cnbc responded by saying, quote, people who want to be president of the united states should be able to answer tough questions. for what it s worth, cnbc is not under the organization umbrella of nbc news. nbc news has responded to the rnc s letter in a statement today. this is a sdoinl development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at telemundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter in with the republican party. chris jansing has the latest on what the republican candidates are trying to do. what s this about? it s about them trying to seize control of the debate process, but how they re going to do that is really interesting. i should tell you, i just got off the phone with the rnc and was told everybody was in a meeting, i m sure they are. and a talked to somebody who is organizing this sunday-night meeting, they said every campaign has said they ll send a surrogate except for the bush campaign. they confirmed for me they were still deciding. the questi