Russia. Could the increasingly urgent situation in ukraine explode into war . Also, inside enemy territory. What happens when a reporter for a jewish publication goes to iran . The answer might surprise you. I will talk to that reporter about what he learned. And, the future of work. Will computers take over for lawyers and doctors and all of us . Will robots replace most workers . Ill talk to the author of an eyeopening cover essay in the atlantic. Finally, the long hot summer is almost over, but the heat may be here to stay. Ill explain. But first here is my take. While we have been watching isis and discussing iran, something much bigger is happening in the world. We are witnessing a historic fall in the price of oil. Down more than 50 in less than a year. When a similar drop happened in the 1980s, the soviet union collapsed. What will it mean now . Nick butler, the former head of strategy for bp, told me we are in for a longer and more sustained period of low oil prices than in the
Punch might have sidelined a quarterback, but it wont keep him off the field. Lets talk. Live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We begin this morning iowa where for the next 11 days republican president ial hopefuls blanket the state fair to shore up votes for their white house bids. The highlight, the Des Moines Register soap box where candidates get 20 minutes to make their pitch to voters. Guess who will not take part . Donald trump. The topic of gop caucus goers, 22 backing him. Rounding out the top five cnn political reporter sarah murray has more on the people expressing support for trump. Shes going to parse the numbers for us this morning. Reporter i do want to say just because donald trump will not be on the soap box, do not expect him to be absent from the state fair. Hell be there this weekends. Hopefully hell be trying some fried food on sticks. Well see. The iowa poll does show him on top. Voters give him really high nu
On nbcs today show he said biden would not be the democrats best candidate. Well, look, i have a lot of respect for joe biden. Hes been a terrific Vice President. The problem is joe biden is a very good guy and probably has no appeal to people whatsoever under 35. People under 35 elected president obama president of the United States. That is a key part of the Democratic Coalition along particularly with latinos africanamericans and asianamericans. So i think it makes sense to have a candidate, and i think hillary is one, i think bernie is another, who can turn on the under 35 set. I think that would be a problem for joe. Lets talk about all of this with cnns White House Correspondent Michelle Kosinski and our political director david chalian. Youre on Marthas Vineyard where president obama is taking a vacation. Joe biden is also on vacation in south carolina. What are you hearing from your sources who exactly biden is consulting as he weigh this is decision . Reporter hes not taking u
Ones died or what they are now breathing in from this super secretive Chinese Government. And the national lead. Drone danger. An alarming increase in the number of Airline Pilots reporting Close Encounters with tiny unmanned aircraft. What needs to be done to prevent one from taking down a passenger plane. And good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jim sciutto. Jake tapper is on assignment today. Our politics lead, come for the fried stuff on a stick, stay for the political pandering. 14 republican contenders and four of their potential democratic rivals all slated to step up on to that famous soap box and give their spiel at the iowa state farm. While he may not be able to give free helicopter rides to tykes, donald trump will whir into town to talk to iowans on saturday. But one candidate is sidestepping the soap box. Democratic frontrunner and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, her relative silence comes as obamas number two, Vice President joe biden, again wrestles with w
Major chinese port city late wednesday. Watch this Surveillance Video obtained by abc news of a man standing near the entrance of a building. The blast decimating the wall, caving in right on top of him. The explosions felt miles away emanating from an industrial warehouse in a city of 15 million two hours south of beijing. The Chemical Material inside dangerous and unknown according to a nationwide news agency. Firefighters are attending to the flames but are fearing the chemicals could pose a serious threat. This as the death toll continues to rise. Dozens now dead including firefighters and more than 500 injured. The house collapsed, we didnt know what happened, said one survivor. During my live report from outside the hospital, tempers flared. A group of apparently distraught survivors along with Security Officers demanding to see the pictures on my phone forcing me off the air. Police dont stop them. Emotions running high. The massive explosions equivalent to a small earthquake ac