the donald trump foreign policy speech that turned into a rant on illegal immigration. ben carson s surge. what s behind the soft spoken candidate s recent rise in the polls? plus, stuck at the border. thousands of asylum seekers in limbo as european leaders can t agree on what to do. in the united states and around the world, great to have you with us. i m john vause, a second hour of cnn news room begins now. donald trump says he plans to make the military so strong no other country would ever dare mess with the united states. the republican presidential front-runner touched on his vision for national security onboard the battleship u.s.s. iowa. he says if he is president, he will come up with a plan to take care of veterans that in his word will be very special. trump says it s a shame that the u.s. treats illegal immigrants
it s unfortunate to get to know her in light of this job loss or failed record or if she s able to really, like you said, deliver a one two punch to him and make him seem the fool in this scenario. sabrina, the republican ticket, whoever, need to have a woman on it? certainly that would be great for the gop s image. it is no doubt, you know, still tremendously behind the times so i think someone like carly fiorina is a wonderful addition to the stage and perhaps to the ticket. one thing that i would add about her is that if i had to think of one word to describe her, it s determination. and i think that that s something that, you know, all of the candidates can learn from. i had a chance to do an event with her last year. i was flying home that night to dc. she was off to six more states. she just doesn t stop. she is relentless. yeah. i don t think any of this is going to stop her. all right. thank you, ladies, both very much. we ll see you in the debate. yesterday donald
candidate, courting evangelical christian voters. he s only got 5% right now. he was in the news a lot with davis in kentucky who had refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. what do you see him doing tomorrow? that appearance in kentucky was a clear play for evangelicals losing in the courts, who are losing these fights. mike huckabee says the supreme court is not the final word. the supreme court is the final word. the constitution kind of says that. but that s mike huckabee s play. to david s point maybe not in the iowa caucuses. maybe not in iowa caucuses. to david s point, trump is leading among evangelicals. carson is a close second in iowa. if you re ted cruz and huckabee they re your unlike ted cruz he doesn t have tens of millions of dollars in the bank. he is in a lot of trouble. we re looking at a race, rick perry just dropped out. looking at christie, looking at huckabee, looking at rand paul as people who may in a few weeks have to think about head
donald trump did his version of the debate here aboard the uss iowa in los angeles last night, to during a speech very light on specifics. the problem we have is that the leaders of mexico, japan, china, every other country we do business with, they re smarter, more kung, sharper than our leaders. i love free trade. the concept is great. but you need smart people. i have the smartest people lined up. i know the smartest. reporter: he wants to pick up the veterans group that hosted this event for him. during his speech, he prom elsed he would reform the va system and make the u.s. military even stronger. he promises to secure the u.s. border with mexico. the drug come in, the money goes out daily. i saw it. because i was on the border. i was there and we saw it and everybody sees it every day and we have the kind of people that can do something about it.
you the american people agree with us. mr. biden went on to say the vast majority of americans are in his words basically decent. here in southern california, some members of the latino community are protesting tonight at the uss iowa at the trump event. mr. trump has just arrived. if there s one question every candidate but one is asking themselves tonight, it is this. how do i handle donald trump tomorrow night at right here at the reagan library? we ve gotten more than a few clues from the campaign trail over the past few weeks. take a look. he believes that he can insult his way to the presidency. how would bush be in first place? this guy can t negotiate his way out of a paper bag. donald trump is a narcissist and egomaniac. donald trump is an enterta entertainer. shallow, inprepared to be commander in chief. rand is waek eak on immigrat weak on the military. he s got no chance.