they found. plus after a texas deputy is gunned down in what appears to be a cold-blooded execution, they take to the airwaves saying don t blame us. it is unfortunate that he is using the airwaves to politicize his grievance. the sheriff ron hickman today had to speak with the widow of the deputy that was killed. he will join us in moments with a response to this. also new fallout from a big shakeout from the are republican presidential race. welcome to the kelly file. a new poll from the hawkeye state finds donald trump in a dead heat with dr. ben carson. finding trump and carson are in first place for iowa. the state that will be first to make its presidential preferences known. the two men followed by carly fiorina, ted cruz, and scott walker who was leading this same poll about a month ago. his numbers have sharply declined. did you notice what they have in common? they are all political outsiders. gentlemen, welcome to you. chris, dr. carson making a denial in t
harris county district attorney believes that shannon miles, this 30-year-old man, is the gunman. over the weekend we heard some very charged words, choice words by ron hickman, the sheriff there in harris county. hickman said there s no mistake to him why this happened. at any point when the rhetoric ramps up to where calculated, cold-blooded assassination of police officers happen, this rhetoric has gotten out of control. we hear black lives matter, all lives matter. well, cops lives matter, too. why don t we drop the qualifier and say all lives matter and take that to the bank. he could face the death penalty. don t expect a trial to happen until next year. just incredibly sad to see the family photo released over the weekend, goforth s wife putting out this photo. this deputy is survived by his
arranged today. miles made his first appearance this morning, facing a capital murder charge. no plea was entered and he s being held without bond at the harris county jail. deputy goforth according to the dea was shot 15 times in the head and back. after he rushed eturned to his car after refuelling saturday night. he leaves behind a wife and two children. the harris county s sheriff s office says they don t believe the two men had previous contact before the shooting friday night. the sheriff s office believes miles targeted deputy goforth because he was a uniformed officer. on saturday ron hickman discussed tensions between police and communities across the country. our system of justice absolutely requires law enforcement be present to protect our community. so at any point where the rhetoric ramps to the point where calculated, cold-blooded
be accountable for the things that happen to them. so it is premature for this officer to come out he s clearly politicizing this tragedy. goforth should be alive today and that is real and i grieve for his family. but it is unfortunate that hickman is using this situation did politicize his grievance against a movement centered on ending violence and holding police accountable for their actions. doray mccessen sunny hostin tom fuentes, thanks. another dramatic confrontation with police. kprc captured sky cam video outside sugar land texas, showing a driver racing to escape from officers after he refused to pull over. so this was after an extended chase. the suspect drove off the highway there you can see onto the dirt road ditched his car here he was fleeing on foot very quickly across the highway into this residential area that he s about to go into and eventually he appeared to get
prosecutor today if they had if they could reveal details as to whether or not those statements that were made on saturday just hours after shannon highs was taken into custody, if there had been statements made by the suspect in this case that led them to say that. we asked the prosecutor about revealing any more of those details in those conversations with the suspect. and the prosecutor refused to answer those questions today. ed lavandera in houston, thanks. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor sunny hostin. cnn law enforcement analyst and former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. black lives matter activist deray mac committeesen. you heard the harris county sheriff, ron hickman. he said that he blames the rhetoric for fueling really this shooting. we don t know at this point what the motive was. but when you hear him say that, what do you think? i m just reminded of the statement by sheriff hickman.