Marco rubio is in third at 18 . Preludethe statistical to tonights republican president ial candidate debate here in des moines iowa at the iowa event centered, just a few blocks from where were sitting. Don trump, as of now, is not planning to be at the debate it is holding his own comic impeding event to raise money for veterans down the road. We will talk about that in a minute. This will be a highstakes evening for us. What are you looking for in the trumpless debate . Different kinds of weapons are deployed against ted cruz and how many actually cut, lesser it, or bruise him. Believed onto be the stage. Everyone will be trying to take dohim, down. Mark i think youre wrong. I think the target is marco rubio. Tie, kasich, they all have to stop rubio who will emerge with a strong finish from iowa. Cruz may have a light night compared to rubio. I think ted cruz is still a huge target. He has invulnerability, whereas with rubio on the rise, there is some strength there. Rolepeople in r
Republicans came into the night knowing it would be tight between donald trump and ted cruz. Cruz. Those two lived up to the hype and ted cruz overcame Iowa Governor Terry Branstad telling iowans to not caucus for cruz because of the texas senators stand on the rewable fuel standard and ethanol. When the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationside over 800 thousand donations poured in to ted cruz. Com saying yes we can. But the big story of the night was the surge marco rubio made. He turned a distant third place in the polls to nearly bumping donald trump out of the number two spot. Montana senator steve daines was pushing for the florida senator. Senator. Marco is that kind of leader and his story. The son of a bartender, moms a hotel maid, how hard it is for American Families to make ends meet. Thats been marcos life and thats going to make a great president. Both Major Political parties in iowa say problems with this years caucus were caused by record turn out tha
Make vur your mute your television or radio when you call in so you wont feed back. Or you can send us a tweet. Same question, should the u. S. Invest more in africa . We will get to your comments and your posts in just a bit. E u. S. africa summit getting underway today in washington. It is a largely economic gathering. African leaders converge on the summit. They write it is a largest gathering of african government officials in washington in an effort to bolster the u. S. Relationship with one of the worlds Fastest Growing economies but preparations for the historic summit have been overshadowed by the march of the ebola virus in west africa, a crisis that has claimed more than 700 lives and has International Health officials scrambling for solutions. Here are some comments from the or as well. Ct some have cast africas otential in a new light. An unprecedented threeday conference between u. S. Officials and more than 40 african heads of state underscore the gains that have been mad
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