candidate gathering announced that it is suspending its partnership with nbc news and telemundo in the debate february 26th complaining about what it called gotcha questions and a mean spirited tone on wednesday's cnbc debate. cnbc is a sister network of msnbc and nbc. this was cnbc's response to the initial post-debate criticism wednesday. quote, people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. nbc news released a statement about the rnc's debate decision a short time ago saying in part, quote, this is a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. i'm joined now for the very latest by nbc's chris jansing. >> hi, craig. >> let's talk about new