who are these intellectual elites? why are they elites? because they are elected? because they are in the civil service? i never understood why they are so elite. they thought they wasn t to a particular they are branded like cattle. they think the ivy league brand allows them certain privileges. you look at silicon valley, you have a gatekeeper. they control the expression from 7 billion people on the planet because they are morally better than we are. you turn on public tv or cable tv and you get anguish about the deplorables, the irredeemables. i think they used the term west germans. john mccain called them whacko
recast his image. it looked leak a bill schein showing up on fox. all this fox wall street journal kind of stuff. pr. they needed to fix his image because he did not look good last week. the white house was coaching brett kavanaugh on what to do to make sure this went through. part of that sui need to figure out your testament and why people might feel as though you are unfit for the court. why did they stop him from being a whacko bird last week when he testified? i this i the president liked the fact that he was talking about he was cry something. i don t think they liked the crying. they liked the 2016 election the conversation, that this might be the revenge of the clintons. all that talk they definitely liked. john, where do they get this from, revenge of the clintons? evidence? this is the one the bit of his testimony. protesters, evidence? you know what trump, this is the same of the same piece barack obama was born in kenya,
mccain, who was no fan of either trump or cruz, came out in support of donald trump. listen. okay, we don t have that. but let me paraphrase. senator john mccain said, i was born in a military base in panama, that makes me a u.s. citizen. but ted cruz, he was born in canada. don t know about that. why would senator mccain be standing up for donald trump? i know why. that s an easy because john mccain called him a whacko bird. he can t stand ted cruz. he doesn t have many friends on capitol hill. but go ahead, john. i think it was to you. the reality is, the people who know ted cruz best, senate colleagues do not like him. whacko bird sentiment aside, it s unusual for john mccain to stoop and play birther politics. generally when folks have raised crazy things around john mccain
you were telepathically reading my mind about what i wanted to hear from congressman king. and he s absolutely right. senator mccain has referenced cruz as a whacko bird. hallie jackson continued great reporting from the field. thank you so much. i appreciate it. so we ve been following this breaking news on wall street today. u.s. stocks dropping in response to the volatility in the chipz mark chinese marketplace. the dow jones down by almost 370 points. at the last check they were down by 308 points. for a deeper dive on the effect we ve been seeing, i want to go to cnbc s kate rogers and josh barro is here with me as well for analysis. why are we seeing the volatility and the fluctuation midday? hi, thomas. that s absolutely right. we re seeing this due to concerns over slowing growth around growth. those global concerns once again bringing down the markets here
and good morning. i m carol costello. thanks for joining me. say hello to a new surging republican candidate. not rubio. not bush. but senator ted cruz. a new quinnipiac poll has cruz neck and neck with trump in iowa. trump still leads when it comes to handling terrorism. 30% of caucus gores are all this in for trump on that issue. and the front ramping up on water boarding last night. would i approve water boarding? you bet your ass i d approve it. you bet your ass. in a heart beat. in a heart beat. but ted cruz is hot on trump s heels. he earns the highest marks on foreign policy. this is the man who senator john mccain once called a whacko bird. cruz embracing the term on tee