Changed. Inre was less and less room the Republican Party for moderates like me and into doesnt six, they had a primary because republicans didnt think they wanted a liberal moderate republican and i won the primary but issues were changing and prochoice. The priorities change in the Republican Party. The issues. Ought up Climate Change come economy, foreign policy. What do you think is the most important issue and challenge that will face the next president . Mr. Chafee i think these endless wars overseas. When made a huge mistake of taking down Saddam Hussein and getting into iraq. My feeling was we just finished the nominal of those veteran issues and the evidence was not there to do it. Now, we have to fix it and thats the biggest challenge. We just have to end this for future generations. Thats my view. The refugees fleeing these wartorn countries are potentially stabilizing for europe. Thats when you say what are the big priorities . Of course, the economy and building the middle
A busy day on the roads. Outside, not too bad. The zakim bridge, traffic flowing nicely over the leverett connector. North of town, heading south on route 1, wide open. No problems south on 93, no problems there either. The expressway, all green as we head into your morning commute. No problems yet. Southoftown we have a minor problem to tell you about. The off ramp is closed. If youre heading north on route 95 to 128 so we have minor backup there. Your drive times this morning, the expressway split to 10, a 10 minute drive, on the pike, 12 minutes and south on 93 from 128, 11 minutes. Jadiann thank you so much. Theres breaking news right now in turkey. Officials in the country say they shot down a russian war plane. Christa the plane flew over the country and the pilots ignored warnings to leave the area. According to the Russian Defense ministry the plane was in a Bombing Mission in syria and did not violate air space. The pilots used parachutes to get out of the plane. Jadiann trave
Number 1 in just 60 seconds. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin with the shocking claim from north korea that it tested a Hydrogen Bomb. It sent diplomats scrambling, and the u. S. Launched planes to rify. But out on the campaign trail it gave candidates a chance to appear president ial. When the news broke, we were busour with one of the gop frontrunners, ted cruz. Abcs tom llamas has the story. Reporter last night an alarming claim from north korea. State television announcing they had successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb to protect north korea from warmongers like the u. S. For hours after, the world waited nervously. But finally, after analyzing the shock waves, the white hou calming fears. The initial analysis is not consistent with the claims that the regime has made of a successful Hydrogen Bomb st. Reporter today on the weighing in. Nth korea is a paranoid, isolated nation. They are when you have a Hydrogen Bomb, if thats true, you e a threat. This underscores the gra
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicaprg] welelcome to dense news. Ivago muradn. Overwhelmingly confirmed byhe senate, ash carter will succeed chuck hagel as the nations new defense secretary. The change comes as Congress Considers thehe obama administrations 2016 budget request. It seeks 51 billion touppo operations in afghanistan andd elsewhwhere. The request is bilon more than current bget caps allowed. Unless they make a deal by the end of the year, the pentagon could fa devastating spepending cuts known as sequestration. The pentagon wants to velopp new weapons, improve reaeadiness an increase in operations rldwide. Here to tell us whetr congress will give dod more moneys our rodtable. Johnhn bentt, fense news congressional edtor. An of the center for strategic and international ststudiess. Mackenzie eaglen of the and a price institute, and loren thompson. Welcome back to the show. Welcome
After claims of delaying ccer testing procedures for veterans simply to save money. The new reports come one week after a v. A. Employee in cheyen cheyenne, wyoming was suspended after emails showed that he gave explicit hospitals to a hospital in ft. Collins, colorado on how to, quote, gain the system and hide long treatment delays. The scandal originally revealed after a retired doctor from the phoenix v. A. Hospital claimed that as many as 40 veterans died while awaiting treatment. And the hospital administrators covered up their identity on a secret list. The white house today again showed support for general shinseki. The president remains confident that secretary shinseki has the ability to lead the department and take appropriate action based on the igs findings. Despite carneys apparent competent tent attitude, there seems to be no part of the Obama Administrationled government that is working as intended. Is thereanyone in this government capable of doing what is expected of t