dr. ben carson joins us live for the iowa forums and howie hopes to improve the education system, what is holding its back and how america's future depends on it. >> we have got to start looking out for the future and caring about what is going to happen. leader, this is a special edition of channel 13 news at four. the iowa forums, who political director dave price. good afternoon and thanks for joining us for the first of our three iowa forums. the next hour, here is what you can expect. 32nd answers, no 102nd rebuttals, no questions about boxers or briefs, and you won't hear this either. this is what you will hear, you will hear your questions on getting the kids ready for good careers, helping teachers be the best to leave the students and making college more affordable. dr. ben carson has agreed to take your question and hours. no preconditions and nothing off-limits here but before we look at the future let's first take a look at the pass. dr. ben carson and inner-city detroit and he ad

dr. ben carson and his storyline. as we know he was raised in detroit in poverty. some are questioning whether or not the details in his book about points in between are completely accurate. the doctor dismisses this as unnecessary scrutiny that has never risen to a level that's been poured upon him. donald trump over the weekend continued to raise questions about carson's storyline for pretty much -- for pretty much the first time carson responded back. >> what does it say about people who immediately jump on the band wagon rather than waiting out for the truth. >> what does it day? >> i would not be interested to have a commander in chief who acted that way. >> blake: he would not be anxious to have a commander in chief that acted like that. it'll be interesting to see if this is brought up, if this is brought up by any of the candidates. donald trump has largely stayed off of carson in the debates. eight candidates on the -- during the 9:00 o'clock debate or four during the 7:00 o'clock as

. >> next up, dr. ben carson, former neurosurgeon and current republican presidential candidate recalls portion office his life and weighs in on current social and political issues. >> good afternoon and welcome. my name is john hughes. i'm an editor for bloomberg news' first word. bloomberg's breaking news desk near washington, and i am president of the national press club. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. our guest today, is republican presidential candidate and neurosurgeon, dr. ben carson. he'll discuss his newest book, one he wrote with his wife, candy. titled "a more perfect union: what we the people can do to reclaim our constitutional liberties." but first, would like to introduce our distinguished head table. this head table includes club members and also guests of the speaker. from the audience's right, joseph morton, the washington correspondent for the ohama world herald and the membership secretary of the national press club. alfaruk is a report nor gray sheet. jennifer, president of respec

. >> and of course, you cannot forget dr. ben carson. what an incredible story. >> i'm ben carson. i'm a candidate for president of the united states. >> one of the best neurosurgeons in the world and might even be your next president. >> we are one nation. under god. indivisible. with liberty and justice for all. >> hearts and stories starts in a broken him anyoner city detroit. his mother worked or two or three jobs to make ends meet. and when carson started doing poorly in school she had a solution. >> turning all the tooth and make is read reports and submit to her written book reports but she couldn't read. but it didn't matter because it worked. >> he attended yale and medical school, revolutionizing his field. completing surgeries once thought impossible. including separating conjoin entwines. >> i'm the only one that separates siamese twins. the only one to operate on babies still in the mother's woman. the only one to take out have a brain. >> and of course, dr. carson jumping into the political spotlight the national prayer black fest in 2013. >> our national debt, $16.5

the new poll shows dr. ben neck. marco rubio in third, ted cruz, jeb bush tied behind them. and tonight, many eyes on ben carson, facing questions about his own life story. when he said he nearly attacked his own mother and when he stabbed his friend. carson saying no candidate has faced this kind of scrutiny. and trump wasting no time. abc's tom llamas with the fiery words already. >> reporter: tonight, the debate stage is set. the focus, the economy. about dr. ben carson. the retired neurosurgeon particularly his claim that as a teen with a temper, he tried to stab a friend. carson often talks about his violent youth, including the time he sails he tried to hit his mother with a hammer. >> picked up a hammer, went to hit her in the head with it. behind. >> reporter: but carson says he overcame his anger, finding god. >> if you try and hit your mother over the held with a hammer, your poll numbers go up. this is a strange election, isn't it? man. you stab somebody, and the newspapers say you didn't do it. and you say, yes, i did, i did it. if they said i didn't do it, i'd be

dr. ben carson firing back. the republican presidential hopeful getting in a heated exchange with reporters after a new article suggests carson and his team concedes to fabricating stories. welcome to "the kelly file," everyone. for years now, carson has told the story of a tough childhood, rocked by an absent father and financial hardship. but, yesterday, cnn took issue with his redemption story. the idea that he drastically changed when he concord conquered his violent temper. the plit cole posting an article this morning declaring ben carson admits fabricating west point scholarship. they've since changed that headline. but the questions have not gone away. two hours ago in a fiery press conference, dr. carson addressed those very claims, taking the media to task for what he claims is an attempt to tarnish him. >> i think what it shows, and these kinds of things show, is that there is a desperation on behalf of some to try to find a way to tarnish him. they have been looking through everyt

and dr. ben carson's name is going to be eli. now, eli is, obviousl a byly call name and a nickname for students who go to yale and that's where dr. ben carson did some of his undergraduate work. david? >> tom llamas, thank you. let's bring in jon karl, code name chief white house correspondent. >> thank you very much. >> eight podiums instead of ten. chris christie and mike huckabee didn't make the cut. you say the biggest opening and perhaps the biggest stakes tonight, for jeb bush. >> yeah, no doubt. donald trump is center stage because he's leading in the polls. jeb bush has moved further and further out with each debate. he's one step away from the very edge of the debate. the last debate was devastating for him. he has a chance to turn it around tonight. this should be a good debate for him. it's on policy issues. if jeb bush cannot break through tonight, it is hard to imagine where he does break through. this, david, is as close to a do or die moment for jeb bush as you can get. >> and he's acknowledged to you, he needs to

at first dr. ben carson backed him up -- saying he saw the same footage.then a few hours later -- carson's campaign said that the footage *he saw was actually from the middle east and not new jersey answering the question. before the nation took off for thanksgiving -- quinnipiac came out with it's latest iowa polls.for the republicans -- there was some movement. movement.donald trump regains the lead from dr. ben carson. trump pulled in 25-percent of the vote -- carson dropped 10 points to 18-percent.ted cruz jumped all the way to number two -- with 23-percent of likely caucus goers -- meaning it's a dead heat within the margin of error. the next day -- the democrats poll came out.hillary clinton kept her lead in iowa -- at 51- percent.bernie sanders is still in second and martin o'malley rounds out the three person democratic field. between what could be an international crisis on the border between turkey and syria to some reshuffling in the iowa polling nubmers -- we brought in university of iowa

rival dr. ben carson. rival dr. ben carson. sabrina: trump says it's the beginning of the end for carson's presidential the end for carson's presidential campaign....with only a little over a day till the two meet face to face on the debate stage in milwaukee.. abc's stephanie ramos reports "script: a busy weekend for g- o-p presidential candidate dr ben carson... 5505 / tvu 6 @ 10.52 natsot - ben carson / (r) presidential candidate "estado 51!" carson at a rally in puerto rico sunday - candidate "estado 51!" carson at a rally in puerto rico sunday - throwing his support behind making the u-s protectorate into a state. the candidate appeared as his usual, low key self... the opposite....from this fiery display on friday... sot : dr. ben carson (r), presidential candidate: what a bunch of garbage. the scrutiny into carson's past heating up.... and carson firing back... on this week with george stephanopoulos sunday....carson addressed the accuracy of his life stories which are in question. sot george: in th

what do you make of this spat between donald trump and dr. ben carson. >> i know both well. donald has been a friend for 25 years and i respect him enormously. i know ben quite well. i have played golf with him. i will tell you about ben. Ñ honest me the contrary whatever he wrote i believe is absolutely 100 percent true. this is a man of great integrity. tremendous accomplishment. my wife is in the medical field. she is a nurse. shoe knew ben long before i did. he was the most preeminent by far the most preeminent surgeon for doing plain surgery on children. people would come to him from all over the world. i believe what he wrote back then when he wasn't running for office ask absolutely true. what it demonstrates is how a man can change over a period of time i have changed over period of time. so has everyone else. i think this is something that's going to help ben carson because i think it's going to turn out to be the fact that he is tell the sleuth truth. so[fabsolute truth. >> i am well aware the media is on thin ice with the american people. i'm trying to figure out i

we are proud to be the exclusive sponsors of the program you're about to watch with dr. benarson. >> reporter: distributors calling them sevens the platinum group and signed on to underwrite ben carson's public television special. cnn spoke with three former sales and marketing insiders with mannatech that say the involvement but the neurosurgeon went a lodge way toward legitimizing a product were scientific committee was calling worthless. >> a neuro scientist is something the company wanted on their side, on their team to grow the company in a very legitimate way. >> reporter: it's obvious why mannatech wanted a highly respected neurosurgeon to speak highly of the product. what is not obvious, why a neurosurgeon would lead his name to an unproven product. we asked about that at johns hopkins where ben carson became a famous neurosurgeon. >> we here at a major medical and bio medical research institution have a special responsibility to abide by evidence and share evidence based, knowledge with people. and whenever anybody here falls short of that standard, to me, that's di

and i'm sure ben would also. >> speaking of dr. carson, he found himself this week under increasing scrutiny, this week facing questions about how accurate his stories about his past have been. about how violent he was. about whether or not he received an offer from west point. whether he was the most honest student in the class he took at yale. you told "the washington post" that all this scrutiny this week for carson is the beginning of the end for him. what do you mean by that? >> well, it certainly is. it's a lot of scrutiny, and frankly, it's a lot of statements that are under fire. and i hope ben's going to be okay with it. it's going to be interesting to see what happens. time will tell. but it is certainly a lot of people are asking a lot of questions all of a sudden. you know, it's a little bit tough. i would say it's not so easy on ben. i hope frankly it comes out great for him. >> do you think that he has not been honest? >> i just don't know. i'm not involved. i don't really know. when you say, though, hitting your moth

. >> and though dr. ben carson slips to third overall in iowa, the latest poll holds some good news for him as retains the highest net favorability rating of any candidate. senator marco rubio stays steady at 13% and rolled out his first ad targeting early voting states. >> my father stood behind a small, portable bar in the back of a room for all those years, so i could stand behind this podium in front of this room. >> also tonight a brand new national fox news poll shows the majority actually supports trump's plan to deport everyone who is in the u.s. illegally by a margin of 52-40%. >>> president obama meets with his french counterpart to talk strategy against isis and the turkish shoot-down of a russian war plane.

specifically you, dr. ben carson.uz in the last 37 years the number of jobless people has decreased four times after a raise in the minimum wage. i'm rating his statement as false. or as dr. ben carson calls it, autobiographical. (laughter) (applause) next up we've got. >> if putin wants to go in, and i got to know him very well because we were both on "60 minutes." we were stablemates. and we did very well that night. >> oh. trump is so cute. he thinks he's friends with putin because they were on a show together. now techically trump and putin did appear on the same episode of "60 minutes." in two completely unrelated segments that were shot in different cities. (laughter) in different countries, on different continents. (laughter) so we're going to class fie this one as wrong but adorable. like a puppy snorting cocane. (applause) now even if trump had met putin on "60 minutes," karmee fiorina wouldn't have been impressed. >> i would not be talking to vladimir putin right now, although i have met him as well, not in

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but now physician dr. benis bringing the experience of his medical training to the presidential field. dr. siegel sat down with him doctor to doctor. >> when i read about your mother, i understood why you don't believe in blind entitlements and what you call the faceless money the government gives out. i understand your mother worked really hard. flash over to obamacare and tell me why as a physician, what's your critique of it? >> well, the main reason i have been such a vociferous opponent of obamacare is not so much because it's not affordable and it doesn't work but because it fundamentally changes the relationship between the people and the government. when you look at the way the country was put together, it was supposed to be of, for and by the people with the government there to facilitate life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. with this act, the government comes along and says, we don't care what you people think. this is what we're doing. we're shoving it down your throat whether you like it or

abc's stephanie ramos reports a busy weekend for g- o-p presidential candidate dr ben carson... 5505 / tvu 6 @ 10.52 natsot - ben carson / (r) presidential candidate "estado 51!" carson at a rally in throwing his support making the u-s state. the candidate low key self... this fiery display on sot : dr. ben carson (r), presidential candidate: what a bunch of garbage. the scrutiny into carson's past heating up.... and carson firing back... on this week with george stephanopoulos sunday....carson addressed the accuracy of his life stories which are in question. sot george: in the end, do you think all of these questions are going to really help your campaign? carson: yes, because people are clearly able to see what's going on. number of people that come up and say, don't let them get you down... believe you. his campaign has now clarified that he was never admitted, or even applied to west point? after originally claiming he received a scholarship. other quesitons remain surrounding his claims of violence? as a young man.. against his family and some friends carson's chief rival in the

dr. benetails in his book that are now being questioned by some outlets about whether or not they are completely true. as you know, carson has the story of being raised in poverty and becoming a neurosurgeon and now presidential candidate. in the last few days several outlets have began to question and carson has had to defend the stories from the point in between. over the weekend carson hit the sunday morning talk show and began to scrutinize the scrutiny surrounding himself. take a listen. >> i have always said that i expect to be better, but being em -- i have not seen that with anyone else. if you could show me where that's happened with somebody else, i will take that statement back. >> blake: donald trump has gun to attack carson and this issue has been the focus of some of those attacks. trump was on sunday morning talk shows as well and continued to hit carson on this line of attack. take a listen. >> when you say you hit your mother with a hammer or tried to or you write a book that

lou: presidential candidate dr. benarson is -- responded to the controversy of her claim that he made up being offered a scholarship to west point. carson was present major buyer "fox news" colleague nor riley. >> we never formally offered any kind of accommodation at west point. is that correct? >> i was told that it would be basic to me. >> so that should have been a little clearer on page 57 of your book, correct? >> i guess it could have been more clear. >> joining us now washington beacon reporter lachlan markey. good to have you with us and congratulations on your good reporting on the nondisclosure and realclearpolitics political reporter caitlyn healy burners. it's good to have you here prayed your first reaction as you your doctor ben carson responds to that story. >> i don't think this is going to affect him in any way an attack i do think it's going to start in tearing him further to his supporters that i will say however that thing carson is a front-runner for the republican nomination. his past history, his

blasting the man who now holds the lead, dr. ben carson. and a new and blunt message aimed at jeb bush, telling him, it's time to get out of the race. here are the numbers tonight. dr. ben carson surging seven points in less than two weeks, followed by trump, marco rubio. abc's tom llamas with trump's new words. >> reporter: today, donald trump doing what he does best -- selling donald trump. his new book out this morning. donald trump is still attracting the most media and the biggest crowds. all these people lined up to get their book signed. slipping. the man topping trump, dr. ben carson, today on "gma," trump hitting him hard. >>ben doesn't have the experience. it's not his thing, george. you know, you're born with it. it's not his thing. for it. him. >> well i would say experience comes from a variety of different things. it didn't only have to be in one segment or the other. >> i'm praying for you! >> rorter: today in tampa, 1,000 carson supporters turned up for his book signing. >> he's a true christian with values. >> he stands up

[booing] georgette, dr. benson buzzfeed reporting that they have talked with those who cooperated his stories of facing frame of the story at yale. that has got to be a boost for him tomorrow going into that debate, don't you think? georgette: i think it is however i think there was one warning to dr. carson. he should be prepared for this kind of scrutiny. i was surprised that he was so outraged by it. he needs to be careful, because his appeal is that he is calm, collected, soft-spoken and we don't -- and he doesn't want to show his other side to us. so we have got to be careful that the outrage doesn't take them somewhere where he doesn't want to go. lou: and fred one of your favorite people, donald trump giving saturday night live the top ratings in three years. i know you watched every moment of it. you have to be impressed with that performance. fred: well it wasn't that great but there he was. look, saturday night live needed him more than he needed saturday night live and look trump wherever he goes he's

it was well covered at the time, george. >> reporter: today, dr. ben carson says he saw it, too. >> did you see that happening though on 9/11?? >> i saw the film of it, yeah. >> in new jersey? >> yeah. >> reporter: but jersey city officials tell abc news they have no record of any of this ever happening. after 9/11, news reports featured this video of palestinians celebrating in the west bank, but no footage of muslims cheering in new jersey has ever surfaced. new jersey governor chris christie. >> i do not remember that. i think if it had happened, i would remember it. >> reporter: but trump defiant, today tweeting a "washington post" story which reported law enforcement questioning a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks. today, "the washington post" saying those allegations were never proven and one of the reporters of the original story saying, "i certainly do not remember anyone saying that thousands of even hundreds of people were celebrating." >> reporter: and david, tonight, dr. ben carson apologizing and clarifying f

there's three outsiders and full disclosures, one of my favorite moments, i am dr. ben carson's business manager, i'm his paid programming today. got that out of the way. there are three outsiders, donald trump, dr. benjamin carson and carlie fiorina, and we're going to ask you each of you, we're going to give you trump, we're going to give you tell us why they continue to do well, especially trump and dr. carson no matter what they say. it seems resonate even greater. they raise more money? what are the pit falls going forward and what are their strengths? we will start with you hall. >> i think they are continuing to be angry. >> tell us who you are talking about? >> donald trump. >> mr. trump. >> he continues to have anger among the far right of the spectrum on the republican side. he continues to tap into that especially with the immigration issue. that is the number one driving force for most of these voters, they are the people that help, they are a cancer, the ones that keep pushing, the an tie conference immigration crowd. i think the biggest pit fall for donald

but his poll numbers are the man topping trump, dr. ben carson, today on "gma," trump hitting him hard. >>ben doesn't have the experience. it's not his thing, george. you know, you're born with it. it's not his thing. he hasn't got the temperament for it. it's not the right thing for him. >> well i would say experience comes from a variety of different things. it didn't only have to be in one segment or the other. >> i'm praying for you! >> reporter: today in tampa, 1,000 carson supporters turned up for his book signing. >> he's a true christian with values. >> he stands up and speaks his mind. >> reporter: carson's fans embracing him as political outsider with humble roots, and hardline conservative positions on issues like abortion. >> i'm a reasonable person and if people can come up with a reasonable explanation of why they would like to kill a baby, i'll listen. >> reporter: trump, the other main outsider in the race, selling a different message. but together, they have dealt a blow to establishment candidates like jeb bush. trump now

dr. ben carson saying he saw it, apology. meanwhile, the new poll showing trump's lead holding firm. carson ten points behind. but first tonight, the two candidates, the fistorm over what they said they saw on 9/11, one candidate standing his ground. e other reversing course at this hour. abc's tom llamas on the campaign >> reporter: tonight, donald trump says he saw what he saw, refusing to back away from this comment many say is a lie. >> i watated when the world trade ceceer came tumbling down, and i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering. >> reporter: george asking trump >> you saw that -- >> it was on television. i saw it. >> with your own eyes? >> george, it did happen. >> police say it didn't happen. >> there were people that were cheering on the other side of new jersey, where you have large arab populations. they were cheering as the world trade center came down. it was well covered at the time, george. >> reporter: today, dr. ben carson says he saw it, too. >> did y

thank you for coming. >> dr. benth senator tim scott for a series of town halls at bob jones university. but that was the q&a we've been waiting for all morning long. dr. carson's first reactions on camera to that 95-minute rant from donald trump in iowa where he compared dr. carson's past violent behavior to a disease being incurable and compared it to child molesters. you see there, i think that's described as dr. carson not taking, if it was bait laid out by donald trump, he did not take it, refusing to really comment on what donald trump said. he took a few questions as well on something that actually happened here on our show. his spokesperson earlier in the week tried to explain why dr. carson during the presidential debate said that china has a presence in syria. that has not been proven. there's no report indicating anything of that sort. dr. carson's business spokesperson at the time said that he'd received intelligence and information to prove the assertion made by dr. carson. he now says that he will prese

physical disability during his campaign stop tuesday night. 3 3 republican presidential candidate dr. ben carson visited with syrian refugees in jordan today and says, the united states needs to do more to help solve the syrian refugee crisis. . 3 rson released a statement praising jordan for their efforts in the refugee crisis and adding "the rest of the world could be doing so much more. the g-o-p candidate continued by saying that bringing 25-thousand refugees to the us will do nothing to solve the crisis and he will be offering solutions to these problems "created in part by the obama clinton administration's failed policies." 3 gop frontrunner donald trump finds himself at the center of a firestorm once again, after appearing to impersonate a reporter's disability. now his truthfulness is also being questioned after he claimed he never met the reporter. here's nancy cordes. 3 trump insists he didn't know that new york times reporter serge kovaleski suffers from a physical disability that limits the movement of his arms.but it sounded like trump knew him when he said this in myrtle be