he's talking about his faith and making repeated references to that, that's also helping to give him his bump. tell us when he could really be more of a player in iowa and outside. >> that's right, francis. i think there are two explanations for ben carson's appeal right now. one is that outsider status. he shares it with donald trump and even carly fiorina who is in third place of yesterday's monmouth poll in iowa. the other thing that separates ben carson from donald trump and fiorina is his christian faith which he made specific references to. it was just last month's republican debate in cleveland where he was talking about his faith and how it actually guides his tax policy when it comes to tithing. it's important to note that iowa, the caucuses on the republican side, have a disproportionate share of evangelical christian voters, so that combination outsider status plus being a christian conservative is a potentially