South carolina with a make or break contest for at least some of the contenders. Lets ask Dan Hemminger and columnist and Manhattan Institute senior fellow jason riley. Any doubt that sanders is the front runner . No doubt at all. Numbers told the story. He has won two caucus is in the primary in a row in nevada and South Carolina and bernie has a cement like block of supporters a 25 . It is the question whether he can expand that base. We said that about donald trump. Im not sure the same is true of you dont think he could expand as much. One of the big stories in the past week, is the workers in nevada, they have repudiated, bernies medicare for all saying the preferred their goldplated private insurance plans. And the thing that most people attached to Bernie Sanders is medicare for all. And i think that was that six and with the American People it begins to establishha a feelingn his support which gives an opportunity for the moderates to vote however theyre going to do that, but a
Set their sights on nevada and South Carolina with a make or break contest for at least some of the contenders. Lets ask Dan Hemminger and columnist and Manhattan Institute senior fellow jason riley. Any doubt that sanders is the front runner . No doubt at all. Numbers told the story. He has won two caucus is in the primary in a row in nevada and South Carolina and bernie has a cement like block of supporters a 25 . It is the question whether he can expand that base. We said that about donald trump. Im not sure the same is true of you dont think he could expand as much. One of the big stories in the past week, is the workers in nevada, they have repudiated, bernies medicare for all saying the preferred their goldplated private insurance plans. And the thing that most people attached to Bernie Sanders is medicare for all. And i think that was that six and with the American People it begins to establishha a feelingn his support which gives an opportunity for the moderates to vote however
Of an impact. Traffic not too bad. This has been going on since tuesday. Were talking about the section between pooksville road and cedar lane. They had a water main burst on tuesday. There was flooding, major lane closures. They have repeated repairs to the pipe itself but they still have to repair the road. Apparently they had to take out a larger section of the asphalt. They had hoped to have all the work done by this mornings hour but they even not been able to complete the repairs in time. We have one lane getting by to the left in the inbound direction here right in the area of cedar lane. Now, if youre heading outbound in the northbound direction, all the lanes are open. Theyre making a lot of progress, but were seeing the lane closures, weve been here since about 4 30. Actually theyve made tremendous progress in that time filling in the hole with asphalt here. Theyre working as quickly as they can. Theyll reopen the road as soon as they can. Well be here all morning long and le
Centered around two missions, continuing to train afghan troops and pursuing Counterterrorism Operations against al qaeda. New details are emerging about the deadly u. S. Bombing at an afghan hospital. The Associated Press reports u. S. Special operations new the hospitals protected status. Is not clear if american commanders had that intelligence for work. 22 people died in the attack which Doctors Without Borders has condemned as a war crime. President obama has apologized, calling the attack a mistake. That a bethesda soldier tackle the suicide bomber in afghanistan is being awarded the medal of honor. President obama will present the highest honor to retired captain groberg, he saw a suspicious man your dignitaries he was protecting. When he pushed a man away he realized he was wearing a suicide best so he tackled the man, causing the best to explode. A second bomber then detonated nearby. The action save more than a dozen lives we talked to the captain when he returned home three
This modest but meaningful extension of our presence, while sitting to our current and near omissions, can make a real difference. Reporter there are about 9000 u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Nearly all were supposed to be home by the end of 2016. On the recommendation of his current military commanders, he will now leave as many as 5500 in place. It will be a twofold mission, similar to the current one. Counterterrorism and Training Afghan forces. Why the shift in policy . Officials believe Afghan Forces were ready were not ready to operate on their own. And a recent surge environment by the taliban and now isis. The security situation is still very fragile. And in some places there is risk of deterioration. Reporter last month taliban fighters took control of the key northern city. Kunduzught back in with airstrikes. A hospital was hit, leaving 22 people dead. Including 12 staffers from doctors without borders. A hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a pro