Here he was on october 9th. long story short, it worked. i did it. i was offered a full scholarship to west point. got to go to congressional medal of honor dinners, but decided my path way would be medicine. last hour, i asked chris christie about carson and he had this reaction. i haven t read any of his books, i never knew much about him until we started to campaign for president. so i don t have the basis to doubt anything else that he s said. you know, he s going to have to now talk about it. i don t think there s any choice but for him to talk about it and the american people will decide whether that answer that he gives, those answers that he gives, are sufficient enough for him to be a candidate for president. that s going to be their choice ultimately. he s going to have to answer the questions honestly, unlike what happened with the west point incident. joining me on set, beth is with us again.
Let s get to it. first from the fox news deck, dr. ben carson, a candidate to lead the nation and its military, insists he is not lying when he says he was off ever eat full scholarship to west point. dr. carson s team claims the media is lying. carson s most recently told the story last month to charlie rose on pbs. i did it. i was offered a full scholarship to west point, got meet general westmoreland, go to the congressional medal of honor dinners, but decided my pathway was medicine. a full scholarship to west point. we just talked to west point. reps from the school tell us that there is no such thing as a full scholarship to west point. dr. carson s team says west point reps toll him they could help him get an appointment bait owned great grades and performance in rotc, but hi didn t seek the admission.