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Carly fiorina. it seemed less than that. because trump didnt say anything new other than he brow beat cnbc to make it a two-hour debate. >> donald trump, on his closing statement, chris christie did a great night if running for attorney general. >> what else is he going to do? >> hes got to carve himself out. >> sure. i hear it. >> hes a law and order guy. >> tomorrow, weve got trump. all right? weve got carson. and weve got chris christie. >> ill tell you why chris christies performance was imp...

>> cnbc which hosted the debate responded to the criticism in a statement saying people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. we have team coverage. nbcs chris jansing is in colorado. first to chris. the changes ben carson is talking about, he doesnt like the "gotcha" questions as he calls them. any specifics on what the new format would be like? >> reporter: everything is on the table. it might be a longer opening statement, a longer closing sta...

>> karl, i know we probably shouldnt say this but i think its probably a fact that most people watching tonight want to see whether or not donald trump tries to stomp all over ben carson and whether ben carson takes the bait. what do you expect with the drama between these two tonight? >> i expect donald trump to go after ben carson. he may not go after him as he has attacked his religion for example. i think he is going to go after him. whats going to be interesting to see is ben carsons respon...

Todays news required us to take a trip to the archive drawer marked herman cain. yeah. you think our presidential race is weird right now? it is weird right now. but it has been weird before. and it was really weird in 2012 when for a considerable period of time herman cain was the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. >> want to ask me who the president of ubekibekibeki stanstan im going to say i dont know. do you know? >> we have some amazing republican candidates for presid...

Closing statement to quote what he described as some of his favorite poetry. >> a poet once said life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible but its never easy when theres so much on the line. >> a poet once -- the poet herman kaine was quoting at that first republican debate in the 201 race, the poet he was quoting was the pokey mon movie. that poetry he was quoting was part of the theme song to the pokey mon movie. ♪ life can be a challenge. >> life can be a challenge ♪ ♪ life can ...

And how our closing statement was, the jury had no choice but to say guilty in the end. we didnt do a good job of coming out with the evidence. our final statement wasnt concise. it wasnt even clear. and so, i mean, all they could have said was guilty. >> the library victim who was 17 at the time of the attack was beaten so badly she sustained brain damage and can no longer see, walk, or talk. >> my daughter and stepdaughter go to the library where this occurred. this crime that he was convicted...

But it was originally agreed it was going to be two hours. the network are making a fortune off this stuff. they never made money. always lost money with it. now theyre making a fortune. i wonder why? >> he alluded back to the other debate when they were going to make $4,000 for a 30-second commercial. all of a sudden they added that extra hour and it went to $250,000 for a 30-second commercial. he said thats what theyre trying to do here. theyve sold the advertising for the first two. if the fr...

At this point is the equivalent of cyber bullying and i just wont do it because it is wrong. >> okay. well ill just ask you a pointed question. will either of them appear in the next democratic debate? >> probably not. that is up to the debate sponsors obviously but i would think not. maybe some would say it is putting them out of their misery but aisle let others make that conclusion. >> some people said that, you know, for the first hour of the debate jason johns debate he was kind of sleepy a...

Watching him in action they say there is something to that. this guy seems a little awkward and a little low energy. he doesnt have the pep that his brother that george w. had. is jeb bush capable -- i think it is a devastating label. is he capable of overcoming that and reversing that? >> well, its very, very hard to shake. donald trump has made it clear its not just about winning for him. he wants to take out jeb bush. i do think that that charge has left a mark. jeb bush has to find his footi...

Conventional terms where you weigh the arguments and you balance them. he had a weak debate in the sense of, yes, teenie weenie energy. and the same with scott walker. he has got to defend himself and he has got to prepare. i assume bush has one zinger prepared and will be waiting for him. >> goldman said the key to acting is sin variety. if you can fake that you have got it made. they have all got to go out and pretend to be something. i dont think there is any precedent that i can think of oth...