your wallet. don t worry about huckabee or jindal. worry about her. all in starts now. good evening. from new york i m chris hayes. an hour from now eight republican presidential candidates take the stage for their fourth debate, hosted by fox business. two weeks after the cnbc debate widely viewed within the republican party as a disaster, this one similarly focus on economic issues is being seen as a do-over though the campaign declined to impose their specific demands on tonight s network, a sister to fox news. candidates are likely to get more speaking time. for the first time the main debate field is down from ten to the eight most popular in national polls. chris christie and mike huckabee having been demoted to the under card debate wrapping up now. the second tier shed lindsey graham and george pitaki whose support is so low they don t get to debate at all. less than three months to the
and he s made it onto the stage for the primetime debate. now, there is going to be an earlier debate 5:00 p.m. eastern. candidates invited to be on stage for the 5:00 p.m. debate include rick perry. he finished 11th. but he will be in the number one position for the earlier debate. rick santorum another person who ran in 2012 both of them at least so far have not caught on. bobby jindal the current governor of louisiana, carly fiorina, the only woman in the pack former ceo of hewlett-packard. lindsey graham senator from south carolina running very much on a foreign policy platform of engagement hawkish. george pitaki former governor of new york and the former governor of virginia jim gilmore, who also ran previously. and at this point is well under 1%. you guys your thoughts about that group. well i tell you, it s going to be interesting.