Trump. Ben carson now tied with donald trump for first place in iowa among likely Republican Caucus goers. Both with 23 of the vote in a new poll. It marks the First Time Since july that trump has not been the leader in any of the first four nominating states. Another problem, carson rating through the roof on the favorability factor. Hes at 81 compared with 52 po for trump. Fiorina with 10 of the vote. Trump, carson and fiorina the top three finishers in the poll. All three outside the washington establishment. In fact, the poll asked that question. With 66 responding they favo r favorered a president from outside of government. Sara murray is outfront tonight. Ben carson surged to the top in the poll. You have been talking to people in iowa. Whats driving this . Reporter pam, when you talk to voters in iowa, they say they really like donald trump because hes blunt, he says what he is thinking. When it comes to ben carson, they see a guy who aligns with their values, who is closer to
Town of vort vart at that afr several weeks on the run. Couch is wanted for violating his tenyear probation sentence for killing four in a drunk driving crash in 2013. Cnns justice correspondent evan perez joining me with the latest on this. Evan, what are you hearing about these arrests . Randi, were told that the u. S. Marshal service was tracking a cell phone. Thats how they were able to pinpoint the location of ethan couch. In recent days they told the authorities in mexico where to find him and thats when the Police Yesterday moved in to make this arrest. Now, when they made this arrest they found couch was with his mother tanya. The two of them were believed to have been in mexico for at least part of the time theyve been on the run for a couple of weeks now. You might remember that the texas sheriff there in Tarrant County had said that they had put the mother tanya on a missing persons list but they firmly believe that she was helping her son in this escape. So now were expecti
Helicopter came to evacuate the wounded and a mortar round went off nearby that helicopter. The concern being that that mortar round damaged the helicopter, may have damaged the rotor blades so theyre checking its ability to fly. U. S. Military making clear that helicopter was not shot down. No one injured on board the helicopter, but prior to that there was a fire fight and one u. S. Service member was killed in that fire fight. Its a reminder, john and kate, there is still a war going on in afghanistan. There are still thousands of u. S. Troops there and they are still going on counterterror missions. Theres been a lot of talk about how their role has changed. That theyve retreated to their bases, only doing Security Force protection, but the fact is theyre doing counterterror operations as we saw today. Those operations can be dangerous and deadly. A very harsh reminder of that. Jim sciutto, thanks very much. Lets bring in cnn military analyst, general james. Thanks for joining us.
Battle lines are being drawn between likely general election rivals Hillary Clinton and donald trump but it is not just battle lines between trump and clinton. There is still a war waging between trump and factions of his own party. The Presumptive Republican nominee is starting to shop for running mates and some republicans are also shopping for someone else. A plan c to run against donald trump and Hillary Clinton. One popular republican senator is now even openly calling for a lets begin with cnns phil mattingly. He is in columbus, ohio, for us to emergency. Good morning, phil. Reporter good morning, john. Even before john kasich announced just about three miles away from right here in columbus that he was no longer in the republican race, the Never Trump Movement has been pinging around questions, what do they do next . Now, this suspect a group that is completely unified, but they do have conversations and sources in multiple factions of the groups have said a thirdparty candidate
A year and paints a picture of a white house in chaos, rocked by back stabbing and doubts about President Trumps competency to serve. Bill the author speaking out today on the today show saying President Trumps efforts to stop the book have backfired. He is helping you sell books . Not only is he helping me sell books but prove the point of the book. This is extraordinary that a president of the United States would try to stop the publication of a book. Sandra kevin corke is live outside the white house. It looks cold out there. It is. Sandra good morning. How is the white house responding to the president s claim that Michael Wolff did, in fact, speak with the president . Lets be clear here, sandra. There is a bit of nuance in the language, right . You can speak to someone without necessarily having a conversation with that person per se. I think thats part of the reason the white house is comfortable in pushing back on the notion that Michael Wolff, the author, a distinctive looking