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Has been incredibly difficult for the time both of them have been in office with each other. i can't imagine much progress. netanyahu has always been focused on his own political future in israel. and i think the president, rightly, believes there's not much possibility of peace as long as netanyahu is in office. >> well, there's that. robert, i want to turn to the controversy over ben carson's past. how concerned are you that what some are calling misrepresentation by him could damage his candidacy. is he handling this the right way? he's essentially blaming the media for everything. >> i'm v...

Competitive are extremely premature. one of the top carson statements is about how he made statements about how joseph built the pyramids to store grain. carson says things like this totally divorced from historic reality that aren't part of the christian religious tradition and aren't a big part of what his church actually teaches as dogma. he just says this stuff. it's baffling and perplexing and could make him a tough sell. >> you might expect carson to face questions over his past in tuesday's debate. how might these questions, just the fact they're being raised, hurt his credibility. one ...

Night live" comes before the next republican debate on tuesday and at a time when recent polls show him neck and neck with dr. ben carson. joining me is jeremy peterss for "the new york times." good to see you again. let's gauge this impact with trump's appearance on "snl." does it register in any significant way? >> i was trying to think about this and why i felt it didn't quite work. something a little off about the humor. i think that's because the "snl" paroddy version of trump and the actual trump are not that far apart. when it comes down to it maybe the actors are a little funnier. tr...

It's going to not gain as much traction until there is a moment we can point to to say, okay, he clearly lied about this. this did not happen. but until then, all you have are reports that say, well, we interview people from 50 years ago, and they don't remember it happening. when it comes down to ben carson saying, yes, it happened, and people saying, well, news reports from the quote/unquote liberal media saying we can't find anyone who claims this happened, i think ben carson wins that argument with his base. >> you'll expect him to face questions about his past in tuesday's debate. how muc...

Because some of these details are fuzzy in a way that details in other candidates memoirs aren't. it doesn't mean that carson fabricated these components. and to be fair here, he's not wrong when he says he's a threat. the real clear politics polling average has him just less than 1 percentage point behind donald trump in the front-runner contest with more than twice as much support as marco rubio. these questions and scrutiny probably aren't going anywhere too soon. >> also he doesn't have a political record on which to be scrutinized. it's all about his life story. >> yeah, i think absolutel...