elect hillary clinton to continue the policies of barack obama. clearly seems like a moment marco rubio was ready for. the only question we knew was coming tonight was that question because in broward county, florida, the sun sentinel, a significant newspaper, had endorsed him in the past and wrote a very stinging editorial that said you really ought to resign because you re not there and they laid out the attendance record and he was obviously well prepared. what we didn t know is that jeb bush would be the one who would try to play that card. as i say, he did it ineffectively. nia, interesting to hear two establishment candidates going after each other. and two friends. not anymore. not anymore, this idea that jeb bush was sort of the mentor for marco rubio and in his tone jeb bush had this almost scolding fatherly tone and he was like you can show up for work, son, and marco rubio turned it into not only an attack on hillary clinton but an attack on the media and also
he stole all my lines. i want to make sure i m lokd locked in. i think it was a kasich night. i think it was definitely a night for ted cruz to display those princeton debate skills that we always heard that he had, but we frankly hadn t seen them. i also concur that it was a bad night for jeb bush because like kasich he tried to step out, but rubio confronted him and that punch just did not land, and the counterattack did, so marco rubio had a good night. john kasich had a good night. ted cruz had a good night. jeb had the worst night. let s play that exchange between marco rubio and jeb bush because clearly that was something that jeb bush tried to be aggressive with marco rubio and marco rubio came back at him. let s play that. i m a constituent of the senator and i helped him and i expected that he would do constituent service which means he shows up to work. he got endorsed by the sun sentinel because he s the most talented guy in the field and he s a talented politician.
needs to be. also the sun sentinel endorsed him back in 2010. on the other hand, this is something marco rubio has to face down for months, for as long as he s in the race he ll be missing senate votes because obviously running a presidential campaign is almost like a full-time job. and this opens him to attacks, not just from republican rivals but in the general election if he makes it that far. that being said, marco rubio woke up, went to church and will be here for the walk-through in a little bit. thank you to all of you. and joining me in the cnbc spin room for a deeper dive into tonight s debate, what are we going to be looking for? nbc s chuck todd, moderator of meet the press and hardball s chris matthews. we ll talk about the five things you want to look for tonight. you have five of them already. let me see if i can come up with five. donald trump. how does he handle being in second place? how does he handle does he go
keys. some showers and thunderstorms. it s really not going to be all that bad. much of the nation is beautiful. not even that cold this morning. and this afternoon we go up to 69 in new york. 74 in st. louis. where it s actually hot in areas from texas still to the west coast. i mean this has been an unusually warm october. and that trend is going to continue. even into thursday. a repeat of today. if you like beautiful, fall weather, these are the days for you. not a lot to complain about. bill, thank you. a tragic scene in south florida. at least one woman was killed when a small plane crashed into a trailer park yesterday. one trailer was completely engulfed in flames while another was also damaged. the sun sentinel reports three bodies were pulled from the wreckage although that has not been confirmed by nbc news. the faa is now investigating. in connecticut, a jury ruled against the aunt who sued her own nephew for $127,000 over a hug gone wrong. jennifer connell claimed he
and stripes flying at the u.s. embassy in havana. something that hasn t happened in 54 years. representing a cold war era thaw between the two countries. though fidel castro doesn t seem ready to embrace this, he wrote this week, tus owes cuba quote many millions of dollars in damages over the 50-year trade embargo. joining me from little havana, guillermo martinez. a cuban-born american citizen. thank you for being with us. thank you. i want to ask you about this open letter that you wrote in the sun sentinel to secretary of state john kerry that read you do not have what it takes to do honor to the many secretaries of state who have preceded you that defended the principles this country standing for in the face of enemy representatives. what principles do you think he s not defending here specifically? very simple. let s look at what s happening