>> nobody makes ben carson squat, number one.es: they made him squat. >> actually a bigger problem. he was not the only black man on that airplane. charles: by the way, there were more blacks on this plane than at the democratic debate stage. >> yeah. that is actually true. i saw your tweet. >> democrats again going after the race card. claire mccaskill is a fool for doing this i thought she was smarter politically than this than to go there, ben carson with a high public profile, if you do this, by the way, ben, i have known ben a long time. he will talk to everybody on the plane. >> it was offhand remark. it was very stupid one, i grant you. don't miss the real story here. i will ask you two guys, you are smart guys. if joe biden fades, who is the black community's democratic candidate? do you have an answer? >> actually i don't. >> neither do i. charles: here is the thing. you have to split the black community in two anyway. under 35 and over 35. they are distinctly different. over 35 will go to obama. why biden had the cushio

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so the next day, the next day, in the roosevelt room, ben carson in there, stop.[laughter] >> hud secretary ben carson, great surgeon, johns hopkins. remember that. all right, guys. he supported me. i got to say this. he supported me when lynn patent of hud called me miss piggy. because i asked the word, mr. president, are you a racist? i want to say this. when i was at morgan state, i loved miss piggy. i thought she was fabulous. used to call myself miss piggy. she don't new that. but i digress. in that room, lynn patent was there, ben carson was there. the niece and nephew of dr. king were there not the children, not bernice, not dexter, not ml iii. and they go on to talk about the greatness of dr. king, and i'm -- i understand what it means to be black in america. i understand what it means to be a human being in america. i understand what dr. king did for america. if he and robert kennedy had lived, it wouldn't have just been about race. it would have been about poverty and fighting against poverty for all people. if they had lived. six weeks apart they were k

governor newsom says we need more housing vouchers from ben carson. i asked him about that. he said look, california's not doing a good enough job. we will not give the state more money. if you want to demonstrate you're doing better and we will give you more money. you can see the impasse between the federal government and the state. >> yes, we can see the push and pull between california and the trump administration. >> alex is the host, we appreciate it. have a great weekend. we look forward to the show. you can tune in to watch his show on the morning, ahead of the weekend edition of mornings >>> the perfect valentine's day wraps up, congenital heart defect awareness week. coming up after the break, i speak to a cardiologist to learn more about the world's most common birth defect. >>> tune in tonight at 8:00 for we, friday night smack down. that will be followed by the 10:00 news and the 11:00 news, all right here on ktvu. let's make it more delicious! ♪ menutaur put an extra patty on that! bam! woah! uh-uhhh! my $4.99 triple bonus jack combo! stack it up for an extra b

ben carson. great to see you. sher michael, i covered the carson campaign and jeb bush for awhile. as i mentioned at the top, it wasn't long after the south carolina primary that they were both gone. the pressure on a night like tonight. take us inside what it is like in these campaigns, knowing there's so much at stake. >> chris, i remember in 2016 i was in south carolina, i was in that room watching that performance, had other colleagues that worked for the other republican candidates at that time, i have to tell you the biggest concern is money. you know that super tuesday is right around the corner and the question is can my candidate perform well enough so that we can go to the top donors so you can also send out email blasts to your supporters, energizing them to contribute whatever they can to give you some type of fuel going into super tuesday with the hope that you can maybe win two or three states to be able to argue why you should continue and maintain your candidacy in the race. that's going to be the biggest question for many of the candidates and their campaigns tonig

there's a feeling in the campaign they need to defend the president's racist,hat's why you see ben carson saying he is not a racct. and thitics are saying the president isn't interested in upping the numberof black voters but are trying to convince white voters including white women who helped him wn in 2016 that he's not racist and by that trying to speak to african-americans and trying to appeal to a broad range of peop and is really trying to comfort a lot of white voters that have gone in front of him >> woodruff: think cal congratulation that went before all this. nk yes. >> woodruff: tou both so much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: only one pocket of resistance to the ruling assad regime remains in syria. and since late last year, bashar al-assad's military, backed by russia, has been pounding idlib province relentlessly. now, nearly one million people are on the move in the freezing cold, and out in the open.ic asschifrin reports, in a war defined by displacement, this is the largest movement of people, of the entire war. >> schifrin: ty flee by the hundreds of thousands, 900,000 in ju

in the campaign that tndy need to dehe president's rhetoric and that's why we see someone like ben carsonaying he's not a racist. that being said, there are also critics w say the president is not genuinely interested in increasing black voters, he' trying to increase white voters including white women that helped him, w that he's not racist, and by doing that he's trying to appeal to a broad range of people, when really what he's trying to do is comfort a lot of the white voters that have gon judy: is calculation -- comfort a lot of the white voters that have gone for him before. judy: uerstanding there is calculation behind it. thank you very much. only one pocket of resistance to the ruling aad regime remains in syria. al-assad's military, backed by russia, has been pounding idlib province relentlessly. now, nearly one million people are on the move in the freezing cold, and out in the on. as nick schifrin reports, in a war defined by displacement, this is the largest movement of people of the entire war. reporter: they flee by the hundreds of thousands- in just 900,000 the last two mo

secretary of housing, ben carson, admits the inspection process has been troubled. >> when i dime heard, the place, quite frankly, was a mess. there's a lot of things that had have be corrected and they're not corrected overnight. and it needs to care for the people. >> the sunny dale valesco valeso is -- they've submitted $8 million to help bring existing housing units up to housing quality standards until all residential units have been replaced with new units. and welcome changes for at least one san francisco family. she reached a housing following the 2014 fire, which did not include any admission of wrong doing. >> okay. >>> well, let's move on and talk about the weather forecast as we inch closer to the weekend. >> and the weekend is going to feature much cooler weather. let's check out the sunset. 5:59 is when the sun went down. absolutely gorgeous day. warm enough for oakland airport to actually break the old record. 73 in the city. 76 in santa rosa, 78 san jose. 65 in half moon bay. some of the temperatures did come come down just a touch. i want to show you what's ahead as we

. >> mayor trip secretary mike pompeo, mark esper, david bernhardt -- gene scalia, alex azar, ben carson, dan brouillette, betsy devos, robert wilke, and administrator jovita carranza pete buttigieg why >> senator, a huge part of the recount this from the satellite caucuses which you were doing very well. are you worried about why this recount was called. specifically with those votes in mind. >> i don't think that will happen. i think the recount will be for every proceeding in the state. in terms of the satellite caucuses, the purpose of the satellite caucus which is a good purpose, one of the problems that you have for the caucus takes place at 7:00 o'clock in the evening. what if you are working prison. what if you're a mom with two kids and you can't come out to a caucus. what i think the democratic party tried to do correctly is to say okay, if you can't come out, if your student, we will provide you an opportunity to vote. and most of the people who voted i believe our working class people. we did very well in the satellite caucuses. >> joe biden said yesterday in the socialist la

secretary of housing, ben carson, admits the inspection process has been troubled. >> when i dime heard, the place, quite frankly, was a mess. there's a lot of this that had have be corrected and they're not corrected overnight. and it needs to care for the people. >> the sunny dale va va va va va is -- they've submitted $8 million to help bring existing housing units up to housing quality standards until all residential units have been replaced with new units. and welcome changes for at least one san francisco family. she reached a housing following the 2014 fire, which did not include any admission of wrong doing. >> okay. >>> well, let's move on and talk about the weather forecast as we inch closer to the weekend. >> and the weekend is going to feature much cooler weather. let's check out the sunset. 5:59 is when the sun went down. absolutely gorgeous day. warm enough for oakland airport to actually break the old record. 73 in the city. 76 in santa rosa, 78 san jose. 65 in half moon bay. some of the temperatures did come come down just a touch. i want to show you what's ahead as we t

no, says african-american unemployment and ben carson's opportunity zone. president will ruin the economy. no says the stock market over and over and over again. and the latest ukraine claim? no says the best evidence, the real evidence, the transcript. and ship * says the president -- adam schiff says the president's misconducting not be decided at the ballot box because quote we cannot be assured the vote will be fairly won. adam, are you side or do you think we are. aren't you embarrassed yet? why the democrat party, allegedly the party inclusion and openness is at this moment in time the most obstructive, non-below deductive -- be none productive group of haters can only be attributed to their kn be hate. he's only occupying space. judge jeanine: they are like a bunch of thugs gang up to destroy the president. they use impeachment to overturn the will and the election of the american people. the funny thing is, they call the * a monarch, dictator, fascist. but they accuse the president of doing what they do every day. they have the chutzpah to complain

if we know that there is a course a new sectarian card i was in urban development exactly and dr ben carson cites a brookings institute study that talks about 3 things that we can do to alleviate poverty we know that it'll bring it to 2 percent if you graduate from high school you wait to get married and you get married and you wait until you're married to have children if you do those 3 things in that order then those are policies like the way i mean i don't know if you're going to. find like how do we if we know if we know that these things work in how do we how do we build that into into policy i think what you're suggesting is actually a very dangerous policy because it's suggesting that marriage. is a short run around poverty and we know that doesn't happen particularly if you know what rates of intermarriage are particular of people of class that is so you're just going to replicate poverty but you have replicated in my household if you were like this right near the end i mean you know when we start just 30 you know quick 30 seconds on what you most want to hear in this speech tonight

ben carson suggesting that he made squat in the photo to be visible, i have been so many black persony rooms of my life, especially so-called liberal trying to ridiculed. i'm really shocked that claire mckaskill went there. >> he had a first-class ticket, he was the one who was in first class, by the way, just to echo what you're saying whether you're female or whether a minority, so often you have liberals out there who think you can't think for yourself and be part of the republican party, so i think it just points out the hypocrisy on their part to think that we can't think for them -- ourselves. charles: maybe she's not in dc anymore, she's on tv, she let her guard down but that someone of her stature wouldn't be thoughtful? >> mentioning twitter and what it can bring, it's fantastic but also negative things that can happen and what people do to surround with people that think like them and how can i get the retweet and the laugh, i think she was trying to be provocative to be relevant since she's not a senator anymore and so i think she made a very poor decision so i grace you on

his outreach to the african-american community is ben carson who compared ba obamacare to slavery. and you're suddenly a great success in his eyes. over and over we see beyond rhetoric. it's policy, everything. it's who this person is. >> are they clounz? are they animated? >> they're clowns. >> insult to clowns. >> tag me if you want. they are performing and they were trending on social media. but this is his version of outreach. or opening community centers so folks can learn about his agenda. >> you mean awoke? >> nobody says woken. >> we've not seen opening up store fronts in black communities. what we've seen in terms of paid media being on black radio and newspapers, the digital program -- the digital outreach. there is something i think should be red flagged for democrats. because right now trump is the only presidential candidate who is engaging black voters with a general election message. >> isn't that pandering? >> trump has been president almost four years now and he's never made a single visit to a black community to attend a black event. how do you say you're making a

spokecer: president trump at the north carolina opportunity now summit in charlotte, introduced by ben carsonmr. carson: thank you. thank you so much. it is now my pleasure to introduce a leader who has done more to revitalize our nation's community than any speaker in recent memory. when president trump first took the oath of office, he vowed that our nations forgotten men and women would be forgotten no longer. and through his unprecedented support for economic opportunity initiatives, this is not just a promise, this has come true. it is getting better every single day. [cheering and applause] mr. carson: we spent much of the morning discussing the transformational effect of opportunity zones in neighborhoods that have been neglected for so long. it is president trump who championed this initiative from its very earliest inception. we have spoken about the needs to cultivate a 21st century workforce. one where everyone is included . it is president trump whose leadership has helped to usher in a time of unprecedented job growth in an america where there are now, believe this or not, more j

ben carson about this. we know that governor newsom is resistant to what would actually work.s not a prescription for fancy housing a homeless person isn't going to go to. i want to prescribe insulin. i would like some of the homeless shelters we have been talking about to be built. i would like them to be staffed with social workers who can help people with mental issues. ed homeless weren't going to go to the housing he's talking about. california is already heading towards socialized medicine. i want to treat people with diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol. not an issue with housing. that i want to handle by getting people off the streets. trish: a conservative life threatened by a crazy liberal protester and the whole thing will be caught on tape. >> i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. >> when was the last time an actor assassinated a president. off course i want to pun' him in the face. trish: the man you see in that video is being threatened. and he's here to talk about it. to talk about all this violence coming from the left. also tonight

i spent a lot of time as a foreign-policy advisor to ben carson and donald trump's campaign, there was a lot of strange behavior by us allies abroad and john durham interviewing these foreign governments and trying to find out what they were up to. where they manufacturing fake evidence against the trump campaign to sabotage it or was there something less sinister? john durham as those answers and we will get them. mike: we will stay on it, thanks very much, the new veil law has criminals thinking some democrats and celebrating on the streets. we will show you the tape next. f doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it - with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa >> american cruise ship passengers stranded >> american cruiseship passengers stranded in japan are landing and military bases

trump top challengers in the republican primary outspent him, even ben carson.berg occupies an entirely different level, he is worth almost $62 billion, that is about 17 times richer than donald trump. of his net worth is higher than the gdp of seven u.s. states, actual states in our country. he's not just rich, he's incredibly rich, one of the richest people on the planet and uses that money effectively. in a recent twitter thread that you should read because it's fascinating, he pointed out the way he operates and is running for president. the first thing he buys with his money is loyalty, in years past bloomberg's political operation spent $2.2 billion to elect mickey cheryl and haley stevens and congressman harley rouda in california. all three have endorsed bloomberg. ever since his days as mayor, he has showered millions of dollars on charities, nonprofits, a lot of gun-control organizations and all of them are totally indebted to him. that's helpful when you are running for president. you can buy a lot of talent and he has. his campaign staffers get free

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the other two are ben carson and kanye west. ( laughter ) ( applause ) democrats-- democrats are dealingh their own controversy-- specifically, senate minority leader, chuck schumer, seen here on the cover of his jazz album, "the sultry senate." apparently, the "new york post" looked into schumer's f.e.c. filings and found the shocking news that he has spent $8,600 on cheesecakes in the past decade. now, as scandals go, this one is pretty mild. and very creamy. ( laughter ) but senator schumer still addressed it at a press conference this week. >> i give them as gifts. i use them as bets. >> stephen: you heard him, chuck schumer bets with cheesecakes. us i had rollers know this is extremely common. who could forget this classic scene from "casino royale?" >> raise. >> raise. ( applause ) ( laughter ) >> $14,500,000. >> whoa! that's a lot of cheesecake. >> stephen: fears-- fears of coronavirus-- i don't remember that last. guy. i remember everything but that last guy. fears of coronavirus are running high, and trump has been encouraging government employees to stay home-- by firing them f

secretary mike pompeo, mark esper, david bernhardt, gene scalia, ben carson, dan, betsy devos.ert wilke. and administrator jovita carranza. joining us - [applause] for this cherished tradition are a lot of friends in the audience. many really have become friends. they are political leaders. they've become great friends. that's all i get to meet anymore. that and the enemies and the allies and we have them all. we have allies. we have enemies. sometimes the allies are enemies but we just don't know it. [laughter] but we're changing all that. but thank you, all, and thank you, all, for being here. i also want to welcome foreign dignitaries from more than 140 countries. that's something. [applause] that's something. everyone here today is united by a shared conviction. we know our nation is stronger. our future is brighter and our joy is greater when we return to god and ask him to shed his grace on our lives. on tuesday i addressed congress on the state of the union and the great american comeback. that's what it is. [applause] our country has never done better than it is doing r

the word "woke" on them, and who better to model those hats than the sleepiest guy in maga land, ben carsonif that doesn't get the vote i don't know what he will do, kanye will have to come down your chimney i guess. michael bloomberg took a shot, say what you want about mike bloomberg. this is a gentleman who knows thousa how to deliver a laugh. >> i spell team t-e-a-m. there's no "i" in team. >> jimmy: cpac is under way in washington. if'rou ye goesot on at cpac, this clip should tell you all you need to know. >> we have david snider, dr. david snider, a leading orthopedist and writer of a new book. and he'll tell you among other things why socialized medicine killed princess diana. you heard it here first. >> jimmy: and hopefully last. i don't know. this year cpac covered the whole building with tinfoil so they don't have to wear the individual hats. meanwhile, there is a fugitive on the loose in australia. >> a male baboon escaped a facility where he was scheduled to undergo a vasectomy, and he ran off with two female baboons who were there to keep him calm during the procedure. >> jimm

his outreach to the african-american community is ben carson, who compared obamacare to slavery.mp's version of reaching out to black folks. and, you know, anybody who will go on a national stage and say he's great, especially if you're a black person, to kind of, you know, tone down his racism, you're suddenly a great success in his eyes. i mean, over and over we see beyond rhetoric, it's rhetoric, it's policy, it's everything, this is who this person is. >> i mean, are they clowns, or are they animated? >> oh, no, they are clowns. >> is it fair to call them clowns? >> that's an insult to clowns. >> tag me if you want. but literally, they are performing, trending today on social media but this is his version of outreach. this is his version -- or opening up 15 community centers so folks can come in and learn about his agenda. where's his policy on education? >> you mean the woke -- >> yeah, woke black voices. >> nobody says woke anymore. >> i do think, though, that these are -- we've not actually seen this kind of outreach from a republican candidate before, opening up store fro

primary outspent even ben carson spent at higher rate before he dropped out. occupies an entirely different level. bloomberg is worth almost $62 billion. that's about 17 times richer than donald trump. bloomberg's net worth is higher than the g.d.p. of seven u.s. states. like actual states in our country. so bloomberg is not just rich. he is incredibly rich. one of the richest people on the planet and he uses that money effectively. in a recent twitter thread that you should read, because it's fascinating. journalist blake zef laid out the way bloomberg operates and is running for president. the first thing mike bloomberg buys with his money is loyalty. in years past bloomberg's political operation spent $2.2 million to elect new jersey democrat micky cheryl. spent the same amount electing congresswoman haley stephens of michigan and another 4.5 million electing congressman harley ruda in california. all three members of congress have since endorsed bloomberg, not surprisingly. ever since his days as mayor of new york, bloomberg has showered millions of dollar

trump 33%, ben carson, good man, marco, ted, carly fiorini a name i haven't heard in a long time, what happened to her? way up, way up, here's another one. trump 46%, i didn't make this up, this is a different debate, i won every one of them. trump, i just pick these at random. 46%, 3%, 9%, 5%, 11%, trump 46%. here's another one, cnbc. [boos] the market has been up, they've been not so bad. some of the rest i don't care for too much. he plays it down the middle. which is okay. trump, almost 50%. then they have the rest of them. 2.54, 1.9, i'm not going to give you the names, i got 48.8 and jeb bush got 1.1. the rest i'm not going to talk about but he hasn't been a great supporter. sort of a never trumper -- trump 48. here's a nice one, here's a nice one, look at this, trump 70%, next one is 18%, next one is seven, four, three, three, three, two, one. trump didn't do well in the debates, see? fake news. here's another one, trump kicked ass. trump 48, number two was six. trump 75.6, crooked hillary was 24%. trump was 74.6, crooked hillary clinton was 24.1. trump was 80%, crooked hillary

he thought people were playing games by saying ben carson was not dropping out of the race on caucusay so a lot of those votes went to ted cruz, enabling crews -- enabling ted cruz to win. nevertheless, it was enough. host: we have four minutes left. last question for you on politics and policy. how is the economy doing in iowa and while that factor into the decision? has the state been impacted by the president's policy on tariffs? how is the economy doing? david: the economy is doing well. tariff episodee , so i thinkountry the state probably leans point.can at this it has not been a fatal blow, but what is going to change this thesome of the model of electorate shows that i will would both republican. of mentioned the arrival some people. if young people come roaring , then thatectorate could change that equation, so i isl is in play, the economy ok for a lot of us, but a lot of and itworking two jobs has not been like that in a lot of states. iswhat is the one that memorable for you? >> just the up close and personal nature, the access you have to candidates. great opportunities

jeb bush was gone a week later, ben carson, marco rubio weren't far behind. a further whittling is coming and

this investigation, i spent a lot of time abroad in europe as a foreign policy advisor to both ben carsond trump's campaign. there was a lot of strange behavior by u.s. allies abroad. and john durham is actually interviewing some of these foreign governments and trying to figure out exactly what they were up to. where the manufacturing fake evidence against the trump campaign in order to help sabotage it or was it something less sinister? john durham has was and is ours and we are going to get the bottom of it varies in. >> george papadopoulos, they could very much. >> thanks much. >> new york's new bail law has criminal thinking some democrats and the celebrating on the streets. we will show you the tape, next. memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. and my side super soft? yes! with the sleep number 360 smart bed, on sale now, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep y

. >> shermichael you worked in the trump administration under ben carson. rules while republicans play to win? >> i mean, look, stephanie, i always tell a lot of my friends who are democrats they need to quickly learn to fight fire with fire. your previous interview with the congressman before the break you asked him some questions and the reality as you asked a lot of people don't watch cable news 24/7. when you look at the most recent numbers by gallop, the president's approval is now 49%. that's remarkable to even me. he has 94% within the republican party. the republican party's image as a party as a whole, stephanie, is up about 53% i believe from september of last year when it was 42, 43%. however, in contrast, when you look at the democratic party in september of last year it was around 48% approval nationwide. now down to about 45%. so there's obviously something going on wrong and you would think considering all of the misdeeds of the president that those numbers would be in the reverse and so to mr. carville's point there is some type of contrast

he thought people were playing games by saying ben carson was not dropping out of the race on caucusay so a lot of those votes went to ted cruz, enabling ted cruz to win. nevertheless, it was enough to get trump on the ticket. susan: we have about four minutes left. last question. on politics and policy. how is the economy doing in iowa factor when people go to the polls. and the state has been impacted by the president's policy on tariffs? david: the economy is doing well, not as well as in other parts of the country. a lot of uncertainty in the farm belt. farm bankruptcies are going up. it is important to remember that people think of iowa as the farm state. it is a rural state. the financial services sector is but actuallythe financial services sector is more , important to their economy. rural america has been hit hard by bad weather and tariffs. the trump administration is very mindful of that and poured billions of dollars into aid to help farmers get through the bad patch. we all keep waiting for the effect of the tariffs to turn into a bad political story for trump and i do n

episodes people have glossed over, during the 2016 presidential primaries, donald trump criticized ben carson'stioned what it means to be a seventh day adventist. which, again, is crossing a line that no presidential candidate in modern history would ever cross. >> again, i think that trump will go after anything he can. and he knows that faith is powerful and he's certainly used it to his advantage by pandering to a certain group of christians who have really come on board at this point. >> so which brings us to the next logical question because we've established what he has done, is doing and is willing to do. why aren't we hearing a great outcry within the faith community? various faith communities that these types of statements are out of bounds? >> i think that there is -- first of all, i think you have to understand where a lot of these christians are coming from. 41% of americans believe that jesus is going to return by the year 2050. 58% of white evangelicals believe this. so if you have this sense that jesus is coming back, and when jesus comes back there will be a judgment, not just o

sanders administration, with trump you have rick perry and ben carson, ben carson doing great job for of the beast as the herd thins they look for the next step. dagen: i want to quickly point out bernie sanders pulling away, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar doing well, they came on the cable network in cable news for 18 years. maria: fox news. dagen: they know that's how you reach all voters and the other ones, well, you see where they are in the polls. maria: they don't want to talk to half of the country. one talented dog, learning how to play connect four, you heard that right, next hour, wait till you see this, mornings with maria continues, back in a minute. truggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ maria: welcome back, good wednesday morning. thanks so much for joining us. i'm maria bartiromo. it is wednesday february 19 top stories right now just before 8:00 a

we saw ben carson come in moments ago. >> some of these are acting.e've had so many acting that haven't been confirmed. for example, i couldn't tell you who is running homeland security right now. if they walked into the room -- and i was the ranking member on homeland security committee. i don't know who it is. >> c.i.a. director gina haspel there. >> the trade representative. >> i believe the o.m.b. director also fresh off his starring role in the impeachment proceedings. >> i saw lighthizer. >> i will tell you as we have note this had evening, this is split-screen coverage. we are watching it with an eye on the door as well in terms of further information coming in. we are awaiting further results

he didn't even have a literal exit strategy when he and ben carson missed their cues at a debate, got in a hallway and just froze [ light laughter ] "well, this is our life now. we live in this hallway. i mean, look at them, they look like extras in a movie who accidentally wandered onto the wrong set. [ laughter ] "what's with all these hamster people they're cats oh this movie's not going to work." and even when trump does exit he doesn't do it with a strategy, he just wanders aimlessly off stage while other people are talking like a grandpa who is lost at disney world "disneyland? but i wanted to go to fantasy land that's the strip club i went to in 'nam. [ light laughter ] presidents of both parties have been accumulating unconstitutional war powers for themselves going back decades. and of course, it was a republican president, george w. bush, who orchestrated an illegal invasion of iraq based on lies. established a secret network of cia black sites to carry out illegal torture. choked on a pretzel. got stuck in a room when he tried to open a locked door. and then retired to beco

ben carson, good man, he was there.bio, jeb bush, ted cardiff urena, a nine -- carly carly b arena, a knife i have not heard in a long time. a new not in a long time. 46%., i did not make this up. this is a different debate. they are all different. i want every one of them. i picked these at random. 46%. 5%, 3%, 9%, 5%, 11%. trump, 46%. [applause] another one.here's cnbc. [booing] the mark has been up, they have been not so bad. joe is a good guy. some of the rest i don't care for. he plays it down the middle. which is ok. trump, almost 50%. them, 14%, 4%, 3%, 2.8%. i'm not going to give you the names. i want to argue -- i got 48.8%. got 1.1%. the rest i will not talk about. he has not been a great supporter. you know? a never trump or i guess. jeb bush, 1.1%. trump, 48%. that is another one. here's a nice one. look at this. donald trump, 70%. next one is 18%. next one is seven percent. 2%, 1%, 1%, 1%. [applause] trump did not do well in the debates. trump did not do well in the debates. they are fake news. [booing] her

ben carson, good man, he was there.jed, ted, carly free arena, name i have not heard in , long time -- carly fiorina name i have not heard in a long time. what happened to her? at this.p, look here's another one. trump, 46%. i did not make this up. here's another one. this is a different debate. i don't know, they are all different, i won every one of them. i just took this at random. 5%, 9%, 5%, 5%, 3%, 11%. 46%. [cheers and applause] one -- cnbc.r [crowd booing] well, you know, the market has been up. they have actually been not so bad. a good guy. some of the rest i do not care for too much. trump, almost 50%. then they have all the rest of 3, 2, 2 point 8, 2 .50 4, 1 .9 -- i'm not going to give you the names. i won't tell you. i got 48 points. jeb bush got 1.1. the rest i'm not going to talk about, but he has not been exactly a great supporter, you know? sort of a never trump or, i trumper sort of a never , i guess. here's a nice one. there's a nice one. look at this. look at this. trump 70%. next one is 18%. 7, 4,

we saw ben carson come in moments ago. >> some of these are acting. i don't know who they are because we've had so many acting that haven't been confirmed. for example, i couldn't tell you who is running homeland security right now. if they walked into the room -- and i was the ranking member on homeland security committee. i don't know who it is. >> c.i.a. director gina haspel there. >> the trade representative. >> i believe the o.m.b. director also fresh off his starring role in the impeachment proceedings. >> i saw lighthizer. >> i will tell you as we have note this had evening, this is split-screen coverage. we are watching it with an eye on the door as well in terms of further information coming in. we are awaiting further results from the iowa caucus he is which may indeed come in during the president's speech tonight. i will also tell you that as to the impeachment proceedings, yes, we are expecting the senate trial to reconvene tomorrow and for there to be a vote on the articles of impeachment in terms of conviction or acquittal tomorrow. but

one african-american, ben carson. maybe one latino. it does not reflect america.reflects donald trumps view of america. he is demonized so many communities. to mike in new york. you are on the air. caller: thanks. i like you taking on these colors and spreading a lot of nonsense. i like to go back to the economic stuff, comparing trump to obama. obama came in and the uninstalling rate was 11%. the country has lost $40 trillion worth of wealth. mitch mcconnell would not give $1 trillion. when he handed over -- he handed trump a fully loaded escalade. color-coded terrorist things. he dropped the unemployment from 11% to four something. trump has dropped the unemployment rate 0.5%. as you said, manufacturing is down. coal production is down. some of these things matter. i appreciate you taking these things on. guest: thanks very much. i'm not sure if it was 11%. if i were member correctly, it was around 10%. he brought down significantly. and donald trump has continued that. wonky, gross to mr. cronic is the output of our nation. he had promised 6%. we are now below

remember ben carson made raw -- a name for himself and was keynote speaker, he got a call little bite world. we were in the airport yet. people were getting off the planes from different cities and they thankfully watch "fox & friends" and were heading to prayer breakfast. steve: it's unusual for him, he's right on time, he's supposed to leave 10 minute ago. when he's traveling, there's no traffic. brian: carpool lane? steve: actually, brian, they can turn all the lights red and stop all the traffic from the white house right up connecticut to the washington -- ainsley: never thought about that. steve: it will be interesting to hear the president's message to the prayerful there at the prayer breakfast. but yesterday we saw the president be vindicated by the u.s. senate, largely along party lines aside from mitt romney who today is either a hero or villain. it would be interesting, aside from this the president will be speaking at noon today essentially talking about his victory. ainsley: look at the front cover of new york post. trump's turn to rip the impeachment papers. brian: cur

and i think he's done a good job of identifying people like ben carson.e's talking about and wants to really help people. i think that is part of the equation of the success he's having right now. charles: stay there for one second. i want to bring in the man who actually drove the trump/pence 2020 truck in daytona. tim, you have it on right now. did you catch any flack for what you were wearing? >> no, not really. you know, nascar fans, they are excited, they were excited to have the president here and people were really receptive to what we are doing with this movement. charles: yeah. i got to tell you, it's certainly resonating. people still talking about it. it must have been good for you guys. >> it was amazing. it was a great -- it's a great opportunity and we're just proud to be able to do this for the president and put these cars and trucks on the track, and we are hoping to keep the program alive, especially in the battleground states as we move forward through the season. charles: thank you very much. we appreciate you coming on the show. want t

zones i established the white house opportunity in the revitalization council chaired by secretary carson. benreally hard. its mission is to marshal 17 federal agencies and coordinate dozens of existing federal programs to provide maximum support to opportunity zones. under my administration we are working everyday to restore the american promise of upward mobility and we don't want anyone to just get by. we want everyone to get ahead and get ahead big league. [applause] from the day i took office i have been working to build an unlimited future where african-american communities have given and served and sacrificed so much for our nation, tremendous amount i have been fighting for higher wages, fair trade deals, affordable healthcare, lower drug prices in this year meaning last year's numbers just came in and first time in 51 years we are drug prices, prescription drugs went down. first time in 51 years. [applause] frankly, if the democrats would ever negotiate instead of wasting all their time we could drive those prices down and it would be so beautiful. what is not to like? [applause] we a