we are following a breaking story. ford motors replacing the ceo mark fields. the officials briefed on the move and reportedly set to replace him is jim hackett. ford stock has dropped off precipitously during field s tenure. the company slashed 10% of the work force. mostly salaried in an attempt to jump start the stock. that did not work. nbc news has not independently confirmed the report. still ahead, we are awaiting president trump and air force one touching down no tel aviv. and the final curtain call for the ringling bros. and barnum & bailey. the greatest show on earth. we re back in a moment.
donald trump sp in first place at 39%. his highest showing ever in an fnc poll. ted cruz is a distant second at 18%. followed by mark why rubio. 11%. carson at 9%. everyone else is 3% or below. joining us from virginia, director of uva center for politics and in boston, huey burns reporter for real clear politics. i will start with you, kaitlin, the headliner on the poll for you is donald trump shows no signs of fading away and we are just seven weeks away from when voters weigh in in iowa and new hampshire. but i also think that this poll shows an others and as well results of the debate show this field s narrowing a bit. donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio i think are considered the top tier, top competitors.
donald trump sp in first place at 39%. his highest showing ever in an fnc poll. ted cruz is a distant second at 18%. followed by mark why rubio. 11%. carson at 9%. everyone else is 3% or below. joining us from virginia director of uva center for politics and in boston, huey burns reporter for real clear politics. i will start with you, kaitlin, the headliner on the poll for you is donald trump shows no signs of fading away and we are just seven weeks away from when voters weigh in in iowa and new hampshire. but i also think that this poll shows an others and as well results of the debate show this field s narrowing a bit. donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio i think are considered the top tier, top competitors.
in south carolina have launched a civil rights investigation into the incident. still, field s attorney maintains his clients actions were justified. in a statement released on wednesday, the attorney wrote, in part, we believe that mr. fields actions were justified and lawful. we believe that whemr. fields actions were done within the job duty threshold. his job duties. what are the duties in high school? we might expect to encounter volunteer parents or front office administrators, librar n librarians, directors, pretty much any made for tv after school special, that cast of characters is going to appear. but another cast is performing duties, police officers. why was an officer like fields
throwback to what spring be training used to be like. it was the last year the as were there. they re moving out on good terms. that field s going to be given to arizona state s college team. but the as are going to move to another facility. and when i asked the president there about the fact that they re moving facilities and this ability of cities to really lobby for teams to move, here s what he said about why it s so important. the minor league facility, we use that to develop our minor league players. that facility s used virtually 12 months a year. we play our rookie ball team out of there, and, you know, to have the latest training equipment and health care and kitchen facilities as nutrition becomes more important is critical for our success. reporter: that s the biggest changes. a lot of these facilities aren t just used for six weeks in the spring, they re used for the entire year as players come and go and work out and in some cases move nearby for the off season. the ch