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stump, tonight, in las vegas. not at the trump tower at his own property, but here at the westgate. there you see him entering the stage, the big applause. donald trump is always interesting when he speaks live. in his interviews. and he will tell you, i don t use a teleprompter. rarely use notes. the only time i really used it is when i wanted to talk about my plan, when it comes to how do we deal with muslims and to fight terrorism in this country. so let s listen to donald trump this evening here in las vegas. here we go. this is really beautiful, fantastic. what a crowd. what a crowd. well, i want to thank everybody. you know, we have a big night tomorrow night. has anybody, like, thinking about it? it s going be good. we ve had so many good things happen over the last five-month period, it s been actually amazing. the people of this country are
moderator. and this grand theater, the venetian, will be filled by an invite only crowd of about 1400 guests for the big night. all this as trump s national poll numbers are reaching heights in political pundits thought they would never reach. making him a target tonight. he was also a target of protesters last night. outrage overnight during his rally in las vegas. tensions high just hours before tonight s debate of 2015. multiple protesters forcibly removed while trying to interrupt the front runner s speech. trump taking shots at his republican competition. the other candidates should be thankful. because i m giving them a chance to make total fools om of themselves
evangelicals, that s a lane completely clogged at this point. it s clear he s on the down slide there in this kiddie table. he s just lost his communications director as well. not a good sign. so you ve got to wonder if going into this if you re huckabee for instance do you want to go to iowa, this place that sort of you made your bones, do you want to go into iowa and probably do very poorly. so i think they ve got some decisions to make. i have about 30 seconds left so i m just going to have you all tell me specifically the candidate that you are looking for to make a moment tomorrow night. ben carson, because he s in dissent. this is not his strong suit. and if he doesn t have a big night tomorrow night, i think he continues to slide. cruz has to fend off the criticism of his foreign policy from the right. rand paul to really be rand paul and be ron paul s son and really updo what rand paul does which is to be kind of the pitbull on the stage. i love this. all right, nia,
dr. ben carson fighting back against those calling his credibility into question. carson saying the intense scrutiny reflects how seriously his opponents republican and democrat are taking him today. to the progressive, the secular progressive movement in this country, they can look at the polling data and see i m the candidate who is motor likely to be able to beat hillary clinton. they see that. bill: he s saying he s a threat and that s why he s getting so much blowback. the carson campaign believes they weathered this storm. i spoke to their campaign manager. he says they have seen a spike in contributions. raised $4 million this month. 80,000 new contributors who have