it didn't bode well for the left or cnbc. for me it was an opportunity for the gop to look like the heros of the night. >> can you imagine if they ended hands clasped. >> on wednesday marco rubio suggested that hillary clinton lied about benghazi and the media critics have been hammering him since. greg gutfeld and allen combs are next on this. >> the democrats have the ultimate super pac. they're called the mainstream they're called the mainstream media who every single day -- my credit score for free, right? and then you're gonna ask me for my credit card so you can charge me on the down low two weeks later. look, credit karma - oh, are you talking to websites again? it's sayin' 'free credit score.' credit karma? yeah, it's actually free. look, you don't have to put in your credit card information. credit karma. really free credit scores. really. free. fist bump. it takes a lot of work... but i really love it.s. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i just don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the n

so, look, cnbc is an arm of nbc. i am not going to allow us to move forward until we communicate with the candidates. obviously we had assurances that it was going to be straight up finance which is what they do every day. and what was delivered was just nothing but a crap sandwich. >> meantime the republican presidential campaigns may be taking things into their own hands. they are meeting this sunday but the rnc is not invited to the meeting and now the candidates are taking their complaints public. >> i've seen things that are so bad with the press. they were really asking questions that were bad but what else is new? >> be ready to hear that the campaigns are going to not allow the networks to control this process. >> i've asked my staff to reach out to the other campaigns to talk about a change in format. moderators who are interested in actually getting the facts and not in gotcha questions in zblcht change of network is not going to matter. we need a structural change. what i would suggest, allow all of us to

wow. >> so charlie, to you first, obviously cnbc did a bad job. they put john harwood on television, which is insane just to begin with. wasn't the debate pretty interesting, a, pretty instructive, you didn't even learn anything about the candidates and was it a total failure? >> absolutely. you had nurse rachet and the other two revealing all of their politics wearing everything on the sleeve and asking ridiculous questions. absolutely tucker. i thought it was fascinating and so entertaining. somebody who likes to see the media get beat up, my goodness, this was just are a slug fest. even jeb bush was able to land a couple of punches on them. it was absolutely delightful and i think in a very important way it revealed some very good things about a lot of the candidates, some strengths we had not seen before. >> that's exactly right. it's nice, jonah, isn't it, to see the media live down to the stereotype, their horribleness. let's talk about the reaction to that. you often see republican candidates attack the press but, from my perspective, ted c

they didn't have to okay a cnbc debate, did they? >> well, you know, fortunately, this was so bad that i think even the chc will recognize that was a mistake and maybe we need to be looking for a better way to do this. a way that will advantage us rather than advantaging the other party. >> what was the tipping point for you in the debate last night where you just went you know, this is absurd? what was that? >> well, it was the launch of the cruz missile. when senator cruz really chastised them and, you know, specifically pointed out what they were doing to each one of the candidates. >> brilliant move. >> i think that was very telling. >> it was a brilliant move. >> i agree with you that everything kind of ground to a halt then now, i have been looking at your tax plan, your flat tax plan. look, i want smaller government. i want more money in the pox of american workers very, very badly. your plan is not going to work unless you raise it up to 22%. you get it at 15 you to the to be 22. because we have commitments to the military. w

people saw cnbc doing the debate. this is the business channel, the economy channel, the jobs channel. they promised a real focus. there was an opportunity to focus. it didn't happen. second of all, a number of questions lacked followups. i too looked back at transcripts of the previous debates. if you look at how anderson cooper ran the democrat debate, the first thing that comes to mind is, one, this was no free pass for liberals, and secondly, he followed up. when one candidate teed up with going the other candidate disagreed with, he tried to generate real discussion and debate. that didn't happen in the cnbc debate. finally, the whole spectacle of trying to ask snarky questions with a screaming audience behind them, six people asking questions, led to what i call a format meltdown. there was a structure to the debate that could have, should have, happened there. there were real issues, differences among the candidates to have debated. just what kasich said. does medicare get ended? do we ban the irs? do we raised

tonight,ajor backlash over cnbc's handling of the third gop debate. first, there was some big moments last night in boulder, colorado, including this exchange between governor jeb bush and senator marco rubio. >> marco, when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term. and you should be showing up to work. literally, the senate -- what is it like a french workweek? you can campaign or just resign and let someone else take the job. >> you're modelling your campaign after john mccain. that you're going to launch a furious comeback the way he did. you know how many votes john mccain missed when he was carrying out that furious comeback? i don't remember you ever complaining about john mccain's vote record. the obviously reason you're doing it now is because we're running for the same position. >> that back and fort may have turned some heads, but senator rubio is now playing what happened on the debate stage last night. he was a guest on my radio program earlier today. here's what he told me about that exchange. >> someone's obviously convinced him,

joining me now former cnbc ted david. frank cesno, and molly hemingway at the conservative website the federalist. let me briegin with you, frank. that was the man you say won the debate. but you also say the debate was a mess, why? >> because it was. it suffered from a lot of things, cnbc, this is the business channel, the economy channel, they promised a focused debate and it did not happen. if you look at the way aerngdson ran the democratic debate. two things came to mind, this is no free pass for liberals. and secondly, he fold up. when one teed it up, he asked that candidate to comment. he tried to generate a real discussion and debate. that didn't happen in the cnbc debate. the whole kind of spectrum of trying to ask snarky questions with a screaming audience behind them. ten candidates, six different people asking debates led to what i would call a format meltdown. there simply wasn't the structure to the debate that could have, should have happened there. and there were real issues, differences between the candid

cnbc knew her record. when you're sitting there and losing 60% of stock and you sit there and you take the biggest severance package ever and claim it was success. >> when you're ceo of a large corporation, you have a board to report to. you can't just blame her. again, there's politics in the board. >> oh, we're just getting fired up. but we have to go because we have another segment coming up next. there are calls for jeb bush to get out of this race after he was edged out by his former protege at last night's debate. those two had a moment. we're going to talk about it and then we're going to talk about some of these other guys ah! come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? let's hide behind the chainsaws. smart. yeah. ok. if you're in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. it's what you do. this was a good idea. shhhh. be quiet. i'm being quiet. you're breathing on me! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, yo

cnbc knew her record. when you're sitting there and losing 60% of stock and you sit there and you take the biggest severance package ever and claim it was success. >> when you're ceo of a large corporation, you have a board to report to. you can't just blame her. again, there's politics in the board. >> oh, we're just getting fired up. but we have to go because we have another segment coming up next. there are calls for jeb bush to get out of this race after he was edged out by his former protege at last night's debate. those two had a moment. we're going to talk about it and then we're going to talk about some of these other guys next. woman: it's been a journey to get where i am. and i didn't get here alone. there were people who listened along the way. people who gave me options. kept me on track. and through it all, my retirement never got left behind. so today, i'm prepared for anything we may want tomorrow to be. every someday needs a plan. let's talk about your old 401(k) today. the wolf was huffing

saying he thought it was unfair and cnbc should be ashamed. that is fairly unique. i haven't heard of that any democratic chair speaking out like that. one of the winners was the fox news bell. it's again, a debate where you try to get off the rails sometimes, it's tough to get candidates on track. some questions, they were fact check issues. some of them didn't pan out. >> give me an example. >> john harwood asked a question that he corrected his own story a week and a half earlier and rubio called him on it. and the premise is about the tax structure and whether it's helping poor people or rich people more than poor people. he corrected that story a week and a half before. he is usually on top of his game. >> yes. i don't know the guy. i don't know. i don't know any of those people. i do know that there is a culture that they work in. i know the culture over there. and they're probably getting that from people above them. the next debate is fox business network debate, november 10th, i understand. neil cavuto will be a moderator, as far as t

they said yes o to cnbc. shouldn't the rnc shoulder some of the responsibility for what happened last night? >> well, that's why he's such a veracious and strong statement there. i think he's under a lot of pressure from people in the party for choosing this outlet. i think he thought that cnbc would be kind of a straight business news approach to things. what i don't know is whether he selects the individual moderators. he might have been expecting a different line up than the one he got in those particular people who decided to be aggressive and not to do too much on the economic side. >> buck, to this moment. we have this teed up. during the democratic debate donald trump was tweeting. during this debate hillary clinton was tweeting. here's the gif. brushing it off her shoulder. you could say if you're a democrat, that's really clever. marco rubio pounced on that saying it was outrageous they would use an image of that from the benghazi hearing. i imagine you agree with the florida senator. >> i think that

cnbc knew her record. when you're sitting there and losing 60% of stock and you sit there and you take the biggest severance package ever and claim it was success. >> when you're ceo of a large corporation, you have a board to report to. you can't just blame her. again, there's politics in the board. >> oh, we're just getting fired up. but we have to go because we have another segment coming up next. there are calls for jeb bush to get out of this race after he was edged out by his former protege at last night's debate. those two had a moment. we're going to talk about it and then we're going to talk about some of these other guys when y, this was a six-year term. and you should be showing up for work. really, the senate, is it a french workweek? you have three days you have to show up? you can campaign. or just resign. someone has convinced him that attacking me is going to help him. my campaign is going to be about the future of america. >> i'm not running against governor bush. >> the weekly standard, j

saying he thought it was unfair and cnbc should be ashamed. that is fairly unique. i haven't heard of that any democratic chair speaking out like that. one of the winners was the fox news bell. it's again, a debate where you try to get off the rails sometimes, it's tough to get candidates on track. some questions, they were fact check issues. some of them didn't pan out. >> give me an example. >> john harwood asked a question that he corrected his own story a week and a half earlier and rubio called him on it. and the premise is about the tax structure and whether it's helping poor people or rich people more than poor people. he corrected that story a week and a half before. he is usually on top of his game. >> yes. i don't know the guy. i don't know. i don't know any of those people. i do know that there is a culture that they work in. i know the culture over there. and they're probably getting that from people above them. the next debate is fox business network debate, november 10th, i understand. neil cavuto will be a moderator, as far as t

the gop matchup coming to cnbc later this month. did the network and the republican party get strong armed by two of its leading k d candidates. it says neither mr. trump or dr. carson will participate in the debate if it's longer than 120 minutes and does not include opening and closing statements. in other words, nice little debate you have here. be a shame if something happened to it. i'll talk about how this all went down. the communications director and chief strategist for the republican national economy. good to see you this morning. let's get into the debate. there's a debate playing out on sunday morning tv. amazingly it's over the topic of 9/11. here is what we heard this morning from jeb bush and donald trump on the sunday morning shows. >> does anybody blame my brother for the attacks on 9/11? if they do they are totally marginalizing our society. >> i'm not blaming him but i don't want jeb bush to say my brother kept us safe. >> 14 years after that terrible day, did you ever imagine the rnc would be having this intra pa

cnbc was exposed looked nasty and unprepared. candidates should be focus canned on their message not poor little me. if you can't handle those questions. some candidates did, the others did not do well. you shouldn't be in office. if you look at reagan. reagan had tremendous media bias. he didn't complain he really kicked their butts. that's what the republicans need to do. the rnc should have fixed this a long time ago. there is no excuse, eric, it is unforgivable that they let this happen. >> jessica, before you answer that i want to look at jeb bush unt -- you told candidates you have to get better than. this 8 more debates. do what other candidates do rudely interrupt. not answer the questions that are asked and hopefully the debate moderators will actually ask more substantive questions as well. it's going fine. >> are you having any fun. >> oh yeah you saw it having lots of fun. >> was that snarkiness? >> a little sense of humor. we know he has a good fantasy football team i think. i'm not into fantasy football can jeb bush

. >> on cnbc officials caving to the demand of donald trump not stretch the debate to three hours. and the attempt to salvage the reputation of dan rather after career-ending blunder is out. is it is whitewash i predicted? we will have a preview this is "media buzz." if hillary clinton was a big a winner in las vegas as most the commentators on the left and the right are saying, it wasn't because anderson cooper was toss, out easy questions. >> you are against same-sex marriage and now you for it, you defended president obama's immigration policy and now you say they are too harsh and you supported the trade deal dozens of times and called it the gold standard and now last week you are against it. will you say anything to get elected? >> i have been consistent. >> a poll said half of the country would not put a socialist in the white house you call yourself a democratic socialist. how can any kind of socialist win a general election in the united states? >> we will win because we have to explain what democratic socialism is. >> the two top democrats mixed it up but on the greatest

campaigns are jut accept about how it went with cnbc. some of the blame has been on the republican party as a whole. so we see an attempt to take back control, take control away from nbc and have a conversation in the days or weeks to come and see if they can work it out. i believe they will work it out. others are not so sure. the republican party is saying we want to have a debate that day, whether nbc is there or not. >> the politics are brilliant for the gop. nobody wants to defend the media. the media ranks even lower than the congress. and from a political perspective, not an entertainment perspective, there are too many debates. the rnc tried to reign in. there were more debates in the last cycle that got out of control and tried to reign this in. they are probably looking at democrats and saying they have the right idea with a total of five or six. we never should have signed up with ten to begin with. >> we'd like to have more debates. not just for television reasons, but also we'll get more answers to more questions or more avo

cnbc has yet to publish it. we'll be talking to them in the coming days. >> what does that mean there won't be an undercard? >> what does that mean? that was the day after the second presidential debate. the republican party chief strategist admitting in the same interview, it was the republican party's call, it had been their decision to have the weird format where you had a main debate and a secondary debate of candidates who didn't make the main event, but were nevertheless invited to a secondary thing. the republican party before that interview had tried to blame that on fox and cnn. but after the cnn debate, they admitted that actually it was them. but they also said in the next debate, the third debate, hosted by cnbc, they said the whole undercard thing, that whole kids table thing, that wasn't going to happen again. well now today, we have found out that the kids table is going to happen again in the next debate. and we have also found out that lindsey graham might not be even allowed to sit at the kids

is angry about the way another nbc outlet, cnbc, handled this week's debate. here's major garrett. >> reporter: in a letter from republican committee chairman reince priebus to nbc, priebus said the network and its subsidiary cnbc conducted wednesday's g.o.p. debate in bad faith. "we simply cannot continue with nbc without full consultation with our campaigns," the letter said. priebus accused cnbc of ignoring a commitment to ask questions about the economy and called the questions its moderators did ask "inaccurate and offensive." cnbc has endured withering republican criticism for the conduct of its moderators, typified by changes like this. >> what should we do? >> what we should do is be investing in all types of energy, john, all types of energy. >> meaning government? >> no, john. john, do you want me to answer or do you want to answer? how are we going to do this? because... because i gotta tell you the truth-- even in new jersey, what you're doing is called rude. >> reporter: nbc called the r.n.c.'s move "disappointing." but today, "will work in good f

and it will be interesting to see if cnbc blinks or not. >> cnbc of course our sister network. they say they never intended to do three hours. so we'll see how this is ultimately resolved. also you mentioned candidate books. we have a special "all in" special book project we're working on, someone reading all the candidate books. it's going to be fun. betsy woodruff, matt welch, thank you. that's all for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> you have a nice group of people you work with, chris. who did you sentence an your staff to reading all those books? >> no, we brought in an outside ringer for this. stay tuned. >> somebody's either been really bad or you better have outsourced that. well done, my friend. and thanks to you at home as well for joining us this half hour. we have to start tonight actually by correcting the record. >> i know how to get legislation passed through congress because i did it as a senator. i know how to turn around a state because i did it as governor of rhode island. but what i'm most proud of is that in

and let's get a look at tonight's cnbc debate with one of the moderators, becky quick from cnbc. becky, i know we're not going to talk about what you're going to ask, but a lot of frustration among politico reporters in general and the public that we have not heard specifics, policy specifics on the economy from a lot of these candidates. particularly the high flyers, donald trump and ben carson. >> i think that's very different this time around. just the level of noise, the level of entertainment, frankly, that's been happening with at lo of these issues. and that's one of the things we want to dig into. being on a campaign is really about trying to be all things to all people, but i think part of our job with the debate tonight is trying to narrow that out and make them take stands on issues. >> when we look at the bigger questions, you've got a fed meeting announcement coming today, in fact. a lot of uncertainty about what is happening in the economy. what is happening in china, what is happening in europe, you know, the big picture of wage disparities. and the democratic part

cnbc's nancy hulgraves joins us live from london. what should travelers know about this consolidation? >> well, it's really the end of an era, as you suggested, for the iconic brand of usairways, and from 9:55 p.m. pacific time, the last usairways flight will take off from san francisco on a red eye to philadelphia. and from that point, american will begin to integrate the i.t. reservation systems. now, they hope to have all the reservation systems merged by saturday morning, and this is what's crucial for the flyers, as you asked, because in other mergers we've seen with the likes of united, continental most specifically back in 2012 you may remember there were some delays, real hiccups causing passengers when that merger took place. american says they've been working for about 22 months now, since this merger formed, to make that process as seamless as possible. and jonathan, there's another story we're watching moving in the tech space and this is based on yahoo! they've announced a new account key that will help people logon to t

and were the cnbc questions any worse than the fox debate questions? our political experts are here tonight and hillary clinton says black lives matter, but why doesn't everyone believe her? >> using the power of the feelings that come forward and yes, they do -- >> black lives matter!

why they weren't prepared to push back is perplexing to me and inside cnbc people are rattled. there is a lot of embarrassment. >> it was poorly produced to be honest and the fact some moderators didn't have the quotes to back up what they were saying so if they were challenged on the quotes, i'm not sure where that is from and several segments later, let's go back to what we were talking about ten minutes ago, which doesn't work. >> absolutely, and as we heard last night, tom foreman last night after the debate was over, what trump had claimed said, you know, to the questioner, we don't know what you're talking about, i never said that and right there on his website and it was easily checkable but the woman asking the question or the reporter asking the question didn't -- wasn't prepared. i thought they lost control of i felt that they weren't coordinated among themselves so they were talking among themselves. candidates talking among themselves and got very, very messy as well as i think they had legitimate question about whether in fact the same kind of tough questions had b

. >> the black is for the cnbc moderators. >> oh my god. so you know, a couple of them did well, i thought. i will say. do we have the last, the thing at the end with donald trump? donald trump has a mic drop moment at the end somebody said was a moment for the ages. let's talk about jeb and the death watch right now. >> really, is that what we're going to call it? >> let's talk about it and i'll ask you and then we'll talk to everybody else. you know i love jeb and you love jeb. it's not looking good and the donors are running for the exits now. it's going or the hard for him to raise money after this, isn't it. >> it's good he has so much. >> he doesn't have that much. >> well, if he fails it will not be because of money. it will be because of what jeb bush articulated in the hallway after the debate. jeb bush in his own words said i am not a performer and unfortunately, you don't get to go govern unless you put on a performance as a candidate. it's sort of like mother hood. you may not like pregnancy but you don't get to be a mom. there'

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afterwards, the rnc chied said chief said cnbc should be ashamed. he wrote that we are able to have a dynamic exchange about solutions for a prosperous future. i will fight that future debates will allow for a more robust exchange. cnbc should be ashamed of how the debate was handled. good morning. caller: good morning. -- some of these should be limited. i believe that marco rubio, possibly, had his birth certificate fixed. host: where did you hear that? caller: i believe that a cuban president is not fit for america. host: let's move on. a reporter tweeted that the cnbc spokesperson responded to the criticism from the gop is saying that people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. an independent from ohio. good morning. caller: i would like to talk about governor kasich. i live in ohio. he is putting other people down. what he does in ohio is not correct. added are nots private sector jobs. we have businesses closing all over ohio. their need to do homework. he stands up there and puts everyone dow

. >> the soft-spoken chairman of the republican national committee summed up cnbc's debate with some very choice words last night. >> i just can't tell you how pissed off i am in what was delivered was just nothing but a crap sandwich. >> priebus followed up with an unprecedented move. suspending nbc's co-partnership of the upcoming gop debate in february while retaining debate co-party, "national review." in a letter to nbc news chairman andrew lack, priebus accused the network of quote gotcha questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone and designed to embarrass our candidates. but left some wiggle room. quote i'll be working with the candidates to discuss how to move forward and will be in touch. in a pointed response, nbc reminded rnc of its coveted demographic and saying along with our debate broadcast partner telemundo we'll work it in good faith to resolve this matter. fox news has learned that representatives of several gop candidates will meet sunday to find ways to alter future debate formats, including insisting on an opening statement at minimum. >> then give everybody two

it's all about what is wrong with the cnbc moderators and wrong with the media. the best line of the debate is the one you're going to hear right now. >> the questions asked so far in this debate illustrate why the american people don't trust the media. this is not a cage match. if you look at the questions, donald trump, are you a comic book vilan? ben carson, can you do math? john kasich, will you assault two people here? marco rubio, why don't you resign? jeb bush, why have your numbers fallen? how about talking about what people care about? does this count? >> so let's ask the question. how many of you think they should be ashamed of what they did tonight? how many of you are angry? what is the problem? >> they're arrogant. >> they don't respect process of a presidential debate. they have docu questions. >> they should be ashamed of themselves but they've got the fire in the bellies and i appreciated that. >> you thought it made them perform better? >> yes. >> i thought the candidates thought it was a game changer for the candidates. >> so you're pleased? >>

just like cnbc gave up that hour. a lot of money. mexico is going to pay. >> referencing the negotiation he says he made about the third hour of the cnbc debate. >> well it's you know, i don't know what, to say as a member of the media, that we lie and we're dishonest and in the next breath, he says mexico is going to pay for the wall. because i think mexico is not going do buy us a wall. and they're harder to deal with than cnbc on stuff like that having said that i thought what was interesting about trump in the debate last night is that he was a he wasn't mellow there. but he was mellower in the debate. he didn't go out after the other republicans. he, he played it cool. except as that one blow-up with john kasich where he felt like he was being attacked. and it's interesting when he's not being the flamed-on donald trump, he tends to sort of fade into the background in these debates. it made me almost think with the poll results not going his way in iowa and so forth, that he is kind of sort of moving back toward the pack. he's g

but the cnbc employee who was involved said the only candidate they heard about was jeb bush. which if that's true and you're another candidate i would hit the roof on that. >> yeah, absolutely. there's not much secret that the republican establishment was hoping jeb bush would be able to carry the ball across the finish line to some extent, obviously not all the of them. but putting your hand on the scale like that doesn't help the rnc's case. >> right. >> the night before the debate everyone was mad about at the rnc because of the green rooms. then they were mad at the rnc over how the debate -- and reince priebus is trying to figure out how to regain control. and i can say it i don't work for nbc, part of what he did is say oh, no, i'm on your side when he had a tough week in proving that. >> phillip bump, alex izzen staat, thank you both. captain, i thought you had a good piece about this where you said republicans are right, we're terrible, not for the reasons they say. and part of it was about what these debates have been more broadly. what's your beef? >> i think the ca

. >> the cnbc moderators gave the detractors plenty of ammunition with a personal, sometimes condescending tone of their questions. >> is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign? >> not a comic book and not a very nicely asked question the way you say that. they said you have as much chance of cutting taxes that much without increasing the deficit as you would by flying away from the podium by flapping your arms. >> i think they obviously had an agenda. >> not only were the questions snarky and divisive and nonsubstantive. they were just biased. >> and some questions were just botched as when chief washington correspondent john harwood citing a study in challenging marco rubio's tax plan. >> to be clear, you said the -- >> after-tax income. >> you wrote a story, had you to go back and correct it. >> i did not. >> you did. >> but harwood had corrected

and cnbc, for what it is worth, it operates independently of nbc. and it has the letters n-b-c in the name, but its own office is in its own state in new jersey, and so it is separate from "nbc news" but it is part of the parent country, and so what we are seeing is a republican party going after them more bloroadly than the previous debates. so you can see the ones going after nbc and not the debates on cnn or fox. >> and i thought that the letter released by reince priebus that according to him, the candidates on the stage, all 10 presidential candidates would be allowed to deliver opening statements, and not just closing statements, and they didn't have the opening statement, and they went right to the questions from the moderator, and you must have noticed that yourself. >> yes, the first question is what is your biggest weakness, and what are you doing about it? and in that ir miin their mind agreement they set out to the do, and the republicans and the candidates clearly disagreed, and it is a source of tension. and the broader point, wolf, in

. >> the soft-spoken chairman of the republican national committee summed up cnbc's debate with some very choice words last night. >> i just can't tell you how pissed off i am in what was delivered was just nothing but a crap sandwich. >> priebus followed up with an unprecedented move. suspending nbc's co-partnership of the upcoming gop debate in february while retaining debate co-party, "national review." in a letter to nbc news chairman andrew lack, priebus accused the network of quote gotcha questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone and designed to embarrass our candidates. but left some wiggle room. quote i'll be working with the candidates to discuss how to move forward and will be in touch. in a pointed response, nbc reminded rnc of its coveted demographic and saying along with our debate broadcast partner telemundo we'll work it in good faith to resolve this matter. fox news has learned that representatives of several gop candidates will meet sunday to find ways to alter future debate formats, including insisting on an opening statement at minimum. >> then give everybody two

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this network and cnbc share the same parent company. this isn't the first that we are hearing from reince priebus about his disdain. here is what he had to say on sean hannity's show. >> i can't tell you how pissed off i am. obviously we had assurances that it was straight up finance which is what they do every day and what was delivered was nothing but a crap sandwich. >> this comes after several gop candidates criticized cnbc which posted wednesday's debate and wednesday night cnbc responded by saying people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. some republicans haven't liked any of the debates so far. here is what donald trump had to say after the fox news debate back in august. >> i thought the questions were unfair but i can live with it. it is probably you are number one in the polls. even the other candidates got off stage and said it's amazing. >> one thing i did complain about, three hours is too much for a debate. it's a long time to be debating but worse for people who have to

. >>> and on cnbc s. officials caving to the donald's demand that they not stretch the next debate to three hours. >>> the robert redford movie. after a career-ending blunder is out. is it the whitewash that i predicted? i'm howard kurtz, and this is "mediabuzz." >>> if hillary clinton was as big a winner in las vegas as most of the commentators on the left and right are saying, it wasn't because anderson cooper was tossing out easy questions. >> now you say the policies are too harsh, you supported his trade deals dozens of times, now suddenly last week you're against it. will you say anything to get elected? >> actually i've been very consistent senator sanders, a poll -- you call yourself a democratic socialist. how did any kind of socialist win a general election in the united states? >> we're going to win, because we're going to explain what democratic socialism is. >> the two top democrats mixed it up a bit. bernie had ha message for the press. >> anderson -- let me say something about the media as

the gop fuming over the candidates' face-off on cnbc, calling the tone of the questioning,

cnbc's louisa boyson joins us live from london. if the deal is is aproved by congress, and that is a big if, what would it mean for american consumers? >> well, it basically means that you're opening up to a lot more trade. that you're opening up to make it easier for consumers to gain access to goods from abroad and vice versa, as well. it is a big deal because it's the first and largest free trade agreement in a generation. again, it opens markets for u.s. goods and services, as well. it establishes rules of international commerce, too. so it is very much a two-way street. but it's something they've been working on for a very long time. they still need final ratification as you indicate, as well, from congress next year. president obama quickly turned toward selling this deal on capitol hill. it's going to be tough to push through, and not just in the u.s. you're also looking at elsewhere where they had to endure some very tough compromises, and they could face some harsh competition when push comes to shove. like the canadians.

cnbc. criticism of the media. it was still a red meat night. not entirely a substance night. >> but it was supposed to be about the economy and economic policies. i want to ask you about car lee fiorina as well. both big topics tonight. corrupt bureaucracy works for the big, powerful, wealthy, and well connected. meantime, wages have stagnated for 40 years. more americans are out of work. ours was intended to be a citizen government. this is more than replacing a d with an r. >> did she have a good night tonight? >> no. she started off yelling what's your biggest weakness and hers is that you don't smile enough and she started smiling. she blamed hillary clinton and barack obama for economically bad policies for women. they were criticizing the fed for making the rich richer and criticizing the big banks and the fact this was not able to bring up median wage of americans. not a lot of solutions. carlie had lots of things about why everything was wrong. not a lot of solutions and some inaccuracies. i don't think she comes out better than she did