done? the study was done because the government of puerto rico commissioned it to find out the real death toll? so many in puerto rico were reporting their loved ones had died as a result of the storm. that s curious and troubling. i don t know why these studies were done, and just for the methodology, these researchers talked to doctors, and hospital doctors, and forensic pathology and did not count people that died of old age, that was not counted, president trump, saying you can t count everybody. they looked at death records from seven months prior, and saw a spike of 2,900 people. there are reviews and all sorts of things that go on when people look at the large scale deaths and that s what went on here. one of the things you obviously see is donald trump taking over the republican party, right?
accountable to those boldface lies? of course, i agree with you competely. do you think it s interesting that the carson campaign has been able to raise all this money 3rks$.5 million in the last week, basically against the press. do you think it s possible in the end, three months from now, we ll see this is a good thing for ben carson rather than a bad one? you re absolutely right. i mean, he has turned crisis into an opportunity. a lot of conservatives know that there s a vast media bias that exists and they push back on it. just this week, dr. ben carson tweeted that he s had 10,000 donors give him $3.5 million to his campaign as a response that they re not happy that he s being targeted unfairly and then after the last cnbc debate, both ted cruz and senator rubio saw a spike in fundraising after they pushed back against media bias. americans are fed up.
arkansas had the lowest scores. highest scores went the maryland, vermont, virginia each earning an eight. from the washington post president obama has won over latino voters. the president saw a spike in his approval rating among hispanic and younger voters have announcing his executive order on immigration otherwise trour was a relatively stable year for the president who saw little movement among the other key voting groups. musk says his high-speed train is one step closer to reality. the project is in active development with about 25 ucla graduate students working on design solutions and cut down the travel time between l.a. to san francisco to just 35 minutes. no! i don t believe that. come on now. the monorail. are you serious? why doesn t he come to the east coast and get me home in ten minutes. he probably good.
good morning. welcome back to early start. minding your business, a nice come back on wall street. they jumped 1%. a big rally. investors started to feel that ben bernanke will serve investors. stocks are flat. shares of smith andson are jumping. earnings were phenomenal. a record. those sales, $590 million, almost. the industry as a whole saw a spike in consumers who fear washington will limit them purchasing firearms. it sped up after the newtown shootings. in the last six months, the demand for firearms have been unbelievable. the under 30 crowd is
the normal political speak. joining us with more on last night s debated from greenville, south carolina is our own jonathan serre. good morning. good morning to you. herman cain saw a spike in twitter traffic. a lot of commentary on his performance in the debate last night. and also a focus group gave him high marks for what it considered the direct way he answered questions. listen to how he addressed one question on the war on terror. i m not privy to a lot of confidential information since i m not in government and i m not in the administration. one of the things that i ve always prided myself on is making an informed decision based on knowing all of the facts. at one point, the candidates were asked to raise their hands if they d support a resumption of water boarding under any circumstances. tim pawlenty, rick santorum and herman cain raised their hands. the others did not. recently the national labor