential candidate texas senator ted cruz on the rise. senator, congratulations to you. >> thank you, sean. >> how many of this do you think is related to what i think will be taught in journalism school? the moment you had rea

and donald trump, was he engaged? when he was, he was engaged in issues where he is running from the field. in iowa he has a 40 point advantage on the economy. he has a 32 point advantage over any of the republican candidates when it comes to illegal immigration. and iowa republicans by 8 points say that donald trump is their stro strongest general election candidate. he is playing to his strengths. he was not as active tonight but when he did talk he was talking about the issues that are his wheel house. >> fascinating to look at those numbers. with dr. carson, does it surprise you if you look at him on the issues, does it surprise you he is doing so well? let's go to dana. >> you were itching to get in and talk about the fact that you believe that his idea of deporting the undocumented immigrants is pie in the sky. >> we're not going to go round up 11 million people and ship them across the border. it's an absurd thought. and it's those things that give hillary a great chance to win. and last debate i challenged one

they really like donald trump as well. but do they think that he has the temperament to be in office? that remains to be seen. i'm not sure that iowa will be the place where donald trump should focus his energy. new hampshire might be better suited to him. it's more moderate. it's got a lot more independents, that could, day of, change parties or decide to vote republicans for the primary. >> i think new hampshire's more his crowd out there. anyway, it's also more sort of individualistic out there. they like characters. >> absolutely. >> anyway, katy tur, thanks for that report. another target for trump this morning, dr. ben carson, the man who's beating him in several recent national polls. according to trump, carson doesn't have what it takes. >> i think that ben just doesn't have the experience. say, look, you know, i'm going to make the greatest deals you've ever seen on trade, i'm going to run the military properly. i'll take care of the vets. ben cannot do those things. >> why not? >> it's not his thing, george. you

donald trump will do what's in donald trump's best interest. david: sure. >> and we're not going to negotiate against ourselves and we're going to be the school yard bullies guy who gives him our lunch money. david: but he knows how to strike back. jessica, finally, i'm sure you would love it if donald trump ran as a third party candidate. because that gives hillary the presidency, doesn't it? >> absolutely. also i think donald trump it's hillary wasn't so strong would have run as a democrat in the first place. i think he was forced over to the right because it looked like that was going to be a scatter shot field. i mean at the end of the day donald trump never told the truth unless something is legally binding and -- charles: wait a minute. did you say he never tells the truth? come on. >> about politics? very rare that we hear a truthism from the donald. david: i don't think it's very rare, do you, brad? >> look, donald trump mixes truth with his own version of the truth. that is for sure. david: by the way, brad, what happens if he's the no

jeffrey you're a donald trump supporter. was supposed to be an open meeting, but some will endorse him. did the campaign get misinformation? >> i've been around the block and this kind of thing happens all the time with group a, b or c and confusion over what they are going to do and say and there's disagreement frequently among the groups. the notable thing is that he's meeting with them to begin with. this is the kind of thing that ronald reagan used to do. they wound up with an endorse ment from the number two. this is also the kind of thing that jack advocate d. good for donald trump and we'll see what happens. >> we'll see what happens what these clergy ask other black religious leaders say they emerge. what's your analysis of what's going on over here? because some of these black clergy members were upset in a facebook post he was called an insult and embarrassment. you think he has a chance of making some end roads with african-american clergy? >> absolutely not. and just to my friend mr. lord, i have never heard dona

is this something that donald trump can use to win? >> well, there's no question that donald knows what he's talking about on a few -- on select topics. i think china and trade are probably, you know, his strong suit and, unfortunately, i don't think he talks about those things enough. he veers off in these tangents about dr. carson's pathology and other nonsense. he should absolutely talk about trade and china and when he has, i think he's done it very successfully. if i could just add something to what david gergen was saying about operation wetback, which is all about 100% true, it should also be pointed out that it was not very effective. in the very year that the eisenhower administration said was its most successful, there were still 250,000 deportations. 250,000 people still came over illegally during the height of this operation. it did nothing to stem illegal immigration. for trump's point of view, it makes no sense either philosophically or practically. >> thank you all very much. i appreciate it. >>> next, another major stor

the education of donald trump. you saw last night when he bones up on policy specifics he's much better than you think he can be. he can talk about tax he can talk about corporate inversions. he can talk about that. he can actually sound credible on some of these high level issues. >> one of the -- >> he's smarter than i think a lot of people think he is. >> he's rich. he's got to be smart. >> what we're going to see is i think people think they're research him out. he's going to bone up and sound more -- >> let's talk about it. those who haven't -- i love these new words everything's a cycle. now they call the primary season the primary. the dnc is now the convention. it used to be the headquarter. anyway, i hate language change. tonight trouble for kasich. the focus group of republican voters organized by frank luntz, a republican was less than enamored by kasich's performance. >> what was it? who had a negative reaction to john kasich tonight? really? >> painful. >> i need a word or face to describe johkasich. >

we start the hour about donald trump. the gop candidate poked fun at his mean tweets, his hair, showed off dance moves, if you can call it dancing. he gave a sneak peek into what the white house would look like if he's elected president. watch. >> general, how we doing in syria? >> well, it's completely eliminated, sir. the country is at peace. they have great jobs as blackjack dealers at the trump hotel in damascus. >> the president of mexico is here to see you. >> send him in. >> donald! >> enrique! >> i brought you the check for the wall. >> i'm so proud of you and changing telemundo for all english to me. it's a great thing. >> of course. >> how is the economy? >> amazing, sir. in the words of our new national anthem "it's huge!" . i have no idea how you did it, sir. i don't have to get specific. with me it works. it's just magic. >> just magic. joining us now to discuss cnn political commentators ben ferguson and jeffrey lord. the just magic line there. what did you think of his performance? >> i thought it was huge.

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here is how he fired back today at donald trump denoting one of donald trump's most sensitive issues, his own successes and failures. watch. >> i find it ironic the only person running for president who ever declared bankruptcy four times in the last 25 years is attacking anyone on finance. bottom-line, i did and inherit many from my parents. i worked hard all my life, had to borrow money to go to school. >> reporter: right now marco rubio has no debts other than his mortgage. donald trump was calling in two morning shows today to talk about this and essentials the say that yes indeed, there were a handful of these bankruptcies but casting it in the context there were many few and far between looking at his empire watch. >> the biggest business leaders in the world, we all do, we use the laws of the land. i had 500 companies of different kinds and over the years used a three four times as has i could name people, why shining them? for originally everybody you write about his use those laws over the years. i never went bankrupt but corporate, frankly i have been a lot of money using th

but donald trump is still the front-runner. he's paid very little price for those kinds of comments. in the wake of the attacks in paris with much of the political and media establishment stoking fear and panic, trump seems to have concluded he can only benefit by ratcheting up the rhetoric even further. in just the last three days he's trotted out a long debunked myth about american muslims celebrating on 9/11. >> i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down and i watched in jersey city, new jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. thousands of people were cheering. >> that is demonstrably not true, just so you know. he's called for the u.s. government to bring back waterboarding and the bush-era torture regime. >> so you'd bring back wat waterboarding? >> we have to -- i would bring it back, yes. i think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they do to us. what they did to james foley when they chopped off his head, that's a whole different level. and i wou

charles: that is donald trump, some saying, he is flip-flopping on his pledge. not this make a third party run. trump he continues to bring in popularity, you would wonder why he would bring up a third party threat, joining me now mark sorano, and tammy bruce. mark where is donald trump talking third party. >> friday, "wall street journal" wanted that a former republican national committee operative is forming an llc, called trump card well, lc t ll c to fight him, can you imagine mitt romney having to face a llc forum, i am not surprised that trump would threaten this. charles: hold on, i don't get this. they buy air time, where is this unfair? don't they go after each other all of the time? >> no doubt. primary campaigns are messy, ugly, dirty. running negative ads will take place. you have the establishment lining up against trump in particular, it appears that establishment candidates might not support their pledge they signed as well. that is unprecedented focus on the frontrunner, it one thing to fight your opponent but another thing to team up like this.

trump, i think he is funnier on his own. >> you were to tell me that donald trump is also writing that skits. >> we could blame him then. lou: dr. ben carson, validated in a story tonight, his version of the yale story. i thought it was going to be one of those things that had to dissipate and move on, here it is, validating his view and version. >> ben carson is winning his war against media, he has been talking about press bias since high got into that campaign, he was animated for a low key guy. that press conference in florida, and interviews, a big composite be on -- combative one on cnn, it is fair to look at their back ground but you cannot public and broadcast unless you have details be you cannot prove a negative, when he the average viewer, who will watch this, say gee, he was 14 he did this, and he used a wrong word, they don't care, they care about the issues that face the country. lou: they are engaging in politics of personal destruction not journalism, i want to share from palm beach last week, a news conference, dr. carson held to defend himself, the tone of this report

is whether they agree or disagree with donald trump at all. i think one thing though that's very clear and that everyone needs to get a grip with is donald trump is de facto the front-runner for the gop nomination. he's held that position from the very beginning and so now a lot of what he's saying is going to have a larger rippling effect. not just for those other candidates who may get asked a question about it but party as a whole. >> when you is a i rippling effect, does that translate to people within the party, not just the establishment, having to say this is false? if it is false? >> yeah. i think they're going to have to address these types of claims and charges at some point. they are no longer going to be dismissed as a one-off comment by donald trump. it has clear resonance with a lot of people. it has a lot of political consequences around it, as you well know. and i think the reality for the party and for the other candidates and donald trump himself, as the front-runner, is, yeah, this is going to have a consequence and you have

always fun talking to donald trump. mike: the story for the day is the weather. ben: are we getting a little you know what? mike: maybe a little bit. ben: an inch or there. mike: all right, we are going to to what we have what out there. the temperatures are cold enough to get the snow at least in parts of the tristate. 37 central park. haven't seen that for a long time. same thing in newark. 38 islip. 38 in bridgeport. the temperatures drop a lot. 17 degrees cooler in central park. 18 cooler in belmar. 15 cooler in newark. in general right around 15 degrees drop in the trey state. mainly clear skies. it is a quiet week all together in terms of the weather. just the colder air that is influencing us for the first days of the workweek. it is going to be a chilly start. today up to about 43 for the high temperature later on this afternoon. a lot of sunshine throughout the next five days. we are going to ines rosales and see what is going on. commute. right now things are fine in the bronx. things are fine. long island nassau county good shape. expressway. traffic i

and then the donald trump rally in illinois, it ends, and the donald trump supporters leap to their feet and they're clapping and waving their political signs. and then she's still there, too, but she's waving that book. she's waving claudia rankine's book of poems. she's waving that book about how racism works now in everyday ways in our country. and now, from that not quite a protest, just that unbowable presence, that young woman has become kind of a literary touchstone for these two stories coming together, these worlds colliding. and not just worlds colliding accidentally, but this young woman, bringing about that collision herself, quietly, on purpose, in a way that drove people absolutely nuts. who is she? well, she joins us now for "the interview." the young woman who was captured on camera behind mr. trump reading claudia rankine's book, "citizen," thank you very much for being here. >> hi. >> hi. >> it's good to hear your voice. >> thank you. it's nice to see you and -- >> i wish i could see your beautiful -- >> i should tell you, we have a little bit of a delay because of the

trump, carson and cruz. >> donald trump had the lead for 125 days. is there any reason to think between now and the iowa caucuses, anything is going to change? >> you talk to people about that. people give you the example of rudy giuliani. he led in the national polls almost all 2007 into early 2008. then he didn't do well in those early states. his lead completely dropped after that. the interesting thing with rudy giuliani back in that campaign was at this point in that campaign, he had lost the lead in iowa. he had lost the lead in new hampshire. he was falling behind in those states. right now, we are not seeing that with donald trump. not only is he ahead nationally, he is holding that lead in iowa and new hampshire. if you want to say another rudy giuliani, those two examples do not match up exactly. >> interesting. gives you plenty to chai over, doesn't it? >> i love crunching numbers. >> steve, thanks. >>> ahead, developing news out of washington. former benghazi investigator is suing the house ben ghazi commission chair trey gowdy. >>> frenc

donald trump meet. ing with what they say is over 100 black pastors for two and a half hours time calling it a very successful meeting. an amazing meeting according to trump. standing to his right you may have seen a.marosa, a former contestant of his. we thought we weren't going. to have a press conference. we had a press conference. he said he did not make a financial commitment to any churches. he said that this was about issues that are important to black voters, naumly unemployment. >> right, he didn't get into specifics at all about what was discussed or the potential solutions discussed, but from everyone who spoke, it sounded like it was a very positive session. they are going to be more meetings and donald trump couldn't have been more pleased with the response he was getting in this meeting. >> how important is the african-american vote for donald trump? >> well, look, it's important for any presidential candidate. the republican party wants to appeal to urban areas. if you're going to win the

i think donald trump triggers that kind of reaction. i'm not saying we should be out there trying to play the same game donald trump plays, and i would never want to see that. we need constructive actions to stop racism and racist remarks. but to your point on immigration policy, i think most americans know the simple math and how to get this done. not every one of those folks documented in this country will ultimately say. some really are here to work and be able to send money home. what we really want to do is give those who want to make this -- proven that they want to make this their home for the right reasons and prove over the longerered that they should be able to do that, make it so that we know who's in the country because at the end of the day we should in fact immigration policy that not only helps our economy and our security but helps families throughout america gain more employment, better employment. charles: what kind of penalties for people who came into the country illegally, what kind of penalties should they pay? i k

frontrunners donald trump and dr. ben carson on the aas they fight for the lead in the polls. >> he writes a book where he went after his mother, hit her on the head or wanted to hit her on the head with a hammer. with a lock, with a padlock, hard in the face. stabbing somebody. he wrote this book thinking about running for office. i] assume. but, you know, he said he has pathological. >> so you don't believe him, do you? >> well, if you have pathological disease, that's a problem. he wrote it. i didn't write it. but, you know, he is going to have to explain a lot of things away. the scla

no, not donald trump. kentucky's governor elect. >> this offers us an opportunity to change the tenor of what has become expected in the wrld of politics. >> is his win signaling anything about 2016? also, his shooting death spurred a massive man hunt and now a shocking turn. who investigators think pulled the trigger. >>> plus could a rally against police brutality put quiten tarantino's new movie in jeopardy? police threatening to boycott. as the director says he never applied cops are murderers are. let's talk. live in the cnn newsroom. and i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the donald trump of kentucky wins big after a stunning political comeback. after republicans sweep elections in the south. the big question, what does it mean for 2016 and will it change the way democrats campaign? all that red you are about to see, those are the states with republican governors. kentucky now on that list as tea party favorite and political outsider matt bevin muscled his way to the top despite weeks of t

a lot of them like what donald trump is doing and saying. these more militant groups tend to say they want to speak for entire community are getting to be more and more offensive to actual citizens part of that community that are not being spoken for. trish: speaking about being offensive, let me share with you a new video that has exploded online, it has gone viral. these are some hispanic kids, latino kids, who are trying to hit back on trump, doing so in not a very becoming way. we had to bleep out some of the language here. let me show you. >> wow. >> this is my home. >> you can't take my rights away. >> if you don't like our constitution and what it stands for? >> get the [bleep] out of my country. >> there is that door. ♪ trish: i don't like that. those are kids. chris, i don't like it. they're kids. they shouldn't talk like that. that is crossing the line. no an adult was behind that. >> they're not talking like that. that is old stunt in comedy make it sounds like kids are cursing. they're not really cursing. let's be clear. trish:

>> at least donald trump will. and the one reason i say that is because he's just crazy enough to do it. he doesn't have any qualms about bringing up anybody's stuff. we saw him attack in the first debate, we saw him come at jeb. he's talked about ben carson being low-energy and talked about him being dishonest. he's gone so far to call ben carson pathological. he has a pathological disease. but he's also said it's not curable. so i think that donald trump will, for sure, because he's got nothing to lose. >> let's play it out. if that happens, what's the response up there on stage? does ted cruz jump in and say, i want to stand up for my friend, ben carson? does the moderators say, excuse me, sir, this is a substantiate debate? >> i think trump will do that. i think he may throw off a zinger. i think if anybody is going to be the focus tonight of attacks, it's going to be rubio. i think that dynamic will be one. >> from jeb bush, you think -- >> no, actually, i think we're going to see jeb bush begin his exit strat

donald trump's strongman persona is helping him a lot. i would say, there are those in the establishment who say that ben carson is dead, that i think his weakness on foreign policy has caught up with him, in the same way it is helping donald trump be strong. it is hurting ben carson. mark: international context, even though it is not a national race, establishing primacy is key. looking at the polls, there is a bit of a checkerboard thing. there are places where cruz looks stronger, places where rubio looks stronger. in that contest, the trump alternative contests between those guys, might be the best thing in the -- biggest thing in the republican race with trump , way ahead, but more difficult for him to beat someone if it gets down to one on one. if it does. the aforementioned mr. trump is defending himself for multiple things, we could not fit all of them on the giant wall. saying heng heat for saw people in new jersey cheering after 9/11, despite an absence of evidence that happened. and him calling for surveillance of mosques in am

donald trump, dr. ben carson, senator marco rubio, senator ted cruz, governor, former governor jeb bush, governor john kasich, following carly fiorina in that lineup, and then rounding it out, senator rand paul. those are the eight candidates who will be appearing in the second debate here on the fox business network from milwaukee. the debate begins again at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. and i've just tweeted all of this out on lou dobbs news so can you share and retweet it, and it's on our facebook page as well. "lou dobbs tonight." >>> joining us former reagan political director, fox news political analyst, ed rollins, good to see you. what do you think? that's spectacular. >> it is spectacular, and the second tier poll had interesting people, and they may have a better chance of getting attention, and i think that obviously is narrowing it to eight on the big stage will be a much better debate. these debates have driven this all the way, and to a certain extent, a fair way of doing it. it's going to be m

there donald trump is getting creamed by carson. i'm not sure that seems very short sighted for him to go there. i think the other thing that struck me about the poll, brett. is that jeff bush has fallen off the cliff here. he's no longer a top tier contender. it will be interesting to see if the mainstream media coverage reflects that. talking about carson or trump or cruz or people that the mainstream media typically likes to con descend to. it will be interesting to see if they treat them as top-tier candidates as they are right now in the race. >> you look at the jeb bush campaign, they're in their third iteration of a restart there are more and more questions about are you getting out. he's pushing back hard against that. but you look at these falling poll numbers. what is your sense of where the bush is right now? >> i've called around bush's allies. they say remember he's a bush, he has presidential politics in his blood. this idea that he's going to quit that doesn't ring true. but bush has a difficult proposition ahead of h