he has a higher support number. look donald trump s bombast, his emotional position on foreign policy is affirmed almost daily by world events. and by a very lackluster foreign policy coming out of the white house. and failing strategy on isis coming out of the white house. so the language that he s speaking while it s divisive and at least 60% conservatives disagree with it has definitely captivated not just the republican base but i think a lot of people in the middle too who finally see someone up there seeming to take isis and terrorism a lot more seriously than the white house has seemed to in the past. the significance, this is the first debate in the wake of san bernardino and paris. this is a national security debate. i m curious who has the most to gain given the fact that that s
going to get a lot of criticism. and just the tone of the president s remarks, he was talking about going after isis leaders and warning the ones still alive they are next. he reeled off a long list of leaders the u.s. has taken out. i think the palpable frustration in the white house that what they see as an intensified effort over the last few months is not get. ing through to the american people and the president is getting a lot of criticism. the white house believes they have a communications problem on isis as much as a strategy problem that many of its opponents see as really the issue here. as you point of the the day before this debate this is also the first debate in the wake of paris. when you imagine the main stage, who has the advantage when it comes to really debating
developed very well that serve him well at this level. a one-on-one debate with donald trump would be fascinating. one-on-one with obama or clinton would be fascinating. i had no idea i was sitting in such the presence of a college debater. nice to see you in person. thank you very much. i appreciate it. make sure to watch the final republican debate of 2015 only here on cnn starting tomorrow night at 6:00 eastern live here from the venetian hotel in las vegas. . next president obama today making a rare visit to the pentagon revealing a a fact that the u.s. had not yet officially confirm eded about a key isis fighter. also ahead i ll speak live with a conservative writer who says donald trump is really, really a democrat and would win if he would run as one. a a trump supporter disagrees. and breaking news involving sergeant bowe bergdahl. days after e we hear his own version of events in his own words, a huge development
unify all sides and ultimately make a dent in ending gun violence. breaking news now, we are getting word that a maryland man has been charged with trying to support isis. we want to go straight to washington to evan perez. a maryland man, evan, tell me what you know. that s right, he s 30 years old and according to the fbi and the justice department he received at least $3,500 over the last year or so from people he knew or believed were members of isis. the purpose of this money was in order to carry out a terrorist attack here in this country. he is charged edd right now with material support of a terrorist group, which is isis. and according to this affidavit
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