Thursday, September 17th 2015, 12:05 am
A big night in Campaign 2016.
Eleven leading Republican presidential candidates went head to head in a political showdown during their second primetime debate.
Frontrunner Donald Trump touched on immigration reform, the Iran Nuclear Deal and relations with Russia. Meanwhile, Carly Fiorina called on republicans to submit a budget defunding planned parenthood, despite a veto threat.
11:10 p.m. Another lighthearted question for the candidates: What would your Secret Service code name be?
11:04 p.m. A lighthearted question for the candidates: In light of the fact that the Treasury Department plans to put a woman on the $10 bill, who would the candidates put there?
10:50 p.m. Tapper brings up the fact that Trump has linked vaccines to autism and asks Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon, to weigh in on whether he should stop saying that.
"There have been numerous studies and they have not demonstrated that there's any correlation between vaccinations and autism. This is something that was spread widely 15 or 20 years ago and it has not been adequately revealed to the public what's actually going on," he said. But, he said, there are some vaccinations which don't prevent diseases that would kill people and said there should probably be some discretion. He blamed the concerns about vaccines on the fact that they are supported by "big government."
As to whether Trump should stop making the link, he said he can read more and will make an intelligent decision.
Trump said, "I am totally in favor of vaccines" but said they should be spaced farther apart and given in smaller doses. He cited the case of an employee whose child got vaccines and then two weeks later got a fever and then autism.
Asked to respond, Carson said, "He's an okay doctor," -- a riff on the criticism that Trump fired his way.
"The fact of the matter is we have extremely well-documented proof that there's no autism associated with vaccinations but it is true that we are probably giving way too many in way too short period of time," he said, saying he would support cutting down on the number and frequency of vaccinations.
Paul, the other doctor on stage, was also asked to respond.
"I'm all for vaccines but I'm also for freedom. I'm also a little concerned about how they're all bunched up," he said.
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