bill: fresh off the 2nd republican debate getting up to new hampshire chasing donald trump who forfor the be the party favorite. where politicians me -- need to be if they want to win the gop nomination. here to attend my very 1st townhall to give you an idea of how this is going to be. it is going to take place in an arena. the highest attendance, over 300. according to a poll, which is not scientific gives you a feel for the temperature among republican voters, donald trump was the winner. carly fiorini came in 2nd. the most memorable moment was when she responded to the remarks that donald trump made in that rolling stone interview. >> heard mr. bush very clearly. country heard very clearly. >> throughout the whole debate, at the bottom half, and of the debate christie shot to number one when he answered the final question. it basically said what would the country look like if you are elected. >> it won't be about me. it will be about you. they really are the greatest nation in the world. >> the guy was right. bill: we will see what can happen. it's a cautious way to do it he will

. >> the 2nd republican presidential debate is tomorrow night. we will preview the debate on the next washington journal with former oklahoma senator tom coburn who will talk about his call for a convention of states to rein in the growing power of the federal government. then what is happening with syrian refugees, member of the house foreign affairs committee. later, editor and cofounder of the new atlantis joins us to talk about human cloning. live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 , and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> this sunday night "washington post" national political reporter on the 2016 presidential campaign and the similarities between donald trump in 1992 presidential candidate ross perot. >> the themes are overlapping. perot has a distinct personality. the celebrity factor is not there. you seeyou see people throwing themselves at him for his autograph, picture. there is a power he does not have. being outside of the republican party, the relationship has been rocky. call the couple months ago an

. ♪ zero, jumping into 2nd place among republican presidential hopefuls while donald trump is beginningt -- tip a little bit. let's discuss all of the movement. fox news contributor. he has worn a sweater and the purple gingham shirt. he rounds out the big three tonight. i comedian and republican strategist. does he make republicans breathe easier? >> for now yeah. >> they like her for now. >> that is so sexist of them. so are some common us on the right. kennedy: you can argue she has been a bigger failure than mitt romney. you are a democratic candidate. will she make hillary most nervous? >> please. come on. a strong woman with a great handle on public policy. i have not seen her standup and recite numbers to great effect. >> hillary clinton has not been the best of candidates. she stated a lot of fax and has a lot of catching up to do. the problem, she has not been able to articulate her message. women are not going to vote for her because she is a woman. kennedy: that is why you should vote for a candidate. kennedy: all trump, i think that he bent over backwards trying to look like

2nd question. >> with the radical republicans have gone after lincoln? >> johnson was the target for a specific defiant. he vetoed every belly fast. she tried to -- and in the pass it over his veto and he tried to undermine it by the executive nonaction. congress finally got fed up with this. that never would have happened if lincoln had been president. they would not have been that kind of confrontation and polarization and therefore not that kind of a showdown for impeachment. >> i left an exciting nationals came to hear you. the nationals one in the 9th with a grand slam home run. >> that's pretty good. >> i was wondering if you could give me a more nuanced view of the causes of the demise of the friedman's bureau. was it more than just sort of the rise of the ku klux klan and johnson be telling? >> the freedmen's bureau had actually been created as a temporary bureau. congress extend its life by legislation over johnson's veto in 1866,1866, but it had a fixed term of life to expire in 1868 and continued for limited purposes, that is helping former bl

republican field has changed over the last month. the poll has donald trump in first place climbing four points since august 2nd. carson shot up to second place. jeb bush is third tied with ted cruz. scott walker down eight points since the first debate landing him this eighth place. >>> now to kentucky where the country clerk was thrown in jail for denying marriage licenses for same-sex couples and refusing compromise to set her free. she was asked directly if she would comply with court rulings or ordering her to do her job. the judge held her in contempt and sent her to jail. she could be released if she agrees to follow orders. her husband says that's not happening. >> she will stay in jail. she will not bend or bow to nobody. that's our beliefs. that's what people don't understand. >> davis has refused to issue marriage licenses to anyone since the supreme court ruling on gay marriage. five of six deputies will resume normal operations today. a compromises would have granted release if she promised not to interfere with deputies. she refused. the loan clerk who won't comply is her son. he won't be punished

>> if you go back to this point four years ago, most republicans thought rick perry would be their nominee. romney was working in 2ndlace. this race had structure. we have to give trump credit and structure. we thought this was a wave. he would implode. >> no one anticipated him this far. >> he is leading in iowa. he is leading in new hampshire. nobody votes for four months. there is a possibility six weeks out, a month out, maybe his numbers will go down, maybe. that's what most of the other candidates are depending on. they believe it's a reality tv show, it's not a real campaign. but in the meantime, several of them won't be there. rick perry has already gone a. few more will be gone by the time iowa votes. the question is, if there is this wave out there, do you want to get in front of it or behind it? do you take him on tomorrow night or do you have to make the case? the challenge for the guys with titles. >> by the way, donald trump leading the battle protestors. >> the chance is to break through with these people that don't trust them and say we need to win to govern. we are not just winning to get the buildi

. >>> republican candidate carly figg arena is climbing. figg arena was sinking fast but after her 2nde she gained national attention. cnn has even changed their debate all fine criteria to include her. she campaigned in new hampshire today and got some positive feedback after question and answer session. eight other candidates are scheduled to stop by the state over the next few days. >>> donald trump is not happy with the conservative radio host hugh hewitt. the republican runner appearing to stumble on hewitt's show when asked about the leaders of terrorist group trump asking hewitt of asking gotcha questions and calling him a third-rate radio announcer. other presidential candidates debate the question if trump can be president and chief >> i think the kurds have been -- not the kurds, the iranian revolutionary forces. >> when you are asking about who is asking this in this. i will be so good if the military your head will spin >> you can't flip a lycie i will have to hire the best people you have to have some sense at what is at risk >> i think if you dot n'ow the answers to the q

every year of a term in the last generation was bill clinton in the 2nd half of the 1990s after he raised taxes which many republicansaid was going to tank the economy. just as they said about obama's taxes. >> when you look at the economy, no one is celebrating 2% growth except for the liberals. the new normal is reject it. >> bill clinton didn't reject the new normal. he signed trade agreements. he was not hostile toward capitalism. >> do you think obama is hostile to capitalism? >> i do. i think he has a deep seeded belief that through government programs and through government regulation you can improve the social condition. i think that's his default place. >> there's been a lot of republican predictions in recent years that tax increases, obamacare was going to destroy the economy and with clinton the economy got better over the course of his term and with obama the economy has gotten better. it's not great but it's gotten better than it was. >> it's the worst recovery in modern history and disposable income. >> he inherited the greatest recession since the great depression. >> at what point do we start saying

2nd army. so this has been a symbolic base. complicated, and address that relationship with okinawa in japan. to get to your other question about democrats, ron paul, the former republicanandidate for president was another who spoke out against us bases overseas and questioned and called for the closure of many bases. you don't see all that many prominent democrats making similar calls. i think that there are some people trying to push bernie sanders in this direction, but as far as i know he has said nothing about overseas bases. i did just remember, you might have noticed a discrepancy between the figures are provided for the cost of bases and troops overseas and the figures that you see on the flip side of the map because i updated the figures from what you see in the book to provide a more recent estimate. >> thank you so much for a great presentation and what i imagine is a wonderful book that i look forward to reading. i wanted to push you from the political realist kind of perspective and see what your response would be. they would be some out they're who would say in fact we vitally need these bases. in fact, we need them most of all in the autocratic states bec

biologying to me that he is coming in 2nd place and, you know, part of me, i wonder if part of it is that just as her man cane was in 2012, ben carson is sort of the republican answer to president obama. we have our -- we have our brilliant african-american candidate and he is the one we want to support. but why, i don't know? >> i have a question, the outside, the call for outsiders is pretty incredible here t. top three people in this poll have never held office once, mike. >> 66% of iowa republicans prefer someone outside of government to by the a new approach. 66%. >> that's amazing. >> so my dentist has a shot at becoming president. >> only 23% want someone with government experience in this poll in iowa. 66% want someone outside of government. it's not just iowa. a few national poll from quinnipiac shows 69% of republicans disapprove the way the party is handling congress. >> joe, i need your perspective, desperately. >> desperately. >> i'm going to ask you a question. if you could get that poll back up, can we get those poll numbers back up? the monmouth poll. trump and carson tied. trump, it's coming umm, don't worry, folks. there we go. okay. trump