and carle fiorina. likeability. and cha ris maand rhetorical skill play in politics and now the scrutiny really matter in politics and they are less talked about than executive experience, the number of bills you have sponsored. we'll hear more about them as a result of carle fiorina's rise. it is a total political outsider. >> if voters are hungering for someone who doesn't come from the traditional political class, will they give her a second or third look? >> it seems like it. you are right. with greater fame, you get greater scrutiny and can we'll see how she stands up to this. she is a better candidate than she was in 2010. and the reason she is not part of the political establishment she didn't win against barbara boxer. >> can we imagine her debating hillary clinton? >> and that's what she wants everyone to imagine. we see carle fiorina a fighter and someone who will take it to hillary clinton. and selling herself as. and i think there is a hunger in parts of the republican base for someone who will not you p

and carle fiorina doubles her support and jumps in the top ten. marco rubio and governor christie round out the top ten. the democrat it is a narrowed lead. she leads bernie sanders 49- 30. and biden at ten percent. and he will decide by the end of the summer whether to run. >> a handful of republicans are campaigning in iowa. governor scott walker addressed one critic that charged him with falling his state. >> i am not intimidated by you, sir, i will fight for the american people over and over and over and over again. you want somebody who is tested. i am right here and you can see it. this is what happened in wisconsin and we will not back down. we'll do what is necessary to defend the american people going forward. >> reporter: meanwhile the republican front runner started his day in court. he was on jury duty. it is unclear if he will serve. >> that's pretty good, rich. >> reporter: yes. >> and back to the e-mail controversy and the number of e-mails on hillary clinton's server that contained classified information. catherine has more details

look at donald trump and carle fiorina direct with their criticism of hillary versus going after the fellow republicans on although they criticize the establishment. what is more effective at this point? >> that is what appeals to the republican base. fiorina comes at it from a interesting position as the only woman in the field and ben carson is a nonpoll tilgz and argues that someone like hillary clinton is in washington too long and donald trump, this is a guy who is supportive of hillary clinton and said nice things about her and turned a 180 and very difficult on her and calling her the worst secretary of state ever. but you know, he has the microphone and all over the media and he's the story everyone's talking about and to the extent he uses the microphone and turn into her enemy number one, that is all better for him. >> all the better for him, but what about the rest of the candidates? do they have to join in on that and join the conversation on immigration? >> right, we know that one thing that doesn't work is going after donald trump. his slogan is boat the washington man a

i would say it is donna trump and marcia rubio and carl fiorina. >> you said hillary is a grandmother wise and sassy. i think you meant amoral and unethical and will hopefully be in jail soon. >> liz, you had a problem with rand paul's shirt and you pointed out that tom's is similar. who do you think pulled it off better? >> tom. the checks are smaller. the television term is mora. >> i am still getting over lamar alexzander stealing my plaid shirt. >> we are still getting over emojis or fewer. >> trump is not wrong. rand paul is doing this because he is tanking in the polls, right? >> i think he is 100% right. >> living off his fumes. >> right now paul and rick perry have to be considered the two biggest disappointments in the republican field. >> but rick perry is having a great bake sale on saturday. >> leave rick perry alone. he seems like a nice man. >> you pointed out that ted cruz has gone the other way. he noted that he is not getting any press. his goal is not to get press. his goal is to hopefully pick up trump supporters if and when trump bails. >> i guess that's true. he i

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power than some of these outsiders who are doing well like trump, like ben carson and even carl carly fiorina. >> you talk about the outsiders. i dug into the poll and you look at the debate performance, who won and who thought they did well. when you look at carson's numbers in terms of who won the poll, he's plus eight in favorability of the guy who did well in the poll for performance. trump is underwater by net 13. 32% of folks say that he did the worst job. 19% said he did the best job. take a look at their likability. carson, 19%, carstrump 16. how do you explain doing so poorly and yet still staying on top? >> pretty easily. we have a field right now that's, still, what, 16, 17 candidates deep so if you're looking to trump you can't dismiss the fact that he's ahead. you can't dismiss the fact that he's doing so much better than everybody thought he would. it means there are 80% that are choosing something else. long term if you're a trump fan, what do you have to be concerned about? the fact that a lot of voters don't find him likeable. the fact that a lot of voters don't necessarily a

. >> we just saw him in the new suffolk poll with 7% with carly fiorina in iowa. carlon, thank you. >>> donald trump on "fox & friends" this morning saying the united states should cut off the terror group's oil revenue and put american boots on the ground. >>> former florida governor jeb bush is set to outline what his campaign is calling an aggressive new strategy against isis in a speech this evening at the reagan presidential library. joining me now to talk about his plan, rick santorum, pennsylvania senator and 2016 republican presidential candidate. great to have you with us. let's talk about your plan to deal with isis. >> the plan is really to do exactly what needs to be done to eliminate their calaphate. they're gaining ground, not losing ground. cutting off the oil would be great, all the things the candidates are talking about. but you have to take ground. we're not doing that. that's because we don't fund the kurds, who are willing to take back some of the ground. we don't directly fund them. >> would your solution be arming the kurds or to put troops on th

i just realize that if you listen to carl eyeeye fiorina, get a headache.st jeb bush. >> my dad did this wrong, my brother did this wrong. >> now, as for the woman at the center of trump's latest dust up, megyn kelly, she addressed the controversy on her show on monday night. take a listen to what she said. >> apparently, mr. trump thought the question i asked was unfair and felt i was attacking him. i felt he was asked a tough, but fair question. i certainly will not apologize for doing good journalism. so i will continue doing my job without fear or favor. >> neither party is apologizing. clinton says his remarks on women are no laughing matter, calling him out on his comments and keeping the focus on republican track record. >> what a lot of the men said on that stage was offensive. and i want people to understand, if you focus on maybe the biggest showman on the stage you lose the thread here, the thread is that the republicans are putting forth some very radical and offensive positions when it comes to womens lives, womens' reproductive health. we'll l

carl, thank you very much. >>> candidates in the early debate took on donald trump despite being absent from the stage, both perry and fiorina went after the republican front-runner. >> i've had my issues with donald trump. i talked about donald trump from the standpoint of being an individual who is using his celebrity rather than his conservatism. how can you run for the republican nomination and be for single-payer health care? i ask that with all due respect. >> i don't know, i didn't get a phone call from bill clinton before i jumped in the case. did any of you get a phone call from bill clinton? i didn't, maybe because i didn't give money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate campaign. lou: joining us from the site of tonight's debate in the quicken loans arena in downtown cleveland, one of the men responsible for putting this whole evening together. fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt. chris, good to see you and it looks like a night of fireworks, but what about the 5:00 show? that was pretty impressive. >> it was pretty awesome. i tell you what, carly fiorina was hotter than a $2 pistol. she

. >> you talked about carl icahn would you have you thought about that rick perry told me early he would ask carly fiorinaunning mate, is there anyone in the gop field right now that you would consider, as a running mate. >> it just too soon, i've gotten to know a lot of candidates i know so many people in as you know, because you have known me a long time i've been very involved politically for many years, i know i know tremendous people, in the world of politics, too, although, generally speaking politicians are not going to bring us to the promised land that i can tell you -- >> let me ask you mentioned obviously you you the immigration study on the table in particular with mexico we have heard all about your plans for neighbor to the south what about the north security concerns about terrorists canada woifrz fw terror cells lining minneapolis do we need a wall there too what is answer to open spots. we don't need a twlal a much different situation, frankly in terms of cannada what is going on a much different kind of situation, that we have with canada, we have to police it we have to be very vigilant