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On trump. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. The debate will be hosted by bret baier and Martha Maccallum. I spoke to the anchor of the story from new york. Martha maccallum, welcome. Hi, howie, good to be with you. Howie i havent seen a build up like this for a first debate at the beginning of a campaign since that 2015 Fox Debate With Political Newcomer donald trump. I turned to the other channels i see fox debate. What are people saying . Why do you think that is . I think theres a lot of enthusiasm. I think people are much more politically engaged and probably since that 2015 debate and i think that people see this as , you know, entertainment that is very eye opening in terms of whats going on in the political world, so i think its a huge opportunity for these candidates on this stage and we see it acrosstheboard that people are just more intere ....
Haven t seen in a long time. i think those institutions should really be asking themselves how is this happening how have we allowed this trust to deteriorate? it s a very serious issue in the country so i think that s why you get a little bit of tune -out to the details because people are not trusting it which is something that i hope these institutions start taking very seriously at some point. howie: we re just in a hyper partisan situation. chris cristi may be the toughest debater on that stage and he laid out for me what he was going to do when he was on immediate mediabuzz and he s moved up a little bit in the polls but many republicans believe he s just trying to tear down trump in other words some of that support may or may not go to him. we ll see. yeah, he s a fighter, and he, it s very interesting to me that chris cristi story, because he had an opportunity to run for president and that turned out to be romney s rom it nation and he decided to wait and be governor again so ....