What will it take to get hiring back on track . Leading economist on that as we look ahead this morning on sunday morning futures. Good morning. A high stakes showdown erupting between president obama and Vladimir Putin as russia launched its First Military operations in the middle east in more than 30 years against isis they say in support of embattled syrian president Bashar Al Assad as well. Russia is stepping up air strikes this morning, which moscow says have considerably reduced the combat potential of the terror army. The problem is the white house says few if any isis targets have actually been hit. Instead, they are targeting Syrian Opposition forces, backed by the u. S. We talk right now about that with republican congressman Matt Thornberry from texas. Good to have you on the program. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. I want to get to a few things with you. We have to talk about the potential of a veto of the defense act. But well get to that in a moment. Lets tal
Turkeyated by news that shot down a russian airplane for allegedly violating its airspace. Anyident obama shook off distraction and used the joint press conference to show a bit more emotion and a bit more defiance. President obama this barbaric terrorist group and its murderous ideology pose a serious threat to all of us. It cannot be tolerated. It must be destroyed, and we must do it together. Make no mistake area we will win and groups like isis will lose. Make no mistake, we will win, and groups like isil will lose. Mark he also reminisced about his time in paris with his wife and showed some emotion. People who wanted him to show more defiance and more emotion, where they pacified today . John those criticizing him. He on partisan grounds will not be placated by this performance. Those criticizing him purely on partisan grounds will not be placated by this performance. They will not the placated by anything. But he said all the things democrats would want to hear him say. Mark he
Whopping margin, double digits all over the place. According to the numbers from fox news, carson is down five points, and marco rubio and ted cruz closing fast, and carsons drop was even more dramatic in some polls. In one, he has fallen all of the way to third, while ted cruz has cruised past him, up to 21 , and himcbs yougov numbers has place. Th carson also saw his support fall. Which one of these strikes you as the most significant . Well, there are a lot of people in the establishment and media who just want to say that carson is done. He could have a second half, but the big news is trump. Trump is so far ahead that some of the people are saying, he is not coming back down to earth. We will have to beat him when one of us can get him one on one. John lets just put up these numbers. Is doing well, and a point im going to make about carson, which is among republicans, terrorism in the , that has shot up, and many are saying that terrorism is the main issue, with the economy laggin
Distraction and used the joint press conference to show a bit more emotion and a bit more defiance. President obama this barbaric terrorist group and its murderous ideology pose a serious threat to all of us. It cannot be tolerated. It must be destroyed, and we must do it together. Make no mistake, we will win, and groups like isil will lose. And standing with allies like france, we will show the best of american leadership. Mark he also reminisced about his time in paris with his wife and showed some emotion. People who wanted him to show more defiance and more emotion, where they pacified today . John those criticizing him purely on partisan grounds will not be placated by this performance. They will not the placated by anything. But he said all the things democrats would want to hear him say. Mark he sat sidebyside with the french president. While there are subtle differences, none of them were aired in public. John the tricky thing now is what happens as Francois Hollande goes to r
You can also send us your thoughts over social media at j, facebook or send us an email. The news is that ted cruz has overtaken donald trump and thats according to the latest iowa poll from Des Moines Register from Bloomberg Politics. Ted cruz has surged ahead to become the latest frontrunner in the campaign for the iowa caucus opening an impressive lead over a stalled donald trump. When first and second choices are combined, cruz has the support of 51 of likely caucus goers. Bloomberg also has these charts that show who is on top, who is leading, who is moving around. You can see ted cruz with 31 of likely caucus goers staying its their first choice. Thats a substantial lead over donald trump who has 21 of those calling him their first choice. Ben carson is at 13 . Now, some of this spore is coming from evangelicals. The New York Times reported recently that ted cruz received the endorsement of an influential iowa conservative. Here is how they reported the story which occurred earli