the undercard debate with carly fiorina, rick santorum and mike huckabee. the candidates that main the cut or donald trump, ted cruz, chris christie, jeb bush and john kasich. the republican front-runner, donald trump will be at the center podium. he s hanging on to a big lead in new hampshire. 18 points according to a new poll. in iowa, he s locked in that tight battle with ted cruz. a new quinnipiac poll gives him a two-point advantage. last night on the tonight show, trump told jimmy fallon he s been preparing for this debate for the last 30 years. debates have been interesting. we have one on thursday night coming up, a big one. that s right. i hope to do well. twho knows? you never know folks, you never know. the debate will be on the fox business network on thursday night. the undercard at 6:00 p.m. how much will trump and cruz go after it after the mounting
donald trump, senators ted cruz and marco rubio, dr. ben carson, governor chris christie, former governor jeb bush and governor john kasich will be on the primetime debate stage. and then there was seven. relegated to the undercard debate, rand paul, carly fiorina, mike huckabee and rick santorum. senator paul responded saying he won t be going. we are a contender. we think we have a national campaign that can contend for victory and we can t accept an artificial designation by anybody. so you won t attend this debate? you won t be in the undercard? absolutely. we have a first tier campaign. you have notified fox of that? we have. steve hayes and mark hanna join me now. good to see you both. and then he gave an interview which he said, it won t take
later one. debates breaking records as well compared to debates of four years ago. it s highly competitive. there is a lot of interest in these things. we have another debate in two weeks on fox news. and then there is three debates in february. so they are going to have five debates between now and the end of february. carly fiorina and senator randzm paul are not going to be on the main stage as they were last time. senator rand paul at least as far as i know has not told fox business channel but i have been reading the wires has made some suggestion to another network that he will not do the undercard debate. i think he talked about that last week. i m not sure where they are at today. i mean, this has just happened a few minutes ago. so we will find out where they re at. but certainly he is a varsity candidate. and has done very well so we will see. well, he has apparently said in an interview 30 minutes ago that s what i m told. all right. if donald trump is the nominee, a
but the fact that this is sean penn doing something somewhat out on a limb, not surprising. he s going to be dining out on this story for years. he will tales that he will tell for years. thank you. thank you. i like that music. election. it s time for an election. u.s. presidential candidate rand paul says he will not take part in the next republican debate on thursday in south carolina. senator paul along with carly fiorina and rick santorum were invited to the undercard debate. the other candidates will be featured on the main stage. donald trump and cruz are battling for the lead in iowa where the state caucuses are three weeks away. cnn s dana bash reports. reporter: who does donald trump see as his stiffest competition? here s a hint.
. physical activity increases our need for antioxidants. let s add one a day men s vitacraves. a complete gummy multivitamin with antioxidants . . to help meet your increased needs. one a day. this a fox news alert. senator rand paul confirming to fox news channel that he will not participate in thursday s fox business network undercard debate. senator paul failing to qualify for the prime time debate but now says since he believes he is he a top tier candidate he does not belong in the undercard debate. he is even telling the the washington post he will, quote, declare war on the networks. now, we don t know what that means. and here is the full lineup in the prime time debate on the fox business network. donald trump, senator ted cruz, senator marco rubio, dr. ben carson, governor chris christie, governor jeb bush and governor john kasich. that s the prime time lineup. in the undercard debate senator rand paul should he decide to join them, carlie