that law by limiting the government s ability to reimburse health insurance companies that are losing money as part of that program. so he s got a lot to say tonight to voters and he said he s feeling good about it. brooke? athena, you have a big job. we ll check in with you throughout the next two hours as you ll be wrangling some of these candidates as they head into the arena. sarah murray is standing by in the spin room. for those who don t understand what the spin room is, this is the room in which these campaigns, sarah, go straight into after the debates to spin with the media. reporter: that s right, brooke. we re actually in the debate hall right now where you see lindsey graham is here talking to reince priebus, but you re right later on tonight we will move over to the spin room. that s where these candidates will get an opportunity hi, senator graham. we re live right now. we are, hey, live. are you excited about tonight? oh, absolutely.
month ago. the paris attacks, the shooting in san bernardino. so i think that chris christie has a moment tonight, but i think ted cruz more than anyone, he had a smile on his face when he walked into the debate hall, oh, an hour or so ago. was more than happy to talk. he said, look, i know all the arrows are pointed at me but i think that s a good thing. that s a sign that i m doing well. so this is the moment ted cruz has been waiting for. he s a great debater. he was a debater in college, of course, but he s going to need those skills tonight because everyone is going to be going after him, not just donald trump. jeff, the unofficial welcoming party in the garage of the venetian hotel. we ll check back in with you, jeff, as we see more candidates arrive. thank you so much. you know, when the republican candidates gather here tonight it will be their first debate since the terror attacks both in paris and in san bernardino, which is certainly not insignificant. national security wi
and sara murray inside of the debate hall. and we are going to continue covering the candidates coming in for the walk-through. and we will have more live pictures of our own wolf blitzer there, after the break.
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cash from the equity in your home and here s the best part. you still own your home. take control of your retirement today! i m brianna keilar and you are watching live coverage on cnn ahead of the the republican presidential debate. the cnn-hosted debate here at the venetian here in las vegas, and right now, you are watching live pictures of the former new york governor george pataki inside of the debate hall getting the lay of the land, and these are the walk-throughs that candidates do with the cnn folks who have been working for months and months on this debate. you can see that he is sort of looking out into the audience and getting a sense of certainly, the countdown clock which is very, very important.