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>> yesterday donald trump and ben carson threatened to pull out of the debate unless there's changes in the format. the two candidates insist that the debate be shortened to two hours. they demand candidates give opening and closing statements. trump and carson describe their demands as reasonable format changes. cnbc said they have not done opening and closing statements in past debates and will take the candidates views on the formats into consideration as they finalize their structure. i think they should. last night trump said the network is motivated by profit. >> they've sold out all the...

Mostly online donations. he's also creating some major drama ahead of the next gop debate. nbc's kristen welker reports. >> reporter: teaming with fellow candidate ben carson, donald trump is threatening to boycott the october 28th republican presidential debate on cnbc if it lasts longer than two hours and doesn't include opening and closing remarks. in a letter to cnbc, trump and carson describe their demands as very reasonable format changes. cnbc, a sister channel to nbc, says it is still in the process of discussing its debate format but notes it has not done opening and closing remarks i...

Shortened to two hours, instead of cnbc's proposal for two hours with up to another 16 minutes in commercial breaks. and they also demand candidates be given opening and closing statements. trump and carson described their demands as, quote, very reasonable format changes. cnbc, which is a sister channel of msnbc, says it hasn't done opening and closing statements in past debates, and will, quote, take the candidates' views on the format into consideration. as they finalize its structure. last night, trump said the network is motivated by profit, and while at a chili cook-off in iowa, carly ...