there's new video of ben carson. this morning in an interview said not nice things about donald trump. basically went after donald trump saying he is a politician, he will say anything to get elected. that's fairly interesting because carson has some loyal voters here. >> he does. evangelical folks don't think donald trump is an evangelical candidate, but numbers don't bear up. they like trump and cruz. ben carson, that's a threat. if he can peel some evangelical support, he can be a player. three days before caucuses, santorum was in third place and won. >> i don't think ben carson will win, but i think he blunts what ted cruz is trying to do. ben carson will play a role monday night. he might even come up in third place. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> still to come for us,

does that call into question, in your mind, ben carson's ability to lead? >> no. i think dr. carson is such an inspirational figure. people want to follow it. i mean, his life story is nothing short of amazing. you know, and he's one of the world's top brain surgeons. so he's incredibly smart as well. but there are a lot of people who try to interject themselves in the whole process. sometimes there was a shadow campaign going on on the outside of the campaign. a lot of that ended up hurting us pretty badly. it wasn't done in his direction or often even without his knowledge. >> do you still think that ben carson is the best candidate for president? >> well, i think ben carson has the best head and the best heart. but, you know -- >> does that mean he's most qualified, though? >> that's not a question. >> yeah. well, you know, i mean, i'm a realist, you know. and, you know, i believe in data. i believe in polls. and i have not seen a plan out there that is going to take down donald trump quite yet. >> barry bennett, great to have you on. we really appreciate it, ba

ben carson. what an incredible story. >> i'm ben carson.'m a candidate for president of the united states. >> one of the best neurosurgeons in the world and might even be your next president. >> we are one nation. under god. indivisible. with liberty and justice for all. >> hearts and stories starts in a broken him anyoner city detroit. his mother worked or two or three jobs to make ends meet. and when carson started doing poorly in school she had a solution. >> turning all the tooth and make is read reports and submit to her written book reports but she couldn't read. but it didn't matter because it worked. >> he attended yale and medical school, revolutionizing his field. completing surgeries once thought impossible. including separating conjoin entwines. >> i'm the only one that separates siamese twins. the only one to operate on babies still in the mother's woman. the only one to take out have a brain. >> and of course, dr. carson jumping into the political spotlight the national prayer black fest in 2013. >> our national debt, $16.5 tr

these ben carson folks up in new hampshire, they not only gave up their candidate. they also gave up their salaries in order to give up their candidate. they left paid positions with carson in order to work for free for ted cruz. that was yesterday in new hampshire. almost the whole ben carson super pac operation in new hampshire basically folding its tent. folding the tent neatly, putting it back in its packaging, dragging it across the line into ted cruz's line and putting it back up there. then tonight further bad news for ben carson. news first reported by bloomberg politics, which is that two additional high-ranking ben carson campaign staffers have also quit tonight. ben carson's operations director and his general counsel have both reportedly left the campaign tonight. so ben carson, one-time national front-runner for about 40 seconds, now appears to be in complete freefall, complete collapse both inside his campaign and in the super pac that was supporting his campaign. and of course the guy for whom this is all ostensibly good news is the front-runner, donal

ben carson. carson spent his time on stage talking about his upbringing and faith. echoing stories about morals and values. notions his campaign runs on that he said are for everyone. "i don't know that you have to be religious to do what's right, to have compassion for other people and to be fair," said dr. ben carson. a recent fox news poll shows carson is fourth among gop candidates in iowa. he says s s plan leading up to to the caucus is to o ld more townhall meetings. "i think the key thing is people need to hear me," said dr. ben carson. "they need to hear my to hearing what people say my message is." this week, defense secretary ash carter told cnbc he wants to accelerate the battle to defeat isis. "we need to recognize that we have to take away their territory," said carson. "the smart thing, in my opinion, isis to consult with our military experts and ask them what do they need in order to take that territory." back home, with the national debt climbing, curbing student debt remains a bi

ben carson was back in sioux city. guest speaking for revive 714. a christian prayer worship movement. that o oned with a tribute to braden joplin - a carson campaign volunteer killed in a car wreck on tuesday. "i'm a person who centers my life on god," said dr. ben carson. carson spent his time on stage talking about his upbringing and faith. echoing stories about morals and values. notions his campaign runs on that he said are for everyone. "i don't know w at you have to be reregious to do what's right, to have compassion for other people and to be fair," said dr. ben carson. a recent fox news poll shows carson is fourth among gop candidates in iowa. he says his plan leading up to to the caucus is to hold more townhall meetings. "i think the key thing is people need carson. "they need to hear my message as opposed to hearing what people say my message is." this week, defense secretary ash carter told cnbc he wants to accelerate the battle to defeat isis. "we need to recognize that we have to take away their territory," said carson. "the smart thing

if you are on a decertain the side with ben carson. you would purposely get injured so he could operate on you. kennedy: let's make a tourniquet out of a coconut. >> the problem is the novelty has worn off. kennedy: i think if we tblert middle of the obamacare passion and hatred ben carson would be doing well. if we were from the throes, rand paul would be doing well. i'm tired of this false comparison between establishment and populist. you will have a candidate or a lead were a 90% atu rate hog is called a rino by people who support a populist candidate who is probably one of the most liberal republicans since rockefeller. i think it steers people away from the fact when you create that duopoly where you say assistant and rino. it's a fight fueled by emotion. we are not supposed to be emotional. we are fact-based. we are reasoned perverts. i'm a pervert for reason and i haiti motion. but now i have a case where the leader on the republican side is very emotional. kennedy: and stirring the country into such a froth everyone is so mixe

ben carson said today that although donald trump has announced he will boycott the debate carson wouldn't be surprised if he did show up. then again it's ben carson, he wouldn't be surprised if he was licked awake in the morning by a unicorn. [ laughter ] oh, hello friend. hello, mythical buddy. bernie sanders had a private meeting with president obama earlier today. well, as private as a meeting with bernie sanders can be. [ shouting ] hello, mr. president. i'm ready to discuss the sensitive issues. keep it down, bernie, keep it down -- gotta keep it down -- mr. president -- keep it downwn [ laughter ] it's a one man show i'm doing. a recent poll found that donald trump and hillary clinton

he's slipping further, ben carson, further in the polls. who benefits from that now? obably ted cruz and donald trump both. if you look, second-choice voters for ben are evenly divided between those two. i don't think it makes a huge impact. they probably divide up between the two evenly. unlike the other side, it is establishment lane where they're fighting each other very nasty but just because i attack candidate "x "doesn't mean i get his votes. they're going to go to "y" and "z." i don't think anybody's going to make any major movement. >> who do you think the next to go is? who do you think the next two or three is? what's the order right now? >> obviously, carly and paul are probably, you know, the ones that are in critical condition. after iowa and new hampshire, you'll probably see two, three more people get out by the time we get to south carolina, it could be a much narrower race? >> is ben carson one? >> i wouldn't be surprised. i don't have any inside information, but i wouldn't be surprised. >> on ben carson, he spoke to -- dr. carson spoke to cnn this mor

ben carson? >> i did a deep dive and one of the things that i learned in my years in corporate america is that, you have to have the ability to execute a plan, and we didn't really have that. so, i brought in someone who has a lot of experience with execution and, you know, there were some who decided under those circumstances it would be too difficult for them to work. but that's okay. >> were you going to fire barry bennett, the campaign manager and your communications director? that's a simple question. >> i was going to make some very substantial changes and mr. bennett said he could not live with those changes. that's okay. it doesn't diminish anything that he's done. >> one of the things that barry bennett said to the associated press about your campaign, he said, you have to surround yourself with good people and he has not demonstrated that he can do that. and you said, wisdom is every bit as important as knowledge and perhaps an even more important qualification for job of president, bei

now, ben carson is tumbling in the polls, and it appears a major rift is forming in his campaign. even as he raised $23 million in

ben carson. the crash happened on an icy road tuesday morning on i-80, near atlantic. tonight, we hear from a young volunteer sitting just feet from joplin during the crash. here's local 5's sabrina ahmed for about a week now, aaron ohnemus, and three others have been canvasing the state for dr. ben carson. tuesday morning, the exhausted crew was headed out into a storm ..to glenwood. 6:52:14 "as we're sleeping, everything's peaceful and suddenly i hear drew and ryan both scream." the van hit a slick spot on the interstate. 7:10:25 "at that point we staeted spinning a little bit and my seatbelt had been off at the time because i was grabbing a glove and i remember just flying to the side landing on a pile of metal stands and i thoguht that was the flying to the side landing on a pile of metal stands and i thoguht that was the end of it but as we're spinning i didn't feel the collision i heard a really loud sound back end of our van." 7:51:28 "eventually i was able to regain

elizabeth: this morning we're learning more about a tragic iowa crash that killed a ben carson campaign staffer. this is a photo of carson with the victim, 25-year-old texas tech student braden joplin. the crash happened tuesday on i-80 near atlantic. the iowa state patrol says a van carrying joplin and three other carson campaign staffers hit a patch of ice, flipped on its side, and was then hit by another vehicle. the three other people in the van were treated at a hospital the other vehicle was carrying a woman and three children, ages 5, 10, and 12. they were treated for injuries as well. state patrol is still investigating the crash and will try to determine if speed was a factor. on the democratic side now. a new cnn wmur poll this morning shows hillary clinton has a lot of ground to make up in a key state. bernie sanders is leading clinton by 27 points right now in new hampshire, which is home to the second primary, right after the iowa caucus. sanders has 60% of likely voters. and clinton has just 33%. sanders was in iowa tuesday. here he's speaking with voters at a town hall me

ben carson is starting the new year with a shakeup atop his campaign. paign manager, deputy manager and communications director have all resigned. this comes as dr. carson t continues to struggle in the polls. the latest cnn poll shows him a distant third place. cnn's sara murray joins us now with the very latest on this. so, what's the reaction from the carson campaign? how are they spinning this? >> reporter: this has been an interesting shakeup. at first ben carson did interviews, saying i'm preparing for a campaign shakeup. then he sort of walked it back, saying he was happy with his senior team. ultimately a number of staffers have ended up leaving anyway. they left, they put out a statement and they said they respect the candidate and we have enjoyed helping him go from the back in the field to the top-tier status. they said they're proud of his efforts and wish him the best but ultimately they felt they couldn't stay on. when you look at how the carson campaign is responding to this, ben carson put out a statement essentially saying, we needed thi

>> well, ben carson, his response was interesting. he was completely dismissive, and i think that he said that it would be ridiculous to not use the specimen. he said we don't know where it came from, and that's the most charitable way of understanding it. what boffed me about his response, and what turned me around and if i would support someone like him as a pro-lifer, but the way that he missed it. you see more in justifying his practices rather than trying to explore a real important ethical issue. believe me, i'm a moral theologian and have spent decades trying to go through these moral issues. >> ryan, how does your group work through something like this? is it an array of candidates, with sometimes only slight differences in the approach to these questions. >> i think that the approach is not as nuanced as some would suggest. in order to elevate humanity, we don't have to destroy part of humanity. there are those in this field, particularly coalition doctors, in wisconsin, and they talked about how fetal tissue arrive, anresear

if ben carson told me i would grow up to be like ben carson i would turn my academic career around immediately. >> i thought he inspires you. >> you should see when he is talking to him, you are going to grow up to be just like me and the kid is like, not a good -- >> the kid does president like school. and he is thinking i have to apply myself now. he is a goof off and he likes it. >> it pays to -- i was a goof off. it pays. you get to do "red eye." >> sam, why don't we go to you. you were a troubled youth, were you not? >> i still am. what they didn't show is after this ben carson went to make a wish and said who has the least time left? they all pointed to his campaign. saved it. saved it. >> it was a joke, tom. you don't analyze the material. i feel bad for kids. we tell kids they can be whatever they want and then we don't give them the odds. if i have a kid i will be honest. daddy, can i play in the nba? look, staw -- statistically it is possible, but look at this chart. i factored in your size and race and it does president -- doesn't look good. are you a tiny jew. i will be honest. >>

ben carson. sot ben carson>"i'm looking to make sure we have the best possible organization."track and yesterday the shuffle began. out are three high level staffers..including campaign manager barry bennet and deputy campaign manager lisa cohen.the moves are more evidence of a campaign at the crossroads.look at the numbers. as recently as early november carson led now gop front runner donald trump in a national poll 29 to 23 percent. the latest usa today poll, with the iowa caucuses just a month away, show a dramatic drop. carson now with just ten percent support among likely republican voters compared to trump's 39 percent. sot"when things are going well no one recognizes the deficencies or ineffectiveness in the organization."trackand this is the man placed at the center of the shake up. carson longtime friend and advisor armstrong wiiams. williams admits he has no formal position in the campaign but on his way out the door bennet took shots at williams. bennet told abc news he told carson " we all know the root of our problems, let's not pretend it's no