joining us now to discuss cnn political commentators ben ferguson and jeffrey lord. the just magic line there. what did you think of his performance? >> i thought it was huge. you know, he's terrific. frankly, when you go on saturday night live and poke fun at yourself and you're a politician, you're running for office you can't possibly lose. i mean, this is big deal in america. president or potential presidents who have selpresident comet off looking terrific. he did a great job last night. >> any major gain or loss last night from the performance? >> i think in these type of performances by him really are good for him and his base for people to like him. they think, wow, donald trump on saturday night live. the next stop the white house. whether it makes other voters undecided look at him differently, i don't know? any time you can get on there and be a person, an individual and show your humor and be funny. it makes people able to connect with you a little bit more, i think. the big question when you see him up there. as good as he is as an entert n entertainer.

we'll talk about that with ben ferguson and jeffrey lord.ning, gentlemen. >> hey, guys. >> they say, also, we don't need a fast-talking well-meaning freshman u.s. senator. we don't need someone from the private sector that has no public experience. ben, let me go to you, first. governor christie wants the endor endorsement. what does it mean? >> any time you get the endorsement you're out touted a big deal. very few papers have been able to pick the candidate they want to win especially when you're talking about for early primary states. for christie it's a great thing. for others in there the idea the paper wrote we need someone with experience in politics as an outsider. well, that doesn't seem to be what the appetite is of many voters in iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina. they are seeing the outsiders as the type of person they want. i would take it with a grain of salt. it's great for christie but is it going to make him somehow surge in the polls? probably not. >> jeffrey, let me come to you. you're a trump guy on the record. coul

. >> joining me is jeffrey lord and van jones. jeffrey, criticizing the debate moderators, whether me or someone else, going after fellow candidates, is the reality just that? that those sorts of comments are red meat for the base own they serve him well or is there concern in the campaign because he is trailing in two polls? y i think it's the first. i believe that he is giving voice to the base of the republican party believes to its core in general -- debate moderators, the media, you know, all of that -- >> isn't it hypocritical for the day after the debate he says, you know, tough questions, fair, good job and a week later once it's the fashionable thing to attack the moderators given the disastrous cnbc debate he has a different opinion. that seems odd to me. >> or self serving or narcissistic. >> you are trying to get me fired. >> no. >> i mean, i'm on record -- >> luckily you're not on the trump payroll. >> that's right. i'm not on the trump payroll. but you're fired is coming over my phone right now. i thought you did a go

the arrest and not thousands and thousands or people or hundreds of people the joining us now, jeffrey lord van jones. jeffrey is a trump supporter and van a is former senior advisor and republican consultant kate dawson. jeffrey, were there thousands and thousands of people celebrating the fall of the twin towers in jersey city? did it happen? did it happen? >> john, you're going to be shocked to hear me say that this is exactly what's wrong with the media. the fact of the matter is that september 18th article says quote clearly that jersey city has been a hot bed for potential terrorist activity. it was the location where a muslim cell planned the 1993 bombing of the world trade center. the fbi swept in there after 9/11, went through ten towns in new jersey, according to this article. so the notion that there's nothing going on here that donald trump made some huge mistake is false. what is accurate maybe the numbers of people are at issue but it's very clear in this article that it was said that there were numbers of people, "the washington post" phrase, the fact checker for "the washing

joining me jeffrey lord and van jones and van is a former obama administration official. jeffrey, criticizing the debate modrairt modrair moderators, whether it's me or someone else, going after the candidates, is the reality just that that those sort of comments are red meat or a reflection of concern within the trump campaign because he's now trailing in two national polls? >> no, i think it's the first. i mean, you say red meat. i believe that he's giving voice to sentiments that the base of the republican party believes to its core in general i'm not citing you specifically. i just mean debate moderator, the media, all of that. >> but isn't it a little h hypocritical the day after the debate before he takes the temperatures of his followers. tough questions, fair, good job. a week later the thing to attack the moderators given the disastrous cnbc debate he suddenly now has a different opinion. that just seems odd to me. >> yeah -- >> overrating it there. >> or narcissistic. >> you know, anderson, i know what you're trying to do, anderson. you're trying to get me fired.

jeffrey lord, i have to go through you because there is so much material. >> and yes. having fun, ashleigh? >> yes, sure. i'm an american by choice, and i worked hard to ban immigrant here, and i am extraordinarily proud of my vote, and i'm not happy about what i am seeing with the process. i don't like to have somebody compared to a child molester, and someone of ben carson's ilk, and it is frustrating to have the people called stupid from iowa if they agree with ben carson. and there are lots and lots of voters here who might turn a page and say it is not appropriate. >> and ashleigh, having been around this kind of thing for a long time, and read my share of history, when jfk was calling hubert f. humphrey a draft do e dodger, and then governor clinton was an exceptionally good liar and ronald reagan was in charge of voodoo economics, and in the campaign of bill clinton, he said that he had been played the race card on him. this is standard operating procedure, and frankly, i'm not shocked at all of it, and it is what is goes on here, and it is the latest version fo

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joining me jeffrey lord and tara, jeffrey served as ronald reagan political director and tara served as communications director for a congressman and with us, cnn political analyst and advisor david garrigan. what are you expecting tomorrow night on that stage for dr. carson, there were some complaints that at the last cnbc debate that was supposed to be on economics that got muddied and detailed, he didn't talk in depth on economics, does he have to kind of step up and do that? >> absolutely. since the last debate, anderson, he clarified what his tax plan and where the level of taxation would be set. he maybe indicated 10% and raised it to 15%. a lot of folks will tear it apart and say it's a wind fall for the rich and doesn't help people at the bottom much. he's going to have to defend that as well with trump coming at him. i also think if carson can come out of the debate well, that will help him because right around thanksgiving, things began to settle down for awhile and hold for awhile and stay in place. if he can be up there running neck and neck with trump coming out of the d

he is paul begala along with amanda carpenter, and jeffrey lord, who's a donald trump supporter.l, haven't heard from you since last night. when you hear the hypothetical matchup, do you worry about any of the numbers you see? >> no, it's just soon. it is. what that polling is that dr. carson would be the most vulnerable candidate against secretary clinton. maybe so. and i don't mean any disrespect. he's an impressive man. he's really doing remarkably well among republicans now. i tend to be a skeptic that he's actually going to be able to defeat hillary, but if ehe's beating her in the polls now, so be it. this is so early. i was struck last night, hill y hillary's campaign put out a video, 40-plus time they mentioned her name. only used the phrase middle class eight. so we know what their obsession is. it's kind of creepy. but maybe it's affectionate. i don't know maybe they're like junior high schoolboys, just can't stop talking about her. >> but amanda, to that point, doesn't that rally people, conservatives, who want to come out to the polls. we see dr. carson polling strong

joining me two cnn political commentators, jeffrey lord and political day rector and me maria cardonamp's appearance is where some activists are drawing the line. why is this hour and a half of "snl" suddenly the breaking point? >> well, i think part of it is, anderson, that being invited to do "snl" as you know is a huge platform. it is reserved for i think the highest form of celebrity for the highest form of people of the moment and so to the latino community, it seems like slap in the face for "snl" to give this platform of an hour and a half to somebody that's been so offensive to latinos in this country and very curious to see that five months ago, nbc put out a statement right after donald trump made those very offensive remarks saying that those remarks slashing ties with donald trump and saying those remarks did not comport or represent the values of the principals from nbc. what happened with those five months. they realize he's still a ratings juggernaut and at the top of the polls and perhaps they didn't think. so their values and principles went out the window. >> jeff, d

"outfront" right now, jeffrey lord along with s.e. cupp and david gergen.all of you with us. david, let me start here with what donald trump had to say about ben carson. because ben carson's campaign is just responding, which i'm going to show with our viewers in a moment. first, let me show you what donald trump said when i asked him about ben carson's past and the stories that he has told. >> he said he's pathological. somebody said he has a pathological disease. other people said he said in the book -- and i haven't seen it, i know it's in the book -- that he has a pathological temperament. that's a big problem because you don't cure that. that's like, i could say, they say, for example, as a child molester, you don't cure these people. you don't cure a child molester. there's no cure for it. pathological, there's no cure for that. >> he went way over the line comparing or bringing in to the conversation child molesters. and using that as part of his argument against ben carson. that's so subject to misinterpretation that you just don't do that as a poli

. >> jeffrey lord? >> i think the most striking thing was listening to john kasich say philosophy doesn't work when you run something. that in a sense is exactly what this argument is within the republican party. this is what went on in the house of representatives. you had people saying we have to governor. which conservatives say we enlarge the government in one fashion or another. to hear kasich -- >> and ted cruz tried to draw parallel with him on that. whether you would support a government that would let banks fail. >> this is a key component of this argument. >> what struck me on a day when thousands of people walked off their job demanding a raise, that the republican candidates are tone deaf. $7.25 an hour. where can you live in america on $7.25 an hour. 17 million americans with health care and they want to repeal it and don't have a good program to release it? 11 million undocumented people in this country. again, donald trump going back to the eisenhower days. i had so ask everybody in the g

. >> jeffrey lord? i think the most striking thing was listening to john kasich saying philosophy doesn't work when you run something. that in a sense is exactly what this argument is within the republican party. this is what went on in the house of representatives. you had people saying we have to governor. which conservatives say we enlarge the government in one fashion or another. to hear kasich -- >> and ted cruz tried to draw parallel with him on that. whether you would support a government that would let banks fail. >> this is a key component of this argument. >> what struck me on a day when thousands of people walked off their job demanding a raise, that the republican candidates are tone deaf. $7.25 an hour. where can you live in america on $7.25 an hour. 17 million americans with health care and they want to repeal it and don't have a good program to release it? 11 million undocumented people in this country. again, donald trump going back to the eisenhower days. i had so ask everybody in the g

it is named after lord jeffrey emerest, british commander in the 18th century. he also advocated for the mass killings of native americans. >> reporter: this college football team, the lord jeffs on field at the start of a grudge match with rivals. its parents weekend here and everyone is cheering them on but not amp is keen on the mascot's name >> i think it is deeply offensive. >> reporter: it is one of the most prestigeous and liberal art schools in the country. its unfinancial mascot is lord jeffrey amhurst a british commander in chief who is said to have favoured wiping out native americans by giving them blank ets infected with small pox. >> it matters enormously to these people who associate the mascot with their time here, and their love of the college. it matters tremendously to students and there are people on both sides of the issue. the discussion is what's important. >> reporter: but this person is the leader of the native american students organisation on campus. she says while the discussion is important, sometimes she thinks that's all the college

. >>> controversy over a college's unofficial mascot is named after lord jeffrey amherst a revered britishr in the 18th century. but he also advocated for the mass killing of native americans. al jazeera's john terrett reports from amherst college. >> reporter: amherst college football the lord jeffs on the field at the start a glitch match with rival rivals trinity college from hartford college, everyone is cheering on the lord jeffs but not everyone is keen on the mascot's name. >> i think it's deeply offensive. >> reporter: amherst college in the rolling hills of western massachusetts is one of the most prestigious and ethnically diverse in the country. but its unofficial mass to the is lord jeffrey amherst who has set to have favored wiping out native americans by giving them blankets infected with small pox. the college is trying to stay out of the issue prefevering to leave t it to students and alums did seed whether he stays or guys. >> it matters he norm justicely tenormously to thea limb nigh a. there were alumni on both sides of thish and i students on both sides of the issue. th

>>> there is a controversy growing at amherst college over their unofficial mascot named after lord jeffrey amorce. he was a revered british commander from the 18th center but also known for the killings of native americans. we have that story. >> amherst football team on the field. it's parents weekend here and everyone is dearing on the lord jeffs but not everyone is keen on the name. >> in western massachusetts, one of the most prestigious and ethnically diversed college in the region. but it was jeff amherst who was in favor of wiping out native americans by giving them blankets infected with small pox. >> it matters enormously to applto alumni. it matters tremendously to students. and there are alumni on both sides of the issue and students on both sides of the issue. the discussion is what is important. >> but the leader of the native american students organization on campus, she said while the discussion is important, sometimes she thinks that's all the college does. >> why can we have just the same discussion. i can tell you how many meetings i've been to without a. >> the controver

amhurst college are saying lord jeff be scuttled by jeffrey amhurst was not nice to native americans at some point. faculty members voted unanimously to kill lord jeff. the students are split, but the faculty is 100% all aboard the pc train to victim hood mountain. it is not the students. it is the faculty and these are not great institutions. they are silly and unserious places. we should stop insisting our children go to them and our companies should stop requiring a degree from them as a condition of employment. >> oh matt can i get a -- you got a here here. >> when did college become kindergarten? when i went to college it was fun. granted our president was a pot smoking womanizer at the time and so they fit right in. i wonder if the faculty -- or making these kinds of decisions is because they are all student reviewed and they are afraid they will lose their job. >> is there a bigger man on campus than matt walton? >> he was king of the quad. are you kidding me? >> i went to a theater school. there was two straight guys. >> this is what happens when you get rid of the fraternitie