A 2016 bid. With romney boug oun whose stepping up and who benefits. Were going to hear from gop heavy hitters. Nasa aims to make history with its effort to send an ast naught into space for a year. Twin brothers are about to start the journey of a lifetime to help nasa answer the question of whether we can survive longterm space travel. You definitely feel like youre here and everyone else that has ever existed is kind of over there on planet earth. We begin if a fox news alert. Efforts to save a japanese and jor yan hostage from the hands of isis terrorists are now said to the deadlocked the fate remains unnoin. Deadlines have come and gone the jord yans now have some demands of their own and the situation in the middle east remains highly unpredictable. Conner pyle is live from our middle east newsroom. Reporter well, a few days ago it seemed like a promising opportunity to release two hostages held by isis but now today that opportunity seems to be disappearing. A senior japanese o
Bergdahl, a sergeant now under investigation by the army who is accused by his squad of deserting them. Just in the last couple of hours a top democratic lawmaker has now come forward to say not everyone in the administration signed off on this deal. While the outgoing secretary of defense, chuck hagel just admitted on camera tonight that the white house wanted detainees freed from gitmo faster than he was comfortable with. Not everyone at the white house has agreed with me. On what part of this . Probably on the pace of releases. Have you had pressure . Weve had a lot of conversations. With the white house . Yes. And congress. And the press. I dont think it was thoroughly vetted who the five guys were. I think the five guys turn out to be problematic i do know this. A number of key people in the administration were not consulted before the trade was made. Uhhuh. Earlier tonight i spoke with Pentagon Press secretary rear admiral john kirby about the controversy behind this deal. Great
Bo bergdahl, the soldier accused of deserting his squad. A top lawmaker coming forward to say not everyone in the administration signed off on this deal. The outgoing secretary of defense, chuck hagal just admitted tonight the white house wanted detainees freed from gitmo faster than he was comfortable with. Not everyone is agreeing with me. What part, sir . Pace of releases. Have you had pressure . Weve had a lot of conversations. In congress. And in the press. I dont think it was thoroughly vetted who the five guys were. I think the five guys turned out to be problematic and a key number of people in the administration were not consulted when this trade was made. I spoke with admiral john kirby about the controversy about this deal. Great to see you, colonel. Can you assure the American People these five guys dont pose a threat to the United States . Were working closely with the governor of qatar to mitigate any threat to the maximum degree possible. Were aware of reengagement activ
Destroy isil. This comes after the first japanese hostage was murdered. Isis demanded 200 million from japan in exchange for fo two men. But the terrorist said they would fro him and a jordan pilot for a female terrorist. There are fears now about the pilots fate. Supporters are demanding his release. Jordan now issuing a warning of his own vowing to kill all terrorist in their custody if isis kills that pilot. Kathryn, what is the response from the u. S. Government. Reporter in addition to the president ial response earlier, we had a statement from the National Security council that said they were aware of the tape and seeking to authtenticate it but what is confirm was a foregone colon clusion that isis executed the second japanese hostage. They have a track record for following through. How is the video different from the others . I have sewn all of the execution videos released beginning in late august and this one is dramatically different. It is shorter than the previous videos.
Joining me now, gloria borger, David Chalian and jeff zeleny, senior washington correspondent. So David Chalian, this is the first poll taken since our Republican Debate, the last chance to perhaps change anything heading into the christmas holidays. If anything has changed, its that trump has gone up and the rest of the field has faded. Right. This is proof that donald trump emerged from our debate unscathed, right . So he now has got more than double the support of his closest competitor, ted cruz, and that is just a huge position for trump to be in as you go into this holiday pause. Thats now the framework for the home stretch of the Campaign Leading up to the iowa caucuses. Ted cruz, obviously, has gone way up, his commanderinchief numbers have gotten better there but this story is still all donald trump right now. And the trend line for trump is actually increasing, too. Hes up and keeps on going up. Gloria borger, ted cruz, as david said, up a little bit. Marco rubio actually dow