brad zaun, senator zaun was supporting governor scott walker before he dropped out of the race. zaun has been serving in the iowa state senate for 11 years. tim: some 65-million retirees on social security may not receive a cost of living adjustment or "cola" in 2016. that hasn't happened in five years. the reason being a decline in inflation caused by falling gas prices. in other words, if the price of goods doesn't increase, social security benefits stay flat. unfortunately, the way the government measures inflation may not accurately reflect how many on social security spend. the typical retiree's benefit is about 13- hundred-dollars a month. tim: presidential candidates on both sides of the race chimed in today on the flat line of cola benefits. democratic candidate bernie unnacceptable." the vermont senator said today quote senior poverty is going up and more than two-thirds population rely for more than income, our job must be to expand, not cut, social security." former arkansas governor and g- o-p candidate mike huckabee is also weighing in on the subject. he said quote

brad zaun, senator zaun was supporting governor scott walker before he dropped out of the race. zaun has been serving in the iowa state senate for 11 years. jessica rae: and the donald says he's paying for his presidential campaign with his own money...but outside donations still keep coming. his campaign took in about 3-point-9 million dollars in the third quarter... acrding to filings with the federal election commission. most of that money came in chunks of 200- dollars or less. the republican frontrunner says he's not fundraising or affiliating himself with any political super-pac. trump says he's s leading in thepolls while than most other candidates... jessica rae: some 65-million retirees on social security may not living adjustment or "cola" in 20-16. that hasn't years. the reason being a decline in inflation caused by falling gas in other words, if the price of goods doesn't security benefits stay flat. unfortunately, the way the measures may not accurately reflect how many on social security spend. the typical retiree's benefit hundred-dollars a montnt presidential bot

brad zaun,n, senator zaun was supporting governor s stt walker before he dropped out of the race. zaun has been serving in the iowa state senate for 11 years. jessica rae: many u-s troops are going to be staying in afganistan longer than expected. president obama has announced the drawdown of troops from afghanistan is being delayed. obama says the afghan militity is not ready to take on t t task of securingnghe country. " "(president barack obama) "i've decided to maintain our current posture of 9,800 troops in afghanistan through most of next year, 2016 (president barack obama) "but maintaining our current posture through most of next year rather than a more rapid drawdown, will allow us to sustain our efforts to trara and assist afghan forces as they grow stronger" jessica rae: the president said the delay is necessary following recent events in afghanistan. according to the u-n, insurgents have spread through more of the country than at any time since the post 9-11 invasion. afghanistan's defense minister says his countnt's military is making strides, but stiti needs help. jes

at zaun, says this field kmnd erk there was a bombardment of russian planes trying to smash our defensivebut we held our ground. he claimed the syrian army was trying to advance on three fronts. also in hama province, russian-made helicopters were in action, though it's not clear if the pilots are syrian or russian. further north into lepo province, they say they bombed a warehouse filled with weapons and ammunition belonging to free syrian army, known to have links with the united states. we're fighting without webs. >> russia let loose with even more fire power, launching 26 medium range cruise missiles from car chips in the kas peian sea at isis targets, almost 1,000 miles away, according to the russian defense ministry. the sound and fury of this brutal war quickly growing ever more intense. ben weedeman, cnn beirut. >> 40% of isis infrastructure has been destroyed by russia's military operations. >> christiane amanpour spoke to a spokesperson for russia's perspective. >> the logic is a purely military logic. and iraq, the extensipansion of operations to iraq is actually logical step.