host: joe mcquaid, longtime publisher and editor at large of the new hampshire union leader. we will spend an hour talking but the history of the new hampshire primary. that s all? host: before we get into history, let s talk with the current one. michael bloomberg is not competing in iowa or new hampshire in the early primaries and committing lots of money later on in the process. what does that do to the relevance of your primary? guest: there are all these questions about the relevance of the new hampshire primary, dating back to its mundane beginnings. people are not going to campaign, they are going to campaign, they are going to spend a lot of money or they are not. the short answer is i don t know. there are 10 or 11 serious candidates for the democratic nomination, and he is blowing by the early ones and thinks he can get street cred by buying it, which i think is probably not going to work for him. he said recently that even if he does not win the nomination, h
just turned 7 pm saturday the 4th of january live from the art international world new center season s greetings for me care for now and with this hour s update thanks you company so the 1st thousands of mourners have been holding funeral processions in the iraqi capital baghdad to one of those killed in a u.s. airstrike on friday morning including iran s top general has seen solid monied the crowds have been waving their national flag the flags of various to around back shia militia groups and chanting death to america the remains of the commanders body will be repatriated now to iran for burial on sunday considered the 2nd most powerful figure in the islamic republic he was among 10 killed in the early morning raid following a direct order of things from the u.s. president donald trump whose defended the assassination saying it was necessary he said to prevent an imminent attack on american personnel. oh and another possible war in the middle east but it s cause profound an
are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international and sean thomas glad to have you with us. violence is ramping up in iraq where several rocket attacks have taken place including in close of the city to the american embassy in baghdad and a military base near the capital there are also reports of a strike on a base in the northern city of mosul earlier you know neal discussed all the details with. well something is definitely in the air and we do not know for sure exactly what have been the targets what exactly those mortar strikes targeted but we do know the approximate locations and well within with all the context around that people can draw conclusions out of the situations so so far 3 confirmed strikes in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed 2 not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the vicinity of the green zone of the green of the so-c
talks about the primary history and the state of politics there. after that, prime minister s questions from the british house of commons. forum with s iowa presidential candidates talking about money in politics. host: joe mcquaid, longtime publisher and editor at large of the new hampshire union leader. we will spend an hour talking but the history of the new hampshire primary. before we get into history, let s talk with the current one. michael bloomberg is not competing in iowa or new hampshire in the early primaries and committing lots of money later on in the process. what does that do to the relevance of your primary? guest: there are all these questions about the relevance of the new hampshire primary, dating back to its mundane beginnings. people are not going to campaign, they are going to spend a lot of money or they are not. the short answer is i don t know. there are 10 or 11 serious candidates for the democratic nomination, and he is blowing by the early ones
michael bloomberg is not competing in iowa or new hampshire in the early primaries and committing lots of money later on in the process. what does that do to the relevance of your primary? guest: there are all these questions about the relevance of the new hampshire primary, dating back to its mundane beginnings. people are not going to campaign, they are going to spend a lot of money or they are not. the short answer is i don t know. there are 10 or 11 serious candidates for the democratic nomination, and he is blowing by the early ones and thinks he can get street cred by buying it, which i think is probably not going to work for him. he said recently that even if he does not win the nomination, he will spend money to help whoever wins the nomination get elected. but i think that just underlines, i have all the money in the world, i am going to spend it. people asked about the relevance of the primary when these televised debates, which i hate to call them debates because t