mainstream media and the i got to tell you this is going to go down in history, mark my words, doug schoen, this is exactly what the media should not have done. they basically read democratic questions, democratic talking points, took democratic positions and the republicans fought back with substance. this is going to be a turning point in terms of debates in my opinion. your reaction. my sense is you haven t mentioned the name of that front-runner, which is ben carson. you know, i don t think it was a bad night for him. it wasn t a particularly good night for him. but he s been surging. he s got the highest favorability. i think he s going to be ahead tomorrow and going forward. sure cruz and rubio did well and i don t disagree with your basic premise but ben carson and donald trump did well. we ve got an outsider establishment division. and all this plays into the hands, yep, you got it, sean, hillary clinton. you are right up to a point.
mainstream media and the i got to tell you this is going to go down in history, mark my words, doug schoen, this is exactly what the media should not have done. they basically read democratic questions, democratic talking points, took democratic positions and the republicans fought back with substance. this is going to be a turning point in terms of debates in my opinion. your reaction. my sense is you haven t mentioned the name of that front-runner, which is ben carson. you know, i don t think it was a bad night for him. it wasn t a particularly good night for him. but he s been surging. he s got the highest favorability. i think he s going to be ahead tomorrow and going forward. sure cruz and rubio did well and i don t disagree with your basic premise but ben carson and donald trump did well. we ve got an outsider establishment division. and all this plays into the hands, yep, you got it, sean, hillary clinton. you are right up to a point.
broke free of its concrete anchors in northeast maryland. for four hours it drifted northwest across maryland, and pennsylvania, dragging its thick, 6700 foot cable on the ground for much of the way, damaging buildings and knocking out power lines, leaving nearly 30,000 people without power at one point. as you can imagine, the runaway blimp caused quite a stir as it made its way through many small towns. i think it s ridiculous. i mean, it s $2 billion, you know, project, and they don t have a contingency for, you know, how to rescue it or you know, how to tether it, and it wasn t a crazy storm. it wasn t a really windy day. after four hours on the run the blimp eventually ran out of helium in a rural area in northwestern pennsylvania. its tail section broke off and fell in a nearby field, and the blimp itself landed in sometree. thankfully, it appears no one was injured. and a specialized military team
move into this business. he got some minds that were, as he called, smarter than his, and he came up with a bioethanol fuel that he hopes will take off moving forward. that s incredible, and it speaks to how inspirational this movie was to the next generation. how cool was it for you to get inside a delorean. that s something we all want to do. there s only so many in the world. there s about 6,000 or so remaining worldwide, and there s a lot of very cool parts about working for cnn, but this would be one of the cooler things i think i ve ever gotten to do. it wasn t a tough assignment to have to take part in. all right. matt rivers, that is great. and it s just wonderful looking at it, isn t it, and you got to drive in it. fabulous stuff. good work. great assignment. and we ll have much more cnn newsroom after this short break. and remember, you can always connect with us on social media any time. we love to hear from you.
ari melber, we ll wait and see on that one, right? time will tell, my friend. thanks. good to see you, buddy. more now on that big fund-raising report that we ve been talking about. want to know which republican candidate raised the most? it wasn t a member of the so-called establishment, a newcomer, ben carson. he out-paced every one of his gop rivals in raking in cash over the last three months. the retired neurosurgeon raised more than $20 million in the third quarter. the same time period where he made controversial comments on muslims. and he s since come under scrutiny for remarks on gun reform and the holocaust. msnbc political correspondent kasie hunt is here. good morning. where s he getting all this money? that s a lot of money. reporter: well, jose, you have to spend money to raise money often, and in this particular case, ben carson is using one of the most expensive ways there is to raise that money. he spent $2.72 million on direct mail fund-raising. so, that s