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Fault nbc news and thats what youre seeing going on here. to your point, no, there is no editorial control nbc news has over cnbc but share reporting resources. >> thank you, sir, appreciate it. have a great weekend. i want to bring in hue huet and author of "the queen, the epic ambition of hillary clinton and coming of a second clinton era. good evening to you, sir. >> hi, don. >> were the questions really that bad? >> oh, they were terrible and i do believe the ryan priebus letter was appropri...

Could mean for rub owe coming from singer but singers about ty to bring in donors. he has been far out pacing rubio and other candidates. rubio struggled to raise money, now all of a sudden, were seeing rubio come forward with this financial support, stronger in the debate than jeb bush. jeb bushs team fought hard for singer support as did the chris christie campaign and gone to rubio and i think thats a clear indication where things are going for rubios campaign in terms of financial support. >...

These debate formats are preposterous. and let us not forget. the moderator food fights did not begin with cnbc. it did not begin with cnn. you know damn well who it began with. >> he means fox news, who had the first debate. what he means is that fox news is biased against the republican party. and why is fox news biased against the republican party? because theyre left wing! >> these media corporations, all of them left wing at the top, every damn one of them left wing at the top, they have de...

That need to be asked. >> douglas brinkley, arent tough questions even bad questions or got ya questions, dont these moments allow stronger candidates to shine? i mean, they will face very tough questions once they are in the oval office, right? >> they definitely do, but, you know, i think a lot of people were thinking cnbc was going to ask about jobs and the economy. it seemed to be void of any substance and just a lot of cups flying quickly and i think its donald trump sent the tone and tenne...

Thats what people want to know, tough pointed questions, not softballs, not talking point invitations but not the speech and personal attacks for the interview setting, for the one on one on sunday morning, a debate is when the candidate should talk to each other about that which distinguishes positions and why they are better. >> dont you think during the fox debate at least there was more context given to the reason for the questioning they quoted the candidates in their own words and then ask...

Clinton, presidential candidate speaking now north charleston south carolina speaking at the naacp talking about issues, about important to african americans and to the black lives matter movement. back with me is my panel, douglas brinkley. bob, lets talk about these debates. what is your take on what youre hearing drop the rnc and these candidates? how does that make them look? >> well, i mean, cnbc looks like their stock is going to go down. the candidates are right, i mean, you cannot have a...