stop selling them u.s. soil and take back the land they ve already purchased. we re going to make sure we go to our universities and say you take foreign money or american money, but the days of taking both are over and get that infiltration out of our schools. we re going to make sure we close down these chinese police stations that are around our country. griff: that s former south carolina governor and go gop candidate nikki haley campaigning in north liberty, iowa, ahead of this weekend s caucuses week s caucuses and her town hall with bret baier on monday. she was introduced by new hampshire governor chris sununu. we ll continue to monitor it. alicia, we ll send it to you. alicia: thanks, griff. the travel industry bracing for this weekend s storm as officials give advisories. c.b. cotton is live at laguardia airport. what s the situation like out
to spend a good portion of his time in 2024 litigating and dealing with with the court system? obviously, maybe it s a coincidence or maybe it s not. but it certainly seems to be very convenient from the if point of view of the democrats that likely, certainly one of the leading presidential contenders is going to be tied up in court and not on the campaign trail. if i suspect that is viewed as a feature, not a bug of the system among certain people on the democratic side here. alicia: that is one packed calendar. mark smith, thank you so much. we appreciate your expertise. thank you. griff: alicia, packed, indeed. coming up in the next hour, former white house deputy chief of staff karl rove joins eric and arthel for a lot more discussion on all things politics which means that white board could be coming out. you don t want to miss it, tune in. alicia: this week on mediabuzz, howie kurtz analyzes the media s role in the 2024 presidential campaign with republican presidential cand
people, to put that in perspective here in our state, that s more than the population of pittsburgh. and pittsburgh is our second largest city. reporter: 4,000 of george washington s men camped at valley forge in the winter of 1777-1778. many struggled to find food and shelter while the british under general howell wintered in philadelphia. of course, war was a seasonal business back then. george washington s punishment, alicia, for stealing food was a punishment so severe that that his soldiers many times would bite town on a lead bullet by being pummeled, hence the term bite the bullet. alicia: lucas tomlinson with the hi historical facts all the time, thank you very much. good to see you. griff: for more on the biden administration s response to the growing crisis at our southern border, we re joined by democratic congressman from texas henry cuellar. congressman, you ve been such an
that s going on the at 2:00 local iowa time. we ll have a cue there, and we ll be monitoring that speech as well. back to you. griff: all right. bill melugin live for us in des moines, thank you. alicia? alicia: for more on former president trump s legal battle as we kick off this election year, we re joined by constitutional attorney mark smith. mark, good to see you. thanks for being here. you know, even critics of donald trump are setting expectations that the u.s. supreme court will not keep the former president off the colorado ballot. we don t know for sure until they make their final decision, but what about the ripple effect here? we can see from this map all of the pending cases in 15 other states not counting colorado and and maine, but what happens on a broader scale? the bottom line is that the democrats attempt to keep donald trump off the ballot using blue state courts is now failing. the u.s. supreme court recognized what was going on here, and they ve stepped in, and
alex hogan has the latest from tel aviv. hi, alex. reporter: hi, alicia. right now thousands of people have gathered behind me, these are families, loved ones of the hostages. i talked to one man named michael whose brother was taken hostage, his sister-in-law was killed, and the couple left behind a 2-year-old baby, and michael s family is caring for that child and constantly advocating for the brother s release. honestly, i feel like one long day. for me, it feels like i m still living october 7th. i haven t slept more than 3 hours in the past 3 months. reporter: tomorrow will mark three months since hamas attacked israel, and today the israeli military says it is pressing forward in khan yunis, gaza. now, new alerts today on the northern part of israel. the idf fired upon hezbollah military sites in lebanon this morning in response to a barrage of rockets that the iran-backed group fired toward israel today.