washington, d.c., and a w and w clip? because what you have not heard so far is foreign policy and lots and lots of broad strokes, but no sweeping comments, and are the candidates going to be held to the fire? and the presidential library in simi, california, and it is getting under way in less than six hours, and pop the popcorn, and hopefully more details from donald trump for his plans about the middle east, and isis and syria, and the u.s. military, because vague statements like the one that he was tossing out yesterday aboard the battleship uss iowa in los angeles have been par for the course. take a listen. we will make our military so big and so strong and so great pla [ applause ] and it will be so powerful
misheard but did not answer a basic question lingering over his campaign, for as much as trump says about foreign affairs, how much does he really know. anderson? all right. tom, we ll see if he says more tonight. and tomorrow night on the bebait stage. perspective now from cnn national commentator mike rogers, former republican congre congressman, also chief national correspondent john king joins us who s host of cnn s inside politics and chief political analyst, gloria borger. john, we re going to see donald trump on this decommissioned uss iowa. you know, you think back to obviously president bush on an aircraft carrier. you think of michael dukakis on a tank. it can be a tricky thing to have, to use a military facility as a backdrop. especially for a guy who, you know, had a number of deferments and hasn t really put much meat on the bone in terms of specifics. it can be a tricky thing if we apply what we know from past campaigns. if we ve learned anything about donald trum
ronald reagan is something special. ronald reagan helped shape my view of the world. ronald reagan, the reagan revolution with the american people at his back stood up to the washington cartel. i ve evolved on many issues over the years. anticipate you know who else has? ronald reagan. that s the party i believe in. reagan. and bush. the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california, will host wednesday night s cnn republican presidential debate. our crews have been putting the finishing touches on that stage over there. and our special coverage begins 6:00 p.m. eastern time in the u.s. that will be 11:00 p.m. in london. it s worth staying up for, 6:00 a.m. thursday in hong kong, worth getting up early for. and while most of the candidates spent tuesday getting ready, donald trump spoke to supporters aboard the u.s.s. iowa which is moored in los angeles. he promised to strengthen the
donald trump was for stimulus plan. government stimulus plan. no conservative in america was for it. he was for obama care. no cons tich in america was for that either. the biggest thing i think really shows who donald trump is, when you look at private property rights, the conservative club for growth, the action fund picked up on that. a million dollar ad buy in iowa saying that trump supports eminent dough nan. that he s not a real conservative. they say he s the worst person on the republican side when it comes to economic principles. now it nerterms of of the polls donald trump still out in front. 27%. look at ben carson, hugely, from 6% to 23%. bush, bad news for him. down by half. now 6% from 13. folks? john roberts live in simi valley, california, where at 3:04 in the morning.
the senators and governors that when he says these thing, they want something different. whether it s donald trump or ben carson, that s where they re going right now. we got a hint of what he s going to do tomorrow night actually because he was talking about his opponents, we ve heard it a million times, as very nice people. they re all very nice people. but what he is saying is they re incompetent. they re all they re low energy, can t make deals. low energy. right. they don t know how to do anything. hostage to the system. right. exactly. as he says, he used to be a part of that system. now he understands it and he s outside of it. so i think that is what we re going to hear tomorrow night and he said, also, people are disgusted with our politicians. and he represents that. you know, i represent you because i m disgusted with them as well. john, you covered a lot of co campaigns, both of you have covered a lot of campaigns. it s a long slog between now and the first ca