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There is sort of the difference in reaction from some of the other gop contenders. you have jeb bush on stage there saying trump should apologize, period for that comment about megyn kelly to don lemon. you have ted cruz asked repeatedly today what he makes of it and he refuses to criticize donald trump. >> reporter: yeah. we have seen this from ted cruz certainly over the past few months. ted cruz has been very careful about his criticism of donald trump. when john mccain, when donald trump was...

That was their decision to make. he also went on to say that they shouldnt be talking about political personalities, that i should be talking about issues of the day. ted cruz was not critical of donald trump, ted cruz was fought critical of donald trump, a few weeks ago, he came out and said john mccain was not a war hero, even though he was a p.o.w. so ted cruz is making a play for the trump voters. you have to wonder, is this just another way for ted cruz to do so? >> mark preston reporting f...

Because i think that he should. >> reporter: there you have the former arkansas governor seeking the republican nomination adding to the people who are seeking it as well, who think donald trump should apologize to megyn kelly including the likes of rick perry, george pataki, several others as well. poppy? >> mark preston reporting from the red state event in atlanta, thank you. coming up tonight, in less than an hours time, 6:00 eastern, the man himself will sit down with me, join me for his ...

>> so besides governor chris christie who is speaking at the event? >> reporter: we will see chris christie shortly here at this gathering. rick perry the former texas governor will be here. we will see the likes of bobby jindal and carly fiorina who had a fantastic debate. so will marco rubio. we will very jeb bush. >> i know you will be there to bring it to us. thank you, mark preston reporting live from atlanta this morning. and good morning. im carol costello. thank you for joining me. don...

Zoraida? >> too many debates? i think we would probably all agree. mark preston reporting live for us. thank you. >> seven minutes after the hour right now. pope francis will meet with the president of his home country, argentina, today. hes already faced some controversy. the vatican disputing claims that the pope allowed the kidnapping of two jesuit priests in the 1970s during argentinas so-called dirty war. these days, though, francis really seems to be a breath of fresh air for catholics. th...

but whats going to prevent terrorists from buying and using them? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com he entered the race at the top of the polls, but rick perry has been watching his numbers slide and slide. his momentum rather slow. now, with a closely watched speech, the texas governor is trying to reverse his declining campaign fortunes. jim acosta is joining us now. he delivered what his campaign described as a major speech today...

President barack obamas decision to ease sanctions on iran, he thinks that sanctions should be a lot tougher. and whats interesting is that he did not initially support donald trump, carol, during the beginning of this presidential campaign. he supported marco rubio. but when donald trump became the nominee mike pompeo got behind him. having said all that i did speak to somebody who went to college with him at west point. he talks about mike pompeo says hes a stand-up guy, described him as a pat...