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

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

donald trump and ben carson joined together in a letter to cnbc?saying they "do not and will not agree to appear at a debate that is more than 120 minutes long including commerical breaks." they also insist the debate include an opening and closing statement from each candidate. no response yet from cnbc but trump tweeted this morning the network caved. carly fiorina - who got a boost from the first two debates - with this dig at her rivals. carly fiorina, presidential ndidate: "i'm sorry that they apparently don't have the endurance" the third quarter fundraising stats are in. ben carson raised the most among republicans but senator ted cruz with the most cash on hand. and what a difference one debate makes for hillary slinton. her performance tuesday night seems to have quieted anxious democrats...and now there's talk about potential running mates, after she was endorsed by housing and urban development secretary julian castro. hillary clinton, presidential candidate: "i am going to really look hard at him for anything because that's how good he

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

get attention for cnbc. introduce -- >> it worked, then. >> i don't know if it worked, melissa, i don't think more of them, i think less of them. >> cnbc is called don't see nbc. >> let me make one last point. they essentially from my perspective, let the candidates off the hook, because the candidates, take cruz for example, cruz is able to, instead of answering questions -- >> they're swimming in the political pool. they don't know that stroke, they know the money stroke. they're swimming in the money stroke, they would have had the upper hand. >> they didn't take it. they did a disservice to everybody who cares about the issues and wants to hear what they have to say about the economy. wants to hear what they have to say about their ideas for taxes. to be substantive. all of these candidates have been attacked and said hey, listen we want to know some substance. what is your specific plan. not floating, loose rhetoric about what you think you're going to do, making cuts, get specific. >> to your point abo

my guest tonight is the chief washington correspondent for cnbc. his show also for cnbc is called "speak easy with john harwood." please welcome john harwood. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor, i first want to tell you that i was actually in your home town before you were. >> trevor: you were in my home town before i was? >> yes. but i had permission. the the administration board said i could go. that's my pass. >> trevor: oh, wow. this is insane. this is a permit from south africa's good old days. ( laughter ). >> and i-- and i had such a good time, that i brought back this. >> trevor: oh, look at that. that's cool. "i love soweto." that's very nice. >> both of these things have been on my bulletin board since i came back. i went several times during the 1980s during the unrest as a reminder of a place and a time where the politics are for really high stakes. like our politics, they're significant, they're important, but there was life-or-death stuff i was covering there. as a matter of fact, i-- i interviewed the treasury secretary from time to t

cnbc east really bad debate night. quote assaying cnbc should be ashamed of their debate handling. now you want to make sure to tune in tuesday november 10, we are going to have the real debate, fox business wall street journal republican debate here on the fox business network. >> nicole: indeed. now turn back to economic news that's out today. economists expect to department to say that the economy growth slowed in the third quarter. domestic products at 1.6% seasonally adjusted rate, that's not a good number. that would be a slow down from 3.9% growth that we saw in the second quarter. they'll be looking at housing, global market, strong u.s. dollar and how that factors in as well. >> cheryl: drug makers, two huge names in the drug industry with a possible merger in what could be the biggest takeover deal this year. however, newspapers says talk is at an early talcses second attempt to acquire a european rival after it failed to purchase last year. pfizer u.s. large maker. >> nicole: this would be a big one if it actually goes through and happens. coming up, reviews are in of ap

cnbc was talking about a three hour debate. let's talk about it with lynn sweet from the chicago sun times and judy miller, a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter, author and fox news contributor. did cnbc can? >> yes, they caved. i am surprised no one had these ground rules nailed down sooner. the network left itself vulnerable if they had not made these arrangements ahead of time, adding an hour at this stage, and the third hour was added when the network realized how much money off of high readership, not readership, i viewersship, and looking at debate. bill: we should mention cnbc commented on this at all. is it good for the country fact the media are caving in or giving away to candidates the man's or should there be more debate and more time on air? >> i am not necessarily convinced more time leads to a mortar scintillating or a lightning debate. you get past two hours not only as a candidate, we are standing up, so is the audience. but of course they wanted a three hour debate if they could sell advertising and

an inform cnbc post debate poll has trump on top followed by cruz, rubio in third. the consensus that jeb bush didn't do anything to help his faltering campaign. on social media ted cruz was the most discussed candidate during the debate. and donald trump had the most mentions on twitter. post debate front runners carson and trump were both full of good cheer praising the field. >> who were you impressed with tonight? >> i was -- i was impressed with everybody. >> i thought it was great. i thought i did well. and i thought everyone did well. i really enjoyed the debate. >> the pair also had good things to say about each ore. with trump saying carson is a smart guy and carson saying he has a lot of respect the. >> and ted cruz criticizing the debate moderators. >> i think my biggest weakness the questions asked. this is not a cage match. are how about talking about the substantive issues people care about? [ applause ] >> reince priebus. the rnc also put on official statement saying the performance by the cnbc moderators was extremely disappointing and did a disservi

trish: .rnc cutting ties with cnbc. suspending its partnership. the handling of the debate was conducted in "bad faith. peter barnes joining me right now. moving anything like this ever before? >> i have been covering these debates and politics for 30 plus years. there are always extensive negotiations between the party and the candidates themselves over lots of details involving the debates. the height of the podiums to where they are placed and where the candidates are placed. it is not unusual for these kinds of negotiations. trish: maybe they had talked to donald trump and he was telling them a bit about leverage. news organizations in difficult spots as well. keeping all the parties happy. liz: this is a tough one. for now, the only gop debate with spanish language network cosponsor. the national review is in there. it is going to have a big impact over there on nbc. and nbc all facial e-mail me the morning after the debate to say that that was a train wreck. inside nbc there is a feeling itself that they are not happy with the way cnbc handl

. >> 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

that's the cnbc news update. simon, together with me, awe. >> you can't beat panda pictures. >> you can't. >> why are they always born twins. interesting. >> thank you, sue. >> you're welcome. >> yes. apple is reporting its latest quarterly earnings after the bell tonight. the stock is up slightly today, had a rough day yesterday in anticipation. a lot of focus is going to be on iphone, growth in china and indeed software updates. let's meet the hardware analyst at rbc capital markets. he's optimistic on apple. welcome. >> thanks. >> the main thrust of what everybody seems to be focusing on here is the idea to whether or not iphone sales which is the bulk of the profitability and the bulk of the business, whether we'll see a sequential downturn in sales. do you think that's possible? do you think we'll see that on the fourth quarter projection tonight? >> yeah. you're right. all that matters is what iphone units do. we're more optimistic, we think you'll see flat to low single digit growth out of the iphones in t

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

cnbc's debate tomorrow night. we begin with the countdown to apple earnings, though, and whether those results after the bell tonight can jump-start the stock. apple shares have lagged. other big techs like amazon, facebook, and google this year leaving investors to wonder what's been going on with the most valuable company in the world. pete, to you

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

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

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,

overall cnbc did a poor job man ablging the debate. that's why cnbc should be ashamed of how they were doing it. the whole presentation and how they were going back and forth. at thats like they wanted it to be about them rather than the candidates. >> which you should never do you should strive not to do that as a journalist. >> thank you so much. appreciate it as always you getting up early with us. >>> now worry about the fire jets scrambling when a military blimp breaks free knocking out power to thousands and causing chaos for hours. derek tiny is live with what is being done now. >> a specialized military team is on the ground in northeast pennsylvania to recover the 180 million piece of equipment and try to figure out how it got lose. shortly after news the tethered blimp about the length of a football field somehow became detached from the ground in narld for four hours it drifted northwest across maryland and pennsylvania dragging the cable on the way damaging buildings and knocking out power lines leaving nearly 30,000 people

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

a lot of earnings and the cnbc republican debate tonight. let's check in on futures and what they're telling us ahead of the market open. we have been down each and every day. the implied open is telling us we'll see a bit of recovery today. we're up some six points for the s&p. dow jones industrial is higher by 38.5 points and nasdaq in advance of 16 points or so. >> let's have a look at european markets. also positive as you can see to the tune of about three quarter of a percent for most of continental europe. we have france just below that. germany at 0.7% of gains and ftse 100 at 0.3%. it's partly a little bit of a bounce back from a soft start to the week and also consumer confidence data out earlier today. >> apple beat the street with earnings per share of 1.$9. shares struggle to find direction in extended trade as ceo tim cook said there was no signs of a slow down in one of its biggest markets, china. but overall iphone and ipad sales came in just below expectations. now the other tech giant reporting was twitter and it had a toug

we all don't tune into the cnbc business channel. john: issue two -- a new speaker, a new deal. >> i think this process is ridiculous. boehner: the honorable paul d. ryan of the state of wisconsin, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected as speaker of the house. [applause] ryan: but lets be frank, the house is broken. were not solving problems, were adding to them. only a fully functioning house an truly represent the people, and if there were ever a time for us to step up, this would be that time. john: paul ryan, new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, took office on thursday, pledging to make politics work better. but on wednesday, before mr. ryan took the speakers gavel, the house of representatives passed a major bipartisan budget deal. here are its eight key elements. first, government spending. it will increase by a total of $50 billion in 2016, and $30 billion in 2017. the increases will be split equally between defense and domestic programs, but an additional $31 billion will also be allocated

cnbc has just agreed that the debate will be two hours. fantastic news for all. especially the millions who will be watching. nothing confirmed yet but maybe some good news. >> lawyers for dennis haster told a federal judge he has greed to change his plea to guilty. former speaker was accused of the avoiding federal banking rules and making payments of the hush money. also charged with lying to the fbi. the misconduct was sexual in nature involving a male student in illinois during the 1960s and 70s. that perp's identity has never been release t. >>> there could be a big change this winter. el nino is bag and with a vengeance. it is one of the strongest ever. the weather fomem set to impact much of the country with wild extremes. >> reporter: government forecasters set the stage for what's coming this winter, even more weather whiplash. citing a rise in ocean temperatures. nokno noaa says it will change weather from coast to coast. record snowfall could be replaced by historic warms. and extreme drought? there could be epic floods. el nino packing a punch. from c

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

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

i'm disappointed in cnbc. i thought maybe they was bring forward a pretty fair forum here tonight, but i think it was one gotcha question, one personal low flow after another. it's almost as if they tried to take the worst element, i think, of what moderators and what the media should bring to the table and all i can tell you is that while i'm proud of our candidates for pretty much sticking together, i'm very disappointed in the moderators and i'm very disappointed with cnbc. >> gror yeah borger, have you ever seen the rnc react like that after a debate? >> no, but if i was reic reice preibus i would be okay with all of this. the debate had the effect of uniting all the republicans against the media, which is something that works really, really well with the base. that's one of the reasons why donald trump didn't come out and blast the debate, even though he called some of the questions nasty during the debate. he didn't have to. it was already -- all the other candidates were doing it. rei in fce priebus was

tweeting out, cnbc should be ashamed of how this debate was handled. i will fight to ensure future debates allow for a more robust exchange. the rnc also put out an official statement saying in part the performance by the cnbc moderators was extremely disappointing and disa disservice to their network, our candidates and voters. cnbc has responded to the critics and saying people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. democratic front-runner hillary clinton, she was pretty direct about her feelings about the debate, tweeting out #gopdebate. >>> this weekend in a sunday exclusive, "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will speak with former governor, now presidential candidate, jeb bush. >>> a runaway military surveillance blimp is back on solid ground this morning. it was a strange sight over pennsylvania yesterday as the blimp traveled 120 miles. it reached an altitude of nearly 16,000 feet. nbc's dan schenamen has the report. >> reporter: the unmanned military surveillance blimp floated over pennsylvan

in a letter to cnbc, trump and carson described 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 has not done opening and closing remarks in past debates. in a statement, added it would take the views on the format into consideration as we finalize the debate structure. vice president biden remains undecided. today he played coy. >> are you running for president? >> i'll answer in korean. i'm here to greet president park. >> reporter: sources close to the vice president say he is calling allies in early voting states to ask about his chances. a stark contrast to biden's indecision, hillary clinton aggressively courting the latino vote in texas, picking up a key endorsement, hud secretary julian castro. he is now the second obama cabinet member to endorse clinton. biden undoubtedly eyeing all of it. for biden, it's all about the dialogue between his head and his heart as he grieves his late son beau. >>> there is news for every american who receives social security and those about to.

here are my issues with what cnbc did. didn't think they were asking right -- neil: was on cnbc the next day doing interviews. he let bygones be bygones, right? >> i am ready to take tough questions. republicans say i want tough questions. i just want relevant questions. neil: that's very good, i want tough questions but i want relevant questions. that is very good. glad they didn't see you competing for me for this next gig. thank you very much, my friend. >> you bet. neil: maybe they can patch this up. time being they have not. reading into between lines and some statements they're getting. hope they can, they have in the past. we shall see. with fidelity's new active trader pro investing platform, the information that's important to you is all in one place, so finding more insight is easier. it's your idea powered by active trader pro. another way fidelity gives you a more powerful investing experience. call our specialists today to get up and running. it's more than tit's security - and flexibility. it's where great id

that's what many of the republican campaigns are telling cnbc. but the party's two front runners are the only ones threatening to not show up if changes aren't made. together, donald trump and ben carson wrote a letter to cnbc after they shared its debate plans. that letter reads in part, neither dr. carson or donald trump will participate in your debate if it's longer than 120 minutes including customers and does not include opening and closing statements. last night, trump said cnbc was only extending the debate to make money. >> i spoke to the rnc and vo have other people, actually, and they don't like the idea because it's unfair. it's unfair to the viewers. i don't care. i could stand for five hours, for ten hours. but it's unfair to the viewers. it's too long. >> but carly fiorina says with ten candidates on stage, the more time they have to answer questions, the better. >> they also apparently asked for prepared statements. you know, prepared statements are what politicians do. honestly, here are two outsiders, supposedly, donald trump and

welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. we will get into the debate from all different angles this morning. we will talk to a couple different candidates on the last night. senator marco rubio will will join us 7:20 a.m. eastern time. 8:00 a.m., governor chris christie will be with us. as we do every morning, we will check on the markets and see what's happening. the fed deciding to open that door on a possible rate hike in december. the market is taking that as a vote of confidence. stocks surging, up nearly 200 points. take a look this morning. you will see there are red arrows when you check out the futures. dow indicating down

they were angry with the rnc and angry at the cnbc. we have three groups director ire at cnbc. here is what the chairman of the republican national convention reince priebus said after the debate. >> one gotcha question. one low blow after the other. they tried to design a rubik's cube after every question to take the worst element of what moderators and media should bring to the table. all i can tell you you is that while i'm proud of our candidates for pretty much sticking together. i'm very disappointed in the moderators and very disappointed with cnbc. >> the fox news debate with personal and tough questions, cnbc had tough and personal questions. the difference is the moderators did not have as much control over the debate stage and moderators. this is cnbc. a niche news channel where there is more for economic and substantive questions. we heard personal questions off the bat trying to create tension and debate. that set a very bad tone and got worse. >> the stakes are high for the candidates. they are running out of time to show they are good debaters and have substantiv

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

but cnbc showed it can be as biased as the mother ship, nbc. the moderators focused not so much on the economy or money, more on fantasy football, comic books and gotcha moments, the candidates? let's just say they didn't appreciate the lefty leaning. >> the democrats have the

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 does with cnbc does and we know who john harwood is. why even let them be involved? why open the door? that was weird to me. mark: to call a candidate a clown or comic look is totally disrespectful. mike: i was going to say maria and neal are going to do a fantastic job on november 10. lou: -- mark: when people contrast it's going to be night and day. lou: as it always was. irrespective of bad manners. anyway let's turn to the senate passing a budget at 3:00 a.m.. mike, and ryan is the new speaker and he supposed to be great but this does look like an auspicious beginning to me. what do you think? mike: speaking the debate, i will bring it back. the moderators were all about -- lou: you are so slick i'll tell you. mike: i will bring it around that promise. remember they weren't criticizing the candidate's tax plan because it would increase the deficit. all of a sudden they don't care but the budget deficit will increase the deficit. they don't care. these liberals these progressives in the media don't care either when it benefits them. mark: it's the arts five days b

>> well, look, the fox debate was not as bad as cnbc. i know a lot of people survived rollovers on the highway and this was ironically out of that car that rolled over on wednesday night, marco rubio, ted cruz and chris christie sprinted unharmed but none of the moderators got out. the first debate everybody got banged up. the cnn debate with dana bash and me, i think university well-regarded and 23 million people agreed. so there is a happy medium with a strong moderator, with well-prepared professionals. mark preston basically lived in my head for four weeks before that debate working, working, working. so it takes practice and preparation and i just didn't see that this week. i saw -- even the sound guys were off, don. >> yeah, mark is very experienced politically and been here at cnn for quite sometime. i know mark preston. wow. just kidding, mark. >> no, i can speak a second language now which is profanity. >> and the accent, the new england accent. first, they complain about the length of the debate, when it was here on cnn and say