night live" comes before the next republican debate on tuesday and at a time when recent polls show him neck and neck with dr. ben carson. joining me is jeremy peterss for "the new york times." good to see you again. let's gauge this impact with trump's appearance on "snl." does it register in any significant way? >> i was trying to think about this and why i felt it didn't quite work. something a little off about the humor. i think that's because the "snl" paroddy version of trump and the actual trump are not that far apart. when it comes down to it maybe the actors are a little funnier. trump is a performer. he's a character. and trying to make him into something else is just not really going to work. >> i kind of agree with you. it fell a little flat, although there were some funny parts. his dancing in the drake video. that was pretty good. let's go now to ben carson because here's his response to