as president i would begin by over hauling our tax code. now i asked bush why he is trailing trump even in florida his home state. in the latest quinnipiac poll he said he is beating hillary clinton in florida while trump is losing to her in the polls. that s not actually true them same poll shows trump leading clinton in florida, as well. athena jones, cnn, new hampshire. jeb bush is defending himself for using a term that for many is deeply offensive. in an interview with a conservative radio host, bush said greater enforcement was needed so you don t have quote anchor babies coming in to the country. it is a term that refers to children born in the united states to parents who are not citizens. bush said he dunn believe the word is offensive and got testy with a reporter that asked him about it. anchor baby, is that not bombastic? no, it didn t. give me another word.
u.s. presidential candidates jeb bush and donald trump are holding events. a poll found trump is leading republican candidates. that s even the case in bush s home state of florida. trump leads by four percentage points there. jeb bush is a low-energy person. for him to get things done is hard. he s very low energy. attack trump s record saying the conservative candidate has spent more time as a democrat. i m a proven conservative with a record. he isn t. he s been a democrat longer than republican. preparations are underway for what donald trump says will be his biggest campaign rally yet. this event in mobile, alabama, on friday night was supposed to
to the obama rally. the turn on the news and see long lines of people waiting for tickets to the obama rally and say maybe i should check it out too. crowd count is not everything. you win by organizing and building structure in those counties because it s not how many headlines you get but how many voters show up at the caulks and the primaries. but the attention touch s a nerve for those in the shadow of trump s summer spotlight. it made a little news, not as much as donald trump and the other things that are so important for our democracy. again that was cnn reporting. trump is expected to focus on the topic of immigration at that rally. there s a new twist in the hillary clinton e-mail scandal. a conservative organization is suing the u.s. state department saying it did not provide records related to the employment of a clinton top aide. the state department said it is searching for the records. she has been by clinton s side for years but we don t know
take place in the civic center has changed. because of an a ten dance spike they changed it to a nearby football stadium. we have more on trump s growing crowd counts as his popularity surges. over the air waves. it s the summer of trump. you know they are calling it the summer of trump. donald trump s summer campaign tour is one hot ticket. routinely drawing packed houses, courthouses of thousands and he hopes on friday he will have something to write home about. the campaign boasting due to an overwhelming response the venue for his rally at alabama had to be changed twice. it was first scheduled to take place here in a modest theater in the civic center, occupancy 1900 people. then moved to the center s larger main arena which can hold 10,000. then picked up and moved again now blocks away to this 50,000 capacity college football stadium. the campaign says they already have 35,000 rsvps.
concerned about bush s lack of energy. he basically is just flat. he has no energy. out of all of the republican candidates he s the one that i feel safest with. he would be the one that has the most experience. reporter: i asked him today how he is going to change that narrative. there s a big difference between donald trump and me. i have fought for republican and conservative causes all of my life. reporter: poll numbers show that bush is struggling, even in his home state of florida where he is served two terms as governor. he trails trump in iowa, pennsylvania and here in new hampshire, a state seen as key to his run. the billionaire businessman is drawing crowds several times bigger than bush s. thank you very much. reporter: his campaign moved on friday in alabama to a stadium after more than 35,000 fans rsvped for the event. this as other candidates struggled to command the spotlight. senator marco rubio laying out his tax policy.