Accept . When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. An hour from now on a stage in north charleston, south carolina, the two gop candidates duking it out for victory will come face to face for the first time in 2016. For most of the campaign, donald trump and ted cruz had been reluctant to take each other on. Trump waiting until provoked although poking the bear a bit. Cruz hoping to curry favor with his rival supporters, a strategy hes referred to as bearhugging trump. But now with the Iowa Caucuses less than three weeks away, all that is starting to change. Todays debate is hosted by fox business. It features seven candidates on the main stage with rand paul and fiorina having been bumped. All eyes will be on trump at center stage and the man standing just to his left. At a cam pan rally last night in florida, trump remarked on the new dynamic between cruz and himself. Teds been really nice until the last couple of days. Ted cruz. Hes been really, reall