Im martha maccallum. It comes down in many way ways to the city of kobani. This town terrorists are fighting to seize. The headquarters of the Kurdish Forces has fallen to isis. Bill back to greg palkot live on the border, center of it all. Greg . Reporter bill and martha for the past two hours or so weve been listening to a battle royal going on in the syrian town of kobani the i will ask my cameraman mal james to zoom beyond me. You cant see too much. I think you can make out a line of trees. That is the center of kobani. That is the headquarters where kurdish defenders are. That according to our best source inside of the town has just fallen to the isis terrorists. Weve been hearing a lot of shooting, a lot of firing around there. The fight might not be over but that would be a big, big strong hold for isis terrorists if that were to happen. Were hearing the border crossing, between kobani and turkey, the only border crossing, is controlled by isis. If that is confirmed, that is the
Midterms because theyre depressed over the big democratic lows. Did the prognosticators miss the magnitude of this by leaning too heavily on poles . President obama now being portrayed as sullen, fed up, resigned and resentful. Is the press now writing him off as a failure . The former cbs reporter who says the network will run her investigative pieces, but the Obama Administration tries to stonewall here and that her computers were hacked. Plus, how rare is this . That was stupid. So i apologize and yeah. Why jon stewart is sorry for an unfunny joke. Im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. The republican victories piled up and the gop gets closer to winning control of the senate. Some liberals held out hope for a goal line stand by the democrats. At the risk of being baghdad bob, i know its tough now, but there is still a route to victory. Is this a wave tonight . No. Its not close to a wave. But it was a republican wave. And other pendits grappled for explanations. Andrea mitchell sa
Some liberals held out hope for a goal line stand by the democrats. At the risk of being baghdad bob, i know its tough now, but there is still a route to victory. Is this a wave tonight . No. Its not close to a wave. But it was a republican wave. And other pendits grappled for explanations. Andrea mitchell said democrats were dumb not to concentrate on the economy while the gop raised other issues. It was a scare tactic by the republican opponents of democratic incumbents who tried to focus on isis and ebola in the scariest most nonfactual ways to take the you know, the eye off where is the debate . Real issues. The republicans on their way to winning control of the senate, it was time for some sweeping judgments. I think it was much less the doing of the republicans than it was the selfdestruction of the democrats. Some commentators made excuses for the president while others faced reality. Last night was a complete rejection of the president of the United States and what he stands fo
Reached the United States. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Now, whether you think hes a saviour from politics or a signs of the apocalypse, donald trump officially clinched the nomination for president of the United States. On june 16th, 2015, lets walk back to that magic day, donald trump announcing his president ial bid. Most republican elites at the time were doing everything that they could to suppress their smirks. They thought it was a publicity ploy. He included references to mexicans as rapists and rivals such as jeb bush or scott walker, that speech was seen as unserious but today we are sitting here on may 26th, 2016, and hell be on the ticket for the republican nomination. How did we get here . Republicans missed opportunity after opportunity to take trump the insurgent seriously. And then after the establishment, trump tapped into something they all missed. Antiwashington, antipolitician, antitrade deal, antiillegal immigration. The establishm
Wikileaks, might there be an october surprise that changes everything . Plus, she introduced her mother at the convention, just five weeks after giving birth. Now will Chelsea Clinton become the first first daughter to serve in that role a second time . Ill talk to her motherinlaw. And is the real story of this election the fact that we in the media and establishment politicians dont understand what its like to be working class . But first, might there be a real october surprise in this president ial race . You know, back in 1972, right before the election, secretary of state Henry Kissinger promised, peace is at hand in vietnam, which wasnt true. But it helped president nixon vanquish his antiwar opponent, george mcgovern. Since then, virtually every president ial election has raised the prospect of another october surprise. But this time, it might actually happen. We got a possible preview this week with dnc emails and voice maples. Julian assange has welldocumented antipathy toward