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,

we're talking about ben carson. carson is furious over a private meeting this week by gop leaders where they talked about the possibility of a brokered convention as carson is falling further in the polls. in new hampshire he's now polling at 6%. that's down seven points from mid-november. that's according to the polling at wbur. donald trump is still holding onto the top spot with 27%. let's bring in nia-malika henderson for more on all of this. what a statement coming from ben carson's campaign this morning. what more are you hearing about this statement and threat from carson. >> we just got this statement in our inboxes about two hours ago in. this comes after all those reports that the rnc and the establishment for republicans are thinking about what it would look like if there was a brokered convention, if donald trump or ben carson or any of these folks in the lead at this point were to pull this thing off and actually have more delegates or a tie going into the convention. you have ben carson who is in some

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 paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug

carson. add the thing about armstrong williams is he has no official role in the campaign but he's very close to carson and he has taken some pot shots at the campaign saying that they haven't really prepared carson in the way that they should. you remember the meeting last week where he seemed to be sort of off his campaign in talking about international affairs, pronouncing thomas -- hamas as hummus and people mocked him for that. and the campaign has come out and said well listen, armstrong, you aren't always that helpful to the campaign, either. armstrong in the past has come on air, for instance, and criticized ben carson saying he's got to be tougher and be used to the kind of scrutiny that we're going to give him as he is in this presidential campaign. they have said, listen, it's a work in process. they're trying to be one, unified campaign, going into the iowa caucus where they've identified about 100,000 voters. they think if they can get 35,000 of those voters to caucus in their fa

carson. thank you for joining us. are you doing okay? >> doing well. nice to be with you. >> let's talk about the polls we just discussed. you are tied for third place. you are down four points since the last cnn poll in november. you have lost some ground. what is your reaction to that? >> polls go up and down. and i suspect there will be a fair amount of movement, particularly in the last few weeks before the iowa caucus. but you know, you have to be steady. you have to keep on message. and help people to recognize that you know, our nation needs real answers. we don't need rhetoric or personalities, we need real answers. as we get closer, i hope people will listen real carefully not only to me but to all the candidates and what is said. >> there has to be some concern about it. you told the "washington post" that you were shaking up your campaign, i am looking at every aspect of the campaign right now, everything is on the table, every job is on the table. there could be changes as soon as

carson was born on october 23, 1925 in corning, iowa, to homer lloyd "kit" carson, a power company manager, and ruth carson, who was of part irish descent. he grew up in the nearby towns of avoca, clarinda, and red oak in southwest iowa before moving to norfolk, nebraska, at the age of eight. it was there that carson grew up and began developing his talent for entertaining. at the age of twelve, carson found a book on magic at a friend's house and immediately purchased a mail-order magician's kit. after the purchase of the kit, johnny carson practiced his entertainment skills on family members with card tricks. he was known for following his family members around saying, "pick a card any card." carson's mother sewed him a cape, and his first performance was staged right in front of the local kiwanis club. he debuted as "the great carsoni" at age 14 and he was paid $3 a show. soon, many other performances at local picnics and country fairs followed. after graduating from high school, carson had his first encounter with hollywood.carson hitchhiked to hollywood, where he was arrested and fine

carson.ve mark halperin giving him a grade of a "c" saying it is the lowest score for any candidate. the florida sentinel wrote it is hard to imagine anything in this debate's performance will reverse carson's deep slide in public opinion policy. the bloom is off the fleeting one-time front-runner. how does mr. carson, dr. carson, believe he did last night? did he get momentum back? >> you know, tamron, first of all, we have been counted out from the very beginning. no one thought that dr. carson would be able to pull together a first-class team. he's done that. we've shown in fund-raising and events that dr. carson is a candidate who is a serious candidate and who, quite frankly, after every debate -- this is number five and after every debate the pundits have said that dr. carson didn't do well. but we, the people, the people have been really pleased with his performance and as we are hearing from our supporters, people -- the 5 million people who follow dr. carson on facebook, the over 1.1

carson's answer on that?for those of us who worked in the middle east understand and the nuances and the sensitivity of many of the players there. the answer was the right answer because right now i can tell you that in the middle east, in central europe, western europe, united states to take the lead before anyone is willing to step up to the plate and help in the way that needs to be done. so dr. carson was quite correct until the president of the united states steps up and sets the tone, calling anyone else is not worth the time of day. so we first need a president who's going to set the tone for leadership and start making the calls. it was a thoughtful answer, actually. liz: okay. well, some people on both sides of the aisle thought it was a little messy. but we've got to get on israel and certainly what's happening with donald trump, who said he would ban muslims from entering the country based on religion. where will dr. ben carson stand on that? the israelis don't like that position at all? >> i think

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ben carson has not collapsed.hat 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

carson business manager, close c confidante.u take their stories they say it's management differences. they were criticizing you in particular for not making sufficient attempts to organize the energy that's been behind some of this campaign into hard campaign planning. in effect turning that into votes in iowa and new hampshire. what's your response to that criticism? >> well, listen, i think most reasonable people understand that presidential campaigns in and of themselves is chaotic. there's a lot of turbulence. when you're doing well, no one notices the issues that you have. but when you somewhat tumble in the polls everybody take note and they want to know reasons why things aren't working the way they were. >> something must have happened. >> yes, dr. carson announced a week ago today that there would be major shakeups in his operation and every position is on the table. so dr. carson remains in charge. he's honoring what he said he was going to do. he took time to examine carefully where changes need to be made. but mr. b

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ben carson has not collapsed.s 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

ben carson. he made a comment about ted cruz. he is trying to really, i think, show again what makes him the outsider. dr. carson. what makes him the outsider and unique in the field while tweaking ted cruz. listen. >> you know, we all had different types of experiences. no question i have not spent a lot of time schmoozing asking for money and going to cocktail parties. i spent many a night in the operating room. cold sterile place with a child's life on the line. that's a different experience. >> when you arrive in des moines and you go down the drive and on the right is a huge place where the area is carson country. >> iowa is a great place for him. there are a lot of social conservatives there. people who were perhaps exposed to his book or movie early on during school. but he's losing a lot of momentum nationwide. 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 th

carson, don't worry. your prayers have been answered. there was a dinner where the subject was how the delegate selection process works and the difference of a hybrid state and proportional state, and at the end of the dinner, there were a lot of questions asked, and it is frankly similar to the press briefing that we held for 150 members of the press a couple of weeks ago where a similar thing happened. we walked through the delegate process would handled and how each state handled the delegate process, at the end, we took a series of question, and it is really nothing more than that. >> wow. he is really responding to that. tell us about ben carson, because he is kind of -- not doing so great, and you wrote a very good cnn.com article talking about his campaign in crisis which is a turnaround from the few weeks ago. >> yes, in some ways they are. there is two carson campaigns, and one is the armstrong williams who is his business manager, and friend for offtwo decades and the regular campaign structure. carson has come out on a number

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ben carson have resigned. we just received a statement from the now former communications director for the campaign. we'll have that coming up. >>> plus, president obama, is he now bffs with jerry seinfeld? maybe they're not that close, as seinfeld said. but the two did have some coffee. they cruised around in a pretty cool corvette. we'll show you a clip of that next. as we go to break, some of the best photos from the white house for 2015. >>> we have some breaking news from the gop presidential race. we just learned that the two top aides to candidate dr. ben carson have resigned. cnn's chris frates joins me now with the details. we're talking about his campaign manager and his communications director. >> yeah, this is really big news coming just a few weeks before the iowa caucuses, brianna. i reached out to the now former communications director for ben cars carson, a gentleman by the name of doug watts. he sent this statement to me. let me read it. barry bennett and i have resigned from the carson campai

trump and carson and cruz are dominating iowa. bush and rubio and even chris christie think they can do well enough in iowa, springboard it to new hampshire. john kasich has to go from a standing start there. i think people like christie, people like rubio, doing well in iowa is super important. john: i was shocked to learn when we asked our researchers, christie has spent a lot of time there. he has spent a little less time than lindsey graham, who really is always in new hampshire. obviously does not have as much to show for it. for those candidates, new hampshire is not do or die. if you are john kasich right now, you have a lot to show for it. mark: all you have to do is get hot. if you get hot in the next couple of months, you can be the candidate. christie is hot right now. if he can have a couple moments in january, they are right on in. john: you said thanks to us before. i will say thanks to alex again. we will be back after this. ♪ john: we are on the tube twice a day at 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. eastern. we are live 24/7

ben carson making a stop in sioux city tonight. it's all part of a three-day campaign swing throughout the state. at a rally at stoney creek, he spoke about his views on radical islam. he said "dangerous individuals are infiltrating our society." carson shared how he thinks the u-s needs to further recognize that radical islam is a "we have to be serious about destroying them first. we have to use every mechanism that's available to us and we cannot fight a politically correct war...they count on us to be stupid enough to do that," said dr. ben carson, republican presidential candidate. carson's next stop tomorrow is in the shelby, iowa community of harlan. carson started the day in storm lake iowa at buena vista university. much of his focus was on his faith and how it has affected his life. carson discussed putting health care in the hands of individuals and health care providers as well as common core education. while the university was out for winter break, there were still students who stopped by to hear from carson. and they

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 to go annual vacation in hawaii. >> cheryl: isis is believed to have the ability to produce fake syrian passports. terror group may have printing machine as well as blank passports. >> nicole: reported had three background checks before entering the united states. new york times says law enforcement officials discovered on reporting posting as they investigated malik. concluded an underwater searnl of a small lake in san bernardino, but the fbi have not said that items recovered from the late are from the attack. >> cheryl: russian warship firing shots to turkey beat. it was unable to establish radio contact. moscow said the turkish

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? 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 question for both of them. >> how do you respond to that analysis from ted cruz? >> well, you know, we have had different type of experiences. no question i haven't spent a lot of time asking for big money and going to cocktail parties. i spent many a

what happened to carson? once again, all the money, all the ads, all the promises, another poll shows bush static at best. >> money doesn't matter that much, the old yogi berra line that says if nobody wants to come to a ball game, there's nothing you can do to stop them. if nobody wants to vote for jeb bush, it doesn't matter how much money he spends. i think there's four people to watch at this point. i really do, donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio and chris christie. i think ben carson is basically -- >> back on the stage. >> that's where the action is. ben carson i do not think, maybe i'll be proven wrong, since the paris attacks, i think that he's become much, much less relevant. i think those four are the ones to watch. >> matt lewis ate his wheaties this morning. >> he did. >> he correctly identified some of your strategies. i always believe that you are expanding the overton window. and you have positioned yourself oddly right next to me. which gives you a tactical advantage. >> you do have a lot of

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he and marco rubio have passed ben carson in recent polls. after the break... the latest numbers...how carson is trying to regain support...and the unique request donald trump is making before the next g-o-p debate. plus... how much shoppers spent on cyber monday and two of the most sought after items. then...a little bit later... the hawkeyes are heading to the big ten championship game. how the coaches and players are what if the holidays were about people again? and the four-letter word that defined the season was l-o-v-e, and not s-a-l-e. that's the world t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods stores live in. where there's no need for sales because we offer amazing prices on thoughtful gifts everyday. let's put more value on what really matters. this season, bring back the holidays. 02:17-02:22 he doesn't just talk about it..he doesn't just have a good rap, he's done it g-o-p candidate jeb bush has a new two-minute ad out today. it comes as we are now just two months from caucus night. jeb bush spent his day in eastern iowa...trying to get iowa caucus goers on h

frustrated by the actions of carson's powerful business manager. now-former campaign manager barry bennett tells abc news he still believes in the candidate, but says quote-- "i can play amateur politics at home with my 9- year-old. i don't need to do it at the professional level." (nats jeb bush rally) the year ends with a blunder for jeb bush, after last night's rally in south carolina. a reporter asked him about the police shooting of 12- year-old tamir rice. (sot bush) bush: i think that chicago has a lot of work to do to rebuild trust. the level of violence is abhorrent. abc q: that happened in cleveland. bush: oh i'm sorry. my bad. (nats sanders rally) the only presidential candidate on the sanders is in iowa... announcing a new campaign fundraising record: more than 2-point-3 million donations. (sot sanders) "that is more individual contributions that any campaign in the history of the united states of america." sanders is still trailing hillary clinton in the polls... but staying competitive in the early voting state of new hampshire. on th

but several days ago, for ben carson.ss i have a little bit different view than charles on what it might mean. if you're a ben carson supporter in iowa and you look around he's having these problems and these negative stories day after day and you think i want to caucus for somebody who is likely to win or could potentially win. don't you start looking at a ted cruz or a donald trump or a marco rubio or whomever? if you decide that you want your vote to count. you've seen this, his numbers drop in half. over the past several weeks. i think that could lead to some additional bleeding. even though carson supporters are among the most loyal i would say out there. >> you mentioned donald trump at the top of the hour. he did what he likes to do. he went on twitter and commented on the other side of the race. hillary clinton in her emails, he said do you believe that the state department on new year's eve just released more of hillary's emails? they want it all to end -- bad. ann guerin. we've been out on the road covering hill

is speaking in carson city this afternoon. senator rand paul at caesars palace today. the republican presidential candidate says... despite his polling numbers.. he's confident about his chances of winning over voters.... in nevada. paul talked about his "flat tax plan" and "government reforms".... during his appearance.... before "the economic club of las vegas". tomorrow ... ted cruz is back in town. at "the siena community center". that's near siena monte and town center. doors open.... at -9- a-m. some frightening moments for the passengers on a southwest airlines flight in nashville. the boeing 737 had just landed when it skidded off the runway and came to rest in a ditch. "and all of a sudden we heard a shutter and then we basically swerved off into a ditch.// the flight attendants told us you know, 'down, down, down'. 133 passengers had to use the emergency chutes. fortunately.. no one was seriously hurt. scare then... the f-b-i investigates.... a suspicious item found yesterday.... on an american airlines flight from p

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 some questions." nats: christmas carols. while singing christmas carols with carson's wife was also on the program ... the candidate placed special importance on where he came from and what he has done in his life ... especially important because he feels the need to explain ... "i have to dispell the rumors and the myth that i don't know anything about anyhting except medicine which is obviously a bunch of garbage." and it seemed to have worked creating very position feedback from the crowd. "i am even more of a fan now seeing him talk in person and i believed in him beforehand ... and it just reaffirmed it." "i am undecided i am trying to hear them all in person and i walk away ... ben carson has moved up in my mind." siouxland is not over yet ... so if you'd like to see him he'll head to carol ... harlan and council bluffs tomorrow. reporting live in studio ... lukas v

carson said we should just get the job done! and new fights emerged as candidates tried to ignore trump. but a-b-c news contributors say it's unlikely this debate will change the course of the race or anyone's standing in polls. :50-:56 if you want something talked about ask a man....if you want something done ask a woman some harsh words from the only woman on the stage at the carly fiorina trying to stand out..but according to a-b-c contributors she could actually be the next one to drop out! fiorina disagrees...and says she can beat hillary clinton. we have to beat hillary clinton and we're not going to beat hillary clinton with somebody who insults women, and we're not going to beat hillary clinton with somebody who can't land a punch. i can beat hillary clinton and fiorina is still here today...she's holding a town hall at sun city anthem in henderson at 10:30 for residents and invited guests. then she'll head up to reno. ben carson is also still here in the valley this morning. he'll be holding a fundraiser breakfast at 8

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he's picking up support from ben carson's supporters who are evangelical and are leaving carson because carson has not shown much fluency with foreign affairs issues at a time when that issue has come to the inform and i think senator cruz is also picking up support from donald trump tea party supporters, are concerned about trump's electability. so for now i think senator cruz is benefiting from that. that plus a lot of hard work, pretty good organization, he's got the resources he needs. but david, i think we need to be careful about one thing, 30% is pretty good but to call somebody front runners with that, 70% of likely republicans are someplace else, i think we ought to be a little cautious. >> fair point. 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 dol

>> carson struggled on foreign policy.e still has a grassroots network in iowa and pulling a strong percentage of the republican electorate. that's why the debate next tuesday is important for him. >> what do you think will happen tuesday? will we see a couple leaving the campaign trail after tuesday? >> well if you don't get on that stage if you're senator paul you don't find a way to get a lectern in las vegas it's a long slog between mid-december and the end of january and you have to have the money to survive. you may see some drop off between now and then. >> it's not the win, it's the spin and momentum. carson is on the downward spin but you also have rubio moving up and cruz moving up at the same time. >> thank you all. i appreciate that. "the washington post" robert costa doing some great reporting as usual, thank you, robert. >> thank you. >>> still ahead does bernie sanders want to talk about isis? we'll look at his campaign's message about that topic, but first, three years after sandy hook, the fight for meanin

ted cruz and ben carson favor flat taxes. cruz 10%. carson, 15. would lower the corporate tax rate to 15%. bush, 20%. rubio, 25. cruz would cap it at 16%. while carson favors the 15% flat tax. on repatriating. rubio would cut even further to 6. cruz would levy a 10% tax on overseas earnings, while carson propose as six-month tax holiday if corporations spend 10% of the money on creating jobs. >> it would be the biggest stimulus since fdr's new deal and it wouldn't cost the taxpayers one penny. >> all candidates would eliminate the tax on estates. there's big differences in deductions. trump would keep the mortgage interest deduction as is. bush would cap it at 2% of adjusted gross income. rubio would leave it alone. cruz would cap it at $500,000 in principal. while carson would eliminate it all together. on abolishing the irs, cruz is the only top candidate to definitively say eid do it though carson says under his plan there would be no need for the irs. >>> reforming the tax code, the candidates insist, would make the u.s. more competitive globa

carson explained why he canceled a trip to israel and africa. ben carson/(r) presidential candidate) there's some very significant security concerns. it's classified information so i'm just going to say it's too dangerous .. carson makes a campaign stop in spencer iowa tonight... and comes to sioux city on friday. tim: carson challenger marco rubio is back in iowa today as well, rallying support ahead of february's ucus, which is 47 days out. rubio held a town haha style event early in the day in muscatine, and was in knoxille, iowa tim: meanwhile donald trump is still far ahead in the polls... ... with a 23 point lead among republican voters over second in the running texas senator ted cruz. he joked about his rivals and read a dr. seuss book. but it wasnt all fun, kimmel pressed trump about his controversial plan to ban muslims from entering the u-s. the host asking trump if the ban would be "un- american". donald trump, presidential candidate: we have people coming into our country that are looking to do tremendous harm. you look at the two-

the other big story inside the carson, now down at 13%. dr. ben carson poll numbers go : up and down. >> 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 backroom deals. dr. ben carson: 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 tv' s , president fitzgerald grant . tony goldwyn: 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. sen. bernie sanders: 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 campaigning with just seven weeks until the iowa caucuses and just two days until the next g.o.p. debate. mary bruce, abc news, washington. adam: cnn has released t

reaction now this hour just from ben carson. what can you tell us about this and the dinner that happened last night with the rnc? >> yeah, so, the "washington post" report talked about reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee, ryan, the head of the senate. we talked with robert costa, the author of the article last hour, and he said it wasn't so much that they were plotting in terms of what a breck brokered conven would be like, how they would handle it, but rather the idea that the race might not produce a first-ballot nominee. but ben carson, of course, out with a blistering statement in the last hour or two, basically suggesting that this is a behind-the-scenes meeting of party elites that's trying to trample the will of the voters and he threatened even potentially to leave the party over a very strong response from ben carson. of course, ben carson has drawn so much of his support, or at least had drawn so much of his support before his numbers started slipping, from that idea that he's an outsider. so

and ben carson has made a similar threat. (sean spicer/chief strategist, rnc) we're gonna have a great nominating process, everybody will stay in, we will select the best nominee for this party, and we will take back the white house. it'll all work out, i promise." dianne gallagher, reporting. dow chemical and the world's company. dow-dupont will be the name of the new 130-billion- the plan is to three new companies...an agriculture material sciences company....and a specialty products company. dow and dupont say the merger will save them at least three- billion-dollars over the next two years. jenna: iowa senator chuck grassley released a statement today out that very merger, saying quote: "dupont and dow are two titans of american industry and the proposed merger deman serious scrutiny. federal regulators are responsible for examining and approving the transaction make sure th it's not anticompetitive. vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws is imperative to maintaining an openfair and competitive marketplace. grassley s

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

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. we need someone to do something. >> who have you supported in the past? why donald trump in 2015? >> i have been a republican for many years. it is what he is saying. we need to close the borders. we need to sec

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