Larry king serve as moderator. Governor bush was widely considered the frontrunner in the 2000 gop race but senator a decisiveed won victory in New Hampshire prior to this debate. Governor bush defeated Vice President al gore in the general election in one of the most highly contested races in u. S. History. This 90 minute event is courtesy of cnn. Larry king tonight, a crucial debate for the three remaining republican president ial candidates. Joining me in South Carolina, site of saturdays gop primary, senator john mccain of arizona. Former Reagan Administration official, ambassador alan keyes. And Texas Governor george w. Bush. Theyre next on a special edition of larry king live election 2000. This is the South Carolina republican debate. Larry king good evening. A couple of notes before we start. Were at seawells Banquet Center here in columbia, South Carolina, the capital of this state. This event tonight is sponsored by bipec. Thats the South Carolina business and industry politi
Contested race, later. This is courtesy of cnn. Larry king tonight, a crucial debate for the three remaining republican president ial candidates. Joining me in South Carolina, site of saturdays gop primary, senator john mccain of arizona. Former Reagan Administration official, ambassador alan keyes. And Texas Governor george w. Bush. Theyre next on a special edition of larry king live election 2000. This is the South Carolina republican debate. Good evening. A couple of notes before we start. Were at seawells Banquet Center here in columbia, South Carolina, the capital of this state. This event tonight is sponsored by bipec. Thats the South Carolina business and industry political education committee. This is the second such event theyve held. They held one four years ago. We are live, as you can tell. There is an audience here of people enjoying it. We have asked them to remain attentive so that you can listen to everything our guests say. A couple of other notes, this is going to be
But the balance for the power in the senate has gone the very serious in the last couple of hours. Senate minority leader harry reid seizing on the lull in the president ial campaign to roll out a strategy for socalled down the ballot candidates. Reid unveiling the strategy tying Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and House Speaker paul ryan very tightly to, quote, the party of trump. He is criticizing the gop frontrunner and then tying the entire party, even conflicted republicans who dont support donald trump to the controversial billionaire. Our Political Panel on why the gop might want to take a page out of harry reids book . And the fight over president Obamas Supreme Court nominee playing out on capitol hill at this hour as judge Merrick Garland meets with senators on both sides of the aisle. Phone calls, too. Republican senators have thrown up the blockade to stymie the judge, but is this the right way to treat a man some call the most qualified Supreme Court nominee in hist
Today, a nice recovery after this chilly start. Full day of sunshine anticipated. Low 50s at noon. Well check out the sevenday forecast in a little bit. Shes got her eye on the wednesday morning commute. How is it looking . On the gowanus, a closure around ft. Hamilton parkway. You will be diverted around exit 18 and then try to get around this accident. Woodbridge, new jersey, dealing with an earlier accident. Cleaning up the crash from a downed pole and wires. King georges post road. The cross bronx, roadwork between the sheraton expressway to third avenue. You can see the traffic coming towards us is not going anywhere fast. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Emily, thanks very much. People in brooklyn are wait to go see whats left after this raging fire that ripped through five buildings that erupted last night and burned into this morning. This is the scene on dekalb avenue in bushwick. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is there. Kat . Michael, its heartbreaking to hear from peo
Forensics with ted cruz, and extra to credit with Chris Christie. But first a book report by jeb bush. In the aftermath of the paris attacks, in the blink of an eye the 2016 president ial race has been transformed into a National Security election. Just watch this new broadcast from jeb that will begin airing tomorrow. It endeavors mightily to make the former Florida Governor look like the most commander in chief candidate in the field. I opened my hand to release the grenade and it exploded. This is no reality show. This is serious business. This is about the livelihood of our kids and grandkids. This commander and chief requires training wheels. We need jeb bush. John also today John Mccormack was there with camera in hand as he jumped Hillary Clinton for her reluctance to say she would send american troops to fight isis. They do not believe it is a threat to our National Security. I do. He would work to create a Coalition Led by america in the air and on the ground is well. The pres