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To his wedding. now hes running for president, its more troubling. >> reporter: christine, she took every opportunity to paint this republican field with a broad brush of donald trump. she singled out marco rubio. she said his abortion comments last week were out of touch and out of date. by singling out marco rubio, it is a sign her campaign has an eye on him. when asked about donald trump, his comments have no place in this presidential campaign. he is not a serious contender. he is simply enj...

The economy, he knows everything about jobs. yet at this stage of the campaign hes never sat down for an interview and talked about jobs and the economy. what do the people in new hampshire want to hear from the rf nomin republican nominee or contender? >> they want to hear what theyre hearing from the other candidates. theyre hearing about issues like immigration. theyre hearing about growth. theyre hearing about cutting spending. theyre hearing about repealing obamacare. thats what the issues ...

Hes very concerned about how the noise from all of this plays out. in terms of undermining the effort of the party so built a different brand, to build a new brand with consistencies that have taken this off their radar, that dont look as the party as serious alternative to what the democrats will be offering either in this cycle or in past cycles, and so that has got to be concerning. it should be concerning because when you have an autopsy that says very clearly we want to embrace hispanics an...

Same. he might have moved up, fred -- >> why do you think that? >> im saying he might have moved up in last thursdays debate if he had taken a presidential stance. if he had projected leadership in a way that one could imagine in the oval office, yes, his polls probably havent dropped very much. but remember, hes at about a fifth of the republican electorate on average, its around a fifth, maybe a little higher than that. i keep going back to the last billionaire who ran for president and he had...

Herself in that happy hour debate, to the point where she now joins that conversation as a legitimate contender? >> well, first of all, i do have to refute roberts republican talking points. there is -- she said there were no classified e-mails. there were no classified e-mails she knew about because they were not marked classified. i dont think trust in hillary clinton is an issue. hillary clinton is trustworthy, which is more than i can say for the ten people who were on the stage on thursday ...

Things get done. could at the debate. >> criminal justice reform is he said his whole job is to make sure his campaign is prepared in something that republican state legislatures have been taking up 50 states. for the last couple of years. he said campaign manager corey big movement in georgia. lewin do ski has been dispatched by him to go to iowa, new big movement in texas. you even had the u.s. justice hampshire, south carolina, get action network pushing to get a more people on board, clean h...

Citizens of the u.s. >> its a fair question. i think some of them probably do. they will be -- i think theres obviously a lag to foreign perceptions but versus american perceptions but. i think people will be completely stunned if this goes much farther and he really becomes a serious contender as it gets down to voting time. >> so this 1987 cover story, what was your take away from him? >> well my take away was -- >> because you didnt think hed run for president? >> in fact he told us at the la...

Another breakout candidate who is suddenly being talked about as a contender for the top prize. plus well be joined by dr. ben carson and ask him what it was like on the other side of the lectern. ill give you an exclusive behind the scenes look at my experience there getting ready for this debate including the story of why yours truly almost did not make it to that debate at all. weve got an exclusive kelly file panel of republican voters and political experts. before we do lets readvice the ...

>> i disagree with rich on his assessment. i dont think hes that much of a threat to jeb because, one, hes just not going to have the money to be a serious contender. >> all right. great, sean, garland, thank you so much for joining us. interesting conversation. thanks so much. now, we want to hear your thoughts. what did you think of the gop debates? you can send us your tweet tweets @elizabethprann. we will read some of your thoughts later on in the show. a quick programming note, well be ...

Having no impact. i would like to see the campaign return to the big picture issues. >> speaking about impact, one of our viewers wrote in, and asked, what did you find was the most etech theive way to provide donald trump feedback? >> hes always been excessible. hes a reader, you want donald trump to consider something, write it out, dont hand him 40 pages, hes not going to read 40 pages, neither would i. hes a quick study, very good at retaining information, and hes a superstar, its why hes a ...