The CNN report says he’s going home to Florida for a couple days and then to DC for the National Prayer Breakfast. They said nothing about him dropping out. The Cruz campaign just made that up. Had they been honorable they would have checked with Carson directly to verify their phony claim. Did they, if so, what did Carson say?
Watch the video. The CNN reporters talk about how bizarre what Carson is doing is. They go on to say that no candidate who is still seriously running would do this. The fairly strong hint is that Carson is about to suspend his campaign.
This report was aired 15 minutes before the caucus. No time for team Cruz to do a detailed fact check on a breaking news story. Not to mention that Trump never fact checks before he smears Cruz.