marco rubio talking about his equitable tax plan forgot to say that the rich among us would get a larger lax break than the middle class. >> that was disproven that night. >> -- tax breaks for their buddies at the same time they're trying to balance the budget. >> i know what you're saying, julie. you make a couple good points. ben stein, the richer you are, it results in more money going to the rich. leaving that aside, do you think that the republicans did not comport themselves well by focusing more on how much they're going to cut your taxes and how they're not going to deal with the debt? >> dwight eisenhower used to say every year, we used to have a balanced budget, i am too elderly to remember that. i'm elderly enough to remember that. none of the rest of you are. we had a great economy under dwightiz dwight eisenhower. >> we had a 90% tax rate, didn't we? >> at the top which would only apply to you, neil. we want a balanced budget at least in sight. >> we had a great economy under john kennedy, by the way, who cut taxes. >> after his death. >> related to simplifying the ta

to be two hours. >> that's absolutely not right. >> senator marco rubio. >> you know that's not right. >> guess what, you lied and got called out. gotcha. >> back to uniquely qualified. i used to work at cnbc. i don't recall it being so liberal and biased. cnbc, you made it about you, not the candidates. breaking new ace letter. it's not about you. you blew an opportunity to get important questions answered. look at it this way. you fumbled the ball on the one yard line. we recovered the loose ball. november 10 is the next gop debate. fox business has a scoring opportunity. neil, maria and crew. let's show how to moderate a fair, balanced debate with real we thank you for being with us ambassador john bolton monday. have a great weekend. good night. >> would do you fear? john: some people want to be scared. these people wait in line to be frightened. in real life there is so much to fear. >> the worst drought in a thousand years. john: what should you fear? that's our show tonight. >> let's all have a great halloween. >> and now john stossel.

side of things, presidential candidate marco rubio garnered the support of billionaire donor paul singer. it could mean a lot of money for rubio and a big blow for rival candidate jeb bush who is still recovering from the debate an wednesday. critics say his performance during that debate disappointing. on saturday, in iowa, mr. bush talked about his falling poll numbers, continuing to maintain that his campaign is alive and well. be sure to join cnn's jonathan man next next weekend for the return of political man. it brings you ut latest on the u.s. presidential race, including stories you might have missed and other moments that make i cringe, including the most astonishing and exhausting democratic exercise on the planet. don't miss the premiere starting saturday, november 7th at 4:30 in london, he that's lech:30 a.m. in hong kong and we're looking for your questions about u.s. political races. you can send them to us at twitter at political man or use the #answer man. we'll answer some of those questions on the show. >>> you are watching "cnn newsroom" and still to come, recov

spots and 20 inches. take a look at the totals. killeen, texas, 21 inches. san marcos, 16 inches of rain. in these particular areas we are seeing the rain move out. now we take a look at the next 48 hours. can you see all of that rain just begins to push to the east. alabama and georgia and mississippi and you're next. the areas expected to pick up now 4 to 10 inches of rain. it hasn't been the rain but it's also been the severe weather. take a look at this. we had seven tornado reports yesterday. seven! not all of them confirmed yet. they will send survey crews out later today to determine more of the specifics and what strength the tornadoes might be. but we do know of damage, especially in louisiana from where some of those storm reports actually happened. here is a look. as the rain continues to push off to the east, it will shift north and tennessee and kentucky and west virginia also going to pick up some rain out of this as well but the heaviest will actually be on the southern tier. right along the florida panhandle and also into southern mississippi and alabama where we wil

right. >> senator marco rubio. >> you know that's not right. >> guess what, you lied and got called out. gotcha. >> back to uniquely qualified. i used to work at cnbc. i don't recall it being so liberal and biased. cnbc, you made it about you, not the candidates. breaking new ace letter. it's not about you. you blew an opportunity to get important questions answered. look at it this way. you fumbled the ball on the one yard line. we recovered the loose ball. november 10 is the next gop debate. fox business has a scoring opportunity. neil, maria and crew. let's show how to moderate a fair, balanced debate with real costumes. >> bye, everybody. >>> budget deal done. debt deal, done. did anything about this number really get done? hi, everyone. this is bulls and bears. lots of law makers praying the bipartisan budget bill heading for the president's desk. not some here. they say it will never get our spending under control. here they are. the bulls and bears. welcome to everybody. lisa. you say this bipartisan deal is a bad deal for taxpayers. why? >> it continues to kick the can down

, obviously, all of the candidates but in the short term do better than jeb bush and marco rubio, who tend to sort of fight in your lane in the republican primary process. marco rubio has been criticized by jeb bush, especially in the last debate for missing lots of votes in the senate. marco rubio says, you know, it's okay. you served in congress. who's right about that? okay. we're having some technical problems. we'll get the answer from governor kasich about that as soon as we can. we'll figure out what our grem ly gremlins are and -- oh, he is back. live television, it's fun, right? i'm not sure how much you heard of what i was asking you. on the whole question of marco rubio losing or missing votes, being absent from the senate. you were in congress. do you think that that is a problem? >> oh, i don't know. i mean, there are too many big issues to talk about, about whether you miss a few votes in the senate. what i'm more concerned about is what are we going to do to get the economy moving and get power out of washington. i don't consider that to be, you know, something i'm goin

hours. >> that's absolutely not right. >> senator marco rubio. >> you know that's not right. >> guess what, you lied and got called out. gotcha. >> back to uniquely qualified. i used to work at cnbc. i don't recall it being so liberal and biased. cnbc, you made it about you, not the candidates. breaking new ace letter. it's not about you. you blew an opportunity to get important questions answered. look at it this way. you fumbled the ball on the one yard line. we recovered the loose ball. november 10 is the next gop debate. fox business has a scoring opportunity. neil, maria and crew. let's show how to moderate a fair, balanced debate with real moncer: the following is a paid presentation for the wolfgang puck pressure oven, brought to you by kitchentek, bringing life-enhancing technology to your kitchen. wolfgang puck is heralded as the authority on fine cuisine. from his flagship restaurant in beverly hills to his worldwide culinary empire, he is dedicated to elevating fine dining for everyone. and now, wolfgang is proud to unveil his breakthough innovation. introducing t

little intex we put together we created way to see marco rubio had upside potential way early when we first started. >> why? what were you attesting to that? >> he had a high number for second choice and very high number of people who say he's not my first or second choice but i could see myself ever voting for him. you only get one vote. >> do you think at the end of the day the republicans will end up with a conventional candidate? >> i think so. the polls do not reflect where the results will be in the next few months. a lot is going to change. >> they all went onto lose at this point. what we're seeing now is republican voters haven't begun to think much ant this race. they are just now beginning the tune in. they will change their minds a lot. what we're seeing is a reflection of the media and the debates. >> can the debates, you've been doing this for a long time, can performance in a debate really boost people's viability to the point that it starts registering? >> the one i'm remembering is before i was doing the polling and it was george mcgovern in the 1984 debate who was th

better than jeb bush and marco rubio who tend to sort of fight in your lane in the republican primary process. marco rubio has been criticized by jeb bush, especially in the last debate, for missing lots of votes in the senate. marco rubio says it's okay. you were in congress. do you think that that is a problem? >> i don't know. there's too many big issues to talk about. what i'm more concerned about, what are we going to do to get the economy moving and get power out of washington. i don't consider that to be something i'm going to focus on at this point for the simple reason there's too many other things that are out there that have the potential to turn voters off that don't understand what conservativism and the republican party is all about. we have a plan from one of the people that's leading the field that would increase the national debt by $10 trillion. when you present that to people and say, we're going to put our children $10 trillion more in the hole, who's going to vote for that? that's not conservatism. it's cutting taxes and cutting government all at the same

together, we created a way to see marco rubio for example had upside potential way early when we first started -- >> why? what were you testing? >> his number in the first choice was not very big, but he had a very high number for second choice. and so he rose above where his first place position was. because you only get one vote. >> do you think at the end of the day, the republicans will end up with a more conventional candidate? >> i think so. and i think it's important to remember that the polls right now do not necessarily reflect where the results are going to be in the next few months. going back to the 2004 democratic race and then you look at it by iowa and the national polls, those 12 contests only get two of them right. they get new hampshire for clinton. they miss the national result in all of them. a lot is going to change. >> in other words, the people leading at this point in the race, it was all wrong? >> they all went onto lose. often times, they did go into win, santorum, registering at the bottom of the polls. republican voters haven't really begun to think very muc

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successful without necessarily doing well in debates. so for him, it makes sense. somebody like marco rubio, quite oppositely, would say, wait a minute. we should have more detates as publicly as possible. fiorina would say let's have as many televised debates as possible because that's the only way i can stay on the national radar. so each candidate is asking for adjustments that make sense based on their weaknesses and based on their needs. i'm not surprised that carson would ask for fewer debates and for them to be largely based on prepared statements rather than engaging the other candidates. it all makes sense. i think what has to happen, though, is that the rnc at some point has to wrest back control of these debates so that it doesn't look like a free-for-all and they cannot allow what happened on cnbc to happen again where it essentially becomes a battle royale that even the party itself finds distasteful. >> we heard from john kasich this morning on "state of the union," and he seemed fine with the questions, but he did have an issue with the response times. listen. >> it's t

determined to improve as a candidate apparent debate performances. he is not letting up on marco rubio. listen to what he said on "meet the press." >> it is hard to break through. i think he has given up. that's the wrong thing to do. this is about public service and solving problems. i will be better. i know i got to get better doing the debate. i'm a grinder. when i see i'm not doing something well, i reset and i get better. >> carly fiorina also trying to reenergize her campaign admitting she misspoke admitting the 92% of the jobs lost were held by women. >>> and bernie sanders on the campaign trail in iowa and new hampshire. >> he is taking on wall street and corrupt political system. >> the campaign says it will spend more than $2 million on the ad over ten days. this months after the clinton campaign went on the air in key early nominating states. hillary clinton is in illinois and fund raising in chicago. >>> time for an early start on your money. a bad start to the week for stocks. asian stocks are lower. china factory activity slowed for the third month in a row. u.s. futures

better. >> in the first bit of that, he says that basically marco rubio has given up and in the second part he says he is a better debater. he doesn't exactly come off with fireworks in this. is this enough or does he still need to go farther? >> he needs to go farther. this is jeb bush trying to stop the boat from taking on water. he knows the campaign is in a tight spot after the poor performance. he knows a lot of establishment republicans and big money donors are looking at marco rubio perhaps as their preferred candidate to go up against the outsiders like carson and trump and fiorina as opposed to jeb bush who looked like he would be much stronger with those types of supporters. you know, this is in the wake of the poor debate performance. he will have some time now to reevaluate strategy and message. he is in a tight spot right now. he is trying to, you can see him trying to feel out a way forward and continuing to hit marco rubio on his missed votes in the senate. he thinks that could work for him. >> it's hard to really think he is being genuine in the attacks. almost like he

performance in which bush was widely pinned for challenging his former marco rubio. bush appears to have heard the critics. >> look, i know that i have to get better during a debate. i'm a grinder, when i see that i'm not doing something well, then i reset. >> blake: takes him to south carolina and new hampshire before our debate next week. maria. >> maria: thank you so much, blake burman. how would you characterize the plain field today for the candidates? first start with bush. >> it's time for bush to go. you had your brother and your dad be president and you're still polling around 6% or 7%, it's pretty sad. he doesn't really care about that race that much. we have so many other strong candidates that need to rise. scott walker does the right thing about getting out and making room. he's not taking up much of the vote but he's taking a on the of the financial donors. >> maria: you're right. moved money from governor bush to marco rubio, is that what you're expecting, does marco rubio, is he the best beneficiary? >> it's rubio's time. he has to make a play, being aggressive. when

a subtle dig at folks like marco rubio, the senator who was jeb bush's protege and is now pulling ahead of him in this race. a subtle dig there. here's another quote we'll hear from him today. this election is not about a set of personalpersonalities, it's set of principles. it's about leadership. that comment also sounds like a dig against folks like donald trump. we know, of course, trump and ben carson, personalities with not a lot of political experience, or no experience, have dominated the campaign so far. bush is trying to distinguish himself from trump, carson and folks like rubio. that's a sampling of what we'll hear in this speech next hour. carol? >> we'll get back to you next hour. athena jones reporting live from tampa. gop presidential rivals are revoting. the campaigns banding together against the press and the republican national committee, demanding changes be made to future debates. the backlash comes after angry candidates complained about so-called gotcha questions by moderators at the cnbc debate. >> the debate was a weird debat, just because you didn't get a

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a decade of your leadership? that's the pivot he's trying to make to catch up with those like marco rubio who's been focused on that theme all along. >> then you have things like -- the comparisons he makes to lincoln. if lincoln were alive today, imagine the foolishness he would have to suffer. the i am what i am message -- >> the dignities of being a presidential candidate. >> exactly. >> i'm suffering and i want you to feel sorry for me because i'm jeb bush. >> yes, you are a resident democrat right now, but is this going to work with republican voters? >> you know, here's the problem, i think, with jeb bush is he is so stuck and mired in the process of running for president that he's not really telling anybody what he's for or what had they would be getting if he were president. you know, this -- just look at his week coming up. today it's jeb can fix it. well, everybody's looking at that slogan and think he's talking about his own campaign. what can he fix? what's he fixing? the second piece is he's releasing an ebook this week about all of his e-mails from when he was governor

. be 15 it appears to be marco rubio. way too early to tell. as you can see, the pack is sort of centered on donald trump and ben carson who stayed about the same. it was rubio who surged the most percentagewise. way too early, but we will keep an eye on it. fox business will be doing it take next week. in the meantime, take a look at the markets. up about 90 points. a lot of this tested insurance premiums. these are beneficiaries of that. the insurance companies and the like. also, focusing on chipotle and the scare here. e. coli the big reason. it had been down a little bit more earlier today. ashley webster with the very latest. ashley: down about 5%. health officials in oregon and washington trying to figure out where the source of this e. coli came from. about 22 people were reported sick. that number is expected to rise. they now believe that these people ate at chipotle restaurants, at least six of them, in the portland, oregon area and washington, including seattle. shutting down some 43 restaurants in the area. health officials trying to figure out exactly where this is

sharply. donald trump supporters at 26%, and ben carson trailing at 16, and marco rubio is at 13%. compared to september's numbers, trump was up 26% to carson 16%. and so, now -- 28% to 17% and % 4%. >>> we have breaking news from the u.s. navy. it has positively i.d.'d the cargo ship "el faro." they said they found cargo in some 15,000 feet of wa er ter ie va inti of e "el faro" in the time of -- in the vicinity of "el faro" at the time of hurricane joaquin. and now, this is the news that the family was dreading. they have more questions than answer answers. >> i wonder d when she knew that the ship was sinking. if she had tried to figure out some way to escape or some way to save everybody on there, because that is how she was. >> in the meantime, the owners of the ship are filing a pre preemptive lawsuit against the families. they are trying to first clear themselves of any blame or if that doesn't work at least limit their liability when it comes to the compensating the crews' family members. critics say that the lawsuit is like pouring salt on their wounds. martin savidge jo

. >> he's criticized marco rubio for not being ready for this. it seems like if we're talking about a first term senator who is running for president, there's two of those, or three of those in this race. he could have been talking about any of them. . he made the joke about taking people's advice. he's done that. that's clearly what happened during the debate. it didn't look natural of him attacking marco rubio on his voting record. and he didn't look like he was comfortable in his own skin. so he's clearly taking some of that advice and hasn't worked out for him. >> he was saying he's going to return to who he was at the start of the campaign and be true to himself. so my question is, who is the jeb bush we have been e seeing the last couple months? >> this has been a frustrated jeb bush. you don't get the impression he thought he running this race and be at this place at this time. he wasn't prepared to run against donald trump. donald trump got in his head. he got under his skin. and it sort of knocked him off path. you wonder in an alternative universe if he would be doing as bad

bush, i would point to marco rubio, john kasich as folks i think could actually run the country and do a great job. i think hillary clinton's also on that list. we need to have a great president, and my hope is despite all the theatrics that we'll experience over the next year that we come out with a president that can really lead the country. liz: it's great to have you both, thank you so much -- >> let me just endorse everything the governor just said, because he really hit the nail on the head. liz: this is what we, i think, most americans do want, two sides coming closer together where everybody's slightly disappointed in what they got, but that mean that, perhaps, it was a decent deal no matter what the issue, governor gregg, correct? >> absolutely. people never get perfection because perfection's in the eye of the beholder. every individual has their little flaws, but what we want is the candidate who's the strongest candidate to lead this country. people want an optimistic, upbeat candidate who's going to take america to a better place. liz: thank you both so much. governor greg

don't have marco rubio standing next to jeb bush and having that moment that arguably changed the race. and you don't have the interchange with the top candidates together on the same stage. now it is bumpersome, melissa, to have 10 on the stage -- cumbersome. that is the challenge all these networks are dealing with. the undercard for what it is still gets anywhere from five to seven million viewers in that early debate. melissa: okay. that's good. very interesting perspective and i didn't know that you even considered that so that is very enlightening. let me ask you about their idea they want equal number of questions per candidate. what do you think about that? >> that's wonderful and ideal but, when you have a raucous 10 candidates, trying to clamor for all of the attention sometimes they are jumping in without a question. so then you are in real time, timing out how much time they're taking in an answer that they were never asked. equation is happening as you are hosting this debate. that is the real challenge to be fair to all candidates. melissa: in general, what do you think o

, pundits said marco rubio had a good night at the last debate and looks like the good citizens of new hampshire agree. >> jake, you can see why people are so focused on getting ahead in the next debate because these debates do matter. look at the latest poll in new hampshire. donald trump may have a solid lead, but it is marco rubio who is surging. donald trump holding onto a big lead in new hampshire. a new monmouth university poll shows trump with 26% lead with republicans. after a strong debate performance, marco rubio surges to third tripling his support since september. today he also picked up an endorsement from freshman senator corey gardner. now the republican field is tackling a new challenge, reforming the structure of their presidential debate. >> is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign? >> no, it's not a comic book. and it's not a very nicely asked question the way you say that. >> reporter: after last week's cnbc debate, representatives from several campaigns met on sunday to determine exactly how their candidates can exert control over how the debates are

voting state are stagnant in a brand new poll while rival marco rubio is surging. will the reboot give bush the boost he needs? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." we're following the investigation into the crash of that jet liner in egypt's sinai peninsula. remarks by an airline official are only deepening the mystery. he's blaming, quote, a certain impact for breaking the airbus a320 apart in midair. islamic militants affiliated with isis are claiming responsibility which killed 224 people. officials in both russia and the u.s. are downplaying that questioning whether the group has the ability to down a jet at high altitude. but they also aren't ruling out a missile or bomb as a possible cause of the crash with russia's air transport agency saying it's too soon to speculate. the plane's black boxes have been recovered and are awaiting analysis. at least 175 bodies have also been recovered from the crash site. most of them in tact according to a source. recovering all of that and much more this hour with our correspondents and our expert analysts and our guests. let

latest poll and marco rubio john kasich and ted cruz are on his heels. jeb bush has gone to 6th in his state. >> if you watched the debate, you think the election is about sound bites. >> to reboot his campaign in his home state and new hampshire this week. a slap at his rivals and promise to the nominating. >> we're going to win this campaign. >> backers disappointed by his last debate performance, the next debate is in milwaukee by fbn, they do not expect demands to be next week but they will for the rest of the. lou: carl cameron will have a lot more on dr. ben carson taking 29% of the support in the newest nbc wall street journal poll. now, this is so new that the nbc and the wall street journal have released only these headlines on the rebuttal. they will be coming out with the full poll at mid-tonight but because and point of fact dr. ben carson moving to 29%, that is the highest percentage that any gop candidate has managed to obtain so far in the nbc wall street journal poll. trump staying relatively stable, he's at 23% that's actually a decline of about 2% from the previous po

trump. he's at 23. marco rubio at 11% and then ted cruz at 10. there's jeb bush at 8% this. poll was conducted mostly before and a little after the republican debate hosted by cnbc, a debate that has sparked a mutiny of sorts almost as soon as the debate was over. many of the candidates slammed the moderators for what they called gotcha questions and they vowed to do something about it. over the weekend representatives from nearly every republican campaign met in washington to craft a joint letter to send to the television networks laying out a list of demands for the upcoming debates. the letter, which they planned to send this week, basically cuts rnc out of the process, so like we said, this was a mutiny, but tonight there is new drama, an apparent mutiny within the mutiny. a number of candidates are saying they have other plans. they are not going to sign on to the letter and don't want to be a part of it. cnn political reporter sara murray joins us now. first the polls and then the mutiny, sarah. the new poll nbc news and "wall street journal," the first time ben carson has been

the early voting state in new hampshire. 26% support to carson's 16 in monmouth poll. marco rubio surged to third. the republican candidate's efforts to reform the presidential debate is crumbling. their campaigns met in washington over the weekend without the republican national committee. they drafted a letter demand to send off to the tv networks but now some of the candidates say they won't sign it. donald trump ease campaign said he will negotiate independently with the media. let's bring in our senior political analyst ron brownstein with more on this. quickly to the latest polls. ben carson now leading donald trump. this is significant because trump was leading for four months. importantly, for carson, 50% of republican voters see him as either their first or second choice. >> yeah. first of all, it is striking how much activity there is. still three more months until the first people vote and this race is so intense and moving so much based on particularly the debates, each debate having such an impact on the contest. look, donald trump has always faced a ceiling. he's a v

street journal" poll has carson six points ahead of trump with marco rubio in third place. the florida senator also surging in the latest new hampshire poll. his support there tripling since september. cnn's athena jones is live in tampa with a look at the numbers. interesting take on the numbers. what are you seeing. >> reporter: this is more evidence that carson is pulling ahead of trump in the national horse race. carson at 29%, trump at 23%. marco rubio at 11%. now, he's still far off the leaders but it's stig to see him in third place again in this new poll. one important bit of context here, we say this all the time. debates matter. and this poll was conducted both before and after last week's cnbc debate. so the effects of the candidates' performances of that debate aren't fully baked in. we'll have to look at future polling to get a clear picture of how people responded to that debate. this poll suggests that last week's cbs/"new york times" time, that was the first national poll showing carson in the lead. notice rubio hanging on to third place in that poll as well. no

%. senators marco rubio and ted cruz along with jeb bush make up the next group. no one else clears more than 3%. it is exactly 90 days, three months until the iowa caucus, trump and carson have been pulling one and two for roughly the last two months. former presidential cant date not to necessarily bank on a fade from the top two. >> people say when trump and carson decay, so and so is going to -- rubio or whatever, why are you assuming that the two guys who have been consistent number one and number two aren't going to be number one or number two? >> blake: latest post debate poll in new hampshire which shows maintains a comfortable lead. >> maria: blake burman. we'll check in again. wall street journal is reporting u.s. federal reserve cut off funding to the central back over concerns that dollars were ending up in the hands of ice -- isis. joining right now is the former embassador to the united nations, embassador, good to see you. the treasury cutting off dollars, what do you make of it? >> it doesn't surprise me, after the steps that the treasury department has taken, obviously,

also taking a swing at marco rubio who is now in the double digits. >> i think that ben just didn't have the experience. i'm going to make the greatest deals you have ever seen on trade. we're going to rinne the military properly. i'm going to take care of the vets. been can't do those things. ben can't deal on trade. >> eowhy not. >> it is not his thing. you are born with it. he's not got it. >> and marco rubio is the toughest nominee for the republicans. why are they wrong? >> i don't see it. i don't see it. i'm not a fan. >> you said he's over rated. >> i think he's over rated and i also said he's a lightweight. i think putin would eat him alive. >> this latest set of attacks coming on the same day trump unveils his brand new booked. he east saying i use the media the way the media uses me. to attracts attention. when i have the attention it is up to me to use it to my advantage. he's giet goquite good at that. >> reporter: good morning carol. he is good at getting attention. donald trump has a lot to say about his opponents he also responded to president obama who mocked the rep

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another tier consisting of senators marco rubio and ted cruz, the other to crack double digits is jeb bush. carson well ahead of every other republican when republican voters were asked who they could see themselves eventually supporting. that number 77% for carson. he had the highest combined total for first and second choice at 50%. however, the number that trump can point to is 32%. 32% feel he eventually has the best chance to beat the democratic nominee. trump, a little while ago, was giving a news conference for his book release, that is being released today and pointed the attacks toward carson. take a listen here. >> you look at ben, he's very weak on immigration, and wants to get rid of medicare. ben wants to get rid of medicare. when a man is weak on immigration and wants to get rid of medicare, i don't know how he stays there. >> reporter: and neil, i'll leave with you. this here's what's so important about next week's debate that you are moderating and others as well. the one thing voters said mattered the most to them, not surprisingly, the economy. and it was overwhelmin

marco rubio and ted cruz -- >> well, jeb bush is de facto hispanic, and he is another one of the candidates who can reach out to that community, and speaks directly in the language. >> and in is donald trump making fun of the -- excuse me, this is president obama speaking about the debates, and making fun of the republicans. >> have you noticed that every one of the candidates say, obama is weak. he's, you know, people -- putin is kicking sand in his face. and when i talk to putin -- [ laughter ] -- he going to straighten out. just looking at him. he is going to be -- [ laughter ] -- and then it turns out they can't handle a bunch of c nshnb moderators. i mean, let me tell you. [ applause ] if you can't handle -- [ laughter ] -- if you can't handle those the guy guys, you know, then i don't think that the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about you. >>> that is an effective line that he just had. >> fantastic. >> and he is making fun of the republicans, and it is as if he wanted the do the debates hosted by the republicans, and he didn't want to do a debate wit

too many people. marco doesn't show up to the united states senate. he's representing the people of florida, which by the way that poll just came out today. i'm way up in florida. he has a very bad record of finances if you look at what happened with his houses. he certainly lives above his means. there's no question about that. >> on the republican side, it is clear that senator marco rubio is trump's primary target number one today. his finances and immigration plan, his experience, and it's not a coincidence. take a look at the polling here. you can see senator rooubio polling much better. new hampshire, everyoe is about the same except for him. he tripled his support since september. and in new hampshire, news made here as well. hillary clinton polling quite a bit ahead of bernie sanders. so a lot of news out there politically speaking. we have a lot to chat about with dana bash. beginning with donald trump today. he did have a lot to say, but it did seem like the focus was on marco rubio. >> book, what book? apparently he wrote a book and it's going to be a big sellout. but it'

a person sleeping at a podium. liz: and then i'm better look than marco rubio. let's bring in the political editor at life jet.com along with julie roginsky, fox news contributor. is he emboldened? panicked? keith, what do you think? >> i think he has a real problem and i think he knows that. think about what the republican electorate is looking for, someone that would stand up to the establishment that won't -- who won't budge, who will possibly make changes. now on the surface, it looks like trump is the guy for that because he's boisterous, he's in there, he's unconventional, but carson has some of the same characteristics, only much more quiet. people see he has reserved but he has strength. he has strong principles. they sense he won't back off in the face of attacks between the washington establishment so he's a threat toe donald trump and he knows it. liz: julie, one of the criticisms that donald trump just made struck at a lot of people's hearts. anybody who talks about getting rid of medicare, he can't win that way. so there's some legitimacy in that claim coming from a b

donald trump. carson up six points in that poll. interesting to know that marco rubio and jeb bush virtually tied in third and jeb bush back in single digits. a lot of people in the poll didn't get 3%. this is really the favorable versus unfavorable ratio. carson is near 6. 59%. that is twice as popular with marco rubio who is second. go all the way to the other end of the spectrum where jeb bush has negative seven, more people see i am unfavorably than favorably. donald trump unveiled his new book today, "criminal pipped america quote. he used the news conference to blast his two competitors. watch. >> look at marco rubio, very, very weak on illegal immigration. ben is very weak on immigration and wants to get rid of medicare. ben wants to get rid of medicare. you can't get red -- gets rid of medicare, when he is weak on immigration and wants to get rid of medicare i don't know how he gets there. >> he is on the second day of jeb can fix it reboot tour in south carolina. he will make it clear he will not take what he considers trump's guff and stoop to his level in bush's view. he

marco rubio and donald trump. here's some of that interview. >> marco rubio, he's rising in the polls. your former protege, in the debate you went after him for missing votes but he hit back and some people think he got the better of the moment. was it a mistake to attack him on that. >> here's my point. people that are serving need to show up and work, period, over and out. >> i just think people need to show up and work. >> donald trump, he just called marco rubio a lightweight and he said, vladimir putin would eat him for lunch. you think that's fair? >> no, it not fair. marco's a capable guy, talented poll significance. here's what i think. i think i'm the best qualified to be president. >> but is marco rubio ready? >> i'm the best qualified guy to be president. >> you're not going to answer the question. >> if you're comparing me to donald trump, i'm better qualified to be president. >> you can see the whole interview with jeb bush tonight on "the situation room" with wolf blitzer starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern after this show. >>> hillary clinton speaking right now at a rally in

it's a serious endeavor. i do it with joy. there's a lot of fun parts of it for sure. >> marco rubio, he is now rising in the polls. your former protege. in the debate you went after him for missing votes but he hit back and some people think he got the better of the moment. was it a mistake to attack him on that? >> here's my point. people that are serving need to show up and work, period, over and out. >> it wasn't a mistake? >> i just think people need to show up and work. >> i understand. but this is a campaign, you've got to beat these other guys. do you keep attacking -- >> imnot attacking to say someone should show up and work? do you get paid when you don't show up. >> no. >> come on, does anybody in the room get paid when they decide, i'm going to do something else? you know, rand paul is -- got a pretty good attendance record, you can make acomebation. the people of florida expect him to show up and work. it's a simple fact. >> but you're going to keep saying it. >> that people ought to show up and work. >> that marco rubio -- >> it's not a criticism. >> okay. donald

ana navarro, a jeb bush supporter and friend of marco rubio. what about what donald just said about the gop field? >> it turns out they can't handle a bunch of cnbc moderators. if you can't handle those guys, you know then i don't think the chinese and the russians are going to be too worried about you. >> donald trump is negotiating with the networks to change the rules on the debates. should he stop and prove obama wrong? yes, there's humor in that, but there is something to it. >> well, not necessarily. everybody saw that debate. pretty much agreed it was silly. they don't want to change the debate rules to make them easier. they want to talk about more substance. not who said what and comic book stuff. this is also coming from the guy that's had his lunch handed to him by world leaders for the last couple of years. the question is, what about the democrats? is obama now going to tell the dnc they need to have a fox news debate? probably not. >> some things you said there i can't agree with, but that is an interesting point. trump is number two in the polls. >> to your great surp

polling at 29% while marco rubio oh yes gaining ground. he has surged 11%. trumpeted his frustration at a press conference earlier today. >> look at marco rubio. very very weak on illegal immigration. you look at ben, he's very weak on immigration and wants to get rid of medicare. i think marco is highly overrated. all you have to do is look at his credit card. he is a disaster. by the way, ben carson does not have that energy. we need somebody with tremendous energy. kennedy: we really do and it's the main qualification for the presidency. kristin hegland is here. a great human being and reby cohost on "fox news" channel and michael moynihan a columnist for "the daily beast." trump has been very successful with his sloganeering. he is a little bit defensive. >> i'm apparently the only person on earth that has faith in the american people that they will be like maybe that's ben carson is like the sleepy sleeper candidate. i don't even know what he's talking about most of the time. i come back and rubio is sleeping. he's ambient on stage but i will tell you the rubio trend is an inter

, what he did was so stupid from his standpoint. marco rubio's personal finances are discredited. oh, no, all you have to do is look at his credit card. he is a disaster with his credit cards. my jeb impression, no, i don't want to do that. i don't like showing a person sleeping at a podium. >> that was just some of it. joining us now with more, is trump going back on the offensive in the wake of the second national poll showing him, you know? >> i think we're grappling with what donald trump in second place looks like. he is very clear, he does not like to be in second place. he calls other people losers when they fall behind in the polls. tonight at this event he was announcing his book, boasting about it and lashing out at anyone and everyone. ben carco, marco rubio and jeb bush. doesn't matter if it's about low energy or policy positions. take a listen to particularly tough things he had to say about marco rubio. >> not much different. you look at marco rubio. very, very weak on illegal immigrati immigration. you look at ben and he is very weak on immigration and he wants to get

you need. i think that marco is highly overrated. ben carson does not have that energy. marco doesn't show up to the united states senate. what jeb bush was saying at the last debate, he didn't say it well. bernie sanders lost his whole campaign. marco rubio's personal finances are discredited. all you have to do is look at his credit card. he is a disaster with his credit cards. he certainly lives above his means. my jeb impression? i don't want to do that. i don't like showing a person sleeping at a podium. >> joining me is jeffrey lord and van jones. jeffrey, criticizing the debate moderators, whether me or someone else, going after fellow candidates, is the reality just that? that those sorts of comments are red meat for the base own they serve him well or is there concern in the campaign because he is trailing in two polls? y i think it's the first. i believe that he is giving voice to the base of the republican party believes to its core in general -- debate moderators, the media, you know, all of that -- >> isn't it hypocritical for the day after the debate he says, you know, t

does not have that energy. marco doesn't show up to the united states senate. what jeb bush was saying in the last debate, i don't know, but he didn't say it well. when the e-mail problem came up, bernie sanders lost his whole campaign. what he did was so stupid. marco rubio's personal finances are discredited. oh, no, his personal finances all you have to do is look at his credit card. he is a disaster with his credit cards. he certainly lives bo his means, there's no question about that. >> hey, jeff. good to have you with us. we should mention you're a trump supporter, former white house political director. he's back, mean donald is there. he tried to be statesman-like for a while. clearly if polls are and i case, that didn't quite work for him. >> in all candor, where there's three acts or a three-act play, you open up gangbusters. the second act is ups and downs and twists and turns. and then finally you get to the third act where there's victory or defeat. we're now in the very beginning of the second act. is he going to be able to get things together for iowa or new hamps

his republican contenders, slamming marco rubio and calling ben carson low energy. he says it's time for his fellow republicans to give up the fight. >> do i think that it's time for some of the other republicans in the race that are registering zero in a couple of cases, they have zero with an arepointing left, which i asue that's a mistake, that's less than zero. i assume it's not happening. do i think it's time for some of the other republican candidates to drop out? yes, there are too many people. well, i don't want to get personal, but you can look at the poll numbers. >> but there is no sign trump is giving up. he will be back often the campaign trail in new hampshire where he will officially file to appear on the billion lot. >> sarah, thanks. >>> keep it right here on cnn for the best political coverage on television. at 7:00 eastern this morning, will you want to catch donald trump live on "new day." . jeb bush is in new hampshire. this is the jeb can fix it bus tour t. former governor trying to resurrect his sagging presidential campaign right now. jeb bush reacted to