One. Historical continuity here and not the best one. I agree we should not use extreme forms of discussion or fights. We should not smear people for their position. And i will try to do my best to avoid that. On air for over an hour. Lets take some of the phone calls. Thank you, caller. We have calls coming from. Kraine, crimea, Border Regions borders with ukraine. We are now going to take a call russia coats, from rkutsk, russia. Roman. I would like to ask you, is mr. Supports the idea of bringing Russian Troops to the ukraine . Of we should not be euphoric about what is happening and onuld always use our actions the reality. The makeup of ukraine is different from these south southeastern russia. Those territories were given to ukraine in 1920s and then until 1954 when crimea also was given to ukraine for some reason, the ethic competition makeup was approximately 50 50. The final decision to return crimea was only made after i had seen the south of the referendum. Results of the re
Federal Aviation Administration drone head sites to talk about current research. Are asking our viewers to call in and tell us what you think about domestic drone use. You support or oppose it . Give us a call and tell us why. If you are outside the u. S. , you can catch up with us on social media pages on twitter, facebook or email. A good friday morning to you. We will be keeping our phones yourthis morning as we get thoughts on this question. Domestic drones. Tell us why. Ew the meantime, this p Research Project finding came out. It notes that the legal and Regulatory Framework for operating nonmilitary drones is currently the subject of debate. Part of the topic we are talking about today on the washington journal heard to help us discuss and get this topic going, we are bringing in brian fong of the Washington Post heard he is a Technology Writer there. Start us off by talking about what the rules are for commercial drone use. The faa is working on more clear rules about drones. T
Now amazon, taking down certain hoverboards over fears of fire. Tonight, the concern that has some parents saying, no way this is abc world news tonight. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with a major shift in the race for the white house. A republican challenger coming on strong. Two polls show senator ted cruz is now the man to beat in iowa. Cruz ten points up in a new Des Moines Register bloomberg poll, rising 20 points, a recordbreaking surge. The iowa caucus is now just 50 days away. The republicans are set to face off in a highstakes debate on tuesday, and trump already trying to take down cruz. We start with abcs mary bruce is at the white house tonight. Reporter tonight, senator ted cruz is cruising, passing donald trump in iowa. Its a meteoric rise for the texas senator, a 21point gain since october in one poll. So far cruz and trump have been friendly rivals, but trump is now taking aim. When you look at the way hes dealt with the sen
That drone was over iranian territory. Its huge. Known as the rq global hawk. Its the equivalent of a wing span of a boeing 757. It weighs eight tons. This is not a little drone that youre used to see. Lets get to the pentagon, Barbara Starr is there. What is centcom saying. Well, they are saying this was often unprovoked attack in International Airspace. Its worth thinking about why is that drone there in the first place. That drone is packed with ing s gathering information on what iran is up to. This is a drone that can fly for about 30 hours and can cover thousands of square miles of surveillance of airspace and land below. So this is a very key asset. Theres going to be a lot of questions about the capability of iranian surfacetoair missiles. That they were able to target this drone very clearly. Theres been a lot of concern that Iranian Missile capability is getting better, more precise, more able to target. This may be an example of those improvements. We will have to see. But a
Newly in the hands of an attorney general who admits he shares the president s suspicions of the mueller probe, specifically with how it began. Remember this . I think there is a spying did occur, yes. I think spying did occur. Well, overnight, the president ordered leaders across the u. S. Intelligence community to give attorney general bill barr whatever he wants as barr oversees a third investigation of the russia probes origins. He also empowered barr to declassify any intelligence he chooses. Supposedly and im quoting here to, quote, ensure that all americans learn the truth. Meanwhile, the white house refuses to budge on any of the supporting evidence for the Mueller Report. Well get to the irony of all of that in a moment, but lets begin with the facts and the significance of it this morning. My colleague, evan perez, is with me from washington. This is an extraordinary granting of power. And for many, its alarming. Why . Well, this is sweeping power for an attorney general to h