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2015. where is john berman? he is where the candidates are sharpening their attacks. with a new washington post poll that shows donald trump expanding his wide lead and ben carson in second place. all others scrambling to device the strategy to end trump s reign. rand paul says someone has to bring him down. republican party chairman reince priebus warning jake tapper that he can expect to referee a tough game. all of these candidates will do in order to benefit their own campaigns and there will be more elbows thrown at that debate. it all should make for an exciting second debate in simi valley, california. that is where athena jones is. reporter: good morning, alison and christine. we are two days away from the debate in simi valley, california. the stage is set. the podiums are ready. as you know, one of the big things is the strength of outsider candidates like donald trump who is the gop frontrunner and ben carson who is not far behind him and carly fiorina. ....
surging in a new poll this morning. the cnn republican presidential debate just two days away. how the candidates are preparing. california on fire. hundreds of homes burned down. thousands evacuated as these flames turn deadly. europe s migrant crisis. germany at its limit enforcing border control. good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m alison kosik. it s monday, september 14th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. republican candidates are sharpening their attacks for the wednesday night debate. with the abc news poll showing donald trump expanding his lead and ben carson in second place. all candidates who are stuck in single digits are scrambling to device an effective strategy. rand paul saying someone has to bring trump down. republican chairman reince priebus talking to jake tapper to expect to referee a rough game. you know what? every candidate and all of these campaigns will do whatever they need to do in order to benefit their own ....
joins us from a trump rally. reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump may have delivered a gracious concession speech in iowa, but back on the campaign trail in new hampshire, all bets were off. last night he tore into ted cruz, suggesting the texas senator is running a dirty campaign. that s after cruz campaign aides told iowa caucusgoers that ben carson was dropping out of the race when, in fact, that was not true. these are truly dishonest people. then he said, ben carson has quit the race! the day of the election. ben carson, during a caucus. ben carson has quit the race! and ben didn t quit the race. in other words, ben carson quit. and let me have your vote. what kind of crap is this? reporter: the cruz campaign has since apologized, but that didn t stop donald trump. the other thing on trump s mind, marco rubio. trump kept joking that rubio s third place finish in iowa was hailed as unbelievable. while trump s second place finish discussed a ....
i m steve kornacki. and topping the agenda right now, hillary clinton and bernie sanders crank up the volume in brooklyn as sanders tries desperately to close a double digit gap here in new york, new york, which may be his last best chance to turn this campaign around. it is true that now that the spotlight is pretty bright here in new york some things have been said. candidates in their final head to head confrontation last night, before tuesday s primary battling on the minimum wage, wall street speeches and the issue of gun control. we will show you the most heated exchanges in just a minute. also a on our agenda this morning sort of an interesting story, i hope it s interesting but you have to tell it anyway because who the hell wants to talk about politics all the time, right, because politics gets a little boring. donald trump feeling comfortable in his home of new york city last night. a big win appears imminent for him in the empire state next tuesda ....
laying out the case for his former foe, hillary clinton. but did he convince the voters? back with me is my political dream team. they are all here with me. and a bald guy playing don lemon. this is me. i used to live in philly. i went to my old barber, i said what do you want? i said do it the way we used to do in philly in the summer. i was a lot younger then. now i know why you left the city. thank you, ken. go see him, he s on tenth street and locust. what a difference a day makes. last night we were talking about debbie wasserman schultz. now we re talking about the first lady of the united states and her impact. when she didn t win the nomination eight years ago, she didn t get angry or disillusioned. [cheers and applause] she, hillary did not, hillary did not pack up and go home. because as a true public servant, hillary knows that this is so much bigger h eger than h desires and disappointments. so she proudly stepped up to serve our country once again as ....