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complaining about what it calls gotcha questions and a mean spirited tone in wednesday night s cnbc debate. this was cnbc s response to the initial post debate criticism. quote, people who want to be president of the united states, should be able to answer tough questions. next news released say statement about the rnc s debate decision, saying, quote, this is a disappointing development. however, along with our debate broadcast partners at tell mundo, we will work in good faith to resolve this matter with the republican party. i m joined by nbc s chris jansing. specifically, what do the candidates want to see overhauled? they want some control. start with that. they feel like they ve been left out of the process largely. although the rnc would tell you
here is the question, hillary clinton, this is a trademark of her campaign. when she s not talking about the democratic race, she tries to rally the base with tough attacks on the republicans. here is a question. she was talking at an event about what she views as the extreme republican vision on women s rights, reproductive rights and people of the like. does this go over the line? now, extreme views about women, we expect that from some of the terrorist groups, we expect that from people who don t want to live in the modern world. but it s a little hard to take coming from republicans who want to be the president of the united states yet they have out of date and out of touch policies. they are dead wrong for 21st century america. we are going forward. we are not going back. can you not make your case against the republicans without
was intelligence that helped lead to the killing of osama bin laden for example. you mentioned what former cia directors are saying. former cia directors michael hayden, porter goss and george tenant had the op-ed responding to this report saying they believe this intelligence coming out of this interrogation program helped lead to the killing of osama bin laden. there s one passage in the op-ed where they talk about the fact that in the weeks and months after 9/11 it was like a ticking time bomb scenario that they were afraid that osama bin laden was plotting with pakistani scientists to develop a nuclear weapon that could be set off in manhattan. some it s in that vane that these former cia directors are saying, look, this is why we did what we did. and it s interesting to hear what the president had to say about this yesterday, john and michaela, when he was doing the interviews with the spanish language stations univision and tell mundo, originally supposed to be about immigration
issues to deal with. i can t talk about the social work structure of the united states, but, what we can talk about is certainly reminding people what they need to do because it s not a choice for some people, you have to work outside and you have to hydrate and, as you point out, you have to eat and be aware of your body. we appreciate your coming on, bill. you need chemicals, as well as water, to stay comfortable in this weather. arizona governor jan brewer is not backing down after the justice department filed a lawsuit to block the state s immigration law from taking effect in just three weeks. we anticipated that the federal government would file suit. so, it arrived today and we will move forward council is looking at the lawsuit and we will proceed to defend the people of arizona. jose is with tell mundo. the clock is ticking but in the meantime jan brewer has gone on to twitter, apparently, looking for donations for this fight. what is the latest in the back and forth?