road to gon. candidates, they have to communicate, you know, what their plans are, what their vision is and they should be evaluated on those things. >> also, when you just look at it through the purely political lens, katie, how much of an impact, if at all, do you think this could have in terms of ben carson's support? joe johns was saying, when he was talking to folks going into the event today, carson had -- was getting -- it was all support. it was all support from the folks going into that event. you look at surveys, look at the new york times/cbs survey from 2013, 16% of republicans had an unfavorable view of islam. even more recent studies kind of say the same thing. how much of an impact do you think this will have, what he said? >> well, i don't think it necessarily -- you know, unfortunately, has a dramatic impact on, you know, the people that may or may not support him because there are a lot of voters that share that view. but the role of leadership is to show leadership. and to inform people when