Good evening. The race for 2016 and the big showdown tonight. The stakes could not be higher for the republican candidates who are trying to compete with donald trump. 11 candidates taking the stage. Trump will be front and center. Our reporter with him. Did he hint about a new strategy . While just miles from that stage, another voice. Vice president joe biden, taking on trump, calling part of trumps message, quote, sick. Abcs tom llamas with the Vice President s words, and with trump himself on whats to come tonight. Reporter how is your debate prep going . I think very good. Reporter the battle to dethrone the reigning king of the hill, as donald trump, in a new interview, reveals hes looking for his softer side. Well, its a tough question, because you hate to say what your weaknesses are, but i think it could tone it down a little bit. When somebody hits you, hit a little bit less hard. All right tonight, trump expected to take a lot of hits. The super pac supporting jeb bush offer
The u. N. Secretarygeneral is shocked hungary used tear gas and water cannons. Serbia has protested the refugees are trying to reach safe zones in the european union. We move on to admission from the top u. S. Commander in the middle east about the number of u. S. Trained Syrian Rebels currently fighting isis. Thousands were supposed to be ready for battle by years end, but as one senator says, those fighters can be counted by on fingers and toes. Abcs Martha Raddatz with the details. The figures are jaw drop ipi. Take a look at the numbers. The goal of this 500 million program, 5,400 trained fighters in the first year. So far, we have spent 42 million on the program. And we now have you just four or five trained rebels still in the fight. Thats about 10 million per fighter. Vetting and training is extremely difficult. And there are no u. S. Troops with rebels once theyre inside syria. But clearly, the training is not working. One senator causing this a total failure. The military says
Good evening. The race for 2016 and the big showdown tonight. The stakes could not be higher for the republican candidates who are trying to compete with donald trump. 11 candidates taking the stage. Trump will be front and center. Our reporter with him. Did he hint about a new strategy . While just miles from that stage, another voice. Vice president joe biden, taking on trump, calling part of trumps message, quote, sick. Abcs tom llamas with the Vice President s words, and with trump himself on whats to come tonight. Reporter how is your debate prep going . I think very good. Reporter the battle to dethrone the reigning king of the hill, as donald trump, in a new interview, reveals hes looking for his softer side. Well, its a tough question, because you hate to say what your weaknesses are, but i think it could tone it down a little bit. When somebody hits you, hit a little bit less hard. All right tonight, trump expected to take a lot of hits. The super pac supporting jeb bush offer
The reaction tonight. Good evening. The race for 2016 and the big showdown tonight. The stakes could not be higher for the republican candidates who are trying to compete with donald trump. 11 candidates taking the stage. Our reporter with him. Did he hint about a new strategy . While just miles from that stage, another voice. Vice president joe biden, taking on trump, calling part of trumps message, quote, sick. Abcs tom llamas with the Vice President s words, and with trump himself on whats to come tonight. Reporter tonight, the battle to dethrone the reigning king of the hill now under way. Before the big event, donald trump sounding confident. How is the debate prep going . I think very good. In a new interview, he reveals hes looking for his softer side. You hate to say what your weaknesses are but i think i could tone it down a little bit when pressed. When somebody hits you, you can hit back a little less hard. Reporter tonight, trump expected to take a lot of hits. The super pa