iowa countdown. with a week to go, gop candidates barn storm iowa. there will be a new day in america without chaos. i m running for your issues. one point down. is this race more fluid than it seems? and battle for democracy. facing political head winds, president biden hits the campaign trail with an all out focus on donald trump. democracy is on the ballot. as trump tries to flip the script. will biden s strategy work. three years after the january 6 attack, mike pence will join me from tel aviv, israel. and then south carolina democratic congressman jim clyburn. plus health scare, defense secretary lloyd austin facing criticism for waiting days to tell the public he is in the intensive care unit. how serious was it and why was it kept secret. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is once again just shaking our heads. eight days from the iowa caucuses, one day past the third anniversary of the january 6 attack on the capitol. and donald tru
we look to the future. a nation continuously striving to be a more perfect union. i m here to speak to another truth. it s because of this congregation and the black community of south carolina and not exaggeration and jim clyburn that i stand here today as your president because of all of you. [applause] that s a fact. that s a fact. and i owe you. and i ve done my best to honor your trust. that means rejecting the small narrow cramped view america as well as lifting up a bigger and broader view of america. but if you do well, i do well. we all do well. we all do well small towns and big cities are doing better. when our freedoms are protected and deny hate as a safe harbor where everyone has a fair shot at a life of dignity and opportunity. and our democracy works for everybody. it benefits everybody. i don t get these guys. everybody does better. even those folks who disagree with us. i m keeping my commitment to you. that s the america we are building together instead of
themselves. bill: bill ackman is going after the head of m.i.t. i wish we had more time today. see you in iowa very soon. thank you, governor. bundle up, it s cold out here. bill: thanks for the warning. dana: breaking news out of iran. back-to-back explosions at a cemetery. soleimani was killed in a drone strike in 2020. no word on who is behind it. no one has claimed responsibility. we ll bring you any updates as we get them. -out going harvard university president claudine gay may no longer have a top job but still on the payroll and raking in the big bucks. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning. first hour. we called this reentry day. but your reentry was yesterday. my reentry is today. dana: like walking on a high wire without a net. you know what you are doing. bill: once the first hour is done we re back. good morning, everybody i m bill hemmer. controversy has been clogging claudine gay for weeks
contracts down on ac activists. rachel: agent people were detained in hong kong, acured of disrupting order in a public space. his year, a carnival has been held where those vigils used to take place. and that s the new hong kong for you. in 2020, they were protesting the ccp and there were, i mean, gazillions of american flags as our protesters in the summer of 2020 were burning flags, american flags in hong kong they were flying american flags and calling for freedom of course, that didn t come to them. now you see these fake pro beijing protests instead of the tradition of honoring those brave people who tried to fight against communism in tiananmen square. every inch of space you give over becomes a place where freedom does not exist. president trump said the provocations are because we look weak from what happened in afghanistan to the minor incursion in ukraine. rachel: to the falling on the stage. to the falling on the stage of beijing, may be unnoterly looking at
a masterpiece in taste the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. d, tonight, new reporting that donald trump s former chief of staff has appeared before the grand jury. why mark motors test of money could be the key for federal mastications into his former boss. then chris christie has officially thrown his hat in the 2024 ring. in an already crowded republican field. a huge surprise in sports, a golf merger no one saw coming. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. stunning new revelations involving donald trump s final chief of staff in the special counsel s investigation. the new york times reports, mark meadows has testified before a grand jury in jack smith s investigation, according to two people briefed on the matter. the times points out meadows is a key figure in both of the special counsel s investigations. tom channeling of classified documents, and his efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election