Forcing u. S. Officials to consider beefing up Airport Security measures. We start with the troops first though and additional 300 u. S. Military personnel are now in iraq. Thats in addition to those the president announced he would send earlier this month. Barbara, what do you know . These additional 300 troops, the pentagon says are purely for security. They will work out protecting the embassy be u. S. Installations and perhaps most importantly protecting Baghdad International airport. Why is that . Because there are growing concerns that isis fighters are building northwest of baghdad. The u. S. Cannot afford to let Baghdad Airport even, by any measure, remotely fall to the insurgence. They simply cannot afford to have that happen. So 300 troops going in. Security helicopters drones many of them will be based at the airport. Others at embassy. This is, as you say, don, in addition to the 300 advisors that the president was sending in about 180 there. So until this afternoon when we
Theyre not republicans or im not. But its not from todays campaign. Its from 1964. And thats not the only weird parallel between a long ago election and todays campaign. Lots going on tonight. Lets begin with cnn National Reporter maeve reston. The antitrump force is gathering steam. But it is too late . I think thats the big question here. As we look ahead at the next couple of months, they had such a short amount of time in which to pour a ton of money into defining this candidate. Everyone is trying to figure out whether the attacks that led up to tuesday night worked at all or if they just didnt have time to sink in. So this is a Big Conversation going on right now among donors, among people within the party about whether or not to keep those antitrump dollars rolling in, and whether theyre actually working and where they can be most effective. Maeve, a lot of Establishment Republicans turned their nose up at ted cruz. They said the day he endorsed cruz and the poison and said he w
Theyre not republicans or im not. But its not from todays campaign. Its from 1964, and thats not the only weird parallel between the longago election and todays campaign. Lots going on tonight. Lets begin with cnns National Political reporter mave restin. Hello to you. The antitrump Political Force gathering steam but is it too late . Thats the big question here. As we look ahead to the next couple of months, they have had such a short amount of time in which to pour a ton of money into defining this candidate. Everyone is trying to figure out whether the attacks that led up to tuesday night actually worked at all or if they departmeidnt time to sink in. Theres a Big Conversation among donors about whether or not to keep the donald trump funds coming in. Some said choosing between donald trump and cruz is like choosing between poison. Is that a measure of the desperation to stop trump right now . Yes, it is i think. Theres a lot of desperation out there to stop trump. Just talking to p