really doesn't subscribe to all the traditional power structures is probably going to be a target. >> pretty incredible statement. trump maybe takens it's political, claiming he would have already had the protection if he was a democrat. i want to go to michelle kusinski, who's been looking onto this today. then senator barack obama received protection in may 2007. five months earlier than where we are right now at this point in the cycle. in terms of ben carson, he's being told, he says, by secret service that he needs the protection. what are they concerned about? >> well, that's not so clear, because his people did request the protection from the department of homeland security. and the request for both carson and trump are now under consideration. but what kind of threats exactly they're facing, you heard a little bit of that there from carson. as for trump's people, he's talking about the size of the crowds that he's really faced with. but that's true. i mean, president obama got secret service protection before he was the nominee. this was about nine months out