well, now having seen rick perry campaign four years later, having seen rick perry campaign for president in 2015 i think we can safely say his amateur back surgery in 2011 wasn't the problem. >> joining me now former texas governor rick perry. do you want to make news on the real story, is donald trump right are you getting out of the race? >> you know, a broken clock is right once a day, so -- >> twice -- twice. donald trump was premature in declaring this year that rick perry was dropping out of the presidential race. rick perry went on fox news to say that he was -- still there, still working and he made a good effort in that interview to try to get back to his campaign talking points but donald trump ended up being right in substance if not on timing, and tonight after losing his first iowa campaign co-chair to the donald trump campaign and losing his second co-chair to the rick son tor rum campaign, and then shutting down his south carolina headquarters earlier this week tonight after not paying any of hills staff for weeks, rick perry made it official and he became the first major

but rick perry? it's hard to imagine a reason to spend time singling out rick perry as his campaign keeps circling the drain. he poses no threat to anyone. but donald trump went after him today. that gave rick perry a reason to go on television which he did just after donald trump's remarks to answer donald trump's contention that he, governor rick perry is about to jump out of the presidential race. it didn't go well. >> joining me now former texas governor rick perry. do you want to make news today on the real story? is donald trump right? are you getting out of the race? >> you know, a broken clock is right once a day. >> how many times a day? come on, governor. come on. >> are you getting out of the race? >> you know, a broken clock is right once a day. so the bottom line is i'm still here, still working. >> god bless him. governor rick perry had to let go of the staff member whose job it was to remind him about the numerical ending of common american idioms. wait until the bird in hand versus bi

rick perry dropping out of the fight for the republican nomination. why he did it, why now, and who could be next. >>> also video just released showing the nypd officer arresting former tennis star james blake and bringing him down to the ground. >>> two people detained by police in arizona. could it be a possible breakthrough in the highway shooting terror? >>> breaking news tonight on the 2016 republican field. former texas governor rick perry is dropping out of the race. >> today, i'm suspending my campaign for the presidency of the united states. we have a tremendous field of candidates. probably

but listen to what he said about rick perry only a few weeks ago after rick perry really went after him. >> and then i see rick perry the other day. and he's so -- he's doing very poorly in the polls. he put glasses on so people will think he's smart. and it just doesn't work. people can see through the glasses. but he's got the glasses, the whole deal. i say he did a lousy job at the border. >> what do you make of that? >> well you know it's really -- i think it's fascinating. you think about just this week jeb bush put out a tax plan that in the past would have been right at the center of the republican debate. the role of the federal government the size and reach of the federal government reducing marginal tax rates. these are the sort of thins republican races have traditionally revolved around. what we've got this year, larchlly because of donald trump, is a race that is increasingly focused on kind of personal insults among the candidates. and i think many people are looking forward to the debate wondering, who is going to attack who on what basis? the kind of arguments and fissur

former texas governor rick perry is dropping out of the presidential race. he made the announcement at any event earlier today in st. louis, missouri. john, not a shock. a lot of financial problems. why do think he decided to get out of before iowa? john: then, there were 16. look, there was no path for him. he came to that conclusion he tried his best to reinvent himself and overcome the legacy of his oops moment and bad debates. he did not do that. polls showing movement, financial resources join up. and it was becoming increasingly to imagine a scenario that would get him back in this race in a meaningful way. mark: a story about rick perry when he entered as a stronger candidate last time. his donors are up for grabs. people like ted cruz, maybe others can get that. not much of an impact on the race. john: i do not think it will change for anybody. mark: we wish him and his family the best. we'll talk more about the big news of rick perry out of the race. we'll move to the other big story. first of all remembering the , anniversary of september 11. highl

also on the other end of the spectrum, rick perry, god bless him, yesterday on fox news rick perry also stepped up and said that debate plan needs to be changed if only so carly fiorina can be on that debate stage. >> carly fiorina, i negotiated with carly before bringing hewlett-packard to houston, i think carly needs to be on that debate stage. this is a class act, an extraordinary individual. >> that's nice of rick perry, right, to say about one of his competitor particularly when there's absolutely no chance that he himself will be allowed on the debate stage as long as this kids table idea is still the plan. so good for the ben carson campaign for their generous statement. good for rick perry for that selfless statement there. and of course the whole idea of rick perry brings us to the republican field for whom this new national poll out tonight from ppp is absolutely terrible and may be even devastating news. let's look at the bottom tier of this poll. look at the people who are getting 2% or less. tied for tenth place at 2% of the vote right now are rick santorum, which is where

mike huckabee, rick santorum, rick perry, all are struggling to gain traction. the two candidates that share a last name with former candidate, rand paul and jeb bush, they're struggling right now to get back up into first tier status. so i think we have a republican electorate that just wasn't -- you know, if you have done this before, they're less interested in you right now. they're looking for new. they're looking for different. in some cases maybe they're looking for strident. while perry ideologically fit where the republican party is on many issues, he also was out of step on one issue that, frankly, was his undoing four years ago and made it where he was a nonstarter for a lot of voters now and that's on immigration. this is a guy who was pro dreamer. this was a guy who defended, you know, the dream -- the texas version of the dream act that he put into law. and mitt romney used it against him to begin the fall of perry. the fall of perry started well before oops four years ago. it started with immigration. and, you know, it was haunting him again a litt

that would be texas governor rick perry. and i don't know whether it's because of the indictment or not. rick perry has been having a hard time of it this year. today, might have been the final nail in the coffin of this presidential campaign for him. the first really bad sign something was wrong with rick perry's campaign was the news out of iowa that he was down to one last single solitary staffer. his campaign co-chair in iowa went to go work for donald trump and his other co-chair went to work for rick santorum. he was down to one staffer left in iowa. so you think, okay, he's not really competing in iowa. one staffer for a presidential campaign? he's not really competing in iowa. maybe he's focusing on new hampshire then. no. next came news rick perry gone down to zero staffers in new hampshire. so one person does not, an iowa campaign make. no new hampshire campaign whatsoever. did that news last week mean that rick perry was getting out of the race altogether? no, team perry took pains to say, even as they shut down t

if you ask the same question, what could make rick perry the nominee? what circumstances could have occurred given where he is now? i find it hard to imagine even if i were being the most pro-rick perry person that would elevate him to the top of this large field. mark: he loves his grandkids and i am sure he will spend time with his family. i will be curious to see if he endorses anyone. he has been pretty tough on donald trump. it'll be interesting to see if he becomes a group trying to figure out -- i would maybe be surprised if the super pac maybe turns its attention to donald trump. john: it is always, you know, he reads the statement here. he cites the will of christ. part of the reason why he dropped off. a lot of politicians over the years, sometimes it is best to drop out. this is one of the maxims of presidential politics. it is hard to get your time back. the time for him probably was 2012 and he did not get it done. mark: it ends a long career in who fourfice and a guy years ago was in a much better position. four he was in september years a

so you see rick perry there in st. louis, missouri saying that he has suspended his campaign in this presidential race. he is the first republican to do so. sources say that he stopped paying his staff. it may be a question of finances. i'm going to bring in for their take their comments, christie, she is new heighths president national review reporter. christie, what is your take? one less gop candidate. he seems to be talking about a brand of conservatism and if i heard correctly, taking a few shots at donald trump >> yeah. well, he decided to go out on a high note. and i actually mean that sin sincerely, i think also to be conservative and a message that didn't get across in his campaign but about he wanted to with about his record in texas, about drawing a sharp contrast with donald trump on immigration reform and other issues without being as he said nativist about it >> uh-huh. >> and, look, i think ultimately this wasn't a surprise as you said a month ago he stopped paying his staff. incas of last week he left-h

rick perry, chris christie, bobby jindal. looking at bobby jindal, i'm not sure anyone knows what his game is to get out of the cellar. the new gambit is he tried to make fun of donald trump. he released this video. >> we're leading in every single poll. >> i'm sorry, winning. >> but the polls have been through the roof, every one of them. >> like winning. >> and kanye west has been so great. i'd never say bad about him because he says such nice things about me. >> giant caller i.d. comes through and winning. >> i'm winning in all the polls. >> win, make a choice to win and you win. >> i'm winning everywhere. >> winning, i win here and there, now what? >> it's funny to see donald trump compared to charlie sheen like that. unfortunately for bobby jindal it is funny when they proposed the way to get serious for running for president is bobby jindal. both sides of that ad seem funny. one you are laughing with him, but bobby jindal is trying new campaign tactics making fun of donald trump. maybe it will work. the other person the

no one. >> rick perry nose dived. rand paul. >> not because of. >> not because of but a strong correlation. >> i think jeb has been hurt by it but the ridicule he is a low energy candidate constantly, repeatedly and gotten under jeb's skin. i don't know if voters have pulled away but gotten in jeb's head. birth right citizenship because donald trump was for it rattled him. >> goes after the women i just think -- maybe it's the women -- the women roll their eyes we have heard everything so it's like, i don't know, it's awful, stupid stuff that is said but, you know, i don't know, maybe -- maybe i don't take it as seriously. i i have heard too much of it anyway, major political news tonight governor perry says he is out. moments ago former texas governor rick perry addressing a crowd in st. louis. >> today, i am suspending my campaign for the presidency of the united states. we have a tremendous field of candidates. probably the greatest group of men and women i step aside knowing our party is in good hands as long as w

people thought rick perry was going to be our nominee. as we learned today, rick perry is not going to be our nominee this time around. keep that in mind as we talk about trump all the time, even if we're not talking about donald trump in policy, which is what's going to matter to voters in the long term. >> what's your response to that? 41% four years ago virtually today thought ruk pick perry wa going to be the candidate. we know how that turned out. the same h41% believe trump wil be the candidate. >> rick perry stumbled and stumbled of his own doing. donald trump, everybody thought donald trump had stumbled. and he hasn't. he keeps going. when these incidents or whatever you want to call them, his poll numbers go higher. i don't think they are comparable at all. people have a different impression of donald trump than they did of rick perry. rick perry attacks for being a cancer on the republican party. he's out of the race. >> donald trump's unfavorables are high as well. people actually don't have a very positive view of him, even as

out more people than rick perry. a lot of legitimate candidate s will never get to the starting line. i will bet you that about seven or eight of these candidates won't get to the starting line which is iowa. christie's probably one of them. the two we already mentioned. you know, they are going to be -- more. we don't know which ones. someone today, who is pretty smart, said he thought scott walker wasn't going to get to the starting line. that would be shocking given where he started but when you have 17 candidates and a guy like donald trump and ben carson leading the pact it is not a lot of room for conventional politicians. >> so you are saying seven or eight. that's fascinating. there's a key line about markets where he says markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain insolvent. which is a great line. which you knew firsthand. he was adept. it strikes me we are seeing a similar thing in the republican primary. the primary market can remain irrational longer or voters cannot come -- right. >> right.

when former texas governor rick perry dropped out of the race. but not without this anti-trump warning. governor perry: we can't indulge nativist appeals that divide the nation further. the answer to our current dider in chief is not to elect a republican divider in chief. gwen: perry's point played out in a week of insult trading. and this rolling stone interview trump was asked about carly fiorina and he said look at that face. would anyone vote for that? can you imagine that, the face of our next president? i mean, she's a woman. and i'm not supposed to say bad things. but really, folks, come on. are we serious? this was carly fiorina's response. >> i think those comments speak for themselves and all the many, many, many thousands of voters out there that are helping me climb in the polls. yes. they're very serious. gwen: and perhaps the sharpest blow was landed by the candidate who is now number two in iowa and new hampshire. ben carson. who really took -- he didn't actually go after donald trump because he doesn't have that kind of persona.

will rick perry still be in this race when the votes are cast and iowa? >> the surprising thing to me about rick perry, having interviewed him several times, he is charismatic, but his campaign is over. he has not been able to move the needle at all. john: he is a classic example of someone who had his time and missed his moment. he was the longest-serving governor in the history of texas, in the united states, a great job story in 2012, but his campaign was a fiasco. you can run a sensible campaign, but people still remember that moment. it haunts you forever. if you miss, you never get that moment back. that is one of the lessons here. >> cnn changed the criteria for candidates to get on the main debate stage. before, any candidate in the top 10 average made it in. now they are adding another way, breaking into that top 10 in the final month earns you a ticket as well. that's good news for carly fiorina. what did she have to do on this stage to stay in the thick of things? mark: she will have a bigger challenge than before. she will be one of 11. that i

people will then ask: is rick perry disappearing out of this race significant in any way? the honest answer is probably not. he takes a lot of support from across the party. there are many people who like him for differently things, for his record in tensionas, the fact he is an evangelical christian, for other things but the fact he served in the military, but the simple fact is, there is no one block of vote that will go from rick perry to someone else. so, it's not that significant a departure. it takes us from 17 to 16. as i say, donald trump, ben carson remain in the front. it's a long way to go before we get to iowa. those first caucuses are in february. so we've still got the end part of the summer, the autumn and the winter to get through. there are going to be a lot of changes in that race between now and then. >> the presidential race starts in earnest. alan fisher live for us in washington, d.c. alan, thank you. >>> lots more to come on al jazeera. including we are going to report from the japanese city of joso where torrential rain has flooded thousands of home

rick perry is the lone star state's 47th governor. he is defending texas conservative values principle solutions to tough challenges and work to implement a clear vision for better schools, more jobs safer communities and a brighter future. it sounds like our kind of governor, doesn't it? as a result texas is consistently ranked as the nation's best place to do business and create jobs. i'm sure some of you here know that texas has led the nation in job creation with more jobs gained in any other state in 2010 over the past 10 years. texans are safer because governor perry has pursued an aggressive border security strategy that is putting more boots on the ground, more helicopters in the sky had more resources into the hands of texas peace officers standing between texans and exploding drug-related violence across the border. he has refused to raise taxes in texas based a record 10 billion-dollar budget shortfall in 2003. instead he was the first texas governor since world war ii to sign a budget that lowers state spending and is now

poor rick perry. rick perry is down and out in american politics right now. for some reason even though he poses no threat to anyone. i mean anybody else in the presidential race punching at rick perry by testify in addition is punching down. he's the basement. rick perry should be immune from criticism now because of his own irrelevance in the race. he's that far down and out but for some reason rick perry is still in a position where he finds himself still getting kicked. the other candidatesd

let's start with the 1st casualty of the gop, former governor rick perry stepping out. i happen to think he is a great guy. >> he is wonderful. i've gotten to meet him a few times. great record. ii don't know that i would make copy of his test record. lou: had to take that shot. >> he is brilliant on taxes. you get him on other subjects, maybe he is not so knowledgeable. as soon as he put those glasses on, it was not him anymore. lou: and trump went after him on that. >> but once he said it, you cannot look at him. lou: and trump has a skill. we have known him a long time. trump, let's take a look a look at how he is doing. i think that's rises a lot of people. he is doing very well with women voters. trump's support among women, one 3rd. he has moved up since just last month. he does things to these numbers that we have never seen occur on the part of any candidate. and among those who have college degrees, adults with college education, he is up 12 points since last month. >> nothing surprises me here. he can be rough, make crazy insults, and it might be childish and

because governor rick perry white house dreams over. saw his own shadow. >> the texas governor announcing he is ending his presidential campaign after struggling for months. who explaining the latest than the great kristen fisher. >> i'm not scared of my n inow. trouble have been there for weeks. perry has been way down in the polls. his campaign ran out of cash. they even had to stop paying staffers. and many of his top advisors had left for other campaigns. so, the signs were all there. this announcement really came as a surprise. he is is the longest serving governor ever in texas. in fact, he never lost an election until he started running for president. he hates being at the bottom of the pack. so according to one of his top donors that come competitive streak really played a part in his decision to drop out. >> i give you this news with no regrets. it's been an honor to travel this country to speak with the american people about their hopes and their dreams. to see a sense of optimism, being prevalent, despite this season of cynic

rick perry, that is one of his calling cards. he was governor for one of the biggest state in the country. he was not able to use that argument of government explains to his advantage this time around. host: a tweet from the reality star and successful businessman donald trump leading in the polls, he says rick perry is a terrific guy and i wish him well. i know he will have a great future. withd trump is very active his twitter account. if you want to join the conversation about election 2016, we are talking just crush hour of the national journal -- we are talking with josh kraushaar. ,emocrats at 202-748-8000 republicans at 202-748-8001, independent set 202-748-8002. hillary going to make certain announcement about big ideas, big policy ideas. how far away as hillary clinton today from that speech the months ago? guest: quite a bit. one thing we noted on the show is that his/her -- that was her second launch. during her additional campaign announcement, she did not move. normally when you get announcement, you get a little bit

poor rick perry. rick perry is down and out in american politics right now. for some reason even though he

former texas governor rick perry. welcome back. good to see you. >> good to be with you, sean. >> i always thought you were a great candidate. i thought your record in texas was as appealing and i just -- i'm really surprised, to be honest. are you surprised? >> well, we think we have a great record as well. and i think when people take a look at it, but we knew this was going to be a tough race. there was upwards of 17 people in it. but we knew early on that there were two things that we had to take care of, two things that needed to go away, if you will, and another thing that needed to happen. one of those was the indictment. this indictment by the travis county district attorney's office, this drunk d.a. that had used this office we thing for political purposes did the same thing to tom delay, lasted for ten years and had a real corrosive effect on our ability to raise money. the other thing was we needed to be on the main debate stage on august 6th. we missed it by a few percentages of one point. when those two things didn't h

i'm not sure rick perry has thought in these terms. he did everything right this time, but did everything wrong three years ago and nobody has forgotten. >> so he's out. it's interesting you mentioned governor walker saying he realizes he has to be much more aggressive if he can even resurrect himself. my last question to you would be after all the dust settles and wednesday night in the debate, who might be the next to go? >> i think it might very well be walker, having just said that. possibly bobby jindal. as you know, it doesn't cost much for these candidates to just fly in and get free media at various events. in the case of perry, he ran out of gas. so these guys could stay on, but it's hard to see a jim gilmore, bobby jindal stay for too much longer. their donors are going to be saying what am i getting from my money? >> wayne slater, always a pleasure to have you on, thank you so much. >> sure. >>> coming up next, it could be the next big faceoff at this debate. trump versus carly fiorina. carly fiorina supporters now firing ba

like rick perry all of his supporters went somewhere else. they went to donald trump or wherever they went to. so i think it depends on who. i think when you get to a rand paul, if rand paul who has his own base of support were to drop out of the race, it would be interesting to see. but i think it's hard to predict. >> let's take a listen to a bit more from donald trump with jimmy fallon last night. >> going to create jobs in this country. >> i'm just going to do it. >> right. right. but how? >> by doing it. it just happens. by doing it. >> so rather inexplicable still. is there any sense of erosion anywhere or do you think there's a shot he's going to be the last republican standing? >> it's interesting. the donald trump was always sort of like the san andreas fault of the party. something's going to happen. a massive earthquake and drop the party in the sea. now a couple of little earthquakes and people are starting to feel comfortable settling down on him. polling since the first debate shows he is strengthening in the polls and fewer peo

you saw, donald trump beating up on rick perry. rick perry steps out. and send the nice tweet. rick perry you are a good guy. for trump entertainment and staying on top of the polls. i think the public is maybe more in on the game. they're not interested in the policy aspects of trump. they're enjoying the, sucker punching. >> i need to move on. i want to talk about some one who, you know, people say is authentic and maybe is animated as donald trump. that is vice president joe biden. his emotional interview. here is part of it on stephen colbert where he talks about the moment, what it takes to run for president. >> i don't think any man or woman should run for president, unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president. and two, they can look at folks out there and say "i promise you, you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion to do this." and i would be lying if i said that i knew i was there. it's a -- i'm being completely honest. but nobody has a right in my view, to seek that office unless they're willing to -- to give it 11

rick perry was ahead by double digits. i don't think we're going to be discussing any of their presidencies as, you know, past presidencies in the near future. >> i think this is also a reflection of what the republican party has become where according to numerous studies, independents now outnumber in this country, people who would rather be identified as an independent than a "d" or an "r" are the most growing demographic we have. i think there's been an exodus of independent types from the gop so the very passionate who are for trump, who are for carson, are what's left behind. >> you know, david axelrod earlier obviously a democrat was saying before that if you are some of these candidates, you don't go after trump, you basically use the limited amount of time you're going to get when there's 1 1 candidates on the stage to have one or two memorable lines to describe who you are. at this point they've been completely eclipsed by donald trump and to have a large audience at least discover a little bit about who they are

i want to share with you -- >> that was governor rick perry -- former governor rick perry of texas in the presidential season in 2012 and this time around but he's going to hang up his spurs and he's not going to continue in this presidential race. i think that's probably a good decision for him and we certainly wish him well and admire him for throwing his hat in the ring and trying to make a go of it this time. >> great guy. fantastic governor. did a lot for the state of texas. obviously told us a lot about it. i think it's a smart move. he spent a lot of money. running out of money. it was time to step aside. congratulations on whatever the next step is for you, governor. you're a good man. >> heartbreak for him. remember last time around for a month there he was the most likely candidate to win the presidency of the united states. heartbreak for him. i heard him call donald trump the anti-christ. that's what i heard there. invoking jesus. and putting jesus in play in terms of the way you handle migrants, immigrants. i think that he was very, very strong in his critique of donald t

rick perry meets his alamo in his bid for the white house. >> we have a yellow weather alert in effect for today. showersand thunderstorms are on the approach. we'll time them out for you in the first alert 7 day. >>> thank you so much for waking up with us this morning. it will be a little sprinkley this morning. and we have surae chin in alexandria for the 9/11 ceremonies. but first, we have a yellow alert? >> that's right. >> yellow alert, that's for the rain? >> absolutely, and we'll see thunderstorms as we head later into the day. you can see plenty of clouds in place right now but no rain in the immediate metro area just yet. 74 at 10:00 a.m. and it will be in the mid-70s by noon. high temperatures around 80 degrees in between these hours. we will see a chance for thunderstorms arriving around noon and extending through the evening hours and even at 10:00 at night, the potential for a shower or thunderstorm. encourage, 61 in winchester where it already has started raining, and 61 in culpepper. 70 in downtown washington and 63 in gaithersburg. here on satellite and radar, you can

on friday we said good-bye to the indicted and irreplaceable rick perry. now we're taking a look at the candidates who may follow in his footsteps. while everyone eagerly awaits the banter between the front-runners, the true stars of the debate may be the ones literally represented by asterisks in the polls. nationally, lindsey graham and bobby jindal are each polling at less than 0.5%, according to this cbs news/"new york times" poll. and this might be the reason why. >> we do need to make america great again. we do need to fire everybody in washington. we do, in fact, need to get rid of police department cal corruptness. >> our friends are no longer afraid of belief in us and our enemies don't expect us. until you change that, you're never going to fix anything. >> and rick perry may have to hold the door open for a few other candidates as well. scott walker took -- well, basically, his campaign kpla collapsed. chris christie is clinging onto the loneliest number. in 2012, he nearly stole the spotlight from mitt romney. now christie is decidedly out of s

too bad. [ light laughter ] this country really needs more candidates like rick perry. you know, candidates who will drop out of the presidential race. [ laughter and applause ] there's just so many people. how many people are running? raise your hand if you're running to be president of the united states. [ cheers ] half the crowd. all right, perfect. when rick perry made his announcement, he said, quote, "i step aside knowing our party's in good hands. as long as we listen to the grassroots." [ light laughter ] i think it's political speak for, "i'm getting my ass handed to me, so i'm just gonna duck out the back if that's cool." [ applause ] bye, y'all. of course, the remaining candidates are gearing up for the second republican debate, which will take this place wednesday at 8:00 on cnn. i'm looking forward to that. it starts at 8:00 p.m. and it ends when donald trump runs out of air. [ laughter and applause ] look forward to it. speaking of trump, i heard that his star on the walk of fame in hollywood was vandalized last week. [ audience aws ] with a yellow "x." ye

rick perry, announces he's leaving out of the race. a guy says this is $5 million i donated i want the money back. they're under no application, but because this is all in the same circle of friends for rick perry this superpac said we'll give some moiste money back. >> if daniel craig says i want my money back, daniel craig has nothing to do with carey lee peterson. >> forcing the superpac to give the $50,000 back, that's the huge loophole that exists. >> many of whom will be watching the show tonight, this is making a mockery of the campaign finance system. >> like these nuts or fictional folks, who all they have to do is subpoenaed few minutes, a few hundred dollars to file, there's nothing that the candidates can do and nothing the government can do to try stop them. >> a kid -- >> who was inspired by limber butt mccubbins who is a cat. >> thank you, david schuster. that is our show today, i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us. >> a mass for the city. ♪ ♪ >> pope francis ends his visit to new york with a solemn service for 2