surface sooner? obviously, typical election, opponents do research on others, you see unflattering stories or basic elements lying what your bio is potentially? some on news day put tis out. his opponent robert zimmerman had been saying there were things he didn t think checked out but the campaign so focused on other issues. democrats in new york focusing on his ties to trump saying he was at the january 6th rally, he said he did not go to the capitol. focused on abortion stances and on crime and central to his campaign and other things overlooked or marginalized because of that. michael gold, fantastic reporting. thanks to you and your colleague grace. thanks. and ahead, we are going to get reaction from robert zimmerman, who you just heard michael talk about. he lost the election to george santos. we ll see what he says, next.
bit right now. it could be that he has a floor, a base of support that s up over 20%. that s not a bad place to be for donald trump even as ben carson surges ahead. no. but i think he also has a ceiling as well. if you look at his if you look at the favorable/unfavorable ratings, mr. trump has some significant challenges in terms of the number of people, even in republican primary, who won t necessarily vote for him. carly fiorina, you know, if you look at favorable/unfavorable, she does extremely well. and this field is fluid. so i think it s exciting to watch as these candidates, like trump, like carson, like carly fiorina, who are not political professionals, continue to garner the attention of the republican electorate and of the nation. so, michael, again, we re waiting on this news conference right now. donald trump expected to come out any minute and speak about his new book crippled america,
come commadore hotel. he misrepresents his biography at every turn and unreliable narrator. i just called you carly. thank you. you were talking about the outsider fa nom nom. if you add up the support it s over 50%. carly fiorina, who s not polling that high in national polls she s in there. she s in there. it makes it even higher. this outsider dynamic, it s so fascinating because, again, you hear michael talk about donald trump s upbringing. the million dollar small loan he got from his father. nevertheless, people from all walks of life seem willing to identify with that. you know, john, because we re surrounded, unfortunately, by evidence that government has failed us in so many ways. it is inefficient, it is ineffective. we have fewer of us, a
trump is reacting to the fact that ben carson is in the lead nationwide. you saw him come out this morning. he took a tougher line with carson. we ll see if he does that again today in his press conference. as far as the book goes, john, if you re expecting to see much more detailed policy from donald trump or anything different than what he says in his campaign events, you ll probably be disappointed. it s a lot of rehashing what he likes to say on the campaign trail and an opportunity to make a little bit more money as he s running for president. 208 pages, roughly. i have a copyright here. no index to see if your name was in there. nevertheless, out just today. sara murray, thanks so much. want to bring in trump biographer, the author of never enough: donald trump and never enough. michael, let me start with you. donald trump finds himself in a new position today in the polls. we now have two national polls
of people are looking, listening, hearing this entire field. and i think that s why you re seeing some flux in those poll numbers, because they realize mr. trump has a lot of sound that he generates. but in terms of the substance, there may be some things that are lacking or that they want to hear alternatives about. these debates could be a good place to hear alternatives. nan, thank you so much. michael, appreciate you being with us. we have a lot of other news to get to this morning. a midair explosion and the crash of the russian jet airliner. new satellite images raise new questions about the possibility of a bomb on board. plus, we re just getting word of an uncharacteristic sound picked up. also, billions of dollars spent, long screening lines at airports. is it really keeping us safe when we fly? a new report about tsa effectiveness. might not make you happy. wow. sweet new subaru, huh mitch?