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Cnn's sara murray has the latest from washington, d.c. >> reporter: good morning, alison and miguel. it is not donald trump leading nationwide anymore. ben carson is the frontrunner in the nbc news poll. he leads 29% to donald trump's 23%. trump still has bragging rights. he leads in a poll in new hampshire. he is ahead of ben carson by ten points. if these polls sound chaotic to you, it is nothing compared to what is going on with the republican debate process. after all those campaigns got together and huddled in a room and agreed to debate rules requiring opening statements and how cool it ...

Means. blah, blah, blah i get. it means blah, blah, blah. the whoot is just like i'm excited. but this was just like howling at the moon. >> whooooo. >> whooooo. >> whooooo. >> in what other circumstance does he use this noise? does this mean specifically too many people are talking to me at once? does this mean happy halloween? what does this mean? do it again. so that's one of the things that happened in today's politics news. we also got a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll. it has ben carson in first place nationally leading donald trump by six points. that poll also is bad news specifical...

But he didn't make the rules, this is the landscape we play in, so right now i would say it's not as bad as the self-fulfilling mechanism indicates, but it could be in another week. >> he's going hard after marco rubio, that presentation he made to supporters in houston, including 112-page power point presentation who was about rubio, those who looked into his past have been concerned. >> i talked to people over the weekend, and they're second-guessing themselves. it's just not jeb's nature to be that confrontational and they'll try to have him focus more on connecting with the policies with t...

Of isis. so they say they are mad as hell and they are not going to take it anymore. operatives of the 15 presidential campaigns meeting behind closed doors sunday. many want to get control of the debate process and take it away from the rnc. dr. carson says he simply wants higher standard for the debates. >> i would like to see us have a substantial opening statement and substantial closing statement, at least a minute. and i would like to see tighter guidelines in terms of people when they respond to questions. we should have moderators who are interested in disseminating the information abo...

Somehow equalization of the questions asked to all the candidates. so you can't just, don't invite somebody on the stage and ignore them for two hours. sandra: meantime rnc chair reince priebus has not been silent in all of this saying in an interview this morning that the committee is still in control of the debate process. peter, i have got to get your take on this first. >> yes. sandra: do you think candidates have good points here? dr. carson, for example, saying he wants tighter guidelines. he wants moderators to meet specific criteria? >> moderators should meet the specific criteria of f...