Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. By the end of toods we will know which republican candidates will appear on that debate stage on thursday. A final tally of the polls of polls will be taken. And by cnns account heres how it ought to go. Donald trump widening his lead over the pack gaining the support of 23 of registered republicans or republican leaning independents. Jeb bush and scott walker are next trailing trump by double digits. Everyone else only scoring in the Single Digits but still enough to make it on that prime time stage. Those numbers coming as the majority of the field took the stage in a preview of sorts in New Hampshire. Joining me is cnn political reporter sarah murray. Mcto welcome to both of you. I suppose we should talk about trumps surge. The Trump Movement does continue to grow. Some of the latest polls have him with support from one in four republican voters. Were talking about a pretty wide set of support, not just from the angry disenfranchi
Discovers. Discover discovered. Plus all of us running owe voters an explanation about who we are and what we plan to do if elected. And we thought it was a scary movie. Mistake down a man wielding an ax and a pellet gun at a nashville Movie Theater. Is it safe to see a movie . Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. The press secretary for malaysias transport minister telling cnn aircraft window parts, airplane seat cushions and Aluminum Materials have been found on reunion island in the west indian ocean. Its not clear if this is from that missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Reunion island was where part of an aircraft wing was found last week. Malaysia says its now conclusively confirmed that this wing part is a flaperon from a boeing 777. The french minister was more definitive though, saying more tests need to be done. A woman whose mother was on board the plane says she doesnt believe malaysias prime minister.
Though with an aparliamentarianrkpparent new ultimate matum from isis. The group has released a recording of kenji goto. According to the message, isis will kill the jordanian pilot unless theyre handed over a female prisoner by sunset thursday. Cnn cannot independently rare few the authenticity. Meanwhile, jordanians are rallying for the pilots lease. A small crowd gathered outside the royal palace wednesday demanding jordan swap the female prisoner for the pilot. Any kind of exchange would be complicated involving japan, jordan, and isis. So far, isis hasnt provided concrete proof that the jordanian pilot is even still alive. What theyre asking for. More from chief correspondent jim sciutto. Reporter a jordanian governed source tells me the exchange is not imminent. The key obstacle that isis has not yet presented socalled proof of life. That is evidence that their jordanian spotlight still alive. Without that jordanian officials say, there will be no Prisoner Exchange. At the turkey
Knockdown political fights on the stage. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im george howell. And im natalie allen. Youre watching cnn newsroom. And good day to you. We begin this hour in cleveland, ohio. The first u. S. Republican president ial debate where candidates met face to face for the first time. Frontrunner 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 thirdparty bid for president . Were looking for you to raise your hand now. Raise your hand now if you