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About the wall street journal, the conservative newspaper. its the wall street journal that writes an editorial. in part by his biography. mark, you have told me day in and day out the reason why ben carson is doing as well as ben carson is doing is because of his biography. >> right here, guys, you can take that down. nobodys reading it. thank you. >> so we have the stabbing of a friend which turns out to be not bob. weve got the hammer to the mothers head. were not really sure about that. we g...

A chance to see it often. >> youre the right man to answer the question donald has thrown on the question. was he asked by water in 1988 if he would be george h.w. bushs vice president? >> the possibility was presented by atwater to president bush which described it as strange and unbelievable. >> all right. john mechum, thank you. the book is out tomorrow. wednesday on morning joe were going to be joined by andy with his thoughts on the book. still ahead this morning, we have much more discussi...

Exec crutive officer. >> he later told the new york times said he didnt remember all the specific details. the general told him something like with a record like yours we could get you a scholarship to west point. in an interview carson claimed he was a high school student and protected white students during that time in his biology lab by hiding them amid-violence after dr. martin luther king jr. was assassinated. half a dozen classmates could not coonnberate the story. as carson tells it the w...

Treated as gently as ben carson has been treated. you cant even say it about donald trump. >> mocked, ridiculed and cast aside. >> im sorry, put some historical spectrum on this over how presidents and candidates are going through much worse than ben carson having one or two bad articles written about hill. >> lets not do 50. andrew jackson thought his wife had died because john quincy adams campaign had been so negative about when they were divorced. abraham lincoln was attacked in the most vic...

Campaign as a seasoned reporter, can you say carson had trouble puffing up his resume or fabricating events that may not have happened at all? >> i agree with almost all of the editorial. hes at best been extraordinarily careful with the facts. some of the things are being branded as lies. i believe he was misleading and unclear. >> but mark, he brought these things up. now, i could say that i walked on the moon. >> hes running on his live story. >> i could say i walked on the moon and built my ...

E-mails day in and day out. why can we not look for. >> have you covered the letter? >> no, i havent. hue, that happened last week. i know youve got a talking point of these two little things that happened last week. what im siaying is you put it n perspective. your only argument, hue, if your only argument is that the media is covering ben carson for a day and a half but they havent covered hillary clintons problems long enough, that is not a very strong argument. especially around this table w...

Repaid. it includes $3,500. another expes a pence, a vacation. karenal fes. we should mention three years ago a florida state commission cleared rubio of ethics violations related to the use of a state party credit card. lets bring in the new york times reporter jeremy peters. >> i think if marco rubio is going to be brought down by something, its going to have to be bigger than this. these candidates who face intense scrutiny, were talking about ben carson before, it always comes down to the bi...

They have no recollection of him being hot tempered or violent leading carson to acknowledge some of the names were made up. and then a scholarship offer to west point. in his other biography he talks about being offered a full ride after having dinner with general william westmoreland on memorial day of 1969, but as the detroit news notes, the generals personal schedule shows he wasnt in detroit that day. at first, carson was defiant. >> there is a desperation on behalf of some to try to find a...

Ben carson, these stories do not add up. the conservative media knows these stories do not add up. how long do we sit back quietly and pretend they do add up because we dont want to offend the audience. >> we do not want the media to destr destroy democrats. >> hue, hue. >> we dont want to be part of that. >> hue. my god, hue. >> thats all. >> we have set around this table with me at the lead and mika with me as well every day for six months digging in as deeply as we can on hillary clintons fin...

Stories that paint a picture of him being a god-like savior of all the people. >> sort of like the guy would have jesus hanging with him in a terry cloth robe. >> that is a bold move. >> i was there and changed the world and saved lives. >> your question about the dinner, it was memorial day 1969 in detroit. there was a bank wet in february 1969 and carsons campaign came out and said we believe it was at that bank w a carson met westmoreland. what do you think all these stories from ben carson a...