you know, that commandment s more talked about than honored over the years, right, wolf? reagan coined that back into the 60s when he was the sort of conservative firebrand and liberal republicans attacking him and he used that as a defensive mechanism. so the liberals in his party wouldn t go after him. you know, look, donald trump certainly has not abided by the 11th commandment, if anything, he s come up with the 12th commandment, maybe the trump s only commandment, attack everyone of your opponents repeatedly and i think over the last week what s happened, his front-runner status solidified, one of first republicans left the race, rick perry. what did rick perry do? he attacked trump forcefully than ever. i do not think that commandment will be respected tomorrow night, at least by trump. chris, some other republican candidates who need a boost, in single digits, medium, low
single digits. can supporters give him a boost with $24 million advertising campaign? i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. 25 hours and counting to the big republican showdown right here on cnn. but on this, the eve of the gop debate, here at reagan library in simi valley, california, there are other numbers we want to take a look at and need to look at right now. new poll shows donald trump is still the leader of the pack but he s now just four points ahead of dr. ben carson. 27% to 23%. with the sampling error, that s effectively neck and neck. will carson keep turning the other cheek, or will he go on the attack? it s all on the line right now for jeb bush, marco rubio, and
take down. we re going to have victory this is a movement that s happening. the donald trump movement sweeping the republican presidential race. he s riding a confident wave into the second gop debate. tomorrow night on cnn. we ve had a lot of fun. and now it s time to really start. because this is going to happen, i m telling you. reporter: trump and ben carson now battling for number one. a new poll today from the new york times and cbs news shows trump at 27%. carson suddenly close behind at 23. up from 6% in august. the rest of the field, battling to stay alive. jeb bush falling from 13% to 6. scott walker from 10% to 2. today, the bush super pac coming to the rescue or hoping to, starting a $24 million advertising blitz to tout bush as a true conservative. the state was florida. the governor was jeb bush.
be defined by negative attacks. pretty tough balancing act. yes, indeed. thanks very much. coming up, trump s on top, carson closing in dramatically but a new poll shows mainstream candidate says they re faltering. do they find a way to bring down the gop front-runner in tomorrow s cnn debate? plus, no trace of the suspects, unusual gunshot wound and unknown dna. we have new information on the mysterious shooting death of an illinois police officer. just might be the one. to clean the oceans, to start a movement, or lead a country. it may not be obvious yet, but one of these kids is going to change the world. we just need to make sure she has what she needs. welcome to windows 10. the future starts now for all of us.
very liberal. reporter: as most conditions cram for the debate behind closed doors, trump is delivering another speech tonight. it s on foreign policy, he ll be on the deck of the uss iowa a battle ship that waged war in the pacific during world war ii. unless i win, it s been a waste of time for me, folks, i ll be honest with you. a total waste of time. i really mean that, too. now this foreign policy speech is the latest example of how donald trump is trying to involve in his campaign. he s trying to show republican voters and perhaps his rivals that he is substantive. that will be the central question, tomorrow night on this stage right here when donald trump takes center stage as the man with the front-runner s bull s-eye right on his back. wolf? less than 25 hours to go until these debates. donald trump will soon be on the deck of the battle ship uss iowa to talk about national security, international affairs, not necessarily, according to