substantive issues that people care about. republicans united against liberal media bias. even in new jersey what you re doing is called rude. had another strong moment, when bush who did little to reassure donors or get his campaign on track. perked up on a question about regulating gambling on fantasy football. first of all i m 7-0 in my fantasy football league. we have $19 trillion in debt. we have people out of work, we have isis in and al qaeda attacking us and we re talking about fantasy football? drump went off an rival only once when john kasich attacked both carson s and trump s policy proposals as fantasies. his poll numbers tanked, that s why he s on the end. and he got nasty. so you know what, you can have him. carson avoided any major mistakes and defended his economic plan. i didn t say the rate would be 10%. i used the tithing analogy. i understand that.
headline claimed carson fabricated a story about a west point scholarship except carson did not admit any such thing. the headline got pulled and other media outlets shot new holes in the piece over the weekend. then the wall street journal weighed in, this time investigating a story from carson s book about a prank he says was played on him and others at yale. the journal says it could not confirm any of carson s story about this prank but just hours ago a classmate of dr. carson s came forward to say the prank happened pretty much exactly as dr. carson claimed. within 24 hours or with 24 hours tag before the next republican debate the attention is on how the media is handling the gop field and we ve got a powerful lineup for you tonight, including michelle malkin is here. well come back, howie kurtz, governor chris christie and kareem abdul-jabbar is here to talk about the piece he just filed on dr. carson. first though we talk to chris stirewalt, fox news digital
and trump slipped in second place in double-digits. mr. trump for the second time in the campaign raises questions about ben carson s faith. he said he s not a religious figure in trump s words and talked about his own faith and compared to carson s, watch. i am presbyterian. boy, that is down the middle of the road in all fairness. know about? i refuse to get in the mud pit. hillary was actually right when she said the republicans are there trying to destroy each other. i didn t say anything bad about it. i just don t know about it. i i would give an apology but all i said i don t know about it. critics say by admitting he
his life. the problem long-term for candidates like that, when that is the only basis they have they don t have the political career and record to shift the conversation whenever questions are raised about the biography as we have seen with other candidates it gives them less of an alternative. i think the mistake was a media entity going after a candidate saying he had lie about something it wasn t said in those terms so it was over played. we will see if carson s past comes up on the fox business network. a fox news alert. the fbi joining the investigation to the downed russian plane in egypt as they call for stepped up security. russia and the fbi are
reporter: carson s got the most support when you combine first and second choices. and far ahead among candidates republicans can see themselves supporting, marco rubio is a solid third. we can t have another four years like the last eight years. reporter: carly fiorina who got a bump after the first debate slipped four points. i will not falter. and i will not shrink from this fight. reporter: analysts say she failed to keep the momentum. as for the democrats, hillary clinton off the campaign trail for a few days preparing for the benghazi hearing, she s going to testify here on thursday. vice president joe biden, still waiting. betty? yeah, well we may hear something soon. that s what we hear. so, we ll be on watch. thank you so much, tracie. trump, he made no mention of 9/11 or george w. bush at a campaign rally in south carolina last night. meanwhile, though, a few democrats are being strategically quiet for joe biden perhaps that means the calm before the storm. two