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Expectations. he showed himself to be controlled but really strong. hes able to debate and had a bit of humor. i give him a b on the night. >> senator cruz. >> cruz, i give him a c plus. the usual strong debating was somehow left out in a number of ways. did not have a signature moment. i think he positioned himself well to be in a position to inherit the trump constituency if it is relinquished. >> marco rubio? . >> i think he came in second. particularly what you would do with russia and syria...

My job tonight. >> i was watching it inside my mouth. i understand. >> the republican candidates have completed their first two hours of debating. republican rick wilson who advised gop candidates today to attack donald trump tonight will join us, along with steve schmidt and april ryan. steve kornacki will also be here. hes monitoring the debate for us now. and joining us now, chuck todd, moderator of nbcs "meet the press" and political news director. also howard dean, former governor of vermon...

There is a very strong favor ability rating. ive been in iowa a lot, south carolina a lot, new hampshire a lot. where i go and where i speak, they really change those numbers very quickly. >> lets talk about the debate. let me ask you this way, i know one of the things you did that surprised me is you downplayed your expectation. mr. trump, with all due respect, you never downplay your ability on anything. why did you downplay your expectations on debating? >> well, im not a debater. ive never d...

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Strong rate. when i get to areas and where i go and speak, they really change the numbers quickly. >> lestts talk about the debatd. one of the things that you did is down played the expectations. mr. trump, you never down play on anything. why did you do it on debating? >> well i am not a debate er. i have never been on a stage. i guess that my whole life is debating. i understand that you have nine other people shooting at me and that maybe true or maybe not. i really dont know. i dont have pol...

Them get on their "a" game. its sad that donald trump wasnt capable of providing his "a" game and playing it on that level but he has nobody to blame but himself. he said he didnt prepare for the debate. he doesnt do debating. and he didnt do that well. >> the decision by bret baier. they decide to open this up, to rip the scab off, will all your candidates pledge to back the winner of this derby. whoever gets to be the winner, will you back that nominee. and i thought, governor dean, i thought ...

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That aid expected to be in the form of bomb lodgist cal support and midair refuelling of saudi fighter planes. several arab nations led by saudi arabia and egypt are now vowing to defeat the rebels at any cost and are debating whether to create a multinational force. the ousted president blames tehran for th and he called the rebels the stooges of iran. well, al qaedas branch in syria has claimed the key city, and they have retreated from the surrounding bases of the city. marking the first ti...

>> it was good. last night, the night of too many stars. an autism fund-raiser. >> yes. i love triumph. >> remember the greatest moment in the history of scarborough country. he contributed to it. >> he did? >> yeah. >> which one? >> he came out with triumph and talking comedy. carl bernstein interrupted. i went to t.j. said give me a split screen. i swear, we had a split screen of triumph going like this another thing about you democrats and bernstein is debating. this is going on five minutes....