ted cruz feuding with the media over a cartoon as a fund raising opportunity. his daughters were mocked in an ad depicting them as organ grinding monkeys. the cartoon proofs the liberal media is desperate to attack and destroy him and his family. then he asked for donations. cruz was asked about that on the campaign trail. you circulated this e-mail that had the washington post editorial. do you think it is hypocritical of that? i appreciate that number one the media yesterday decides the right thing to do is target my girls to attack a 5-year-old and 7-year-old and now turning another attack. thank you for that sentiment. let me suggest a simple rule
his campaign. you circulated this e-mail, a fund raising e-mail, that had the washington post editorial at the top. is that hypocritical that you are blasting the media and now using it for fund raising? i think the media thinks it is the right thing to do to target my girls. a 5-year-old and 7-year-old. and now another attack. thank you for that sentiment. let me suggest a simple rule that everyone ought to follow. leave the kids alone. ben carson has fallen to 10% in the latest cnn/orc poll tied with marco rubio. his plunge from second place sparked reports of a big campaign shake up. including budget and staff cuts. carson told don lemon that no such cuts are planned.
we are learning more this morning about the deadly attack on u.s. troops in afghanistan. six american air force personnel killed in a taliban terror attack. cnn s barbara starr joins us on how the suicide bomber got past the checkpoint at bagram airfield. reporter: alison, boris, new details about the six fallen air are force members as the remains are brought to the united states and families prepare for funerals. we now know it was an afghan suicide bomber on a motorbike who got past an initial afghan security checkpoint. the security forces not realizing the bike was packed with explosives and ball bearings in the internal spaces. no suicide vests they could see. all explosives packed in the bike. the motorcycle then approached
done across the board. unsung work. over many years. to preempt, to prevent, and contain incidents of this and related nature over many, many years now. and the same happens in the u.s. prime minister kevin rudd, we feel for you, and your country this morning, thanks so much for taking time for new day. thank you for having me on your program. let s go over to chris. we have breaking news coverage out of pakistan. a school is under attack right now, by the taliban. is the military close to ending the massacre? we have new information ahead.
husband has been unfairly victimized by allegations of sexual assault and is really a kind man. she said a different man has been portrayed in the media over the last two months, it s a portrait of a man i don t know and it s a portrait painted by individuals and organizations whom many in the media have given a pass. clearly we re going to talk more about that coming up in the show. so we have breaking news out of pakistan this morning, taliban suicide bombers and gunmen storming a school, killing 126 at least. most students, hundreds more people are trapped inside, the latest on the attack straight ahead. we have new details out of sydney, australia. who was this gunman? did he have help? could we have done more to stop him before this horrible result? questions that demand answers. we ll get them from christine forster, an elected official and sister of australian prime minister tony abbott. so my buddy here is going to help me find it.