Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us at todays panel. Were lucky to be joined by such esteemed experts on the region and im very eager to hear their thoughts on the developing threat in the maghreb. Im going to start by introducing everyone on the panel briefly and ask them for some opening remarks. Their detailed biographies are in the programs before you and im eager to hear what they have to say, so i invite you to look at those biographies. For more information on their background. To my left is dr. Kim cragin, Senior Research fellow for counterterrorism at the National Defense university. To her left is dr. Michael ayari. Hes a Senior Analyst for tunisia at the International Crisis group. And to his left is dr. Mohammed masbah. Hes a Research Fellow for the crown center for middle east studies at Brandeis University and an associate fellow at chatham house. Ill ask our panel to go in that order and just a couple opening topic questions. Dr. Cragin, i was wondering i
Four letter word you can say in public. [laughter] so our panelists now as we get the chairs arranged our jerry fogel, who is chairman of the Jackson County Republican Party, the boy wonder chair of the Jackson County Republican Party of 1976, and part of the Host Committee for the convention. He is a graduate of southwest high in the university of missouri. Besides being chair of the Republican Party in 1976, he has worked in the danforth and bond campaigns over the years in senior roles. Been president of part of the , america Boy Scout Council and chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of commerce. He may have some interesting things to say about our airport. [laughter] steve winn, steve has held several writing positions as a at the kansas city star. He has written about local education in the kansas city public library. As a young reporter, he helped cover the 1976 Republican National convention for the star. Today he is the Communications Director o
There has never been more money spent on hitting somebody than on me. Lou more money may be spent in the upcoming week, trump has 458 delegates, he needed just 54 of remaining outstanding delegates to win the republican nomination, his next closest rifle is senator ted cruz issue he needs 62 of cruz last night won idaho issue but donald trump has the momentum going to next tuesday when winnertakeall states of florida and ohio hold their primaries, a brand new fox news pop show trump trouncing rubio in florida. In ohio issue a closer race there. With ohio a Governor John Kasich in the lead, trump just behind him, rubio and kasich are now fighting for their political live, trump is hold a Campaign Rally in fayetteville, North Carolina tonight, well go there live when it begins. Bernie sanders pulling off a stunning upset over Hillary Clinton in michigan, we compaq with all things politics with ed rollins and nick adams. Kristics blasting president obama say he unilaterally, handcuffed bo
There has never been more money spent on hitting somebody than on me. Lou more money may be spent in the upcoming week, trump has 458 delegates, he needed just 54 of remaining outstanding delegates to win the republican nomination, his next closest rifle is senator ted cruz issue he needs 62 of cruz last night won idaho issue but donald trump has the momentum going to next tuesday when winnertakeall states of florida and ohio hold their primaries, a brand new fox news pop show trump trouncing rubio in florida. In ohio issue a closer race there. With ohio a Governor John Kasich in the lead, trump just behind him, rubio and kasich are now fighting for their political live, trump is hold a Campaign Rally in fayetteville, North Carolina tonight, well go there live when it begins. Bernie sanders pulling off a stunning upset over Hillary Clinton in michigan, we compaq with all things politics with ed rollins and nick adams. Kristics blasting president obama say he unilaterally, handcuffed bo
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Wednesday morning. I know you werent even born, but boy, George Martin, what a legendary figure in music. Responsible for a lot of the beatles. They dont call everyone the fifth beatle. No question about it. Well have a tribute to sir george in a little while. This morning, once again, the president ial race is our top story. Lets get right to the results. The republicans, donald trump took the biggest prizes of yesterday. Michigan, mississippi and he added hawaii to his list of victories overnight. While ted cruz won by a large points. Break down. Trump leading with 456. Cruz in second with 363. Marco rubio, who had three threeplace finishes and won four yesterday has 153. Surprising upset against clinton in michigan, but she scored a decisive victory in mississippi by more than 65 points. That pushed clinton over the halfway mark in the race for delegates needed to lock up that nomination. We have complete coverage this morning.