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Call or go online to learn more about a free trial offer. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. in the impact segment tonight, the g.o.p.'s fury at nbc. it's no secret that nearly every republican candidate was upset at cnbc for their baiting questions at this week's g.o.p. debate. leaving some to call for drastic overhaul of the debate format. >> i have asked my staff to
That hate everything we stand for. i won't mention his name. the questions were so nasty. >> ben carson chiming in. his campaign trying to score political points. we get more with sunlen serfaty. >> reporter: good morning. ben carson is trying to capitalize on this moment. so much unhappiness of the format of the cnbc debate. trying to show leadership at the same time. here is how he blasted the debate format in colorado. >> it is supposed to be established to help the people get to know the candidates and get to know what's behind them and what they're thinking process and philosophy is. what...
The format. >> i think he has the best interest of his party in mind mp remember what donald trump and ben carson did and took credit for it. they said that cnbc, you forget about that three-hour debate you've got planned. we're going two hours and if you don't, we're not coming. the candidates have a lot of leverage with the news organizations that are sponsoring the debate. i know you have suggestions about how you would change the debate format. what would you do? >> i'll give you a couple of ideas.
>> and maybe that's where the gotcha questions come in or the questions about people's finances or their basic policies. you know, what's going to get you off the stage? what's going to be clear to the voters, okay, i know who this guy is and it's not who i want to vote for. if you're not going to ask any of those questions, you're going to have ten guys yelling at each other, ten guys and one woman yelling at each other for who knows how long. >> i want to say, though, i think donald trump's idea that you should have republican moderators for a republican debate is not crazy, or at least that...
>> ben carson also chiming in. his campaign seizing the opportunity to score points. let's get more on that from sunlen serfaty. >> reporter: good morning. ben carson is really trying to capitalize on this moment. so much unhappiness over the format of the cnbc debate. trying to show a little leadership at the same time. here is how he blasted the debate format in colorado. >> the debates are supposed to be established to help the people get to know the candidates and get to know what's behind them and what they're thinking process is and philosophy is. what it has turned into is a gotcha. tha...