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>> i would go after people with rocks and bricks and baseball bats and hammers and, of course, many people know the story when i was 14 and i tried to stab someone. and, you know, fortunately, you know, my life has been changed. im a very different person now. >> reporter: carson recently told erin burnett he still has a lot of fire inside of him. >> you conquered your demons but is there anything that fires you up? that young man that could do those things, that person still in there, right? >>...

Carson a double digit lead in iowa. >> im just going to have to work a little bit harder in iowa. i was very surprised to see the numbers. >> reporter: carson, the newly minted iowa front runner, dev l derevealing his rougher edges. saying when he was a teenager. >> many people know the story when i was 14 and i tried to stab someone, and fortunately you know, my life has been changed. im a very different person now. >> reporter: but its the softer carson thats winning over evangelicals. now tru...

The iowa caucuses, the jostling in the gop ranks is taking on a sharper edge. >> carson is lower energy than bush. i dont get it. >> reporter: a new monmouth university poll gives dr. ben carson a double-digit lead in iowa, drawing 32% support compared to 18% for donald trump. >> im just going to have to work a little bit harder in iowa. i was very surprised to see the numbers. you know, i had a lead and it sort of flip-flopped a little bit with ben carson. and i like ben, but he cannot do with ...

Someone. you know, fortunately, my life has been changed and im a very different person now. >> carson recently told erin burnett he still has a lot of fire inside of him. >> youve conquered your demons, but is there anything that fires you up? i mean, that young man who could do those things, that person is still in there, right? >> well, i may be fired up. i may just not look like im fired up. >> but its the softer carson thats winning over evangelicals. now trump is taking aim at carsons reli...