i appreciate it. thank you, thomas. all right. so now 2016 and politics. we have a number of stories to cover for you at this hour. we start with dr. ben carson under fire after a number of media organizations unable to corroborate personal anecdotes he has told, most written and publicized in the best-sellers and occurred in the youth. this weekend, carson told nbc s chris jansing no candidate has ever faced this level of scrutiny. reporter: you don t think that bill clinton or the president with his birth certificate, people who still no. not like this. not even close. reporter: so what do you think is going on? why you? because i m a threat. reporter: to? to the progressives, the secular progressive movement in this country and i m a very big threat. anecdotes you should the microscope. he stabbed a boy and he
i have never seen it before, and many other people who are politically experienced tell me they have never seen it before, either. to the progressives, the secular progressive movement, i m a very big threat. they can see that, you know, i m the candidate who s most likely to be able to beat hillary clinton. they see that. the doctor went on to reinforce his stance, when pressed about wording on his book. go look on the west point website. you ll see those specific words, full sclab ship to west point. even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used. if a recruiter or somebody is trying to get you to come there, trying to get you to do that, those are the words they would use. so don t say that that was a lie. also on the sunday political talk shows, his closest opponent donald trump acknowledged carson has some explaining to do, but turned down a saturday night
like this. i have never seen it before, and many other people who are politically experienced tell me they have never seen it before, either. to the progressives, the secular progressive movement, i m a very big threat. they can see that, you know, i m the candidate who s most likely to be able to beat hillary clinton. they see that. the doctor went on to reinforce his stance, when pressed about wording on his book. go look on the west point website. you ll see those specific words, full sclab ship to west point. even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used. if a recruiter or somebody is trying to get you to come there, trying to get you to do that, those are the words they would use. so don t say that that was a lie. also on the sunday political talk shows, his closest opponent donald trump acknowledged carson has some explaining to do, but turned down a saturday night
about in many of his books. this weekend, ben carson spoke to nbc s chris jansing about this, and he blamed the media and said that no one has faced this level of scrutiny before. reporter: you don t think that bill clinton or the president with his birth certificate, people who no. not like this. reporter: still refuse to believe not even close. reporter: so what do you think is going on? why you? because i m a threat. reporter: to? to the progressive, the secular progressive movement in this country. i m a very big threat. a number of anecdotes are under the microscope and here are four of them. one, that he stabbed at a boy and led a violent life before a religious transformation. that he protected white classmates during a riot after mlk was shot. that he met one of the top military commanders in the u.s., general william westmoreland, and was offered a full scholarship to west point and also that he was called the most
so donald trump taking aim at dr. ben carson ahead of tomorrow night s gop presidential debate in milwaukee, wisconsin. you see the stage being set up right now. lots of buzz as they get ready for the big night. we ll be there watching the whole thing. welcome, everybody, brand new hour of america s newsroom. i m martha maccallum. bill: i m bill hemmer. i love these nights. i am a geek for this stuff. martha: lot of fun. bill: never fails to meet the expectation for years i believe. so trump and carson now neck-and-neck in the latest polling. now the real estate billionaire trying to chip away at the neurosurgeon s reputation about honesty amid reports that dr. carson may have embellished stories from his past. carson says all the intense focus on the history is media hit job. because i m a threat. to? to the progressives, the secular progressive movement in country i m a very big threat.