i ve got to say you re doing a great job. i think this show just got better by about 2 billion percent. trump was undeterred by protesters objecting to what they knew as his racist rhetoric. the latest polls have trump leading the republican pack nationally, and early in new hampshire, with dr. ben carson nipping at his heels. fresh off his snl set, donald trump. thanks for joining us. good morning, jake. last night you hosted saturday night live. we heard there were sketches that you vetoed because they went too far. what were they? well, they re a little bit too far. you know, it is saturday night live and it s fun. people understand it gets a little risque. we took out a couple of them that i thought maybe went a little bit too far. but we had a lot of fun last night. it was terrific. it was really well-received. probably got very good ratings. who knows? yeah, we ll see in a few
then, continuing to hammer the bush legacy on twitter, even tweeting an article about how jeb himself was criticized in the wake of the attacks when he was governor of florida, the state where the hijackers were able to get driver licenses. it all comes as an nbc news/ wall street journal poll showing trump got his best results to date, right at that 25% mark with ben carson nipping at his heels and jeb bush coming in a distant fifth. even more dismal for bush, 44% said they could not see themselves supporting him, compared to just 36% who said they could not support trump. joining me now msnbc political analyst and former rnc analyst mi michael steele. michael, let me start with you. this does seem to expose the fact that at its core the republican party has not figured out how they are reconciled to george w. bush s legacy, what they think about it, and how they re going to talk to voters about it. and even if it weren t jeb bush, it seems like that s a thing that republicans are go
president george w. bush did everything in his power and did indeed keep us safe free from another attack. you would not deny that, would you? well, we attacked a different country which i think was the wrong country. i think attacking iraq but it did keep us safe here at home. i think that was a huge mistake. did he keep us safe at home? well, we haven t had a major problem at home. i agree with that. i never disagreed with that. but we attacked a country. we spent $2 trillion attacking a country. and you know what we have for it right now? zero. we could have had a lot more having said that too. that we won that war. the surge worked. like in all military escapades with america we get it wrong in the beginning, we get it right at the end. and it was thrown in the street. trump hasn t let up since then, continuing to hammer the bush legacy on twitter even tweeting an article about how jeb himself was criticized in the wake of the attacks when he was governor of flo
baby and you have to pay for the baby for the next 85 years. the new new york times poll still has trump with a clear lead with 27 percent. wi little bump up from 24. ben carson nipping at his heels a huge lead from where he was in august. bad news for jeb bush jumping from 13 percent to 6 percent tie for third with marco rubio and mike huckabee. both appeared on fox last night. i like ben carson. he s not a deal maker. we need somebody that will get rid of the 19 trillion in debt, that will bring back our jobs. i don t think my strategy is going to change at all. it is going to be to tell the truth and to talk about my vision for america, which i think is something that a lot of people resinate with. donald trump complaining that everyone is going to take aim at
the game. if you go back in he presidential election, the polls, the pundits, the media, all said ronald reagan couldn t win and jimmy carter couldn t win and bill clinton couldn t win and obama couldn t win. but they won because voters decided they should win. bill: simi valley, reagan library, the sun coming up. what do we expect from the candidates? reporter: the sun is finally coming up so we get a chance to see the library. a lot of these candidates will try to make moves and most of them will try to do it at the expense of donald trump. trump find himself in a close competition. the latest new york times cbs news poll has donald trump at 27%, ben carson nipping at his heels at 23 were .