reflected here. remember republicans don t really know how the democratic race is going to shape up, none of us do. we don t know whether joe biden is jumping in, he is sounding more like a candidate but hasn t said he is in. we don t know what is going to happen at the benghazi committee hearing for hillary clinton, so many unknowns. a lot of this is going to change and change and change again. as we move into the election year, election is over a year away. martha: it is a long way away which i bring up in all these conversations but it is a compelling story. when you look how donald trump has held the top spot for such a long time i don t think the media attention is likely to go away because everyone is fascinating with what he is saying out there in america as well so let s look at new hampshire. in these early states set the tone in many ways to come after that. donald trump, 24, carson 17, jeb
press so well and the internet so well to get his message out there. jeb bush s top expenses were manpower and consulting. the old-style campaign. donald trump is right there at the right moment with a segment of the republican party who has been waiting for a champion. bill: what s joe biden going to do? he said numerous times this week that republicans are not the enemy which is a direct contrast to what hillary clinton said last week. here is biden. when there i a problem i get sent to the hill, which, by the way, is a useful use my time because i respect the members up there. i still have a lot of republican friend. i don t make my chief enemy the
bill: defense secretary robert gates testifying, he has been hypercritical the obama administration telling fox news the white house made him, quote, crazy with its micromanagement. in d.c. the first time he has testified since leaving his position as secretary of defense. has it seemed to be a partisan hearing so far? not yet. democrats and republicans say they won the former secretary of defense to explain how to fix the defense department they don t think is making the most of the great resources available to it. gates has been spode out spoken about defense reform, outspoken recently about problems with pentagon planning since he left including the recent rebel training program to try to battle isis and syria that trained a handful of rebels. the idea of training somebody from the outside and sending them in is not going to work.
south carolina, you d rather get 30% than 15% or 6% or 4%. yeah but you have to grow from there. you have to act presidential. but every time he gets into these uproars his numbers go up, right? for now. right now he s a good vehicle for republican frustration but at the end of the day is he going to be the guy republicans turn to to lead the country when he can t even maintain a good relationship with fox news? let s turn to joe biden, vice president of the united states. hilary, will he be on the stage at the first democratic presidential debate in nevada in october. yes. i think he will be. and i think that that if he picks elizabeth warren as a vp he could run the table and make himself a serious contender in the general election as well.
thank god, because i was going to wait until 2016 and find out, but it is so good to get that inside scoop. i love the guy. can i solve the puzzle? you re crushing on him and so am i. we have a little competition going here. i think he s fantastic. he represents the american dream. he is warm, he s personable, his family is fantastic. when they were all here in the green room, his wife as well, he s just a very genuine person, he s very likeable and he s also well prepared. i feel that he s put his time in, he s preparing on foreign policy and other things so good things for his candidacy. i agree i think he s the strongest guy republicans can put up. one more thing is up next. help northern china reduce its reliance on coal fire heating plants and prevent 60 million tons of co2 emissions? when emerson takes up the challenge