but the cnn debates, we have -- hugh hewitt has been asking questions. rong conservative voice. so, what they're happy with and not happy with, they don't seem to be in alignment what they're saying publicly and privately. >> one, hugh did a great job. i would love to have more hugh. that's where i think the candidates -- it's not -- part of this is moderators who don't understand what the republican grass roots, what the republican voters want, i think our candidates to want see more of that. we would welcome in the upcoming debates more hugh hewitt. we would like to see more conservatives. that's one thing we added this year from the rnc. we ensure not only did we take the calendar, we ensure that we added states to the process, but we also added a conservative element to every debate. if it wasn't for the rnc, there's no way hugh hewitt would be sitting at that stage. there's no way some of these other partnerships would be existing. so i think it's a positive step forward. i would like to see it go even further. i would like to see more hugh hewitt. i

hugh hewitt today is interviewing paul ryan. hugh hewitt somebody who not just speaks the language but understands what these republicans would like to be asked and how to press them, how to press them in ways that are sometimes problematic. hugh hewitt is a guy who i think has gotten ben carson and donald trump over their skis when he's asked about foreign policy. it's only complicated to discuss because everyone has a slightly different problem. they all agree, though, that the debates are not doing enough to let them just introduce themselves. one complaint i heard from a few people was that they thought going into cnbc that the first question would be an introduction or opening statement. instead they got that question about the biggest weakness they had, admitting that to the american people. they all felt sandbagged by that. and that started the bad feeling. but again, all this bad feeling was pent up because of negative feelings about the media and a disrespect for reince priebus. and i'd point out parenthetically, cory l

. >>> joining me now, hugh hewitt. i know that title by heart now. i have seen you everywhere.n this show, on the sunday shows. i know you were watching closely. who are the winners and the losers? >> the big two winners are marco rubio and ted cruz i don't want to forget chris christie. and i don't want to overlook benefit of the sharpest jabs at hillary clinton and great breaks. when they go to break after a great answer that allows twitter to explode with a lot of affirmations. >> let's talk about minimum wage and immigration. they were front and center. let's listen to jeb bush's response to the exchange that they had about illegal immigrants. >> what happened to my question? >> i'm going to have my back. >> first of all -- >> governor -- >> you should let jeb speak. >> thank you, donald for letting me speak at the debate. really nice of you. what a generous man you are. 12 million illegal immigrants, to send them back, 500,000 a month is just not possible. >> what do you make of that dynamic between the three candidates there? >> it was a great exchange. the only misstep i

you, hugh hewitt.n enough republicans to know somebody someone that can take her on. do you have any names for me? >> i'm not going to give you any names. like a judge and a jury, i want every litigant to believe in my essential fairness. >> i've got to go back. >> i don't think that she's the prohibitive favorite in this country. i see a tremendous discontent everyone among conservative democrats and independents. i see her not being able to distance herself from barack obama. but i do agree with you on one things. the republican candidate, unlike mccain and rockmney are going to have to go after her. >> she's got enormous problems on trust. and what you're going to do and allow her to prop began diez. but the same thing where her. she's going to have to go after the republican and not let the republican define her. >> factor tip of the day, starbucks and christmas. the tip, smoemts away. looks like some folks have had it with their airline credit card miles. sometimes those seats cost a ridiculous nu

. >>> while we're waiting, let's bring in hugh hewitt, the host of a radio show and author of "the queenthe coming of a second clinton era. so hugh, we're keeping an eye on that vent. if he starts to speak, we may have to interrupt the interview and come back. >> you bet. >> what is your take? did he seem rattled by the scrutiny? usually he's a calm and cool guy. >> i don't think he's rattled. i think he won the day. the west point story started out as being this big expo of ben carson that he hasn't been telling us the truth and at the end of the day, everyone is telling me, i talked to chuck todd, i got offered a scholarship but it wasn't in writing. you're going to have beck l on later. beck l got offered scholarships not in writing. people can't remember details of 40 years ago but i have no doubt army officers said to a young ben carson, hey, come to west point. it's free. we pay for your education. you have to do service in the army. you would make a great army officer and i have no doubt he said no thank you, i want to go be a doctor. unfortunately, he went to the university of mi

. >> you have a republican debate on cnn moderated in part by hugh hewitt.bjective moderators or -- but both parties have had people of their own ilk moderate the debate. >> i think the democratic debate, they don't want a republican asking the questions. and the dnc will push back. >> the rnc again had hugh hewitt and tried to have -- they're now whining about fair and balanced -- >> i go back to the point, someone is going to come out of the debate as a winner and they did, just as someone will come out of your debate as a winner and it is because whoever can answer the question most can make an impression. you don't walk off with a five minute policy speech in a debate. you make an impression. and they have an opportunity to make an impression, jeb bush was the big loser. people expected him to step into this thing and he's been hurt badly. >> looks like one of the big donors is moving his money from jeb bush to marco rubio. 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 howie n. >> i don'

of the "washington post," molly ball of t at listenhe "atlantic" magazine, radio talk show host hugh hewitt. welcome to sunday, it's meet meet. >>> good sunday morning, no leftovers for this show, i promise you. this is one of those moments in the presidential campaign where you realize everything is about to happen. in just the next few weeks, we'll see a republican debate, two democratic debates the, christmas new year's break and before you know it iowa and new hampshire will be here in early february. we begin with a question that has confound it had political class for month -- can anything stop donald trump? even the truth? hillary clinton, ben carson, chris christie have been called out for what stephen colbert once dubbed as truethiness. but no one has had more controversial statements questioned than the man who will join us in a moment, donald trump. >> the truth? you know what? he may, but he's still going to get things done. >> this week, donald trump appeared to do more than merely bend the truth. >> i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down and i watched in jers

eugene robinson, andrea mitchell, molly ball and hugh hewitt, radio talk show host who has been a must stop for the republican candidates. i can't wait until you and hillary clinton tupsle. >> i look forward to it. >> i think she ought to do it. it will be intetesting. hugh, t me get your reaction to this. you saw in the the piece, trump supporters don't care if he gets fact checked and don't care if the fact checks proro to be false. >> trump supporters are like lincoln chafee -- blocks of granite and they are not moving easily and they're not going to move over the 9/11 story and fact checkers are themselves perceived to be agenda driven in many respects and they would like to see an equal amount of time give on the hillary clinton's claim to being under sniper fire in bosnia or trying of her -- as are given to donald trump. but here's the key ttng, eezabeth loftus, profefeor at the university of california irvine has given a talk on memory. memory is different than facts. you cannot fact check memory. >> you can't crawl inside his head. >> but you can fact check events. the events h

. >>> joining me for insight and analysis this sunday morning are radio talk show host hugh hewitt. msnbc's rachel maddow. pbs hour in's gwen ifill. and politico's mark caputo. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. exactly one year from today we'll be hearing a lot of this music. gets me giddy. the nbc news election night music. one year out and we can agree on this -- american voters have lost faith in their elected officials and are looking for someone to restore trust in government again. in a moment, i'' be joined by two candnddates who represesnt thihi anti-i-litician mood off the ccntry, donald trump a a bernie sanders. but first, another one of those candidates who has seized on the republican voters' frustration wi politics as usual is ben carson. but his rise in the polls has been clouded lately by allegations that he has been embellishing or possibly making up stories about his young life. my colleague chris jansing caught up with carson at jfk airport last night in new york and asked him about the stories that he was a violent teen, that he wa

of course, radio talk show host hugh hewitt whose show has become an essential destination.aichel maddow from msnbc. gwen ifill, anchor of pbs news hour and mark caputo a miami-based reporter for politico. nobody owns the politico space in florida like mark. thanks for coming up. >> thanks for having me. >> hugh, let me start with what you heard from dr. carson. i think he's going to go the media is being unfair route. this is a standard practice when republicans are under fire. is it going to work for him? >> well, it has the additional benefit of being true. what he had an objection to this week is there were four scandals but only two reported. marco rubio does not have a scandal. hillary had her nondisclosure agreement revealed and reuters obtained a letter from a group refusing to answers questions about hillary clinton. one about ben carson and west point, not a scandal, and the one about marco rubio was ought puff. >> why is it not a scandal? >> i have no doubt somebody said we'll get you in, come to west point. i have no doubt. it was fairly common. >> he's sort of -

joining us now is van jones, hugh hewitt, part of the cnn debate team, time magazine's joe klein, author of the terrific new book "charlie mike." and sara fagen. welcome, everyone. hugh the campaigns are all coming together tonight to talk about that debate, you heard what ben carson said, new moderators, opening/closing, what do you think will come of this meeting? >> if everyone says you'rerunk you better sit down, an old irish saying. . the cnn debate i'm proud of how it went. there were some critiques. jake had a very strong control. it points to the need of a very strong moderator. all of these past debate fiasco s have been in theepublican debates. somom people want to jump in here, van? >> first of all the republicans definitely respond the same way to tough questions, they bash the media. anderson cooper went right after hillary clinton, threw fire at hillary clinton, would she say anything to get elected asked bernie sanders, if the attack ad didn't write itself. they did something remarkable, they answered the questions, how about thth? >> there's's always monday-morning ququte

i want you to listen to what hugh hewitt said today. >> republican rhetoric, five words now define thisinistration. leading from behind, jvs, contained. and the problem is that those five words add up to failure. so nobody trusts the president to process the refugees. >> he is talking about the republican stance. but look, you have the president saying an unfortunate word choice if you will the day before the attack that isis is contained. politically, what are people looking for from the next president in terms of language on this fight? >> you know, i voted for rs and ds. my own view that the dividing line shouldn't be there. it ought to be between dumb on one hand and smart on the other. and we need to be on the smart side. if anybody really believes that the next r or d in 2017 or the next he or she is fundamentally going to be able to fix this problem, i think they're wrong. it's clear the president has in large part through rhetoric that has been misplaced created an easy hammer to give republicans to hammer him. he's been risk averse, not risk ready on this. and i think it's comi

even from the national view or from the hugh hewitts of the world, they want a more conservative partevents, i don't thick you're going to find conservative events that's not going to fly. >> it's interesting because carson is also calling for, in addition to these very modified debates, fewer debates. if you look back to 2012, there were 20 debates in the season and there are currently 11 debates scheduled. you would think he'd want to get his voice out there more. >> i'm surprised. there's a split between carson and trump's camp over what they want to get out of this meeting. the trump camp wants the opposite. the trump wants to be the lesser candidates not doing well in the polls excluded from these debates and wants fewer candidates on stage. i think trump believes if he has more time and more debates, it's better for him. i think overall these debates are good for the republicans. >> yeah. >> and they expose their candidates to huge audiences. the complaint is that the cnbc debate was too hostile for them so it was not putting the candidates in a good light. but at the end of the

democratic strategist van jones, hugh hewitt, part of the cnn debate team, "time" magazine's joe klein, author of the terrific new book "charlie mike." and republican strategist sara fagen. welcome, everyone. hugh, the campaigns are all coming together tonight to talk about that debate, you heard what ben carson said, new moderators, opening/closing, what do you think will come of this meeting? and do they have a point? >> there's an old irish saying, if everyone says you're drunk, you better sit down. debate? it went. there were some critiques. but generally, jake had a very strong control and i think it points to the need of a very strong moderator. all of these past debate fiascos have involved republican debates. not democratic debates. >> okay, i think some people want to jump in here, van? >> well, first of all, the republicans definitely respond the same way to tough questions, they bash the media. anderson cooper went right after hillary clinton, threw fire at hillary clinton, actually asked her, would she say anything to get elected asked bernie sanders, if the attack ad didn'

like hugh hewitt which he thinks will help the process more. >> i don't care who the moderators are.doesn't matter to me. whoever is up there, is up there. my job is to listen to the questions. answer the questions. if i don't like them, call them out on it. we have $19 trillion in debt, isis plotting against us, the russians in the middle east and a 1.5% growth on the economy? are we going to spend any time on the moderators? i'm not doing it. >> what do you make on what appears to be the fighting and jeb and rubio are fighting and so on. >> the fact is nobody cares. nobody cares about whether jeb speaks english or spanish. nobody cares about how much money trump made. no one cares about that. how are we going the pay off our student loans. why isn't the president of the united states standing up officer police officering across this country. why are we allowing there to be increased violence with liberal law enforcement policies. he has own f.b.i. director says there's a chill in the air. >> but the white house took a shot at you. >> when the president comes to new jersey and tries

joining me now is hugh hewitt. we will be one of the panelists for the gop debate on december 15th.. hewitt, first your reaction to trump saying he saw thousands of muslims in new jersey celebrating on 9/11. >> i asked george pataki on my show today if he recalls that and he does not and no one has been able to find any video footage. i was on the air six to seven hours that day and i don't recall it. i do remember jubilant crowds, i think it was in gaza. but like mrs. clinton remembering being under fire in bozny ya or -- >> hugh, don't deflect. >> people remember what they want to remember. >> let's discuss this. >> i am. i'm talking about memory. >> you're better than that. you're better than that. >> mrs. clinton remembers being under fire in -- >> what does this have to do with mrs. clinton? we're talking about donald trump. >> it goes to memory. >> we're talking about donald trump. you know i respect you -- >> i'm making a point. >> let's discuss this. >> i'm making a point. >> okay. go ahead. >> here is my point. today, glenn kessler in "the washington post" published a big f

but the governor told radio host hugh hewitt he will not accept any syrians, not even children. >> younger finance under 5 are -- i don't think orphans under 5 should be admitted into the united states at this point but you know they have no family here, how to care for the folks. >> the governor doesn't believe the obama administration can effectively check the background of refugees and he wants to put the safety and security of the american people first. that's tough to hear for one who says the american people should not turn their back on people in need of a home. >> these syrians that are refugees, they're not the ones who actually committed these crimes, they are running away from the same crimes that are being perpetrated and committed. >> reporter: and since the attacks in paris, 26 u.s. governors have now indicated they either do not want or in refugees from entering their states. we're live on the upper east side, clay clark -- dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> president obama arrived in the philippines this morning for an economic forum with asian nations. but the annu

. >>> welcome back to our panelists, radio talk show host hugh hewitt whose show has become a necessary for republican candidates. rachel maddow who hosted a debate on friday, again ifill and mark caputo, nobody owns the political space in florida like mark with rubio and jeb bush so thanks for coming up. go canes. >> go canes. >> now we know what this is really about. >> exactly. hugh, let me start with what you heard from dr. carson. i think he's going to go got"the media is being unfair route" does it work for him? >> to quote dr. kissinger, it has the adadtional bebefit of being true. his objection to this week is there were four scandal bus two were reported. marco rubidoes not have a scandal, hillary had her non-disclosure agreement revealededt the washington freebie con and reuters obtained a letter from the teneo group refusing to answer questions about hillary clinton. so there were four scandals, two real involving hillary clinton, one about ben carson, west point, not a scandal, heavily media and the one about marco >> why is it not important? >> i have no doubt someone at th

here to talk the politician of immigration and more this morning, host of the hugh hewitt show, hugh d morning. >> hi alisyn. >> we see real points of distinction. who do you think is getting it right in terms of winning the gop primary? who do you think has the hearts and minds of where voters are? >> well i think this will come up as a major issue on our december 15th debate when we are in las vegas. the last debate really before christmas and new year's and the bull season takes over. so i expect there will be some conversation about it between now and then. but i have to disagree with the premise of the question alisyn. i don't think it is that deep of a divide. almost every one of the candidates agree on building a very strong long wall. as does mrs. clinton. most candidates agree on some form of regulation whether it requires people to leave and come back or stay in place. i think more actually the interesting question to emerge from two nights ago is the debate between rubio and cruz on one side and rand paul on another oh national security. and on this all of the republicans a