his tough immigration policies would have stopped the hijackers from boarding the planes. jeb bush fired back on cnn. overnight, received an unexpected interesting boost at an evangelical forum in texas. athena jones was there. reporter: six candidates were at the forum at the mega church outside dallas. they talked about the importance of faith and public life. they talked about views on abortion and issues like religious liberty. it was an opportunity for the candidates to appeal to christian conservatives. the candidates did not go after each other or launch attacks, the pastor who was leading the forum, jack graham, weighed into the feud with donald trump and jeb bush about whether george w. bush kept america safe. take a listen. by the way, george w. bush
republican politics and talking about 9/11 and if george w. bush is responsible for the attack? this is not just personal. jeb is now fiercely defending his brother. trump told the washington post, you always have responsibility because you re the president. the billionaire suggested the attacks might not have happened had he been president because tough immigration policies would have stopped the hijackers from boarding the planes. jeb bush fired back on cnn and overnight received a boost at an evangelical forum in texas. cnn s athena jones was there. reporter: good morning. six gop candidates spoke at the forum here at the mega church outside dallas. they talked about the importance of faith and public life. they talked about views of abortion and religious liberty.
stopped the 9/11 hijackers from ever boarding the planes. jeb bush fired back on state of the union. our athena jones has the very latest. reporter: good morning. his gop candidates spoke at the faith and freedom coalition forum at the mega church outside dallas. they talked about faith and life and abortion and religious liberty. it was an important opportunity for candidates to appeal to christian conservatives who are very important part of the electorate. the candidates did not go after each other or launch attacks, the pastor leading the forum, jack graham, weighed into the feud with donald trump and jeb bush about whether george w. bush kept america safe. george w. bush did keep us