ben carson right now, we : have some massively difficult things to do which will require not only intellect and wisdom, but also courage. kristen: carson discussed the national debt, the economy, and taking down the current administration. carson then attacked the leading democratic candidates. dr. ben carson: bernie sanders and hillary clinton will tell you the income gap is spreading because of the evil rich people,

this statement from ben carson is rough. what do you say to ben carson? >> well, i say to dr. , don't worry. your prayers have been answered. there was a dinner where the subject was how the delegation process worked. hybrid state versus a proportional state. at the end of the dinner, there were a lot of questions asked. it was very similar to a press briefing we held for 150 members of the press a couple weeks ago where a similar thing happened. we walked through the delegate selection process. what states were going on what days, how each state handled their delegate process and we took a series of questions. it's nothing more than that. >> why would it come up in the first place? because every republican we talk to, as you were saying, we're in december. that's in july why are we even talking about the possibility of a brokered convention before anyone has cast any votes. why did it come up? >> it's the same reason people excuse whether or not there's going to be a tie in the electoral election. i don't think you can walk down the street right now without people exhibiting a

ben carson get everybody you : know who hasn' t been voting to vote. kristen: as we speak, carson is speaking in nashua. tomorrow, he will make stops in manchester and concord where he and his wife will hold a christmas celebration at the capitol center for the arts. live in studio, kristen carosa, wmur news 9. stephanie: thank you. still to come on news 9 at 6:00, more than 100 national guard members will be home for christmas. their emotional arrival next. adam: many of you in the north country have snow on the ground. hayley: it was crazy. in berlin, four inches. it is going to go away through the week with warmer temperatures. i will have the full forecas hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 15 gigs of data for just $70! but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? u.s. cellular sized data. because it works in the middle of anywhere. i'd like $100! you're getting $400 in promo cards! yes! switch to u.s. cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just $70. plus $400 in promo cards. for lynn's family, the big stress is payin

do well in the south as well. >> thank you shg, nia. >> thank you, briana. >>> and now sh, with ben carson threatening to leave the party, what is happening with the gop? i want to bring in ben ferguson, and political strategist angela rye and pastor donald scott who is a supporter of donald trump and the founder and senior pastor of new spirit center the. and ben, i want to begin with you, why is the republican party experiencing such disconnect about really where to go? >> well, i think two things here. one, there is a massive distrust of the gop and the republican national committee by the outsiders. there is also a lot of this is just being played up into politic, and political theater to keep the attention also on ben carson the same way that donald trump knows how to keep the attention on him, and so when ben carson came out with this, it is more about getting us to be talking about him, and any time you say that you are against a traditional gop establishment, your poll numbers go up. i don't think that ben carson or donald trump is truly concerned about a brokered convention. it wo

ben carson not among them. e we will ask ben carson what he thinks of trump's plan and find out how he plans to hang on to conservative voters as we approach the first real test of 2016. plus a year's long path to terror beginning well before she received the visa and not one apparent red flag. new details on how a married couple turned their extremist views into president deadliest terror attack on america since 9/11. >>> good afternoon, everyone, welcome to "the lead." from the very beginning of the post 9/11 war on terror, american leaders have taken great pains to emphasize the nation is is at war with a small group of terrorists twisting what the muslim faith teaches and not a clash between the west and islam. to do otherwise national security experts insist only helps recruit more terrorists while alienating potential allies in the fight. other experts point out that most of the worls 1.6 billion muslims want nothing to do with terrorism, but the republican presidential front runner donald trump has made

that's why you heard him take that shot at cruz which is a bit out of ben carson's comfort zone. it was a good line. not typical carson. he is not comfortable flashing with other candidates. as cruz has risen in the polls, carson has dropped. it is almost one-to-one. he is claiming all of carson's lost support. he needs a moment. this debate is going to be big for him. he doesn't have the personality that fills the debate stage. if he has a memorable moment, that could be important to help stop the losses and regain momentum. he will have to do something to get things going again. >> and it's those moments we will watch for exactly 36 hours and 26 minutes and 25 seconds tuesday night. undercard debate at 6:00. i see some knockout, dragout, debating going on. >> we want to know who the candidate is that will lead the u.s. in a world that does not feel safe to many americans. >>> president obama meeting with top military advisors as he tries to reassure the public that the strategy in the war on isis is working. y fo er whatthe t? nothing. romance. 18 inch alloys. you remembered. fa

ben carson has not collapsed. at stands out to me is that if carson can hold or slightly increase his vote it helps , donald trump at this point, because ted cruz and to some extent marco rubio are the two biggest threats, and they cannot grow. john: i agree with all of that. if carson manages to stabilize, it's good for trump. no doubt. mark: he is stable there. john: he has dropped. here is the number, 4%, marco rubio's tea party support. that is in south carolina. a report that said south carolina was nirvana for marco rubio. his whole appeal was both establishment and tea party. that looks like an establishment candidate, not a crossover candidate. mark: that is a problem he can fix a little bit. today, donald trump announced he was nixing his planned trip to israel to meet with benjamin netanyahu. on fox news this morning, trump explained his scheduling change. donald trump: he was very much, in fact i did a campaign ad for him and he is a good man, but i did not want to put him under pressure. he said we had

ben carson and marco rubio tied at 12%. they were both taken after trump proposed banning all muslims from entering the united states. trump has seen a bump. he has seen a bump in national polls since that statement which was widely seen as controversial. >> you could say more than a bump. if you go from 33 to 38 or 41, that is showing that people and the message is resonating with more people. it is once again proven political laws do not apply to donald trump. >> we don't have a graphic, but 60% of republican primary voters say they approve of the muslim ban. he is playing to the base. nationally, when you deal with democrats and republicans, it is the opposite. 60% against the muslim ban. republican primary voters, the one who nominate their president, they support it. >> he fires up the base. this is the story for him. in the fall and winter. he fires up the base and gets them going. with hillary clinton in the same poll, he does do as well. >> and behind us is the stage where it happens tonight in less than 13 hours. d

it's now prompting ben carson to threaten to leave the party. sponding to a "washington post" story about gop leaders considering a brokered convention, carson put out a new statement that says, "if the leaders of the republican party want to destroy the party, they should continue to hold meetings like the one described in the "washington post" this morning. if this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, i assure you donald trump will not be the only one leaving the party." joining me now, nbc news political reporter mark murray. what is this talk of the brokered convention and now ben carson and donald trump saying they may bolt the party? >> i think this underscores how much of a division there is inside the republican party between a lot of the party elites and the establishment and some of the people who are running for the president as well as major portions of the base. and it's just not even with this one story, frances. it also has to do with the debates and nego

i give him the nod over ben carson who let's -- here's the problem for ben carson. history tells us that when these candidates have booms like carson did and they bust, only once that we know, newt gingrich, had a second act. >> he certainly did. chris stirewalt, have a great week. thanks, sir. >> you bet. >>> social media search may have prevented a terrorist from coming here into the u.s. and killing 14 innocent people. but our current policies protecting your privacy, are they protecting your privacy? and at the same time, are they having deadly repercussions? and what's responsible for those policies? >>> also this, an online retailer is pulling these fiery hover boards out of its warehouse. what they're demanding companies do now to prove that their products won't blow up in your face. that's today? we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. after the deliveries, i was ok. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? for my pain, i want my

like hey, ben carson, you're a doctor. play that up, you know what i mean?rust me on this,ed crowd will love t they'll be eating out of your gifted hands, man. >> larry: sounds good. any other thoughts, my loyal friend? >> you know, larry, i guess the best way for me to put all this republican jewish thing is this whole thing, it's mishegoss sha anda, it's mesh nug-- meshuggenah and fakaktah. >> larry: my thowts exactly. and i will also add what does that mean? >> truth is, larry, have i no idea. my grandma, though, used to say those words a lot and i'm pretty sure none of them are good. but like i'm say i'm not a very good jew. >> larry: that's okay. rorie albanese. we'll be right back. but you're loyal. automated voice: to file a claim, please state your name. carnie wilson. thank you. can you hold on? ♪ hold on for one more day really? hey, i know there's pain. why do you lock yourself up in these chains? ♪ this would be so easy if you had progressive. our mobile app would let you file a claim and help you find one of our service centers where we manage t

ben carson for many interviews has not had a real grasp to geopolitics.t are you going to do to get him up to speed in the learning curve is vertical. >> great to be with you. liz: thank you. >> i worked with several presidents and prime ministers, i can tell you the president of the united states i don't think any man or woman is prepared for the volumes of information needed on a daily basis to make policy decisions especially as it comes to foreign policy and national security. that's the reason the president of the united states has a national security council to filter the information, give him or her the highlights and take his vision and philosophy and information and create a policy out of it. dr. carson, certainly i don't think anyone would argue has a clear vision and philosophy where he wants to take america in the future, as well as help our allies, such as israel. so the team he's put together including general bob dees, myself and others, take all the national security information he would need, filter it to the fine points. give it to him t

ben carson has not collapsed. that if out to me carson can hold or increase his boat, it helps donald trump at point, because ted cruz and to some extent marco rubio are the two biggest threats, and they cannot grow. john: i agree with all of that. if carson manages to stabilize, it's good for trump. mark: he is stop -- stable there. john: he has dropped. teamarco rubio ke party support. his whole appeal was both establishment and tea party. that looks like an establishment candidate, not a crossover candidate. mark: today, donald trump announced he was nixing his planned trip to israel to meet with benjamin netanyahu. trump explain the change. , in fact iery much did a campaign advertisement for him and he is a good man, but i did not want to put him under pressure. he said we had a meeting and he looks forward to it, but i did not want to put him under pressure. of a veryin the midst powerful campaign that is going very well and it was not easy to do, so i would say lots of different reasons. i could have done i

ben carson has taken to the stage, doing his walk-through. this is what we've been seeing from candidates all day, a better sense where they'll see timing lights, facebook questions, getting acquainted with the stage. there were a couple of candidates who opted not to go through this ritual, donald trump, jeb bush, rand paul. so it just depends on what kind of candidate you are. but like you were saying, this is going to be a very different kind of conversation today. it's going to be a conversation focused on national security. when we talk about ben carson, being here right on the stage right now, this is a big debate for him. a candidate who has seen his numbers slip in the wake of the paris terrorist attacks, in the wake of san bernardino and he has to be on the stage and prove to voters they can trust him as a commander in chief, if he wants to see his numbers go back up. >> he's been criticized his own campaign advisers for his grasp on issues but he put out a tweet with a video to his supporters saying he wants questions on internation

ben carson was here a little while ago.sked him, what is the biggest issue in the race besides national security? he said, homeland security. even ben carson has recognize that he needs to show that he is big on this issue. john: it will be interesting to see -- the last time we had a cnn debate, we were out in simi valley, california. they try to create conflict between the candidates. if foreign policy is the lion's share of the debate, there is not that much daylight, with the exception of rand paul and ted cruz, there is not much of a distinction between these guys. the question is, how much will this debate be about substance? how serious is it? or how much is it just a clash reacting to the taking clock? mark: and how much they try to project themselves. this many candidates still on the stage this close to the holidays i think it will be , tricky. in true las vegas fashion, we will discuss what is in the cards tonight for the candidates. starting center stage with the trump card. the front runner was here last night

ben carson... now down at 13 percent. (abc's this week) sot - ben carson / (r) presidential candidate "well, you know, poll he appeared on abc's this week with george stephanopolous? and doubled down on his threat to leave the republican party - if party leaders tried to manipulate the nominaton process using what he calls "back room deals." (abc's this week) sot - ben carson / (r) presidential candidate "if that is the case, then you know, i'm out of here." ========== on the democratic side - hillary clinton is getting some help from the president - t-v's president fitzgerald grant sot - tony goldwyn / actor, "scandal" "she has the most experience and has the right ideas to take the country where i believe it needs to go." actor tony goldwyn, from the hit abc show "scandal" - campaigning for the frontrunner. natsot - sen. bernie sanders / (d) presidential candidate "does that seem right to anybody? no!" her rival bernie sanders one of the few candidates out on the trail today? making at least four stops in iowa. critical

they're not running from ben carson to donald trump. they're running from ben carson to ted cruz. one that's being able to make the case to the evangelicals, to the social conservatives and that's where we've seen his numbers come from in iowa. >> on national security ted cruz say little bit in the middle on this issue, not where rand paul is but closer to rand paul than a lot of the other candidates. >> he's very well positioned because he can get enough of that rand paul support because he has stood up against overreach in terms of surveillance and at the same time hasn't gone as far as rand paul. >> he's on the middle. i find him fascinating so watch. i don't agree with him on a bunch of stuff but i find him fascinating so watch and the case that he's making of being the outsider while being the insider, he's saying look i'm on outsider in washington. everybody hates me which i can attest is pretty much true, but you know, i'm also an insider in that i actually unlike donald trump know how things work, know how the bureaucracy and agencies work. i find him fascinating to us. .

it was ben carson who sunk. is there a slot for ben carson or is he sliding out of the top tier?the trail. >> there couldn't being timing debate because of everything going on. in terms of national security, that'll be the big topic tomorrow night. then all of these different fluctuations in the polls. what will you be looking at tomorrow night? >> well, again, this is another chance for marco rubio to shine in the debate. obviously, he's tried to make national security the key piece of his campaign. he's shown strong performances all the way through. i think it's interesting watching trump fall in the polls over the last couple weeks a little bit. he really is going to have to have a big performance tomorrow night and really show that he has command of these issues, that he can make people feel comfortable with him in the role as commander in chief. you have to wonder if that's why he's fallen a little bit after the paris attacks and the san bernardino attack. that dynamic between cruz and trump, obviously, trump is trying to have an argument with cruz over temperament. we'll se

for ben carson his poll numbers are dropping but his fund-raising is rising, pulling in $23 million. opping ted cruz. can carson turn his sinking numbers around? >> dara, most likely not. what we know from political strategists is that small donors keep campaigns running, even when they're going through tough times. and ben carson has been in a tough spot for most of the fourth quarter, he's had a lot of negative headlines, but small donors who make these donations of $50 to $100 will continue to support you when times get tough. and that's what's happening here. it doesn't look like ben carson's poll numbers have any hope of turning around. they continue to decline. ted cruz is overtaking him. that's true in iowa, that's true in many other states. and it doesn't look like ben carson at this point has any real hope of being the nominee. >> and jeb bush is taking trump on more, doing more selfies, spending more time glad-handing voters. plus he's pulling staff from some states to put them into early voting states, changing where he'd be spending ad dollars. will any of this help him ca

ben carson has collapsed 15 points to third place at 13%. and jeb bush is at 6%.

we add that together with the index, we call that selzer score. >> what happened to ben carson. >> ben carson has just sort of rolled down a hill, it seems, he didn't have a strong debate performance, things turned to foreign policy, he's just not one of the people can find a strength to hold on that makes him stronger than cruz on any of the measures that we took a look at. >> all right, thank you. >>> let's go now to dr. ben carson, he joins us now from florida. you is seen those poll numbers, what do you think went wrong? >> well, you know, poll numbers go up and down. i wasn't excited when they're up, i'm not excited when they're down. you know, this is a very fluid contest and it's the reason we have it. we have opportunities for people to listen carefully, not to listen to the spin but actually to listen to what's being said. the people will make the correct choice. >> ted cruz thinks he knows what went wrong. in that piece, not only went after trump but questioned what voters think about you. >> who is prepared to be a commander in chief, who understands the threats we face? tha

but what does it say about the mood of iowa previously, ted cruz, donald trump, ben carson, outsiders. >> that's correct. the base, it's not time to be part of the political establishment. at some point some candidate had to unify that and it looks like senator cruz has done that and is doing that and in fact continues then he's on a good track to win. >> now does the million dollar question that a lot of people have, donald trump's comments about muslims and banning them from the united states does that help or hurt donald trump in a place like iowa? >> i think it hurts him. i mean it's roundly denounced by all republicans except ted cruz. and republican caucus goers they are pretty conservative pretty activist, but they also want a winner, somebody they can see in the white house. so the collective, the cumulative effect of donald trump's comments they're entertaining, there are a lot of people that agree with them. but they also agree that the purpose of the exercise is to elect a president of the united states. and there are a lot of republicans who say they absolutely couldn't vo

ben carson is taking his campaign on a 3-day swing through the area. lukas voss caught up with him on the campaign trail thanks tim and jenna and dr. carson had quite the trip on his schedule today including a make-up appearance in spencer after it was canceled the last time due to the winter storm. he drew large crowds both in orange city and sioux city using his chance to address siouxlanders up close and personal. nats: clapping orange city. dr. ben carson took time today to travel through siouxland to campaign for his bid to be the next president of the united states. he was in spencer... before heading to storm lake onto orange city and capping of his day off in sioux city. the apperance at northwestern college was espeally important town hall style citizens to a chance the candidate. "h e was very comfortable and appreciated the interact with the "it personal it wasn't like a big gymnasium something." it's also dr. carson's favorite. "it gives a closeness and people can really get a feeling for who you are and get an opportunity to actually asked

ben carson had a lot going for himself but didn't know what to do with it. his biography put him on top of the polls among the leading contenders, but it's going downhill because he's not the john: worst politician. house majority leader kevin mccarthy who blew his chance to become speaker when he bragged congressional investigations into benghazi had damaged hillary clinton. you got that figured out, pat? the most define being political moment. pat: it is the paris and san bernadino massacres which have really turned the whole world at to the right. eleanor: i agree with that but i would also add all of the shootings of young unarmed black men, which have really altered politics in this country. tom: it has to be the paris attacks, the scale of devastation, the sense of loss and the effect it has had in political communities across the world. clarence: i would saber ber' time -- well timed denunciation it changed the tone of the democratic campaign. john: it was president obama's decision to skip the rally in paris after the massacre of the editorial staff

retired neurosurgeon ben carson can 10%. trump on fox news sunday slamming senator cruz. >> well, you look at the way he's dealt with the senate where he goes in there like, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac. you can't walk in the senate and call people liars and get along with people. he'll never get anything done and that's the problem with ted. >> cheryl: meanwhile carson threatening to leave the republican if there are signs of a broken convention. >> one of the reasons that i got into this because i heard frustration of people of dishonesty, and, you know, if that is the case, then, you know, i'm out of here. >> cheryl: dr. carson will be on mornings with maria. that's today at 8:28 eastern time right here in the fox business network. >> nicole: president obama set to visit the pentagon to discuss terror threat by isis. white house officials say the president is not expect today announce any major changes to the current u.s. strategy. also scheduled to visit the counterterrorism center later this week before leave

ben carson. two major polls show cruz is mounting a major challenge to trump in the early, critical state of iowa, beating trump 31% to 21% in a politics poll. trump is still on top but cruz is biting at his heels. cruz at 22% in a brand-new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. we have the best political team in television covering the story. that is where we find my friend and colleague, john berman. >> reporter: hi, poppy. so much to talk about. the last debate, the last republican debate of 2015 with the race changing so much right in front of our very eyes. ted cruz vaulting up in iowa. you talk about the main stage, a debate that begins at 6:00 on tuesday night. some people call it the undercard. george pataki, mike huckabee, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum, and the current senator from south carolina who cares a lot and talks a lot about national security, lindsey graham. that begins at 6:00 p.m. i want to discuss with paul begala. i want to start with you here with the newest dyn

but it had to do with ben carson and the ben carson boomlet, which now appears to have evaporated ifnt polling is accurate. the "wall street journal" is reporting as of late tonight that in the month of october, when the ben carson surge was in full swing, when it looked like he was doing great, his campaign that month raised a total of $8.8 million, which is a great number. but they spent that same month way more than that. they spent $9.5 million that month. overspending, spending more than what you have raised, especially in good times, that can be one of those ominous signs that your campaign is going under. it certainly means you are no longer treading water. the campaign's chief financial officer told the "wall street journal" tonight about these figures. "i don't know who gave it to you, but they were not supposed to." everybody's been watching for the ben carson collapse somewhere other than the polls. these financial details from the "wall street journal" tonight may be the first real signs of it. we've got more on the republican race and much more just ahead. stay with us.

ben carson, he joins us now from florida. you've seen those poll numbers, what do you think went wrong? >> well, you know, poll numbers go up and down. i wasn't excited when they're up, i'm not excited when they're down. you know, this is a very fluid contest and it's the reason we have it. we have opportunities for people to listen carefully, you know, not to listen to the spin but actually listen to what's being said. the people will make the correct choice. >> ted cruz thinks he knows what went wrong. in that tape we showed in the piece, not only went after trump but questioned what voters think about you. let's listen. >> who is prepared to be a commander-in-chief, who understands the threats we face? who am i comfortable having their finger on the button? that's a question of strength but it's also a question of judgment and i think that's a question that's a challenging >> how do you respond to that analysis from ted cruz? >> well, you know, we all have had different types of experiences. there's no question i haven't s

>> but there week ben carson got into a media mess of his own making.is no secret he has been sinking in the polls over questions of his foreign policy knowledge. on wednesday morning, he invited "washington post" reporter to his maryland home to say he was unhappy with his campaign staffers some of whom were overpaid. ben carson said and i quote, "i'm looking at every as speaking of the campaign, everything on table every job is on the table, and three would not say if he would keep his campaign manager but changes could come the next day and made similar comments to associated press. the press secretary put out a statement declaring "dr. carson is back in charge," raising the questions who was in charge before? armstrong william whose sat odds with the campaign manager told the post to take what he said on the home and on the invitation seriously but after a lost back-and-forth discussions ben carson said high has 100 percent confidence in the campaign team and blamed the "washington post" in an interview with cnn's reporter. >> there must be some con

ben carson thinks candidate ben carson is [ bleep ] crazy. [ cheers and applause ] the diagnosis. with anti-muslim rhetoric from it hard to believe that it's 2015, but you can't blame people for not knowing what time it is when they are arresting kids for building clocks. and here's what i think we can all say to that. [ laughter ] this has been "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] you guys, we have a great show for you tonight. he is the star of the new show "blunt talk" on starz. patrick stewart is back on the show this evening. the great patrick stewart. and he is the ohio governor, and a republican presidential candidate, john kasich joins us this evening. looking forward to talking to him. [ cheers and applause ] nfl network analyst michael irvin is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] one of the greatest of all-time. and we will have music from george ezra. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with more "late night." it's going to be a good one. one, two, three, four, can i have a little more? five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, i love you sail the ship ch

ben carson: he is a friend. he lives in north carolina. you have to talk to him to find out what exactly he wants to happen. excuse me? >> he sent you a e-mail you did not respond to? ben carson: i did not see it. >> dr. carson, you called the shooting a hate crime. what exactly did you mean by that? ben carson: which shooting? >> the one today, 14 people dead. ben carson: it is hard to imagine that you would shoot a bunch of people if you did not hate them, right? you don't do that to people you love. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen for coming. rally innald trump manassas, virginia, attendees talk about why they support the candidate, and what brought them to the event. here's a look. >> here at the donald trump rally, we wanted to talk to some of the people in attendance. i want to begin with joe wolf who is here in manassas, virginia. why did you decide to come out tonight? >> i wanted to come out to see what the candidate had to say for number one. i am a supporter, i like what he has to say. i think he will turn the country around.

ben carson. the matchups are really telling, you have all the activity on the republican side and you see the polls with hillary clinton. >> sandra: we are about to enter 2016 and this is when everybody has to ask themselves, can he or she hillary clinton, and this is what's going to happen. as we get closer into 2016 as the time frame shortness here everything is going to start about who looks good, sounds good but who can beat hillary clinton. >> the answer is no. >> maria: you think the answer is no? >> that's a foreigner. i actually think first female president is a really, really strong card. >> maria: well, that was certainly the thinking with the first african american, with president obama. first term, going into second term people were questioning, do we want to do this again. >> it's going to be interesting how that plays out. >> keith: rubio, first of hispanic decent. there's a lot of -- >> rubio and kasich. >> maria: i thought kasich hurt himself because he was interrupt august lot of

ben carson think? >> we have to stop listening to people who tell us that we cannot talk about god, we cannot talk about our faith. every coin in our pocket, every bill in our wallet says "in god we trust" but we're not supposed to talk about it. what in the world is that? in medicine we call it schizophrenia. a form of crazedness. >> seth: so to clarify, dr. ben carson thinks candidate ben carson is [ bleep ] crazy. [ cheers and applause ] with anti-muslim rhetoric from candidates like this, it makes it hard to believe that it's 2015, but you can't blame people for not knowing what time it is when they are arresting kids for building clocks. and here's what i think we can all say to that. [ laughter ] this has been "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] you guys, we have a great show for you tonight. he is the star of the new show "blunt talk" on starz. patrick stewart is back on the show this evening. the great patrick stewart. [ cheers and applause ] and he is the ohio governor, and a republican p

you can see clearly, ted cruz is eating into that base for ben carson, a very troubling sign for ben elical vote. nearly 60%. when you go to the iowa leadoff caucuses, nearly 6 in 10 votes will be by evangelicals, a smaller number in new hampshire. but in south carolina, it's 2 out of every 3. ben carson needs to get that number up among evangelicals, which means, he needs to take back the support he's lost to ted cruz. we'll see if this trip overseas does anything to move those numbers, kate. >> really interesting article in "the washington post" today, talking about his support in that community. that is such a stronghold for carson. evangelicals. >> absolutely. and while evangelical voters, a big part of the republican base, but a lot of them have a sense of deep personal connection with ben carson because of his story. that's been the selling point. so that's the concern in the carson camp, is that personal connection enough when you start getting into debates about foreign policy and he says things that are questionable? so that's what this trip they hope can accomplish. can take

interestingly, ben carson.round into the fall in head-to-head polls. he's now fallen behind her. so again, a tough month all around for ben carson. there is that shake-up right behind donald trump on the republican side. >> and a very good month for hillary clinton. >> absolutely. hillary clinton -- we were talking not long ago about does she have to worry about bernie sanders here making this thing -- maybe not beating her but really stretching this contest out. these numbers are telling you she's really solidified her support. >> steve kornacki, thank you very much. >>> let's dig a little more closely into the democratic race. i i'm joined by alex. with hillary clinton, voters are not thinking she's honest or trustworthy. any movement on those numbers? >> definitely a lot of good numbers for her in this poll. one number that's not so good, honest and trustworthy numbers still haven't changed much at all. 60% saying she's not honest and trustworthy, just 36% saying she is. not as much of an issue after bernie

shows how fascinating this timing is and also for ben carson. john, republicans are anxious about the economy, too. who would manage it better? the billionaire brass of donald trump or challenger ted cruz? here is the score from the tax foundation think tank. trump has the edge. 5.3 million jobs over the next decade. cruz is not far behind with 4.9 million added. cruz wins according to the tax foundation. cruz as the simple plan in the gop field. he would scrap the seven income tax brackets. he would kill the corporate and switch to a 16% value added tax. a fee on sales and wages. trump would move to three tax and reduce the corporate to 15%. tax foundation says cruz's plan is one of the best for boosting growth. >>> 42 minutes past the hour. president obama trying to reassure americans in the battle against isis what he says is working and what he still needs to be done. next. >>> president obama is calling on america's allies in the middle east to do more in the war against isis. the president is growing frustrated with countries like saudi ar

ben carson was here a little while ago. asked him, what is the biggest issue besides national security? he said, homeland security. he has realized that he needs to show that he is big on this issue. last time we had a cnn debate was in simi valley. they try to create conflict between the candidates. if foreign policy is the lion's , there ishe debate not a wild distinction between these guys. much willon is, how this debate be about substance? how much is it just a personality clash? and how much they try to project themselves. this many candidates still on the stage, i think it will be tricky. in true las vegas fashion, we will discuss what is in the cards tonight for the candidates . the front runner was here last night at a rally where he teased ted cruz then held back. >> trump, 41%. ted cruz, 14%. 41-14. i like him. here is how they announced, ted cruz surging. 41, ted cruz, 14. i said, wait, what is going on? bets are divided on whether trump will hit ted cruz tonight. do you think trump will feel under pressure? i t

money is not the problem for ben carson.em is does anyone actually want his message after a huge focus on terrorism and national security. >> all great points, mark. thank you very much. >>> coming up, "time" magazine names german chancellor angela merkel their person of the year. she, by the way, is the first woman to earn the title in 29 years. the reaction coming in this morning. >>> plus, officials believe they know what sickened dozens of people who all ate at the same chipotle restaurant. it is one of the stories we are updating this morning. ♪ ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ [ birds squawking ] my mom makes airplane engines that can talk. [ birds squawking ] ♪ my mom makes hospitals you can hold in your hand. ♪ my mom can print amazing things right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] my mom makes trains that are friends with trees. [ train whistle blows ] ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ you owned your car you named it brad.s, my mom works at ge. you loved brad.

but when he wasn't, he compared ben carson to a pedophile. he actually said -- he actual think compared him to a pedophile in the fact that he had this disturbing violent past in his high school years. kennedy: there is any way of predicting what might happen in these early voting states? >> no. polling has been bad recently. it was bad in kentucky and bad in 2014. and it's been bad abroad as well. the british election was messed up by the pollsters. >> that sounds like something jeb bush would say. >> i don't think you can say jeb bush's 4% is because polling is bad. i don't think trump is going to win these states. when you have marco rubio at 16% and cruz at 19%. kennedy: what could ted cruz promise marco rubio to get him to drop out of the race? >> i don't know. i think ted cruz is going to come up. that's how canadians are. they are sneaky. you don't see them coming and suddenly they take over. if trump was smart he would try to ban canadians. kennedy: you start with the mexicans and move to the muslims. then america's top hat is canada.

ben carson taking a dip. plus, now more voters are starting to view trump as a serious candidate. and this, new mexico governor susanna martinez is apologizing for a party she threw that ended with a visit to police. officers came to complaints about noise and someone throwing snowballs from a balcony. that and more at the top of the hour. >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." the republican presidential candidates auditioned to become commander in chief this week. in their first debate since the terror attacks in paris and san bernardino. as the top nine contenders took the stage in las vegas on tuesday, some clear fault lines emerged in the fight against isis and u.s. intervention in the middle east. >>> the people that have been killed, the people that have been wiped away and for what? it's not like we had victory. it's a mess. the middle east is totally destabilized a total and complete mess. this is the biggest debate we should be having tonight is regime change a good idea? has it been a good idea? there are still people, the majority on stage that want to topple a

find out more presidential candidate doctor ben carson is making some last minute changes to his campaign ahead of 20-16.6..announcing today he'll have to replace three of his top aides after they've announced their resignation. carson campaign manager barry bennett and communications director doug watts stepped down. later, deputy campaign manager lisa coen also resigned, according to a spokesperson. but those on the campaign say it isn't a cause for concern. "we're not in a free fall. we're not in chaos. dr. carson took a good look over the holidays and made some ideas and spoke with his leadership team and did it like any bought in all the influence. he bought in all the information he needed. deborah campaign strategists say the move isnt unheard of though, ronald reagan shook things up in his own campaign just before the new hampshire primaries, to some success. deborah the only candidate on the trail on this last day of 2015-- bernie sanders--is announcing some good news for his campaign. abc's bazi kanani has more from washington " just days after announcing impressive fundraising

ben carson, donald trump.y will both be center stage because donald trump clear front-runner still in the republican party primaries and ben carson also doing well. but still both men are saying they could leave the republican party. they would consider running as a third party candidate if it ends up being a brokered convention. why did this come up? there were stories last week that party insiders discussing the possibility to come to back rooms and brokering. cnn's tom foreman goes into the virtual conventional hall to explain what this means. >> reporter: hold on tight because with this many candidates in the race it could get messy and here's how. let's say you go into the early primaries and caucuses and nobody has a commanding lead anywhere. maybe candidate "a" wins over here and "b" over here and "c" over here and enough so three or four think they can keep playing the game and then state after state after state and it continues and then you wind up at the convention with no one in a commanding lead. a

ben carson in that. just did an interview with him. u heard about this so-called shake up in his campaign today, what did you think about his cyberview and the answers he gave? >> dr. carson is the most admired man by the most number of people. everyone respects his integrity and professionalism and experience. they also realize he is a new comer to the political arena. and there will be ups and downs and bumps along the way. armstrong williams is his friend and he has a good campaign staff. but the rise of isis is a concern over foreign affairs expertise. i spoke for two hours ago with a "washington post" reporter who has a new book out. and you have to be blind to see that the world is facing an imminent and dangerous threat from isis and a cheating iran. and those candidates who project less forceful personalities on matters of foreign affairs have been slipping in the polls. ted cruz has stayed steady in some polls because he is as conservative as dr. carson but he also has more credibility among people who wonder want capacity. on