Disagree, call this number. Or ave a separate line, special line for Afghanistan War veterans. If not by phone, you can weigh twitter,ial media, facebook, or send us an email. New york times, heres what peter baker writes this morning on all of this. Obamas afghan shift is tied to the iraq meltdown. As he described factors that went into his decision, the one word that president obama did not mention on thursday was iraq. His years ago, he stuck to plan to pull out only to watch the country collapsed back into sectarian strife and a renewed war with islamic extremist. Ining a similar situation afghanistan, mr. Obama has decided not to follow a similar course. Goes on to write, whether keeping a residual American Force and iraq would have made a difference is a point of contention, but the president chose not to take a chance this time. Ofseeking to avoid a repeat the iraq meltdown by keeping 9800 troops in afghanistan next year and 5500 after he leaves office, he abandoned his hopes of
John when i titled the show political reality, we put reality in quotation marks because so much of what politicians say and do is fake. Their handlers try to make the candidate look good. Recently the Political Class decided Hillary Clinton didnt appear authentic and likable. Her campaign staff, i mean in the New York Times ran this headline. Clinton to show more humor and hearth. And Rolling Stone said clintons fake populism is a hit. Really . Listen to her at the coffee shop in iowa. Its so exciting to be here you know who says hello . Senator harkin says hello. Senator harkin told me to say hello and you remember me. How are you, dear. John you think she was really excited to be here . I dont think so. I dont blame her or any politician for struggling to fake it. Day after day of smiling at strangers, who can do that . But thats the phoniness of politics. Political ads are phony, too. This election cycle, one candidate has run ads so honest, so authentic, i may vote for him. A pres
Couple of minutes so dont go anywhere. 3 inches of rain. The race for president. Your voice, your vote and counting down to the next big Republican Debate tomorrow night. A new poll in iowa shows ben Carson Opening up a doubledigit lead on donald trump. While jeb bush trying to get back in the game with help from his family. Abcs tom llamas has all the latest. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. Lets take a look at these numbers. You can see dr. Ben carson with a commanding lead over trump, 32 to 18 . Not only that, carson is the first or second choice for 51 of likely voters in that critical state. New motivation for trump to highlight the difference between himself and carson at tomorrows debate. For months donald trump seemed unstoppable. But this morning, more proof his campaign is struggling in iowa. Now, three polls showing dr. Ben carson is the new frontrunner in the hawkeye state. Im number two in iowa. I said, i dont believe it. Ones bloomberg, they hate m
Into the Florida Panhandle and now moving north. And ginger, of course, is following all of that for us this morning. Ill start us off in east baton rouge where the Sheriffs Office took these photos. Students that were with on a bus got caught up. They couldnt get through the flash flooding. They put them on a truck and couldnt get the truck through the flash flooding so had to rescue them off there. Thankfully everybody okay but a lot of this fueled from the remnants of patricia. Mississippi, alabama. This morning mostly west florida up to Southern Indiana and ohio thats where the storm is now. But it will move quickly tonight into the Early Morning hours, pennsylvania, new york, washington, d. C. , will get it by tomorrow morning. Then its out of here. But it drops up to three inches of rain, especially in some of the higher elevations. Ill be back talking about snow on the west coast in just a couple of minutes so dont go anywhere. 3 inches of rain. The race for president. Your voic
Trapped after a plane crash in the everglades. They capture dramatic images right after impact. We have three patients. One patients going to be a trauma. Eme and good morning, america. What an incredible story out of florida. Take a look right there. You see that plane crash. Well, our news crew from wplg down in miami was out flying, going on a story when they spotted this wreckage. They went down, went into action, saved the people on board that aircraft. Amazing story. Were going to hear from the crew ahead. Good thing an engineer happened to be on board that helicopter. We begin with that storm taking aim at the northeast. The remains of Hurricane Patricia not finished making life miserable for millions of americans. Dumping flooding rain from texas into the Florida Panhandle and now moving north. And ginger, of course, is following all of that for us this morning. Ill start us off in east baton rouge where the Sheriffs Office took these photos. Students that were with on a bus go