chris stirewalt is back here along with howie kurtz from "media buzz." r realized how much taller you were. >> i'm working on that. >> let me start with you, howie. as we go into tomorrow night, governor huckabee and governor christie relegated to the undercard debate. what do you think are the stakes for tomorrow night in. >> the stakes are high for a lot of people. christie and huckabee will get less media attention because they are in the secondary debate because they are in a vicious cycle and i think this comes at an opportune time for ben carson whipping the media's butt on his biography. fair to rates kemess and too much overreaching and reaching for headlines in places where you haven't got it and because there's so much doubts about is ben carson an exaggerator and a pattern here, the focus on the economy will muffle that somewhat unless donald trump in one of his answers makes a pivot and says my tax plan will make america great again and by the way i never tried to hit my mother with a hammer. that could get it back on center stage. >> he's goi

here to weigh in, howie kurtz, hoax of fox news's "mediabuzz." good to see you back in the seat. enjoyed visiting with you out in milwaukee there, howie. give me reaction to this story. is this another case of liberal bias? >> personally hillary clinton should have taken a very strong stand against strangulation of political opponents. got to draw the line somewhere. i do think carly fiorina has a point but in this case, it is pretty clear from the clip you just played, even though this was angry former hewlett-packard worker, at least that's what he said he was, complaining about layoffs carly fiorina presided over, wasn't taken literally. everybody laughed. i think carly fiorina was smart not to go after hillary on this one, wouldn't to say if this would have been a bigger media story if someone threatened to strangle mrs. clinton for example. trish: would it have been? >> probably because hillary attracts a lot more publicity. a much clearer case, carly got political mileage on this one, liberal ladies on view, made fun of her and talked about her demented face. that did not sp

. >> let's check in with howie kurtz, gitting ready for his own show.u. >> good morning, maria. this is the week that some media outlets started savaging donald trump after a couple of misstatements and missteps. we'll look at why he seems impervious to these kinds of journalistic assaults. my sit down with chris christie on whether the media's coverage of the syrian refugee debate has been fair and whether the coverage of his own campaign has been fair. >> all right, we'll see you in 20 minutes, we'll be there, thank you. top republican donors meanwhile doling out major cash to stop donald trump. why are so many in the gop uniting to derail donald trump's campaign. the panel on that when we look ahead next on "sunday morning futures." jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we

. >> let's check in with howie kurtz, gitting ready for his own show.good morning, maria. this is the week that some media outlets started savaging donald trump after a couple of misstatements and missteps. we'll look at why he seems impervious to these kinds of journalistic assaults. my sit down with chris christie on whether the media's coverage of the syrian refugee debate has been fair and whether the coverage of his own campaign has been fair. >> all right, we'll see you in 20 minutes, we'll be there, thank you. top republican donors meanwhile doling out major cash to stop donald trump. why are so many in the gop uniting to derail donald trump's campaign. the panel on that when we look ahead next on "sunday morning futures." whatever you're doing, plan well and enjoy life... ♪ or, as we say at unitedhealthcare insurance company, go long. of course, how you plan is up to you. take healthcare. make sure you're covered for more than what just medicare pays... consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance com

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day, that won't basically -- >> let's look at what is coming up on media buzz and check in with howie kurtzood morning, maria. we'll look at politico and cnn, this reporting on ben carson and if the media went too far. we have an investigative piece about what happens after john lennon was shot. this is 35 years ago, new eyewitnesses speaking out about what happened at the hospital, the doctor actually tried to save his life, speaking to a national audience for the first time and yoko ono speaking out about what she says is some erroneous reporting about her. >> we'll see you in 20 minutes. thanks so much. >> donald trump, late night stir last night as host of i saturday night live." the appearance sparking outrage among hispanic groups who called the candidate a racist. how will this affect trump's campaign moving forward? we'll talk about it next with our panel. if you qualify for a sittingham's card today i can offer you no interest for 24 months. thanks to the tools and help at experian.com, i know i have an 812 fico score, so i definitely qualify. so what else can you give me? same day

howie kurtz i love him he treats me so nice. who? yes, yes. really focused on one very big election, important election. i'm not watching any of them in particular. i watch them on tuesday night. i will be out there, we'll be out voting. but the election that i'm watching is the election for the presidency of the united states. that is going to be, in my opinion, this will be truly one of the most important elections we've ever had in this country. we're so far behind. we can not go another four years with incompetent leadership. good question. >> [inaudible]. >> fine. >> [inaudible]. >> okay. what else? one more question. go, go ahead. >> [inaudible]. >> that's a good question. okay. so simon & schuster came up to me. they wanted to do a book. they wanted it to do on success and how do you do this and how do you build it. that's what the book is largely about but we talk so much about the country. i said i'll do it but we have to talk about the country. what happened is they sent this incredible photographer up to do a book cover, to do a pic

our media critic, howard kurtz is with me in washington. howie, welcome to the program here. want you to, first let's summarize from this specific question from jim chaos at that from cnn and watch. >> united states has greatest military in the world t has the backing of nearly every other country in the world when taking on isis. i guess the question is, if you will forgive the language is, why can't we take out these bastards? >> well, jim, i just spent the last three questions answering that very question, so i don't know what more you want me to add. i described very specifically what our strategy is. i described specifically why we do not pursue some of the strategies that have been suggested. bill: these are white house correspondents. they work with the white house. they travel with the president when he is on the road, howie. what did you make of that question and answer session? >> it was a stunning moment in a remarkable news conference, bill, journalists hit the president with whole barrage of questions just like that. they were imbued with a sense of outrage, fran

we'll get back to this, but howard kurtz is covering this on media buzz, top of the hour. check in with how y now howien't get the cnbc mixed reviews. i think it was a unmitigated disaster for the network. and now the rnc threatening to pull nbc's debate next month. and bob woodward is our guest. he discuss es donald trump's wealth to hillary clinton's e-mails. >> we'll be there. see you in 20 minutes on media buzz. >>> up next, speaker paul ryan calling the housebroken. will his solutions be a temporary band-aid or long-term fix. we look ahead to this morning on "sunday morning futures." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. but i've managed.e crohn's disease is tough, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i finally told my doctor, ... inical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious

we'll get back to this, but howard kurtz is covering this on media buzz, top of the hour. check in with how y now howieon't get the cnbc mixed reviews. i think it was a unmitigated disaster for the network. and now the rnc threatening to pull nbc's debate next month. and bob woodward is our guest. he discuss es donald trump's wealth to hillary clinton's e-mails. >> we'll be there. see you in 20 minutes on media buzz. >>> up next, speaker paul ryan calling the housebroken. will his solutions be a temporary band-aid or long-term fix. we look ahead to this morning on "sunday morning futures." ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ ♪jake reese, "day to feel alive"♪ prge! a manufacturer. well that's why i dug this out for you. it's your grandpappy's hammer and he would have wanted you to have it. it meant a lot to him... yes, ge makes powerful machines. but i'll be writing the code that will allow those machines to share information with each other. i'll be changing the way the world works. (interrupting) you can't pick it up, can you? go ahead. he can't lift the hammer. it's ok

howie. have a good time later tonight, okay? we will speak again soon. howard kurtzin, there. he also writes: this might be the first debate where trump is not the center of attention. will he, meaning trump, try and change that? kind of goes to your point. martha: kind of quiet last time around. yeah. so we'll see if he chooses to make his mark tonight and if he can fill up 90 seconds talking about their feelings on policy. it's going to be interesting to watch tonight as well. so this story has everybody talking. students protesting at the university of missouri got what they wanted. they got the resignation of the school president in an unprecedented victory. but was it enough? >> you need to go! students, can you tell him how -- >> you don't have a right to take our photo. martha: don't you love it? that's a communications professor telling the reporter that he has no right to cover this story. it's unbelievable. we're going to dig into this coming up. bill: also check it out, an athlete doping scandal in russia may go all the way to the kremlin in a story that m