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walter cronkite. i am pleased to have as my guest senator john mccain. of strongg proponent defense and america's role around the world. he ran for president in 2000 eight. before serving in the senate, he of the house of representatives. all of us know of his courage and heroism. mr. mccain, it is a pleasure to be in your home state. senator mccain: profound congratulations on being awarded the award for outstanding journalism from the walter cronkite school for journalism. i think it is richly deserved and we are honored you would come to arizona to receive it. charlie: thank you. whenever they put my name in the same sentence as walter cronkite, that is a winning day for me area --for me. senator mccain: i understand. but it is richly deserved. you support the president's decision to remain in afghanistan? senator mccain: i support the decision, but not the number. if we could remain at 10,000, that would barely be enough. but he also says we would go down to 5000. maybe his successor would have a major impact on that that is an -- on that decision, but to have a minimum number rathe

and said you're modeling your campaign after john mccain, that you're going to launch a furious comeback the way he did, by fighting hard in new hampshire and places like that, carrying your own bag at the airport. you know how many votes john mccain missed when he was carrying out that furious comeback you're now modeling? >> he -- >> well, let me tell you i don't remember you ever complaining about john mccain's vote record. the only reason why you're doing it now is because we're running for the same position and someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you. >> joining me now charles pierce writer at large for esquire, amy davidson star staff writer for the new yorker, josh barro, contributor for the upshot at "the new york times." where to start? i guess let's start with this idea. it did seem to me like a coordinated strategy. obviously the crowd was feeding into it, and we've had moments like this before. there's the infamous john king moment in the cnn debate where he asked newt gingrich about should allegations about when his marriage was breaking up

modeling your campaign after john mccain, you are going to launch a furious comeback the way he did by fighting hard in new hampshire and places like that, carrying your own bag. you know how many john mccain missed? >> he wasn't -- >> jeb, i don't remember you ever complaining about john mccain's vote record. the only areason you are doing t now is we are running for the same same position and someone convinced you attacking me is going to help you. here is my bottom line. my campaign is going to be about the future of america, not about stacking anyone else on this stage. i will have tremendous admi admiration for govern bush. i am not running again governor bush, anyone on this stage. i am running for president. >> al jazeera's alan fisher watched the debate in bolder. >> people might thing they are just another debate, but they are important. remember scott walker. he was in the lead in the republican field very early in this race but he had a bad first debate and a terrible second bedate. within a week, he was gone. who is under pressure this time? in the earlier debate, george

. >> 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, if he attacks me it's going to help him in his campaign. it isn't true. i can't control other people's campaigns. they certainly have a right to do it. i'm not going to change who i am. i'm not running against any of these people on the stage. i'm running for president. and i'm running because we can't afford another four years like the last eight years. >> here with reaction, jeb bush. governor welcome back. good to see you, sir. >> thank you, sean. i agree with mar

rules to the convention rules committee. we have had a nominee, like john mccain, who said they were trying to play around th new hampshire primary in 2008. he dispatched me on a private announcement to go to minneapolis. a lot of people say they speak for john mccain, here is what john mccain really says -- having a nominee who strongly supports helps. there is one misconception. parties weren' t involved, the secretary of state could use state latour adv. but if either party decided they wanted to adopt a rule to get rid of either state -- release date, they can. -- get rid of either early state, they can. you, the candidate, forfeit all of your delegates earned not only in that state, but all of the delegates you would earn nationally. that' s what is the so-called death penalty. that' s the threat. i think people in the country are getting it. i started in 1992 bringing members to the national committee up here. some folks, like the late, great off -- governor greg was involved. he was against new hampshire. he saw how it worked. he was the one who proposed and led the effor

your campaign after john mccain, that you're going to launch a furious comeback the way he did, by fighting hard in new hampshire and places like that, carry your own bag at airport. you know how many votes john mccain missed when he was carrying out that furious comeback. >> he wasn't my congressman or senator. >> i don't ever remember you complaining about john mccain's vote record. the only reason you're doing it to it now is because we're running for the same position and someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you. >> yes, i was fired over a disagreement in the board room. there are politics in the board room as well and yet the man who led my firing, tom tony perkins, an icon of silicon valley, has come out publicly and said you know what, you were wrong. she was right. she was a great ceo. she would be a great president of the united states because the leadership she brought to hp section act lit leadership we need in washington, d.c. >> mr. fiorina, it's interesting that you bring up mr. perkins because he said a lot of very questionable things. last ye

communication, a conversation with senator john mccain of arizona. >> vladimir putin is presiding over the weakest economy, perhaps, in all of europe. it's not as if these people are invincible. it's only because they have a goal and a strategy and we don't. >> rose: we conclude with adialh chris callahan and eric newton of the walter cronkite school and steve capus of cbs news. >> the basic skills of journalism are arguably more important now than ever. the ability to identify a story, to be able to report it accurately, thoroughly, objectively, fairly. and to be able to write with real writing that can compel people to read or listen to or watch a story. more important now than ever. >> rose: foreign policy andjour. >> funding for charlie rose is provided by american express. additional funding provided >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we're in phoenix,arizoe school of journalism and mass communications at arizona state univer

cycle, willie giuliani held a 15 point lead over john mccain. it would be nearly 3 more months before john mccain will finish first in a poll. of course, he was the eventual nominee and mike huckabee was in first place as late as january 6. the moral of the story, forecasting the you jerk this early is by predicting the world series after three weeks of spring training. it is not a good idea. >> it almost seems like earlier on it is the washington outsider that seems to do very well. are you talking about people >> that tends to be a common occurrence. keep in mind, it has been more than 50 years since a nonmainstream establishment candidate won the nomination, that would've been barry goldwater in 1964. george w. bush was the only nominee since then who hadn't won for president before. outsiders generally don't make it in the republican universe. >> asked why it is so interesting. right now a deal to try to prevent a government shutdown is being pitched to congress. a budget agreement was agreed to today that prevents a spike in medicare part b, and lists the debt ceiling until 2017.

mccain, john kerry and barack obama. we have two reports on this. one from peter alexander. but we want to begin with nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: jeb bush, now forced to answer whether today marks the beginning of the end for his campaign, or the beginning of a comeback. >> it's not on life support. we have the most money. we have the greatest organization. we're doing fine. >> reporter: bush on defense after what many viewed as a dismal debate night defined by this moment, a punch that didn't land against marco rubio and his missed senate votes. >> you can campaign or just resign and let someone else take the job. >> jeb, i don't remember you ever complaining about john mccain's vote record. the only reason why you're doing it now is because we're running for the same position and someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you. >> reporter: bush again put his one-time protege on notice. >> i do think people ought to show up and work for crying out loud. >> reporter: sticking with a strategy that's now agitating even some supporters. >> the republican party

modeling your campaign after john mccain could you are going to lunch a furious comeback i fighting hard in new hampshire, carrying your own bag. you know how many points he missed. >> i don't member you ever complaining about john mccain's foot record. someone is convincing you that attacking me is going to help you. >> i don't know how many votes to john mccain missed either. someone convinced you, which is like, you are so desperate you will shoot at me with this. therefore it doesn't matter whether or not your shot lands because you look at a for even trying to come after me. >> style counts. what i noticed about rubio, what it was that answer or so many others, he was exceptionally glib. he was able to deflect uncomfortable questions away. we saw that time and again in his answers tonight. there was the moment for bush beyond that. i don't know what the final number was, but the debate clock near the end, he was at the very bottom of that list. >> "the new york times" published their list of time up up session. carly spoke for the most time. jeb bush was the least i just over six mi

destroyer came within 12 nautical miles of the spratley islands. senator john mccain pressed him for details. >> i don't like the idea of talking about our military operations but what you read in the newspaper is accurate. >> i don't think the senator asked you when and how. he asked you whether you could confirm it or not. >> the chinese foreign ministry called it a provocation and threatened to respond. the white house said the u.s. will fly and sail anywhere that international law allows. >> thank you. >>> now to politics, new national poll knocking donald trump off the top. dr. ben carson jumping up top 26%. trump four points behind. the race is a tie while the others lack far behind. marco rubio coming in third. great to see you. you get the first crack at this. what does this mean? >> it shows and e enforces the republican race is really up for grabs. it's been a volatile race. people have been moving up and down. there's still two guys dominating the field. trump had opinion number one for a hundred delays. it shows there's a lot of life left in this race on the republican si

french work week? >> reporter: rubio attacked bush by invoking john mccain who bush has praised. >> i don't remember you complaining about john mccain's voting record. the only reason you're doing it now as we are running for the same position and someone convinced you attacking me is going to hold you. >> reporter: the candidate seemed united for their disdain for moderator and the media in general. >> this is not a case match and if we look of the question donald trump are you a comic book villain, ben carson, can you do math, john kasich, will you insult to people over here, marco rubio, why don't you resign, jeb bush, why have your numbers fallen. how about talking about the substantive issues. >> reporter: crews later offered olive branches of sorts to the moderators. >> by you of tequila or even some famous colorado brownies. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie had isn't lecture for the questioners after a query on whether daily fantasy football should be classified as gambling. >> we have $19 trillion in debt, we have people out of work, we have isis and al qaeda at

and heard you are modelling your campaign after john mccain. you will fight hard in new hampshire and places like that. you know how many votes john mccain missed when he was carrying out that comeback? i don't remember you complaining about john mccain's vote record. the reason you are doing it now is because we are running for the same position. >> reporter: the immediate reaction is the attack may have back feared on jeb bush. marco rubio may have capitalized on that moment. although donald trump and ben carson are the frontrunners. you had to look at senator ted cruz. he is looking to pull support from trump and carson. he did that by going after the media. >> the questions asked so far in the debate illustrate why the american people don't trust the media. this is not a cage match and you look at the questions. donald trump, are you a comic book villain? ben carson, can you do math. john kasich, will you insult two people here. jeb bush, why have your numbers fallen? how about talking about the substantive issues that people care about? >> reporter: and republican national conven

would have to be part of it. >> reporter: and john mccain. >> i think we should have more boots on the ground, not a lot but we better do something. >> reporter: as the presidential veteran group seen here in this white house video, he's atment he's not launching new wars. >> right now, if i was taking sadder advice of members of congress, we'd be in seven wars at a time. i'm not exaggerating. >> just last week, president putin said he was ruling out use of ground troops in syria. now the kremlins saying a volunteer force may be fighting. as for hillary clinton's call for no-fly zone, the white house has repeatedly said the president does not favor that. >> joining us now, corey gardner of colorado a member of the senate foreign relations committee. thanks for coming in. let's talk about afghanistan, bombing of the doctors without border hospital in kunduz city killing a lot of people, medical personnel, patients, children. the executive director of the doctor without borders organization tell me they consider this to be a war crime. >> we have three concurrent, separate investigat

comments, people have a short memory about the election of john mccain and barack obama. one of the two candidates shouldd that the races only be financed by the national donations for races, and make them equal. one of the candidates was against that. who was that? was a john mccain? no. it was barack obama who wanted to comeoutside pac's in. john mccain wanted it to be equal. this lying.t's stop i'm sick and tired of the general media protecting hillary clinton when she is lying through her teeth. they proved she is lying through her teeth, yet the national media is making it like it doesn't matter, or something. i'm tired of this. host: who is your candidate as a republican? kasich, i think, has the message, the message that can pull this nation together. he is a very, very capable person. unfortunately, it is not registering with people. i honestly don't think the american voter knows how to think. host: thank you for the call from fort lauderdale. ben carson is 64. donald trump is 69. donald trump is wrapping up attacks against ben carson. anita,t caller is joining us from san anto

bernie sanders? the same reason why the left wanted john mccain in 2000. they wanted john mccain because there's always a great republican. he's expansive and moderate. what they felt was that john mccain would be easier to beat than george w. bush. that's why the left wanted john mccain. the right wants bernie sanders, because he would be much easier to beat than hillary clinton. let's talk reality. >> and america does not want a hard left socialist. they don't want one. >> the problem is the only good person on that stage was jim webb in terms of like a reasonable set of what we need in america. about national security. i say that based on what he said last night and based on his military service. he didn't pick cumulus clouds as the biggest threat to america. good god. >> the fact that hillary -- >> first lady, elected senator from new york state and secretary of state and we totally discount anything any experience she's ever had. why? because we don't like her. you saw last night an extremely competent person, even though she may not be the most pleasant person in the room, she's go

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. i got senator john mccain as well as his take on what's going on in syria. >>> it's about the speaker's race in tonight's press box. luke russert has the latest reaction from capitol hill. katy tur is in las vegas with reaction from the presidential trail. we're going to get analysis from somebody who knows a thing or two about crazy races for speaker, of course, i'm talking about "morning joe's" host, joe scarborough. let's start with the house speaker's race and the stunning news earlier today. it reached a new level of chaos with this shocking announcement of current majority leader kevin mckarcarthy. >> i think i shocked some of you. i'll stay on as majority leader. the one thing i found with talking to everybody. if we're going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. so nothing more than that. i feel good about the decision. >> house ways and means chairman and 2012 running mate paul ryan who was on this show last night sounding supportive of mccarthy is perhaps the only person who could get the 218 votes quickly. he released a statement saying he's di

economic boycotts. him where it hit hurts, in the pocketbook. john mccain refers to russia as a gas station with a country attached. it would have produced jobs and economic growth here at home. it was a no-brainer. the president did not want to do it. we can stand up and show strength to russia. we can defeat isis. in respect to the severe -- syrian civil war, we do not have a dog in that fight. the job of our military is to defend america and not nation build. personalouple of questions. what time did your day begin this morning and when will it end tonight? began at: the day about 8:00 and i've been on the and i have done six or seven town halls, visiting coffee shops in traveling from town to town to town. andve done radio interviews a few meetings. tonight, i have three hours to drive and i will crash and get a few hours sleep and get up in the morning and keep traveling across iowa. host: how are you preparing for the debate on wednesday? sen. cruz: i have a great team of people who i really like and trust. we have done a number of mocks and we go through questions and do some

president xi jinping of china. host: the audience has heard speakers, including mitt romney and john mccain, strongly criticized the president's foreign policy. how can you respond to that, to the criticism by a bipartisan congressional committee on the war against isis. ms. jarrett: the perception that isis is winning on the ground, that our airstrikes are not effectively preventing jihadis from joining the group, that we do not have a plan for syria, this is a tough piece of business that will require hard work over time with a coalition that is ever-growing. no one said this is going to be easy. i think it is easy to be critical. to the resident is committed doing everything possible to keep america safe. when he was in new york, he had a session focusing on combating extremists, particularly isil. it would be much more constructive for those folks to join our efforts and work together to keep america safe. host: how concerned is the president about the rhetoric being used in the campaign this year, particularly anti-muslim rhetoric? ms. jarrett: having had the privilege of participating in campai

like a french work week? >> reporter: marco rubio attacked bush by attacking john mccain who bush's praise. >> i don't remember you complaining about john mccain's to the record. the only reason you're doing and now someone -- convinced you that attacking me is the way to do it. >> they seemed united in their disdain for a moderate is and the media in general. >> if you look at the question, donald trump, are you a comic book villain, ben carson, can you do that, john case and william insults we did people over here, marco rubio, why don't you resign, jeb bush, what have your numbers fallen, how about talking about substantive issues? >> reporter: crews layer of olive branchs to one of the moderators. >> some could tequila or color on a brownies. >> reporter: chris christie had his election for the questions after a query on whether daly fantasy football should be classified as gambling. >> wait a second. we had $18 trillion in debt, people lot of work, isis and al qaeda attacking us and we're talking about fantasy football? >> reporter: the candidates did discuss some other issues

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. >> jeb said you're modeling your campaign after john mccain. you're going to launch a furious comeback the way he did, by fighting hard in new hampshire and places like that, carrying your own bag in the airport. you know how many votes john mccain missed? >> he wasn't my senator. >> i don't remember you complaining about john mccain's voting record. the only reason you're doing it now because we're running for the same position and someone convinced you attacking me is going to help me. >> it's a classic. let the other guys jump you and look like it's a gang attack and then come back. lawrence o'donnell, a classic maneuver by mr. rubio. >> yeah. and i agree with chuck, that was a moment where we had the first look at what is turning out to be the winner of this debate. that is a winning moment. i think we have a second and third place so far, too, for ted cruz and chris christie. for chris christie, though, it's academic. but cruz lit up that stage with the first really powerful attack on the moderators, which has been the most successful debate tactic used by anybody up there on the

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modelling your campaign after john mccain. you will comeback by fighting hard and carrying your own bag at the airport. you know how many votes john mccain missed? i don't remember you ever complaining about mccain's vote record. the reason you are doing it now is because we are running for the same position. >> reporter: the immediate reaction from the moment is fired on have back fired on jeb . marco rubio may have best capitalized on that moment. even though donald trump and ben carson are the frontrunners in the republican field right now, the fireworks did not come from them. you had to look at senator ted cruz. he is running in the conservative land at the party and looking for support from trump and carson. he did that by going after the media. >> the questions so far asked in the debate illustrate why the american people don't trust the media. this is not a cage match and you look at the questions. donald trump, are you a comic book villain. marco rubio, why don't you resign? how about talking about the substantive issues people care about. >> reporter: cruz wasn't the only

interesting response today was from the senate armed services chair john mccain who has had kind of an interesting reaction to donald trump in that, of course, remember there was a big dustup when donald trump questioned john mccain's war hero status, and since then mccain has been quite careful not to actually go after donald trump, which is out of character for john mccain, but on this issue it was pretty clear what he was saying to wolf blitzer today. listen to this. >> i just wish that he would ask the pentagon for a good briefing so he would have a good, or maybe call up someone he respects like general petraeus or general keen or one of these people and get a good in-depth briefing so he would have a better understanding of the situation. i just don't think he has that now. >> again, there he was talking about the fact that he doesn't believe donald trump is right when he suggests that vladimir putin is getting involved in syria to help combat isis. it's more about trying to defend the dictator in power there, bashar al assad, and so that's why he simply thinks, or says in a pret

be sent to vladimir putin. >> is a u.s.-russia proxy war already underway. senator john mccain joins us live. >>> then senator elizabeth warren. she will not run for president this time, but that doesn't mean she isn't watching the race. plus, what's her beef with biden and the best political team on television will be here with insights from the campaign trail. >>> hello i'm jake tapper in washington with some breaking news out of south carolina where there ask a flood of catastrophic proportions underway. at least 140 people have already been rescued from streets overcome with rain. and emergency workers are trying to free more people trapped in videos. roads and highways are closed across the street. let's get to the cnn weather center for the latest on this life-threatening storm. >> we're looking at some pretty incredible numbers out here. mt. pleasant, south carolina, 24 inches of rain. we're talking 2 feet just in the last couple of days from this storm. columbia picking up 18 inches of rain. and the charleston airport, 16 inches. also keep in mind, that downtown charleston ar

republican chairman senator john mccain of that committee this morning making a strong case that he feels more u.s. troops should stay. wolf. >> all right. barbara, thank you. earlier today, the international aid group doctors without borders accused the u.s. forces of deliberate ly bombing that hospital in kunduz city, and they say they are conduct ingin full investigation, but doctors without borders is also asking for a separate inquiry inis cysting that a war crime has been committed. we bring in jason cohen who is the president of doctors without borders, and first, our deepest sympathy for the loss of the colleagues, and the patients there, and the kids there, and why do you believe it was a deliberate u.s. air strike? >> well, thank you, wolf for the condolen condolences, because it is difficult to have lost 22 staff and patients. given the nature of the attack, and the fact that there are strikes offan extended period of time on the hospital, and on one specific building and the rest of the compound remained untouched, we believe it is critical that an independent and impart

. i still think if you look at john mccain's model in 2008, he entered the race as the problem hitted front-runner. his campaign collapsed. he reorganized and ended up the nominee. anyway, i think it's a little premature to chase jeb bush from the race as long as he has money in the bank. the old cliche is campaigns don't end. they run out of money and we don't have that much visibility into what he has on hand at this very second, but the last reporting period, he had enough on hand to go through quite a bit longer and he has a very well-funded super pac. so i don't see the case for him, you know, getting out of the race until the funds dry up. >> john, i mean, a lot of people pointed to marco rubio and said he looked stronger. he had the second longest amount of speaking time, bush was dead last in speaking time. do you think -- i mean, has bush been sure planted by his own protege? >> concede the point that marco rubio had a much better night. today jeb bush if you're a python fan was out there saying i'm not dead yet. that's bad for a candidate and he also had to get on a conferen

, senator john mccain, the head of the senate armed services committee, said he has no doubt russia's initial airstrikes targeted recruits in the free syrian army. again, a rebel group backed by the united states. >> assad, and by the way, i can absolutely confirm to you that they were strikes against our free syrian army or groups that have been armed and trained by the cia because we have communications with people there. >> and right now, we are following this live press conference from russia and foreign minimum strster sergey . let me bring in my colleague, ayman mohyeldin. with russia making this assertion that it is targeting isis, it's ease counterto point to the fact that you noted this morning on "morning joe," the areas controlled by isis are very clear, and it is not what we are seeing hit by these airstrikes. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, we can say definitively that the battlefield across syria is very well marked. i mean, there are clear fault lines between where the moderate syrian oppositions are, the free syrian army and their i'll lalld other groups, what strongholds t

there. and senator john mccain was there. and i remember i walked up to you and i said, "so, dolores, did you see senator mccain?" and you said, "oh, yes. he came up to me to say hello." and you said to me that you looked senator mccain straight in the eyes and said, "i am very disappointed with you, senator," and that he then turned around and said to you... >> "i'm disappointed in you." >> hinojosa: and then you just kind of looked at each other, you didn't extend a hand, you didn't... i mean, what... that takes a lot of chutzpah, right, to stand up for you and look straight ahead at a senator like john mccain and say, "i am disappointed in you." >> well, i think that one thing we forget, and this is one thing that we teach all of our people when we organize, politicians work for us. we do not work for them. we pay taxes, we pay their salaries, we have to make demands on them. and when they are not doing the right thing, we have to call it to their attention, right? i mean, and if people can remember that... because i think one of the things that we're missing in our democratic pro

. and russia. that would be bad strategy on our part. kennedy: mm-hmm, senator john mccain begs to differ. >> is this already a proxy war with russia? >> of course it is, and when the president said we're not going to have that strategy, we don't have a strategy, excuse me, we don't have one. kennedy: oh, mercy. russia appears to get into a militant mood, and this odd weather report suggests that. so what should we make of this? we have pete here, ceo of concerned veteran for america, a fox news contributor, and my friend, pete welcome back. >> thank you, avid watcher of russian television as well. kennedy: as you have been. >> always. kennedy: what is russia doing in syria. >> they are propping up a satellite state, assad has been a long-term proxy for them, he is under siege. rebels have been gaining ground, it is is not about isis, they are part of it but it is rebels. they are follow their doctrine now providing force protection for their own russian troops, and pushing perimeter out to provide pace for russian troops and assad, and prepping for offensive, they would like to ge

attacked bush by invoking john mccain. >> i do not remember you ever complaining about john mccains record. some would convince you that attacking me is going to help you. >> this is not a cage match. donald trump, are you a comic took dylan, carson, can you do you resign, jeb bush, why have your numbers falling? >> i will buy you to queue up or even some famous colorado brownies. >> reporter: even governor christie had to questions. >> we have people out of work. we have crisis and al qaeda attacking us and we are talking about fantasy football? taking issue with a claim that it would leave the government with too little revenue. the man now chasing carson was quieter than normal. he hammered john k-6 for turning negative. >> he was such a nice guy and said i would never attack. then his poll numbers tanked. [laughter] you know what, you can have him. >> i told you it was a good time. a battleground in this campaign. marco rubio is scheduled to go keep in mind, we're still about three months or so away from the iowa caucuses. there is still a lot where this came from. >> this was supposed

workweek? >> rubio attacked bush by invoking john mccain. >> i don't remember you ever complaining about john mccain's vote record, the only reason why you're doing it now attacking you is going to help me. >> all of the candidates seemed united in their disdain for the media in general. >> this is not a cage match. and you look at the questions, john kasich, will you insult two people over here, marco rubio, why don't you resign, jeb bush, why have your numbers fallen. substantive issues? [cheers and applause] >> i'll buy you a tequila. or even some famous colorado brownies. >> chris christie had his own lecture for the questions after a query on whether daily fantasy football should be classified as gambling. >> wait a second. we have $19 trillion in debt, people out of work, isis and al-qaeda attacking us, and we're talking about fantasy football? [cheers and applause] >> the candidates did discuss some oh issues like ben carson's plan for a flat tax. carson, the new front runner in this race, took issue with a claim that it would leave the government with too little revenue. >>

smith, what john mccain was telling me yesterday, very easy for accidents to happen when you have u.s. pilots in the area, russian pilots in the area, turkish pilots in the arianna and there's no air traffic controller. >> highly interesting in the u.s. response, john mccain was the only one, who spoke with any authority for understanding for russia's in tensions inside syria. russian dominance requires survival of the bashar al-assad regime which is what they are after, russian dominance inside the middle east, when we see the secretary of defense yesterday have a press conference, the future of women in budget cuts, it was embarrassing in terms of the u.s. response for russian three star general walking into a u.s. embassy in baghdad barking orders so i think russia was absolutely laughing at our response on military action inside syria. stuart: at the united nations so much we are focusing on including ministers meeting and talking to each other, benjamin netanyahu, the man in the middle with all of this speaking before the united nations, take a peek down there and see what is goi

to work. >> i don't remember you ever complaining about john mccain's voting record. the only reason you're doing it now is because we're running for the same position. >> senator ted cruz was another standout. he and rubio are battling for third in the national polls and cruz had the best zinger of the night, slamming the moderators for slanted questions. >> you look at quiet, ben carson, can you do math. john kasich will you insult two people over here. marco rubio, why don't you resign. jeb bush, why have your numbers fallen. how about talking about the s substantive issues that people care about. >> republicans united against liberal media bias. >> even in new jersey what you're doing is called rude. >> had another strong moment, when bush who did little to reassure donors or get his campaign on track. perked up on a question about regulating gambling on fantasy football. >> first of all i'm 7-0 in my fantasy football league. >> we have $19 trillion in debt. we have people out of work, we have isis in and al qaeda attacking us and we're talking about fantasy football? >> drump we

right ways. he's a fighter in all the right ways. like john mccain, he didn't have a lot of other cool things to do. john mccain, this is what he did. he was in public service his whole life. he was going to fight like held until the end. >> he definitely is not using the senate to run for president. he went right back to work finding other ways to fight. >> and a lot of people didn't like it but he went back and fought like held for what he believed and you got to respect a guy like that. same thing with bob dole. he lost but at the same time, he was there because he loved it and you know, gene robinson, you look at some of these candidates and again, i know you disagreed with george w. bush 99% of the time. i've said it repeatedly, i think donald trump would have had his hands full with george w. bush from the first second bush stepped on the stage. >> absolutely. back in 2000 i was editor of the style section. i said our great fashion reporter out on to the campaign trail and this is when everybody in the corridor knew that gore was going to wipe the floor with george w. bush, this