Over on the democratic side where vermont senator Bernie Sanders took his first polling lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire today. The entire race which many expect to be A Bush Clinton coronation has gotten mighty interesting already before Vice President biden decides whether he will get into the race or not. A lot to talk about. Chief National Correspondent john king starts us off. John, whats the bottom line for trump in iowa . Bottom line, despite people thinking the debate might hurt him. He has a big lead in iowa. Donald trump at 22 . Leading in iowa. Dr. Ben carson. Finished the debate strong. Second place. Scott walker the iowa leader falling to third place. Warning sign for him. Carly fiorina bounces into fifth place. 7 . Look done here. Jeb bush. In the bush america in. Iowa was never a big state for him. Down to 5 . Trouble sign for him after the debate. Dig a little deeper. Donald trump, the billionaire in race. Likes to tell us he want to the best schools. His best
Her cause. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im alison kosik. It is friday, september 4th. Donald trump declaring his allegiance to the Republican Party and pulling further ahead in the polls after declaring he would not sign a loyalty pledge, trump did exactly that. Why the sudden about face . The best way for the republicans to win is if i win the nomination and go directly against whoever they happen to put up and for that reason, i have signed the pledge. Okay. Look at this. Look at the latest Monmouth University poll. 30 is a new high for trump. For more on his decision to embrace the Republican Party, we turn to cnns correspondent dana bash. Reporter i have covered politics for a long time and i have never quite seen an event like what happened at trump tower. That is the chairman of a party flying from washington to go to the home turf of a candidate for president in order to convince him to sign a pledge to be a member of that party. This is the world o
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Europe ends their ordeal. One European Union official warns this crisis has barely begun and is far from over. The United Nations estimates that 2,000 new migrants arrive in hungary each and every day from syria, iraq, afghanistan and other nations in turmoil. Out of sheer desperation to get somewhere safe, many are making the journey on foot after failing to get passage aboard trains. A cold rain greets them as they walk the final steps into austria and thats where we find Cnn Senior International correspondent, arwa damon. Reporter they are coming across the border right now. They have to walk this last portion of the trip. It is raining, it is pretty miserable, but very few of them care because finally, they have left hungary behind. They have left the horrific conditions they say they were living in there behind and now they are walking here into austria. They will be boarding buses, taken to a Registration Center not too far away from here, in that building. They are being heat, c
Sit down sit down go back to univision. Donald trump on the attack lashing out at his competitors and the media and booting a union a vision anchor from his News Conference and taking new aim at fox news. World markets in chaos this morning but what will happen on wall street . The dow diving hundreds of points this tuesday. What will happen next . Welcome back to early start. Im miguel marques. Im alison kosik. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with donald trump and his combative News Conference in iowa. Trump on the attack hitting opponents. And the media. Who would you rather have negotiating against china . Against iran . What a deal that is, okay . You talk about incompetent people. Against anybody. Jeb bush, Hillary Clinton, or trump . I think so. I think so. You believe me. Trump on the attack, hitting opponents and the media, even ordering a univision anchor thrown out of the News Conference. Cnn politics reporter sara murray was there and has the latest. Reporter good morni