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Breakdowns that we have seen today, this footage today released today and the statements made in all probability not coincidental. iranians have taken to social media today making light of the diplomatic breakdown with the neighbors in the persian gulf region saying, you know, we have sustained decades of sanctions. what will we do now that the saudis and other gulf states have now broken relations in a sarcastic and joking way and ups and downless here. very unusual to see such a sort of a conciliatory remark and retorted to the saudis comments, as well. so a lot going on here, a lot of react...

Grade school that those tactics really are for grade school, and i've gone far beyond that now. >> do you plan on watching? >> no. >> would you do "snl" if asked? >> no. >> why? >> because i think the presidency is a very serious thing, and i don't like making light of it like that. >> joining me now, msnbc political analyst and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn and nbc senior news political director mark murray. we do have our republican strategist lee carter on the panel, but lee is stuck in traffic. so david, you get the whole show almost to yourself here. let's start, though,...

"saturday night live" as carson claims he has no interest in appearing on "snl." >> i think the presidency's a very serious thing. and i don't like making light of it. >> carson is up with his own ad promoting his record remix to rap music. ♪ >> as for rubio he's still weathering criticism about using a party charge card for personal expenses in florida. >> for years i've heard about marco and his credit cards. to be honest with you i think he's got a problem there. >> reporter: rubio today brushing aside the attacks with a swipe at his billionaire rival's business record. >> i just find it ...

A wider lead, trump released his first round of radio ads in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. >> if the people vote for me, you'll never be disappointed. i don't disappoint. i produce. >> reporter: the ads ignore trump's toughest rivals, even as the candidate takes a hasher tone in interviews and a mistakenly released promo for "saturday night live." >> let me say this, ben carson is a complete and total loser. >> reporter: as carson claims, he has no interest in appearing on snl. >> i think the presidency is a very serious thing and i don't like making light of it. >> reporter: carson ...

We have all of it covered beginning with nbc's chris jansing tracking the carson campaign. chris? >> reporter: well, ben carson is now on his way to two more appearances here in florida. every book buyer, a potential voter, trying to build on momentum of polls showing him not just leading the republican race and now neck in neck with the democratic front-runner hillary clinton. but being the front-runner means you are a target. he's had a little back and frort with dmp ant trump's appearance on saturday night live and so we asked carson about whether he would insist on equal time. here's what ...