The way we see the Republican debate

On Thursday night, the five remaining Republican presidential candidates will face off in the Republican primary debate tenth Houston, Texas.

Candidates who will participate at 8:30 pm ET CNN debate are businessman Donald Trump, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Governor of Ohio John Kasich, and a retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

The White House hopefuls meet for the first time after the Nevada caucus and South Carolina primary winnowed the field earlier this week.

On Tuesday, Trump said its third consecutive victory in Nevada, winning comfortably with a wide margin over his closest rival, Marco Rubio. New York businessman ended the night with 46 percent support, while Rubio stood at 24 percent and 21 percent on the Cross. Carson was only five percent of caucus-goer support and Kasich was four percent.

And in South Carolina on Saturday, Trump also dominated over Republican package, scoring 33 percent of the vote and winning 50 people. Rubio and Cruz were in a virtual tie for second, both with around 22 percent of the vote. After a disappointing end with only eight percent of the vote in the Palmetto State, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush suspended his campaign tonight.

On Thursday, a poll of Republican voters in Florida, the home state of Rubio, showed Trump with a double-digit lead, while a poll Washington Post-Univision revealed that 80 percent of Hispanics hold views unfavorable main billionaire candidate. In Texas, a survey of Monmouth University showed that Cruz still has a home state advantage, leading Trump 38 percent to 23 percent. Another survey showed Monmouth Trump leading the field in Virginia.

The debate comes just as Trump is engaged in a battle of words with former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who recently asked the Republican contenders to make their statements public taxes.

Romney said in an interview on Fox News on Wednesday that Trump tax returns were "likely to be a bomb." Trump has said only that his campaign would in releasing returns and "would make the determination in the next couple of months."

Thursday's forum will be the last debate before the voters vote in a number of states next week, during the Super Tuesday primaries. Texas, where the debate will take place, is one of the states with a Mark 1 primary.

The debate, held at the University of Houston, also will be the first GOP forum co-organized by a Spanish language channel. Telemundo has partnered with CNN and Salem Media Group to host the debate.

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