republican strategists john thomas tells us which polls really matter up next ♪there's a me no one knowsng to be set free so, what's the empty suitcase for? the grand prize trophy ♪i was born to be somebody heather: welcome back to "fox & friends first", new polls showing democrats showing slight edge to retaking the house as we are hours from voters heading to polls but after pollsters predicted presidency would go to hillary clinton in back in 2016 should we trust the numbers that we are seeing now in here to weigh in republican strategists and pollster john thomas, thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be here. heather: latest polls show democrats are up 7% but they've dropped down, they were up by 9%? >> that's encouraging if you're a republican, let's sit back for a second and say how do you look at polling, we know in 2016 the public polling was so wrong, there's private polling the campaigns do and public polling that we talk about in the air, most public polling has no incentive to actually get it right because there's no consequences, it's about breaking news, getting nu

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are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international and john thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories. of british prime ministers who brags a plan came under fire this week with cabinet resignations and calls for a vote of no confidence theresa may unveiled her e.u. divorce plan on wednesday. the choice before us is clear this deal all leave with no deal. or no bricks it at all. all right soon after announcing her draft deal with a view to cabinet member ministers quit including the brags that secretary theresa may also had to face it through our growing by parliament. because the prime minister's still intends to put a false choice to parliament between her botched jail or no jail and the labor party have only one intention that is to frustrate the trade if. you are not delivering the brakes people voted for and today you will lose the support of many conservative m.p. i'm merely on's of voters across the country we can choose to leave with no deal we can risk no breaks it all or we can choose. i. or or we can choose to unite and

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are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. by the british prime minister's brags that plan came under fire this week with cabinet resignations and calls for a vote of no confidence theresa may unveiled her divorce plan on wednesday the choice before. this deal old leaves with no deal only all no bricks it will soon after announcing her draft to deal with the e.u. two cabinet ministers quit including the braggs it secretary theresa may also had to face a three hour grilling by parliament. does the prime minister us. they all intend to put a false choice to parliament between her a botched jail or no jail and the labor party have only one intention that is to frustrate the trade. you are not delivering the brakes people voted for and today you will lose the support of many conservative voices i'm merely owners of voters across the country we can choose to leave with no deal we can risk no breaks it all or we can work. i. or or we can choose to unite and support the best deal that can be negotiated this

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on john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. for the us senate has passed a resolution calling on the government to end its support for the saudi led intervention in yemen that's despite opposition from the white house and has more. well the vote was sixty three to thirty seven with support on both sides of the aisle the resolution called for the united states to end any cooperation with the saudi led attack on yemen now one of the voices speaking in favor of the resolution was us senator bernie sanders of vermont we have been providing the bombs that the saudi led coalition is using. we have been refueling their planes before they drop those bombs this is a vote. that says to the world we are going to end. the whole rip the humanitarian. that is killing tens and tens of thousands of the pencillers children in yemen there was opposition to this resolution from the white house very strong we heard that there was a closed door session in congress with mike pompei oh the secretary of state addressed members of the u.s. senate and u

this is our team international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now donald trump's press secretary has released a video which she says justifies a banning c.n.n. reporter jim acosta from the white house some called it doctored and manipulated while others claim it was proof of inappropriate behavior and a debate is now raging in the media over whose side to take artie's killam up and has commentary. philosophers have long debated the concept of reality is reality defined by our perceptions or our perceptions defined by reality now at a recent white house press conference this debate became very relevant to many americans i think you should let me run the country you run c.n.n. all right and if you didn't well your ratings let me ask you if i mean that's one of the question this president from a i don't know how are you worried i should know that's a tough resident i think that's an ask one of the other folks that said now for me ma'am i protested enough for me ma'am i'm jim acosta the c.n.n. reporter recently had a heated exchange with donald trum

it is a must but this is our team international john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. donald trump has canceled a meeting with president putin which was due to be held at the upcoming g. twenty summit in argentina the kremlin has described the move as regrettable saying the russian leader is ready for any future talks are to easily go as more. well this didn't come out of nowhere completely we had known that donald trump was going to somehow we act to what's going on between kiev and moscow however still donald trump's decision is a shock for everyone here and boy assad is first of all the point when they were going to sit in one room and start talking was of course going to be the number one highlight here at the g. twenty but also just before stepping inside his plane donald trump said this i probably would be meeting with president food we haven't terminated that meeting i was thinking about it but we have to say like there have been i think it's a very good time to have the city getting the full report of what happens next and that that will determine what well the

we are broadcasting live direct or should is most of this is our international john thomas truly glad to have you with us. now the u.s. senate has passed a resolution calling on the government to end its support for the saudi led intervention in yemen that despite opposition from the white house. we can cross live to our correspondent in new york who's following the situation for us caleb. this resolution has gotten overwhelming support from both republicans and democrats could you tell us how the vote played out and what comes next. well the vote was sixty three to thirty seven with support on both sides of the aisle the resolution called for the united states to end any cooperation with the saudi led attack on yemen now one of the voices speaking in favor of the resolution was us senator bernie sanders of vermont this is some of his argument in favor of the resolution will be another we have been providing the bombs. at the saudi led coalition is using. we have been refueling their planes before they drop those bombs this is a vote. that says to the world we are going to end the who

broadcasting live direct our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm john thomas really glad to have you with us now donald trump has said the u.s. will continue its oil embargo on iran that pledge was made in a memorandum to administration officials sent on wednesday however his national security adviser john bolton has hinted that broader u.s. sanctions targeting countries that trade with iran could be soft. we understand the number of countries in the. immediately surrounding iran some which i just visited last week others have been purchasing oil may not be able to go all the way all the way to zero immediately so we want to we want to achieve maximum pressure but we don't want to harm friends and allies either and we're working our way through that while this is certainly a milder tone from john bolton he was speaking about the sanctions that are set to go into effect on november fifth now at that time a few months back when they were imposed we heard trump describing them as the highest level of sanctions and promising to essentially take action against any foreign comp

direct from our studios in moscow this is our time international and john thomas glad to have you with us. and a small seaside town in the u.k. has found itself in the spotlight pictured as a run down backwater by the u.s. republicans an image of jay weak sans twice named as britain's most deprived area has become headline news before the midterm elections in america. explains why. what links this essex seaside town to the upcoming u.s. midterm elections an insensitive political one hundred that's what miracles here and jay week sans in essex have been left fuming ofter a pro trump republican candidate for the senate for the state of illinois used a photograph of j. wick sands on his social media feed as an anti advertisement so the caption next to the photograph read only you can stop this from becoming a reality but the problem is the picture wasn't quite reality the image of jay wick sounds that he used was taken several years ago and since then the local authorities have made quite a few improvements to the local area so the miracles they're all rather cross country to try to pocke

ed: john thomas great stuff all morning we appreciate it. you believe that? [applause] president trump: right? if crowds mean anything, we're going to have a great tuesday. >> [applause] president trump: that's for sure ed: that was the president in florida last night obviously florida is sort of ground zero we say this practically every two years. there are a lot of other battlegrounds but it's clear that the president who is in montana as well as florida yesterday, hitting the road and look, yes, florida is central, but georgia and tennessee today, you've got the gubernatorial battle, in georgia, tennessee senate race where it looks like the republicans are pulling ahead and tomorrow the president going to battleground ohio, indiana you've got that senate race and missouri, claire mccaskill always seems to escape after a tight race. katie: she does. we'll see. pete: would you look forward to election in just oh, -- >> katie: 50 hours. 48 hours plus two hours. pete: what are you looking for? >> katie: i think it'll be interesting to see if

john thomas, great to have you with us. up what chuck grassley had to say in his letter to the fbi, questioning by committee investigators, judy monroe admitted contrary to her claims she had not been sexually assaulted by brett kavanaugh. will this galvanize voters as you head to the polls? >> it is not too late. despite all of us feeling we are so saturated in information there are voters who will be voting when they come home from work. if you are unsure at this point or don't quite remember what is at stake this will remind you if you're in the gop base, prior to the brett kavanaugh confirmation process a significant almost 20 point enthusiasm gap between democrats and republicans. after the confirmation battle the enthusiasm gap was nonexistent and was holding steady but was waning in the last couple days, 3 or 4 point gap, this will serve to galvanize and remind republican voters and so many races, congressional, gubernatorial, senate races, the top subcategory, their margin of error, all about turnout and if this iss

here to break them down is john thomas, thank you for joining us, appreciate it.ement is building just 5 days out and we have no can races and we want to talk about 3 specifically with you beginning with arizona and we can bring that up right now. it is a dead heat, from early october, kristin's in tma, martha mcsorley up by one but that president 36% each in this particular race. what are your thoughts? >> this race will come down to turn out. it is the junk ball within the margin of error meaning either candidate could be up by several points today but it will likely come down in that state to who is turning out. both sides are polling nationally, both sides, republicans and democrats are charged up to vote. it is a question of latinos and whether or not they will turn out and what we are seeing a lot of surveys is the latino vote in the midterm cycle is being overestimated. we started in california in june primaries most pollsters overestimated the latino vote in the era of trump but in early returns and mail in ballots in california and texas latino turnout is

jillian: could economic boom spell doom for republicans, their weigh in republican strategists john thomasu for your time this morning. >> great to be here. jillian: is that enough for republicans, do you think? >> we will know on tuesday for certain, good indicater especially in you're undecided at this stage of the game, you do reflection, look, trump has run up the score with unusual voter that's not typically a republican voter and that's blue-collar-working class voter in rust belt states, under the trump administration with economy surging, they are feeling better off and more optimist you can and confident about future. that's what they are thinking about when they are walk to go polling booth, that could tilt the races because we were talking before the break that a lot of senate races, governor races are within original of error. jillian: a lot of people feel that they are cared about for the first time in a long time. that's what they are saying. >> prior to donald trump the message from the democratic party and unfortunately some of the republican party was that you are obsolete

i believe you have been listening to john thomas provide updates for many years on this bond, and moving forward, i will be providing the updates. i'm here to present updates for the 2011 road repaving and street safety bond. this front page, the first slide here, on the left is something you have already seen. it is the overview of the original approved budget in 2011 , broken down by the different groups. we have the street repaving and reconstruction, $149 million and a bike pedestrian safety. traffic signal and street improvements, 20 million, sidewalk accessibility and sidewalks, 14 million and sidewalk accessibility improvements. to the right, we have updated photos of some streetscape projects currently in construction and one that has recently reached substantial completion. the first on the top left is that california will just california at laurel village streetscape. and the top right is the -- the bottom right is the chinatown living alley. i will talk about highlights and accomplishments. public works has 48 completed street resurfacing contracts and four currently in constr

bring in han and john thomas guys good morning. >> great, good morning. >> john i want to start withpublicans in this election cycle about 5.2 billion spent by dems to the 2.2 chain of spending from the republicans. is that a problem, john democrats are fired up. >> there's no doubt about it on the candidates side that democrats have had a fundraising advantage but i always tell my clients you don't necessarily have to have more money than your opponent but enough to get your message out and ill tell you this. that message always trumps money. and in this case, the republicans have a great message which is -- you're better off now than you were two years ago. so i wouldn't count republicans out and there's one other key component in spending battle to watch and that's what different parties are spending you look at the what the republican national committee has raised and spent compared to what democratic national committee has spent there's a 10 to one spending advantage that's because parties are ones that do the field organizing, that move people to the polls on election day. and

also john thomas, a republican consultant. thanks, good to see both of you. okay, so that ad among others really raising a whole lot of eyebrows. you know, john, we heard from president obama yesterday who said this fearmongering, you know, is not acceptable, and it's not american, says obama. but might it also be effective to secure the votes that trump is hoping to do? >> it might be effective, and that's the business that dave and i are in, is making sure that we win elections. at this point, honestly, television advertising has a very limited impact. unless it's shocking, grabs attention. and trump is going back to the classics that got him elected through a primary in 2016 and elected in a general election, and that is immigration is the number one issue in the republican electorate. and of course reminding republicans of how they're better off economically. fredericka, i think that's what it's going to take, is trump, not just at these rallies making that case, but throttling his base, to say, you have to vote, there is something actually at stake and do

john thomas, a republican strategist.giving to both of you gentlemen. >> same to you. >> i will start with you. now i want to say life comes at you fast. it seems like just a week ago, all of this opposition was against ms. pelosi, there was a lot of new blood. they were going to challenge her. but now that it has come to the come down, everybody seems onboard. let me ask you, as we look at this newly elected congress, there are more women, it is younger than most of our congress and then the past. do they have a mandate to also reflect new leadership? >> any of us who have been paying attention knew that this day was coming. it is the most diverse congress in terms of gender diversity that we have ever seen. but also in many other ways. in the year of the woman after monumental gains were democrats, it would be very difficult for democrats to look away from of female candidates who has led this party through ups and downs for the last 16 years. she absolutely has two more years, and we will see what happens after the pre

>> john adams and thomas jefferson. >> not incredibly famous, yeah, yeah, july 4, 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence, john adams and thomas jefferson, old arch rivals, second and third president, both die. and you have all of these speeches celebrating, of course, the revolution, the declaration, right. so commemoration through the 1820's is a big booming business. there are speeches and memorials and commemorations all the time. this is again the building of a public history, right. memorials and monuments are super important. it's how a people make their identity and remembers it in all of these civic rituals and all of these ways to building a cultural identity. one of those commemorations happens in 1820 because, of course, it's 200 years since the landing of the pilgrims. so one thing to keep in mind is up until 1820, the pilgrims were celebrated but mostly in new england. that is, if you're from charleston, you're like, the pilgrims who? why is this important to me? and in 1820, partly through the work of this guy daniel webster, the pilgrims start to become

john thomas from dallas, also terrific, also gone. and me. then what we did, we surveyed the members of our group and found people from as many states as we could find and lined them lineust literally in a near the podium, where we were speaking and where the press was assembled. when we got up to the podium, we each spoke a little. nationalet to the press, over there is a line of andle from these states, they were each holding a sign of the state they were from. so you, members of the press, can go find someone from your home state to tell their personal story to your readers from your hometown, and connect all of this locally. forpress just looked at us a second, like what the hell is this? and then they just ran to that line of people. , and that istic how we ended up not only all national news, which we did, but in these hometown papers all over the country, because we had planned this, to supply them with their local people. >> students, did you hear that? [laughter] i wonder, in the remaining moments, we are now going to turn to legacy

john thomas, republican strategist, pollster. ab, spell it all out. there are a few scenarios this would go. what are you looking for someone who examines the political landscape. i can remember covering michael dukakis in 1988. he had huge crowds in 1988. that didn't materialize into anything. donald trump did get large crowds, that did mean something in 2016 so what do you look at? >> i don't look at crowds, neil. anyone can get a big crowd. beto o'rourke gets a lot of big crowds but he never touched ted cruz in polling. what i am most concerned with the fact people will look at polling, no matter the outcome and say the polling was wrong again. polls are not votes. everyone needs to focus on that. neil: you're right. >> hillary clinton had the edge on november 8th. she had the voters the next morning. they were not in the right places to win the electoral college. the polls are definitely on democrat side. we see that. it has been consistent for entire year. shown up in special elections. doesn't mean it will show up across the country tomorrow. tr

our panel, we had a panel for you planned and in fact, we will have one guest right now, guest john thomashe former president of thomas partners strategies, also republican pollster, we were to have joining you is josÉ muÑoz but he could not make it, so i will talk to you, jon, let's look at numbers, first of all in broward county, one of the counties in question there in florida n2014 in broward county 774,000 people voted, in 2,018,682,453 voted. and now as you know the recount is on, so with such an increase in voter turnout are you surprised the humans are work to go organize getting vote counted couldn't finish original count before the deadline? >> no, i'm not surprised. let's take a step back to get the full landscape of brenda snipes, the county election -- arthel: supervisor. >> it's not the first time she had problems, in 2016 she was accused of destroying ballots by a judge. arthel: first of all, john bear with me because josÉ is not here, i will have to play side for a second, did you tell me josÉ is here, fantastic, jose, you're here, let me see a shot of josÉ muÑoz. >> how ar

here to break it down gop strategist and pollster, john thomas. >> great to be here.error race, means it is really tight, come to turnout. desantis is running on trump agenda, unpoll get i cannily. gillum is running on socialist platform. it will come down to turnout. trump visited over the weekend, is he able to turn up enthusiasm in the base? one thing we know about the president, when he comes to town he revs up. i wouldn't count out desantis. i tell you this, if gillum pulls this out, it will be about 2020 talk. what the democrats will be looking at will push even harder to the left about socialism, more identity politics this is really bellwether race. ainsley: we'll see if oprah has power in the state of georgia. stacey abrams, going door-to-door. going against brian kemp. what do you anticipate. >> kemp is up a point or two points. he could be up by a point, he could be down by a point. this is really a test of star power. and oprah and others turn out the african-american coalition, almost the obama coalition. we'll watch this closely. kemp should hold this ra

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thank you, emma ross thomas. and john in rome. kevin, we've talked about the shakeups apparently happening within the cabinet. now talk about the lame-duck session. what are the things that are before the congress during this lame-duck session? kevin: they will be busy. if you look at the december 7 shutdown looming, this could be impacted by funding for the security on the u.s.-mexico border. and you will have democrats emboldened by the midterm election data, trying to attach amendments that would protect robert mueller's investigation. so the theatrics are not going anywhere have december 7. and take a look at the agricultural bill, because this is getting interesting, particularly because there is a $12 million aid package that government allotted to ease concerns with regards to trade relations with china, and china's response to that. there are many states that want more money and they wanted quantified. so you could see trade talks impacted. they have sanctions and other judicial nominees to get through. so this is anything

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not a pretty picture for investors in thomas cook our next guest says airlines will face a tough winter amid softer demand and fierce competition. joining us is johncook part of their business is aviation linked. is that a reason they're struggling is that one reason they're struggling >> it's the effect of the hot summer we had in europe. a number of airlines are talking about impact on late bookings. many people want to escape countries like the uk to get down to the mediterranean, many people booked in advance at the lower rates. those who booked in the last minute didn't do so. that fed through to the massive impact on top of that there's a lot of capacity in the market not least from the competing airlines >> i want to ask about fuel prices we've had a volatile year for energy prices. my first question is how much of a lag typically doesit take between big price moves and that again transpiring into some of these companies earnings over the summer we had prices skyrocket. many airlines were not hedged for that since october prices have dropped 30%, so presumably that should be a tailwind for an industry how much time lag will we start seeing

on the 15th, i tweeted that paul manafort makes john podesta look like st. thomas aquinos. so this was not my first tweet. so the claim that i later, that the tweet caused controversy brought heat on me was not true because until six weeks later, when assange did publish podesta e-mails there was no social media commentary, no media commentary. there was no congressional investigation. there was no mueller investigation. >> sean: let me ask this. >> there was no subpoenas. i had no need for a cover story. >> sean: with i construct and this is from jerry corsi. i will ask him in a minute. what i testified to the grand jury i believe i was creating a cover story for roger because roger wanted to explain the tweet. the special counsel knew this. they can tell my key strokes on that computer. what is that about? >> my point is i had no reason for a cover story. jerry said i was getting heat but there was no heat. for six weeks nobody noticed the tweet. it wasn't until the podesta papers were filed by wikileaks that it became controversial. i had no reason to cover it up. i had

that is been true since thomas jefferson and john marshall. for political leaders to respect the good faith of judges and not reduce what they say to partisanship over the president who appointed them. i think that is what the chief justice was trying to say, that regardless of who appointed you, you have to trust in the good faith of the independent judiciary. by the way, it was good advice to the president himself, because the next time he needs a ruling from the supreme court, he is going to want to be able to say that was an independent ruling made by people made in good faith and not by a bunch of trump judges like neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. so quite apart from making a mistake, i think the chief and his own way was desperately trying to prevent the president from making any further mistakes. but obviously, it didn't work. >> i think the problem in what he is saying is not the problem is that we should want to have the ideal of an independent judiciary but anyone paying attention knows we don't have that situation. we have somethin

john williams. still with me, andrew chorlton, noelle corum and thomas atteberry for final thoughts.r thoughts on credit? andy: i will try to be the diplomat. i don't think the relative value is there. the fundamental story has not changed. when the default start to change, it will be way too long. that doorway together credit in the market credit is expanding and it's really tricky. d, that'sngs in bbb-lan $100 billion. jonathan: i think it is the credit equivalent of the barn door in the horse. what should you be paying attention to? tom: price. am i getting paid? it is price. it comes back from our view, what is the value of the entity? can i come up with some valuation of this thing and get a sense of how overleveraged it is or if it has maneuverability? without covenance, which we seem to have gotten away from, yes, it gives the company's flexibility up until the time they don't have it. to us, i need to be much better and valuing the business, valuing the assets. when it finally doesn't work, whatever that case is, that's all i've got because i could never have a conversation w

john williams. still with me, andrew chorlton, noelle corum and thomas atteberry for final thoughts.y, to continue the conversation on credit, your thoughts. andy: i will try to be the diplomat. i don't think the relative value is there. the fundamental story has not changed yet, but you want to be positioned before it changes because when the defaults start to change, it will be way too long. the doorway take it out of credit in the market, credit is expanding and it's really tricky. those things in bbb-land, that's $100 billion. a lot of bonds. jonathan: i think it is the credit equivalent of the barn door and the horse. i can't get my head around it. what is the leading indicator you should be paying attention to? tom: price. am i getting paid? it is price. it comes back -- from our view, what is the value of the entity? can i come up with some valuation of this thing and get a sense of, how overleveraged it is, or does it still got maneuverability? without covenance, which we seem to have gotten away from, yes, it gives the company's flexibility up until the time they don't have

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was formed, something congress is great at, and that special committee included john adams, benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson. and jefferson was assigned this great task of drafting the declaration of independence. he lets -- completes his work and he comes back to the committee and he outlines his 27 grievances against the king. he's worked on it for days. and benjamin franklin and john adams review that work and they make 80 changes. 80 changes, mr. speaker. it just shows that no matter how good the author is, once it's turned over to a committee, there will be change. and of those 80 changes, about 25% of the declaration of independence that we know today, one of those changes speaks to the heart of the friendship, the underlying friendship between the british and american people. for one of their changes was jefferson's poignant lament and it reads as this. we might have been a free and great people together. so that was taken out of the document, even though jefferson outlined the 27 grieveances, why america should separate itself from great britain. so i like to reflect on that when we flash

. >> all right, the thomas fire, but better is what they're saying and john cadis klemack there. the difference is we have water to get on the houses and save homes. that was so frustrating during the thomas fire when they ran out of water. >> the situation developing in these different locations, on the left, you have john cad cadis clemack's shot and on the right, west lake village. jonathan gonzalez is there, where he showed frantic efforts to put out the flames at that home, so concerned about the embers there flying. we've been checking in with meteorologist shawna mendiola, wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour at times and that can push some of the embers which can start spot fires a good one to three miles in the air. so anyone really within one to three miles of these locations of these cities here, you need to be careful. mandatory evacuations are in effect for oak park as well as west lake village. >> firefighters going to make a stand at the 101, they're worried about the flames jumping the 101 freeway, which would be the natural barrier there, but as we continue to watch

amelia earhart, thomas edison, henry ford, john d.ockefeller, jr., they all came. >> one of the dr. kellogg's goals was to develop an easilyal digestible cehich turned out not to be so healthy after all but what was his gol? >> you have to remember who he was seeing. they were mostly a very constipated people. >> rr)ltly. (laugh -- literally. (laughter) not just an adjective. they were eating terribly fatty diets and often obese. he thought, if i could may grains more digestib, maybe that would help these patients. first, it was rolls until one lady broke her dentures on these hard double baked rolls and wanted him to replace her dentures. then he ground them up into tiny kernels and finally they came up with the cer il. easily digestible and if you have a stomach ache would bb probabgood to eat. >> they were oiginally wheat flakes and now corn flakes. >> yes, and john's l brother experimenting wit on and on and developed corn flakes because corn was a cheaper drain and was tastier, and when it came out in 1906, it took the world by s