jonathan surrey joins us live from the red state gathering. how are the candidates interacting with one another and one candidate who will not be there will be donald trump? >> that's true. well outside of the red state gathering, there is certainly a lot of mud slinging. there is very little interaction because the red state gathering is more of a forum for conservative activists here individually from candidates and where they stand on the issues during this very early phase of the campaign. so the candidates are largely sticking to their individual stands on issues ranging from religious freedom to foreign policy. without taking jabs at the other candidates. the former florida governor jeb bush recently touched on the republican field here listen. >> my pledge to you is i'm going to fight hard i'm going to fight with heart. i'm going to do this in a hopeful, optimistic way. i'll do my best not to tear down my opponents because i admire most of them. >> we are going to have to get back to jonathan surrey later because we are having technical