get out and enjoy it. that's all for us in washington. "america's news headquarters" continues, though, and we'll see you back here tomorrow. >> thanks for joining us. coming up this hour republican presidential hopefuls with the first presidential debate. >> leaders need to say what they are going to do and do what they said they were going to do. you have to have knowledge that the person has experience having done it before. you have to know that a leader has a spine and a backbone. >> jeb bush mike huckabee and others are right now in atlanta, and we're live on the campaign trail. plus one contender getting lots of attention for his debate performance dr. ben carson he joins us live from the road in iowa. plus new concerns over credibility after iran admits a

top commander violates a u.n. travel ban to meet with russian leaders about buying weapons. that move sure to cause some strain on the iran nuke deal as a pair of top democrats say they will not vote for the deal. we have former senior white house advisers to three presidents pat buken. and plus 46 years after man first landed on the moon nasa blasting congress for pinching pennies. space pioneer, gene cernen on what it means for the future of space exploration. hello, everybody, well republican candidates for president working hard to break away from the pack and impress the voters who will decide the eventual nominee. while donald trump shakes up his campaign saying he's fired roger stone his longtime political

adviser trump's statement said stone wanted to use the campaign for his own personal publicity. in the meantime today many candidates are in atlanta for the annual red state gathering hosted by conservative website and blogger webredstate.com. and they are trying to make head way before the next debate come september 16th which will also rely on polls to determine who leaves the field. we are at the red state gathering in atlanta. jeb bush speaking this afternoon, jonathan, what did he have to say? >> reporter: hi uma. well, in a self-deprecating moment jeb bush said this campaign is about delivering great speeches he probably won't become president. however, he seriously spoke about the importance of reining in government regulation reforming the tax code and embracing america's path to energy independence. the former florida governor also had sharp criticism for the foreign policy of the current

administration. take a listen. >> negotiating with our enemies unilaterally disarming if you will and never getting any concessions in advance and they're pushing away our friends. it's like alice in wonderland foreign policy. it's all backwards. it's all upside down. our friends should know that we have their back. >> reporter: and mr. bush advocated a foreign policy based on peace through strength uma? >> and, jonathan there were others speaking today. what did they have to add to the conversation? >> reporter: yeah uma, former arkansas governor mike hucky bach talked about energy independence and he talked about protecting the liberty of organizations and individuals that disapprove of same-sex marriage an issue he said is no more resolved than roe v. wade resolved the national debate over abortion. later in the day ted cruz pledged to overturn president

obama's executive actions and the texas republican senator took a jab at the other party. listen. >> so now the democratic field consists of a wild-eyed socialist with ideas that are endangering america's place in the world and bernie sanders. >> reporter: and wisconsin governor scott walker is the last scheduled speaker at this afternoon's event. uma? >> quite a gathering there, jonathan, thank you very much for that update. but i'm very hopeful that i'm not the only one who is willing to pick up the baton of freedom because freedom is not free and we must fight for it every day. every one of us must fight for it because we're fighting for our children and the next generation. >> well that's dr. ben carson in his closing remarks from this week's high-profile gop prime-time debate that was seen by millions of viewers. the ten contenders sharing thestage

did not disappointment. he answered questions from race relations to the sharp response on terrorism particularly with his remarks saying, quote, there is no such thing as a politically correct war. joining us now from the campaign trail in iowa via skype we are so happy to welcome dr. ben carson joining us today. thank you for joining us. >> nice to see you, uma. >> many saying despite this being your first national debate you managed to hold your own in a highly charged political arena. how would you grade your performance? >> well it accomplished what i needed to accomplish and that was for people to see me and get an idea of who i am, you know 50% of americans didn't know who i am and so many people had their impressions based on media who give a false narrative that you know i only know about medicine and don't know about anything else.

>> absolutely. well i know that you really scored points with the audience when you did say that wove gotten into the mind set of fighting politically correct wars. there is no such thing as a politically correct war. why do you think that type of statement really connected with viewers? >> because i think there are probably a lot of viewers who know people in the military or have family members in the military. and they see how concerned they are, you know, when they're in a combat zone. what can i do. what can't i do. and sometimes it's that moment of hesitation that causes you to be seriously injured or killed. and, you know, we need to really put the military mechanisms into the hands of real military people and not into the hands of people who try to manipulate the social climate. >> we keep hearing over and over again about authenticity that

the day that accepting politics as usual is over. is it possible, though for someone like yourself who isn't a donald trump with an unlimited bank account to not give in to special interests despite the pressure to do so when you are running a very competitive presidential race? >> well, you know it's -- it would be against my nature to go around licking people's boots to get a donation. i'm not going to do it. i'm not going to sell influence. i'm not going to get associated with special interests groups. i would much rather just fold up and lose than to do that. but that's not going to happen because, you know, we have more than 300,000 donations and the donations are coming in like crazy and they're coming from the people and that's who i want to be obligated to the people. i don't care about special interests and the billionaires and there will be some special interests and billionaires who will donate i'm absolutely sure of that but they will only do it because they are concerned about america, because they will know that they're not buying any influence with me. >> you mentioned a moment ago

that you're letting folks know that you're not just someone who knows a great deal about medicine and health issues that you're ready to tackle serious foreign policy challenges. you mentioned in the debate before we go and try to take down isis, for example, we have to build up our own military, again, but, you know, that takes time. how do you balance that when the terror threats and atrocities are happening right now as men, women, and children continue, for example, to be slaughtered by isis in the middle east and the world wants the u.s. to lead? >> well regardless of how much time it takes, we got to get started. we'll never get it done if we sit there and wring our hands about how much time it will take. and there are certain things that can be done immediately. for instance putting the right kind of leadership in place. not people who are simply sycophants who just don't challenge the president and don't present the kinds of ideals that will allow us to lead on the world stage, which is where we should be as the

pinnacle nation in the world. i don't claim to know everything there is to know about warfare, and i certainly wouldn't compare my knowledge with that of, you know a general who has been there for 30 years. but i would like to have the opinions of multiple generals and people who are steeped in the knowledge of the cultures that we're dealing with. i've learned a lot. there's no question about it. but i don't for one minute kid myself and believe that i'm the world expert on these things. >> so you're saying you would let your generals lead and you would not micromanage from 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> well i would certainly give them the mission, but in terms of how they carried out the mission, i would not try to micromanage that. >> and moving forward, you are looking forward -- i guess you've got lots of enthusiasm and there's great momentum in the campaign right now after this week's big debate. and what's next for you? >> well today i'm in iowa. and we're seeing a lot of very

enthusiastic people. and we will just continue moving around the country. which is something that i've been doing for many months now. letting the people themselves see me. because that's the way they really get a chance to know you. no offense, but they don't really get to know you through the media. >> no offense taken. >> okay. >> dr. ben carson getting to know folks one-on-one. we really appreciate you joining us taking time off from the campaign trail, and we wish you all of the best. >> thank you so much. and now we want to hear from you. many observers are saying most of the gop candidates did a good job trying to demonstrate they have the fight and gravitas to serve as the next presidential in chief. many americans got the chance to judge the candidates on style and substance for the first time on the broadest platform yet, so based on their performance did you go in to this debate supporting one candidate and later changing y support a different contender once the debate ended? let me know and we'll share some

of your thoughts on the air at the end of the broadcast. and for those of you who didn't have a chance to catch the earlier so-called happy hour debate on thursday you missed the second-tier presidential hopefuls you will have a chance to watch it later today when fox news gives you an encore presentation at 5:00 p.m. eastern. turning to the other side of the political aisle and democrats vying for the spotlight in the race for the white house. we're now hearing there may be another contender to try to take on hillary clinton, and this one may decide soon whether he plans to make a move for 1600 pennsylvania avenue vice president joe biden and his wife are currently taking a weeklong retreat in south carolina. now, biden's aides are saying they expect a decision on a presidential run once they return from vacation. now, if he decides to jump it it would definitely raise the stakes in the democratic arena and give mrs. clinton a strong

challenge for that nomination. as for joe biden's boss president obama is kicking off his annual summer vacation on martha's vineyard. arriving on the island last night with his family looking forward to some fun in the sun, but it may not be entirely stress free as he still tries to lobby hard for congress to approve the iran nuke deal. those hopes suffering a big setback after two top democrats charles schumer and eliot engel announced they will not support the deal. some are now wondering if this opposition could trigger other democrats to join in. just ahead of september's vote on capitol hill. kevin corke is live produce from marcia's martha's vineyard with more. >> reporter: great to be with you. the president as you mentioned having vacation time in martha's vineyard but it's a sun and sales job as you point out as he tries to convince congressional lawmakers to toe the line.

he's trying to get enough democrats to maintain the veto override over in the house. >> you don't negotiate deals with your friends. you negotiate them with your enemies. and superpowers don't respond to taunts. superpowers focus on what is it that we need to do in order to preserve our national security. and the national security of our allies and our friends. >> reporter: okay. so clearly right there you can see the president is talking a lot about this notion that well why deal with a dishonest, untrustworthy regime like the one in tehran but he makes a point that's precisely with whom you should have negotiations. that's precisely with whom you should try to strike a deal to find some common ground especially on something as crucial as nuclear safety uma? >> what are gop lawmakers saying right now with the president's suggestion that without a deal war with iran is all but a certainty? >> reporter: you know, that really did stoke a lot of animosity. you heard him sort of talk about that in that big speachl over at

american university right? well a lot of gop lawmakers feel like that's not a fair choice. there are a number of different areas in between war and this deal. listen carefully to the man who gave the gop weekly address today, that is senator bob corker from tennessee. >> the real decision for lawmakers didn't this deal or war. the real decision is whether congress believes this deal is in our national interests. do we believe this deal will prevent iran from getting the capability to develop a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: and that is the $64,000 question. is this the right move. meanwhile, the president today as we pointed out at the very top, not just work on this trip to martha's vineyard. yes, that is the commander in chief right there doing what he likes to do so much on his off time and that is play a little golf. a little 19th hole diplomacy.

i guess that's the third hole right there. larry david among some of the folks over there apparently. is that larry david? is that what i got there? yeah among some of the famous names over there having a little fun on the golf course uma. >> the commander in chief loves playing golf and nowhere else but martha's vineyard will make the grade for our commander in chief. enjoy the sun on the island. >> reporter: always a pleasure thank you. president obama looking at the iran nuclear deal as the crowning achievement of his foreign policy legacy but will the floodgates of democratic opposition open up now that charles schumer says he'll not vote for it and what about the president comparing the republicans to the iranian hard-liners chanting death to america, we'll talk to pat buchanan about the chances about getting that deal approved. and perhaps not helping matters with congress is this man. a top iranian general who's designated as a terrorist visiting russia to discuss a

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welcome back everybody. we are awaiting reaction from the pentagon after iran confirmed the leader of its secretive elite qods force travelled to russia to discuss a shipment of weapons general qassem soleimani making a trip to russia last month even meeting with russian leaders despite sanctions and an international travel ban. soleimani is also accused of being behind the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers in iraq. joining us now with more insights and reaction retired air force general mcanerny. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> it seems unbelievable at a time when we're hearing this commander met with russian

leaders about an arms deal in defiance of the sanctions. >> exactly. and also in defiance of u.n. security council resolution 1747 so this is a very serious breach of the sanctions and what's going on and before the u.s. congress has even fully negotiated or reviewed it and so it's absolute defiance by the iranian government. he met with putin. he met with their defense minl minister he met with generals and he's looking at procuringing the s-300 missile that the russians said they would sell to the iranians as well as the announcement that they would buy 100 russian tankers and 150 chinese fighters. so i think this is a very serious violation, uma, that should from the american congress u.s. congress point of view should kill the deal. >> so essentially iran is showing that it has no fear of any type of backlash by allowing

this guy to go there and start negotiating, you know, an arms deal at a time when we are still depending on or at least the white house is saying we can we dend on trusting the iranians that they will honor their commitments. >> exactly. they are just completely saying they are going to do what they want. they have always done what they want. and if we think that they're going to change their conduct just for this nuclear deal i think we are sadly misinformed and that's why i strongly support those members and senator schumer just came out that say do not approve this deal. it is not in our interests. >> tell us more about this soleimani character, the fact that he is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. >> deaths of 500 estimated, uma, american soldiers through the ieds and the efforts by his supporters the qods force that were working with the shiite

forces in iraq. general ray ordierno who you had a clip on earlier mentioned that. in his two years there he said that soleimani was responsible for most of the deaths that his forces under his command suffered there. so he is a very powerful man in the iranian qods force. he is going to continue the terrorism throughout in yemen with the houthis. he's going to do it with hezbollah, with hamas in syria. he is a very dangerous, evil person. and this, again, is a breach that the american people ought to acknowledge and say this deal will not work. >> so, you know we're focusing on iran but, you know, what about the russians here because they clearly know that he is in violation of u.n. sanctions and so it doesn't appear that the russians have anything to fear and they're thumbing their nolz at the u.s. and the rest of the world. >> precisely, uma. look the russians agreed with

president clinton that they would -- when the ukraine disarmed their nuclear weapons, that they would protect them. the united states was a signatory of this. it was reaffirmed again by president obama. and guess what? they took the crimea they took crimea most of the eastern part of the ukraine. and there's a great danger that in one swift blow 24 to 48 hours they could seize the rest of the ukraine. so do we think the russians are going to support this agreement unless it benefits them? and that's why i think that you can rival this agreement back to neville chamberlin when he signed an agreement with hitler it is as dangerous as that. and that we definitely should not do it. it's not in the russians' -- it is in the russians' interest that this agreement be signed because then the iranians can become a greater threat to us as well as to china. so that's why i do not agree

with this agreement. soleimani's visit to russia, the russians' cooperation with them from president putin right on down to on the defense minister and lower people it is a very bad signal. >> bad signal indeed and one with incredible consequences. general, always great to see you. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thanks for having me uma. a deathly attack on a u.s. special operations base in afghanistan making news. insurgents storm in and now americans are once again in the crosshairs. the details still ahead. plus, a top senator in president obama's own party announcing his opposition to the nuclear deal with iran. will other democrats follow senator chuck schumer in saying no? we'll take a look at the potential impact of his decision. >> chuck schumer's a friend. we served in the senate together. and senators will make up their own minds and members of congress. i obviously i profoundly

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in kabul. earlier in the day a police academy in cabkabul was attacked and 20 recruits were killed. and an hour before that a city block in a residential part of kabul was leveled by a truck bomb. more than 15 innocent people were killed. the peace talks were long planned but complicated by the announcement that the famous taliban leader mullah omar is dead and has been for two years that's why the president of afghanistan is blaming the surge in violence on attackers attempting to create a diversion his office specifically blames the taliban, but the state department not willing to make the conclusion. they condemn the attacks with this quote. they say it demonstrates the nurnlssy's complete disregard for the life of innocent afghans and such actions have no justification. before terrorists killed dozens

of people yesterday, the united nations had released information this week that the first half of this year is the deadliest half a year in afghanistan for civilians since 2009. almost 1,600 innocent civilians were killed there just between january and june. uma? >> all right, peter, very sad situation there with the deaths of the american soldier as well. thank you very much. it's those hard liners chanting death to america that have been most opposed to on the deal. they are making common cause with the republican caucus. >> well that's president obama defending the iran nuke deal and creating a firestorm among his critics with his remarks comparing iranian hard-liners who chant death to america with the gop law makers opposed to the deal. they are suggesting the president is sending a message if you are a critic of the deal

then you are for war. let's bring in someone who knows a thing or two about presidential leadership serving as a senior adviser to three former commanders in chief, let's welcome pat buchanan who has also been a former presidential candidate of himself and the author of the new book "the greatest comeback." welcome, sir, thank you for being here today. the president's remarks angered a lot of republicans who called them outrageous and out-of-bounds. what is your reaction to why the president is doubling down on the stand and there's no daylight as he sees it between the hard-liners and the gop? >> the president seems somewhat liberated and he seems very bitter to the republicans the use of language such as the president is shoving the jewish community toward the oven door and the idea that the president of the united states is a leading state sponsor of terror if he goes along with this came from leading republicans. i think he's angry, uma. i think he's decided i'm going to harden my base and get

one-third of the senate plus one. i'm not going to enlarge my coalition. i'm going to tell them what i think of them and this is the way i'm going to do it and i'm going to win this battle for my deal. the question -- this is what the president clearly believes. the question is is this a wise strategy that he is pursuing to antagonize antagonize alienate and anger really the entire republican party? >> indeed. what does it say about presidential leadership when something so important right now and the fact that he's saying that even though -- he's saying all this even though the top democratic senator chuck schumer decided he's not going to back the deal either. does it mean he's like the hard-liners in iran himself? >> he's going to stem away and oppose the deal. but i think the president's counting on one-third of the senate plus one to sustain his veto of any resolution or rejection of his deal. uma, the fact that schumer came

out against it but did not bring along his colleague in new york senator gillibrand suggests to me he's not going to lead the democrats in opposition and that he's not going to try to go all-out to kill this deal because frankly, i'll tell you, uma, if they do kill this deal the two/thirds of both houses i think they break the obama presidency and they castrate the secretary of state john kerry. i mean i would be surprised if kerry did not resign if both houses of the congress voted to not only reject the deal but override the president's veto. this is an enormously important vote. >> no indeed it is. and when you say he didn't bring along gillibrand but, you know, when other democrats say what schumer did, do you foresee, then that more are going to be drawn to -- to that side of the table and say, okay i have nothing to lose i'm going to go ahead and say no to this deal even though the president wants this one badly? more so for his legacy, right?

>> well it's not only his legacy. he believes this is the way to peace and security ultimately in the middle east is to engage with iran the way he believes president nixon engaged with china and ronald reagan engaged with gorbachev. but let me say this i think you're going to get more democrats that will peel off and go against the deal and they will go to override the president's veto but i think he's going to have a hardcore at the end and this hard core is going to sustain his veto. there's a lot of occasions when you work in the white house when you allow members of your party to vote against you as long as you've got your hard solid core to guarantee your victory. i cannot believe, uma, that the democratic senate caucus the democratic caucus in the senate would vote to break their president, to kill the deal that you said rightly, it's his legacy and to hue millmiliate john kerry. i think it's going down.

i think it will be rejected the deal in both houses but i think the president's veto will ultimately be sustained in the senate. >> but even the theater of that even though the veto will be sustained, the fact that we would actually witness the democrats kill the deal in the first stage, in the first go-around, it would be very interesting and very dramatic. >> oh, see, it's going to be very dramatic. i still think you'll get 34 votes in the first round, too, but it will be a very dramatic vote. i've only heard of one republican senator that might vote for the deal. they're going to be virtually unanimous in both houses. and the country now is moving clearly politically against the deal in the polls because the ads, because of all the rest of it that the president's complained about. but you do see -- i was astonished i read that speech at american university the fact that, you know obama just is throwing down -- the president is throwing down the gauntlet to both parties and he's saying to the republicans, you want to go

against me go ahead, the alternative you offer us is flat-out war with iran. but i do think the democrats are going to save him and sustain his veto in the end. >> very interesting. and we will be looking forward to seeing how this all unfolds with you predicting that this is going to be very very dramatic as we near september. thank you very much. great to see you as always sir. >> good seeing you, uma. >> all the best to you. >> right. well america's space program once a shining example to the rest of the world but those days seem like long ago when you talk about manned space travel. so how can we get back on top? captain gene cernan the last man to walk on the moon will be joining us to talk more about this. and it happened again. an innocent woman allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant now raising more serious questions about police practices and immigration policies allowing violent felons out on the streets.

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welcome back everybody. well an illegal immigrant charged for raping and murdering this 64-year-old woman in her california home. the man on the left victor ramirez is in our country illegally and has been charged along with the man on the right for the deadly attack. ramirez was already on probation for battery and drug possession at the time of that assault. robert gray is joining us now live from los angeles with more about these very troubling details. robert? >> hi uma, that's right, this latest incident here in california highlighting the lack of cooperation between local and federal law enforcement especially on the hot button topic of illegal immigrants with

a record. 29-year-old victor ramirez had a string of arrests and had been picked up just days before he and another man allegedly attacked marilyn farris. >> two weeks before this murder santa maria police officers arrested him for possession of meth. we had to site him out. this is the problem with the system. this is all over the state of california and all over the united states. >> the local sheriff blames federal and state laws for not allowing police to hold ramirez. federal immigration officials say they had asked to detain him and were not told of the release. ramirez and another man have been charged with murder rape and burglary in the brutal attack that eventually claimed the life of marilyn farris. police say they bludgeoned her with a hammer and sexually assaulted her. ramirez has pleaded not guilty for the charges and remains in custody. he has been arrested 16 times in the last few months.

and it's unclear whether prosecutors will pursue the death penalty. >> it is too soon in our process for me to make a decision about whether this will be a death penalty case whether it will be prosecuted as a death penalty case but the way it is filed now, there is the option. >> this attack comes just weeks after the murder of katherine steinly. she was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant in san francisco. that case called in to question local, state and federal policies that allow illegals to remain free in the u.s. despite laws that mandate deportation. uma, back to you. >> all right, rock better, robert thank you very much. to texas a police officer fatally shoots a college football player after the unarmed 19-year-old crashes a car through the front window of a car dealership. the medical examiner's office identifying the dead man as christian taylor a sophomore at angelo state university. the police officer will be

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that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. >> president john f. kennedy launching a national effort more than 50 years ago to beat the russians to the moon.

the times have changed and today america depends on the russian for space travel. unlike america's heroic space efforts back then nasa now extending a nearly half billion contract to russia to ferry u.s. astronauts to the international space station. nasa says congress just won't supply the funding. what will it take to reignite the excitement of the "apollo" moon shot? joining me now is the last man to set foot on the moon captain gene cernan the author of the book "last author of the book last man on to moon. it's great to have you on the program again, sir. thanks for joining us. >> it's my pleasure thank you. >> you know this week's news that nasa in its news released it was forced to extend its contract with the russians. to ferry our guys back and forth. hitchering a ride with the russians at the time when so

much is at stake. and they're having to use the old spacecraft to get to the international space station. it's unbelievable. >> we dug this hole we're in. we go back to cancellation there were pieces and parts of consultation. aside from taking us back to the moon. it would have allowed us to get to the space station in today's world on our own spacecraft built in america. we dug this hole for ourselves. you know what we need again, today, you asked a question what's it going to take to get us back? we'll need new leaders in this country who believe in the importance of american exceptionalism around the world. it's been proved to be significantly importance over the past. i keep thinking jfk might be rolling over in his grave if he

knew where we are sglounow. >> you were part of the amazing team of pacespace pioneers and did incredible things and went to unbelievable heights to make a difference and inspired generations of young people and set the course for the world. here we are, yes, we are still doing it we have the hubble and unmanned probes up there in space exploring the galaxy at the moment. what's lacking is our own independent initiative to carry out on our own using our own spacecraft as you say and setting a new course. i know there are private companies that nasa is working with to try to find another way to save money. where is the political will right now in washington? when it comes to firing off these dreams that are going to be -- you know amazing for our future? >> you're certainly at an age where you can appreciate the word inspiration. look at what neil's first steps

on the moon did for young people in this country, to dream and go out and make their dreams come true. we don't have that today. there's a difference between space exploitation which we're doing today, which is good but doesn't excite many people and space exploration going where no man has gone before. that's the real key tee the future of this country and exciting young people. the dreamers of today are the doers orphf tomorrow. we need more doers. we talk about spending money. i always felt it's not so much how much money we've got to spend, but it's what our plans are and how we use the money. that we do have available. it always puts several billions of dollars into the private sector and the space particular later over the years. when they going to put money in

the bucket and make the things they say are going to happen happen. we need to get people together in this country. having said that i do believe we're going to go back. we will go back. it might be another ten years, but it will happen. >> well i really hope so. because i know that we need people like you to continue to fight the good fight and put pressure on these guys. because it is so very important for our future. you are one of the best out there. making the case. so i'm really thrilled to have you on the show again. thank you, sir, for joining us today. >> you're too kind thank you much. well some minnesota police officers switch from protect and serve to move and groove during a national night out event. a couple of officers take a look. the police department dancing with neighborhood kids. the video going viral with so thousands of shares. they will spend time with the

residents. cool dance moves. earlier we ask you'd did you go into the debate supporting one candidate and changed your mind? joseph says debates aren't a very good indicator. my opinion is formed over a long period of time. undecided going in and same coming out. lots of good candidates leaning towards the arena. michelle says watched with open mind to potentially change support. by candidate came out strong. don't think i'll change my mind at all. we've got lots orphf responses. thanks for weighing in. we appreciate it. that will do it for me. i appreciate it. thanks for joining us today. wherever you are, make it a fabulous day. see you next time. ♪

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hello i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand-new hour of america america's news headquarters. chuck schumer coming under fire for his fellow democrats for opposing the iran nuclear agreement could more defections bring down the deal? carly fiorina generating a lot of business after her performance during thursday's 5:00 p.m. debate. is her seemingly long shot campaign now the one to watch? i'll have a live debate on that coming up. new york city battling a deadly outbreak of le