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
debate formats away from the national committee. they think the whole debate process has gotten out of happened under the control of the rnc and want to bring that back under their control. so earlier today, members from the ben carson, donald trump, lindsey graham and job bee jindal campaigns started talking and will meet together on sunday. you said trump, graham, who else? trump, graham, carson and jindal were the architects of this meeting but they ve also brought in other candidates. so marco rubio, rick santorum, carly fiorina, rand paul is tentative, jeb bush is tentative. we spoke to a chris christie spokesman who said they were not part of the discussion which says that christie s campaign will not be there. the key player who will not be there. so the question is, was this part of the reason for reince priebus remarks after the debate
get out they had to use the chutes to get out. the officials at ft. lauderdale international airport obviously talking about how the flights other flights were affected. some flights were canceled. but things getting back to normal at ft. lauderdale international airport. i want to turn you back now to politics and a house divided. nbc news confirming that gop presidential campaigns will be meeting behind closed doors over the weekend. teams are getting together to try and overhaul the party s primary debate process. the big headline, the rnc is not invited. we re told jeb bush s campaign remains undecided on whether to send someone to that private meeting. today the campaign, the bush campaign still fending off headlines that they re running out of steam. what do you say to the headlines that say your campaign is on life support. we re doing fine. there are eight more debates. there is ample time to do exactly what candidates do.
dr. carson, are you trying to tell us that you may not participate in future debates if the formats are not changed, or is this something that you d like to have a conversation about but you ll participate even if the format remains largely as it already has been? well, we will always have the conversation first. i don t see any reason whatever right now to be posturing. yeah, certainly none of this berating the media and the moderators could be posturing. but tonight just in the past few minutes politico.com is reporting, this has just happened since we ve been on the air, that the revolt is well and truly under way. politico.com reporting tonight in the 9:00 hour that republican presidential campaigns are planning to gather in d.c. on sunday night to plot how to alter their party s debate process. they have not invited to their meeting anybody from the republican party. today many of the campaigns told politico that the rnc has failed to take their concerns about debates into a
on sunday, every campaign except for jeb bush s, plans to send represents to washington to discuss changing the format. lindsey graham spoke about the current state of the republican debate process. i really do believe the process that we ve embarked upon has hurt us more than it s helped us. the republican national committee is not invited to that sunday meeting, but the rnc has decided to take their own action. chairman priebus sent a letter to nbc news today saying the rnc is suspending, not cancelling, suspending their partnership with nbc news and telemundo for the february debate. writing, quote, while debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates vision and policies for the future of america, cnbc s motr moderators engaged in a series of gotcha questions, petty and mean-spirited.