Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with a major shift in the race for the white house. A republican contender coming on strong. Polls show that ted cruz is now the man to beat in iowa. Leaping 21 points, a recordbreaking surge. The iowa caucus is now just 50 days away. The republicans are set to face off in a debate on tuesday, and trump already trying to take down cruz. Mary bruce is at the white house tonight. Reporter tonight, senator ted cruz is cruising, passing donald trump in iowa. Its a meteoric rise for the texas senator, a 21point gain since october in one poll. So far cruz and trump have been friendly rivals, but trump is now taking aim. When you look at the way hes dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a you know, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac. Hell never get anything done. Thats the problem with ted. Reporter this after cruz questioned trumps ability to be commanderinchief. Its a question of judgment. I would s
Now amazon, taking down certain hoverboards over fears of fire. Tonight, the concern that has some parents saying, no way good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with a major shift in the race for the white house. A republican challenger coming on strong. Two polls show that ted cruz is now the man to beat in iowa. Ten points up in a new poll, rising more than 20 points, a recordbreaking surge. The iowa caucus is now just 50 days away. The republicans are set to face off in a highstakes debate on tuesday, and trump already trying to take down cruz. Mary bruce is at the white house tonight. Reporter tonight, senator ted cruz is cruising, passing donald trump in iowa. Its a meteoric rise for the texas senator, a 21point gain since october in one poll. Now taking aim. When you look at the way hes dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a you know, frankly, like a little bit of a maniac. Hell never get anything done. Thats the problem with ted
Ted cruz is cruising, passing donald trump in iowa. Its a meteoric rise for the texas senator, a 21point gain since october in one poll. So far cruz and trump have been friendly rivals, but trump is now taking aim. When you look at the way hes dealt with the senate, where he goes in there like a you know, frankly, like a littleit of a maniac. Hell never get anything done. Thats the problem with ted. Reporter this after cruz questioned trumps ability to be commanderinchief. Its a question of judgment. I would say i have far better judgment than ted, and i think i have aeally great temperament. Reporter and trump has a new message for any gop party leader conspiring against him. Im sorry i did this to you, but youve got to get used to it. Its one of thoslittle problems in life. Reporter trump maintains strong support in iowa even as he denounces the polling. The Des Moines Register is the worst. They are the worst. Reporter but as cruz rises, ben carson is falling. Poll numbers go up and
Screening that allowed malik into the country i in the fit place. Had they checked out Tashfeen Malik a little more, maybe she wouldnt have gotten a visa. Maybe those people in San Bernardino would be alive. Reporter malik vetted by homeland security, the state department, and had a criminal background check. Bubut investators dont always scrub social media. After the attack they found maliks Facebook Post critical of moderate muslims. Now the New York Times reports she also talked openly on social media in support of violent jihad and wanted to be a part of it. Im asking to immediately initiate a program that would check the social media sites of those admitted on visas to see if they are using words and talking about thingngs like jihad, explosives, mass shootings. Its outrageous that this isnt already done. Reporter one of the officers who chased the kikiller couple down is speaking out. Behind them with his siren on. They havent stopped. And the back window of their suv shatters. A
Appeared to be a wing irregularity. A piece of the wing that reduces drag tilted at an angle. The plane landed safely and those are some of our top stories on this monday, december the 14th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. We begin with a weekend of severe weather. All across parts of texas. Yeah, at least three confirmed tornadoes destroying entire neighborhoods forced the mayor of one town to declare a state of disaster. Abcs Kendis Gibson has the latest from east texas. Reporter a view from the air of devastation across the state of texas. Wow. I think thats a tornado. Reporter in willis, a tornado destroying roofs, uprooting trees, toppling vehicles. Tornado just hit. Reporter tiny lyndale, texas, described as a disaster by its first responders. A tornado damaging up to 50 homes. We are striving to keep unnecessary people out and have only the people that need access into this area. Reporter the twister coming within feet of Luke Griffins home. Where