Heads. reporter: calling reinstating waterboarding as a good tactic. i think it s peanuts compared to what they do to us. reporter: this afternoon, ben carson backed away from his previous comments and said that he did not believe muslims were protesting in new jersey but he saw a video of a protest in the middle east and saw that as disturbing. as for donald trump, no sign that he s backing down. he said he does support waterboarding. erin? sara, thank you very much. you behi behind sarah. outfront now, advisor to nixon, ford, regan and clinton. david, he s been accused of exaggerating here. he wrote in art of the deal, his best seller and wrote i call it truthful hyperbole. a very effective form of promotion. is he right? is that what is happening here?