because i don't think it matters what reince priebus thinks. i don't think it matters that what the republican party wants to do or its chairman wants to do because i don't think the republican party or its chairman gets to decide what happens next in the republican primary. i think the republican party has just been completely thrown out of the republican party's process of choosing their nominee for president. what happens next? joining us now is chris jansing. she's nbc news senior white house correspondent. she's covering the presidential campaign. chris, it is great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> you have been i know discussing this planned sunday meeting with the campaigns. what's the latest you know about what they're going to do? >> well, there's a lot going on. let's start with the fact that reince priebus has apparently been calling organizers. he called them multiple times last night. he called them again today and said let's all come to a nice agreement. let's talk. to which they said you're not invited. >> so he's callin

reince priebus is talking about it tonight. i've never seen that. >> reporter: i've never seen it either. he was getting right in front of me when he said that, and he did not look happy in attorney, and i'm sure that came across through the camera. you know, it's very unusual, and when you think about it, and we know this, that the republican national committee takes sort of great pains in choosing who they partner with to do these debates. this was not just sort of a happenstance that cnbc got this debate. it was a decision, a joint decision between cnbc and the republican national committee. reince priebus approved having this debate at cnbc so, you know, he can complain about it, but, you know, be interesting to see what really want on behind the scenes when it came to the discussion. you've done a debate, i've been involved. it's true it might be their debate but they don't have any clue about the kinds of questions that we are going to ask, and i'm sure that that's the case for cnbc, but for him to come out and blast the

. >> here with reaction, rnc chairman reince priebus. i said last night, mr. chairman, that there was a winner last night, that was the republicans on that stage, loser was the media. long after this debate is forgotten, people will remember how arrogant, on knocks shous, biassed, shallow, agenda drifing that this media is. i said in 2008, that the media is dead in america. i'd now argue it's now buried as of what happened last night. i'd assume you're pretty ticked off. >> i just can't tell you how -- off i am. you're exactly right. when you take a deep breath and you take a step back and you say, okay, this is clearly a victory for these candidates on the stage. because what they did was extraordinary. i thought every one of them -- i mean, ted cruz's line, we're calling that the cruz missile.

brian: and rnc chief reince priebus agreed, complaining bitterly just moments after the debate ended. >> i think it was one gotcha question, one personal low blow after the other. brian: but the candidates also plan to take control of the debates from priebus and the rnc, charging that party bosses have failed to take their concerns to the networks. more evidence of the gop at a crossroads, as politicians, led by party outsiders, struggle for control of the party. in an unprecedented move aimed at maintaining his control, priebus announced today friday that the rnc is suspending its ties with nbc news for a february debate, saying in part, "i expect the media to hold a substantive debate on consequential issues of concern to the american people. cnbc did not." that was first and foremost among the candidates' complaints. mr. rubio: i think the bigger frustration you saw is that all those candidates onstage had prepared for a substantive debate. mr. christie: we have $19 trillion in debt, we have people out of work, we have isis and al-qaeda attacking us and we're talking about fantasy

republican national convention chairman reince priebus came to the spin room saying he is disappointed with cnbc. back to you. >> thank you. joining us to break down the debate is jeremy diamond. a late night for you. i know you wrote a good piece last night. the winners, marco rubio and ted cruz. the loser, jeb bush. >> without a doubt. marco rubio had his moment in the spotlight. he came out swinging from the outset. it started with the exchange with jeb bush that you just saw in sara murray's piece. it is clear he kept on attacking every person. he went after democrats. he went after the republican establishments. it all came across strongly. every time he was able to tilt to policy which was a strong move for him. jeb bush on the other hand, his former mentor, not doing so well last night. last night or today. which day is it? jeb bush certainly was struggling last night. he just didn't have his moment. this comes as the campaign is struggling. they had to cut back on staff payments and so he really needed something last night to propel him forward and give him momentum to continue

. >> so the question is, was this part of the reason for reince priebus remarks after the debate last night? maybe he knew something was brewing because he came out and made the comment about the questions being too pointed or not fair. what do they want exactly? >> when reince priebus came out and made those remarks, it sort of seemed like he was in the same camp as the republican candidates who went after the cnbc moderators and now it seems like he was preparing for this backlash from the campaigns which frustrated them. reince priebus and the rnc were frustrated with cnbc but also frustrated with the way the whole process has gone out of the control. they were trying to rein it in from 2012 but they haven't been able to do that. >> do you know what specifics they want? or is that not out there yet? >> they have certain points they want to touch on. they want the whole debate to be more focused on the issues. they want the debates are broken up to be more focused and coherent. they don't want the moderators asking gotcha questions or pit the candidates against one another and make

the republican national party is not responding to the meeting, but the chairman, reince priebus, firedraska says sag of now the republicans witness not take partner planned debate in february. priebus says the still plan to have a debate but nbc won't be part of it, after he called this week's cnbc debate a, quote, caap sandwich, crap now approved for air. network reps are disappointed but have to have the crap sandwich resolved. so the candidates are blaming the rnc and reince priebus for their debate issues. >> and reince priebus, shep, did not put those word booze the mouths of those moderators. he was taken aback by the turn the debate took. crap sandwich was not the only choice word he used. >> i just can't tell you how [bleep] i am. >> in his letter to nbc chairman, he said he object ted the mid-ators, quote, gotcha questions, petty and mean spirited tone and designed to embarrass our candidates but he left a little wiggle room, quote, i are'll be work with our confidences to discuss how to move forward and will be in touch. nbc responded, quote, along with our debate broadcast p

while the rnc has made multiple attempts to reach the organizers, chairman reince priebus and his representatives remain uninvited. last night priebus was still trying to contain the debate fallout, blaming host cnbc, our sister network, for how things went. >> obviously, we had assurances it was going to be straight up finance, which is what they do every day. >> let me ask you -- >> just nothing but a crap sandwich. >> in response to the initial criticism of the debate cnbc responded in a statement wednesday, "people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions." today, perhaps a signal that he's hearing the candidates' message, priebus went even further, writing a letter to nbc news chair andy lack, who also oversees msnbc, canceling nbc and telemundo's participation in a debate scheduled for november 16th. "the cnbc network is one of your media properties and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith. while debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates' visions and policies for the future of america, cnbc's moderator

it's just silly but i blame reince priebus.c does with cnbc does and we know who john harwood is. why even let them be involved? why open the door? that was weird to me. mark: to call a candidate a clown or comic look is totally disrespectful. mike: i was going to say maria and neal are going to do a fantastic job on november 10. lou: -- mark: when people contrast it's going to be night and day. lou: as it always was. irrespective of bad manners. anyway let's turn to the senate passing a budget at 3:00 a.m.. mike, and ryan is the new speaker and he supposed to be great but this does look like an auspicious beginning to me. what do you think? mike: speaking the debate, i will bring it back. the moderators were all about -- lou: you are so slick i'll tell you. mike: i will bring it around that promise. remember they weren't criticizing the candidate's tax plan because it would increase the deficit. all of a sudden they don't care but the budget deficit will increase the deficit. they don't care. these liberals these progressives

republican national committee chair reince priebus slamming his foot down and tonight he is going "on the record." the chairman read a scathing letter to nbc president is suspending next bebait over cnbc gotcha questions. >> what is your biggest weakness? comic book version of a campaign. >> you were hearing proposals just crazy from your colleagues. who are you talking about? >> trump are you a comic book villain, ben carson, can do you math? john kasich, will you insult two people over here? marco rubio, why don't you resign? jeb bush, why have your numbers fallen? how about talking about the substantive issues people care about. >> ask you about the debt limit and i got no answer. >> the democrats have the ultimate super pac it's called the mainstream media. >> government? >> no, john. do you want me to answer or do you want to affidavit i have got to tell you the truth, even in new jersey what you are doing is called rude. >> this is not a cage match. >> we have $90 trillion in debt. we have people out of work. we have isis and al qaeda attacking us, and we are talking about fanta

in a letter to the network, chairman reince priebus writes, the cnbc debate was conducted in bad faith we need to insure there's not a repeat performance. nbc responded with a statement calling it a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners and telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. the moderators or wednesday night were widely criticized for their outrageous line of questioning. >> it was outrageous. >> yeah, it was outrageous. this has been a pretty rapid turn of events. because what you have is outrage immediately on social media. you have all the candidates coming out talking, afterwards. from the debate saying they didn't feel they were treated properly this was supposed to be about the economy, what's going on in country. and instead you didn't see any probing pertinent questions in that regard. then you have the rnc taking a lot of heat and flack from the candidates, who feel they didn't support them, they didn't properly vet this debate or the moderators in the line of questioning. this is the f

we'll discuss that with reince priebus. what were your thoughts? >> i thought they didn't control the debate. i got asked fewer questions. i was trying to interjekt myself into conversations i thought were important like health care and others. they asked me about fantasy football? really? the -- declining income for the middle class and we're talking about factcy football. wow. >> i also would assume that your poll numbers are not where you want them to be. i know you made comments in recent weeks, you said there's a lot of other really cool things you could be doing, if you want that elect donald trump. where is that -- go ahead. >> it was -- sean, that was taken really out of context. if you want gridlock in washington, if you want to have -- you know, have your fears and angst be preyed upon, then i'm probably not your guy. i'm running a campaign to say i can fix these things. i have 32 years of business experience and eight years as governor. i'm working hard to be president of the united states. i think we're on the verge of greatness again.

where is the name reince priebus? >> you will not hear the name reince priebus because this is outside his purview. this is a leadership battle he is outside of. what he is waiting for is the fallout because there will be fallout. even if a paul ryan becomes the next speaker there will be fallout as you rightly noted at the beginning with other conservative outlets and groups around the country that are suspicious of ryan's leadership. so that is when reince priebus will have to have a plan. >> we all saw it coming. their rejectionists don't want to have anything to do with governing if governing involves compromise. they do not want to be known as compromisers because they call that chickening out. if that is their attitude they have a weird way of coming to congress. your thoughts. >> i disagree with that to this extent. that frustration, that willingness not to compromise comes from someplace. when they gave reagan the tax increases what did they get in return? the last time we did amnesty we were told we would dea

they were looking to get rid of reince priebus. that is what was going on. he panicked.r option." neil: do we know whether donald trump -- >> ben carson's group, immediately afterwards, we saw the candidates galvanize on stage. like a scene from "spartacus." they were after the rnc. >> reince priebus came out and -- >> gop candidates can't act like about iter boomers and say i take my kick ball and go home. they are saying, we are going to take the tough questions. they feel like it was breach of faith. they said we agreed to be asked r an opening question about financial -- neil: i want to get to you, ben, on this notion. you've been around a few years here. seeing this -- >> elderly. i'm elderly. neil: you don't see democratic candidates held to such a standard. you will not hear democrat candidates referred to as clown car. >> right. neil: i think this is manifest station of feeling of slighted, don't you? >> well the republicans have been the butt of media forever. their candidate who said, i think rubio said, maybe huckabee, mainstream media is super-pac for the dem

i should have pressed you for this but i want to talk e mmtsade by reince priebus. saying there is no sacred cows and suggesting h op t enids. what aoueangpe wiinar is this a different kind of john: i think it is more serious. when the chairman of the tialar cesutnd says that he wou le see an earnest investigation and a change that would take a primarily from new hampshire, it sounds an alarm bell. we are all alarmed. we are all objective but at the same time we went to see the primary continue. i think it is gog b meth igog to continue although i threw to the convenon next summer. josh: we will see what the pushback is like. good to see you. that will wrap up this edi of "cle n hpsre we will be back here next week. until then, go patriots. if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but the republicans... v they want to go back to letting v the super wealthy call the shots. they don't stand up for equal pay for women. they don't support paid family leave. they don't even really support refinancing student debt. we've got

. >> i like reince priebus, he's a nice man, trying to build a strong republican party. here's my advice -- allow all of us to have a say. break the field in two groups. with less people on the stage. having more quality time to express who we are and why we want to be president. >> one long-time analyst suggests the rnc bears little blame for the cnbc debacle. >> you can complain about a lot of things, but complaining about what the rnc did do set up these debates. they're not responsible for what happened. >> the sunday meeting may simply be the candidates' jockeying for better position that took a turn yesterday when the bush campaign released opposition research on marco rubio. it accused 2012 gop nominee mitt romney of rejecting rubio as a running mate because of past sketchy financial dealings. senator rubio's legislative record and high personal character would have been a great asset to governor romney. jeb bush is struggling to keep a happy face on a faltering campaign. >> are you having any fun? >> yeah, you saw did, lots of fun. >> the chief operating officer

why is he a better negotiator than reince priebus?rea: what is incredible, melissa, gop has power, they bring ratings. rates bring money. they bring entertainment. the debate was far more entertaining on cnn when the democrat were hugging each other. more of a love sandwich than a crap sandwich. what is point of whining? tucker hit nail on head. they were mean to me. candidates saying yesterday, and i just thought, you know what, let your surrogates do that. you have to be on offense. you have to look strong. you can't be whining. melissa: i don't believe they're upset about it, except for jeb bush they all came out looking better. they rolled the moderators like so many substitute teachers. so embarrassing for moderators. i felt sorry for them out there. they came out looking bad. i don't believe for a second republicans are unhappy about debate. they got a nice bounce. look like they came together. i don't believe that for a second. they all won. tune town kumbayah, compliments of cnbc. like clintons love to have enemy. i think deba

this isn't the first that we are hearing from reince priebus about his disdain. here is what he had to say on sean hannity's show. >> i can't tell you how pissed off i am. obviously we had assurances that it was straight up finance which is what they do every day and what was delivered was nothing but a crap sandwich. >> this comes after several gop candidates criticized cnbc which posted wednesday's debate and wednesday night cnbc responded by saying people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. some republicans haven't liked any of the debates so far. here is what donald trump had to say after the fox news debate back in august. >> i thought the questions were unfair but i can live with it. it is probably you are number one in the polls. even the other candidates got off stage and said it's amazing. >> one thing i did complain about, three hours is too much for a debate. it's a long time to be debating but worse for people who have to sit home. if this were a two-hour debate st would have been great. three hours

i'll ask reince priebus if he's willing to do so. thank you, sir. >> sean, let me tell you, the republican primary voters would love to hear that debate because you're strong conservatives who would want to focus on the difference between the candidates and help people make the decision we need to make. >> it wouldn't be a gotcha debate. thank you, senator. good night for you tonight. >> take care. >>> joining us is the number one front-runner in the polls, donald trump is here with us. how are you, sir? >> hi, sean. >> i've got to be honest. right out of the gate i felt john harwood was extraordinarily unfair to you and attacking you in the line about the clown and unnamed sources that tell him that you would fly before that ever passed. i've got imagine that that's pretty aggravating for you. what's your reaction to it? >> well, i don't know. i think we did very well tonight. the debate itself went very well. and the audience started booing him. i guess i expect it. i'm number one in the polls, and i would maybe expect it. but i th

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then you have rinse previous -- reince priebus saying that the vp's decision is a major blow for demsstrongest candidate gone. party now saddled with scandal ridden clinton. we divided the lines by clinton supporters. those in the bernie sanders cap -- -- camp. what is your reaction to this? all others you can dial in 202-7 48-8002. frontw york times, their page story says this eases the path for hillary clinton. that is the headline. inside, this is what they report. fundraising was the biggest factor in his decision. he told aides and supporters "the strongest chance to continue the work that barack obama has done would be with him. he added that he believes mrs. clayton could lose the republicans - -- mrs. clinton could lose to the republicans you remember the last time he ran in 2008. he did not win the iowa caucuses. therailed behind many of democrats in the race then. is supporting bernie sanders p what you make of this news he will not be challenged by joe biden? caller: i want to save is unfortunate that elections, and if you run for president, is determined by how much money

rnc chairman reince priebus will join us. coming up at 10:40 eastern time.to have major butterflies heading in with these people. bill: down on the totem pole there. martha: nothing breeds confidence like success. for guys at top of the poll, they feel good, they feel strong. when you're out there to really make your mark of that evening you have to be a cool customer to pull it off in a way that looks confident. bill: you made a great point about fiorina. two great debates and where has she been. we'll see how she turns out tonight. big issues on table later. >>> another big issue, new inspection iran's most dangerous nuclear facility, raising concerns not because of what inspectors found but what they did not. nuclear testing equipment missing from the parchin military facility. critics show how weak the nuclear deal has become. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in d.c. what are we learning about the missing equipment? what is it and where is it? reporter: for four years the intelligence community, parchin, the military site it is be

that had chairman reince priebus playing defense. here he is with sean hannity. >> sitting there seething through this thing other than thinking about hitting the circuit breaker in the auditorium that crossed my mind. these are people who put on a pretty decent show on cnbc. they did a decent debate four years ago. we had assurances it would be straight-up finance which is what they do every day and what was delivered was a crap sandwich. bill: that's great with mayonnaise, by the way. peel back the curtain. what do some of these candidates wanted? >> they want different things because they have different needs. ben carson and donald trump who are not exactly lincoln and douglas at debating would like to see less debating or debates that are more patty cake. they with like to see forums that probably are not testy. but if you are ted cruz, carly fiorina or marco rubio or chris christie, you want a debate with sharp elbows where you show your ability in that setting. no one would say, i don't think even cnbc would say that was a well

the letter from rnc chair reince priebus to nbc comes after this week's heavily criticized debate on cnbc. priebus says the cnbc debate did not focus on economic issues as promised. and that the candidates were asked questions that "were inaccurate or downright offensive." the rnc tells nbc it will still hold a debate as scheduled on february 26 with its other planned media partner, national review. fox business is giving republican presidential candidates more time to answer questions in their next debate. the network says candidates will have 90 seconds to answer questions and 60 seconds to respond to other candidates if their name is mentioned. traditionally, candidates are only allowed 60 seconds to respond and 30 seconds for a rebuttal. the decision comes after several candidates and party officials complained about the tone and style of wednesday's cnbc debate. the fox business debate will be held on november 10. another key endorsement for hillary clinton. new york city mayor bill de blasio announced today he is backing her democratic presidential bid. de blasio says clinton is

reince priebus slamming cnbc. tweeting cnbc should be ashamed of how this debate was handled. >> there is a continues between tough question and gotcha questions. the debate is supposed to be about letting the candidate express their visions for america. not just pit them against past statement. this was suppose to be a financial debate. it wasn't. bill: howard kurtz, our media analyst joins us today on whether this criticism is deserved. on line a lot of people felt lindsey graham won that debate. we'll talk about that. next hour, ohio governor john kasich, he needed a big night. did he get it? martha: we'll ask him what he thinks about that. a reminder about the next gop presidential debate. this one will be moderated by fox business network. the "wall street journal" will be involved in that in a big way. that's in milwaukee tuesday, november 10. so the economy was the big theme for last night. but it was. listen to this. >> we'll all talk about reforms for future generations. my mother is on medicare and socia

. >> i like reince priebus, he's a nice man, trying to build a strong republican party. here's my advice -- allow all of us to have a say. break the field in two groups. with less people on the stage. having more quality time to express who we are and why we want to be president. >> one long-time analyst suggests the rnc bears little blame for the cnbc debacle. >> you can complain about a lot of things, but complaining about what the rnc did do set up these debates. they're not responsible for what happened. >> the sunday meeting may simply be the candidates' jockeying for better position that took a turn yesterday when the bush campaign released opposition research on marco rubio. it accused 2012 gop nominee mitt romney of rejecting rubio as a running mate because of past sketchy financial dealings. senator rubio's legislative record and high personal character would have been a great asset to governor romney. jeb bush is struggling to keep a happy face on a faltering campaign. >> are you having any fun? >> yeah, you saw did, lots of fun. >> the chief operating officer

republican national committee chairman reince priebus will be here. also talk to cory gardner. and what lessons the eventual nominee could learn from his upset win in 2014. all of that coming up on a packed "mtp daily." but first, let's hit a press box filled with presidential debate maneuvering. kasie hunt, katy tur, and hallie jackson joining us. and then we'll go to washington and luke russert who is there, following the paul ryan official nomination. he'll be on track to be the next speaker of the house. but let's start right in colorado with jeb bush. you could argue no one is under more pressure to perform than the former florida governor. polling mostly in single digits right now, both nationally and in key primary states. that's despite the fact that his campaign and the super pac backing him are spending more on tv than any other republican campaign. he let his frustration show during a weekend campaign event in south carolina. and a big gathering in houston spawned stories about a few anxious donors and a frustrated bush family. by the way,

r-n-c chairman reince priebus released a statement today saying, "the cnbc network is one of your media properties, and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith. we understand that nbc does not exercise full editorial control over cnbcs journalistic approach. however, the network is an arm of your organization, and we need to ensure there is not a repeat performance." party is working with the make sure the debate to make sure the planned debate still takes place. new jersey governor chris christie is still fuming over the questions asked during the debate... 06 when is see a stupid question... its a stupid thing to be asking people who are runnign for president of the united states christie hosted a town hall meeting this afternoon in council bluffs... in addition to blasting c-n-b-c... he also criticized the new york times... saying the paper is lobbying to make hillary clinton the next president. today the times editorial board called for christie to drop out of the race. christie is in iowa ahead of and opportunity" party... the fundraiser will take place at the iowa st

r-n-c chair reince priebus said its because of the way n-b-c's sister network, c-n-b-c, handled wednesday's debate. priebus called some moderators' questions "offensive" or designed to embarrass the candidates. the r-n-c still plans to hold february 26-th. but only the conservative national review magazine is guaranteed to be part of it. n-b-c says it will try to resolve the matter with the r-n-c. christie is still fuming over the questions asked during the debate... 06 when is see a stupid question... its a stupid thing to be asking people who are running for president of the united states christie's comments over the at a town hall meeting friday in council bluffs. republicans aren't the only ones campaigning in iowa this week. martin o'malley is back in the metro this morning... the former maryland governor will meet with voters in west des moines at the inspired ground cafe at 10-15. and hillary clinton is meeting with iowa voters next week. the former secretary of state plans to stop in coralville tuesday afternoon. then, she'll head to grinnell college tuesday night. both are set to b

chairman reince priebus saying that the cable network cnbc hosted a debate that was defensive and conducted in bad faith. this is an unprecedented move for republicans. brian stelter is "outfront." >> reporter: the leading gop candidates outraged over their treatment at wednesday's debate, meeting in washington on sunday night to rewrite the ground rules. among those calling for change, ben carson. >> debates are established to help the people get to know the candidates and get to know what's behind them and what their thinking process is and what their philosophy is and what it's turned into is a gotcha. >> reporter: sunday's meeting is an unheard of gathering of rivals. the campaign is united in their anger over what they call the hostile nature. >> the board fired you. why do you think we should hire you now. >> reporter: rnc chief reince priebus agreed, complaining bitterly moments after the debate ended. >> there was one gotcha question and low blows one after the other. >> reporter: charging that party bosses have failed to take their concerns to the networks. more evidence of the gop

. >> reince priebus blasted cnbc for a poorly produced, badly mangled debate. it is generally agreed it was a catastrophic production on a technical level. there were even sound problems and the time division was way off. that didn't happen after the cnn family group debate. jake was a strong moderator who tried to keep the timing fair but proportionate between frontrunners and people way back in the pack. two, everything was fact checked. cnn's fact checking overwhelmed me with data. we rehearsed and mark preston lived in my head for three weeks. i tlaerndlearned that cnn has ds 20 times. the candidates have to be careful. cnn delivered 23 million viewers, millions more online and millions more listening on the salem radio network. the candidates don't want to lose that audience. they can't ask for the opportunity to bore america to death with certain reports. >> i don't know if it sounds like they are arguing about that. they clearly must see the value in varying these debates except when you have donald trump that says, we want these debates to be time-manag

r-n-c chairman reince priebus says the debate did not focus on economic issues as promised, and that candidates were asked questions that "were inaccurate or downright offensive." the r-n-c says it will still hold a debate on february 26th with its other planned media partner, national review. dubuque is taking a proactive approach to putting together the city's next budget. and it wants people to offer their ideas now instead of complaining about decisions later. we look at the changes the city is making to make that possible. and there may not be snow, but it's time to get ready for the winter games in iowa. we'll look at registration for the event next on t-v 9. the city of dubuque wants to about how it should spend tax dollars. city leaders are getting started on next year's budget, and they're encouraging taxpayers to get involved in the process. kcrg t-v nine's dubuque bureau chief katie wiedemann joins us live with more. katie, the city is hosting some budget input meetings next month. why? if you want to have a say in how your tax dollars are being spent, the city of dubuque

r-n-c chairman reince priebus announced it in open letter today (friday). he said that's because of the way n-b-c's sister network, c-n-b-c, handled its debate on wednesday. they said that questions were offensive... were "gotcha" designed to embarrass the priebus said the r-n-c still plans to have the debate in houston on february 26-th. but at this point, only the conservative national review magazine is guaranteed to be part of it. n-b-c says it'll try to resolve the matter with the r-n-c. tim: world leaders are still trying to find a solution to the civil war in syria. including russia, saudi arabia and the u-s are taking part in the talks in vienna. this is also the been invited to u-s secretary of state john kerry admits there are still a lot of disagreements on the future of the current syrian regime - " " foreign minister zarif and i, and disagree. the united there is no way that president assad can unite and govern syrians deserve a different choice and our goal is to work with syrian from different factions to develop that choice." jenna: outrage

>> reporter: and republican national convention chairman reince priebus came to the spin room after saying he is disappointed with cnbc. back to you. >> thank you, sara. let's talk about the winners and losers. jeremy diamond has a piece on cnn. read it at your leisure. we are talking about the winners and losers. ted cruz attacked the media. we played one bit of it there. let's play a bit more. >> the questions that are being asked shouldn't be trying to get people to tear into each other. it should be what are your substantive solutions. >> i asked you about the debt limit and got no answer. >> you want me to answer that question? i'm happy to answer that question. let me tell you -- >> we're moving on. >> i have a question for out the same subject. >> you don't want to hear the answer, john? >> you used your time on something else. >> you're not interested in an answer. >> so you could hear the tension. you could hear the disgust. that might work with the conservative audience that is fed up with the mainstream me a media. >> it will work extremely well. last night, we saw ted cruz, the

reince priebus promised to evaluate all future debates and earlier today priebus announced he was, quote, suspending the partnership with nbc news and putting their february debate on ice. this move seems to make sense given the questions some candidates were asked by the cnbc moderators. take a look at a selection of them. >> what is your biggest weakness and what are you doing to address it? >> is this a comic book version of a campaign. >> you have as much chance cutting taxes as you would of flying away from that podium by flapping your arms. >> you have to cut it by 40%. >> that's not true. >> it is true. i looked at the numbers. >> you said yesterday that you were hearing proposals that were just crazy from your colleagues. >> yeah. >> who are you talking about? >> now you're skipping more votes to run for president. why not slow down or at least finish what you start? >> it raises the question whether you have the maturity and wisdom to lead this $17 trillion economy. what do you say? >> joining us now, some of the smartest people in washington, jonah goldberg, democratic strategi

rnc chair reince priebus .. in a letter to nbc news chairman andy lack, declared the rnc is quote "suspending the partnership with nbc news for at the university of houston on february, 26, 2016." in response, nbc news released a statement saying in part: "this is a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party." the move comes after several republicans called wednesday's debate on cnbc "unfair". "republicans are annoyed that the national committee didn't negotiate well, in terms of getting good moderators. some of the debates have had these moments where conservatives were annoyed at hte modersators. having said that, i dont' think the debates have served the candidates badly." this week's republican debate certainly wasn't bad at all for senators ted cruz and marco rubio. both campaigns say they've raised a million dollars each since then. ..a promise to supporters .. word is he's privately

the third republican debate was held last night, and rnc chairman reince priebus said he was extremely disappointed with the coverage. and he understands disappointment, because his parents named him reince priebus. [ laughter and applause ] the candidates from last night's debate are being criticized by some news outlets for talking about their wives in a sexist manner. even worse, carly fiorina came over after the debate and immediately told her husband, "fix my dinner, bitch!" [ laughter and applause ] [ laughter ] halloween is this weekend, and a lot of politicians are already wearing their costumes. here is bernie sanders as doc brown. eddie munster. and jeb bush is going as former presidential candidate jeb bush. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] target -- target, this week, launched a mobile app, allowing kids to share the houses with the best halloween candy in their neighborhood. the app is called "the sex offender registry." [ laughter ] a new survey from bank of america and "usa today" found that 39% of millennials are chronically stressed because of money. and the other

i saw reince priebus yesterday at a celebration for paul ryan last night and i can tell you he was stowing and this is one of the few issues where all republicans are united. i am yet to encounter one republican who didn't find the moderators, the debate, the tone, the questions, everything just frankly offensive and unacceptable and so i think the rnc has ever right and reince is doing the right thing by taking these measures. you know, the networks get a lot of money and get a lot of viewers. 14 million viewers by cnbc, more by any other program they had and they have to stick to a few rules. one thing cnbc promised is this would be a debate about fiscal and economic issues. >> no, they were certainly not dominate, but van, you disagree. >> first of all, i definitely agree it was not as advertised. they said it would be an economic financial debate. people prepared and became a general got ya debate but you have to be concerned now because there were some tough fair questions and frankly, some of the candidates just told boldface lies in the first of tough honest questions and they haven

. >> well, but the rnc came out and said, reince priebus said he was ticked off with cnbc. he thought it was atrocious. the rnc vets all of these debates, right? the rnc, they knew that cnbc was going to put up three likely lefties as the rnc to blame? >> they can't control the questions. i mean that's -- guess what, then in the free parkt debate economy, don't go to cnbc next time. you just played yourself out. tapped out. because they were disrespectful to the whole process. they did themselves and their network, their careers, no favors last night. it was embarrassing. they were amateur hour, strictly jv. >> you were a debate moderator, were you surprised at some of the questions coming from them? >> i don't think there's any question, they came off as mocking and condescending, it was a clear pattern. i'm aware of how much republicans, as greg was pointing out, love to attack the media, right? >> i'm one of them. >> it's red meat. check it out. so the candidates know they can play to the audience, because the press is a villain. let me just say, cnbc was trying to get a

reince priebus says the moderators did a disservice to their network, the candidates, and the viewers. steve: new charges in a north-central iowa hazing case. three football players each face counts of sexu abuse, including one count of hazing, and one count of simple assault. 17-year-old michael schaefer, 16-year-old tristan mewes assaulted the freshman football player in the locker room. stacey: next at five, passenger nightmare. a plane full of people catches fire on a florida runway. where the aircraft was headed. steve: plus, passing the gavel. paul ryan is now in charge. why he wants the house to concentrate on the people's business. stacey: and later, uber cute. why today only the popular ride adorable to your doorstep. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 5:00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, and chief meteorologist john mclaughlin. steve: right now, after a scary day the fort lauderdale airport , is now back open. stacey: it was shut down this afternoon after a plane's engine caught fire while preparing for takeoff on flight to venezuela. 15 people we

the letter from rnc chair reince priebus to nbc comes after this week's heavily criticized debate on cnbc. priebus says the cnbc debate did not focus on economic issues, as promised. and that the candidates were asked questions that "were inaccurate or downright offensive." now the rnc tells nbc it will still hold a debate as scheduled on february 26 with its other planned media partner, "national review." stacey? stacey: more commitment 2016 news, at least nine republican candidates will be in des moines this weekend for the republican party of iowa's growth and opportunity party. that's at the varied industries building at the state fairgrounds saturday. and runs until 4:00 that afternoon. tickets are available online for $10 each. another key endorsement for hillary clinton. new york city mayor bill de blasio announced today he is backing her democratic presidential bid. de blasio says clinton is the best candidate to address income inequality. the mayor drew criticism from some democrats for not immediately endorsing clinton when she announced her they do have a history. senate c

r-n-c chairman reince priebus says the party suspended its partnership with the network after this week's cnbc debate. priebus says the moderators did not focus on economic issues as promised. he called the questions quote 'inaccurate and downright offensive'. the next gop debate is set for november 10th on the fox business network. today some young trick- or-treaters got an early start to their halloween celebrations. the iowa city parks and recreation department hosted its annual "tot monster mash this morning." one to six year olds dressed up and got to hang out with a famous car. kcrg t-v nine's greta meyle talked to some of the kids about the holiday. sometimes they're not in preschool, sometimes they're not in school, so they don't get an event to participate in so we give them something to come-- a little party to have for halloween." matt eidahl, program supervisor iowa parks and recreation "how much candy do you think you're gonna get this weekend? a lot of candy" maya 6:41:50.05-42:00.07 "i got lots of candy. lots of candy" 09:02.22 matt "we provide inflatables," "go down the sl

r-n-c chairman reince priebus announced it in open letter today he said that's because of the way n-b-c's sister network, c-n-b-c, handled its debate on wednesday. they said that some moderators' questions were just plain offensive... while others were "gotcha" questions designed to embarrass the candidates. priebus said the r-n-c still plans to have the debate in houston on february 26-th. but at this point, only the conservative national review magazine is guaranteed to be part of it. n-b-c says it'll try to resolve the matter with the r-n-c. jenna: newly-elected house speaker paul ryan says he's done with his presidential ambitions. he told cnn's dana bash today he has no interest in running for the white house. " " " if i really wanted to be president, i would have run in this cycle for the presidency. i had the chance and opportunity to do so. i chose not to do that. so i'm perfectly happy and content with this decision." ryan was elected house speaker yesterday but he originally said he's not interested in that job either-- and he later changed his mind. bria: senator marco bria: se