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They wind up punishing people with them. too many and too much pc. do you agree with either? >> i dont think its the role of the dnc chair to say theres too many or theres too few. i think we have spectacular candidates. my job is to make sure that everybody gets a fair opportunity to communicate their vision. were moving through the debate cycle and in september well be raising the threshold. so they understand that you have to continue to make progress and what i think is exciting about this p...

New deal is like political kryptonite. they dont want anything to do without. he is splitting the difference, he has promises without green new deal funding. only 1.7 trillion in federal spending which is a lot of money but to the left today, they want world war ii level mobilization. if they to spend 40 to 50% of gdp on this problem and joe biden isnt going anywhere near that. he is trying to assuage the left but not do it in a way that alienate those voters. >> martha: so why politically? you ...

Republicans we had 16 candidates and i remember sitting in a room with people far more important than me saying were going find out who we are now. were going to find out who the republican party is going to be. great debate cycle. all the super stars in it. and we found out what the base wanted and what they wanted. throw everybody in washington out. drain the swamp. illegal immigration. and donald trump won. he does demand loyalty. no question about that. so at the end of the day, were definin...

Isis claiming responsibility. this was the first time that women were allowed to vote or run for office. though, the female candidates were not allowed to talk with male voters. most of the campaigning was done online. for the first time in this republican debate cycle, donald trump may not be the biggest target. why? ted cruz. hes surging. that means hes going to take some hits. well break down the biggest republican rivalries and what everyone stands to gain and to lose. coming up. thats v...

Ive never seen that before where an audience booed the moderators and i hope it was a clear signal. >> so in what way was the rnc taking control? >> this is a great question because it goes to where we are right now and the campaigns themselves have indicated and negotiating on behalf of the all of the campaigns because they were worried about the debate cycle and came under the primary battered by two dozen debates. so this time the rnc cut the numbers down to nine and they announced the debate...

And thats one of the things we want to dig into. being on a campaign is really about trying to be all things to all people, but i think part of our job with the debate tonight is trying to narrow that out and make them take stands on issues. >> when we look at the bigger questions, youve got a fed meeting announcement coming today, in fact. a lot of uncertainty about what is happening in the economy. what is happening in china, what is happening in europe, you know, the big picture of wage dispa...

And talk about health care for a second? im a doctor. im an expert about this. this is not a muslim believing in sharia law running for president of the united states. it is most strangely, mixed up, fabricated projected non-issue i see quite some time. this is, really interesting debate cycle. it is as you have said before, a nothing sandwich were all starved for real issues and solutions and economic salvation. >> welcome to the arena. welcome to the arena, dr. carson. this is how the game is ...

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...

Media and trump supporters and its going to be an issue. trump loves taking a whack at the press and now at fox news and well see how fox responds. >> the numbers are just incredible. >> they are. the debate is now the biggest -- this debate cycle is now the biggest show of the fall. >> and youre going to talk about it on your show. >> on sunday. >> sunday morning. brian, thank you very much. donald trump, again, live tonight on cnn with don lemon, a special hour at 9:00 eastern time. you will...

Of the day in the republican primary is going to come down to a battle between the grassroots and the more establishment-type candidate. cruz is vying for that grassroots mantle, and hes making positive inroads to that. its going to be a long debate cycle. so there will be many more opportunities for him to answer more questions. >> amanda, is there anyone you thought did much worse than you thought they were going to do? >> you know, i think christies exchange with rand paul really hurt him. >>...