And Political Correctness run amok as Public University cancels a conservative speaker after liberal activists protested. What happened to free speech . Gerri joining me now Ford Oconnell and chuck rocha. Lets start with blake burman in d. C. Blake, the debate tonight in texas, is this not a doordie state for ted cruz . Reporter well, gerry i put that very question to the Cruz Campaign earlier today. A top cruz aide would not go that far unsurprisingly. They said they hoped to do well in texas, is how they put it. Looking to endorsement of the governor of state, greg abbott who has a strong relationship with ted cruz. The can diet has not been bash if you recall talking about the significance of texas and it is 155 delegates, more than the early four states combined. Cruz said tuesday will be the most important day in the president ial cycle. The crown jewel of super tuesday is the great state of texas. [cheers and applause] 155 delegates, nearly 15 , of whats required for the nominati
Avalanche kills 200 people. And normalization of relations with cuba being take off the terror list. And Leonard Nimoy has died at the age of 83. Hello there, thank you for joining us. Police in mexico have arrested the head of the ninth templar drug cartel. The government had offered a reward for the former schoolteacher. His cartel ruled through extortion and intimidation but recently has been driven out from many areas by vigilanty groups. The arrest is a success for the government. The alleged heads of several other cartels were captured last year. One of mexicos most wanted men taken without a shot. Gomez allegedly ran one of mexicos most powerful criminal organizations, the ninth templar. In recent years the cartel branched out from drug traffic trafficking to exhorting farmers and anyone they could squeeze protection money from. He always maintained he was a man of the people. At that time i was a born criminal, drug trafficker because i took risks. They wanted to steal from me
Died at age 83. Police in mexico have captured the countrys most wanted drug lord servando gomez, is the leader of the Knights Templar drug cartel. He was captured early on friday by federal police. His nickname la tuta came from his career as a school teacher. He became one of mexicos most wellknown Cartel Bosses. He was the president s prime target in his offensive against the drug gangs. Since the Mexican Government began cracking down on drugrelated violence more than 100,000 people have been killed. John hullman is in mexico city and sent us this report. Reporter one of mexicos most wanted men taken without a shot. Servando gomez allegedly ran one of mexicos most powerful criminal organizations. In recent years they branched out from drug trafficking, to extorting farmers and shop keepers. He always maintained he was a man of the people. Translator at that time i was a drug trafficker i had a bit of money, and they wanted to steal from me. And i didnt allow that. I dont want to ma
This is the latest offensive by countries inside nigeria. On friday a Regional Force, 8,000 troops, was approved. We have our correspondent in the nigeria capital abuja. The fight against boko haram has taken a few urgency. The objective is to push the fighters into a corner ahead of the onslaught. So far many towns have been freed from boko haram. For chad, niger and cameroon defeat from boko haram is crucial. 5 years of violence, and it is the biggest economy. If group, if unchecked, will expand their area of control and become a bigger area. If nigeria troops won, they would crush the area in five years. We are adequately equipped. We have taken delivery of the game changes, and a promise and letter by the president himself, we have taken delivery of new equipment, which is what you are seeing behind me there, and we can use them against boko haram. Before the weapons, it was a defensive operation. Now we are on the offensive. The military asked for six weeks to pave way for the ele
Thailand are targeted again in the fight here always here among those who died. A recorded Million Dollar birthday for the 90yearold president of zimbabwe where most men are lucky to reach that age. Costly and controversial as the sochi olympics prepare to wrap up, we look at whether putins pet project was a success. And greece uses its presidency of the European Union to propose that carbon emission rules be relaxed for countries in recession. Well, events in ukraine are moving at pace. Crowds of protesters still packing kievs Independence Square. Theyve seen the blood where i battle says between them and police just a few days ago. A day after the president was apparently voted out of office, his powers have been transferred to the speaker of parliament who becomes interim president. He has told parliament it has until tuesday to form a unity government. Viktor yanukovych has called the decision a coup, its not known where he is. Pictures have emerged of a helicopter outside his pres