Too. that one sounds perfectly reasonable. your invitation is in the mail, i think. there are not a truth factor authorization for twitter. it doesn t say, are you sure? are you really sure you want to tweet this? really? thank you so much. that s a great business idea. are you sure? the are you sure? pick up the first book from cnn politics, unprecedented. it will hit store shelves december 6th. preorder at cnn.com/book. the definition of insanity. that s how one democrat describes reelecting nancy pelosi to her current position on the hill. now it seems other democrats may agree. plus, he wants to build a bridge to somewhere. donald trump s plan to rebuild america s infrastructure and its jaw manufactu jaw-dropping price tag.
And that his children get to run the business they know how to run. reporter: jim, the interesting element is when you look at the idea of the security clearances it s important to note that wasn t a request from the president-elect or from the kids, but it was a request kind of underscoring their role in this entire process and one that has already garnered the attention of capitol hill democrats. security clearances and the business ties both very much unprecedented. thank you very much. see how we got to this historic moment in the first-ever book from cnn politics. unprecedented, the election that changed everything. the book is in stores december 6th. preorder your copy today on cnn.com/book. it could be the end of an era for democrats on the hill. why big changes could be coming soon.
All right. the fallout has been fast and furious. and it s still happening. republicans and democrats condemning donald trump s vulgar and sexually aggressive remarks from 2005. trump was compelled to apologize, for the first time, for really anything since he entered this presidential race. to say friday was a bad day for his campaign, that was a gross understatement. let s talk now with the executive editor of cnn politics, mark preston, he s in st. louis ahead of tomorrow night s debate which suddenly has a whole new direction. also joining us cnn political analyst ron brownstein. good to have both of you with us. i want to start with the apology. not the is statement that came out earlier in the day. but the 90-second apology.
You? when you become president and you can you assure the american people that you are going to clean house from the top at the fbi [ cheers and applause ] justice department, state department, and the v.a.? and in what order would you start. i want to bring in the executive editor for cnn politics, he s already in st. louis where the debate will take place. listening to those questions posed to donald trump last night, do you think that town hall helped him prepare for sunday s debate because the questions from people at that debate are going to be obviously very different. no doubt, wolf. the only question he didn t get is, why, donald trump, are you such a great person? we re looking forward to you becoming the next president. we re told going into this town hall that his campaign setup was going to be a practice of sorts to get him used to being able to interact with the audience. i don t think we necessarily saw that last night. he did interact a little bit, made some
Donald trump is deep pockets, ashleigh. sure, sure, it s fine. i think he s capitalized on the idea that he s very rich. he doesn t make any bones about it. people love that honesty. but then to turn around and say it hasn t been easy. i borrowed $8,000 from my mother once i paid back with interest, and i thought i had a bonus. joe, we lost you. we ve got to go. thanks, joe johns. mark preston is executive editor of cnn politics, covering ben carson. i don t think ben carson would ever imagine throwing out terms like $1 million or $2 million or paying your parents back with interest, that kind of thing, but he is that understated guy who is that quiet traction. and yet, understated with attention-grabbing comments. his latest one getting a lot of ink, and that is linking abortion to slavery. can you walk us through this? sure, no doubt, ashleigh. listen, he has confounded the political types right now, wondering, how is ben carson doing so well in the polls?