other candidates and let s talk about a different type of format. did the rnc just attempt to get ahead of them? the committee has pulled out of the upcoming nbc debate pulled for february 26th. in a letter to the chairman, chairman reince priebus writes, the cnbc debate was conducted in bad faith. we need to ensure there is not a repeat performance. nbc responded with a statement calling it a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. the moderators on wednesday night were widely criticized for their outrageous line of questioning. it was outrageous. yeah, it was outrageous, but this has been a pretty rapid turn of events, because what you have is outrage immediately on social media, you have all the candidates coming out, talking, afterwards, from the debate saying they didn t feel they were treated properly, it wasn t
complaining about what it calls gotcha questions and a mean spirited tone in wednesday night s cnbc debate. this was cnbc s response to the initial post debate criticism. quote, people who want to be president of the united states, should be able to answer tough questions. next news released say statement about the rnc s debate decision, saying, quote, this is a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at tell mundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. i m joined by nbc s chris jansing. specifically, what do the candidates want to see overhauled? they want some control. start with that. they feel like they ve been left out of the process largely. although the rnc would tell you
politics at this hour. a short time ago the chairman of the republican national committee announced he was suspending nbc news and telemundo from a debate in february. the reason? criticism of the debate on cnbc. this network share the same parent company. here s what party chairman states in the letter saying, quote, while debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates visions and policies for the future of america, cnbc s moderators engaged in a series of gotcha questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone and designed to embarrass our candidates. nbc has to say. this is a disappointing development. however, along with the debate broadcast partners, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. cnbc for its part previously disagreed with the interpretation of the wednesday night debate. on thursday, issuing this
cnbc responded by saying, quote, people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. for what it s worth, cnbc is not under the organization umbrella of nbc news. nbc news has responded to the rnc s letter in a statement today. this is a sdoinl development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter in with the republican party. chris jansing has the latest on what the republican candidates are trying to do. what s this about? it s about them trying to seize control of the debate process, but how they re going to do that is really interesting. i should tell you, i just got off the phone with the rnc and was told everybody was in a meeting, i m sure they are. and a talked to somebody who is organizing this sunday-night meeting, they said every campaign has said they ll send a surrogate except for the bush campaign. they confirmed for me they were still deciding. the questi
left a little wiggle room, quote, i are ll be work with our confidences to discuss how to move forward and will be in touch. nbc responded, quote, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo do. notice the choice of the word telemundo we well work to resolve this matter. despite priebus efforts to rein in the trashing of the g.o.p. feel. some blame the rnc by omitting it from the meeting. listen to lindsey graham. i like reince priebus. a nice man, trying to build a strong republican party. here s misadvice. allow all of us to have a same break the field in two groups with less people on the stage, having more quality time to express who we are and why we want to be president. that would help republican party more than anything else. a representative of another candidate who asked not to be identified told fox news it would have been nice if the debate format issues had been arranged at the front end of the primary seen instead of now.