political anchor for time warner cable news, errol louis. let s put up on the screen a reminder of what president obama says he ll do by executive action. the gun show loophole. you hear about this all the time from gun rights sad very kates and gun control advocates alike, basically it says when you go to one of the shows, people can sell guns there and they don t have to go through the same background checks. and funding to enforce existing laws. van jones, you re a supporter of these types of measures. you cannot argue they d stop a san bernardino. why is this to important right now? i m so proud and happy, i think a lot of americans really relieved the president is doing something. we always focus on the big mass shootings, they ll certainly druf a b drive a big part of the conversation. but we have funerals in america every single day from gurn violence. we have too much street
at time warner cable news, errol lewis, brian stelter as well as bruce hanes and david chalian. david, let me start with you. this is not just trump winning. he has seen, if you look let me throw up this one poll about his handling of things. candidates handling of things. he s seen as far and away the most capable candidate in fighting illegal immigration and the fight against isis. it s not just his brand. they like his policies, too. doesn t that spell even bigger trouble for the other republicans in the field? well, it does, kate. and look at those numbers. they all exceed his actual level of support in the horse race. so he is winning over, some republicans who say they re with cruz or rubio or some other candidate, but they still think trump is best equipped to handle isis or immigration and certainly the economy.
lindsey graham, showing there as he exits, really the value that he was adding more and more to this campaign, despite his ratings. let s bring back errol louis, cnn political commentator and political anchor for time warner cable news and maggie haber man, political correspondent for the new york times. he didn t have a realistic chance. he didn t have the infrastructure, the money or the poll ratings to sustain. they say suspend but they mean it s over. the strength of his voice, recently especially, the last debate or two, what do you think is lost with him gone? he was most vociferously defending george bush s legacy. that s what lindsey graham represented. he represented this anti-isolationist strain. he represented, especially at a moment where national security is taking over, he was the voice of we need to basically maintain what we are doing, maintain the gains we have had.
at it. sanders has hit that and tried to get them a feeling leak they re taking on the establishment. this was a part of the subcontext we saw yesterday that bernie sanders felt like maybe the dnc was being more punitive than they would have been if this was the:t campaign, of course the clinton campaign feels like they re the ones in the wrong here. we will definitely see how this plays out, or if she leaves it alone and out of the arena. we have to tune in tonight. unfortunate with the debate hours away. thank you, guys. we got on the phone with us now, do we have, brian? we don t have ryan? we ll get ryan. let s go to maria cardona and errol lewis, time warner cable news.
you think jeb bush is scared of you or just scared in general? i think he s scared. [ applause ] he s having a hard time. do you think he wants to run for president? no. he was a happy warrior but he s never been a happy warrior. he s having a hard time running. that was donald trump taking another swipe at jeb bush after the cnn gop debate. who benefits most from this fight? trump or bush? here to discuss cnn political commentator and anchor at time warner cable news earl lewis and maggie, let me start with you. other candidates decided it s not wise to go at donald trump. it seems that ted cruz in some way, ben carson hands off