on the reidout i m proud to be a pro-life governor and i ll be a pro-life president. of course, i want to sign pro-life legislation. i think it s something that we need to develop a culture of life in this country. the republican presidential candidates except for trump flock to iowa to embrace wildly unpopular issues like an extreme abortion ban. it s surely no way to win a presidential election. plus, desantis in damage control mode after failing to launch without extreme awkwardness and glitchy failures. he s looking to reassure right wing donors and activist said that he s not scott walker or jeb bush. also tonight, new reporting on a target letter sent to the special counsel sent by the special counsel to a trump staffer, which could be an indicator of how jack smith plans to prosecute the classified documents case. but we begin tonight with some advice for the republican party. to win elections you got to read the room. you listen to the american people.
today inside politics, the gop finds votes to come out on top. republicans pass a crucial bill that assures the u.s. is ready to fight wars, and they did it after putting a deliberate conservative stamp on it. jared kushner under oath, new report ing reveals that prosecutors ask the former president s son-in-law, did donald trump believe his own election lies. and iowa decides in six months. the countdown to the caucuses is on as donald trump decides to play hooky and skip a big summit. his bet, who needs iowa when you have mike tyson. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, kevin mccarthy can keeps the republican family mostly together to win a culture war battle. last hour, the house did its job and cleared a must-pass defense bill. the final vote tally was 219-210. if that seems really tight for a bill that sets military policy, it is. the sennarrow margin is thanks a very heated back and forth over controversial add-ones to the
pence is on the stage behind me. the former president trump is not attending, so all of them are trying to make a breakthrough with voters. we just heard vice president pence called the words of president trump reckless. of course, there is some trump fatigue. when you talk to voters here and across the country, but the question is, who account beat the former president and win in a general election? that s what these candidates are trying to do, make that case that they re the person that can do that. let s lynn to senator scott from earlier today. america needs positive, powerful, biblically sound leadership to gain the high ground. i started reading the gospel, understanding that i m part of a
where they are able to talk to the audience and pitch themselves as a candidate that can win in 2024. here s senator tim scott a little bit ago. america needs positive, powerful, biblically sound leadership to regain the high ground. i started reading the gospel and understand i m a part of a bigger family. a guy who grew up in a single-participant household who wanted to know who am i. reporter: so a lot of the issues that they have been talking about, things like abortion, transgender, those are the issues that keep coming up. we expect to hear from the bulk of those candidates throughout the day. they haven t spoken just yet. governor desantis is the one we re keeping our eye on. the sense that he is in second place to donald trump. he really needs to make a strong showing in iowa in the six months from now when the caucuses happen. interestingly enough, kim
former fox host tucker carlson, who just days ago sat down to interview accused rapist and human trafficker andrew tate for his new show on elon twitter, good times. here s a sampling of what republicans and tucker s furrowed eyebrows pitched to evangelicals in the early voting state today. america needs positive, powerful, biblically sound leadership to regain the high ground. how many covid shots did you take and how do you feel about it now? in retrospect? how many covid shots did you take? zero. january 6th, what was that? do you think it was an insurrection? i have never used the word insurrection, tucker, over the last two years but it was a riot that took place at the capitol that day. at the same event, kim reynolds signed her draconian six-week abortion ban into law.