unlike the last debate when most of the candidates tried to avoid mixing it up with trump this time around the front-runner says he will be a prime target for attacks and his response to that, whatever. trump spoke to a crowd of about 20,000 people in dallas, texas, monday night. the billionaire real estate developer echoed some familiar themes keeping jobs in the u.s. and keeping illegal immigrants out. hundreds of protesters rallied outside the trump event. they marched from a nearby church to the venue where trump was speenlging. one protest organizer called trump a clown. several people made pinatas of the presidential hopeful. senior washington correspondent has more now on trump s day. i m your candidate. okay? reporter: donald trump not only on top but on fire. i m surging more than anybody. reporter: as he rallies thousands of supporters in dallas, new polls show him still driving the republican race. trump and ben carson towering over the gop field seizin
knockdown political fights on the stage. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m george howell. and i m natalie allen. you re watching cnn newsroom. and good day to you. we begin this hour in cleveland, ohio. the first u.s. republican presidential debate where candidates met face to face for the first time. front-runner donald trump and his closest rival jeb bush were at center stage. hometown favorite john kasich, the governor of ohio, got a huge ovation. the candidates top target, democrat hillary clinton, president barack obama as expected but they also went after each other at times arguing over government surveillance and their ideas about immigration reform. the debate got off to a rousing start when fox news anchor bret baier asked a question clearly aimed at donald trump. would every candidate pledge to support the republican nominee and rule out a third-party bid for president? we re looking for you to raise your hand now. r
demonstration. what do we know about the investigation right now. a tragedy. tragedy at the pal prepared for a tiger talk. an iner i if they get ahold of you, there s nothing you can do to let them go. i don t care how strong you are, how big you are. attacks in the u.s. are relatively rare. in 2007 a siberian tiger named tatiana escaped her enclosure at the zoo and taked three people, the tiger shot dead after the mauling. sig freed and roy were performing in las vegas. halfway through the show he lunged and bit him in the neck dragging him around by the neck. he was subdued. this is creating controversy and conversation about the ethics of keeping them in the night houses. experts say the cats are most active at night. so putting them in these tight enclosures when they re supposed to be more active is very stressful and it s not just that but the tactics used to get them to duo into the enclose euros. often we hear of zoos withholding food to get them to comply. a lot of
he interested in the idea of having him on board as well. meantime, tonight, president obama is attending the apex summit in lima, peru, meeting with heads of states for the bilateral talks, many wondering what will be ahead as president-elect, donald trump, takes over the reigns. he told the leaders not to assume the worst about the president-elect. he told them, he does not anticipate major changes in poli policy. here he is. looking forward to the opportunity to meet with president shi. over the past three and a half years, we have met nine times. the frequency of our engagement enabled us to talk about sheer challenges and manage differences between our countries effectively. we collaborated on key global challenges from supporting global growth to presenting iran to get a nuclear weapon and ending ebola in west africa. we demonstrated what is possible when our two countries work together. meantime, barack obama and shing meeting tonight in peru. let s bring in andrew
look forward to a lot of very positive things happening. he used the language that this concerns the american people he never said as far as we know that this concerns him. what s troublesome is it does not appear that it is his concern. clashes continued well into the night on the sidelines of the g20 summit. melania trump on lockdown as protests raged outside her hamburg hotel. by dinner time the trumps emerged. the first lady s companion was none other than vladimir putin. announcer: this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christie paul. a critical meeting ahead for the president on the final day of the g20 summit. tackling the growing nuclear crisis in north korea. and president will meet with chinese president xi jinping, hoping to use the country s leverage to stop the regime s ballistic missile program. the meeting comes as tensions clearly rising over u.s. military action near china. president trump is also trying to make good on plans for