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>> we have a president that wants to show how tough he is. everybody over there, they are not babies. they are not the j.v. they just knocked down an airliner, they say it's 99. 9% as of today. >> the front runner. over the weekend he stepped up attacks for dr. ben carson that edged ahead as claims carson's made about his past are being challenged. on cnn state of the union, donald trump fanned the flames of skepticism over carson's contention he was violent in his youth. >> i just don't know. i mean, i'm not involved. i don't really know. it's a lot of things, you know, when you say hitting y...

Welcome back. donald trump speaking today in springfield, illinois. let's listen in. >> we have a president that wants to show how tough he is. everybody over there, they are not babies. they are not the j.v. they just knocked down an airliner, they say it's 99. 9% as of today. >> the front runner. over the weekend he stepped up attacks for dr. ben carson that edged ahead as claims carson's made about his past are being challenged. on cnn state of the union, donald trump fanned the flames of skepticism over carson's contention he was violent in his youth. >> i just don't know. i mean, i'm not ...

This story started with a report in politico that claimed carson's campaign had acknowledged, quote, fabricating the story. but the campaign is pushing back hard on any notion of fabrication. >> reporter: that's right, they're specifically pushing hard on that exact point, jake, this connection that politico makes in their story that this acknowledgement really is an admission in the story that he fabricated the story line. the campaign says that's not true, that he never claimed officially to have been accepted or applied to west point. but certainly ben carson has touted many times on the ca...