Why did your friend refer you to that video? What point was he trying to make?
The way Huckabee responded to the question, God could have used evolution for all he knew or cared, even though it appeared towards the end that he thought that evolution requires no God, which is not true. And he did duck the question of whether he's a young-earth creationist.
You need to go back to that friend and ask him why he referred you to that video and what point he was trying to make.