called president obama a muslim. and carly fiorina catapulting to second place and new democratic polls showing hillary clinton bouncing back. let's begin our team coverage with athena jones. she is >> reporter: good morning. carson's comments angered a lot of people. the question now is whether these comments will hurt either candidate in the polls. this as yet another outsider candidate is surging. >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. >> reporter: this shocking statement by dr. ben carson under a spotlight this morning in the republican presidential race. on nbc's "meet the press" sunday, carson said a muslim president should not be in the oval office. and that a president's faith should matter to voters. >> if it's inconsistent with the

values and principles of america, then of course it should matter. >> reporter: later, when donald trump was asked about the possibility of a muslim president, he said -- >> some people have said it already happened. >> reporter: a rens to president barack obama. trump later adding. >> he said he was a christian and is a christian. i'm willing to take him at his word. >> reporter: carson is doubling down on his controversial comments in in an an interview with a washington newspaper, the hill hill," -- democrats were quick to pounce. >> you judge candidates for president not on their religion, not on the color of their skin, but on their ideas on what they stand for. >> reporter: this as the latest cnn/orc poll shows trump and carson losing momentum with voters after the cnn debate. trump still the front-runner but his lead slipping as carly fiorina makes the biggest jump,

rising 12 percentage points. >> how many of you saw the debate on wednesday night? >> reporter: over half of poll respondents who watched cnn's debate think fiorina did the best job, florida senator marco rubio taking home second place, far better than his counterpart, jeb bush. >> i think she had a good night but she had easy questions. >> reporter: trump now attacking fiorina's record as ceo. saying she did such a horrible jot at lucent and hp, she never got another ceo job offer. there is no way carly fiorina can become the republican nominee. a muslim civil rights group will hold a press conference to demand that carson withdraw from the presidential race. we'll be watching for that. mean mile, a muslim member of congress is weighing in, saying every american should be disturbed that carson and trump

are engaging in and tolerating blatant acts of religious bigotry. >> those comments stirring a lot of people to sound off. athena, thank you so much. meanwhile on the democratic side, a new cnn/orc poll out this morning shows hillary clinton bouncing back after months of declines. the former secretary of state opening a commanding lead over bernie sanders among democratic voters, a lead that widens dramatically if president biden -- vice president biden decides not to run. jeff zeleny has that part of the story for us on this monday. >> reporter: hillary clinton's summertime slide appears to be stabilizing. our new polls show she's gaining ground more than democrats, perhaps a sign of her new approach after answering questions after being walled off for months is paying off. her strength relies heavily on

whether joe biden jumps into the race. when you take biden out of the equation, her support soars, winning 57% in our new poll. sanders only 28%. this is up from one month ago. joe biden does take votes away from her. they of course share the same type of democratic voters. he is still deciding whether to run. there are signs he is leading towards saying yes. most democrats believe he'll jump in if hes going to within the next two weeks or so. there's no word out that his wife jill biden is in if her husband is. her spokesman telling cnn of course dr. biden would be on board if her husband decides to run for president. but they haven't made that decision yet. in an interview on sunday, hillary clinton says she isn't making any changes in her campaign in preparation for a possible biden run, saying he deserves space to make that decision. but this new poll shows her race will be affected dramatically by any decision he makes. for now, of course, she's focusing on the strength --

she's trying to strengthen her own candidacy. an intesting interview on "face the nation" on sunday. she showed what it's like to be the real hillary clinton or at least she tried to. >> i am a real person with all the pluses and minuses that go along with being that. and i've been in the public eye for so long that i think, you know, it's like feature you see in some magazine sometimes, real people actually go shopping. you know? >> but all joking aside, that is actually her burden to appear authentic to voters in a year they're craving authenticity more than ever. chris and alisyn. >> real authenticity. stick with us and let's bring in political reporter zeke miller and political anchor for new york one, errol lewis. the big takeaway, jeff, if biden is not in the race, not only is she up huge on bernie but bigger than she was over senator

sanders before. this does not come as a surprise to her campaign as you know. what does it mean for the state of the race. >> it means for the state of the race she's in command of this race without question. there are definitely liberals, progressive democrats that don't pick her. the reality is she is driving this contest six in ten democrats, almost six in ten democrats say they would support her with joe biden not in. this is why this decision about if biden is in or is not is really influencing what's happening in brooklyn. she says they're not making plans either way. i'm not sure i believe that, chris. they are wondering if he's in. if he is in, he's directly in her lane of support. she still is stronger than biden but that would shake things up dramatically. >> errol, before we get to everything that happened over the weekend with donald trump and ben carson, is hillary clinton's mini surge here because of her late night appearances? is that directly connected to her seeming more popular? >> yes.

you have to assume she wasn't doing this just for fun. that she's made a number of appearances, she's been more responsive, been more visible. she hasn't taken pains to push people away. yes, it pays off. people like to see you talk, and frankly, her appearances have been better. her responses are crisper when she's not on the defensive talking about the e-mail which is always gets her bogged down because there are legal questions lurking in the background, she's much more forthcoming and more like a candidate. you act like a candidate, the voters respond. >> she's not just a real person. she's being a real candidate in talking to the media and doing what they do. >> zeke, what happened over the weekend? i go to cuba and it becomes crazy time. carson saying muslims can't be president and donald trump is saying we may have a muslim already. >> donald trump didn't respond to that question on that event thursday night in his town hall in new hampshire.

they get the question on "meet the press" yesterday and both of them flub it. ben carson saying he wouldn't accept a muslim as president. that could be he honestly believes it. >> it's not a flub when you say what you think. it seems to have a huge dose of hypocrisy attached to it, not only intolerance because to say muslims put their faith too much as public life and that's offensive to our constitution. aren't we seeing that right now with so many christian politicians with kim davis? >> absolutely. we saw donald trump hold up a bible on saturday at an iowa faith and freedom event saying he's a christian. you can't have it both ways except if you're trying to win the evangelical christian vote which is exactly what ben carson and to a certain extent donald trump are trying to do. they want to see the evangelical faith displayed publicly. that's how the vote in iowa is decided. that's what they're going for. that's why they said what they

did. the backlash will only help them with that segment of voters. >> ben carson said he would not agree with having a muslim president and does not think islam is consistent with the constitution. what is he talking about? >> he's completely wrong. people should google article 6 of the united states constitution. >> which says there's no religious test for any public office. >> for any public office. what ben carson will discover, donald trump maybe to a lesser extent because they're not politicians. they made their brand to be i go against the rules, i'm not a conventional politician. >> i speak my mind. >> there are certain rules you can break and some you cannot, one is the constitution. when donald trump says the 14th amendment, maybe it's wrong or ben carson makes an outrageous comment, they'll find people will look at that and say, there are some rules you don't break. if you're willing to do that, maybe you're not kind of person who should not be leading this country. >> we saw both of them take a

hit in the polls. which we believe is because of the debate. we were suggesting after the debate carly fiorina would get a bump. all that happened. her time will come. she has a lot of vetting questions coming her way also. zeke, do you think this will make a significant difference in the political fates of both of these men? >> these comments are not going to decide their trajectory one way or the other. the voters who like donald trump, who like ben carson, liked what they said and heard, largely, not all of them but a lot of them did. and the backlash, the controversy, the fact that we're discussing this right now will only make them victims in the eyes of many of their supporters that they don't sound like traditional politicians. you'll never hear a traditional politician say what either of them said yesterday. to their supporters, one way or the other, that's more compelling than the substance, the style they care about. that's why they're drawn to these candidates and that might only help them. that said, they obviously took the hit after the debate.

carly fiorina filling that same outsider lane who could gather some of the support without the same controversy. >> jeff, over the weekend, there were muslim civil rights groups that have called for ben carson to get out of the race, obviously that's not happening. over the weekend, has he tried to sort of modulate some of those statements and walk it back? >> not modulating it as much. zeke is right. among his supporters she will be viewing all of this as the mainstream media piling on him. i think it shows a lack of a grasp of an ability to increase their level of support. this is maybe not going to hurt ben carson and donald trump in the short term but if they plan to -- or if they hope to grow their support to others outside their immediate lane, this is going to block that. no one likes the sound of this kind of rhetoric over the weekend. it certainly is not helpful for the republican party overall. and i think they both win the hypocrisy award. we give that award out a lot or we could. gosh, they are pandering to

their evangelical supporters without question here. i don't think that plays well in the long term. >> right. you know, we're being delicate a little bit about how we're doing it. forensic about it. it plays to the base. there's a line of decency. everybody wants to make you a little afraid of a situation when they want to be the one you ask to change it. but to say that muslims shouldn't be in charge of the country, i can't think of anything as inflammatory on that level from a man who wants to be respected as a man of faith, leave faith alone. how do you justify this? >> for many people it will be a disqualifier. what happens is, yes, they get their base riled up and so forth. there becomes an absolute sort of ceiling, an absolute limit. it becomes a legitimate, i would argue, required question for journalists to ask, you said something that directly contradicts the constitution. you said something that is, any way you look at it, about bias

and bigotry. please explain that. >> he'll run around that. i'm not saying he should be automatically disqualified. i know what article 6 is. i have it hanging on my wall. that's just my opinion i'm not saying disqualify them. i'm saying they're inherently vicious. >> if he says that enough times, you'll find people, even among conservative republicans will say, that's a step too far. that's not somebody who can run this country. the numbers will reflect that. 2 will work with the base. it puts an absolute sharp limit on how far he can expand it. >> we'll be speaking to his spokesperson momentarily. zeke, errol, jeff, thanks so much. michaela? other news, two american hostages held for months by rebels in yemen are now free. the fate of another american still being held is unknown at this time. we'll turn right now to cnn's senior international nick paton

walsh, live in beirut with the latest for us. these two men free now. >> absolutely. there was an agonizing moment yesterday afternoon when it appeared that three americans were on that plane. one of those three americans still held by the huthis. scott darden and sam farran, they are now back with their loved ones this must lease it seemed engineered by the white house with the assistance of officials and the huthis, who are engaged in a war, fighting the sunni-led coalition. this release was in fact aimed as a political goodwill gesture, aimed at perhaps trying to reignite peace talks. the americans are backing the saudis here. clearly perhaps to show they're

serious about improving relations. the delegation was aboard that plane. one family disappointed, two others rejoicing at the final release of their loved ones. back to you. >> dozens of isis defectors airing their disillusionment with the terrorist group. a research organization in london detracts radicals, says 58 former isis members have taken the unusual risk of publicly criticizing the extr e extremist group. many of them saying they disapprove of the indiscriminate killing of hostages and civilians. they don't like the hostility toward other sunni rebel groups that oppose the assad regime in syria. pope francis is set to lead a mass in cuba and fly to santiago for meetings with bishops. there's the big picture, the meeting everybody was speculating on, the meeting with fidel castro.

it was familiar and congenial, they exchanged gifts. there was a much different tone with the relationship between the pope and raul castro who said he's taking what the pope says very seriously. he may even return to prayer again. >> all right. more on that coming up. also, a big event over the weekend out west and a ceremony with lots of feel-good moments. the 67th annual emmy awards, an epic night for hbo. and a good night, well, make that a great night for women. >> viola davis. "how to get away with murder." >> viola davis making history last night. >> the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. you cannot win an emmy for roles that are simply not there. >> reporter: becoming the first african-american woman to win an emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series.

grabbing an he emmy for her performance in "how to get away with murder." >> this is the first emmy win and 16th nomination for john hamm. >> reporter: another first, john hamm, ninally scooping up an emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama for his iconic role as the tortured done draper on "mad men" after seven previous losses. >> it's been a terrible mistake, clearly. >> reporter: hbo dominating with a whopping 43 victories. their fantasy series "game of thrones" being crowned best drama, beating out "mad men," defeating the "west wing" by winning more emmys in a single year than any other series. >> i miss you guys so much. >> reporter: surprising everyone, tracy morgan, marking his return by presenting best drama.

his first time back on stage since that serious car accident last year that left him in a coma for eight days. morgan's fellow "saturday night live" alum andy sandburg rounding out another night of firsts, hosting the show for the first time. >> so good to see tracy morgan. he's a sight for sore eyes. >> that was a surprise to all of the audience. >> lots of great moments. we'll be talking about it coming up. >> i love andy sandburg. >> he's funny. >> very, very funny. got good zingers in about the 2016 presidential race, too. >> a lot more of that. meanwhile, another candidate in hot water, this time it's ben carson for his comments about muslims. his campaign now responding to all the criticism. we'll he apologize? will he walk back? his spokesperson is here on "new day."

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do you believe islam is consistent with the constitution? >> no, i don't. i do not. i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> well, that was dr. ben carson stirring up a lot of controversy this weekend, saying that islam is inconsistent with the u.s. constitution and that the u.s. president should not be muslim. to explain, let's bring in armstrong williams, ben carson's business manager and a conservative radio talk show host. armstrong, thanks so much for being here. what was dr. carson thinking when he was saying that a muslim cannot be president of the u.s.? >> he's thinking like someone who loves america first, who wants to protect america. he understands there are tenents

of islam that hates jews, will kill homosexuals, will kill muslims, do not advocate the beliefs and value system that made america into the country it is today. it may have been an inconvenient truth but it is a truth. >> you're talking about an extremist radical strain, not the strain that millions of american muslims practice here in this country. there are more american-muslims than episcopalians. you're talking about a radical strand. >> dr. carson was asked his opinion. his opinion was the timing, at this point, he would not vote for a muslim in the white house. this is why he's not a politician. this is why he's not trying to be politically correct. this is america. it's a place of freedom of speech. >> and freedom of religion. >> you express what you believe and how you feel. >> and freedom of religion.

>> it is not an issue of religion to dr. carson. this is an issue of one's belief system, how they will govern. your beliefs, what you in, how you look upon people, how you value people is dictated by what you believe. >> uh-huh. armstrong, led me read to you article 6 of the constitution which says that anyone of any religion can serve in public office. here it is, no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the united states. dr. carson's belief system violates that part of the constitution. >> dr. carson, alisyn, as you're alluding to was not speaking about religion, not at all. his, like most americans, in their hearts if they search themselves and ask questions, if you see what's going on in the world today and what we're becoming as a nation, if you search yourself deeply and ask

yourself, at this time, in the history of our country, in the question that was posed to him, which he asked and answered truthfully, is that he would not be comfortable with someone who shares the islamic muslim faith in the white house. >> is dr. carson -- >> let me finish. if dr. carson, because of his love for america, he is willing, everything is not about winning the white house for him. it's about standing up for what he believes in, telling the truth, even if it makes cnn and others uncomfortable. it is what he believes. >> is dr. carson comfortable with anyone other than a christian being president? >> it is not about christian. it is not about jew. it is not about religion. it is about what one believes and what they will advocate if they become president of these united states, a place that you and i, i have no doubt about it, love and cherish and wants to protect.

and dr. carson is saying what he believes and he believes it, alisyn. he will not take it back. >> dr. carson is talking about religion, armstrong. he says it here, let me read you his own words. muslims feel that their religion is very much part of your public life and what you dos so a public official and that's inconsistent with our principles and our constitution. what is so striking about this, armstrong, dr. carson also believes that his religion is very much a part of his public life. look at all of the outcry over the kentucky clerk kim davis, who was putting her religion over the law of the land in terms of gay marriage licenses. and he and others supported her. he does think this is about religion and he does think that sometimes religion can trump the law as we've seen. >> and alisyn, that is unequivocally untrue. dr. carson has made it clear, even with the situation in

kentucky, that this is a nation about the rule of law. and that he embraced and supported the supreme court ruling. he may have thought they should have shown more passion instead of putting her in jail. we are a nation of rule of law. >> muslim civil rights groups have called for him to get out of the race. obviously that's not happening. will he sit down with muslims today to clarify how he feels about them? >> only, alisyn, you and others feel there's something to clarify. you don't need to clarify what you believe in. it is consistent. it is who you are. you believe in america. you love this country. you see what's happening in europe. you see what is happening in the middle east and in the world. you see what's happening on our military bases where people use their faith to shoot our innocent men and women who put their lives on the front line.

what is happening to america? if dr. carson is the voice that's willing to stand and speak for those americans who are solid in their hearts, who don't want to speak this inconvenient truth, then let it be. let the chips fall where they may. he believes in telling the truth. you may not like the truth but it is the truth and when you tell the truth, alisyn, there's nothing to apologize for. >> there you go. armstrong williams, we appreciate you coming on and speaking for dr. carson this morning. nice to see you. thanks so much. let us know what you think about this. >> good seeing you. >> you, too. find me on twitter @alisyn camerota. a man whose life is all about religion is giving a different message to people in cuba an when he comes here to the united states is expected to do the same. this man, pope francis. he's talking about tolerance and acceptance of different faiths and different people. he's coming to washington, d.c. he's going to be the first pope to address congress. what's he going to tell those men and women down there? and why is one congressman

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welcome news for hillary clinton this morning. she has finally stopped her slide with 42% in a new cnn poll. that number climbs to 57% if vice president joe biden does not run. on the republican side, carly fiorina jumping into second place with a 12-point bump, following that strong debate showing. ben carson, however, in some hot water after saying a muslim should not be president. in fact, there's now a campaign to get him to pull out of the race. a massachusetts mother and her boyfriend expected in court on murder charges and accessory to murder over the death of that little girl who became known nationwide as baby doe. more from alexandra field. she's live in boston. what is the latest. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. we know baby doe is bella bond, a 2 1/2-year-old. her body was found in june in a trash bag on the boston shoreline. for months, there was no answer, no one came forward to claim

responsibility for this toddler, no one came forward offering any answers. now police believe they know exactly what happened to this child. they say she was murdered in her own home right here in the boston area by her mother's boyfriend. that boyfriend will be in dorchester court this morning to answer murder charges. with him, the child's mother who police say helped to cover up the murder of her daughter after the fact. police pursued a number of leads since june but the break in the case came just last week when a tipster called homicide detectives. a law enforcement source tells cnn that that tipster was actually staying with bella's mother. police executed a search warrant of the family homend then two arrests were made. today we will see both michael mccarthy and rachelle bond appear in court later this morning. authorities are also telling cnn they believe this child, this toddler was punched by michael mccarthy before her death because he believed the child

was possessed. authorities have not said whether they believe that was the fatal blow here. chris? >> his reasons for the action obviously much less relevant than the action itself. alexandra, keep us in the loop with what happens and feel better. we all hear what's going on with your voice there. pope francis will start the day with a big mass and fly to santiago to meet with bishops there. we were with the pope over the weekend in havana where he delivered messages of hope and met with former leader fidel castro and continued the dialogue with the current cuban administration and tried to create a bridge with the united states and cuba. take a look at what we saw. >> reporter: anticipation builds in the u.s. pope francis comes to the nation's capital tuesday. he'll be the first pontiff to ever speak to congress directly. while climate change and capitalism are expected talking points, some see his visit as a push toward fully lifting the

u.s. trade embargo against cuba. controversial enough, for one congressman to boycott. >> i'm not sure if he's worried about alienating people. he'll be encouraging but he speaks the truth. >> reporter: next, a trip to new york and the united nations. where the growing refugee crisis is expected to be on the docket. his visit will end in philadelphia where families will be his focus. >> see you in philadelphia. >> reporter: the u.s. tour coming on the heels of his historic visit to cuba over the weekend at a time when the communist country is undergoing some change. latin america's first pope, praising the two nations for normalizing relations and to the tens of thousands in havana's revolution square sunday, a message of hope and faith. calling on cubans to serve one another, not an ideology. signs of underlying political tensions as anti-government protesters are arrested after approaching the pope mobile.

pope francis meeting privately with former leader fidel castro to discuss the environment and global economy. then later meeting, once again, with younger brother raul castro. ahead of the pope's visit, the u.s. announcing father loosening of travel and business restrictions with cuba. but on the streets of havana, some hopeful, some doubtful they'll ever see any positive impact on their lives. "in the short run i haven't seen any kind of change" says this man. "maybe later but not yet." it's a necessary change that both countries need, this woman says. we need each other. >> you know, those are the streets of havana. that place has been cleaned up and, you know, a fresh coat of pain the there for the trip. you take a few steps into any interior streets, and the poverty there is abject. and it's not just about the money. it's about what they're given for their own soul and

fulfillment, not just faith, but hope, ability to communicate, internet, all of these things are real issues for change there. >> didn't you bring us photos? >> yes. the cuban people, are joyous people. these are two old ladies smoking cigars which i was impressed by. >> that's fantastic. >> what did they make of you? >> that was good. they offered me a cigar. >> what did you do to our producer? >> that is my senior producer with a chihuahua on his head. this was a tourist trap he fell into like it was a gaping hole in the middle of the street. >> the spectacled chihuahua on his head. >> fantastic. makes perfect sense. >> for the people who live there, the heat. it wasn't the historic heat for him. this was a new suit. i was sweating so much my ankles were sweating. >> did you cut your suit. >> i rolled them up because i thought i was going to pass out. the heat was historic in havana.

>> heat and humidity. >> tens of thousands came out, barely had water, fanning themselves. they were there for hours to see papa francisco. >> it seems like it's happening. we'll be talking a lot about the pope, the implications. look at this man. we love having him on the show, archbishop cardinal timothy dolan. coming on to discuss what he expects from the papal visit and also, what's going on in the news with matters of faith. two american hostages are among six captives freed from yemen. one other american was not released. why is all of this happening now? we'll take a closer look, ahead. ...isn't it time to let the... ...real you shine... ...through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months.

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this morning, freedom for two americans who are among six hostages released by houthi rebels, scott darden and sam farran were taken hostage while trying to flee war-torn yemen this year. a third american, we believe was not released. here to weigh in, bobby ghosh. good to see you. you've been looking at this situation. what's your understanding of why the yemen released or the houthi rebels released these men? >> there's been talk of talks. peace talks -- >> talk and no action is what we're used to. >> the united nations are sponsoring peace talks. the houthis are under quite a lot of pressure, they've been

under a bombing campaign by saudi arabia and saudi allies since march pretty much. they're under a lot of pressure. this is a show of goodwill, a show that they are not to be confused with -- it's a very confusing place. you have al qaeda in yemen, ice in yemen. the houthis are not that kind of a group. they done the do videos of people, execute prisoners. this is their way of saying don't confuse us with those guys. we are different, we have a political cause we are fighting for and whether or not this makes them -- keep in mine, they have hundreds upon hundreds of yemeni prisoners that were not released. this does not make them good guy. >> we know there's one american they did not release. nick paton walsh was saying they thought three men might emerge within they saw the plane landing and only two. heart break there. >> that suggests that the houthis have been represented so far as one group with tight central control. it's possible there are rogue

elements within the houthis. we don't know that the other american is being held by exactly the same people. within the movement there are groups and groups. >> what are the peace talks then? >> we'll see if the peace talks actually happen because the former president who they've toppled in yemen said he doesn't want anything to do with these talks until the houthis withdraw from territories they took over. they may see the houthis might sort of want this to be seen as a goodwill gesture. it might be seen as a sign of weakness. the saudi-led coalition might increase pressure on houthis. this is -- they played their card. we'll see how the other side responds. it's far from certain this is going to stop anytime soon. 4,500 people have been killed, millions left homeless in one of the poorest countries in the world, certainly the poorest country in the arab world. >> the ongoing battle with isis,

i want to turn to a report an get your view on this. a report being released, people have that fled their own countries, gone to fight alongside isis and now have left, what is the value, not just sort of the interest from every day joes like us, but what is the value in learning their stories and why they left and the discontent that there might be within isis ranks? >> it's valuable for a couple reasons. it's not one or two people. it's month are than 50 people. >> yes. >> it's not necessarily a scientific thing but it's different people this be this is valuable because it gives us an insight into a very secretive organization. and the fact that they are unhappy can, for military tacticians, military strategists

may create relationship with isis and the rank and file. until some dramatic change take place, this -- we're in a sort of -- we're in a status quo with these guys. we're trying to bomb them from the air. we don't put boots on the ground. nothing is changing really, dramatically. so any information we can get that can become -- sort of added to a large are strategy is useful. >> right. >> if we learn that middle management is unhappy with top management, for instance, that's a useful thing to know. >> there's also hope it can be used against some of isis's recruiting tactics. >> that's true. >> bobby ghosh, always a pleasure to have you. thanks so much. chris? donald trump seems to have no problem shutting down questioners, believe me. why did he take to it a town hall questioner that said the president is a muslim and we need to get rid of all of them? team trump responds, ahead. people don't have to think about

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donald trump is facing wide condemnation for not correcting a man at his town hall who wanted to get rid of all muslims and called president obama a muslim. here's how the donald defended himself to cnn's jake tapper yesterday. >> this is raw, unvarnished, ignorant bigotry. you are a leader. you're the front-runner in the republican race. do you not have a responsibility to call out this hatred? >> most muslims, like most everything, they're fabulous people but we certainly do have a problem. you have a problem throughout the world. >> what's the problem? >> you have radical that are doing things. i mean, it wasn't people from sweden who blew up the world trade center, jake. >> let's bring in republican strategist and a supporter of donald trump, friend of the show. good to have you both here. double-teaming me as it were. help me understand why this is going on, pax. when you hear this man stand up

and say these things, donald trump doesn't say anything to him. he says it's his first amendment right. i had to let him say what he wanted to say. do you buy that? >> i thought he handled that well. that was beautiful politicking. >> he didn't handle him. he just let him talk. why was that brilliant. >> the guy came out with crazy talk, obama is a muslim, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. he starts talking training camps, starts talking whatever. you know, the fbi in july said that there are investigations going on in all 50 states of the islamic state. >> true. >> okay. the chair of the homeland security committee said while they didn't thwart the chattanooga attack -- >> the threat is clear. >> he addressed the problem. he addressed the guy's real concern. he completely ignored the crazy talk and moved it on to another question. >> he didn't ignore it. you talk to candidates about how to be on a regular basis. he tacitly acknowledged what he

was saying in the beginning. it's demonstrable in the beginning of the tape. >> he handled it perfectly. he caz dismissive, he laughed, said this is the question, he was dismissive of it. suppose donald trump would have grabbed the mike away. i guarantee you we'd be talking about squelching this guy's rights. >> it wasn't in 2008 with john mccain. >> john mccain is a different person. democrats are scared of donald trump. let's say he would have got in a back and forth, he would have been criticized to are that. it's a lose/lose situation. >> why would you call the president when he is not, sir in let's make this about the issues. why get rid of all muslims? this is a tall ron tolerant soc. you think the media would go after him. >> yes. it's a serious problem in all 50

states. he clarified his position. he did so in a public forum. that is all donald trump needed to do and he dismissed the question by laughing at it. >> the idea that -- i don't think he laughed at it by the way. let's give him the benefit of your own appraisal. if it comes up again, i don't want to talk about the president's faith, i'll take him at his word, it seems to be implying he may be a muslim. >> that's exactly -- >> that shouldn't be a bad thing but it has been made a little bit of a bad thing in presidential politics right now. do you think that was right as well. >> i think it was wrong when hillary clinton did it in 2008. >> i'm not asking about hillary clinton. two wrongs don't make a right in my mind. >> i don't think -- i will watch that. i don't think that he is implying that barack obama is a muslim. >> but he didn't shut it down either. you understand my point. >> he says it's not my job to criticize barack obama's faith. he said that quite clearly. it's eye ron thak people are going after donald trump saying he's no the a real christian.

he speaks dismissively about christianity and are criticizing his faith. he understands this is a palpable way that it's not okay to criticize someone's faith. it's not my job to question barack obama's faith. >> that's not a good reflection of where donald trump has been on this since 2011, 2013 when he injected a lot of energy into the birther movement, a lot of it about the speculation of him being muslim. my point is, we all know donald trump very well. he's serious about wanting to be a leader and he's serious about wanting to be taken seriously. shouldn't a leader reflect the best of us and not allow the worst in us in a situation like this? >> what i am looking for as a leader, as a donald trump supporter, i am looking for someone who will lead the nation who will not be tangled up by these kindergarten situations. what was he supposed to do? scold the guy in maybe a fool

out of the man, publicly humiliate the man. >> same thing ben carson is going through right now. >> ben carson said something incredibly stupid. >> no, he did not. >> i would have bet money you would have said that. it's not about whether it's stupid. it's about whether that's what you want in a leader. it's not about article 6. it's about whether you want someone as your leader who thinks all muslims should not be taken serious for president. >> if a muslim disavowed that -- >> do you think ben carson said -- >> he said my faith is not in my public life in regards to kim davis. it guides had him in the sense that his relationship with god guides him in his personal life. >> distinction without a difference? >> no. i don't think it's a distinction without a difference. he would not support a muslim let's say, he would allow, permit, not have a problem with

a muslim running. other headlines, let's get right to it. you judge candidates for president, not on their religion -- >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. >> donald trump is slipping and carly fiorina soaring to second place. the new cnn/orc poll out this morning shows hillary clinton bouncing back. >> i am a real person with all the pluses and minuses that go along with being that. >> head of state meetings with raul castro and the head of the cuban government. >> the fact that he's going from cuba to the united states is highly significant. >> pope francis comes to the nation's capital tuesday. >> the ceremony with lots of feel-good moments. >> only recently i've started to feel like myself again. >> what a great honor it must be for you to honor me tonight.

>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> good morning, everyone. welcome back to your new day. calls this morning for ben carson to drop out of the presidential ration after saying he believes a muslim could not be president of the united states. donald trump also having to explain his position on muslims this weekend. after not correcting that erroneous and offensive comment at his town hall on thursday. >> now comes carly fiorina. popping in the polls because because she's not talking about muslims. they did have a strong debate showing as well, pumping her up to second place. new polls showing hillary clinton rebounding on the democratic side. let's get into what and why. team coverage beginning with atheena jones live in washington. >> the question is whether this will hurt either of them in the polls. and this is coming as yet

another outsider candidate, carly fiorina is surging. >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. >> reporter: this shocking statement by dr. ben carson under a spotlight this morning in the republican presidential race. on nbc's "meet the press" sunday, carson said a muslim president should not be in the oval office. and that a president's faith should matter to voters. >> if it's inconsistent with the values and principles of america, then of course it should matter. >> reporter: later, when donald trump was asked about the possibility of a muslim president, he said -- >> some people have said it already happened. >> reporter: a reference to president barack obama. trump later adding. >> he said he was a christian and he said he is a christian. i'm willing to take him at his word. >> reporter: carson is doubling down on his controversial comments in an interview with a washington newspaper, the hill," -- he said, muslims feel their religion is very much a part of your public life and that is

inconsistent with our principles and our constitution. democrats were quick to pounce. >> you judge candidates for president not on their religion, not on the color of their skin, but on their ideas on what they stand for. >> reporter: this as the latest cnn/orc poll shows trump and carson losing momentum with voters after the cnn debate. trump still the front-runner but his lead slipping as carly fiorina makes the biggest jump, rising 12 percentage points. >> how many of you saw the debate on wednesday night? >> reporter: over half of poll respondents who watched cnn's debate think fiorina did the best job, florida senator marco rubio taking home second place, far better than his former mentor, jeb bush. >> i think carly had a good night but i think you gave her a lot of easy questions. >> reporter: trump now attacking fiorina's record as ceo. he attacked her record as ceo

again on sunday. saying she did such a horrible jot at lucent and hp, she never got another ceo job offer. there is no way carly fiorina can become the republican nominee. >> reporter: when it comes to the comments about muslims from trump and carson, a muslim member of congress is weighing in, saying every american should be disturbed that the two candidates are engaging in and tolerating blatant acts of religious bigotry. michaela? >> athena, those comments are bound to get a lot of people fired up today. we will be watching. thanks so much. meanwhile, hillary clinton is boupsing back, the former secretary of state opening a commanding lead over bernie sanders in a brand new cnn/orc poll. if vice president joe biden decides not to run, that lead increases dramatically. jeff zeleny joins us now. >> hillary clinton's summertime slide appears to be stabilizing. there's a sign she's putting

concerns and controversy around her candidacy to rest. let's take a look at the new numbers. she sits atop at democratic field at 42%, up from 5 points earlier this month, followed by bernie sanders at 24% and joe biden at 22%. but if you take biden out of the equation, her support soars. she's at 57% in our new poll while sanders has 28%. she's climbing, sanders is falling. their margin now, 29 points from only 16 earlier this month. is is why so many democrats are keeping such a close eye on whether joe biden decides to jump in. if he does, the contrast is much, much more competitive. while there's no concrete time line, one top democrat supportive of biden tells me this morning, we'll likely know within the next two weeks. now, one person who's not an obstacle now is jill biden. to push back against some of the reports that she does not want her husband to run, her spokesman issued this statement,

saying, of course dr. biden would be on board if her husband decides to run for president. but they haven't made that decision yet. now in an interview on sunday, hillary clinton would not comment on his potential candidacy. saying the vice president deserves his space to make a decision. of course she is trying to strengthen her own standing for what would be such an interesting democratic primary race. in an appearance on "face the nati nation" she was asked to describe who the real hillary clinton is. >> i'm a real person with all the pluses and minuses that go along with being that. i've been in the public eye for so long, it's the feature you see in a magazine sometimes, real people actually go shopping. >> but all laughter aside, after a few reinventions along the way, her burden, of course, is to appear authentic to voters in a year where they are craving it more than ever. alisyn. >> you've given us a lot of food

for thought. let's talk about what's going on on the campaign trail, bringing in nan hayworth, new york co-chair of the super pac carly for america. thanks so much for being here. >> pleasure to be with you, alisyn. >> let's talk about the news of the day, ben carson saying he does not believe any muslim can be president of the united states nor does he believe that islam is exteconsistent with th u.s. constitution. >> carly has not commented directly on that issue. i will tell you certainly that as someone who is strongly supporting carly, i believe that the most important criteria we need to look at when we're considering a president is, is this person a proven leader? irrespective of faith. that's why i'm supporting carly. >> does carly believe a muslim can be president? >> i have not spoken with her directly on that. she hasn't commented on it. again, certainly the issue of someone's faith is a deeply

personal matter for most of us. i think all of us who are supporting carly fiorina for president are looking at her characteristics. >> why hasn't she commented on it? this is something that does distinguish the various republican candidates from each other. will she be commenting on it today? >> well, she may indeed. and you know, that's something that is her prerogative. i think as she's said about other issues, the american people have to be respected to decide certain aspects of these things. she's a proven leader who has shown she has a servant's heart regardless of faith. >> you have run your own successful campaign, being elected to congress. what do you think happens to dr. carson's campaign as a result of this? >> dr. carson is a sincere servant of his patients. he has an important cause he's seeking. i'm thinking much more about the

presidential candidacy of carly fiorina who is a remarkable leader in her own right. >> do you think that this is a deal breaker for him? >> i really, i think it's going to be up to the voters in the republican primary especially to determine that. they have a remarkable candidate to look at in carly. >> let's talk about the big bump carly fiorina has put up since the debate. i'll put up the numbers right now. she's the person who showed the most growth afterwards in september, before the debatality 3%, after the debate, she was at 15%. you see other people, other than marco rubio's support has gone down. >> yes. >> do you think that this is because she took on donald trump? >> well, i think it's because carly fiorina has much that is substantive to say. when you listen to her speak in any context, look at her comments during the debate. she has an incredible fund of knowledge. she has an agile intellect, speaks compellingly, with

conviction and with compassion. so i think the contrast between her comments and, you know, i know mr. trump. i like mr. trump. i think he's obviously been an extraordinarily successful man in many ways but his answers tended to be much more glib. they were not rich with facts and knowledge. and this is a job, the presidency of the united states, is a job that requires a certain amount of expertise from day one. carly fiorina has that. >> see, what's interesting about what she did at the debate, she took on donald trump in a way that other people who have tried have seen their numbers plummet. lindsey graham, rick perry, jeb bush, the list goes on. what did she do differently in terms of going at him that ended up being so successful? >> i think it was clear that carly fiorina feels very confident and comfortable in her own skin. she does not shrink from a challenge. she certainly has tremendous courage and she has the

knowledge and the expertise and the intellect to back up that stance. >> before the debate, it was reported that this summer she had $1 million in fund-raising in her war chest. since the debate, has that number gone up? >> certainly by all accounts, yes, i can tell you anecdotally, i'm certainly seeing a lot of people who want to get on board and support carly fiorina. >> let me read to you a couple of donald trump's tweets from yesterday. about her. he says there is no way that carly fiorina can become the republican nominee or win against the dems. boxer killed her for the senate in california. here's another tweet. he was busy tweeting last night. carly fiorina did such a horrible job at lucent and hp, virtually destroying both companies she never got another ceo job offer. how should she respond to these? >> that's donald trump is living in a fact-free zone when he tweets that kind of thing about carly fiorina. she's spoken eloquently about

her record at hp, which she is proud to own. she doubled the size of the company, doubled the revenues. quadrupled their cash flow, tripled their rate of innovation. did she challenge and trench bureaucracies? >> yes. >> was her bold conviction proven in the fullest of time to be just where hp needs to be? tom perkins talked about that, now he's a big supporter. that's true for carly fiorina in washington. she is going to make the distinctions that have to be made and she will be proven right. >> former congresswoman nan hayworth, thanks for coming in to "new day." >> a pleasure. an alabama man is facing three counts of attempted murder at a shooting in a church in selma on sunday. 26-year-old james minter

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this morning we have new poll information for you on the democrat side. hillary clinton get something good news. why? take a look. former secretary of state bouncing back would be a fair depiction of it. strong numbers in this poll. why is she moving this way? is it all about whether or not biden is in the race? joining us now is senator from minnesota, klobuchar, amy klobuchar. >> she now is at 57%. bernie sanders is at 28%. this is with biden in the race on the left-hand side, without is on the right-hand side. without, look at this, it shows her lead is really commanding. to what do you attribute this? >> secretary clinton has always

said this is a long-term campaign. she's in it for the long term. you're starting to see that in the numbers. she's been aggressiaggressive, after trump and some of the other candidates when they say things that are racist. >> is it that aggressiveness you think has shown that bump or her charm offensive? >> that's the second thing i was going to say, alisyn. it's a combination of the fact herself accessible, telling her story. people see that. she's been seizing the moment, not being quite as cautious, seizing that moment when things come up in the news that people care about. >> you knew the 2008 race well. one of the points of push back from the carson and trump camps this morning is why are you going after, especially donald trump, not carson, why are you going after trump about birther stuff? what about hillary clinton? she was on that bus in 2008.

is that fair? >> hillary clinton's record on race and immigration -- >> with respect to obama and his potential citizenship. you remember that period in the campaign. >> i think it's been clear that secretary clinton has an excellent relationship with president obama. i think the bigger issue here is you have ben carson basically saying a muslim should never be president. i'd like him to say that to my staff member who's muslim who set it up so i could be here today or a guy in my minnesota office who's somali. he's fantastic. wouldn't stop working during the shut down. he just got elected to the school board in our town. these are people that believe in the american dream and they're all over our country. why we don't have a realistic possibility of having a muslim president, we haven't had a jewish president, we haven't had a woman president. that's why the constitution says that faith is not a test. >> you represent minnesota. minnesota has a large muslim

population. what do you think should happen to dr. carson now? does he need to apologize? does he need to sit down with muslims? what are you calling for? >> or does he need to keep saying it to help your party's chances. >> that's a little bit cynical. i think he should apologize and explain the constitution is clear. anyone in this country, a little boy or girl can dream of being president. >> let's talk about the letter, the open letter you've co-signed asking about the migrant crisis and how the u.s. should handle it. what do you think needs to happen with the migrant crisis? >> i got into it many months ago before it exploded. senator durbin and i had sent the letter. we'd been to the camps, we've seen the conditions, we've seen the facts that these refugees were going to start leaving. it's a combination of things. i am glad we're talking to russia to try to see if there's some way to transition out of assad that would be the best answer to that. the second thing would be, of

course, to make sure immediately the humanitarian aid is there. there have been a problem with funding some of the aid. our country has been generous. the third is leading by example. not taking the lead. that's obviously europe. they have to work things out. more countries in the mideast can as well. it is really showing the world that we are willing to take in some of the refugees. >> what number are you prescribing. >> we had suggested 65,000. it's half of the refugees suggested by the u.n. commission on refugees. >> why not do all? >> our country has tended to do about half. some people are throwing out the number 100,000. right now the administration has upped their game, talking about 15,000 in that number. this is going to be a slow process but we're not even up to 65 yet. >> what's the book about, >> the book is about actually this kind of stuff. it's about finding policy solutions, working across the aisle. i have a section called

"republicans i have loved to work with." making this case that people should treat each other well and find joy in politics. >> why don't they? >> i tell funny stories. >> you're down there. what's going on? >> part of it is that we do and we don't usually talk about it on tv. the second piece is, people get polarized, get attention for doing some of the things we've seen in the last few weeks on the republican side. they go in the opposite corners of the boxing ring, throw punches and get on tv. what i argue for is we need different incentives and the voters and citizens of this country have to ask for something better. >> that sounds great. you call it the anti-trump book. clearly trump is striking a chord. >> people have come and gone forever in american politics. they have their moments. his has gone on for a while. i predict it will go on for a while more. i guess he didn't sit next to the husband of the doctor from north dakota i sat next to on

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a rebound in the polls for hillary clinton this morning. she leads the democratic race with 42% support. it's there in your new cnn poll. that number climbs to 57% if vice president joe biden doesn't run. meanwhi meanwhile, on the republican side, carly fiorina jumping to second place. a 12-point bump for her following that strong debate

performance. also there's now a push to get ben carson to pull out of the race after saying a muslim should not be president. pope francis heading to the united states tomorrow. today he continues his work in cuba holding an early morning mass, then flying to santiago to meet with bishops. on sunday the pontiff met with former leader fidel castro for a private conversation. he's also met with fidel's brother, raul castro, the current leader. the hamilton zoo shut down till thursday after officials decide not to euthanize a tiger. the curator identified as samantha worked at the zoo with her husband. she believes behind a 9-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter. a dramatic rescue to show you. an rv fully engulfed in flames in mount pocono, pennsylvania. it rolled backwards down the street.

a man rushes to the rescue of a man still inside that vehicle, pulling her out of the burning rv. the hero and victim were treated for smoke inhalation. both are now out of the hospital. there could have been such a loss of life there. >> that's incredible when you see this video. >> ball of fire. >> good man. >> what a hero. >> cnn's first post-debate poll is out. everyone has been waiting to see the numbers. because trump's lead has slipped but carly fiorina and marco rub rubio's have soared. let's listen to marco rubio downplay his double digit bounce. >> i'm not sure the mid-september winners are where you want to be obviously. you want to do well. they're relevant because they're deciding who gets on the stage but they're not going to decide this election. >> all right. here to break down the shake-up in the gop race and so much more are cnn political commentator tara setmire and ben ferguson. great to have you here. >> thank you.

>> tara, what did marco rubio do right? let's put up his numbers right now. again, this is the first post-debate poll and we'll show you that trump's lead slipped from 32% down to 24%. fiorina has gone up from 3% to 15%. marco rubio is notal, becaunota because he went from 3% to 11%. >> marco rubio has not gotten into the back and forth and mudslinging with donald trump. the same thing happened during the first debate. i wrote on cnn.com that marco rubio was the adult in the room after the first debate. him and carly fiorina clearl show command of the issues and specifics. i think which is something that more and more people are looking for at this point instead of

platitudes, which is what donald trump continued to serve up. he had exposure to 20 million people. they looked at that and said, okay, this is somebody who we think could potentially be president of the united states. he did well. >> carly fiorina did well in the debate. she's also the first person we've seen go at donald trump and win. >> handle him. >> in the past, you've gone at trump and lost. let me ask you something, carson go down, trump go down, do you think we've seen the peak for those two men? >> possibly. i think when you look at what happened after wednesday, substance actually mattered to a core in the gop that is being polled here. they like substance. if you even look at the way that carly fiorina went after donald trump, it was not in some reality tv spat that may be fun to watch. look at the donald trump comment about looking at her face. she said, i think the women of

this country know what donald trump meant. and she stopped talking. with rubio when people watch him, they said this is a guy that understands the issues. he was also talking a lot during that 30 plus minute span when donald trump didn't say anything at all, which is virtually unheard of. he did not have a command of the issues. i think people noticed that. >> let's talk about what happened over weekend with donald trump and ben carson talking about muslims. dr. carson said he does not believe a muslim can be president of the united states and islam is not consistent with the united states korns stugs. the united states constitution. listen to armstrong williams on this. >> you don't need to clarify what you believe in. it is consistent. it is who you are. you believe in america. you love this country. you see what's happening in europe. you see what is happening in the

middle east and in the world. he believes in telling the truth. you may not like the truth but it is the truth. when you tell the truth, alisyn, there's nothing to apologize for. >> tara, what do you think of that response? is this the right position dr. carson is staking out? >> i think dr. carson has been consistent in sticking to his guns. if he believes what he believes, he believes it. at least he's honest about it and this is why we have elections in this country. people can look at that and say they agree with his position or they don't. you know, i think that we're getting into something here, we're talking about 0.8%, less than 1% of the population is muslim in this country. >> but millions of people. >> yes, absolutely. i think it's up to the american people to decide if one day we have a candidate who is muslim whether they feel as though that person is best qualified to be president of the united states. >> are you comfortable putting it to -- >> i think we're blowing this way out of proportion. >> i agree. >> fine. i'll come to you right now, ben. >> okay. >> this isn't about a simple

popularity contest on an issue, tax, don't tax. wall, no wall. that's not what it is. >> yes. >> this is about who you are and how you identify as a people in the culture. this is a man who wants to be t president of the united states saying all muslims should not be considered to be president of the united states. you're saying, yes, that's okay? >> no. there's a trust issue here. i'll put it this way. if there's a hard core conservative that was a muslim running against hillary clinton, i'd be supporting the hard-core conservative running against hillary clinton. there is a trufrt issst issue w muslim community and what happened within this country, within some mosques, whether it be minneapolis, texas, shootings or attacks that have happened at ft. hood, there does not seem to be a good policing.

there is a trust issue here. we also note the fbi says they are investigating different people in all 50 states. when ben carson says i would be concerned or worried or it does not align with my values to put someone who believes in the muslim faith in the white house, i really don't think that is so shocking to most voters, because there are a lot of americans that have a trust issue with terrorism. and the lack of policing in many communities of extremism, we see them connected to mosques in this country, literally every time they do a boston bombing or whatever it may be. >> a muslim candidate would have every opportunity to believe their belief system, their faith. i don't know why we're having a big issue over this. >> come on, chris, the mafia compared to muslim?

>> it's an entire class of people. that's all. >> i don't think he did that. for him, governing the country, he didn't say anything about religion or throwing muslims out or they shouldn't have equal tune. he didn't say any of that. >> sort of. >> he didn't feel comfortable. that's his prerogative to say if he feels like that. >> he's certainly okay to say it. he has the right to say it. nobody is arguing that. >> 50% says they would not put an evangelical christian in the white house. >> nobody said it. find me a presidential candidate who said it. >> voters have said they don't trust people like george bush, for example, because his religion was too big of a deal. it was okay about saying that. >> and john f. kennedy, the same thing with catholicism. i guess it's not that big of a deal. >> we have more to talk about, tara, ben, thanks so much for coming on. >> thanks. we have a special conversation coming up, a group

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look at that, a coalition of prominent latinos in the entertainment industry are banding together. they produced a new song that you just heard, it debuted on "new day." it's called "we all are mexican." joining us to discuss, emilio estefan, ceo of estefan ent enterprises who got the whole effort together, calling in a bunch of friends. >> absolutely. >> you felt this had to be done and done musically. >> this is a way to celebrate and recognize america.

we live in the best country in the world. i think we have no way to influence anybody but we need to select a president who brings love, reunited, bring everybody together. i don't see that. i see a lot of hate, a lot of things bringing people apart. >> the song is called "we're all mexican." kathy griffen is not mexican. what's your message? >> no hate. i think latinos bring a lot to the states. they bring a lot of hope. i lot of people have been recognized. military people even go to work without being an american citizen. >> how do you separate the two? what are the two? the one is we're talking about the illegal entries and the class of people that are getting across illegal, that are sneaking in, that's there's a higher percentage of those people being criminal, doing bad things in this country. and that's only the criticism. what about when people say that? >> that's a problem. we know we have a problem for

many, many years. this comes maybe 20 years they are letting people come into the state and they didn't fix that problem. we need to fix that. i don't think you can pull 11 million people out and separate families. we have to stop that. we have to stop immigration to illegally. at the same time, i think a lot of people that come to this country, when you see marco rubio or senator cruz could be just in the debate, two cuban immigrants, a lot of immigrants come and bring a lot to the states. we love the american dream and this country. >> another man who shares the message of unity, love and peace is pope francis. who is on his way to america. and we understand that your wife will get to sing for him. how is she feeling about that? >> she feels great. second time she sing for a pope. he's done so many great things. like him, he brings a lot of great things. he changed the catholic church.

i think we're looking for that. i hope people select a great president that brings people together, the african-americans, the latino, the american people and correct immigration. we definitely need to stop immigration illegal to come to this country. i don't think building a wall will work. there's technology that will help. they'll go underground to come to the states. >> as a cubano-americano, watching the pope in cuba, watching his aggressiveness at getting cuba to be more accepted, yes, john paul ii started it saying the wourld ha to be open to cuba, cuba has to be. to the world. >> you'll have generations of people with different opinions. him bringing to cuba will bring hope. people need that in cuba.

in my opinion, my generation, i think with dictator in cuba, nothing will change. at least he brings hope. i think bringing hope and bringing eye new future will be fantastic. >> okay. i need to talk to you about something that's happening here in new york city, a broadway debut of "on your feet." >> you're invited. >> i'm so excited. your story, your and gloria's story "on your feet" will open in november in new york city. that has got to be such a pleasure for you. you wrote the music for it. >> it's all miami sound machine. this is about the american dream. this is about a love story, about probably they realized what happened to us 30 years ago, there was a lot of rejection, they came with music, they said you have to change your last name and sound. we didn't do that. that represents the best thing you can do for the american dream. great dancing, great music. hope you can make it.

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here we go. time for cnn money now. chief business correspondent christine romans in the money center. >> stock futures barely moving. the market still suffering from a splitting headache. bad day. the fed leaves rates at zero, and still markets are unhappy. the focus is now on the fed's concern about global growth. one stock plunging today to tell you about. volkswagen. the company's ceo apologizing to customers for broken trust, he says. the u.s. environmental protection agency, the epa, says

volkswagen cheated on its emissions tests for almost 500,000 cars on u.s. roads. how? by programming some diesel cars to turn on their emission controls only when they were being tested. volkswagen ceo stopped short of admitting guilt but promised to investigate. the epa is pushing for recalls of some jettas and outies. stay tuned. >> we will. the cowboys perfect record in the standings, but it's not all good in the hood. this morning's bleacher report, we have a quarterback with a bad wing, my brother. >> oh, my gosh, chris. good morning. last week, dallas lost dez bryant. now, looks like star quarterback tony romo is out eight to ten week wss with a broken collarbo. driven to the turf. romo knew right away it was a

broken collarbone. it was the same he broke in week seven of 2010 when he missed the rest of the season. he'll find out if he needs surgery. the cowboys beat the eagles, they're 2-0, but the injuries could make for a long season in dallas. packers and seahawks replaying last year's nfc championship game. opening drive, scrambles left, touchdown to james jones. seattle took the lead in the fourth quarter, but rodgers to rodgers, aaron to richard, would seal the deal. 27-17 over seattle. back to you. >> thanks so much for all of that. ben carson is facing calls this morning to get out of the presidential race because of comments he made about muslims. he says he's speaking his own truth. we have the latest, next.

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i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. >> you have extremist muslims that are in a class by themselves. >> you judge candidates not on their religion, not on the color of their skin. >> carly fiorina, catapulting to second place after the cnn debate. >> wanted her to talk in every conversation. >> a 45-minute meeting with fidel castro that was described as informal and friendly. >> we're hearing the pope is coming. >> he's someone saying, we have to reform ourselves first.

>> there has been a terrible mistake. clearly. >> the only thing that separates women of color is opportunity. >> the emmy goes to -- >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, allison and mckayla. >> i never knew there was water in the middle of central park. welcome to your new day, monday, september 21st. 8:00 in the east. would you vote for someone who doesn't think a muslim should be president? ben carson is asking you to do that by voting for him. not to be outdone, donald trump says some think we have a muslim president right now. how will this impact their campaigns? that's ahead. also, carly fiorina's strong performance catapulted her to second place in the latest polling. plus, new democratic polls out this morning. it brings good news for hillary clinton. let's begin our coverage from

washington. give us the latest. >> the comments from carson and trump about muslims are getting a lot of attention that morning, and they're angering a lot of people. the question, of course, is whether this will heart eithurtf them in the polls. this is after carly fiorina is ton ri on the rise. >> i would not advocate we put a muslim in charge of this nation. >> reporter: this shocking statement by dr. ben carson under a spotlight in the republican presidential race. on sunday, carson said a muslim president should not be in the oval office, and that a president's faith should matter to voters. >> if it's inconsistent with the values and principles of america, then of course it should matter. >> reporter: later, when donald trump was asked about the possibility of a muslim president, he said. >> some people have said it already happened. >> reporter: a reference to president barack obama. trump later adding.

>> he said he was a krchristian. i'm willing to take him at his word. >> reporter: in an interview with washington news the hill, carson said, quote, muslims feel their religion is very much a part of your public life, and that is inconsistent with our principles and constitution. democrats were quick to pounce. >> you judge candidates for president not on their religion, not on the color of their skin, but on their ideas, on what they stand for. >> reporter: this as the latest poll shows trump and carson losing momentum with voters after the cnn debate. trump is still a front runner, but his lead is slipping as fiorina rises 12 percentage points. >> how many of you saw the debate on wednesday night? >> reporter: over half of poll respondents who watched the debate think fiorina did the best job. marco rubio taking home second place, far better than his former mentor, jeb bush.

>> i think carly had a good night, but i think you gave her easy questions. >> reporter: trump zeroing in on the post-debate star, attacking fiorina's record as ceo once again sunday, tweeting, she did a horrible job, she never got another ceo job offer. there is no way that carly fiorina can become the republican nominee. >> when it comes to the comments about muslims from trump and carson, a muslim member of congress is weighing in, saying every american should be disturbed that the candidates are, quote, engaging in and tolerating acts of bigotry. >> thank you. we appreciate that. hillary clinton's supporters hardened by the candidates rebound in the latest cnn-orc poll, the former secretary of state regaining much of the lead she lost over the last couple months. if biden backs out, clinton benefits big time. let's go over the numbers.

>> good morning. hillary clinton's summertime slide appears to be stabilizing, for now. our new poll shows she's gaining ground among democrats, a sign perhaps she's at least putting some of the concerns and controversy around her candidacy to rest. let's look at some of the new numbers. clinton sits atop the democratic field at 42%. that's up five points from earlier this month. followed by bernie sanders at 24% and joe biden at 22%. when you take biden out of the equation, her support soars. she's at 57% in our new poll, while sanders, 28%. she's climbing and sanders is falling. the margin, 29 points from only 16 earlier this month. now, this is why so many democrats are keeping a close eye on whether joe biden decides to jump in. if he does, the democratic contest is much more competitive. now, there is no concrete timeline for his decision, but one democratic supporter of biden tells me this morning,

we'll likely know within the next two weeks. one person who is not an obstacle is jill biden. to push back against some reports that she does not want her husband to run, her spokesman issued this statement. saying, of course dr. biden would be on board if her husband decides to run for president. but they haven't made that decision yet. now, in a sunday interview, hillary clinton would not comment on his potential candidacy, saying the vice president deserves space to make a decision. she, of course, is trying to strengthen her own standing for what would be an interesting democratic primary race. on "face the nation" on sunday, she was asked to describe the real hillary clinton. let's listen. >> i am a real person, with all the pluses and minuses that go along with being that. i've been in the public eye for so long, so i think, you know, it's like the feature you see in some magazines sometimes, real people actually go shopping. you know? >> that was real hillary

clinton. all the laughter aside after reinventions along the way. her burden is to appear authentic to voters in a year they're craving it more than ever. >> thanks for that. back to ben carson's comments about islam being insistent with the u.s. constitution, and the u.s. president could not be muslim. carson's spokesman, armstrong williams, was on "new day" this morning, and we asked him what dr. carson was thinking. >> he was thinking like someone who loves america first, who wants to protect america. he understands that there are tenants of islam who hates jews, will kill homosexuals, kill muslims, don't advocate the value systems that made america into the country it is today. it may have been an inconvenient truth but it's the truth. >> you're talking about a extremist radical strain, not the strain that millions of american muslims practice here

in this country. there are more muslims. you're talking about a radical strain. >> dr. carson was asked his opinion. his opinion was the timing at this point, he would not vote for muslim in the white house. this is why he's not a politician. this is why he's not trying to be politically correct. this is america. it's a place of freedom of speech. >> and freedom of religion. >> express how you feel. >> freedom of religion. >> this is not an issue of religion to dr. carson. this is an issue of one's belief system, of how they're going to govern. your beliefs, what you believe in, how you look upon people, how you value people, it's dictated by what you believe. >> armstrong, let me read to you article 6 of the constitution, which says that anyone of any

religion can serve in public office. here it is, no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the united states. dr. carson's belief system violates that part of the constitution. >> dr. carson, as you're eluding to, was not speaking about religion. not at all. he is, like most americans in their hearts, if they search themselves and ask questions, if you see what's going on in the world today, and what we're becoming as a nation, if you search yourself deeply and ask yourself, at this time, in the history of our country, in the question posed to him, which he answered truthfully, is that he would not be comfortable with someone who shares the islamic muslim faith in the white house. >> is dr. carson only -- >> let me finish. if dr. carson, because of his love for america, he is

willing -- everything is not about winning the white house for him. it's about standing up for what he believes in, telling the truth, even if it makes others uncomfortable. it is what he believes. >> is dr. carson comfortable with anyone other than a christian being president? >> it is not about christian. it is not about jew. it is not about religion. this is about what one believes and what they will advocate if they become president of these united states, a place that you and i -- i have no doubt about it -- love and cherish and wants to protect. dr. carson is saying what he believes, and he believes that, and he will not take it back. >> dr. carson is talking about religion, armstrong. he says it here. let me read you his own words. muslims feel that their religion is very much part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that's inconsistent with our principles and our constitution. what is so striking about this, armstrong, is that dr. carson

also believes that his religion is very much a part of his public life. look at all of the outcry over the kentucky clerk kim davis, who was putting her religion over the law of the land, in terms of gay marriage licenses, and he and others supported her. he does think this is about religion, and he does think that sometimes, religion can trump the law, as we've seen. >> that is unequivocally untrue. dr. carson made it clear, even with the situation in kentucky, that this is a nation about the rule of law. he supported the supreme court ruling. he may have thought they should have shown more compassion, instead of putting her in jail, but his religion would never be put in the way of him upholding the rule of the land. >> muslim civil rights groups called for him to get out of the

race. obviously, that's not happening. but will he sit down with muslims today to clarify how he feels about them? >> only you and others feel there's something to clarify. you don't need to clarify what you believe in. it is consistent. it is who you are. you believe in america. you love this country. you've seen what's happening in europe. you see what is happening in the middle east in the world. you see what's happening on military bases, where people use their faith to shoot our innocent men and women who put their lives on the front lines. what's happening to america? if dr. carson is willing to speak for the americans who are solid in their hearts, don't want to speech this inconvenient truth, let it be. let the chips fall where they may. he believes in telling the truth. you may not like the truth, but it is the truth. you -- and when you tell the truth, there is nothing to apologize for.

>> there's so much to talk about. he maintains it's not about religion. it clearly is about religion for him. >> it's also not about truth because this is ben carson's truth. you cannot say it's an objective truth, that all muslims are against the u.s. constitution. look, is this going to hurt his numbers? that's what we're talking about, is an election, right? probably not. >> you don't think so? >> his base, the people who like ben carson may, in fact, share this. it'll be a test of their tolerance. >> we have two prominent muslim americans coming on in a few minutes to talk about their reaction and what they're hoping for now from dr. carson. meanwhile, headlines for you. two american hostages held for months by houthi rebels in yemen are free. the faith of another american being held is not known. nick paton walsh is live from beirut with the latest on all of this. nick? >> reporter: agonizing when

reports suggested three americans were on the plane that left the yemeni capital, bound for the east. that was not the case. the third american was left behind. scott darden and sam farran were back with their family after a month-'s long ordeal. this was permitted by the houthi rebels holding them captive as a good will gesture. those houthis are in a brutal civil war with a coalition, closing in on the capital which the houthis control. they put them on the plane as a good will gesture. the americans are backing the sa sa saudi arabians there. the hope is they might be able to start some peace talks. that's, many diplomats say, a

long spot. pessimism around the brutal war. after yesterday's tense moments, two american families, vuery muh relieved. one still in deep concern. back to you. >> thank you for staying on that story. the pope is making his highly anticipated arrival in the united states of america tomorrow. washington, d.c., new york city, philadelphia, all on the agenda. right now, still in cuba on his way. and his trip is already etched in history. let's get the latest from our man in havana, who taught me so much in cuba this weekend. he joins me live. >> reporter: hola, amigo. the pope took off ten minutes ago. this is the city where christopher columbus arriving in cuba first spotted land. he said, it was the most beautiful sight eyes had ever seen. the pope will be visiting one of the most important shrines in

cuba. we expect cuba's president will be with him every stop of the way. then he goes to the united states, flying american airlines from santiago to washington, d.c. other stops in the u.s. include addressing congress, visiting new york city. he will be all along the east coast. it's going to be a very, very busy week for the pope, but he's already, as you say, made a big impact in cuba. perhaps the most interesting thing yesterday, when we were in havana's revolution square, when the news broke he met with fidel castro, together 40 minutes, the pope giving him gifts and books, fidel giving him a book of his own about religion, these two world figures chatting amicably. of course, a very, very different man, fidel castro all but outlawed religion here. the pope is finding a different cuba. he's finding a cuba that is embracing him and embracing religion. we expect him to get more of the rock star treatment throughout the next several days as he tours cuba, chris.

>> i'll take it here. it has been fascinating. thanks so much. two monster wildfires burning in northern california, destroying 1600 homes. the valley and butte fires are along the most destructive in state history. one person died and nearly a dozen homes burned over the weekend. massachusetts woman and her boyfriend are due in court today on charges they were behind the death of the little girl that became known nationwide as baby doe. one of the accused is the girl's mother, the other, her boyfriend. the little girl was finally identified last week as bella bond. a source says the little girl was allegedly punched by the mother's boyfriend because he believed the little one was possessed. such a situation on adults failing this little girl. the state, the system failing this little girl. the department of child and family services had taken away other kids in the family. they had been to visit bella

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catholics and non-catholics are excited and preparing to welcome pope francis on his first visit to the united states tomorrow. he'll go to washington, d.c. it'll be the first pope to ever address congress. he's then coming to new york and will wind up in philadelphia. they're having a council on family. the pope wanting to communicate the message of what he thinks the family should be. a big deal. now he's in cuba. they were there this weekend, saw the huge and historic creatikre situation he created there. let's talk to someone who can p help us understand. cardinal dolan, do you think it's almost divinely inspired that pope francis is coming to america right now, with what we're experiencing in our own culturesome. >> i think so. we use the term good news, that's what the gospel means. the world is filled with bad

news. we hear about division, viole e violence, set backs, disappointments, refugees. he wants to give good news. you know what we call him, the pontiff. that's the latin word for bridge builder. he's our pontiff, between us and god. and bridges among yourselves. you bet it's providential. going to cuba was an exhibit a of what countries can do when they come together in dialogue and respect with the united states and cuba. he'll point out good news. i don't know about you, but i need it. >> absolutely. we do the good stuff every day. not the way pope francis does. when he gets to congress, do you think there will be any of this going on? we know how strong he is about what he think s about capitalis. >> he's got a touch of what you might call the hebrew prophet in

him. when we talk about ezekiel, isaiah, which our jewish neighbors celebrate, and rightly so. he's got a bit of challenge, i would say. i bet you'll see a little bit of discomfort on both sides of the aisle on congress. in general, he doesn't so much do this, as much as affirm. reach out. that's what i think he's going to do. he's a good teacher. he's a classical jesuit. he knows one of the more effective ways to teach is reaffirm what's good. to congratulate us on what we're doing well. when you do that, a savvy person says, boy, that's good of him, that he's affirming what we do good. on the other hand, are we doing it as well as we should? there's where the examination of conscience comes in. >> now, just to remind people, during the conclave, you were there. >> i was there. >> you and the other -- not new

york -- the american cardinals, you were key. you supported -- i'm not having you to give anything away -- but when i was there with you, when he was pope francis, you were like, we love this man. this is a great man. to the media, we were like, did you cover the last conflict? there's a divine hand. you explained it to me. i kept saying election. what did you see in him that is being made manifest now? >> yes, it's what we saw in him. it's what we heard about him. it's what we heard him say in those days leading up to the conclave. what we saw is a man who exudes a sense of interior peace. a man who knows what he's about. what we saw is a man who is extraordinarily simple and sincere. a man of prayer.

who can sleep during the con cl cla -- conclaves. he was at the chapel, praying. he's a man of prayer and faith. this guy is a leader. you wouldn't know it from the headlines, but he's always a go-to guy when we need wisdom or somebody to bring us together. it's what we heard him say. he made a very astute intervention during the time of meetings with the college of cardinals before we entered the cysteine chapel. it touched our hearts. it was those things that came together, i think, that so many cardinals detected the movement of the holy spirit there. >> we're doing a documentary tomorrow night. we went to buenos aires, where he grew up, and we'll show the pope as the man, how he became who he is right now. >> way to go. >> i'll tell you, the consistency that people will see in who this man was as a boy,

stories like, he has small handwriting. >> he does. >> it's too small. you have to make it bigger. you're trying to trick me on the answers. he says, who am i to have big handwriting, as a child. it'll be interesting. as the cardinal here in new york, what we see going on in politics with religious tolerance, most notably over the weekend, ben carson saying muslims can't be president. what's your message to the faithful to see other faiths? >> pope francis says there's no better force in the world for affirming the nobility, the dignity of the human person and the sanction sanctity of human . there's no greater engine for human progress than religion. thereminded us of our

intolerance, violence, persecution. it's a nauseating perversion of what religion is meant to be. that'll be his message. i think, chris, one of the reasons he's coming to new york is because we've been a living laboratory of friendship and amity when it comes to religion. one of the things he told me when i said, holy father, what would you like to do in new york? he said, i'd like to have an inter-religious meeting. you new yorkers, you're a light to the world, americans, in showing how religions can get along and respecting one another. that's one of the things, i think, he's going to reaffirm in the american drama, is we need to be a light to the world. religious toleration. >> in cuba, they were chanting that francisco is the new light. he'll change everything. you can't put the burden just on him. you have to keep the relations good, it's your city.

>> i'll take you on. good to be with you. we'll see you through these historic days. >> it'll be a privilege. >> way to go. >> cardinal, thank you very much. cnn will have comprehensive coverage of the pope's visit to the united states. we'll be with him every step of the way in full force. tomorrow night, as i said, this is a special report. the people's pope. you'll get to know the man who became pope francis. tomorrow, 9:00 p.m. what treats did you bring us? >> i have things. behave. be nice, compliment my hair, all the nice things i like to hear. >> the usual things you demand, we will continue. thanks so much. meanwhile, gop candidates ben carson and donald trump facing heat for comments they made about islam and muslims. muslim americans been on "new day" next. so i could get a faulty light switch fixed? yup! or make a backyard pizza oven? oh yeah. i can almost taste it now.

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hillary clinton bouncing back in the latest poll. opening an 18-point lead over bernie sanders and 20-point lead over joe biden. without biden running, clinton has a commanding lead over sanders. pope francis in cuba, set to deliver a mass and meet with bishops. he stops in washington, d.c. tomorrow, new york and philadelphia. two american hostages released from the control of houthi rebels in yemen following a month-long ordeal. the fate of another hostage, unknown. one made history. viola davis winning the best actress emmy for "how to get away with murder," the first african-american to do so. jon hamm winning best actor for "mad men" after eight nominations. visit new day cnn for the latest. >> thanks. new housing numbers out this

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voting yes on "d" is so helpful to so many families in our city. do you believe that islam is consistent with the constitution? >> no, i don't. i do not. i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> that was gop candidate ben carson, saying a muslim should not be president of the united states. his rival, gop front runner, donald trump, also taking heat this weekend for not correcting other controversial comments. how does the muslim community feel about all this rhetoric? let's discuss. director of muslim advocates, a group commanding donald trump clarify his comments. and a senior correspondent and

fellow at the institute of understanding. you heard dr. carson, islam is not consistent with the u.s. constitution. what do you want to say to that? >> yeah, good morning. well, let me first say that, as americans, we want our candidates for president to inspire us with new ideas and to bring us together as americans, to address the many challenges facing our country. sadly, there are some candidates who want to sow fear and mistrust and score points. we don't want any child to not aspire to be president of the united states one day. that's why we're calling on all candidates to reject anti-muslim bigot bigotry. >> dr. carson had a couple opportunities to clarify his

remarks, and he's gone further. i'll read to you what he said afterwards, after what we played. he says, i do not believe it's consistent with the constitution of this country. their religion is very much a part of your public life, and what you do as a public official, and that's inconsistent with our principles and our constitution. is it accurate? >> it's not. it's unfortunate that a lot of politicians, they get the news about islam from extremist groups. they don't talk to american muslims. they're actually democrats. this is further evidence of why that's the case. realistically, we're just americans. there's really nothing that distinguishes us when you look at it. >> what about people who think there is a disparity between the

muslim law. >> there are groups who believe it should be paramount, but american muslims believe in separation of church and state. you have christians in other parts of the world who have a different view of how it should play. >> we had armstrong williams on. i'll play what he said about why dr. carson doesn't feel he has any reason to apologize. listen to this. >> you don't need to clarify what you believe in. it is consistent. it is who you are. you believe in america. you love this country. you've seen what's happening in europe. you see what is happening in the middle east, in the world. he believes in telling the truth. you may not like the truth, but it is the truth and you -- when you tell the truth, there is nothing to apologize for. >> he's just speaking his truth. what do you think? >> you know, dr. carson's words, unfortunately, are ugly and dangerous.

in fact, american muslims have served honorably, from city council to mayor. this reminds me of the anti-catholic questions that then-senator john kennedy received when he was running for president. he certainly showed that his faith did not impair him from being able to fully execute the office of the president. american muslims who serve in public office today bring the same honor and commitment. >> what do you want to hear from dr. carson today or this week? >> we want to hear from dr. carson and, frankly, all the candidates, is a commitment to be a leader for all americans. to reject religious bigotry in all its forms. >> donald trump, we haven't touched on this yet, he also talked about muslims this weekend, as you know. what he said is it wasn't people from sweden who blew up the world trade center.

what do you have to say about that? >> it's true, but there's nasty stuff that happens in every religion in every part of the world. it's a reality. bigotry is when you confuse all people for what some people do. even if every single crime in the world was committed by a muslim, it doesn't mean every muslim is responsible. that's the problem we have. fine, we should point to islamic extremism, obviously, it's a tle threat. what does that have to do with me? it's the same that islamic extremists say about jewish communities. israel is doing this, so we're justifying an attack on jews in paris. it's the same bigotry. >> what do you want to hear? >> concession speeches, preferably. >> you want them out of the race? >> i think carson's comments should take him out of the race. it's unacceptable. i don't want so see a candidate saying certain people don't qualify for office based on a religious test. that's a violation of the constitution, what he's doing. donald trump is kind of -- he's

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davis. significant speech, quoting harriet tubman, but also a plea to hollywood. >> i don't know if it was as much of a plea as it was a statement to hollywood, look here, this is why we are so emotional. this is why there's been so much frustration. i think she was letting it all out, finally. it's what a lot of women and people of color in hollywood, actresses and actors feel. they feel left out of the party a lot of times. the moment meant so much, not just to her, but to so many people. you heard her speak the name of so many other african-american actresses who have lead parts in network series. it meant a lot to me. i'm a woman of color in the industry. i got it. >> we both got it. another big moment and, again, something people at home can relate to, is the moment we saw brian with jeffrey tambor, becoming the first actor for winning an emmy for portraying a

transgender person. >> on gay andle lesbian acceptance, hollywood is leading the way. helays a transgender woman. this is amazon's first emmy ever last night. for jeffrey tambor to dedicate it to the transgender community was moving. >> hbo had a huge -- >> biggest night of all. >> -- night. interesting to see, we've talked so much in past years about the streaming shows, netflix and what you were mentioning with amazon, taking the lead. boy, hbo took a bite out of that last night. >> yeah, very big. i was thinking about this last night, in all, along with the creative arts emmys, hbo won 43 emmys. that's a heck of a lot. >> big shelf. >> they cleaned up. yeah, we've been talking so many years about, watch out for the streaming services. it wasn't so much this year, but i have to say, i felt like the

best shows really did win. >> yeah. >> i'm a huge fan of "veep." i loved seeing it get love. hbo has been putting out a really good product. i think it was kind of the network saying, hold on, streaming services, we're not giving up this hold yet. i love the fact that now everyone is stepping up their game, and we're still going to see really great television. >> we get the benefit. >> let the best show win. you're right. i think there's parties in hollywood. the tables at hbo executives were piled. they won in best drama and comedy. "game of thrones" and "veep." "game of thrones" beat out "house of cards," "homeland," and the most popular show also won. >> andy sandberg, what grade do you give him? >> i give him an a. >> i give him 7 out of 10, so what's that, a c?

>> we mixed the metaphors. >> i thought he was really funny. i don't know if he played to the room as funny as i thought he was at home. i like his humor. >> i have to show this because i think this was powerful. what a surprise to see him on stage. let's look at tracy morgan. >> it's been a long road back. i suffered a traumatic brain injury that put me in a coma for eight days. i finally regained consciousness. i was ecstatic to learn i wasn't the one who messed up. only recently, i've started to feel like myself again, so -- which means a whole lot of women are going to get pregnant at the after party. >> and he's back, i would say. >> i tweeted last night, thank you, tracy morgan, for that. i think that all did our hearts a lot of good, to see him there. he was emotional in the press room afterwards, too, guys, and he spoke from the heart and said

how nervous and scared he was to step back on the stage. >> we're proud of him. >> overwhelmed he was. it took him a bit to get himself together to speak. >> he did well. 30 seconds, brian, there were people who were snubbed. who were the losers? who missed out in? >> we saw jon hamm win for "mad men," but the show was snubbed. showtime was a loser here. hbo had so many awards, but showtime, home of "homeland," only won one emmy out of all of the awards last night. >> anybody else? who missed out? >> i was along the lines of "homeland," as well, but "veep" has snatched the reigns from "modern family." those were big snubs. >> all right. both need a nap, i think. it was a great night at the emmys. thanks for joining us to give us an overview. more good stuff coming up next. , the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about.

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