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Nomination for gop for president of the united states. >> its been a real privilege to be able to get engaged. my wife candy and i started the carson scholars fund. people said there are too many scholarship programs dont bother. and yet, it is now operative in all 50 states and the district of columbia and reading room program, too, right? >> yes, we have over 130 raid 3130 reading rooms around the country, and this is a place where kids dont want to pass up and theyre enjoying learning reading...

Nomination for gop for president of the united states. >> its been a real privilege to be able to get engaged. my wife candy and i started the carson scholars fund. people said there are too many scholarship programs, dont bother. and yet, it is now operative in all 50 states and the district of columbia and reading room program, too, right? >> yes, we have over 130 ra 130g rooms around the country, and this is a place where kids dont want to pass up and theyre enjoying learning reading. >> my w...

Place to work, and i got a call from dr. carsons business manager. he said dr. carson needed a press secretary. >> reporter: its her job to make carson look good. >> he carries his own bags. in the beltway, thats unheard off. >> reporter: but its candy carson, his wife of 40 years, who keeps him ground. she is a major presence on the campaign trail and major reason carson is running for president at all. >> what got me onboard with this because its not something i wanted to do. i dont see my gra...

Okay. take a look at this clip. this person singing the national anthem over the weekend. this is a presidential candidates wife. and she is awesome. watch this. ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ oer the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave >> do you believe her hitting that high note there? that was candy carson, wife of republica...

I dont know if it is because candy carson is now singing the national anthem at his events. i dont know if the two things are related. but for whatever reason ben carson is really hitting the high notes right now in iowa. in the latest monmouth university poll, which is just out today, ben carson has now opened up a double-digit lead over the guy who was starting to look like the permanent presidential front-runner tort republicans in every state in the country, including iowa. hes up double dig...

>> maybe hell stop talking to u us. >> elizabeth warren is just returning from a trip to eastern europe to take a look at the syrian refugee crisis. its her second trip abroad. shes coming back and not yet made her voice known on the trade deal, which is something to keep an eye on. she is obviously probably going to be opposed to it. she was opposed to the fast track and the leading voice on that. how opposed will she be? she macked to stifle the obama administration several times and will it b...

Ben carson is emerging as the gop candidate, more than anybody else, is running against the media this election cycle. but he has a big fan, this man, rupert murdoch, the head of fox. who tweeted that ben and candy carson are terrific. what about a real black president who can properly address this racial divide? and much else? sort of apologized the next day. and his spokeswoman told me, we dont comment on his tweets. joining me a correspondent who covers race, diversity, when you hear the word...

Who is sequentially killing people. >> but you didnt know he was just going to rob the joint, he could have potentially killed you. >> i did know that. the fact of the matter is maybe this is a level of sophistication that people learn from living on the streets, but i knew that guy was not there to murder anybody. i knew he was not there to murder all the people, i knew he was there to rob the place. >> ben and candy carson, terrific. what about a real black president who can properly address t...

Quote, ben and candy carson, terrific. what about a real black president who can properly address the racial divide and much else, end quote. five minutes later, he retweeted read new york magazine for minority disappointment with potus. there is certainly a genuine public debate on urban policy. its what you can see in and beyond minority communities in the u.s., but you can be sure you will not begin that kind of debate if it begins by questioning who, in murdochs words is, quote, a real black...

These are bills coming due, debts that have already been incurred. and if the debt limit isnt raised, were talking about social security payments that dont get paid, medicare reimbursement, bills to government contractors that dont get paid. a whole slew of things that certainly sounded like in that interview carson didnt grasp that concept. ashleigh? >> well, we will certainly have further opportunities to ask him that. as i said, wolf will have him live on the program at the top of the hour. a...