to have this speech here at liberty university in front of 10,000 people to send the message that senator cruz is not the establishment candidate. he's going to go hard against the republican establishment candidate. we heard him go bit by bit against common core. that's what jeb bush supports against training immigration laws. we heard the outlines in senator cruz's speech. too early to know if he'll win the republican nomination. make no mistake, the speech today signifies he'll be a force in this debate and pull it to the right and we'll see if that ultimately changes this campaign. his speech today a powerful one. he's filling this vacuum created by the exploratory committees of others. he skipped that phase and jumped right in. >> no exploring for him. jeff zeleny, thanks so much. >> let's turn now to a major setback in the u.s. war on terror. yemen once held up as a model of