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We turn now to presidential politics. advisers for multiple republican candidates are meeting to lay out their demands for changes in future debates. the campaigns are seeking more control over the process in the wake of harsh criticism for last week's cnbc debate. athena jones is live with the details on their demands. athena? >> good morning, michaela. this is significant, seeing these campaigns unite, not just against the tv networks but also against the republican national committee, which has been negotiating the debate terms on behalf of the campaigns. this, of course, comes after so man...

Is it just the debate that took place on cnbc or is there something else? >> well, i think there's a lot of things, fred, and as you heard from ben carson there and a number of other republican presidential candidates, they're still upset about how cnbc handled went nigh's debate. and today they continue to pound the network and also frankly the media more generally for what they called, as carson said, gotcha questions. and after what the republican party saw as that unfair treatment from cnbc, friday the rerepublican national committee announced they were suspending the february debate they ...

Demanding serious changes to the debate format. new details emerging about the crash of that russian passenger jet in egypt's sinai peninsula. russia's top aviation official now saying the plane broke up at high altitude. killing all 224 people on board, including 17 children. connor powell live at our mideast bureau with the latest. >> that investigation into saturday's fatal crash now well under way. authorities have recovered the flight voice and data recording box and are beginning to investigate and try to piece together what exactly happened. now they are trying to determine what broug...

And as you say some are using that to help raise money. so in the end is it really less about the whole debate, debate format, and more about just kind of milking what took place last week and the complaint as a chorus now? >> oh, certainly. i think a lot of those candidates are using this opportunity to try to flex some muscles to influence this debate format and how it will look going forward. can they pressure the rnc into meeting some of their demands. so this is all really in flux. i think some of the undercard candidates are seizing this as a moment to try to influence the rnc. the rnc o...

On all of this live in boston, with a look behind the scenes. the bush campaign. but first, let's go to molly live in our d.c. bureau with the latest on the gop field. hi, molly. >> hi, greg, hi, marthel. one of the driving forces behind a meeting of the gop campaign minds in virginia today. in addition to more time for opening and closing statements, here's what else dr. carson would like to see changed in the debate format. >> i would like to see, you know, tighter guidelines in terms of people when they respond to questions. you know, some people just pretty much ignore what the time constr...