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YEREVAN, AUGUST 7, ARMENPRESS. A three-year-old James Tufts has become America's youngest mayor following a successful campaign on Sunday. Armenpress reports, citing the Daily Mail that adorable tot James Tufts followed in his six-year-old brother Robert's footsteps, who served two terms in the ceremonial position in Dorset, Minnesota, aged four.
His story began 700 miles from the Arctic Circle on the east coast of Scotland in Dornoch, north of the Highlands and fast by the sea. But the Scottish immigrant
decision about the death penalty after tomorrow's preliminary hearing. isis hackers claim they leaked personal data of more military members online. the group calls itself the islamic state hacking division using twitter to post a link with addresses, names of marines, other military officials. the post calls for lone wolf attack miss the united states. the department of defense is aware of the claimed hack but can't confirm that information at this time. well meet america's young mayor, a terrific story. 3-year-old james tufts won by promising free ice cream to everybody. his brother served two earterms
robert has the stepped up and helped james out, just communicating with people and talking to people and how to be appropriate in public. so i think that part of it's been pretty cool. they're naturally always together and have each other's backs, so it just kind of works out well that they would do this together. >> and, emma, do you have more kids? >> no. >> is this it? >> this is it. >> this is it for you. so the town of dorset, population 22, now there's no formal city government so this is a ceremonial post. but, mr. mayor, and let me speak to james, what do you think is the biggest priority for dorset right now? what's the most important thing for your city?
we didn't think anyone would watch the kids table debate. it was the consolation. but she seems like the adult at the kids table. she did well. her points were coherent, very thoughtful. she didn't go off on tangents like mr. trump did at times. everyone i talked to said, you know, i think she might have been the winner of both, a possible contender as the overall winner. maybe the main stage debate, they couldn't decide who had won perhaps. >> jane timm, thank you very much. and i'm joined now by james from "the washington post." you've heard the sound we've been playing of donald trump when he says the key to success is about whining. on friday, though, you wrote this for "the post" saying in politics, when you're whining, you're usually losing. so who's right? you or trump? >> i am. good to be with you, thomas. donald trump's been on defense now for several days. he's unable to turn the page. the fact that he's still talking
>> bring people presents when they're at the kid hospital. >> that's a great answer, to take people presents when they're at the kid hospital. now i think you probably both know that to be in politics and to be successful you need to have good political hair. so can we see what you guys look like without your hats on? >> oh, man, take your hats off, dudes. >> hey, look at that. yes! you definitely have political hair, both of you. so congratulations. mom, you've done great work with these two young politicians. >> thank you. >> and we wish you nothing but the best of luck as you will govern over dorset, mr. mayor. so it's mayor tufts, former mayor tufts, and emma tufts. do a spit shine on the hair. very good. you're raising money in all 50 states to battle leukemia, so best of luck to all of you and that's, mr. mayor, your ifb so if you pull that out of your ear
minnesota, his brother and their mom as well. mr. mayor, congratulations to you. you're sitting on your mom's lap right now. explain how you feel winning the election. >> i feel so good and kind of bad. >> everything feels good and kind of bad all at the same time? >> yeah. >> yeah? well, that's politics. you can ask your older brother bobby. bobby, what do you think of your younger brother getting elected and taking over for you you had two terms as mayor. what advice did you give him? >> i gave him -- look in the eyes when you're talking and shake hands with your right hand. >> that's good. shake hands with your right hand. so, mom, how do you feel about having two young politicians in the family, and explain what it meant for bobby to help his little brother out to take over for him? >> well, i think it's pretty cool.
caucuses don't vote in the iowa caucuses and the people who do aren't endorsing or getting behind donald trump. >> james, great to have you on. thank you, sir. >> thanks, thomas. >> we've been asking you to weigh in on our poll question. is donald trump's blunt rhetoric helping or hurting the gop? so let's take a look at how you have been reacting to the polls. 50/50? this is split right down the middle. we'll ask you to keep the debate going. you can weigh in. hey, there we go. 49% to 51%. helping. we'll have much more to come on donald trump plus another look at your votes. breaking news now out of colorado. that toxic sludge pouring through the animas river, and let's show you what it looks like. governor john hickenlooper was touring the contaminate d river. scientists walked him through a
you can't hear me. >> there you go. >> there you go. mr. mayor, now you can hear me. i know these things are a pain in the butt. we'll have much more coverage. thank you, tufts family. bye, mr. mayor. much more on our top stories when we come back. the toxic sludge in colorado's animals river. only one fish, that's it, just one, has died as a result of this millions of gallons of sludge filling up. anyway, we'll talk about that and how soon the water could be safe plus developing news on the most prominent self-proclaimed whiner, donald trump. he's leading in two new battleground states. yes, whining equals winning. is donald trump's blunt rhetoric helping or hurting the gop? and rick perry's 2016 campaign, is it on life support? his staffers not being paid in all states. how much longer will former