expected to meet with fidel castro as well before the end of the day. >> it's a possibility the vatican says, if it happens it will happen today. we'll get you as much as we can. thank you for starting your day with us. "inside politics" starts right now. first, the debate. >> i will get along -- i think. >> and donald trump laughs when a vote are calls president obama a muslim. >> we need this question. >> the beginning of the end or will trump, again, prove the skeptics wrong? >> i win. i really win a lot. >> plus, i dare hillary clinton, barack obama to watch these tapes. >> cnn debate reshapes the gop race. and if clinton isn't worried -- >> polls will go up-and-down. >> why the pro clinton group attacked bernie sanders? "inside politics" the biggest

stories sourced by the best reporters now. >> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. thank you for sharing your sunday morning. it's a busy one. with us jewelry pace and the associated press, ron of national journal, robert costa. here they go again. many in the republican establishment and testablish ment see the beginning of the end for donald trump. it's important they predicted this a few times before only to see mr. trump defy the laws of gravity. trump was not the dominating presence in the second debate as he was in the first. >> i think women all over this country heard clearly what mr. trump said. [ applause ] >> i think she's got a beautiful face and i think she's a

beautiful woman. >> mr. trump backing down a bit there. and this at his first big post debate event. >> we have a problem in this country it's called muslims. we know our current president is one. you know he's not even an american. >> we need this question. >> mr. trump did not call the man out there. trump's campaign initially said mr. trump didn't hear the man's rant fully. perhaps. if you look closely here. watch the heads. it's clear everyone around trump heard it just fine. mr. trump changed his tune and said he's not morally obligated to correct every false statement said about president obama. in a question, trump said this. >> i love the muslims. i think they're great people. >> so let's start with the frontrunner coming into the debate was mr. trump. we'll have moments from now we're releasing a brand new cnn

poll in the race. if you called around to the campaigns they say if you watch the debate mr. trump hurt himself. they've said it before. >> several times before. there are two things i think republican rivals of trump think happened in the debate that are important. whether or not he goes up or down in the initial polls. one, is that as the race takes a more substantiative turn, they think his policy gaps will be exposed and voters will recognize that. the second with carly four renee they recognize there's a way you can take on trump and be aggressive and not have it boomerang back and hurt yourself. i think those give them a blueprint to go forward. >> he himself said remember he's changed his mind or tune a lot. he said he initially didn't say that about car lly fiorina but said i'm an entertainer. the evangelical event in july and he couldn't recall asking god for forgiveness and he liked to go to church for the wine and cracker, as he called it. he showed up at the faith and

freedom event yesterday and carrying a bible with him. is it somebody who learns fast? is this someone who learns fast or someone playing evangelicals? >> i think he learns fast as a candidate. you evaluate trump from when he started considering this in january and february he has evolved as a politician. i talked to ten minutes after the debate and i said you came and seemed prepared on fiorina's business record and bush's gubernatorial report. he said he doesn't come unprepared. trump has the liabilities when it comes to the moments of the muslim question. his instincts are sometimes good with the political talent but not always great. in terms of evolving and improving we're seeing a better trump remains the frontrunner and you have to beat him. you have to have come up someone come up -- >> i don't believe in evolution anymore. he had it hasnnded to him by

carly. i think he's going to come down a little bit especially among women and she's going to start surging. decent politician or decent man says we don't have a problem with muslims in this country. a decent man doesn't start as trump did several years ago about the president's citizenship and the president's religion. the president of the united states is a citizens. he is a christian. that's what trump should have said. >> to your point, i tried to hand him the president's birth certificate and mr. trump wouldn't take it and scoffed at me. he was a cheerleader for the birther act. that's his instinct. >> it was. he was. he even hinted that maybe one of the secrets on the birth certificate was in fact that obama was a muslim. i mean, it would have been surprising, i think, if he said something in the moment. he obviously didn't. i thought what was interesting the question that was vile but talking about terrorist training

groups. i think trump's answer was going to be looking at a lot of things. that's not a real answer, even in the debate long stretches of time he had nothing to say about policy. >> quick all things should be respected and there's a decent response to the question. as a reporter if you scan the conservative websites today they're not calling out trump. they don't think he has the necessity to respond to these kind of questions and to correct the questioner. so on the right, trump doesn't have any problems. >> it's important to remember -- >> you're boatright in the sense he's competing first in the republican primary. if he doesn't have any problems on the right that could be a sustainability to the broader audience if and when you win the election. the democrats are making it a tolerance issue saying all republicans intolerant. a big test for mr. trump is how you handle adversity. he's having a bit of a rough stretch. we'll see if he can handle it. another big test is how you

handle success. what do we make of the carly fiorina moment. we could tell mr. trump was well prepared. you can be sure the others have dusted off their opposition research file on carly fiorina. she was traveling yesterday and she feels new energy. she's getting a great reception out there. can she capitalize on the moment? >> that's the big question now. she has a lot of attention on her. she knows where the attacks are going to come from. that's a big advantage she has. it's clear what her rivals are going after. she's been living off the land now. her super pac and campaign are not really funded. she has a real opportunity. she was not just strong in the debate she was dominate in the debate. >> she lead the way in terms of how you can go up against trump. i think the other ones on stage were grateful, jeb bush sort of, i mean, at times he engaged with trump but nothing in the way that carly fiorina did. i thought she was aggressive. she was a tactical gaithdebatee.

the question is hewlett-packard stuff. we've seen boxer go against her in california. those are pretty damning ads in terms of her record there. that's going to be a problem for her. also, what state does she play in? new hampshire, iowa -- >> i think iowa. >> south carolina? >> the answer on planned parenthood that was going to be a direct pitch. >> that was going to be ted cruz's moment and she sort of trumped him. forgive me. what about the rest? rubio had a strong debate mostly on foreign policy. chris christie got good reviews even from conservatives who aren't inclined to like him. jeb bush once the frontrunner seems mixed. did more than enough to stay alive. other people were like eh. >> i think he did all right but there was a couple of moments that surprised me. when you turn to a man and apologize to my wife and he refuses to, your answer has to

be better than slugging your shoulders and moving open. don't give the guy a high five. i think trump is trying to get under his skin trying to question his manhood in a way and jeb didn't do anything to push back to show i'm the guy who is going to be the grown up in this debate. he kind of played trump's game. >> at the same time bush donors are watching bush and are worried they haven't shown any energy. she bush donors and people wanted to see some fire. bush wasn't perfect but he showed life. because he has the money and the network he'll survive. >> part of the fire, i think, was the answer he gave on his brother saying one thing i knew about my brother is he kept us safe in the following days he's talked about his family even more saying my last name is bush so i get foreign policy. so that's very much, i think -- >> again to the george w. safe answer one of the great partisan divides a lot of republicans. first time george w has come up.

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sharper contrasts. >> i want to see the minimum wage raise over to $15. she hasn't been clear on that. i'm the post to the construction of the keystone pipeline. hillary clinton has not voiced an opinion on that. i believe we should expand social security benefits not cut them. hillary clinton doesn't have a position on that. >> now like there is a separation of church and state there is supposed to be a separation of campaign and super pac but a pro clinton super pac run by david brock went after bernie sanders this week in a pretty aggressive way calling him hugo chavez. bernie sanders took offense and does what every politician does immediately started raising money. he said it was the kind of onslaught i expected to see from the koch brothers. if hillary clinton is saying

publicly she's not worried. are her people? >> i don't think they're worried in the sense they think bernie is going to be the nominee. they're worried he can draw a clear contrast with her and someone who can appeal to a big segment of the democratic party. it also is difficult to figure out how exactly she goes after him. that's going to be her big challenge. >> that's her big challenge. i talked with some of her advisors this weekend and was pressing them on what are they going to do? go aggressive and call him out. they say no. they feel like bernie sanders supporters essentially like hillary clinton in the end and folks i've talked to seem to match up with that. think think it would only just backfire on hillary clinton if she goes at bernie sanders. it's not something they play into. >> will she say publicly that no super pac speaks in her name should spend a dime going after bernie sanders. will she say that? >> probably not. >> you talk to you remember

claire mccaskill said this guy is a socialist. they don't like that. they rely on the southern fire wall that is about african-american voters. that will be helpful to them. she's going to be on tom joiner on wednesday and will be in louisiana and arkansas on monday. >> it's an interesting argument to make. if we lose iowa we don't like it it's okay. we lose new hampshire it's okay we won't like it. then we go south. but on paper that's right those states are better for her institutionally. can a clinton who had all this money and the whole army in her port lose the first two states? she could. it depends on how you're looking at this. can she win the nomination and you grind away. i suppose so. but senior democrats including her campaign will tell you they're freaked out. they're scared. not that bernie sanders is going

to be the nominee, to your point. can she stand up against a credible republican candidate after going through a grueling nomination process where she undermined her credibility through her own actions. if somebody like bernie sanders can win iowa and new hampshire and force her to a long fight, how will she be able to stand up -- even if she wins the presidency will she be able to run the country. our democrats are worried about both the questions. can she win the nomination? win the nomination, can she become president, if president can she be a credible leader. they're worried. >> she publicly said the democratic national convention wants to add more debates i'm fine with it. a lot of the people think the debates would be good for her. >> they don't want that. >> she's under pressure. >> a lot of pressure. >> and i've spoken to sanders people and they can't wait for the debates. they think the minute they can get college students tuning in, democratic rapg and file voters they believe sanders hasn't run

a negative campaign about the e-mails. they think he can connect to be the post obama democratic. >> is it well put. a good writer. >> if she wants more debates we'll see. will it be clinton, sanders, jim webb, martin o'malley, or a guy named joe biden there? biden is making his decision and in a letter to him from 50 top democratic donors sent him a letter saying if you want to run we'll raise money for him. in our opinion the next president must be joe biden. it's a campaign we know he'll win. if you're running against hillary clinton and you're joe biden can i raise the $100 million or $200 million. a lot of people have said focus on about $100 million for the first four states then you'll know. by then you'll know whether it takes up. >> i think that the infrastructure would be there. it wouldn't be the size and scope of what clinton has but he

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let's head around the inside politics table. the big political news around the corner. >> pope francis in washington this week. some of the attention will be how republican presidential candidates respond when the pope calls for aggressive action on things like climate change and immigration that put him at odds with the gop. a lot of candidates are deciding at least for this week it's better to be with the pope than against him. all three of the senators running for the white house overturning to capitol hill to attend the pope's address to

congress. christie who is another catholic running plans to attend one of his events on the east coast. >> very smart. >> a few more details about joe biden. he was in michigan last week and i talked to folks who talked to him and his people. they're convinced he's more likely to run than conventionalism in d.c. one person got the clear impression talking to him directly he's trying to talk himself into running. he's dealing with a terrible tragedy in his family and there's not a clear path to the domination. two big reasons why he might get in are, one, as you know once you run for president it's hard to get out to of your system. two, his son did call him to his job. >> he's believed for a long time he's the best man for the job. >> after pope francis speaks at congress this week, he's going to walk to the speaker's balcony with john boehner. it will be a moment for boehner who cap boehner's career in

congress. it will be a public moment of boehner's private faith. it's a tough week for boehner. he's already under fire from many of his critics within the house. they're thinking about launching a revote. for this week they'll hold off and let boehner have his time with the pope. >> enjoy it, mr. speaker. >> everyone wants to be an outsider ted cruz is going into this week trying to band himself as the original outsider. in some ways it makes him sound like an outlaw. he's been talking about the washington cartel. they'll try to emphasize his record in washington going against the washington establishment when it comes to voting against chuck hagel and leading that fight a long time ago, leading the fight against gun control. leading the fight against immigration reform. leading the fight against bureaucracy. they want to emphasize it.

this week he'll be on ckrcnn an colbert. but ted cruz is the original outside per. >> we'll keep an eye on ted cruz. post debate pressure on rand paul to rethink his presidential ambitions and focus on his kentucky senate seat. paul can run for both offices at the same time. he's struggling in the presidential race. and party strategies whose job it is to worry about the white house but the republican senate majority are voicing more and more concerns. it isn't raising anywhere near enough money when they press for new contributions there's a lot of resistance because donors question senator paul's equipment to the senate race. there is zero, underscore, zero evidence that senator paul is listening. keep your eyes on the polls. it's a discussion worth keeping an eye on. that's it for "inside politics."

thank you for sharing your politics this sunday morning. "state of the union" starts right now. breaking news brand new poll numbers. our first look about what voters think about the republican pack sense wednesday's explosive debate. who is up? who is down? who might be on the way out? donald trump will be here to respond live. plus governor chris christie. >> i'm a republican in new jersey. i wake up every morning as an outsider. >> pundits say he had a good night. are the points he scored enough to put him back in the game? an exclusive sunday interview next. then governoric