someone needs to tell ben carson that. one of the challenges we face with his comments is that you know as you mentioned, the american medical association, american psychological association, american psychiatric association, every major medical association said what dr. carson said is wrong. what they also say in speaking in one clear voice is they're dangerous. implying someone can choose or change their sexual identification is wrong. therapist tell lgbt if they try hard enough they can change who they are. california new jersey district of columbia have banned those practices. in part because of how dangerous they are. that's something that is critically important in dr. carson's comments. as i understand right now based on research that we've compiled only one candidate that's considering a run for president on the republican side governor chris christie said affirmatively that he believes that lgbt people are born that way. >> is that true ana? >> i think most of them have not been asked the question and have not said

space for people to be able to do that without being stigmatized or marginalized, and according to ben carsononized. he didn't say this was just something unnatural. he also compared it to beastiality at one point. >> i got to run. i want to know ben, what does this do for republicans who wanted to get out of that space of talking about social issues and now ben carson has dragged it back into -- >> it's going to move on pretty quickly. i think most candidates have worked with their staff and made sure they understand exactly how they're going to describe it. ben carson is not a guy that's like a jeb bush or mitt romney where he practices every single answer in a room for 28 hours. >> what's scary -- is he the number two republican candidate, though in some polls, and that's really scary. >> people like him because he is blunt. hillary clinton was -- >> good luck with that ben carson. >> officials in ferguson. taking action in the wake of the scathing justice department report on engrained patterns of discrimination. an employee accused of sending racest emails is fired. that story is next. w

ben carson. congratulations on taking the step. >> thank you. >> let's look at the issues of the day and if you were president, what would you do? we heard the israeli prime minister very hard coming at any idea of working with iran. what would you do if you were president? >> well i think it's very important that we listen to what he had to say. >> do you sit at the table with iran or do you do something else? >> i will always talk with them. but it wouldn't be just a matter of talking. there would have to have to be immediate results if we don't have the kind of inspections that we demand i would ratchet up the sanctions in a very severe way. >> isis -- would you put u.s. troops on the ground? you see what's happening with the military affairs there, the bombings are only doing so much. it's all about what happens on the ground. the best fighters the men and women who do it best in the world are not engaged and those are u.s. fighters. would you make that commitment? >> one of the things you ha

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ben carson or you? >> ha! e of the things we do in addition to making the conservative case is gay conservatives, like obamacare repeal and lower taxes, et cetera. and bad actors like dr. carson today, it's absolutely out of touch on cultural issues. >> this is not the first time he's said anything along these lines. and it's not going to be the last. there's a certain group of the presidential candidates who are running for a certain segment of that base. it is a social conservative base. whether it's michele bachman, it's not the mainstream of america anymore. >> who does believe the orientation, or identity is a matter of choice? >> social conservatives. i don't have the statistics in front of me, but there are a small percentage of people who believe that. i don't personally believe that. i think he's appealing to a group of people that will be able to help him in places like iowa marginally. and he'll continue to be on the debate stage by the rating in the polls. >> i think you give ben carson too much cre

ben carson. and that is the same dr.this week became the first republican to announce a republican exploratory committee and promptly found himself in his first controversy. >> do you think being gay is a choice? >> absolutely. >> why do you say that? >> a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight and when they come out they're gay. he apologized saying there's no excuse for his remarks and there's no sign that anything is changing for him because of that in the polls. real clear politics average of the republican field places him ahead of some of the more mainstream candidates like chris christie and marco rubio. he is well known and very well liked within the conservative movement but the name ben carson is probably a new one to most americans. who is he? how did he end up near the top of the gop pack? you saw he was the first doctor ever to perform surgery on twins conjoined at the back of the head with both babies surviving. major division at the acclaimed john hopkins medical center renowned specialis

ben carson has a big nounsment tonight. he will make it here on the factor. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. paragraph hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. president obama over tremendous pressure over iran. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. today in front of congress, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu delivered a very strong speech telling the world that the country of iran has engaged in a reign of terror. >> the greatest danger facing our world is the marriage of militant islam with nuclear weapons. to defeat isis and let iran get nuclear weapons would be to win the battle but lose the war. we can't let that happen. >> netanyahu says he won't let that happen. if he is reelected on march 17th, he says israel will take on iran alone if it has to. all a of this especially vexing because the nuke negotiations are so complicated. the israelis believe what john kerry is suggesting in switzerland is dangerous because it allows iran to continue to hold nuclear capacity

ben carson joins me exclusively. >>> and murder in moscow. after a critic of vladimir putin is shot dead, putin said he'll personally lead the investigation. can he be trusted? >>> then there was senator james inhofe. >> it is very, very cold out. >> proof that global warming is a hoax or just another example of show and tell capitol hill style? i'm chuck todd. joining me to provide insight and analysis this morning are radio talk show host hugh hewitt, helene cooper of "the new york times." maria hinojosa of "latino usa," and chris cillizza of "washington post". >>> when republicans seize control of the senate and expanded majority in the house in november after four years of divided government in capitol hill, the party's leadership made a few promises. no longer would they be the party of no and no longer would we see governoring crisis to crisis. if this week is any indication they failed. speaker john boehner was embarrassed when he went down in defeat after republicans angry over the immigration policy voted against the speaker. in the

oh, ben carson. >> that is tough. >> ben carson. she a retired world class neurosurgeon. recipient of the presidential medal of freedom and says that obama care is the worst thing since slavery. he is dr. ben carson. >> don't applaud that. there is no need. >> that is right, america. time for a update to our all in fantasy 2016 draft because dr. ben carson made a big announcement today. >> with the launch of this website, i formally accomplish what is called a presidential exploratory committee to examine whether i should become a candidate for president of the united states. >> do you hear the sound of points accruing. jess mcintosh will be here later in the show to get this reaction to the momentous news. if he actually does decide to run, she will get 100 points and every point counts. we will continue to monitor a all of the latest developments as a race for 2016 heats up. you can check on picks on the draft scores system on our facebook page. if you hit the like button while you're there, we all win. >>> new details tonight on a justice department report in ferguson

and yet the medical community is not where ben carson is on this.rom a doctor that you would hear something different than this. this is sort of -- it's not just clumsy it just isn't really based in fact, it isn't based in numbers. i also think that you have -- certainly as gloria said part of the party may feel this way. on average, the republican party is moving on same-sex marriage. and i think you would have a lot of candidates who wouldn't certainly stake out this position that ben carson has here. so i just think it's tucking him really into a certain corner of the party. >> that follows several other controversial comments he's made in recent months that have generated a lot of controversy out there. guys thanks very much. >>> coming up a key battle in the war against isis. iraqi forces are trying to retake a major city held by militants. they're getting some help. syria serious help from iran. why it's creating concern across the arab world. that's next. [ aniston ] when people ask me what i'm wearing, i tell them aveeno®. [ female announcer

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ben carson this morning on cnn and this evening, we have a written apology that dr. osted on facebook. >> back with me is "the new york times" josh. what i'm struck by is just the unqualified nature of this apology. politicians don't apologize that way. they always couch it if they apologize at all. >> as he says he's not a politician. this is one of the reasons he's not ultimately going to be a serious contender. he's going to get in all sorts of distractions. but what strikes me about the statement he made and the apology is he's talking about gay people as a theoretical idea like maybe he saw "oz" on hbo and he's heard about gay people and thought about their rights. but if you know gay people in your everyday life and they're around you and you have talked to them about their values and interests and how they came to realize they were gay, this isn't the sort of mistake you would make in an off the cuff remark. so i think it reflects the fact thats a lbgt people look at him, there aren't a lot of gay people in the republican primary, but it sent a signal that he d

oh, ben carson. >> ben carson he's a retired world class surgeon, recipient of the presidential medal of freedom, and says obamacare is the worst thing since slavery. he's dr. ben carson. [ applause ] >> don't applaud that. there's no need to applaud that. >> that's right, america, time for another update. dr. ben carson made a big announcement today. swz the launch of this website, i formally establish what a called a presidential exploratory committee. to examine whether i should become a candidate for president of the united states. >> did you hear that? did you hear the sound of points accruing. jeff mcintosh will be here later in the show. if dr. carson decides to run, she'll get 100 points. we'll continue to monitor all the latest developments to see how the rest of the players fair with their draft picks as the race for 2016 heats up. for now, check in on etch everyone's picks at our facebook page. if you hit the like button while there, we all win. isle i want. i could choose you... or i could choose her if i like her more. and i do. oh, the silent treatment. real mature. so y

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ben carson who announced a few weeks ago that he was forming a 2016 exploratory committee.'s state of the union, an aid vicer to carson spoke about how elegant president obama looked. his response was "like most psychopaths, that's why they are successful. that's the way they look. they all look great." abby since when is it okay to compare the president of the united states to a psychopath? is there any excusing this kind of talk? >> i guess when ben carson decided he wanted to run for president, either what he believes everything that he is saying or he really really wants to make headlines and be all the talk in the media. >> he's a smart guy. >> he is a smart guy and that's the thing about this i'm not sure what he's trying to get out of this thing. bottom lean bottom line he's a credible person. people don't know enough about him. they see him as a washington outsider. and maybe a smart guy but when he makes comments like that, i'm not sure how many people would want that. >> jason, there ought to be boundaries on where we talk. >> right. >> like carson is one that we'

ben carson says sexuality is definitely a choice just look at the prison system. what?lasio announced that new york city will be become the largest school district in the nation to recognize two muslim holidays. >> we're making good on a promise, and it's time for this promise to be kept right now. this is about respect. this is about respect for one of the great faiths of this earth. families are the fabric of our city. they're the core of our city. all families deserve respect. every kind of family deserves respect. >> the city council approved the recognition of the two holidays back in the year 2009 but it was blocked by then mayor michael bloomberg. joining me now is chris hayes and dorian warren and ana marie cox. jenson new york bill de blasio doing something that has been approved for six year. really interesting time for this. >> it was like drudge or sleeping. what could be the best -- what's the best line we could come up with tomorrow? what's "the new york post" headline? >> also meaningful to the 10% of the city which is muslim. >> 100% meaningful. choosing

ben carson a neurosurgeon said homosexuality is a choice was many people go to prison state and when they come out they are gay. kind of like in that last sentence dr. carson went in as a neurosurgeon and came out as a complete i had use the. >> that was just the first joke. there are three more. this whole story started here on cnn when carson was pressed to defend gay marriage. he said being gay is different than black or hispanic because people have no control over their race. here is what happened next. >> you think they have control over their sexuality? >> absolutely. >> you think being gay is a choice? >> absolutely. >> why do you say that. >> because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight. when they come out, they are gay. so did something happen while they were in there? >> the left the right, both sides were critical right away. several hours later carson and on sean hannity's radio show where he blamed cnn for trying to make him look bad, listen purchase it was a 25-minute interview. they chopped -- you see what part they emphasized. we talked about some

your reaction to ben carson's comments?nd it absolutely unbelievable that here we are in 2015 discussing whether or not being gay is a choice. still we are having these discussions. i'm actually more taken aback because today should be a day that republicans should be united in our messaging. we have a tremendous gift with this controversy about hillary clinton using her personal e-mail address for official government correspondents. we have historic supreme court case today about illegal subsidies in obamacare. you have one gentleman who has his eye on the white house on the republican ticket apparently. one ridiculous comment he makes about sexual orientation that's out of touch and now forces every republican out there, myself and every republican on the campaign trail for 2016 to answer whether or not they, too, they'll going to prison is something that can turn someone from straight to someone that's gay. absolutely unbelievable. >> he's a serious candidate right now. oo he ran fourth in the cpac poll. do you think the

he played ben carson. good movie.nd then from that part 2009 to 2013, february at that prayer breakfast with president obama he breaks out his celebrity and then he becomes a regular guest on fox and finally a paid contributor and i think that really hurt him, when he was sort of schooled. >> he was on to a very important point but i know what he was saying. david durawik, i'm he going to have you back. thank you for your insight. he's back. david, you were just saying before you froze on air that dr. carson became a paid contributor for fox and he was schooled on what? >> i think he was socialized to a kind of extreme political rhetoric that you sometimes hear on the primetime cable shows, not just on fox, you hear it on msnbc as well. that's sort of the language of some nighttime cable programs and he was really on the shawn hannity show a lot initially. as a matter of fact he made those comments about bestiality and homosexuality on the shawn hannity show. in fact he was sitting in this chair in this studio i just

is ben carson getting better? >> i wouldn't give him that much credit.arre nature in which he always frames gay people or the act of having sex with the people of the same gender is always in the this perverse like, connection. >> prison rape. >> bestiality. >> that's not the way in which most gay people live their lives. they're not all in prison or doing ridiculous perverted things. he needs to stick to the talking point. >> i also wonder steve, when he said that yesterday, it was such an outcry. he came back with a very sensitively worded statement. this man is pulling forth in the republican pool of potential nominees. i wonder if someone from the party wasn't like or someone somewhere, a strategist who thought maybe you might have national -- there might be a possibility of the candidacy. >> i'm sure he got a lot of professional, political advice in the last 24 48 hours in the year 2015, to be talking this way is as a national political candidate will get you this trouble. when i see these things you can't defend anything he said there. but my insti

ben carson is not a smart man. clearly he's a neurosurgeon he's world renowned.d of neurosurgery, he deserves to be on the platform and pedestal he has. but in the world of politics he doesn't deserve the platform or the stature that's being afforded to him by the republican party. >> thank you, jonathan. thanks very much. >> thanks andrea. >> and we have breaking news from the justice department where we have learned that former ferguson missouri policeman darren wilson will not be charged in the death of unarmed teenager michael brown. this has to do with the federal civil rights charges. wilson has already been cleared of criminal charges. more on this breaking story with the naacp legal defense and educational fund coming up after a break. building aircraft, the likes of which the world has never seen. this is what we do. ♪ that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. next. ♪♪ expected wait time: 55 minutes. your call is important to us. thank you for your patience. waiter! vo: in the nation, we know how it feels when you aren't treated like a priority.

ben carson. political editor carrie den. good morning. >> good morning. >> what does this do for political viability after exploring a run for the presidency? >> nobody wants a negative connotation, a lot of people are picking up on. it's important to note ben cars sn not like a jeb bush chris christie or scott walker. a haven't unusual candidate. not held elected office before. he's a former neurosurgen and popular with very very very conservative voters and also this is not something new for dr. ben carson. he's made headlines many times before for making controversy statements and it hasn't hurt his standing with those conservatives as of yet. >> put these comments into context in terms of what he said in the past? >> he has said made comparisons between the united states and nazis saying that if we continue down this path were could become more like the nazi regime. he's mate comments about slavery that have been controversial, and in 2013, he made comments about comparing home oh sexuality t

the ben carson supporters were there. certainly governor walker had his, but he didn't have obvious support. and it shows that he's gotten a lot of attention recently, and that has helped him show. he went up there and deliver. >> chris, i'm going to go to you. are you surprised rand paul, third year in a row, wins? >> no. i'm not surprised. his whole -- i mean, as kind of, if you will, the leader of the libertarian wing of the republican party, he's got a pretty strong, young following. it's kind of unique in that way. so i'm not surprised by it that much. so did barack obama. >> i'm sorry? >> the young following worked for barack obama. >> the question is, does it work for senator paul in the republican primary? now, if you watch his speech and the way he talks about intervention and the way he talks about foreign policy, it doesn't mesh really well, with, you know, some of the other republicans up. they were being very hawkish, very interventionist in their tone. you're going to see this play out in glowing colors. jus

ben carson and former governor jeb bush. and what is just a moment. some of those same men speaking at the club for growth conference. and that is a economic policies. and jill most importantly a group that spends tens of millions in an election campaign and a lot of that money finding republican candicates and it is a wrap up for the senator marco rubio. and this is changing the position on it. and that is learned a lesson. it was the wrong thing to do. you can't do it. you can't prove that future illegal immigration is there. >> and no matter how many things that you wrote in the law people didn't believe you would do !÷it. >> it is imbation reform and a fierce critic of the way president obama is handling isis saying that the president is afraid to upset iran. and he had harsh words with the president over the snub of president netanyahu. >> the e0&et)jtration is treating iran with more respect than netanyahu and israel. the distance between rzc israel and u.s. creates danger for israel in the í$akregion. >> rubio is considering whether to run. if

>> ben carson speaking to chris cuomo. released a statement saying -- i'm not a politician and i answered a question without thinking about it. no excuses. i deeply regret my statement and i promise you i may err again. but unlike politicians, i'll take full responsibility. >>> more politics now. hillary clinton says she wants the public to see her e-mails. she said via twitter she has asked the state department to release them and they will review them as soon as possible. this move comes amid criticism that the former secretary of state used a private e-mail account during her time in that post. meanwhile, her e-mails have been subpoenaed. >>> still to come a u.s. billionaire makes the find of a lifetime 1,000 meters beneath the ocean. up next we'll take you inside that historic discovery. ♪ [upbeat music] ♪ defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. easily absorbed calcium plus d. now in a new look. and an early morning mode. and a partly sunny mode. and an outside...to clear inside mode. trans

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ben carson is polling third nationally.hen you have bobby jindal, rick santorum santorum, none of them with perhaps the pinache of herman cain. >> as long as they still like them, they're going to rise to the top. democrats not this year. the republican side is going to be interesting. >> it is going to be an interesting time as it always is when republicans are running for president. >>> the director of the secret service says he wants to build a fake white house to protect the real one more effectively. true story. >> right now we use a -- we train on a parking lot basically. we don't have the bushes. we don't have the fountains. we don't get a realistic look at the white house. we think it is important to have a true replica of what the white house is. we would like to have a mock up of the white house where we can train more efficiently. >> i know your mic wasn't working. i don't think most people would argue the secret service needs to do a better job at protecting the president, but $8 million seems like a lot to me f

ben carson told the host that being gay is "absolutely a choice." >> you think they have control of their sexuality? >>> absolutely. >> you think being gay is a close? >> absolutely. >> why do you say this? >> a lot people go into risen straight and they come out they are gay so did something happen while they were this there? >> that happened yesterday and now scar son is backtracking after facing a backlash on social media. in a statement issued he said in part and i quote, "i do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation and i regret my wores to express that concept were hurtful and difficult vicive i i apologize we to all that were offended." >> do not expect arizona senator john mccain to be involved in an e-mail controversy live the one surrounding former secretary of state hillary clinton. john mccain doesn't use mail. he made that revelation yesterday to the national journal and the reason is because he may fire off an angry message he will probably reyet later and the former presidential candidate admitted he is not the calmest more reserveed person

what happens with ben carson? that floor he's standing on gets narrower and narrower. he's going to have to try to define it as big as he can for himself right now and make it harder for a bush or a walker to get onto that floor and put up fences that he needs to put up to block the huckabees and ben carsons from getting on that floor. this is a strategic move coming out this early. kudos to ted because now we have a front runner. >> you mean josh barro. >> part of the reason we see theme declare later and later is you can raise tons of money without declaring. it used to be exploratory committee was the vehicle for raising money for a presidential run. now it's not the case. ted cruz's declaration early is indication of his fund-raiser weakness. >> i also think it's the relevance thing. if you are trying to bed standard bearer for conservatives -- >> rand paul is coming up as well. that will change the dynamic. >> who has rand paul? do we have the board up? i assume sam. >> no jess mcintosh. there's bernie sanders. bobby jindal. martin o'malley. >> you have bob corker

whether it ted cruz or huckabee, even ben carson will emerge. for rubio to climb he gave a well-received speech and no one really supported him in their stronghold. jeb bush has to not crash but he has to certainly slip a lot. >> anything based on jeb bush's performance they give you pause in terms of evaluating him as a strong candidate? >> a thigh was a good performance but it was an easy performance. sean hannity asked a bunch of softballs and it was a great fo forr aum hostile audience. he did very well but i do not think it was revealing. >> in terms of scott walker, anything that gave you posit about him? >> he is changing a number of positions most recently on immigration. he has two for that party. so far he looks to those of us in the press, sometimes he looks little bit clumsy but it does not seem to have affected rank-and-file republicans. he is having a good month. >> he is much more poised under pressure more than some people thought including me. hillary clinton's spokesmen circulated at talking points memo responding to attacks on

ben carson apologizing for saying being gay is a choice.erview with me on "new day," here is the full screen. i realize that my choice of language does not reflect fully my heart on gay issues i do not pretend to know how every individual came to their sexual orientation. i regret that my words to express that concept were hurtful and divisive for that i apologize unreservedly to all that were offended. now unsurprisingly the comments sparked a firestorm and criticism. the whole interview is online. that relevant part was not edited at all. >> can i give a recap here over the course of a few-hour period he's apologizing for the statements that he made. saying that they were wrong. apologizing if they offended anyone. then he did an interview with handy last night where he said it was a gotcha interview. he was cornered and basically saying you know it's not my fault. he was apologizing and dodging at the same time right? >> speaking out of both sides of his mouth is what you're saying? >> maybe he can be a politician after all. >> the irony

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but ben carson is. why is he polling so well? >> he hasn't run before. i think he's new.ople agree with him or not he's been a part of it. i don't think -- i don't want to say donald trump has been a joke. i don't think anybody republican or otherwise truly thinks donald trump is going to run for president. i don't think that. i think there are a lot of people who do think ben carson might and a lot of people hope he does. it doesn't necessarily think he's going to win. but they think he's going to bring something to the discussion to the bebait that's been missing. i think he's a serious guy. i don't think carson and trump are the same type of candidates. >> i agree with that. with carson and trump in the race, what does that do with people like jeb bush and scott walker? >> they don't want to be responding to things -- to a lesser extent trump -- i think he is joke at this point. it doesn't feel special anymore when he runs. it's like he came with the furniture of something. the danger with having more fringe candidates in the race they will say something and another re

if you look at what it is i'm looking at there's a lot of new names filtering to the top, ben carsono the national scene and a lot of excitement about him. scott walker being an executive and leading the state of wisconsin, being the only governor to ever survive a recall and recently being able to pass right to work and getting a lot of things done in wisconsin, he's sort of taking the headlines. when the grassroots looks to scott walker he can bridge the divide in this republican party and the only one that can bridge the divide like he did in wisconsin, across the aisle. that's what i think is dominating ted cruz he hasn't made as many headlines as when in 2013 he tried to stop and de-fund obamacare. >> and shut the government down right. >> that led to the government shutdown. >> he's a freshman senator, he seems to be preparing to run for president since the day he was elenlgted to the senate. president obama often criticized not having enough experience to be president. does ted cruz have enough experience? >> i think there's very limited what's required to be for president in

ben carson lit a firestorm online after saying being gay is absolutely a chies. speaking on cnn he used prison as an example, saying quote, a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight and when they come out they're gay. that comment came less than 24 hours after carson announced an exploratory committee for a possible presidential run. >>> new at 6:00 hilary rodham clinton is now under subpoena to release more of her personal e-mails. the special house committee investigating the attacks on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya, in 2012 just issued those subpoenas for e-mails related to that attack. the "new york times" was first to report that clinton used her private e-mail account exclusively while she was working as secretary of state rather than using her government account, raising questions about transparency. >>> there is mixed reaction tonight to a decision by the justice department not to charge the police officer in ferguson missouri, who killed michael brown. officials said there is not enough evidence to prove that officer darren wilson

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