Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is rising in GOP primary polling and garnering interest as a good alternative to Donald Trump. New polling in New Hampshire done by CBS News/YouGov collected data from potential Republican primary voters. The poll shows 29 percent said they’d vote for Haley compared to 44 percent who said they would for Trump. However, her numbers are rising and if other candidates drop out, she could be a real threat. Already, the Trump campaign is spending money on Haley attack ads. Is it a sign they’re running scared.
Texas is sending the police to arrest migrants coming into the United States illegally. Is the crisis so severe that border patrol agents need extra help?
We will talk to David Cay Johnston about these topics and more.
Mark dives into the world of Death Row Records. Screenwriter, film producer, director, and founder of Xenon Pictures, S. Leigh Savidge, talks about writing and producing the movie Straight Outta Compton. He’ll discuss meeting the people involved with Death Row Records and he’ll give us his take on the death of Tupac Shakur.
Our favorite Astronomy Professor, Andrew Fraknoi, will join us to talk about meteor showers in the new year, what the James Webb telescope is showing us and what we are now learning about planetary systems that orbit other suns.