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Else stuck in the single digits here. ben carson is facing new questions about shifting accounts of his violent past. this has been a corner stone of his presidential campaign. its talking about these instances when he was younger when tempted to stab someone, where he attempted to attack his mother with a hammer. maeve reston and scott glover of cnn went back, they spoke to his neighbors, spoke to his childhood friends, trying to corroborate these stories. they couldnt find anyone who had any k...

Because we arent the ones who brought the story, the past violent acts to light. its the candidate himself who has talked about his history of violence and then finding jesus and how its changed him, and he uses that as sort of a corner stone of his biography on the campaign trail and its part of the reason hes been able to resonate so well with evangelical voters in iowa and we see that with our latest poll today. and when scott glover went to try to corroborate his story and said no one who re...

Two-way race. as every other republican remains stuck in single digits. >> its a marathon, its not a sprint. polls will go up and down over the next year. no one should be terribly ala alarmed and no one should be terribly excited. >> a corner stone of carsons appeal, like trump, he, too, is a washington outsider at a time of growing frustration with the political class. its an image he embraces in his campaign ad. im ben carson. im running for president. and im very much outside the box. >> rep...

Gives them a direction in their life. but i do not believe that religious belief should dictate ones public policies and stances. >> carson is a seventh day adventist, and while he has shied away from connecting his religious principles with policy, speaking openly with his faith is a cornerstone of his campaign, and it appears to be resonating with voters, especially evangelicals. in our own nbc news survey, 33% of white evangelical republican voters support him, thats better than trump and eve...

Terribly excited. >> reporter: a corner stone in the field like trump he is a washington outsider at a time of growing frustration with the political class. its an image he embraces in his latest campaign ad. >> im ben carson running for president and im very much outside the bach. >> reporter: as trump loses the lead, hes lashing out, claiming carson wants to do away with medicare. >> he wants to abolish medicare. i think abolishing medicare, i dont think you are going to get away with that one...

They all make sacrifices. they serve us. and it is our responsibility to make sure that they get our support. military families rely on these programs. and when you really think about it, caring for our troops and their families is the cornerstone of military readiness. our troops need to be the focus. and we shouldnt have them worrying about whether or not were going to be supporting them back home. we have an obligation. the president, the commander in chief, has an obligation to ensure that m...

They all make sacrifices, they serve us and it is our responsibility to make sure that they get our support. military families rely on these programs. when you really think about it, caring for our troops and their families is the cornerstone of military readiness. our troops need to be the focus. we shouldnt have them worrying about whether or not were going to be supporting them back home. we have an obligation. the president, the commander in chief has an obligation, to ensure that military a...

18%. stay with me. republicans also rated trump number one on hand lgs multiple issues, the economy, foreign policy, isis, 47% of nevada think he would be best at handling the terror group. 37% think the same in south carolina. john, your reaction to that? >> my reaction is sort of the confused dog look on foreign policy. i get why they think he would be good on his economy. thats his brand. however, that might contrast with reality. the second thing is illegal immigration. hes made that the cor...

About, it is isis as well. you have two enemies on the ground in addition to supporting combat forces on the afghan side. >> a cornerstone of the obama foreign policy right now and over the last few years has been to train other countrys forces, to train forces in iraq, to train forces in afghanistan and, yes, even to train forces inside syria to take the battle to the terrorists. now, in each one of these places, we have found it could not be done as fast or as effectively as the u.s. had wante...

Sanders on income inequality and making college more affordable. here is where they stand. the minimum wage. clinton wants to raise it to $12 an hour. sanders wants to raise it to $15 an hour. on taxes, clinton will close a loophole for the wealthy. she wants to crackdown on the loophole to let hedge fund managers to carry interest instead of income. those have a tax rate of 20% instead of 40%. sanders wants all income above $250,000 to be subject to the payroll tax. he wants to slap a 10% sur t...