if you tell republican voters that marco rubio is the gop obama, those are fighting words. he made it to donors. he was talking about the candidacy and his experience and how he comes across as a candidate. i'm sorry to break there to you john ellis bush who really hasn't been in the game but the obama of 2008 actually won the election. by calling rubio the gop obama is not too big of an insult when it comes to talking about his candidacy. >> he wasn't criticizing his policy. he was criticizing his experience. what we're seeing is voters kind of don't want anyone with political experience. that may be a good thing. >> they're running very much as an outsider in this race. >> there's a lot inside the republican. i think these next few days will be really important. >> thst incredible important. there's one that will be happening tomorrow night. >> larry, let me ask you this. for those establishment like candidates, when do they start shifting their strategy? can they shift their strategy? >> they have no stop running on their records. they keep showing their resume and say l

his camp allegedly referring to marco rubio as the gop's obama in a closed door meeting with donors.arl rove had to say about that earlier today. >> i wouldn't be thinking about marco rubio, i'd be thinking about jeb bush. jenna: let's talk about this with his campaign manager, danny diaz. i know it's rare that you give these interviews, so we appreciate the time today. >> thanks for having me. jenna: so it'll remain a report until someone from the campaign says it specifically on the record, but that's the report we got out over the weekend, that your campaign is referring to marco rubio as the gop's obama. i'd like to give you an opportunity to state that for the record. is that what your campaign believes? >> i think what our campaign believes is that we have the best candidate with the best record, the best vision. we enjoyed being in houston and communicating our plans to move the country forward, to win the gop nomination, how jeb bush is the guy that can fix the problems in washington, d.c., and by and large, that's what we discussed. but this is a campaign and, obviously, we

now jeb bush coming out against marco rubio with the powerpoint presentation, marco rubio a gop obamaill this get? >> they've been doing a gentle dance where they don't mention each other by name but they sort of say things about each other. and i think that is going to change because jeb has said now -- i spoke to sources very close to the campaign -- that there is a new strategy. the gloves are coming off. they're tearing up the play sheet. they're going to start again. and you're going to see a much more outspoken jeb bush, which we'll see what happens in the debate on wednesday night. >> right. >> but marco rubio is in his lane. if jeb wants to get in front of him. >> mark, to your point, they're running neck and neck. what's also amazing to it, if you were to see some sort of fight between jeb and marco, that could take some of the air out of everyone always watching donald trump. the american people want to see some fighting. >> oh, certainly. and i think you have to start to wonder, will americans start to tire of donald trump? erin, if you're looking ahead and if you are to se

jeb bush declaring friend and protege marco rubio a gop obama. rubio suggesting bush is part of the past. >> we need to elevate a new generation of leadership. >> reporter: the candidates tweeting pictures of their debate prep. john kasich promising to take the gloves off. >> let the chips fall where they may. because i'm done with being polite and listening to this nonsense. >> reporter: there are 14 republicans still in the race but once again only the top ten will be part of the main debate and it is expected to have a significant focus on economic issues. kendis, reena. >> all right, bazi kanani, big showdown in boulder tonight, thank you, from washington. >>> breaking overnight another case of a pilot blinded by a laser beam but this time it was much worse, the pilot of an american airlines jet taken to the hospital. the flight from phoenix was approaching san diego's airport. no word on whether he was injured by the green laser. it's the second laser incident within a month at the san diego airport. >>> there's growing uproar over the viole

and one slide was even titled marco is a gop obama. and a top staffer noted the two have strikingly similar profiles, that include being lawyers, university lecturers, and former state legislators, with, quote, few legislative accomplishments. but just across town, ted cruz visited a gun range with the president in tow and at a news conference beforehand, while he was cordial to the bush family, for whom he once worked, the message seems clear. >> to date our campaign has raised over $10.9 million from the state of texas. far more than any candidate in the field. and part of the strength of the campaign, the campaign altogether has raised over $26.5 million in just over six points. and we finished the last quarter reporting the most cash on hand of any republican in the field. this state continues to respect the bush family. i certainly do. i hold the family in high regard. they have a remarkable legacy of public service. a decency, a commitment to making a difference that i very much respect. i think at the same time, texans recognize

senator marco rubio, his former protege, who the bush campaign now calls the gop obama. attacking him for missing more votes than any senator this year. today, one of rubio's hometown newspapers, "the sun sentinel," which endorsed him for senate, calling him to resign over those missed votes, writing, "you are ripping us off, senator." rubio promising to address the issue. >> tune in tonight, you'll see it. >> and tom, we know there are really two battles playing out tonight. donald trump and ben carson, but also two friends now sparring, jeb bush versus marco rubio. they both need to do something here, do they not? >> reporter: that's right, david. they both call each other friends, but there's been nothing friendly about the relationship recently. and sources within the rubio campaign point out that tonight on that debate stage, rubio will be in between donald trump and jeb bush. the two people who have been hitting him the hardest in this campaign. but they say with jeb, it's a than when you are standing right next to someone, someone you call a friend. >> we'll be wa

if there is one catch phrase that has been repeated all over the media, it is is marco rubio the gop's obama? that was also leaked earlier this week by a the jeb bush campaign. everyone has access to is that. will that hurt marco rubio despite the widely believed claim that he handled the debate situation well. >> he did handle the debate situation well, but for the last two or three years as long as i can remember a lot of the gop claims about obama were first term senator, wasn't ready, only been a senator for wrote short time, didn't even complete the first term, all these arguments, young, new generation, charismatic, all these things do apply to marco rubio. the other side of that from my point of view, obama beat the republicans twice. if you are looking at marco rubio, that is something, all those factors should be approved for marco rubio, you can see two sides of that and it will be interesting to see how the gop looks at them. >> if we could have a two term president this is a party that is hungry to win and there would be a very good thing so keep on with that talking point. jenna

senator marco rubio, his former protege, who the bush campaign now calls the gop obama. attacking him for missing more votes than any senator this year. today, one of rubio's hometown newspapers, "the sun sentinel," which endorsed him for senate, calling on him to resign over those missed votes, writing, "you are ripping us off, senator." rubio promising to address the issue. >> well, tune in tonight, you'll see it. we'll talk all about it. >> and tom llamas live with us now from the debate hall. and tom, we know there are really two battles playing out tonight. donald trump versus ben carson for the top spot, but also two friends now sparring, jeb bush versus marco rubio. jeb once his mentor. they both need to do something here, do they not? >> reporter: that's right, david. they call each other friends, but they've been hardly but friendly on the campaign trail recently. and sources within the rubio campaign point out that tonight, rubio is in between donald trump and jeb bush. the two people who have hit him the hardest on the campaign trail so far. but they say for j

. >> reporter: and that presentation to big donors flatly declared marco as a gop obama. the ultimate fighting words in a republican primary. for his part, rubio has suggested his former mentor is part of the past. >> i'm going to continue to focus on what i think our country needs to do and why it is i think we need to elevate a new generation of leadership. >> reporter: fighting with his former friend and protege is perhaps another reason jeb bush sounds so disgusted with the race. >> i got a lot of really cool things that i could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. that is a joke. elect trump if you want that. >> and jon karl with us live here in new york. always great to have you here on the set with us. we want to show everyone at home another poll out tonight. and this one is on the democratic side. it shows hillary clinton with a commanding lead now in iowa, 41 points ahead of bernie sanders. and so, jon, does this mean the only state where she's not leading is new hampshire? >> repor

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another good example, he's been calling marco rubio the gop obama. you know, obama won twice. one time against hillary clinton. so i think actually, that sort of missed the mark. and gave marco rubio, gave voters a vision of someone who can come out of the republican field and win in a general election. >> i think you make a great point. i don't know if you caught my interview with governor kasich at the outset, what kasich said at the beginning of the debate is what jeb said two years ago, you've got to be prepared to lose primaries to win the general. bob, i want to ask you about one of the other supposed front-runners. and that's ben carson. because there was controversy raised in the debate about his association with man attack. here's the question that was asked. >> this is a company called mena technique, a maker of nutritional supplements of which you had a ten-year relationship. they offered claims that they could cure autism, cancer. they settled a lawsuit in texas and yet your involvement continue why? >> well, that's easy to answer. i didn't have an involvement with

calling him the gop obama. >> guess who that is, somebody beloan lowe him, jeb. >> i know jeb, i spoke -- >> my pal ben. >> i'll leave it alone. >> have one last thing to bring up. mark helprin of bloomberg. he said that hillary clinton is most likely to be the next u.s. president. i actually think that today if you're looking at the race, you don't have a republican nominee yet, that's probably not that far. >> it's clearly next -- the next -- on the left. unless she gets arrested. unless the fbi -- >> oh, my god, bolling. >> unless the fbi says we have enough to indict her she's going to be the nominee and she's likely to be the president. who is the one that's going to beat her? >> boy, i don't know. >> you're saying she's like too big to fail, except if she gets carted away. >> look at her history, she's lied to us, falsified the truth. four people have died under her watch. she's faked emails, she's lied about -- yet she's slamming it on the left. she's going to get elected unless she gets arrested. >> but helprin said is she'll be the next president. so it's not just not being th

jeb bush declaring marco rubio a gop obama, rubio suggesting bush is part of the past. the candidates tweeting pictures of their debate prep. >> let the chips fall where they may. i' m done with the being polite and listening to this nonsense. bazi: there are 14 republicans still in the race. only the top 10 will be part of the main debate, which will have a significant focus on economic issues. abc news, washington. erin: in light of the heroin epidemic facing new hampshire, governor maggie hassan is considering emergency rules concerning prescriptions for painkillers. many consider opioids to be the root cause of the heroin problem. the governor' s office has floated a draft proposal within the medical community for feedback. they may limit prescriptions for a five-day supply and limiting the use of fentanyl. >> the guidelines in the board of medicine rules say that the chance of a patient becoming addicted to an opioid is low. we know that that is not true. we also know from other states that there are best practices we should be implementing. >> all of this needs to

expected to hit hard at each battling to be seen as the alternative to the outsiders. ge marco rubio a gop obama. rubio suggesting bush is part of the past. >> we need to elevate a new generation of leadership. bazi: the candidates tweeting pictures of their debate prep. may. i' m done with the being polite and listening to this nonsense. bazi: there are 15 republicans still in the race, but only the top 10 will be part of the main debate, which will have a significant focus on economic issues. bazi kanani, abc news, washington. erin: in light of the heroin epidemic facing new hampshire, governor maggie hassan is considering emergency rules many consider opioids to be the root cause of the heroin problem. her office has floated a draft proposal within the medical community looking for feedback. suggestions include limiting prescriptions to a five-day supply and reviewing outdated practices. >> the guidelines in the board of medicine rules right now say that the chance of a patient becoming addicted to an opioid is low. we know that that isn' t true. we also know from looking at other states that

the bush campaign now labels rubio the gop's obama as a freshman senator running for president with few accomplishments compared to bush's record as a two-term governor in florida. >> in stark contrast including senator rubio, short on accomplishments and the reality is we need someone who has a proven record of fixing things. >> tonight i'm paying attention to the noise, focused on a campaign that's a serious campaign, this election is generational choice about what nation we're going to be in the 21st century. >> reporter: bush laid out plans to save social security and medicare entitlements by means testing and adjusting eligibility pages writing quote -- bush was talking policy while campaign manager was taking potshots at marco rubio. all the candidates say they want to talk issue abouts but somehow get sidetracked by trading insults and horse race polls, lou? lou: carl cameron. turning to another day of high partisan drama and political intrigue on capitol hill, house speaker john boehner working to come up with a two-year budget deal that raises the debt ceiling days before he le

. >> there was a presentation where marco rubio was called the gop obama.you have this sort of interaction tonight. is marco rubio a bigger threat to jeb's chances than trump or carson? >> i don't think the campaign looks at it that way. we have to understand the ideas matter and getting the ideas passed matters. when you look at that stage and the record of each of the vinls on that stage, jeb bush, more so than anybody on the stage has governed more conservatively than anybody else and has got things done. this country today, we have way too many issues being decided in washington, d.c. part of the reason'm working with president bush is he needs to understand there needs to be a structural reset and how we do business in this country is consistent with the constitutional frame work. when you look at banking, dodd-frank literally has transformed how we access capital, how we borrow money to buy homes and access credit lines for business. when you look at the health care context, the affordable care act has changed how he affect access. the only thing stan

rubio is quote the gop obama. according to the bush campaign. and jeb bush doesn't represent the necessary generational change that marco rubio says he wants and the government needs. it's very real and speaks to the assertion that maybe ben carson and donald trump will destroy one another at the top and jeb bush and marco rubio will ascend and destroy one another and the rest of the field can compete. the idea of process elimination and each other candidate can rise when the others screw up. if success depends on the mistakes of others, there's something wrong with your presidential campaign. >> gutfield? >> carl, nice tie/shirt combination as always. i'm a collector of strays, my thoughts go to the kitty table. do you think anybody at this point is going to break out from this table any more. if not, is it time to fold up the card table and put it in the garage? >> it's very difficult for them to get any attention and obviously they only occasionally do when something sort of extravagant happens in the so-called undercard. the rnc has been tal

news and world report has a 112-page report from his camp saying rubio is the gop's barack obama.a risky bet. also cites his misuse of state party credit cards in florida. and it mocks rubio's tomorrow versus yesterday argument. joining me are henry fernandez at the center for american progress and victoria defrancesco. victoria, let me start with you. it seems the bush campaign is at a crossroads earlier in terms of, you know, the bad poll position. they have to stkaoeurbgdecide i going negative. if they put the presentation and start turning it into ads and start trying to destroy marco rubio. what do you think the plan is for them? >> i think they already started to go negative. it started with that dump. but i don't think it will affect him. the thing with rubio we see, i think it is not going to fundamentally hurt him. his finances in the legislature. the fact that he has missed votes, i think he can neutralize that. marco rubio is very adept at that. however, i think he has more serious structural problems which have to do with is the gop ready to elect the first latino. he

chief target, marco rubio, calling him the gop-obama. they wrote rubio and president obama have strikingly similar styles. rubio and president obama have strikingly similar think that's a smart strategy? >> no. i understand jeb bush has to move some of these candidates out of the, quote/unquote, establishment lane so that he can take on some of the opponents in the, quote/unquote, outsider lane. marco rubio has his own difficulties and challenges, including the fact that he just said he didn't like his job, which by the way, i mean, you get paid $170,000, you get all. federal holidays off. what not to like being a united states senator? that aside, i think jeb bush has to restructure his campaign. he needs a stronger message. he needs to come across as somebody who really wants the job. not because of his last name, but because he has ideas and he understands how to make this country grow and more prosperous and secure in the future. jeb bush has run a campaign pretty much like the old-style campaign. i'm the incumbent, i'm the front-run

bush campaign officials branded rubio a gop obama.meant to be a compliment in the crowd, although some rubio supporters have said, obama won twice, so i'll take it. still it's perhaps a signal of attacks to come. for more on what's ahead, i'm joined by carl quintanilla and becky quick. becky and carl, i'm looking forward to tomorrow. >> we are looking forward to it too. >> becky, let me start with you. you guys, on one hand, what is your philosophy about trying to stick to what you want to do, get some topics in there, versus what it feels to me, are at least half the field very desperate for their own moment and wanting to do nothing but sort of steamroll you guys? >> you know, i think we've been looking at this as a way of really trying to get across, go in depth on a lot of issues that we want to hear things on. i think you're right, there are going to be people who feel like this is their moment and if they don't make a splash now, it's bad news for them. so it's going to be a bit of a rodeo, but we're ready for that. >> earlier i

a power point that his campaign puts out that has the real killer pointing that says marco is a gop obamayou've got is jeb in this really difficult position because he and rubio are in competition for the normal or old-fashioned position. and in the meantime he's still got to fight off trump. no wonder he says he's miserable. >> we're going to take a break here. kasie hunt and rick wilson, thanks for joining us tonight. e.j. will stick around frktsz coming up, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are finally talking about each other. not attacking, just talking. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts, ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real. ♪ our passion to make it real. if yand you're talking toevere rheumyour rheumatologiste me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my join

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. >> his team is starting to raise questions about marco rubio, calling him the gop obama. >> yeah, it's interesting to me. this is a brash young rookie like in "any given sunday" taking on the aging quarterback and they don't like it at all. this he thought this was their time and this other senator is taking on terms and becoming more popular, is both personally upsetting and may impact the race. >> matthew dowd, thanks very much. robin. >> we turn to a dramatic new detail from that whale watching tour that left at least five people dead. one person is still missing and abc's neal karlinsky is on the scene for us on vancouver island. good morning, neal. >> reporter: robin, good morning. we're learning a lot of new information about just what went on out there. one of the women in the water at the time was apparently pregnant. two others clung together for survival sharing a single life jacket between them. this morning, just the top of the huge leviathan ii visible above water and our first look at the some of the survivors minutes from being plucked from the water huddled under a tarp

gop. >>> president obama considering pen and paper again two create new background requirements for gun owners. >>> walmart giving out free stuff this weekend. netflix raising prices. we have a bunch of stories. >>> the pressure is on, republicans struggling to unite behind a new speaker to lead the house. many believe paul ryan is the guy to fill the post. there's some arm twisting but for now ryan says he's still not interested. he's going to think about it over the weekend. mike, is there any sign that ryan might be changing his mind? >> no. we understand that paul ryan will talk it over with his family. his spokesman said ryan appreciates the support but is not a candidate for speaker. he left the u.s. capitol a few minutes ago and did not answer reporters questions. he said he had nothing to add. many of his colleagues including one who considered running for speaker himself sound hopeful. >> i did everything except carry his gym bag this morning trying to get him to do it. the fact is paul ryan is the right man, right now. he had moderate support and he has conservative support. m

there's no greater insult in the republican party than to all somebody gop obama.e's going to get a lot of scrutiny. not just from other candidates but independent news organizations. he's got to be ready for it's not like he's a complete novice. he was speaker of the house in florida. he's been in the senate for five years. he's had some of this before but nothing like presidential hot zb house. >> absolutely. even though momentum is with rubio in terms of raising money. jeb bush and others are ahead in terms of how much they have raised so far. >> yes, we're too quick to say, this one is out, that one is out. it doesn't work that way. we're still months away from the first real human beings votes being cast in iowa on february 1st. so i think there's going to be less movement than people think but there is some movement. what movement we can see after this beat was for rubio. on november 10th, there's another fox business debate coming up. there's always another debate just ahead. >> indeed. i can't let you go without asking you a question for your reaction on th

gop. >>> president obama considering pen and paper again two create new background requirements for guners. >>> walmart giving out free stuff this weekend. netflix raising prices. we have a bunch of stories. >>> the pressure is on, republicans struggling to unite behind a new speaker to lead the house. many believe paul ryan is the guy to fill the post. there's some arm twisting but for now ryan says he's still not interested. he's going to think about it

learned a meeting of bush donors, the campaign was training its sights on rubio, describing him as the gop obamaew, plans how they plan to undermine the presidential's bid. a slide show was presented to the donors and it is biting. let's take a quick look at it. it is headlined, marco is a risky bet, followed by several bullet points, including saying rubio has no accomplishments. it highlights his ties to a scandal tarred former congressman as well as a wealthy gop donor. it concludes by saying, those who have looked into marco's background in the past have been concerned about what they have found. now, carol,dy speak to a rubio adviser a short time ago. he said that many jeb donors who are considering switching to marco have told us they're turned off by jeb's personal attacks on marco. >> mark preston, many thanks. >>> i have to take our viewers to ft. lauderdale, to the airport. the news conference has begun. i believe among the speakers, ft. lauderdale spokesman greg myers. let's listen. >> talking with the people that worked on the aircraft, talking with the flight crews, there might even

. >> it was the bush advisers who want to label marco rubio as the gop obama.the comparisons in terms of here's this young, rising too fast, ambition, lack of experience? >> yeah, it's an absolutely valid comparison. a fairly new freshman senator whoments to immediately jump over the white house. you do hear that concern from a fair number of republican primary voters that say, look what happened when we did that with obama. on the other hand, obama won two presidential elections. obama excited a lot of people. obama looked like somebody who was going to turn the page from the politics of the past. to compare to obama is not necessarily the worst comparison in the world for marco rubio. >> adam smith, love getting a political florida voice. thank you so much. >> thanks, brooke. >>> let's get another voice in here. how about that of hillary clinton? she has now weighed in on the republican debate moments ago. here she was. >> any of you see the republican debate last night? you know, i watched it. i was waiting for the discussion to turn to what people talk to m

one bullet point, marco is gop obama.rned about marco rubio who edges him out tiny bit in every one of these polls, karl. >> i was not at presentation. i read same article. i don't know how many slides were in the deck and won't make too much out of one line -- martha: jeb bush said as much in many place. >> if i could finish my thought. if i were them i would not think about marco rubio. i would be thinking about jeb bush. sometimes we like to think we can fix a problem by focusing on something else but in reality what this has to do with, for every candidate, the thing that works best for them is not what works badly for somebody else but what works best for them. so i would be focused on what is it that they need to be saying and doing. you got a hint of it in some other slides that were talked about in those articles. they're talking about retooling campaign, put an emphasis humanizing answers to their solutions. humanizing what he did in florida as governor so people get a better handle on how the things that he did

his team is even calling you the gop obama. how do you respond? >> well, look, another candidate's decided that the way they're going to win is by attacking me then they're going to pursue that line. it's not the way i run my campaign. i won't change my campaign because of a change someone else made convinced attacking me is the way forward. i'll continue to tell people who i am, what i'm for. there are policy differences between us. we'll discuss those. but i'm not going to change my campaign and not going to change how i feel about governor bush. jeb is my friend. i have admiration for him i i'm not running against him. i'm running for president. as i said last night and repeatedly throughout the campaign. i'll tell people what i'll do if they give me chance to be president. >> how about on the underlying issue of your missed votes. other senators have missed far fewer. don't have voters have a right to be concerned. >> a couple things. i enjoy and i'm honored to be a senator from florida. one of the most meaningful things i do is the constituen

one of the bullet points said "marco is a gop obama." not clear if that's intended as an compliment or an ult sult. they said ook and they ce teaked him as being a university lectur lecturer. >> thank you both for being with me. let's talk a little more about jeb bush and his campaign. it's been nearly a year since he was exploring a run for the office one held by his dad and since friday there have been a absolute of bad press. with me now from washington is senior adviser to jeb bush. good morning. >> good morning, jose. good to be with you. >> would you acknowledge there are some real problems in the bush campaign? >> i will not. this meeting in houston was planned about three months ago. we have a meeting every three months to get the leadership of the campaign and staff together to talk about the path moving forward. and so this has been on my calendar for three months and i can't tell you, this was a phenomenal meeting. there was a resounding standing applause when staff discussed the plan to restructure the campaign by redeploying