principles. endorsements he or she must make the case for the cause of conservatism more than the cause of their own celebrity. i believe that i m being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive conservative message can rise to the top of the field. i encourage other republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive conservative alternative to the current front-runner. nobody is quitting anymore. but the last two guys that did quit quit they said because they thought it would give the republican party a better chance of ousting donald trump as the fronts runner for their party s presidential nomination. in both of those instances rick perry quitting and scott walker quitting, they didn t do anything to hurt donald trump at all. but today, for the first time, donald trump actually has been knocked out of the lead.
i believe that i m being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive conservative message can rise to the top of the field. i encourage other republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive conservative alternative to the current front-runner. nobody is quitting anymore. but the last two guys that did quit quit they said because they thought it would give the republican party a better chance of ousting donald trump as the fronts runner for their party s presidential nomination. in both of those instances rick perry quitting and scott walker quitting, they didn t do anything to hurt donald trump at all. but today, for the first time, donald trump actually has been
kyra phillips, thank you so much. watch tonight videos gone viral 2 here on cnn. we roll on. hour two, you re watching cnn, i m brooke baldwin. we begin with the fact we re about to learn what donald trump is like in second place because he s no longer the republican fronts runner. at least not today. ben carson, trump s outsider is the new man to beat. new numbers for you. this is the new national poll. we re talking iowa specifically. . this is national. cbs news and new york times shows 26% of the primary voters say they back the retired neurosurgeon while 22% stand with donald trump. as you see, the rest of the pack languishing in single digits with one day before the next big republican showdown. a high stakes debate in colorado. that s where we send our chief correspondent dana bash. we ll get to all of that in a minute. we have to begin with this moment that just happened on the
if he gets in. but people on the outside in private rooms are doing the attacking. john pedesta in a super pac meeting for the clinton team, saying if he gets in, he s not going to win. he s not really the new flavor. so they want to do the attacks behind closed doors and in public say oh, berry is a nice guy. we don tos have any quarrel with him cause they re trying to look like they re staying positive. are they going to turn negative, the campaign itself any time soon? if so, just bernie sanders or biden as well? reporter: they can t go much longer and allow this momentum, this surge from bernie sanders. here on the ground in new hampshire, i can tell you i ve been seeing all kinds of thingsg i was at a town hall meeting with hillary clinton last night and she had empty seats. this is the fronts runner, the former secretary of state, first lady. meanwhile, today here at the university of new hampshire, hillary clinton was making a bi deal. we ve got so much enthusiasm, we ve go
moines as are many activists on the republican side. it promises to be a huge dinner tonight. earlier we saw jeb bush making the rounds, making several stops across iowa in dubuque and iowa city. yet bush has taken some heat for saying he does not plan to compete in the iowa straw poll in august. he says he s not into straw poll attention, but plans to compete aggressively here and says did does not mean he s giving up here in iowa. 11 possible republican presidential candidates will speak to a room full of party activists at the dinner tonight s. they ll get ten minutes each to make their case. a lot of important work will be done at receptions where they can interact with potential supporters. er early iowa fronts runner, governor scott walk prosecutor wisconsin has done several stops as well today. i asked walker how he s been able to connect with voters in iowa so far. ai think people just want some of that midwestern honesty.