The first reactions are in. Well, good tuesday morning. Im reena ninan. And im richard bacon. And the clock is ticking this morning toward the final republican presidedeial showdown of the year. The stage is set there at the Venetian Hotel in las vegas ahead of tonights debate. So much material. Its the first debate since the terror attacks in paris and california and since donald trump announced a plan to ban muslims. Its your voice, your vote, and abcs Stephanie Ramos joins us with more. Good morning, stephanie. Reporter reena, good morning to you. New chchlenge for donald trump as he continins to soar in the polls. The stage is set for the last gop debate of 2015. Nine candidates will stand on stage for the most critical event heading into the iowa caucuses. I think were doing great in iowa, and i expect to win iowa. Reporter at a rally in las vegas last night, trump took aim points like mexico and the wall he intends to build. And i know how to build it, and i know how to get them
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Are you ready to l let go . Amany. I am. Why kobe is hanging it now. What he did not accomplish on theourt and who would really win in a matchup with Michael Jordan. The exclusive only on gma this morning. And good morning, amica. Welcome back to robin. Court time with kobe. I didnt know baskskball was a girlrl its his first love and only love to this point and to give it up like he has, 17 times hes been an allstar. Hes been in the league for 20 years, five nba championships and hes going to tell us why five is not enough. Five is not enough. There is a r reasonwhy. Hes at peace. He is certainly at peace. Hes ready to move on. He looks soyoung. You look at him and cant believe hes retiring. Thats theing. When youre an athlete youre told youre old, youre old. Theres a whole other chapter or 12 for you. Breaking news, teor raids against isis enters a new p phase with the u. S. Pledging to put more special forces on the ground inside iraq and syria. Abcs chief Foreign Correspondent terry
Camera . Soon, you wont be shelling out quite so much cash. Jenna thanks for joining us tonight im Jenna Rehnstrom tim seaman has the night off. We begin tonight with a grim discovery in pierce nebraska. The state patrol is now investigating the discovery of a body found burned in an abandoned pickup truck. A vecle was spotted in a field about 10 miles outside of town around three this afternoon. Investigators say they discovered the remains of a person in the cab of that charred pickup truck. The Nebraska State Patrol and the state Fire Marshals Office were called in to investigate. The state patrol says the vehicle was still smoldering and too hot to get inside. The state patrol along with teh state fire marshal and Pierce County Sheriffs Office are working to identify the body and the cause of more details as they come into us. Jenna fire officials in spencer say flamable materials too close to a space heater caused a house fire saturday. One person was found dead inside the mobile
Caucuses. I think were doing great in iowa, and i expect to win iowa. Reporter at a rally in las vegas last night, trump took aim at some of his main sticking points like mexico and the wall he intends to build. And i know how to build it, and i know how to get them to pay for it. Its very simple. Folks, youre killing us. Youre making too much money. Now, the wall is going to cost 9 billion, okay, a lot of money. Reporter this talk has Trump Supporters hanging on. Brandnew numbers out showing trump hitting 41 with republicans. The highest support hes had yet in a national poll, nearly three times as much as his closest rival. But this debate may be a twoman race between trump and senator ted cruz. In iowa the two are in a virtual tie. On the debate stage, trump will be flanked by cruz and ben carson. Carson recently calling coverage of him and his campaign dishonest. In my case they cant find any scandals, therefore, lets reporter the six remaining candidates will be florida senator ma