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Campaign trail. >> i think thats right. thats an excellent point. when i speak of this issue, i try to be responsible and not engage in a lot of hyperbole and exaggeration. you are correct. these are refugees, syrian refugee family that went to the laredo point of entry and basically turned themselves in for political asylum. they were not infiltrating to conduct terrorist operations. i think its important, youre right, to keep the facts to the facts. my facts are clear that i do think some of t...

Lets say, unfortunately timed comments about isis being contained. it was notable to me yesterday that dianne feinstein, the ranking democratic member on the senate intelligence committee said in fact the opposite. she said its not contained, its expanding. we have that evidence here. you have them bringing down a passenger jet. these bombs in beirut and these attacks here in paris in the span of just a few days. showing that regional global scope of this organization. it really is i mean theres...

Welcome back to a special edition of "new day." we have breaking news from the french interior minister. right now, there are 23 people in custody. additional weapons and equipment found in the raids overnight. 150 of them. 104, a lot of numbers, 104 people under house arrest right now. the most important thing he said so far is this iteration of we are at war. war has been declared on france. this is not political hyperbole. he said they will not destroy the republic. the republic will destroy ...

Address what happened overnight both at home and abroad with french capabilities. hes facing questions of what will this mean? what happened here now. hes been using very specific language, that this is an act of war against france, that its not just political hyperbole. it enforces and allows a state of emergency that we are told will last at least three months to get them through the holidays. >> now you can hear everyone clapping after the moment of silence. theres something so poignant about...

>> they thought they heard something. >> they thought they heard a gunshot which was a lightbulb that burst and a police officer had drawn his gun. there was complete hysteria. it is very crowded here. that shows people are on the edge. of course thats what terrorists want. thats a worrying development. >> theres also no push back against the state of emergency. we noticed that the president, the interior minister use legally operative language saying this is an act of war against paris. thats n...

Let me start with you, sir. what, if any effect will this have on ben carsons candidacy? >> its a distraction probably more than anything else. here is what al gore and i have in common. if i tell a story long enough i think it happened. and these things sort of slip in and then you tell the story and we know a lot of people that have done that sort of thing. i read the cnn reporting. well see -- i dont think it matters. its just going to take a couple of days or three days out of his campaignin...

Thats just hyperbole? >> well, we dont know yet, but this is unprecedented for someone to go and bring two former presidents, happen to be their relatives, to kind of shore up the base. you know, heres the thing, we can make fun of this, but i think its an opportunity for us to look at this man and try to see, what is his character under fire, under pressure? does he lash out? does he blame others? does he take responsibility? everybody goes through a time of testing. six weeks ago, we were writ...

Would be the easier, and xwov for the kasich and jeb bush would be the most difficult. >> why is that? >> you can not ip sult your way into the presidency, and donald trump gets a lot of publicity, and mr. carson as the prior commentator says that he believes that hyperbole and exaggeration and inflammatory rhetoric does you well in the republican small electorate that votes in the primaries, but when you get into the jgeneral election, people think of you as the president of the united states a...

Campaign shirt. its more about talking about real issues of the day. i think it makes the field better. >> matt, to your point. listen to this. this is an incredible window into what donald trump is doing according to his book "art of deal." people want to believe something is the biggest, greatest and most spectacular. i call it truthful hyperbole. its an innocent form of exaggeration, an effective form of promotion. >> thats it. thats the definition of him. >> decades ago he knew how to play i...

Running up as a former republican governor said to me last week, running up a tab at the restaurant and leaving without paying the bill. >> you order things, you say this is the restaurant i want to go to, i want the steak and you start haggling over the bill. >> theres people on capitol hill, many of them conservatives saying listen you can prioritize, the tax receipts are still coming in, the money is flowing in. why cant you happen and you prioritize -- >> i said someone on capitol hill feels...