and drill, drill, drill. that s not retribution. i am going to be he says, you are not going to be a dictator, are you? i said, no, no, no, other than day one. donald trump telling the world he plans to be a, quote, dictator on day one of his presidency. defenders at the former president at this missed that comment as a joke, a one-off quid that was never meant to be taken literally. trump himself had continued to promote the idea that he will be a vengeful dictator in a second trump presidency. over the holiday weekend, he shared this image of a word cloud put together by the daily mail. the image was based on a survey of what voters sent about trump s ambitions for a second term. and you can see that the most popular responses, the biggest ones represented in the middle r, power, revenge and dictatorship. revenge being the most devoted. that is the image that trump himself wants to cultivate ahead of the 2024 presidential election, an image she wants to promote, eve
yes. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour in 1952, in the middle of the korean war, the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they, could president truman shocked the nation with a televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address, lawyers for the steal companies had driven to a district court judges home in washington, d.c., and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning. a hearing as to whether or not a could actually do that. now, the merits of that case a really interesting, but the reason the steele seizure case matters today is the speed at which was heard by the supreme court. the issue was so urgent for the steel workers, the unions, the steel companies, the u.s. military, it was so pressing that the case skipped the appeals process and the supreme court heard oral arguments just a little over a
feeding realtime information to the houthis as iranian-backed group target ships in the red sea in an attempt to disrupt shipping and military traffic. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. hour two here we go as the war wages in northern gaza despite calls for humanitarian pause. greg palcokk in tel aviv. down south in gaza some very rough battles as we will continue to pound various hamas targets today saying it has killed a top weapon smuggler for the group. they are zeroing in on the headquarters in the south and trying to finish off strongholds in the north where miltants have been holding on. despite widespread devastation, israel not altering its approach after yesterday s resolution in the un security council calling for humanitarian pause. that was toned down a bit after the u.s. go along with abstention, critics say it s not strong enough to get sufficient aid to gaza as houthi fighters continue attacks on international shipping in the red sea, we just go
dealing with hamas, or getting the hostages home. what we are seeing now is not the best way to do that. ben rhodes, thank you for spending time with me tonight. that s our show for tonight. now the time is my last word with ali velshi. in for lawrence. i hope a lot of people listened to what been says. he s put a lot of thought into this. i want to continue this conversation in a little while with ayman criminal case of united states of america versus donald trump. the special counsel and his team are asking the supreme court to grant an expedited review of trump s claims that his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election fall within the, quote, outer perimeter, and quote, of his official duties as president, and he is therefore immune from prosecution. yesterday, trump filed at the supreme court urging them to stay away from the issue for now and let the d.c. appeals court ruled on it first. in an 11-page reply, trump s filing, smith tells the supreme co
dealing with hamas, or getting the hostages home. what we are seeing now is not the best way to do that. ben rhodes, thank you for spending time with me tonight. that s our show for tonight. now the time is my last word with ali velshi. i hope a lot of people listen to what ben says. we ll continue this a little later. but you have a good evening, my friend. tonight the special counsel jack smith is once again making his case for the supreme court to weigh in on donald trump s claims of presidential immunity in the criminal case of united states of america versus donald trump. the special counsel and his team are asking the supreme court to grant an expedited review of trump s claims that his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election fall within the, quote, outer primitive perimeter, end quote, of his official duties as president and easier for immune from prosecution. yesterday fog filed a brief before the supreme court urging them to stay way for the issue