end game. with the iowa caucus just weeks away. did you hear that sound? that is the sound of us surging. the presidential race heats up. we got to be sure that we put this thing away. and new reporting on trump s role in a key senate race. plus january jam. one of the most unproductive congresses in history. here is a reality. the institution is not functioning the way it should be. wars and the border and funding fights. could the stalemate get even worse? and in the rough. at the end of the day. a man is going to make a decision which is best for him and his family. why one of the world s best golfers has drawn the attention of a powerful senator. it is about much more than sports. american institutions and interests are at stake. inside politics, from inside the corner of power, starts now. good morning and welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju. merry christmas and happy new year and 2024 is right around the corner. and with it the iow
now, in one legal fight he s facing just as he could soon be asking the high court to jump in and please intervene in another. and new u.s. intel on hamas growing influence. american officials warning the terror group is more popular since the horrific and brutal attack on israel. the holiday travel season is in full swing. today is expected to be the busiest day at the airports in this crazy holiday travel period. it s also officially the first day of winter. welcome. a look at the potential of storm cloud ahead for your travel plans. i m kate bolduan with omar jim jimenez. sara and john are off today. this is cnn news central. there s a new star taking the spotlight of the 2024 presidential election, no not a candidate but the supreme court. the justices could take up several cases that could decide the fate of republican front runner donald trump including if trump is even eligible for the white house. trump s team is expected to file an appeal with the high court
for the most part the megyn kelly blood comment. he made it through the campaign very rarely talking about any specifics on policy, being clear on where he stood on issues. right now you have a major debate about the future of health care in this country, and that s not getting talked about at all. and there are millions of people who are facing the potential of having their coverage severely impacted if this senate bill goes through and he has created a storm where that s not being discussed. now, i don t agree with people who think everything is an intentional distraction but i think that s the net effect here. mike, has he always i mean, you ve spent time with him. he takes things very personally. this is a problem for him. when you re not serving constituents, it s okay. if his only concern was the bottom line of his companies and this attention-seeking work for that bottom line, that makes sense. the few times that he s had obligations to large numbers of people have involve
is not getting his counter punch when you do take a swipe at him. trump s statement was devastating in how tame it was. he said he only responds to people that register more than 1% in the polls. he never thought jindal had a chance and he has been proven right. he doesn t mind getting personal. dana bash, thanks very much in washington. katrina kampen has known donald trump for more than a decade. also ben ferguson and s.e. cup. he has impolite in some of his language around women. megyn kelly, the blood comment, a woman who used a breast pump disgusting. now carly fiorina. as a woman, do you find this language insulting? i m not a proponent of bashing in general. however, politics is a blood
okay. moving on to that, what s ahead here? brian stelter, media correspondent, host of reliable sources . fox apparently responded to this whole thing by ignoring trump and now they have put aside their differences? trump is such an unusual candidate and this feud went on all weekend. fox stopped covering trump. they never played that blood comment. they didn t really cover the story except one time all weekend. it turns out, according to my sources on both sides of it, this was a nasty fight between fox and trump. roger ales was and trump was furious and felt betrayed because he felt megyn kelly was too tough. the two men traded barbs and had a very blunt talk and agreed to settle their differences. there was going to be no