to say about them in the early debates. less than 1% of americans go to the military for service. we re fighting wars with other people s kids in large measure because we have not taken seriously the moral, not the monetary, the moral obligation to take care of the veterans and to keep america s promise to the ones who kept their promise to america. what s your response to that? well, i think governor huckabee is right there. we ve got to do a better job of taking care of veterans. it starts with dismantling the incredible bureaucracy infested at the v.a. and fixing that organization so they can actually treat veterans and take care of veterans. what are you hearing about the v.a. and what the problems are now that need to be fixed? what are your friends saying, people that you served with? i think it s a matter of trying to stumble through red tape and waiting. i think those are the big issues
he s really communicating and connecting with the voters and able to take per roddy attacks that would trip up other candidates. we have to wrap it up. show your signs for a loser. carson and bush. okay. thank you so much for joining us. lots to talk about. appreciate it. four gop presidential candidates sharing the stage for a feisty early debate. chris christie keeping focus on hillary clinton as huckabee and bobby jindal clashed over the spending budget. garrett, good morning. this was governor chris christie s first appearance in one of the early debates. he has one target who wasn t on the stage. hillary clinton. on issue after issue christie warned voters about what a clinton presidency would do it would hurt the economy move the country further to the left and represent four more years of president obama s policies. if anybody believes the stuff they heard from that democratic
20 percent. taxes for average citizen went up 47 percent. that s not a record of cutting. huckabee responded saying it s not accurate to claim no other republican had ever cut taxes. last night s early debate marked the first time senator lindh day gram and george pataki did not qualify for the evening debate. mike huckabee and christie both making their first appearance and according to feedback from folks both did pretty well there. garrett tenney live for us. the time is 11 after the top of the hour. carly fiorina knocks trump for how he got to know russian president vladmir putin. i would not be talking to vladmir putin. although i have met him as well not in a green room for a show but in a private meeting. if that s true? we are checking some of the top debate claims. hillary clinton responds to the gop debate. the tweet you have to see to
who would you say had the best strategy to bring down isis and who would be the best commander-in-chief. i liked what he said. marco rubio gave strong support there. i think what rand paul is saying with donald trump as well, it s very concerning that they re not going to get it done. they re basically going to lean on the obama strategy which has been disastrous for us. for those of us who fought this enemy, they call it the islamic state. they re coming for us. the russian airliner is a great example if we don t do something about them today, they re going to come after us. it is veterans day. happy veterans day to you. to you too. both of us have seen our friends who served with us come back with wounds that are better seen than unseen. governor huckabee had something