I m jim sciutto in today for fredricka whitfield. we are following new details on a major political story today. donald trump breaking his silence with a series of tweets for the first time since he failed to correct a supporter who called president obama a muslim, seemed to insult other muslims in america. trump tweeting this morning, am i morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? i don t think so! he is scheduled to speak tonight in iowa. cnn s sunlen serfaty is at the michigan republican leadership conference on mackinaw island. sunlen, trump sent out a series of tweets. it s what he said, but also what he didn t say, isn t it? reporter: absolutely, jim. that s absolutely right. it s what he didn t say that really is the important part, you know, i should note first, that his defense today where he s pushing back for the first time since that moment on thursday in new hampshire, it s a very different pushback tha
Mississippians have been proud of the fact. that dynamic just fundamentally changed. that changed and mcdaniel is riding that. we ll see. the structure of the race is such that he ought to be able to pull this out, but you don t know depending on who votes. that s right. i want to use mississippi as a window. you were in new orleans over the weekend, republican leadership conference. hale barbour working hard for cochran said we need to focus on unity, not division, we need to focus on what unites us. what does this race tell us about where the republican party is in their very public fight over what it should look like heading into 2016? a couple of things. one is on a lot of policy issues republicans are united. thad cochran would like to repeal or certainly change obamacare, as mcdaniel would. thad cochran is talking about cutting spending, as is mcdaniel. the republicans agree across the
With you entirely. i do think these five who were really far on the far end of the spectrum of bad guys in guantanamo, this is problematic. in the long-term, this is going to strengthen the taliban. our hand is weakening there. and i think them going back, it s going to turn the tide in afghanistan. but it is strengthening them and it is a big win for them. all right. thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. mika, let s get to domestic politics. all right. republican senator ted cruz is carrying some added momentum as he considers a possible bid for president in 2016. the texas lawmaker narrowly won the republican leadership conference s straw poll over the weekend in louisiana. dr. ben carson, outspoken critic of obamacare, was a close second. senator rand paul, mike huckabee rounded out the top five. notably missing were chris
Talked about castrating hog, and romney thinks that she can shake up washington. you know it is important because the road to a real change and getting harry reid out of that chair that he sits in, that road goes through iowa. republicans see iowa critical in the quest to retake the senate. and meantime, the republican leadership conference continues in new orleans, donald trump and newt gingrich are today s headlines and duck dynasty told the gop to get godly, and he said he was not sure why he asked them to speak. i m not a political person. i guess the gop may be more desperate than i thought to call somebody like me. robertson was introduced by his nephew zach dasher and sarah palin who called him the man. and less than six months ago, he
Welcome back to welcome back to hannity. we re coming to you tonight from beautiful new orleans, the site of this year s republican leadership conference. for months, we ve been highlighting how republican governors, they re leading the way in expanding opportunities and creating jobs. right here from the great state of louisiana, governor bobby jindal. thank you. we were talking about this i don t even call you a republican. i say conservative governors. you, rick scott, your friend in texas who you are competing against who is going to be here, john kasich, scott walker. all of you inherited deficits. you turned them into surpluses.