donald trump, senators ted cruz and marco rubio, dr. ben carson, governor chris christie, former governor jeb bush and governor john kasich will be on the primetime debate stage. and then there was seven. relegated to the undercard debate, rand paul, carly fiorina, mike huckabee and rick santorum. senator paul responded saying he won't be going. >> we are a contender. we think we have a national campaign that can contend for victory and we can't accept an artificial designation by anybody. >> so you won't attend this debate? you won't be in the undercard? >> absolutely. we have a first tier campaign. >> you have notified fox of that? >> we have. >> steve hayes and mark hanna join me now. good to see you both. and then he gave an interview which he said, it won't take