george bush and also there were intelligence failures under bill clinton. i think a lot of voters say maybe it's time to start afresh and not replay these controversies from the past. bill: we'll see how long this string could run. thank you, byron york leading in the it off from washington. martha: dr. ben carson was asked how he would have handled the situation after the 9/11 attack. here is his answer. >> i think they would have been extremely concerned if we had declared and we were serious about it that we going to be petroleum independent because it would have had a major impact on their finances. i think that would have trumped any loyalty that they had to people like bin laden.