Support ted cruzs long shot strategy to filibuster the budget resolution in the u. S. Senate. Thats a rapid change of fortunes for cruz, who just a short week ago was celebrating his improbable victory in which he almost singlehandedly pushed House Speaker john boehner to do something he manifestly did not want to do, pass a continuing resolution that would defund obama care. But ted cruzs biggest victory in his very short senatorial career could be his biggest defeat, revealing that there was an entire lake of contempt for ted cruz out there just waiting for the dam to burst. And this week this has been one of the strangest weeks ive ever had in washington, and i say that because as soon as we listed ted cruz as our featured guest this week, i got Unsolicited Research and questions not from democrats but from top republicans. Foxs Chris Wallace may have been shocked by the republican oped research dump on ted cruz, but its a sign of the time. As of this week, all of washington, d. C.
Those stories are ahead. First, we begin with the great ted cruz backlash of 2013. Tonight, Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell announced he will not support ted cruzs longshot strategy to filibuster the budget resolution in the u. S. Senate. Thats a rapid change of fortunes for cruz, who just a short week ago was celebrating his improbable victory in which he almost singlehandedly pushed House Speaker john boehner to do something he manifestly did not want to do, pass a continuing resolution that would defund obama care. But ted cruzs biggest victory in his very short senatorial career could be his biggest defeat, revealing that there was an entire lake of contempt for ted cruz out there just waiting for the dam to burst. And this week this has been one of the strangest weeks ive ever had in washington, and i say that because as soon as we listed ted cruz as our featured guest this week, i got Unsolicited Research and questions not from democrats but from top republicans. Foxs Chris Walla
Which the state department is now sifting through. Since the story broke, it has overshadowed every move she has made including her speech today at the womens empowerment principles event at United Nations thats under way right now. We have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. But first, lets set the scene. Our chief washington correspondent jake tapper is with me. Jake this is a critically important event for the former secretary of state, assuming as all of us do she wants to be the next president of the United States. Right. I think its a foregone conclusion that she will announce her candidacy sometime in the next couple months. Really the only thing being debated right now by her advisers is when and how. This is the first test for her as a president ial candidate in the 2016 run. There are a lot of unanswered questions. So far, a lot of political observers have noted this is something she could have tried to answer questions for either back when Michael Schmidt of the Ne
Returning from the christian sector. What did you see there . Reporter more on refuge eeing ee i in just a moment. It seems like Nouri Al Maliki went on state tv and said he wouldnt step down unless a top court ruled on the decision to replace him with a more moderate politician. Now, a new inclusive government could help iraq get the backing it needs to resolve the humanitarian crisis here. We saw another piece of that today. Take a look. Youre looking at the human cost. Christians forced to flee their homes in iraq told to convert to islam or die. They came here to a courtyard of a church in the city of erbil trying to survive. The militants said go or kill you. We saw whole families who had to flee with clothes on their back. We saw hungry and thirsty and sick and kids worried about kids and kids worried about missing school. This is one of the best run refugee locations in erbil. I asked one man what it felt like to be targeted simply for being a christian . He replied, no religion
Iraq, an effort which is a show of force. It comes on the same day that pilots with the uae joined forces launching their own strikes against isis. We have all the details covered. Keir simmons is on the ground. We are following other big stories with iran. Keir, lets start with you. How significant is this Troop Movement this morning . Reporter jose good morning. Its clearly another move by the jordanians to show their force. Thousands of troops are being sent to the border to protect the border. As you mentioned, it comes as the uae says it has conducted its first major strikes against isis using its f16s from a base here in jordan. It comes together as the king of jordans push to try to unite nations in this region in a new push against the isis in iraq and syria. At the same time there are aspects pushing against this. Theres an interview this morning with syrias president assad in which he suggests there are some communications between his government and the allied forces arranged