americans were killed. that s what they have done and hearings they have done and applauded by all sides of the aisle. it was not my intention to say that. nina easton editor of fortune five magazine. and susan is a congressional correspondent for the washington examiner. there is a two- track political question. what is the affect on hillary clinton s presidential asspiration and what is happening to kevin mccarthy to be speaker of the house and third in line for the presidency and is that derailed? it is interesting. kevin mccarthy rated house speaker boehner s tenure with a b- minus. i would rank his comment a cminus or d. it was a bad move and plays to the hands of clintons and
i think a b, his supporters will like his performance perhaps better than i do. trump? b minus. rubio? b plus. i say a. i thought he s strong, too. fiorina? a. a minus. carson? c. really? c minus. why? i think look. the magic of carson is when he made the comment about being an okay doctor trump being an okay doctor. that is good humor, calm. the things we like about him. and charming. i think he held his own. i think he was fine. but there was nothing magic about his performance and there wasn t in the first debate either but he made such a boppo closing comment, if you end strong, as you know in this business, it goes a long way.
will like his performance perhaps better than i do. trump? b minus. rubio? b plus. i say a. i thought he s strong, too. fiorina? a. a minus. carson? c. really? c minus. why? i think look. the magic of carson is when he made the comment about being an okay doctor trump being an okay doctor. that is good humor, calm. the things we like about him. and charming. i think he held his own. i think he was fine. but there was nothing magic about his performance and there wasn t in the first debate either but he made such a boppo closing comment, if you end strong, as you know in this business, it goes a long way.
if i had ebola. that was a little tough. you got to do tough things sometimes. how did the first show so far go comparing it to other firsts like the first star wars or the old testament? i have never seen star wars and never read the old testament. you are the best. b minus. b minus. okay. that s all right with me. all right katherine, joanne and tucker. thank you for being on the first show. but it is not over. for you at home i have something to say after the break. first let s go to the live traffic cam outside of the st studio. it is a mad house. people trying to get into the show. the buzz about the show is really building. they got rid of the traffic lights to see if it would floi any better. it does make things smoother. ta.
if i had ebola. you have to do tough things sometimes. how did the first show go so far. comparing it to the other firsts, like the first star wars and old testament? i ve never seen star wars or read the old testament. so you re the best. thanks, joann. b-minus. okay. well, that s all right with me. all right, katherine, joann and tucker. thank you for being on this very first show. but it s not over! because for you at home, i have something to say after the break. but first, let s go to our live traffic cam outside the studio. it s really a madhouse. a lot of people trying to get in to see the show tonight. they couldn t make it. but it s a great time for us. the buzz about the show is really building. joann, if you noticed, they got rid of the traffic light so it would flow even better. clearly it makes things smoother. smoother.ta