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Up the prospect of illegal immigrants self-deporting. and that wasn't too harmful to him in the republican field, he obviously emerged as the nominee, but it came back to haunt him in the general election, and it's a phrase that stuck with him for months and months. >> and roger, it's fascinating this weekend to watch all of the seasoned politicians focus on donald trump and how they are preparing to battle him -- not how they're preparing to present their policies or where they stand, it's how i'm going to counterpunch or first punch donald trump. let me play a round-up from what we heard fro...

in our poll are at less than 1%. as for who will be on the 10-podium stage thursday night, right now the final two spots would go to new jersey governor chris christie and governor john kasich. rick perry would be left out. it's at 5:00 p.m. eastern time when they determine who will be on that stage. in the meantime, candidates are spending hours in practice sessions as they prepare to face trump who will take part in his first debate. the strategy so far, it seems, a kinder, gentler trump. >> i think frankly i would like to discuss the issues. i'm not looking to take anybody out or ...

Here he is announcing in cabot, pennsylvania earlier today. >> i am proud to stand here among you and for you, the american workers who have sacrificed so much to announce that i am running for president of the united states. >> we're back with our roundtable. roger, jackie and jonathan. let me start with roger. it used to be only one guy was the evangelical candidate, him. we have seven in the race. all bible thumping, if you will, politically, which i don't like, but there they are. it's where the party's gone. >> the strange thing is, it's all based on the assumption that christianity is so...

>> the problem is, the republican primary is completely about white male base. some white female. if you look at the percentage of african-americans and latinos voting in the republican primaries, it's so men school, what you have to do at this point to win republican white males? >> they don't want another mitt romney. >> gerrymandering. there's very few in the hispanic population about the field is crowded with candidates for evangelical voters. rick santorum was down at the recent poll of christians with 2% getting the event. he's so east coast, i don't think it's a good sign when you come ...

whatever you think of paul, this takes guts. here he was on the morning show today. let's watch. >> a lot of people are trapped inside the beltway. and they think that war is always the answer. but i'm asking some difficult questions of republicans. do you think the invasion of iraq made it more stable or us more safe? we now have isis to contend with. >> lindsey graham would say isis exists because of people like rand paul who said let's not go into syria. >> i would say it's exactly the opposite. isis exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party who gave arms indiscri...