ben carson t dr. says -- hhe says the right things and does the right things -- that this is no the usa a conflict. conflict is the political ccoming from the anarchists, taking advantage of a message of attacking the systems promoting socialism. host: okay. thank you very much for the call. well, "the huffington post" is also writing about race relations. does not hat he believe the issue played a role. he disagreed with the majority to hear an-american spoken with who believe that was not secret service adequately protecting the president because of his race. he says that 85% of the spoke to merican he saying that obama would be better protected if the issue was about race -- he does not agree. a book review of george w. bush's new book "41". look at the rest of the top 10 as we listen to steve from mississippi. good morning. caller: good morning. you are on air, go ahead. caller: i have trouble most of i am not s, and the big ated by most of neighborhoods -- chicago -- but i don't go there in the n

ben carson first registered on the political radar in 2013?lve the problems at the usually apolitical breakfast he seemed to go after president obama's policies. >> i'm sorry. you know, our deficit is a big problem. >> reporter: fast forward a bit and the criticisms became far more cutting. >> obamacare is really, i think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. >> carson is known for his blistering rhetoric as well as an up from poverty personal story. he grew up in inner city detroit and boston. his mother, one of 24 kids, referenced by president bush when he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. >> she was married at the age of 13 and ultimately was left to raise his two kids alone. >> reporter: in his younger years, carson was a terrible student and even tried to stab another boy and eventually fell in love with science, got into yale and went to medical school and became one of the leading pediatric neurosurgeons in the world. >> hopefully that would provide enough drainage for the twins. >> reporter: he p

ben carson is here with me this hour. we have lots of questions for him from ferguson to immigration to president obama, a whole lot more. we'll get his take. >>> hello. i i'm wolf blitzer. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. let's begin with the tensions in ferguson, missouri, and an apology from the stepfather of michael brown. louis head now says he's sorry for his outburst after learning that the police officer, darren wilson, would not be indicted for killing michael brown. the ferguson police chief says authorities are investigating whether head intended to start a riot when he said this -- >> burn this bitch down! burn this bitch down! burn this bitch down! >> [ bleep ]. >> in a statement obtained exclusively by our don lemon, head blamed the outburst on raw e estimations but he said it's wrong to blame him for the looting and arson that erupted. head also said, quote, i screamed out words i shouldn't have screamed in the heat of the moment. it was wrong and i humbly apo

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ben carson, 11%. mike huckabee, 10%. and then everybody else, all below 10%. s and fives down there. a lben carson, look at his friends up here, he's the only one who's not a politician. who is he? you might not know this. he was born in 1951, a native of detroit, michigan, the author of six books. they sell like hot cakes especially in evangelical bookstores. a noted pediatric neurosurgeon. he was a fox news contributor. he just stepped down that post to explore running for presidency. one of the interesting things about ben carson is he's not afraid. he's not shy. listen to a few of the provocative things he is has that, well, raise eyebrows. >> obamacare is really, i think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. in a way, it is slavery, because -- because it is making all of us subservient. i mean, very much like nazi germany. i know you're not supposed to say nazi germany, but i don't care about political correctness. you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. >> provocative, doesn't care about political corr

ben carson pulls the party and gop primary to the right.t makes hilary clinton a little more viable or we're going to see former governor jeb bush really coming out strong. he's already said he is interesting and coming out strong and saying we're going to see what we can do about this. so we'll see. >> tell me more about the gop and how they're pitching this bigger tent to attract minority voters? what's going on there. >> when president obama came in and had a huge showing of minority support they said we want a piece of that. they're doing a great job of attracting hip younger candidates. the gop freshman class this year coming in this january is going to be significantly younger than the rest of the house and the senate but it really depends on whether or not they're actually going to attract minority votes. senator tim scott very popular is scoring position black republican but only got 10% of the black vote in that district so i think we see they're looking for diverse but are people voting for them is the question. >> well we do know

but ben carson?he was a fox news contributor. >> that's how he built some of his name recognition. >> you poll him in iowa he polls better in iowa and new hampshire. he has been there frequently. he has staff in each of the states. he can be a real surprise as we start hitting the road. >> i think a lot of people look at ben carson and don't think this is a guy who will make it in the long run but this is someone who could shake up the race if he doesn't make it in the long run, right? with some of the folks that he appeals to with fact he can play the role of upset in iowa? >> he can make people nervous who are not only the establishment candidates but vying for that top conservative candidate the hard right-winger. it's very difficult -- it will be a real challenge environment. >> a spoiler then for, i think a rand paul or ted cruz who can go the distance but don't have that sort of support with the grassroots. >> i want to end here on a bit of a talker. there's a story coming out of hawaii first r

first, ben carson on his book, one nation. what we can do to save america's future.erry armstrong discusses fields of blood. and james mcpherson talks about his book, embattled rubble. jefferson davis as commander in chief. >> here are some of our featured programs this holiday weekend on the c-span networks. saturday night, supreme court justice elena kagan at princeton university. fact checker author glenn kessler on his end of the year biggest pinocchio's of 2014 awards. on c-span2, saturday night at 10, senior editor on the long-standing battle of supreme court activism and judicial restraint. and sunday, book critic jonathan yardley that recently retired after 33 years with the washington post. tv,on american history historians and authors discuss president lincoln's 1864 reelection campaign. and sunday afternoon at 4:00, trial by fire. chronicles the 84th infantry division during the battle of the bulge. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span

ben carson still right there. dr.n, his fox news platform as a commentator, his books are popular among evangelicals, these are well known names to conservatives. the most important thing from the republican side is this is name recognition. but we've always known who's next. john mccain was next, bob dole was next, george w. bush. these poll numbers in some ways are meaningless. but in other ways, very consequential. if you're especially those governors, you're looking around, can you build a staff, raise enough money? you have to make those decisions over the next several months. and no front-runner on the republican side, makes those decisions harder. >> i bet a lot of our viewers are surprised by dr. ben carson, brilliant nooeurosurgeon, pediatric neurosurgeon. and he's at the top tier. >> a prominent role as a fox news commentator. african-american conservative who says, push the social issues, also push for fiscal conservatism. what's working for him right now is he's not a politician. republicans and democrats,

ben carson is the right decision. i think ben carson can, indeed, give us the leadership we require in the country. host: thank you, sir. is this tweet -- doctor rand paul and doctor ben carson would be an inspiring and hopeful to get. campaign slogan -- time to heal. from "usa today" -- fans wanting more. for a little more than an hour last week, more than 1000 the university of mississippi got a rare glimpse into the most private of government institutions -- the supreme court's. the appearance of justices on the same stage where barack obama and john mccain held their first debate in 2008 was as fascinating as it was fleeting. even as their colleagues in handed on to tthe duo swapped stories. then they were gone. under their rules, nno video recordings, audio broadcast, or media interviews were permitted. for most americans, seeing a supreme court justice in the flange is a rarity. that is partly because the nine jurists don't get out as much and heir executive legislative branch colleagues. justices except a limit

what do we make of ben carson?to be a real s k factor in iowa. that part of the field will be crowded. >> they are both the tea-vangelicals. ted cruz and ben carson is cool. they have two different temperament temperaments. >> ted cruz has won election in texas. >> carson has not. >> he has no political background at all. i was watching. >> that could be an asset. >> i was watching him on maryland pbs last night. he taped it about a year ago. his lecture on the brain, fascinating stuff. a live audience. >> the rest of us are watching football. andrea is watching a pbs special. >> i saw he was on the tube. >> she wasn't watching the iron bowl. that is not what was happening. you were terrific. >> i should do the nerd thing. >> before we go. quick note, this week if it's tuesday, it will be the ten-year anniversary, ready for that -- ten-year anniversary of brian williams ang s anchoring "nbc n news." a decade, nice work. hope to match you. >> if it's thursday, allison williams -- >> live peter pan. because if it's s

ben carson qualified to be president of the united states? >> i admire dr. ben carson very much.on't suspect he will be the nominee. i think we have some possible outstanding candidates their governors or former governors. i lead toward someone who has in in elected office -- i was a senator and maybe -- particularly right now, we need an experienced hand who has run something like a state. a big state. we have some good candidates we should take a look at. >> thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we will be right back back with a peek into our very own special with all due respect at -- at event calendar after this. ♪ >> we love the holiday season mainly because as a great reason to celebrate with friends and family, meaning of course, lots of drinking. so we are opening up our advent calendar. we missed the first four days, so we are jumping to five. behind the door is the white house gingerbread house. in real life, this baby weighs 420 pounds. 40 of them are pure marzipan. yummy. check it out. this advent thing is going to keep going. we are alw

ben carson smart guy.eil: did he scream at you. >> he was pissed that i said a small snowball's chance. >> you'll make enemy. neil: you can say a snowball can briefly had a small chance in hell. just would melt. >> ben carson smart guy, i don't see it. kasich, a possibility. neil: don't do anything. >> but are you going to tell jeb bush no? are you going to tell him no? >> i wouldn't. here's the thing. i would as a journalist. at a fundraiser, i wouldn't. jeb bush is doing something smart. he's coalescing that establishment money. he's waiting for the thunder from the right. who that thunder will be, is anybody's guess. walker, kasich, anybody else? >> rand paul came on and criticized jeb bush and is like common core. if you want someone for common core, if you want someone that supports -- >> kind of odd that jeb bush is a liberal. oddest thing in the world. >> he's a threat. neil: i want to bring veronica in this. to me, it's way early. these guys know this better than i do. wow, it's way early. and i do

what do we make of ben carson?e is incredible popular. >> he is going to be a real s k factor in iowa. that part of the field will be crowded. >> they are both the tea-vangelicals. ted cruz and ben carson is cool. they have two different temperament temperaments. >> ted cruz has won election in texas. >> carson has not. >> he has no political background at all. i was watching. >> that could be an asset. >> i was watching him on maryland pbs last night. he taped it about a year ago. his lecture on the brain, fascinating stuff. a live audience. >> the rest of us are watching football. andrea is watching a pbs special. >> i saw he was on the tube. >> she wasn't watching the iron bowl. that is not what was happening. you were terrific. >> i should do the nerd thing. >> before we go. quick note, this week if it's tuesday, it will be the ten-year anniversary, ready for that -- ten-year anniversary of brian williams ang s anchoring "nbc n news." a decade, nice work. hope to match you. >> if it's thursday, allison williams

ben carson's analysis of several issues facing the country in "one nation." dinesh disease saw comes in fourth on the list with "america," which questions the future stability of the united states. in fifth is" hands off my gun, with" by dana lash, a look at gun control regulations. charles krauthammer's collection of political columns, "things that matter: three decades of passions, pastimes and politics," comes in sixth on politico's list. in seventh, former secretary of state henry kissinger shares his take on international affairs if "world order," and in eighth, james risen's book. next is a collection of mark steyn's columns from the national review, and wrapping up the list, peter zion argues that the global system is going to experience an extreme reorganization in "disebl superpower." that's this week's list of nonfiction bestsellers according to politico. >> russ roberts talks about adam smith's take on human nature and his writings on the pursuit of the happiness. this is about 50 minutes. ..

is that a big surprise to see ben carson doing so well? >> right now not really.e an example, a lot of people thought the new orleans saints would win the nfc championship, which is a primary. and might win the super bowl, which is the general. but pre-season polling and precampaign polls, they're interesting to talk about but they don't really matter until the players get on the field and we see how they react to the game. we don't have anybody who's announced they're going to run and until people start campaigning i don't think we have any sense on how anybody will do in specific states. >> it does make for interesting television fodder at this hour. sally, you came in here -- >> it sure does! >> -- guns blazing. go ahead. >> you have to love that according to at least this poll the number-two choice of republicans to run for president is the guy who just recently blamed all the protests in ferguson on the women's lib movement. by the way, i love that it's women's lib movement. he didn't even say feminism. he went all like 1963 with that one. really up to date t

i like ben carson. ben carson is not going to be president. ben carson ahead of jeb bush.a do it. >> very nice, dana carvy. it could be mr. game change. could it not be a cry for jeb bush to make a decision? he's very popular in that room. do you feel like he's getting closer to running or further from running? >> he's getting closer to a decision as the days of the calendar -- >> what you got? >> my gut in my reporting says he's talking in a way that sounds like he's more inkleined to run. and yet everything i hear suggest he's quite reluctant to run. my gut still tells me there's a pretty good chance he won't run. >> it seems that the tie doesn't go to the runner here. if you saw your brother get beaten up savagely four eight years by the press. if you saw your father getting beaten up for 20 years. i mean, it happens to both sides. this is the most brutal process, as you know, as you've reported on. if you're reluctant to do it, you don't do it. you do it because you've got a calling. because you've got no choice. you have to do it. if he's still reluctant, i don't see

ben carson.hio senator rob portman who got less than .1% in our poll has announced he will not run for the white house. instead will focus on re-election to the senate. >>> embattled nfl star ray rice speaking out about the infamous elevator punch that knocked out his then-fiancee. the running back is looking for a new team. now that an arbitrator has ordered his reinstatement. take a listen to what he tells matt lauer what it will take to get him back on the field. >> somebody willing to look deep near who i am. and realize that you know me and my wife had one bad night and i took full responsibility for it. and one thing about my punishment and everything going along with anything that happens, is that i've accepted it. i went fully forward with it i never complained or i never did anything like that i took full responsibility for everything that i did and i'm, the only thing i can hope for and wish for is a second chance. >> according to some reports, rice is drawing interest from the a least

then -- ben carson was a very retinal man. these people who had never been elected run in both parties and then they do not win. they are symbolic candidates and they get the vote taken a lot of votes. mccain, pat buchanan in the past. i kind of assume that is what happens with ben carson, that he does not actually when the nomination, but an offense back in august of last year, our readers and mostly republicans and primary voters, i would not expect. we did a formal poll, very formal, so it does not prove anything but jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz, a lot of them loved and respected and liked in person. he is an impressive man. it is such an unusual moment. so many people are so sick of washington. i would not be totally surprised if someone gets up there and gives terrific speeches and people say, you know what, if you are a fantastic neurosurgeon who has saved a lot of lives and has lived an exemplary life and is come up with a tough background, maybe it is not the craziest thing in the world. ultimately it does not happe

tucker ben carson and his latest book "one nation: what we can all do to save america's future." in it the prominent former neuro surgeon and critic proposes a road out to what he calls u.s. decline and contends his solutions appeal to american's decency and common sense. this program is about an hour. >> host: dr. carson, welcome. i think the best way to start before getting into the book is getting into you. you have a very inspirational story in many ways. tell me about where you grew up. >> guest: i grew up in detroit and a couple years in boston. my mother came from a large rural family and got married at 13. >> host: from where? >> guest: tennessee. she and my father moved to detroit because he was a factory worker and she discovered she was a bigot later and she had to raise us. >> host: how many were you? >> guest: my sister and i. i wasn't a good student. i was it dummy. >> host: how do you get from dumb to neuro surgeon? >> guest: any success i have had i have to contribute to god and may mother. she came up with the idea of opening our eyes and looking around us and no

ben carson has 7%. >> i can't get hine ben carson? >> why? >> i tell you in the black meeting.. >> i want to know why having a large person in the white house makes a difference? >> i want to go back to the taft days. >> or bill clinton days quite frankly. >> find them in a tub. >> would be a fun campaign to watch when someone in the audience is heckling, he is like, shut up! >> i want to see him screaming and sweating his way to the white house. >> he is too sensitive. i think hillary clinton's camp is excited about the idea of jeb bush canceling out that name recognition problem. biggest issue for both of them. if warren comes in on the democrat side, that purities bush. i think rand paul is a serious threat for hillary clinton. >> i agree. >> i agree 100%. >> because they're both kind of snappy and short-tempered. >> when he pulls out and pulls out and women on stage the media will go after him. when he pulls that new jersey stuff. >> what if it is hillary clinton? >> he has wiggle room. >> sometimes it just takes one sentence to blow up the news cycle. "politico" putting to

a lot of people don't know who ben carson is, but we do. he's a physician. but why a politician now? >> he became famous as a neurosurgeon but gained popularity, especially among conservatives, after a national prayer breakfast a few years back. he spoke critically of some of the president's policies while the president was in the room. he is also african-american, has a really great story about coming up from poverty, becoming this famous neurosurgeon. he recently had a fox news contract so was appearing on that network quite a lot and gained popularity with conservatives who said they wanted an alternative to president obama who's very outspoken on those policies. >> comes new criticism as well. what is the criticism against him? >> whenever there's somebody t often opposition research from within their own party. but even within the conservative movement, there's some folks who are picking up on comments that carson made last year about gun control, saying he wasn't crazy about some kind of -- some sorts of automatic weapons in urban areas. he since walke

ben carson, not widely known outside of the kon s conservative political circles, but it is changing, because his star is rising among the republicans, and we will will talk about him in a moment, but i want to get a reaction from charles barkley from michael smerconish and ben jones, and what an interview, michael, that you heard from charles barkley and he agrees with the grand jury, and do you agree with him? >> i do agree with him. the handling of the grand jury was imperfect, but it came to the correct conclusion, but when all of the evidence was evaluated there is no conceivable way that if there had been a conceivable criminal trial there would have been g l guilty with beyond the reasonable doubt of four of the five charges for the officer darren wilson. >> he is at odds with some af r african-americans or black america that they don't trust the ruling, and he is at odds with it? >> e e kyes, that is true, beca you have black americans in ferguson who say they don't trust this prosecutor at all, and they wanted a special prosecutor from the government, and that is true, becaus

ben carson came in ahead of rand paul.e early, but i thought that considering rand paul has a lot more name recognition, his father obviously ran for president a couple of times. what do you think about the grass roots aspect of this? >> these numbers will shift a thousand times in the next couple months. but look, ben carson is something a lot of people including myself really admire. he's a world class pediatric neurosurgeon who's brilliant. a lot of activists have heard him speak across the country and say what a refreshing intelligent guy. whether he can cut it in the deep water the deep end of the pool when this really gets going remains to be seen. but it's obvious why he has some appeal for a lot of people. >> uh-huh. well, now we're going to move onto a more local issue here in new york city. of course you had the funeral of officer ramos this weekend. you had thousands of -- thousands, not hundreds, thousands of nypd officers turning their backs on mayor bill de blasio for some incendiary comments he made before t

meanwhile, sensible black leaders and athletes like ben carson and chars barkley were largely ignored primarily because they weren't stoking the race flames. race relations in america haven't improved under our first african-american president. am i wrong? i wish i was. that's not racist of me to say. it's just will the world wake up? david: all right. >> hello, i'm gerri wilson. gerri we begin with the computer hacking at sony pictures entertainment. the hacking is believed to be much more damaging and includes the release of tens of thousands of social security numbers of folks including big stars like sylvester stallone for more, entertainment reporter david cap lynn. 47,000 social security numbers. (?) this blows my mind. i can't believe this is happening. how many stars? who were the big named stars with this kind of information being leaked? >> we have people like judd appear to

ben carson 10%.n you see jeb bush, chris christie, mike huckabee, then you have to governors and senators in the 6s, 5s, 4s, 2s. usually we mow who's next. we don't this time and romney says he won't run. if he doesn't, then jeb bush comes on top. dr. carson at 11% and christie and paul ryan, all familiar names. the thing most interesting about this is, number one, bush is formidable but not a front-runner and number two the ben carson factor. he had a platform as a commentator on fox news. his books are very popular in evangelical bookstores. we're seeing he's not a politician and republicans are disgusted with washington so they're looking at him as an outsider who could run. but if you look at this, i've been doing this for 30 years, never have you seen a republican field so wide open. >> interesting. so what about the democratic side? >> that's a very different calculation. no front-runner on the republican side? look at the numbers on the democratic side. hillary clinton 65%. >> wow! >> that's -

meanwhile, sensible black leaders and athletes like ben carson and chars barkley were largely ignoredrimarily because they weren't stoking the race flames. race relations in america haven't improved under our first african-american president. am i wrong? i wish i was. that's not racist of me to say. it's just an obvious observation. one i pray changes for the better and soon. have a great weekend, everybody. >>> protests from coast to coat. outrage by another decision not to indict. is it time to have a serious conversation on race relations in america? you will hear from former gop presidential candidate and radio talk show host herman cain. investigating benghazi. detailing what happened on september 11th, 2012, has many who were at that consulate during the attack angry, saying it was flat wrong. >> this is supposed to be a u.s. government special report. to me, it's just a disgrace to the guys that died that

international found just bush has 23% support compared to 13% for governor chris christie and 7% for ben carson. at rainierown december 31. >> he wrote one of the most famous lines in hollywood history. >> i want the truth. >> you can't handle the truth. >> "a few good men" catapulted aaron sorkin from starving actor to celebrated screenwriter, producer, truth-teller, and conflicted character creator. he went on to bring us "the west wing," "moneyball," "the social network," and, most recently, "the newsroom" on hbo. with a steve jobs biopic coming soon. joining me today on "studio 1.0," emmy, golden globe, and academy award winner, aaron sorkin. aaron, thank you so much for being here. >> it's my pleasure. >> it's great to have you. it's no pressure to write an intro for one of the most famous writers in the world, by the way. >> it's a nice intro. i appreciate it. >> thank you. you just wrapped the last, the third and final season of "the newsroom." how do you feel? >> i feel great. this third season i think is the best of the three by far. i think it took me a while to learn how to write the

then -- ben carson was a very retinal man. these people who had never been elected run in both parties and then they do not win. they are symbolic candidates and they get the vote taken a lot of votes. mccain, pat buchanan in the past. i kind of assume that is what happens with ben carson, that he does not actually when the nomination, but an offense back in august of last year, our readers and mostly republicans and primary voters, i would not expect. we did a formal poll, very formal, so it does not prove anything but jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz, a lot of them loved and respected and liked in person. he is an impressive man. it is such an unusual moment. so many people are so sick of washington. i would not be totally surprised if someone gets up there and gives terrific speeches and people say, you know what, if you are a fantastic neurosurgeon who has saved a lot of lives and has lived an exemplary life and is come up with a tough background, maybe it is not the craziest thing in the world. ultimately it does not happe

and so with ben carson's remark, he does a disservice to this community when he tries to triv vallizeknow the reality is and how those services are delivered. >> is one of the problems, tom fuentes, you were a cop before you became an fbi agent, former assistant director of the fbi, racial profiling in the united states? >> you know, there probably is some cases of profiling. no question about it. but i think in this case, when the police officers arrive, i would like to see the whole videotape from the beginning. because to make such a minor arrest of selling illegal -- cigarettes legal but not having a business license to do it, you don't have six cops show up to do that arrest. this escalated gradually over time with probably the first officer asking for assistance and more assistance and more, plain clothed guys arrived and we constantly hear, white police officers killed eric garner the black man. we don't hear anything about the fact ha in the video you see there is a black female new york city police sergeant at the scene. she could have called this off, told the police officer

ben carson, the famed neurosurgeon known for his outspoken views seems to be on every conservative'sndidates. >> how is that conversation going with god about this potential presidential run? has he grabbed you by the collar yet? i read an article about that. >> i feel fingers. >> one-on-one with dr. ben carson. >> americans have to recognize we a a a a a a a a a a >>> we will begin with breaking news police are questioning two drexel university students about an early morning polite that sent another student to the hospital with stab wounds. investigators say student was stabbed in the back during a fight outside a dormitory, myers hall, in the 3300 block of race street about 4:00 o'clock this morning. victim is in stable condition, and at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania. >>> also breaking news this morning police say a man has just been robbed of thousands of dollars in oxford circle. it happened around 5:00 a.m. in the corner of large and saint vincent street. police have a vague description of the robbers. and, $7,000 on hand. >>> good morning, everybody. she made

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ben carson is third. none of the front runners have officially declared. helicopters will start searching for that plane within hours. the search area will be divided into two broad sections and they may also be searching on land as well. heavy storms have been reported in the area. and and this incident comes ten months after malaysia flight 370 vanished with 239 people on board. what people are saying online including those who are exacttives. >> this event not trending worldwide on twitter. having said that we do have plenty of reaction including the ceo of air asia our priority is looking for all of the next of kin. let's get first to the malaysian prime minister who offered his condolence condolences. a lot about flights and issues. he is saying all of our thoughts with the passenger and crew and their families. for those of you at home who want to join the conversation tweet myself. >> all right. thanks for monitoring that for us. we are continuing to monitor developments. he will be returning to the area shortly. latte or au lait? cozy or cool? exac

ben carson 10%, jeb bush 9%.ew york daily news, president obama and mitch mcconnell, the two have a white house meeting. it is happening today. it is the first one-on-one since the midterms. no word if bourbon will be involved. the white house can't explain why soap opera producer just became ambassador to hungary. colleen bell works on "the bold and the beautiful." take a listen. >> well, let me say it this way, ambassador bell has the president's confidence. >> where does the president get that confidence? in her confirmation hearing, she couldn't even name a single strategic interest the united states had. >> she certainly is somebody, again, that has had her own distinguished private sector career. >> as a soap opera producer. >> president obama goes 3-d. the smithsonian is behind it. it is the first ever 3-d printed presidential bust. look at that. how is it done? by using 50 custom built l.e.d. lights and eight sports photography cameras. that is cool. >>> and you are. u.s. presidents are actually forgotten

ben carson is interviewed by nbc news political director chuck todd. at 9 p.m. karen armstrong, author of "fields of blood," is interviewed by sally quinn of the washington post. later at 10 p.m., historian james mcpherson on his book "embattled rebel." that all begins at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> "q&a" is ten years old, and to mark a decade of conversations, we're featuring one interview from each year of the series over the holiday season. thursday, the president and chancellor of the university of houston on u.s. competitiveness and the global economy and the role of colleges and universities in preparing youth for the work force. that's at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span with the lighting of the national christmas tree followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. and just after 12:30 p.m., celebrity activists talk about their cau

ben carson get in. we have a graphic that we've used on special report. i think it's 23 possible.nd you think about the first debate possibility. >> it looks to me -- let me ask about jeb because he has the most attention. i read a lot of social media and it seems the conservatives especially not happy. as it relates to the debate. >> i think he's going to have some challenges and there's going to be a big conservative challenge, much like there was for mitt romney, now in the end, romney succeeded in getting through the gauntlets of primaries. jeb bush says he's not going to shift his policies. >> there was a story that came out on how he will deal with the conservatives in the party. is there a niche where they will divide that vote? >> i think jeb bush, by all accounts, is going to try be jeb bush. he is, as carl mentioned, prolife. it's a big deal for him. he's talked about lang up a number of these primaries. i think that's going to be problem for him. he needs sit down and explain it and stell it but right now it's not selling. >> hawaii his answer was, i'm not, present tens

there are at least three senators, can't leave out the senators, rand paul, ted cruz a and ben carson is out there too. it's going to get crazy right after january, jeb bush coming out early as the potential for getting the money off the table. >> some of those conversations yesterday, with romney, there's nothing more seductive than the allure of the campaign. >> the first debates officially for the rnc are going to be sometime in august. >> it's going to be a good couple of years. >>> republican congressman michael grimm says he will not resign following today's guilty plea to a tax evasion charge. he was elected to his second term in november. earlier this year grimm was recorded on a microphone. >> democrats are calling on speaker john boehner to force grimm to quit. >>> still ahead, smuggling guns aboard an aircraft at the world's busiest airports, and speaking of dirty deeds, one of the senate's biggest personalities is also the sloppiest. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it in y

and ben carson is going to be a guest. >> bigger. >> bill o'reilly.lly is going to come on. 57b8 i'm not kidding, he is one angry man today, the a-block, you can't miss it, he comes on and he don't stop until the segment ends. >> we got greta in, we got hannity in, just leave it on foxes. >> taina, you're up. >> miss alma mater, they made to it the ncaa division ii finals, the championships for football. they shut him out, they shut down university of minnesota, who cares, minnesota state? i'm kidding, i care. minnesota state university, in mankato. 13-0, is like some major last-minute touchdown or something. >> what does alma mater mean? is it like french for something or span sniisspanish? >> it's like sold me. >> what happened to mike perfect over here? >> i don't know. i know that i am really destined for a spot on espn. i'm a color commentary. >> the phone will be ringing at 6:00. >> would she sideline the informal game? >> only if they did the pee-wee league. >> the day of the year that has the most number of heart attacks is now proven to be un

and you see jeb, you know, 14%, ben carson, 11%. okay, now, the new poll this week, the one that caused all of that talk about he's open to commanding lead, he's surging. put it up there. here we go. you see bush, he is. he's jumped up from 14 to 2e 3. chris christie had a little bit of a bounce there. carson fell a little bit. i would still say when you're jeb bush, when you're being touted as this front runner who can unite the whole party, you e who can bring the money together, 23% may not be that overwhelming, that commanding the start off with. but i think it was a big thing that was missed here. and the big thing, we'll show you the next one, it's mitt romney. let's take a look here. cnn last month, this poll that jeb bush is surging from, last month, they also included mitt romney. look at this. match mitt romney up against jeb bush. mitt romney was doubling him up a month ago. bush was running in third place. the defeated candidate from 2012 running way ahead of jeb bush. this new poll this week, they didn't even include ro

ben carson, not ruling anything out either. both have support and admirers so we will see.ach of them will likely be looking for their share of national media focus, each looking to be the leader of the party so who will be the leading voice of the republicans come january? john boehner and mitch mcconnell will lead the republicans without doubt on capitol hill and contesting with those 2016 hopefuls from media attention and for the first-time since 2007 republicans will be in charge of both the house and the senate and who will emerge as the leader of the party? john boehner and mcconnell working together now already and serving notice on the president and the democrats and those gop hopefuls that they are going to be full partners in public policy. >> i said before thanksgiving republicans would fight his unilateral actions and we are looking at a variety of actions right now and when the republicans control both houses of congress, this is a serious breach of our constitution, a serious threat to our system of government. >> the president got crushed in this election so

and when i watch professor charles ogletree and ben carson agreeing that he has done more to divide america was the day he was elected, that was telling. >> we have some additional information that's just coming in, following the cabinet meeting, apanelparently the president will immediate with young civil rights leaders and the mistrust between law enforcement and communal commu colors. doug, what do you think about the president doing that tomorrow? >> like pat, i'm pleased he's doing it. certainly there is mistrust of law enforcement, there's a disproportionate amount as the president said in the -- what is missing here are efforts at reconciliation and the larger issue of poverty in america and helping those with stagnant wages, particularly african-americans and hispanics who are disproportionately impacted develop an agenda so that people are able to break the cycle of crime and poverty and violence that afflicts our nation. and candidly, i think what's been missing on all sides is any efforts to talk about the real large scale issues we face as a society that go well beyond issues of

cruz, they're going to be competing for tea party dollars, rick scantorum, chief party favorite ben carson and what would a cattle call be without donald trump and sarah palin. >> trump and palin being here, talk about the pressures, and a lot of them are talking about putting out a book in the new year. >> now comes the race for money, the race for grass roots participati participation. it's notable that since jeb bush has jumped in to the extent he has. all of these supporters of mitt romney have suddenly gone quiet about him running again. that will leave eight current and former governors are still in the mix. and the governors thinking about it now may finding it impossible to run if all of that money ask being scooped up by the bush donor dynasty. >> carl is getting back out there to spend a couple of weeks. >> very interesting, no doubt about it. >> memorials and religious service meanwhile were held today to mark the 10th anyone of a tsunami that killed 20,000 people. jennifer griffin was sent to the region immediately after it happened. >> i remember a reporter that stood out and

ben carson who is polling well among republicans, owes his career to his fox news platform.ced the rnc, set the guidelines for the primaries. for the republican primary. we'll see a repeat in 2016 from what we saw in 2012. fox news is going to run the republican primary. and if you're on their shows, you're going to get a leg up. down side is you then owe fox news your political career. >> right. >> zerlina, didn't fox pretty much double down after 2012 gearing up for the mid terms in '14? i mean they just doubled down even went further to the right as i saw it. >> one of the things we need to be talking about specifically as democrats at the end of the year calling them out on all of their wrong information and misinformation about obamacare. right now, today there are ten million people with health insurance that at the beginning of the year didn't have health insurance. and fox news they kept beating that anti-obamacare hysteria drum all along and yet after the midterm elections, you can hear a pin drop when it comes to obamacare. you don't hear them talking about it as m