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In large part due to the wide field and the guy who is at the top of the polls, donald trump here and ben carson, they have attracted millions and millions of viewers. these are huge moments for these candidates. i think you are seeing campaigns really aware of that and wanting to make sure they are getting momentum coming out of these debates. lets talk about the guys who had momentum coming out of the last debate. marco rubio and ted cruz widely perceived to have had strong performances just a...

A couple of sketches that the snl crew wanted him to do. they were a little bit too racy for the iowans hes trying to who. well ask him about that and lots of stuff going on the campaign trail from marco rubio to dr. ben carson. lots of policy issues from immigration, to what the u.s. should do if it was an isis terrorist bomb that took down the russian passenger plane a week and change ago. we have lots to discuss with the republican frontrunner. >> what else do you have planned? >> well also h...

Day. food is delicious. you get a chance, i highly recommend it. >> big plug for the diner. today, ben carson continued his book tour in miami, where he was questioned by reporters on his grasp of policy issues. >> there are a lot of policies that i lack knowledge of. im gaining knowledge on them. but i dont, by any stretch of the imagination, confess to knowing everything. i dont know everything. its the reason that you have advisers. >> for more on the carson campaign, joined by msnbc.com se...

Other day from camden, new jersey which this year has seen a rise in homicides and crime in general. theyre phenomenal young police chief over there doing a great job. but governor christie needs to stay focused on his state. he has more than his share of crime to deal with. as to his comments about mayor de blasio, mayor are de blasio is extraordinary strong in supporting me on open windows, policing quality of life. supports the concept to stop, question and frisk in the right amount. he has f...

Actually letting them have ten major serious questions ahead of time and let the moderators come up with, you know, four or five, whatever, on the spot that they think add to this. >> first of all, lawrence, jumping back to your concept of singing. >> yeah, go ahead. governor, go ahead. if you want to answer these swinging sweep stakes. >> i want to give you an insight that might be valuable. you could tell he didnt just write those lyrics, he lived them. and theres a correlation between people ...

And i said to him, i think they should get the questions ahead of time because i actually want to hear their best answer. i dont want this off the top of the head stuff. let them think about it. let them consult. what would be wrong with that? actually letting them have ten major serious questions ahead of time and let the moderators come up with, you know, four or five, whatever, on the spot that they think add to this. >> first of all, lawrence, jumping back to your concept of singing. >> yeah...

Things including corporate taxes and includiing capital gains taxes, you make that amount up pretty quickly. so thats not by any stretch, pie in the sky. >> ben carson said it himself tonight. he only started thinking about running for president when people asked him to. its very clear from a lot of his answers on substantive policy issues. hes not spent a lot of time thinking them out. whether its guns or foreign policy, immigration, gay marriage. i thought it was alarming he could barely answe...

"war" and "fireworks," trying to get folks fired up for hillary clinton. something she struggled with in some of these early states. when the front-runner got the microphone jefferson jackson dinner, she tried to look past her democratic rivals and act almost as if shes already the general election nominee. listen. >> the american people in the last six weeks have learned a lot about hillary, what shes for, why shes running, and what kind of president she would be. >> and her husband is saying, ...

Intervention. >> all right, and one thing that -- one group the president will have to win over is a group that is often backed -- labor unions, theyre worried about issues related to jobs. how does he convince them? >> i dont know. i think we need to find out how our constitution and our judiciary can be protected. that is what will protect workers. these tribunals that the tpp would create, run by the world bank, and the united nations, where companies and investors would go to air their griev...

Policy issues. >> your investigation and report was the one that specified exactly who you felt was to blame for the failure to supply the adequate protective resources. >> yes. just let me make one comment. thanks, mike, if your kind remarks. i worked for secretary kissinger, as the person who organizes the channels. and i set up the first time the special channel to the secretary. but i also had, from time to time, the privilege and indeed the option of communicating directly with the presiden...