thank you for not asking me what i said in the tenth grade. i appreciate that. i have no problem with being vetted. what i do have a problem with is being lied about. and then putting that out there as truth. reporter: marco rubio and ted cruz continued to show their debate stage polish with notable one-liners. there are more words in the irs code than there are in the bible. and not a one of them is as good. for the life of me, i don t know why we have stigmatized vocational education. welders make more money than philosophers. we need more welders and less philosophers. carly fee reiorina and donal trump with new proof they will not be friends. he quit talking when it was time to quit talking. why does she keep interrupting everybody? boy, terrible. reporter: there were sparks, too, in the undercard debate. just-demoted chris christie tried to turn the focus to hillary clinton a lot.
knock the hell out of isis, i am all for it 100%. donald is wrong on this. we re not going to be the world s policeman but we sure as heck better be the world s leader. reporter: ben carson continued to seem content to sit back on the debate stage. though he did reference recent media questions in the claims he made about his past. thank you for not asking me what i said in the tenth grade. i appreciate that. i have no problem with being vetted. what i do have a problem with is being lied about. and then putting that out there as truth. reporter: marco rubio and ted cruz continue to show their debate stage polish with notable one liners. there are more words in the irs code than there are in the bible. and not one of them is as good. for the life me i don t know why we have stigmatized vocational education. welders make more money than
reporter: marco rubio hitting the campaign trail today in iowa. fresh off another widely praised debate performance. this election is not simply a choice between republicans and democrats. this election is a generational choice. reporter: among the florida senator s standout moments squaring off with rand paul on foreign policy. i know rand is a committed isolationist. i m not. i believe the world is a stronger and a better place when the united states is the strongest military power in the world. marco, marco, how is it conservative how is it conservative to add a trillion dollar expenditure for the federal government that you re not paying for? are you talking about the military we can t even have an economy if we re not safe. i believe the world is a safer no, no, i don t believe, i know that the world is safer and better place when america is the strongest military power in the world. reporter: rubio also scoring points with his rhetoric. for the life of me i
yeah. and repeat his mantra over and over again, his neocon are you thinking of brown freed? cruz is a shrewd debater. did you sense those fellas came in with prefab speech parts and jabbed them in? yes pierre cruz is very qu k quick. he is extemporaneous. for occasions to reinsert his preprogram. his cincinnatus are not bad. they are pretty good. your very interesting pieces to a larger symphony. i m going to use my violin for it. our coverage continues, including reaction from the rubio campaign. this is a special edition of hardball , our place for politics. for the life of me, i don t know why we have stigmatized vocational education. welders make more money than philosophers. we need more welders and less
know why we have stigmatized vocational education. welders make more money than philosophers. bottom line, do welders make more than fphilosophers? numbers from the bureau of labor statistics the average annual salary for a welder is $37,000. the average annual salary for philosophers teacher is $63,000 pay scale also crunched numbers looking at mid career income levels from people who had philosophy degrees in college. they found people with philosophy degrees make about $81,000 whereas welders making $26,000 to $64,000. it is unfair to say welders make