the headline, ben carson, the new front-runner in the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. nner on the republican side leading donald trump by six points here. marco rubio, ted cruz, the only others in double digits. keep in mind, some people look at this and are saying, well, all that talk about marco rubio and the big break-out debate performance. you're not seeing it here. he's unchanged since september. keep in mind, this poll with a mostly conducted before that debate last week. two things to look for in subsequent polling will be, did the people who watched the debate that night come away having a better opinion of marco rubio. also, the coverage in the last week. there's been a lot of news about apparent momentum for marco rubio. does that translate into anything. a look deeper on the republican side, big encouraging news for donald trump, it's this. in this same nbc news/"wall street journal" poll back in september a majority of republicans said just theoretically we could not see ourselves voting for donald trump for the nomination under any circumstances. now that

a new nbc news-"wall street journal" poll shows the former neurosurgeon holding on to his lead among gop contenders, pulling ahead of rival donald trump by six points. >> i think people are looking for some truth. some honesty, integrity. >> reporter: the latest efforts come from some gop campaigns to control future debate loses steam, several candidates, including trump, say they will not sign on to a joint gop letter. >> they can't handle a bunch of cnbc moderators. >> reporter: president obama poked fun at republican contenders monday for their debate debate. >> if you can't hand him those guys, you know, then i don't think the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about you. >> reporter: one candidate who continues benefiting from the last debate is marco rubio. new numbers show the florida senator in 3rd place above gop contenders, ahead of his former mentor, jeb bush. >> i'm not frustrated about him. he's a great guy, a good friend, a gifted politician. >> reporter: rubio has also overtaken bush in the key state of new hampshire. both candidates are expected to c

according to a a nbc news "wall street journal" poll, dr. ben carson is ahead of trump by six points. marco rubio has 11% and governor chris christie has 2% of support but he says he's not worried about that. >> this is a race where 80% of the people polled haven't made up their mind yet. that's a good number. >> governor christie was speaking in camden at an event when we got his reaction to that poll. the next republican debate is one week from tonight in milwaukee. and in the democratic race, nik has now doubled her lead on bernie sanders in the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. clinton with 62% to sanders 31%, a six-point jump last month. but there is one trouble spot for her in that poll, more than half of the registered voters surveyed gave her poor marks for honesty. >>> happening today white house candidate bernie sanders will air the first television ad funded by his campaign. take a look here. >> son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement, he went to public schools then college. >> reporter: people in iowa and

as nbc news political director, moderator of "meet the press," host of "meet the press daily" here on msnbc. let's take a look at the polls, take a 30,000 foot look at the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. what are you seeing a year out about the state of the electorate and this evenly divided 44/43% democratic versus republican party identification? >> i think you have to look at, when you look at the direction of the country, we are in our twelfth straight year of nearly two-thirds of the country believing we are heading in the wrong direction, and when you look at the state of the economy, you know, it is less economic driven. that doesn't mean people don't feel insecure about the economy going forward, but it really to me is about a political recession that we're in. i think you throw in -- i find when you look at carson, for instance, we asked republican primary voters what are the most important attributes for your next president, and for republican primary voters, the top two were honest and trustwort trustworthy. it was not experience or where they stand on the issues. to me, that then explains carson's lead a little bit. when you look at the voters that chris jansing has

a new nbc news/wall street journal poll puts dr. ben carson in the lead. his biggest lead yet. 29% of voters say they would choose him. 23% would go for trump. this as trump releases a new book today with his plans to fix what he calls a crippled america. stay with us. tracie potts will offer some perspective in 15 minutes. >>> now 4:37. the nationals this morning, cbs sports saying they're offering dusty baker the manager's job. usa today says black and the nats could not agree on a contract. nothing is official yet. baker has managed more than 3,000 games in his career. he's also won the manager of the year award three times. >>> as we think about next year's baseball season, the kansas city royals are wrapping up this season with a parade. you can see the team returning to kansas city with the world series trophy. they beat the mets this past weekend. the parade starts at 1:00 this afternoon. we'll post pictures of the celebrations on the nbc washington app. >>> if you're just getting dressed for the day, come look at these temperatures. not too bad out

a just-released nbc news / wall street journal poll has some telling information about the mood of voters. nbc news correspondent edward lawrence breaks it down many voters heading to the polls today are angry. nearly two thirds of americans say the country is on the wrong track according to a new nbc news / wall street journal poll. that frustration shows as the candidate currently leading the republican presidential field has no political experience. presidential candidate :20-:26"i would say experience comes from a variety of different things. it doesn't only have to be in one segment or the other." "i think we are in a whole lot of trouble and he is the prescription for what we need." retired surgeon ben carson leads with 29 percent of the republican votes. businessman donald trump is second.. 6 points behind... followed by marco rubio, ted cruz, and jeb showing off his new book today, trump says americans are fed up with the career politicians. presidential candidate :49-:53 "it's called - really - the failed establishment because the establishment has let us down." for democrats the

results of a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll released minutes ago. general election matchups between hillary clinton and her potential republican rivals. the big news is that one year out now from the 2016 general election, hillary clinton is tied with dr. ben carson, who's taken the lead in the republican race. she and carson both getting 47% of the vote in a perspective head-to-head matchup. clinton is ahead of donald trump by eight points in our new poll, 50 to 42 is the score there. she leads former florida governor jeb bush by four points. 47 to 43% and holds a three-point advantage over senator marco rubio, 47 to 44%. that is well within the poll's margin of error. and joining me now are lauren fox from the "national journal" and republican strategist, matt schlapp. matt, let me ask you, the polling shows ben carson taking the lead in iowa. our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll has him taking the lead over trump by six nationally. now he's the only one who's not losing to hillary clinton in this poll. is he your party's best bet? >> i'll tell

by over a million contributions. >> in the republican race, ben carson now tops the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. the former neurosurgeon is getting support from 29% of gop voter it is, that's 6 points ahead of donald trump. marco rubio coming in third now at 11%, and new jersey governor chris christie has 2% support, a position that doesn't worry him. >> this is a race where 80% of the people polled haven't made up their mind yet. that's a pretty good number. >> governor christie spoke yesterday. the next republican debate is a week from tonight in milwaukee. >>> new information on that deadly plane crash over the sinai peninsula. the possible cause of that russian plane crash that killed more than 200 people last week, could come down to a previous incident involving the same jet. here's what we mean. investigators say the airbus a321 was 18 years, in 2001 the tail was hit in cairo. now investigators are looking closely at the repair job done and follow-up inspections checking for microscopic cracks that could be catastrophic. >> after many, many cycles ups and downs of these cracks will

. >>> if you can fast forward to a year from now election day 2016 and nbc news "wall street journal" has hillary clinton beating every single one of her gop rivals except for one. chris jansing explains. >> reporter: in tampa florida a ben carson book signing that feels more like a pep rally. fans lining up at 5:00 a.m. for a 2:30 event. and in lake land easily 1,000 more. >> i believe in his principles, he supports rights, he's honest. >> reporter: they like what he says and how he says it. >> you don't have to yell, you don't have to belittle people. >> he is not a career politician. >> reporter: fans, now potential voters. >> young family people, younger christians, women usually the age 45 and up and that is our core base, but we have a pretty broad appeal. >> reporter: carson is raising the most money among republicans, 10 million last month with the most donors and the most social media followers. 4.5 million now on facebook alone. his super pac is at the book event handing out leaflets and clengting e-mail addresses, more potential donors. the soft-spoken improbable candidate.

and in a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll carson is the only republican who ties in a head to head match up with hillary clinton, both locked at 47%. donald trump trails clinton by 8 points up slightly from a 10 point deficit in september. marco rubio and jeb bush also trail in general election matchups with clinton though rubio is just inside the margin of error, mean while donald trump made his case for why he will defeat carson. >> i think that ben just doesn't have the experience. i'm going to make the greatest deals you have ever seen on trade, we're going to run the military properly, i'm going to take care of the vets. ben can't do no he is things, ben can't deal on trade -- >> why not? >> it's not his thing, george. you're born with it. it's not his thing, he hasn't got the temp president remt for it, it's not the right thing for him. >> what would you expect? he's got a lot of experience, more than i do. he's not going to say that. experience comes from a variety of different things. it doesn't only have to be in one segment or the other. so, you know, i have had a lo

according to this new nbc news "wall street journal" poll clinton is now ahead by a 2-1 margin over sanders, 62-31%. former maryland governor martin o'malley a disstand third picking up 3%. news not all good for hillary clinton. fewer than one third of those surveyed give her high marks for being honest and straight forward. the next democratic debate scheduled for week from saturday. we'll get to hear from all three candidates. let's switch over to the republican side. same poll find ben carson surging into the lead. carson 29% is followed by trump at 23%. marco rubio, ted cruz and jeb bush round out your top five. bush with 8% of the vote. that's a switch from earlier last month when donald trumps in the lead. this second major poll in the past several days that shows ben carson moving up past donald trump. the latest live in the control room. 7news "today in new england." >>> ahead this morning no winter weather here yet. brace yourself. this is not video from here. but this is where snow is causing tons of from problems in the u.s. >>> there's some accidents there and we will find out w

we saw our nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out today with not great news for jeb bush reflecting his performance in the debate and his team trying to say this is going to be fine, this is going to take some time. jeb bush himself saying that getting into those kinds of process questions are kryptonite for him. meantime, he's continuing to hit against marco rubio, taking on his record in the senate and saying that it isn't going to do any good to take somebody from one side of pennsylvania avenue to the other to try and solve problems. take a listen. >> i don't think we can take a chance on someone from one side of the capitol to the next that has no proven experience. i have experience. >> reporter: so jeb bush trying to get back to just being himself, saying that if abraham lincoln were running today, he wouldn't be able to deal with all of the cable news punditry and issues that are affecting his campaign. >> it adds a different layer, for sure. kristen welker joins us from coralville, iowa, where the clinton campaign is enjoying new positive polling. i want to play something f

instead ben carson is the frontrunner in the nbc news/wall street journal poll. ds 28% to 23%. trump has bragging rights. he leads in a monmouth university poll in new hampshire. it is a wide lead. he is ahead of carson by ten points. if these polls sound chaotic to you, it is nothing compared to the republican debate process. after the campaigns got together and agreed to debate rules from requiring opening statements and how cool it had to be in the debate rooms, now it seems that is falling apart. it started when donald trump's campaign said he will necessity goesh negotiate directly with te networks. kasich said he would not sign on with other candidates and chris christie said the same thing and carly fiorina jumped ship. it was a short lived truce. alison and miguel. >> joining us now to break down the latest is cnn's digital political reporter jeremy diamo diamond. good morning, jeremy. the revolt was short lived. >> absolutely. again, let's remember these are republican presidential candidates. i think the idea they will form a union may have been far fetc

and there are some warning signs, away, in our latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll.'s talked with dr. ben carson in a general election matchup. they both get 47% and take a look at this poll. this has to do with how voters perceive her honesty. 53% of the registered voters give her poor marks for being honest and straight forward, only 27% give her high marks, chris. the campaign looking at these figures and knowing that they still have quite a bit of work to do moving forward. chris? >> thank you so much and by the way, iowa looks cold already. i can't wait for february, when it's a meat locker out there. joining me, the senior adviser to the sanders campaign, tad devine. when i look at the number for hillary, a vulnerability, the fact is 27% is not a great number of trust. why didn't your guy jump on the e-mail thing. let me put it this way. why didn't he give it way. why didn't he say, i'm tired of hearing about the damned thing. why'd he pull it back out of action? give her a break? >> i don't know if he gave her a break. but look what the republicans did in beng

an nbc news "wall street journal" poll has carson six points ahead of trump. also making big gains in new hampshire. athena jones is live in tampa. tell us about the new polls. >> reporter: this is more evidence of a shift in this race this latest poll. you can see carson there at 29%. trump 23%. marco rubio is at 11%. he's still several points off the lead of course but it is significant to see him in third place in this poll. one important bit of context here. we talk about it all the time. debates matter. and this particular poll was conducted both before and after. it spans the cnbc debate last week. and so the candidates' performances in that debate are not baked in. we'll have to wait for future polling to get a clearer sense how the performances are playing with republican primary voters. still this new poll, the new numbers, suggests that last week's poll from cbs and the "new york times" that also showed carson in the lead was not an outlier. i should mention trump is still out front in the latest poll in new hampshire. a key early voting state. that

topping the latest nbc news "wall street journal" pole dr. ben carson getting support from 29%, 6 points ahead of donald trump. marco rubio at 11% and chris christie has 2% support but he says that's a position he's not worried about right now. >> this is a race where 80% of the people haven't made up their mind so that's pretty good number. >> the governor spoke at an event in camden where we got that reaction from him. the next republican debate is a week from tonight in milwaukee. in the democratic race, hillary clinton has now doubled her lead on bernie sanders in the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. clinton with 62% of the vote, to sanders' 31%. that's a 6-point jump. there is a trouble spot. more than half of registered voters gave clinton poor marks for honesty. >> bernie sanders will begin airing the first television ads funded by his campaign. >> son of a polish immigrant, he went to public schools, then college. >> people in iowa and new hampshire will see the ads first. the spot cost more than $2 million. it tells viewers a

new nbc news, "wall street journal" poll, shows the former fewer ro surgeon holding on to his lead, pulling ahead of rival drumpb by six points. >> i think people are looking for some truth, some honesty and integrity. >> reporter: the latest efforts come by efforts to control future debates, lose es team, several candidates, they have not tined on to a gop letter. >> they can't get propertytial mad moderators. >> if you can't handle those guy, i don't think the chinese and the russians will be too worried about you. >> one candidate who continue benefiting from the last debate is marco rubio. new numbers show the florida senator in 3rd place among his mentor, jeb bush. >> i'm not frustrated about him. he's a great guy, a gifted person. >> reporter: both candidates are tomorrow. >> and still struggling in the polls, jeb bush rolled out oa new slogan saying jeb can fix it. he hopes the voters thinks he's the person that can bring change to washington. the next republican will be in the next debate. >>> coming up on cbs this morning. we will talk about the surge and the gop efforts to have mo

a new nbc news wall street journal poll finds cars with the support of 29% of republican primary voters. donald trump is six points behind. marco rubio, ted cruz and jeb bush follow. the poll was conducted before the most recent debate during which candidate roundly criticized the cnbc moderators for their questions. new jersey governor chris christie says the moderators are not the stars. >> they want to make themselves famous, they are more import that brag to their friends at cocktail parties on weekends, look what i did that republican. >> reporter: top republican aides released a letter to television networks with demand seconds, no lightning round, no candidate candidate questioning and temperatures in the debate hall below 67 degrees to avoid sliding. not all candidates are on board. the campaign the chris christie, carly fiorina and john kasich said they would not sign a letter and donald trump's campaign managers said the campaign would speak directly with the networks. the candidates are going after the job president obama has and during an appearance last night in the city th

donald trump,rson's 29% support is the highe any republican candidate has se so far in nbc news/"wall street journal" pol. form florida governor jeb bush toward the bottom with 8% of the voters. >> the new poll also shows hillary clintonxng her lead with 62% of democratic primary voters supporting her. compare that to 31% for senator bernie sanders and just 3% for former maryland governor martin o'malley. despite clinton's commanding lead it's not all positiveor her campaign. less than a third of the voters are giving her high marks for honesty. >>> a suspicious double death. at this house on tennessee avenue on capitol hill. the discovery made yesterday afternoon. inside, police find the body of a man and a woman. the man identified by family members as 37-year-old john michael robinson. a popular personal trainer. the woman in the house is said to be an architect. the house was undergoing a renovation. the two were working on it together. they say there was no sign of forced entry. police are still working the scene. we're waiting to hear from the medical examiner. coming up at 5:00, we're going t

a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing carson resting away the top spot away from donald trumpis is a big caveat, this poll was conducted almost entirely before last week's republican debate. we've seen that these debates do have an impact on the rate. so it's unclear this poll is an accurate snapshot where the race is right now. cnn national political reporter sara murray is in new york covering donald trump who leads in key state polls including new hampshire. donald trump has a new book out today. >> he does have a new book out today. while he was in new york, to release the books to sign books, he couldn't help but taking some shots at his opponents from immigration stance to energy levels. >> reporter: ben carson tightening his grip on his front-runner status. 29% of gop voters nationwide support carson in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. a six-point lead over donald trump. >> our strength is in our unity and we need to stop listening to the purveyors of division. we're waying to make us think there's a war going on with everything. >> reporter: taken togeth

. >> and this afternoon a new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows ben carson surging, support from of republican primary voters, that is the highest percentage any gop candidate has obtained so far in the survey. carson's 29% is followed by donald trump at 23%. marco rubio at 11%, ted cruz at 10%, and you see edward lawrence break down the poll and what it reveals about the mood of voters. >> reporter: many voters heading to the polls today are angry. nearly two-thirds of americans say the country is on the wrong track, according to a new nbc news/wall street journal poll. that frustration showed as the candidates currently leading the republican presidential field has no political experience. >> i would say experience comes from a variety of different things. it doesn't only have to be in one segment or the other. >> we're in a whole lot of trouble and i think he's a prescription for what we need. >> reporter: retired surgeon ben carson leads with 29% of the republican vote. businessman donald trump is second, six points behind, followed by marco rubio, ted cruz, and jeb bush. sho

a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows the threat is real. second national survey to have carson on top this time by six points. why they are facing off from states away they will do in person in a week in the next g.o.p. debate in wisconsin. forum republicans are hoping for change. >> there is no perfect question. but you need a format that provides you an opportunity to really put out you philosophy. >> hillary had only softballs, all night long. like this. here, hillary. hit this one over the park. scott: she could boast about the scoreboard a bit since new numbers show her up 2-1 over bernie sanders national. though the lead negligible three points in new hampshire which will be one of the first states to weigh in. in new hampshire that is a seven-point jump for hillary clinton. that means she is leapfrogging bernie sanders putting him in second place temporarily. the reason there is significance there is because it is the first time she has had the lead in new hampshire which is voting believe it or not in three months' time. on capitol

nbc washington app handy and look out for all of our alerts. >>> turning to the election just one year away. a new poll shows frustration with washington. >> tracie potts shares the important takeaways. >> reporter: our new nbc "wall street journalpoll shows the economy is still the number one issue for voters. they're split almost evenly on whether democratsr republicans should be here in charge to fix it. new from our nbc "wall street journal" poll americans are frustrated. just over a quarter of people think we're headed in the right direction. more than half think the deck is stacked against them. well over half would fire a member of congress. >> you can't just tell congress you're fired and go to commercial break. >> reporter: the biggest are surprise, ben carson at 29%. >> what you're seeing now is the conservative and the outsider wing has really taken charge of the energy of the party. >> reporter: carson is leading the charge to reform the next debate. >> i think there's general agreement that the last debate was a farce, and that something needs to be done. >> reporter: john kasich, carly fiorina and chris christie won't sign the list of demands. >> i'm not one of these complainers about this. i said what i thought th

according to the new nbc/"wall street journal" poll there is a new front-runner on the republican sidenner in the national race. we've seen ben carson take the lead in several new iowa polls. look at this. he's jumped out in our poll to a six-point lead over donald trump. you see marco rubio there significantly behind them at 11%. jeb bush stuck in single digits at 5%. everybody else barely registering in this poll. this is, as you say, the highest score, the highest percent any candidate has gotten all year in the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. donald trump had been leading. you look at the average of these polls. donald trump has been leading in that. still on this day, he still leads in that poll, but a result like this threatens that lead, as well. you can also see this is the trajectory between carson and trump over the last few months. they've grown since the beginnings of their campaign. trump getting into the low mid 20s at one point, but look at carson coming up from 11 early on in the summer. now nearing 30%. the headline here again, it's not so much that donald trump i

a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll found hilary clinton and ben carson in a dead heat in a hypothetical matchup with 47% each. against marco rubio found clinton winning 3%. jeb bush trails her just 4% and former gop front-runner, donald trump fairs the worst losing by eight points in a hypothetical matchup. the polls did include matchups with bernie sanders as the democratic nominee but only two and beat trump by nine points and rubio by five. >> it feels like september in november again today. here to talk about a potential record breaker coming our way, bring it, doug. >> temperatures in this 70s all across the region. another cool night tonight wa waking up tomorrow morning, p r pouring yourself that morning cup of coffee, temperatures in the e low 40s, to 50 in the subu suburbs. could be patchy fog. slight chance of showers thursday, no big deal. carry umbrellas but i don't expect much rain at all. record high temperatures friday and we will talk how hot we get on friday. behind it we have a cold front and means much cooler weather heading to the weekend. we'll have all those number

leads three other major republican candidates, according to brand-new numbers from the nbc news/wall street journal poll. against ben carson, who is now leading the gop horserace in the nbc-wsj poll, clinton finds herself in a tied contest, 47 percent to 47 percent. clinton is ahead of republican donald trump by eight points among registered voters, 50 percent to 42 percent. she leads former florida governor jeb bush by four points, 47 percent to 43 percent. it's a mild start to november but when is it going to change? here to tell us that is chief meteorologis t ron demers joins with the first look at our forecast. the wind picked up as temps stayed up for us again today with most of our highs getting into the 70s. these winds will usher in some low level moisture into northwest iowa tonight which will provide a bit more cloud cover and perhaps some patchy fog which will keep lows in the 50s. once the clouds break up a bit tomorrow we'll see another mild and breezy day with highs in the low 70s. as the 2 billion dollar c-f industries project continues to move full speed ahead, there's a need for a

hillary clinton and ben carson are tied in a hypothetical matchup, according to a new nbc news/wall street journal poll. 47 to 47 percent. carson performs better than candidates due to his popularity among independent voters. clinton is ahead of republican donald trump by eight points. jeb bush doing a little better against clinton, but still trailing by four points. and clinton holds a three-point lead over marco rubio but that's within the poll's margin of error. senator chuck grassley reached a new milestone on friday. he cast his 12-thousandth vote in the u-s senate - just the 18th senator to reach that mark. grassley has also been present for seven-thousand consecutive votes ... the longest streak in the senate. his office says the last time he missed a vote was when he came to iowa with president bill clinton to tour s and then 50s overnight. another mainly sunny day is expected for wednesday with highs again in the mid 70s. a cold front finally crosses the state on thursday. it will bring more clouds and some rain thursday afternoon and evening. totals look to range from less than a quarter

. >>> an nbc news "wall street journal" finds there's a new man to beat. ben carson has s ged to the lead. 29% of gop primary voters, the highest percentage any republican candidate has seen so far. trump int second place at 23%, followed by rubio, cruz and bush. >>> and tomorrow is the fir tuesday in november. that means it is lech day. not talking about presidents here, but there are several races tomorrow. here are some of the races we are watching closely. the nassau county district show it is a tight one between kate murray and madeleine singus. >> in bridgeport, there are seven candidates. most interesting, joe gannon, who served seven years we hind behind bars. his main competition is republican enrique torres and mary jay foster, who he defeated many the democratic primary. >> and the once quiet staten island district attorney's race has become a full fledged brawl between michael mcmaine and joan lousey. >> the polls are going to be open in new york from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00:00 p.m. so don't forget to vote. >>> coming up, why growing up with a pet ma

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the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows the former secretary of state doubling her margin over bernie sanders, now with 62% to sanders 31%. that's a 6-point jump from last month. but the poll also reveal add trouble spot for clinton. more than half of registered voters give her poor marks for honesty. in the republican race ben carson tops the poll, the former neurosurgeon getting support from 29% of gop voters, that's 6 points ahead of donald trump. marco rubio in third now at 11%. new jersey governor chris christie has 2% support. a position that doesn't worry him. >> this is a race where 80% of the people polled haven't made up their mind yet. that's a pretty good number. >> governor christie was speaking yesterday at camden. the next republican debate is one week from tonight in milwaukee. >>> happening today democratic white house candidate bernie sanders will begin tv ads. take a look. >> the son of a polish immigrant. he went to public schools, then college. >> people in iowa and new hampshire will see the ad first. the minute-long spot cost more than $2 million to produ

the new nbc news wall street journal poll finds carson with the support of 29% of republican primary voters. donald trump is six points behind. marco rubio, ted cruz and jeb bush follow. the poll was conducted before the most recent debate during which candidates rally criticized the cnbc moderator's for their questions. new jersey governor chris christie says the moderators are not the stars. >> they want to make themselves famous, they are more important and get to brag to their friends on cocktail party look what i did to that republican. >> reporter: top republican aides released a letter to television networks with demand for future debate. among the stipulations, opening and closing statements of at least 30 seconds, no leaning rounds, no candidate to candidate questioning and temperatures in the date -- the below 60 degrees to avoid sweating. not all candidates are on board. campaigns of chris christie, carly fiorina and john kasich said they would not sign the letter and donald trump's campaign manager said the campaign would speak directly with the networks. the candidates a

. >>> now to the results of the brand new nbc news "wall street journal" poll showing ben carson out in front in a major way. he has surged to 29%. the highest for any republican candidate so far in our polls. carson is also the first candidate to have a combined 50% of republican voters say he is either the first or second choice. our hallie jackson takes a look as carson seems to be solidifying his place as front-runner. >> reporter: received like a rock star, today in florida. one of the quietest candidates, ben carson, greeted fired-up fans. [ singing ] >> i continue to do what i've been doing and that is to tell the truth and talk about the issues that are important to the people. >> reporter: carson now the first or second choice for fully half of the people we polled. the new republican front-runner also at the front of a fight to shake-up gop debates. his advisers part of a huddle of campaigns unhappy with the last debate. on stage all adversaries around the table accomplices angry and looking for these demands. 30 seconds for opening and closing statements. control over on s

nbc 10 news" app. >> to decision 2016 now. america is evenly split over a possible presidential match-up between democrat hillary clinton and republican ben carson. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll find as hypothetical race between the two is tied. both carson and clinton got 47%. carson's campaign explained. >> family people, younger christians, women usually the age 45 and up. and that is our core bails. but we have pretty broad appeal. >> the new poll shows that clinton beat every republican candidate except carson and chris christie is campaigning in new hampshire where he is down in the polls. christie is hoping to build off momentum he gained in last week's gop debate. the latest poll shows christie in a tie for sixth place in the republican field. >>> later this morning, donald trump and martin o'malley will be in new hampshire. the first in the nation primary is set for february 9. >>> the correction officer accused of helping two men escape prison earlier this year is expected to appear in court today. gene palmer face as felony in connection to the escape from clinton correctional facility. matt was killed after a month long search and sweat arrested and taken ba

the new poll nbc news and "wall street journal," the first time ben carson has been out front outsideig deal. >> that's right, and, look, this starts to tell us we could be seeing the beginning of a trend. people might be getting over the moment they had with donald trump. and very least more voters might be saying what they have been saying to me on the campaign trail is that they like ben carson has the outsider appeal that donald trump does but see ben carson as someone more sincere and more relatable to them, his values align more closely with their values than donald trump's do, and i think we saw that early on when the polls started moving in ben carson's direction in iowa, and now the question is will this trend continue for ben carson, or is this just kind of a flash, a moment? >> now to the debates. it's 8:39 p.m. eastern, do you know where your debates are? what's going on with this, and where does donald trump stand, among other things in. >> well, you know, total pandemonium at this point.in. >> well, you know, total pandemonium at this poinn. >> well, you know, total pand

meanwhile, our new nbc news "wall street journal" poll has hillary clinton doubling bernie sanders. but while clinton remains widely popular among democratic vote erts, her farvelt numbers are still under water among the general electric torat. only jeb bush and donald trump do worse. it all comes as bernie sanders prepares to alter his strategy to chip into clinton's lead in the coming weeks. sanders will begin trading mega rallies for coffee shops and diners and doing more tv interviews such as the one he's done recently on the ellen degeneres show and "the view" in an effort to soften his image. >>> you've probably seen it on job applications. the question, have you ever been convicted of a felony? put a yes or no into the box to check. now president obama wants to ban the box. at a rehab facility in newark, new jersey yesterday, the president announcing a fed action to stop asking about criminal history on job applications. he discussed it with nightly news anchor lester holt. >> as you approach this area of criminal justice reform, is this, in your mind, your defining moment th

, and if the election were held today, she'd be tied with ben carson, according to the nbc news wall street journal poll. but the election is actually one year and four days away. and what a difference a whole year can make. at this point in the 2008 race, rudy giuliani was the republican frontrunner, and the frontrunner on the democratic side was hillary clinton with a 22 point i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, washington. >>> there are some new faces on boston city council after yesterday's election. two newcomers beat out a pair of boston's longest serving incumbents, andrea joy campbell and charles yancey and a high school teacher defeated steven murphy. today mayor wall, congratulated the winners and spoke how a shake-up will affect the city government. >> we look forward a good new relationship. i think it's important to have a balance in the city and the city council and obviously work closely together. we don't agree on every wish but we're not supposed. we're supposed to work together on behalf the taxpayers of boston. >> reporter: most of the incumbents did keep their seats yesterday. five

that's in the latest nbc news, "wall street journal" poll. >>> happening today, the sheldon silver corruption trial continues today. silver is accused of accepting nearly $4 million in payoffs and kick backs and disguising those payments as legal fees. perry white is expected back on the stand today. he says he hired silver to attract business and not to work on cases. >>> well, this morning an update on the e. coli outbreak linked a number of people infected with the bacteria now has climbed to 37. all those affected are far west in oregon and washington state. 43 restaurants in the pacific northwest were voluntarily closed while the ingredients are being tested. the number of patients could rise as more people begin to report those symptoms. they're trying to figure out what caused this and what the source was. >>> 4:41. coming up on "today in new york," a bombshell from the widow of late comedian robin williams. she says depression was not his biggest problem. >>> and call it an unusual landing. a small plane -- look at this, darlene -- saved by a parachute. >> wow. all right. your weather

a new nbc news-wall street journal poll shows the former neurosurgeon holding on to his national lead among gop contenders pulling ahead of rival donald trump by 6 points. >> i think people are looking for truth, honesties, integrity. >> reporter: the latest numbers after trump says they won't sign on to a joint gop letter to tv networks demanding changes. >> they can't handle a bunch of cnbc moderatedders. [ laughter ] >> reporter: president obama poked fun at republican contenders monday for their debate-debate. >> if you can't handle those guys? [ laughter ] >> you know, then i don't think the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about ya. [ laughter ] >> reporter: one candidate who continues benefiting from the last debate is marco rubio. new numbers show the florida senator in third place among gop contenders ahead of his former mentor jeb bush. >> i'm not frustrated about it. he is a great guy. he is a good friend and gifted politician. >> reporter: rubio has also overtaken bush in the key state of new hampshire. both candidates are expected to campaign there tom