saying are you re going be dictator. i said no, other than day one and that s right, donald trump said he would not be a dictator if he s re-elected except for first day. what he would do in first 4 hours of presidential power. president biden acknowledging behind closed doors that he s not sure if he was running for re-election if it wasn t for trump. and senate shouting match, republicans walk out of a classified briefing. what they want in exchange for the support. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. donald trump put on the spot in saying the quiet part out loud. under no circumstances, you re promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for day one. want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. that s not retribution i m going to be i m going to be he keeps i love this guy you re not going to be a dictator? i said, no, n
the presidency into a dictatorship, after his friend and ally sean hannity gave him repeated chances to deny it. we will play it all in a moment. judge for yourself. president biden telling donors off camera, he is not sure he would be running for re-election if donald trump weren t. but retracts that when reporters ask him about it later. would you be running for president if trump wasn t running? i expect so. look, he is running. i have to run. the former president responding in iowa. president biden says he is running because you are running. do you have any comment? i doubt it. i doubt that. they don t want me to run. everybody wants to run against biden. president biden speaking this hour as the deep partisan divide over gop demands to restrict the right to asylum at the border tanks aid to ukraine and israel in the national security supplemental budget, after senate republicans storm out of a classified briefing with secretaries of state, defense and the d
new this morning, the leading republican candidate for president pledged that he will be a dictator. on his first day in office, faced with questions from his pal sean hannity about whether he had plans to abuse power, break the law or use the government to go after people, after not answering for nearly five minutes, this what trump said. under no circumstances, you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. he said you re not going to be a dictator, are you? no, no, no. other than day one. we re closing the border and we re drilling, drilling, drilling. after that i m not a dictator. that was during a town hall last night in iowa. the authoritarian talk didn t stop there. trump also reminded everyone listening of his relationships with dictators. tell you what, we are dealing and
once. we will see if it plays out this way. i would also say jake, it raises the question, he is the front runner, what if donald trump is not the nominee, would biden reconsider the reelection effort if that s the key rationale? because it s the kind of admission a candidate should be making? it will provide donald trump an opportunity here to talk about joe biden being more focused about him than anything else but if joe biden s critical mission of this time is starting to piece back his coalition of voters, some of which he has seen a diminishing support, reminding them of the contrast with donald trump and that donald trump is the target, could help rally the troops if you will. interesting, stick around, would be in kristin and michael, the former special assistant, you worked for president biden, you ve heard him say this before behind closed doors, have you heard him say that, and i surprised he admitted this to people outside of the white house? we always heard
october 7th. so, we need to be doing everything. i think the president is doing everything, but let me tell you what the congress could do. congress could pass that money and send the message to hamas that we re going to support this effort and you need to make accommodations and get those hostages back home. congressman hoyer, thank you. that s going to do it for this hour. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. h katy tur reports ri ght now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. what would a second donald trump term look like? six weeks before iowa caucusgoers cast their first ballots, there are warnings from multiple corners about the damage donald trump could do. the atlantic magazine has a special issue outlining what trump s actions would be on nato, on immigration, on the justice department, on autocracy and more. staunch conservative liz cheney is stating plainly that the gop can t and frankly won t reign donald trump in. and mitt romney is basically