let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, ben carson numberne

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. ben carson surging, the doctor double-digit lead over the donald. now trump is attacking. plus, video inside the raid that killed an american in iraq. you'll see what went down when u.s. special forces attempted to rescue isis prisoners facing execution. >>> american staples, bacon and sausage, a new report says they cause cancer and we're all at risk. let's go "outfront." good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ben carson on top. a new poll giving him a massive lead over donald trump, 32% to 18% in iowa. this is the third poll in as many days putting carson in the number one slot in that crucial state. and it has donald trump fighting mad. >> ben carson is a very low energy person. actually, i think ben carson is lower energy than jeb if you want to know the truth. we need strong energy. >> carson fighting back saying anyone who doesn't fear him doesn't know him. >> as a teenager, i would go after people with rocks and bricks and baseball bats and hammers, and of course m

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, an about-face. the white house announcing today that american forces will be deployed to syria. it's a reversal from a president who has promised there will be no combat troops in that country. up to 50 special operation forces will be headed to syria and that could be just the start. josh earnest was asked about that point today. >> so it's possible that there could be further deployments? >> well, jim, i don't want to try to predict the future here. >> leaving the door open for more deployments, a major admission since president obama and his team have promised again and again and again that u.s. forces will never go to syria. >> again, i repeat, i will not put american troops on the ground in syria. i will not pursue an open-ended action like iraq or afghanistan. >> doesn't get more direct than that. deployment to of troops to syria. barbara starr is at the pentagon. the white house says they won't have a combat mission. they are going to engage if they are under fire, though. that's combat, isn'

i'm erin burnett. we begin "outfront" with the breaking news. the man everyone assumed would be the next speaker of the house is gone. in a shocking move, kevin mccarthy stunning washington and dropping out of the race. and he got out moments before the vote to give him the job. that job, of course, second in line to the president. it's a huge development tonight. speculation surging on the reason for his sudden exit. but note this, hillary clinton pounced on mccarthy when he appeared to suggest that the republican-led benghazi investigation was aimed at weakening her candidacy and today donald trump taking credit for mccarthy's shocking move. >> kevin mccarthy is out. you know that, right? [cheers and applause ] and they are giving me a lot of credit for that because i said you really need somebody very, very tough and very smart. >> our chief political correspondent dana bash is "outfront." dana, rouepublicans are saying that they were shocked by this announcement. >> i witnessed the shock and disbelief. i was part of the shock and disbelief,

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> jeb bush rescue late today, will it work. a boeing 767 explodes. more than 100 on board. an eyewitness is "outfront." a wild shootout leaving nine dead in a suburban american strip mall. an exclusive report. let's go "outfront." ♪ >> good evening, i'm erin burnett and i'm "outfront" tonight. george w. bush trying to save his brother's thrown dering campaign. you can see those pictures coming out. meeting reports and some fans. this comes as jeb bush is about to speak at a new hampshire town hall. he will be speaking and taking questions at this town hall in just moments. the biggest one tonight is will he stay in the race? if not, the change in the polls and donor race will be seismic. once again, the attack of marco rubio failed. >> marco, when you signed up with this, it's a six-year term and you should be showing up and his campaign promised that's what would happen. brianna keilar is "outfront" tonight covering jeb bush in new hampshire. what is the campaign saying tonight after that debate performance? >> reporter: eri

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, terrorist nukes. we're monitoring two major national security stories tonight. first, cnn has learned that smugglers got their hands on nuclear materials. enough to apparently build birth dirty bombs. and two f-16s diverted their missions when a russian fighter jet came too close as russia rapidly escalates rebel groups fighting the assad regime. we're covering these important stories from every angle. pamela brown has the latest on the frightening nuke sales and begin with barbara starr live from the pentagon. how close did those u.s. pilots get to the russian jet? >> well, good evening, erin. it was two f-16s headed to an isis target in eastern syria. what happened is a russian fighter jet came within 20 nautical miles of them. that sounds pretty far away, right? but now there are new flight rules for u.s. pilots. if the russians come within that 20-mile limit, they must divert, they must turn their course. why? because right now there is no technical military agreement on how both country's pilots

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, mission not accomplished. in a stunning announcement, the obama administration says it is suspending its program to train syrian rebels. the pentagon now left struggling to explain the abject failure of the $500 million program. in this case, numbers tell -- well, 500 million words. the program was supposed to train as many as 5400 rebel fighters this year. instead, one top general admitted that no more than four or five rebels were trained. barbara starr is "outfront" at the pentagon tonight. the numbers are stunning and this is a stunning admission by the administration, that the strategy has failed. what are they going to do now? >> well, we have now a very significant change in how the u.s. will help syrian rebels on the ground fight isis syrian forces backed up by russia continuing to escalate attacks in western syria as the u.s. announces a massive overhaul of its efforts to train syrian rebels to fight isis. >> i wasn't satisfied with the early efforts in that regard. >> reporter: few were. now, instead

i'm erin burnett. we begin "outfront" with the breaking news. at this hour live, donald trump at a rally. he'll speak about the democratic debate and new polls today in richmond, virginia. these are live pictures. thousands are gathering to hear trump in just a few moments. he will be coming out and speaking. the republican front-runner seen here arriving just moments ago. taking back the national stage today, panning the democratic debate making it clear that he thinks he could beat hillary clinton in the debate. this is the latest cnn poll that shows trump's dominance growing. double-digit leads in both nevada and south carolina. 16 points ahead of ben carson in nevada and double digits as well in south carolina. the rest of the candidates still in single digits. sara murray is joining us live at the trump rally. donald trump is obviously there and is going to be speaking. i know you had a chance to speak to him as he got out of the car. what are he tell you? >> reporter: that's right. i spoke to donald trump as he was going in. he said he bel

i'm erin burnett. vegas showdown, we are live here in las vegas at the scene of the first democratic presidential debate. it is here at the wynn hotel. democratic front-runner hillary clinton and the self-described democratic socialist bernie sanders will go head to head tonight. most of the candidates toured the debate stage a short time ago. otherwise, sanders, clinton, martin o'malley, lincoln chafee and jim webb have been hunkered down and who knows what they do in the final minutes before the debate. the stakes are high. clinton must not stumble and they need to deliver a death blow to steal the show. we go to brianna keilar behind me. we have seen a few of the candidates come in, check things out. what's going on where you are right now? >> yeah, that's right, erin. as you can see behind me we have some stand-ins here for the candidates. as a lot of the photographers from the myriad of cameras that we have here in the debate hall are making sure they're ready to go. 90 minutes from now. all of th

good evening, i'm erin burnett. we are live from las vegas. two heavyweights, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are counting down to the showdown that could make or break their campaign. clinton has been practicing. she's been practicing, practicing, practicing with mock components. bernie sanders said he only started studying reluctantly after two aides sat him down and gave him a talk. we're live in las vegas and begin with jeff zeleny in our coverage. hillary clinton, a lot of preparation, a lot of that would be her personality, how she prepares for things. but the question is, is she nervous? >> reporter: she certainly comes into this debate having more information than anyone before. she did some 25 debates in the 2008 cycle. but tomorrow night when she stands on this stage behind me right here, it's a whole new ball game for her. she has to show that she's presidential and ready for this moment in the campaign. she was a very practiced debater in 2008. she was so much better than barack obama then. it's a different moment in this campai

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> "out front," the top u.s. general says the u.s. needs a new plan to stay and fight in afghanistan saying al qaeda and isis are on the rise. the oregon shooter and his mother bonded over a love of guns. should she be held responsible for his massacre? new details what happened to the missing cargo ship. why did it sail into the path of a massive hurricane? we have the answers tonight. let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "out front" a dire warning about isis. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says isis and al qaeda are growing stronger and the u.s. needs a new plan. general john campbell says u.s. troops need to stay and fight. in testimony today, general campbell warning there are as many as 3,000 isis fighters in afghanistan and that al qaeda forces are surging as the u.s. secretary of defense says he deeply regrets what he says was a mistaken attack on an afghan hospital. doctors without borders, which runs that hospital saying there was no mistake. the u.s. forces knew exactly what they were doing, killi

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, u.s. fighter jets scrambled across the northeast, a massive military surveillance blimp donald trump out in the front and center in tonight's dedate. >>> the school officer caught on tape throwing the student and cross the room. tonight he's fighting back and says he did nothing wrong. we have a special guest. let's go "outfront." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. a massive military blimp out of control. the blimp crash landing after a frantic chase by f-16 fighter jets. it was heading for heavily populated new england when it lost control and wreaked havoc on a pennsylvania town and cutting power lines to 30,000 people. the military kobt shoot the nearly $200 million blimp down out of fear the 7,000 pound air ship would have exploded. it landed successfully this evening. you can see it there. that was, let me say it again, nearly $200 million. loaded with high-powered radar designed to protect the east coast of the united states from enemy missile

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, joe a no. joe biden makes his surprise announcement in the rose garden where the president traditionally speaks. biden saying it's too late to run and that his window to win the oval office and that rose garden for a term has closed. biden's decision changes the race. according to one poll, biden the only democrat who could top trump in the general election. as for hillary clinton, the most recent poll without biden mean as much stronger lead in the democratic field for her. clinton and trump both had kind words for biden today and trump added that he prefers to run against clinton because, quote, her record is so bad. donald trump is about to speak at a rally in iowa and sarah marie is there and we'll talk to her in just one moment. that's where he'll be speaking. i want to begin with jeff zell la any. what finally decided this for joe biden? >> he followed his head, not his heart. he's wanted to be president for most of his four decades in washington. but at the end of the day after make all

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, months storm. hurricane patricia, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded barrelling into the pacific coast. millions in its path, almost no time to evacuate. we are live where patricia is slamming onshore. >>> plus, donald trump taking a big hit in the polls today, gearing up to slam ben carson. speaking at a rally this hour, we'll go live to miami. and isis killing a u.s. commando in iraq. the intel for his mission terribly wrong. what happened? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. the strongest hurricane ever. hurricane patricia being called the most powerful in recorded history. look at this picture of the mammoth storm. this was taken from the international space station. this is a storm defying history in almost every way, exploding overnight from nothing more than a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane. that happened in just 24 hours. now hurricane patricia is about to slam into the pacific coast of mexico, with wind speeds at abou

i'm erin burnett.

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we begin with donald trump doubling down. the gop frontrunner again attacking george w. bush for 9/11. an angry jeb bush pushing back, insisting his brother kept america safe. questioning trump's fitness to be commander in chief. and just moments ago, trump fighting back. his brash tone is the right tone. >> i don't want a candidate that can be scared by a pollster, right? they pay them a lot. you shouldn't have said that! i mean, i've seen it. you shouldn't have said that today in south carolina! you have to say this! i don't really believe in that. doesn't matter. you have to say that. you want to get elected. who wants this stuff? you know what? if you can't get elected, you've got to do what's right. >> this comes as a new poll shows trump solidly in first place. 25% of the vote, jeb bush dropping to fifth place in the same poll. ben carson has closed to within three points of the lead. sarah murray begins our coverage out front tonight. she's with donald trump in south carolina at that rally. trump's event just wrapping

you told our very own erin burnett that sometimes you acquiesce, it's a little bit childish -- >> but i'm fighting a lot of people that are coming at me because i have good polls. you have governors and senators that are at one and two and three and i'm -- some polls say i'm at 36. so when you see that, and i understand why, i think i'd do the same thing they're doing, but all of a sudden they hit me. i get hit out of the blue by rand paul. i get hit by this guy rubio. they hit me because they want to grab some of the attention. >> my question is, and i saw you on fox news, you kind of acquiesced a little bit, are you going to see a kinder, gentler donald trump? >> you are. look, i built a great company. jeb bush said my tone is a little tough. this is a tough world. you can't have people who are low energy running the country. i think i have a great temperament. that's all i've been doing all my life is winning. >> the former president bill clinton talked about the gop race. here's what he said. >> you shouldn't be able to insult your way to the white house or use enough politically

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, an about-face. the white house announcing today that american forces will be deployed to syria.

i'm erin burnett. vegas showdown, we are live here in las vegas at the scene of the first democratic presidential debate. it is here at the wynn hotel. democratic front-runner hillary clinton and the self-described democratic socialist bernie sanders will go head to h

in fact, listen to what your party's frontrunner donald trump told cnn's erin burnett in terms of letting russia fight isis in syria. >> let syria and isis fight. let isis and syria fight. and let russia -- they're in syria already, let them fight isis. let russia take care of isis. how many places can we be? >> that's your party's frontrunner, sir. what do you say? >> well, i guess the question is, is do we want to keep slaughtering people in syria and -- that are fighting for freedom? do we want to continue the barrel bombing which is one of the reasons why 240,000 syrians have been murdered? do we want this flood of refugees to continue? >> right, but what do you think of donald trump's position and why do you think your party -- >> i just -- one, i don't think he understands very well the situation. and he's entitled to his opinion. as far as other members of my party are concerned, that all i can say is, i know the realities. i've been there for years. we have said what needed to be done and predicted what was going to happen. if there isn't a reassertion of american leadership in a

let's go "outfront." ♪ >> good evening, i'm erin burnett and i'm "outfront" tonight.

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, u.s. fighter jets scrambled across the northeast, a massive military surveillance blimp donald trump out in the front and center in tonight's dedate. >>> the school officer caught on tape throwing the student and cross the room. tonight he's fighting back and says he did nothing wrong. we have a special guest. let's go "outfront." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. a massive military blimp out of control. the blimp crash landing

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> "out front," the top u.s. general says the u.s. needs a new plan to stay and fight in afghanistan saying al qaeda and isis are on the rise. the oregon shooter and his mother bonded over a love of guns. should she be held responsible for his massacre? new details what happened to the missing cargo ship. why did it sail into the path of a massive hurricane? we have the answers tonight. let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "out front" a dire warning about isis. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says isis and al qaeda are g

i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, joe a no. joe biden makes his surprise

good evening, i'm erin burnett. we are live from las vegas. two heavyweights, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are counting down to the showdown that could make or break their campaign. clinton has been practicing. she's been practicing,

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" tonight, two major scares. a close call for u.s. fighters over syria and a new poll tonight showing donald trump leading in three key states. his campaign making big changes. "outfront" tonight, trump's campaign manager. >>> eight search for 28 americans from the missing cargo ship called off at this hour. investigators searching for answers on to why the ship lost power. new details on that. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, terrorist nukes. we're monitoring two major national security

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" tonight, breaking news, nine dams fail across south carolina in the wake of a 1,000-year flood. into plus, new details about the oregon shooter tonight. he handed one student his final writings and then made him sit and watch the carnage. our exclusive interview ahead tonight. >>> an american airlines pilot dies mid-flight, more than 150 people on board. let's go "outfront." >> good evening. "outfront" tonight, nine dams have failed in south carolina. more expected to fail now as a 1,000-year flood devastates the state. nine people are dead and thousands trying to escape the floodwaters. at this moment, a curfew is beginning for columbia, south carolina, the state capital hardest hit, nearly 20 inches of rain falling in just one day there. 1300 national guard troops and first responders have been rescuing hundreds at this hour nearly 500 interstate highways and roads are closed in the state. firefighters came to the aid of this family trapped in their apartment. the roads impassable. floodwaters have been trampling the cars. mart

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, mission not accomplished. in a stunning announcement, the obama administration says it is suspending its program to train syrian

we're going to continue cnn's breaking news coverage of what happened with erin burnett out front that starts right now. . >>> a horrific mass shooting. at this moment at least ten people are dead, more than 20 wounded. some of those victims right now fighting for their lives. the governor of oregon kate brown says a 20-year-old man opened fire on the campus of umpqua community college in roseburg, oregon. the shooter entering multie classrooms. witnesses describing panic and chaos as students ran for their lives. when police arrived they exchanged fire with the gunman, he was killed. a source says four guns were recovered from the scene and we'll be telling you more about those. investigators now believe the gunman discussed his plans for mass murder on line last night with a group of people. some of them egging him on, others calling him a hero. moments ago, an angry president obama addressed the nation. >> earlier this year i answered a question in an interview by saying the united states of america is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common sense

." >>> good friday evening, i'm erin burnett. we now know the names of all nine victims who lost their lives. i want to make sure you know them, too. rebecca carnes, quinn cooper, lucas eibel, all three only 18 years old. jason johnson, 34. we don't yet have pictures of trevn who was 20, lawrence levine who was 67 or sarena moore, 44. all of them were gunned down while they were in class. survivors telling us they were asked to stand up and state their religion before the gunman opened fire. tonight, the president ordering flacks at the white house to fly half-staff in their honor. at a press conference, the president making it clear he will not stop fighting for gun reform. >> the main thing i'm going to do is i'm going to talk about this. on a regular basis. and i will politicize it because our inaction is a political decision that we are making. >> we are learning much more tonight about the shooter. we now know he had 13 guns, 6 recovered at the scene along with a massive amount of ammunition and five magazines. kyung lah is

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a major reversal for president obama in afghanistan. the president who came into office vowing to end that war, announcing today he is keeping more american troops in the country. the president changing his mind, because he says those troops are needed to prevent terror attacks on america. >> but as your commander in chief, i believe this mission is vital to our national security interests in preventing terrorist attacks against our citizens and our nation. >> the president saying this is, quote, the right thing to do. some of the 2016 republican presidential candidates obviously agree. we were all still -- all, though, were still quick to slam the president's leadership, including the candidate rising fastest in the polls, carly fiorina. >> well, i certainly support his recognition of reality. i mean, the reality is that the complete withdrawal of our troops from iraq destabilize that country and he now is recognizing that afghanistan is becoming potentially a haven for isis and that the taliban is not on the wane, as he tried to convi

"erin burnett out front" starts right now. >>> breaking news. donald trump and hillary clinton speaking live tonight. dueling events. miles apart as a war of words between trump and jeb bush erepresents over 9/11. and we dug into the details of the campaign spending who is spending money on hotels? and live from las vegas, more on lamar odom. let's go "out front." >>> and good friday evening to all. we begin with the breaking news, donald trump about to speak at a campaign event in massachusetts. he's less than ten miles away from where hillary clinton just wrapped up her campaign event. trump taking aim at clinton all week. she might be a big target tonight as he takes the stage, but she won't be the only one. all eyes also on how trump will address the controversy getting the buzz today. it all started when donald trump was asked if he could lead the nation in times of crisis like president bush and obama and here's how he answered that question. >> when you talk about george bush, i mean, say what you want. the world trade center came down du

well, hear this from erin burnett. >> simply put, this movie nailed it. the 1989 hit back to the future ii predicted the year 2015 with amazing accuracy. flat screen tv's, 3-d movies and the cubs winning the world series. >> cubs win world series. >> well, maybe. one idea from the future hasn't arrived, at least not yet. that's the self-lacing shoe. >> power laces, all right. >> my memories from watching the film, i remember the nike mag and the flying car. i don't have the flying car. i really want the nike mag. >> nike says their idea for the real thing, the future of sneakers, could be just days away. matt writes about it. >> the way that it works, one pushes a button on the side of the shoe that will activate a motor that then wraps around the foot with four straps and tightens across the midsection of the foot. >> a far cry from how the original work. >> in the movie they had cables that ran down michael j. fox's pants and a huge gigantic battery pack that he wore at his waist. >> rumors of the shoe surfaced years ago for automatic lacing shoes. seve

let's bring in senior reporter steven collison and ben carson spoke to erin burnett last night. he addressed that controversial tweet so many have talked about from media mogul rupert murdoch, saying carson would be a real black president. how did he react? >> mr. murdoch has apologized tore that tweet. it's interesting, tells us about mr. murdoch, how excited he is about this candidacy of mr. carson, a long-time booster of mr. carson and mr. carson is an outsider, willing to take on subjects some potential presidents in this race are not willing to take on. race is one of them. if we look at that clip from cnn last night, we can see he's beginning to now weigh in on president obama's record with the black community and in many ways it's not very complimentary. >> what i think he was trying to say is that the black community and was extremely excited about his election and their plight has not improved significantly under his administration. >> would you do something specifically and more for the black sdmucommunity? >> i would. i would do something specific to allow ladders of

we're going to continue cnn's breaking news coverage of what happened with erin burnett out front that starts right now. . >>> a horrific mass shooting. at this moment at least ten people are dead, more than 20 wounded. some of those victims right now fighting for their lives. the governor of oregon kate brown says a 20-year-old man opened fire on the campus of umpqua community college in roseburg, oregon. the shooter entering multie classrooms. witnesses describing panic and chaos as students ran for their lives. when police arrived they exchanged fire with the gunman, he was killed. a source says four guns were recovered from the scene and we'll be telling you more about those. investigators now believe the gunman discussed his plans for mass murder on

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, a major reversal for president obama in afghanistan. the president who came into office vowing to end that war, announcing today he is keeping more american troops in the

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. ben carson surging, the doctor double-digit lead over the donald. now trump is attacking. plus, video inside the raid that killed an american in iraq. you'll see what went down when u.s. special forces attempted to rescue isis prisoners facing execution. >>> american staples, bacon and sausage, a new report says they cause cancer and we're all at risk. let's go "outfron

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" tonight, breaking news, nine dams fail across south carolina in the wake of a 1,000-year flood. into plus, new details about the oregon shooter tonight. he handed one student his final writings and then made him sit and watch the carnage. our exclusive interview ahead tonight. >>> an american airlines pilot dies mid-flight, more than 150 people on board. let's go "outfront." >> good evening. "outfront" tonight, nine dams have failed in south carolina. more expected to fail now as a 1,000-year flood devastates the

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" tonight, donald trump still attacking president bush over 9/11 and declaring that if the election were held today, he'd win big. plus, trump and ben carson waiting for congress to approve secret service protection as the threats against carson are said to be growing. our special report on that. and claims that the cia of homeland security have been hacked. now the alleged hacker says he's about to leak their information, speaking to cnn. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin but.

make sure you watch her full interview tonight with erin burnett 7:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. thank you so so much. >>> coming up, it is a question the candidates have been confronted with before, certainly whether black lives matter or is it all lives matter? we'll look at how they answered that question from facebook and reaction they are getting today. >>> also ahead, the middle east. is it reaching a tipping point? jerusalem on high alert after another stabbing hours after police thwarted a similar attack. how the israeli government now is responding. we'll have a live report. you're watching cnn. ♪ every insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. for those who've served and the families who've supported them, we offer our best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. ♪ ♪ biden: we had a pretty good idea what all those families, all you americans in trouble, were going through... in part because our own families had gone

erin burnett with "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" tonight, the gop in disarray. the stunning dropout of kevin mccarthy. >>> plus, dr. ben carson and his wife here on "outfront" talking race and their marriage. >>> an american hero stabbed on the street. why did the airman, who helped take down a terrorist, brutally attacked right here at home. let's go "outfront."

"erin burnett out front" starts right now. >>> breaking news. donald trump and hillary clinton speaking live tonight. dueling events. miles apart as a war of words between trump and jeb bush erepresents over 9/11. and we dug into the details of the campaign spending who is spending money on hotels? and live from las vegas, more on lamar odom. let's go "out front." >>> and good friday evening to all. we begin with the breaking news, donald trump about to speak

. >> reporter: carson recently told erin burnett he still has a lot of fire inside of him. >> you conquered your demons but is there anything that fires you up? that young man that could do those things, that person still in there, right? >> well, i may be fired up, i may just look like i'm fired up. >> reporter: but it's the softer carson that's winning over evangelicals. now trump is taking aim at religion. >> i'm presbytarian. boy, that's down the middle of the road, folks. in all fairness. i mean, seventh day adventists i don't know about. i just don't know about. >> reporter: meanwhile, jeb bush who just got pay roll costs by 70% across the board. >> blah, blah, blah. >> you know what they're saying out there? >> reporter: no longer able to hide his frustratitrusfrustrati state of the race. >> i've got a lot of really cool things that i could do ore this than sit around being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. that is a joke. elect trump if you want that. >> reporter: today bush's rallying donors at a texas retreat as he tries to reass