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Martha thank you very much. Afternoon. Martha maccallum and this is the story. You are watching it with us. Moments ago former President Trump wrapped a fourth News Conference just since August Reminder that we have not seen 1 for Vice President harris freewheeling period of time where she was taking questions from the crowd. We havent seen that yet but look for to seeing that. The president at the very end President Trump did say he would leave the door open to another debate. He said ive been ...

State Sen. Melissa Agard on flat tax proposal, marijuana and new leadership role.

Feel the most to make the cig l argument you cant cut anything. thats a matter of putting the right people in government who have the right motives to help it work efficiently and work for the american people and not the people with an agenda. >> final question. >> dr. carson, on the flat tax proposal, you said you think thats the fairest way to take a portion of everyones -- >> so we have been listening to dr. ben carson there talking to reporters in lynchburg, virginia, after he gave an appear...

Does it tomorrow night. i wonder if carson is the one person trump cant attack without hurting himself. >> its not all about the horse race. these candidates want to talk substance. ahead of an economic debate, ben carson putting out some details of a flat tax proposal. >> im in favor of a flat tax because of proportionality. everybody should be hit exactly the same. in order to, you know, remain revenue neutral, we would have to make that rate at about 15% and eliminate all deductions and all t...

Does it tomorrow night. i wonder if carson is the one person trump cant attack without hurting himself. >> its not all about the horse race. these candidates want to talk substance. ahead of an economic debate, ben carson putting out some details of a flat tax proposal. >> im in favor of a flat tax because of proportionality. everybody should be hit exactly the same. in order to, you know, remain revenue neutral, we would have to make that rate at about 15% and eliminate all deductions and all t...

youre in "the situation room"." the first republican presidential contest is two weeks away and a top obama adviser says the democrats are counting on a long primary season slugfest between newt gingrich and mitt romney. every word from the candidates could make a difference. jim acosta is covering the final sprint of the caucuses. jim, were seeing a possible shift in the romney campaign strategy. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, there may be a big moment...

What that would have meant we would have looked at $15 trillion debt in the eye and said we are not going to add one more cent to it. we are going to prioritize the spending and put the reform in the long-term programs now. not wait eight months or five months. we are going to reform right now. >> bret: governor huntsman? >> leadership is action, not words. it learned a very important lesson about this when i ran for governor in 2004. i promised the people of my state as governor we would create...

Would have looked at $15 trillion debt in the eye and said we are not going to add one more cent to it. we are going to prioritize the spending and put the reform in the long-term programs now. not wait eight months or five months. we are going to reform right now. >> bret: governor huntsman? >> leadership is action, not words. it learned a very important lesson about this when i ran for governor in 2004. i promised the people of my state as governor we would create the finest state in america f...

What that would have meant we would have looked at $15 trillion debt in the eye and said we are not going to add one more cent to it. we are going to prioritize the spending and put the reform in the long-term programs now. not wait eight months or five months. we are going to reform right now. >> bret: governor huntsman? >> leadership is action, not words. it learned a very important lesson about this when i ran for governor in 2004. i promised the people of my state as governor we would create...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead ...