asner: i ll tell you about the golden age of television. this period in time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, and if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television network. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse me! we have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s, which end in a few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. what was allowed that hadn t been before? it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an al
after seeding the fourth of july jamaica to his rivals. donald trump is back in action. this january we re going to win the iowa caucus. does absence makes voters hearts go fonder. and the b word and the boot. after a controversial attack on a fellow member, the freedom caucus votes to oust marjorie taylor greene. they re proving to the country they re destructionist. but no to no labels as the prospect of a third party candidate gets more real by the day. totally understand the frustrations that lead to this kind of discussion. i may have to be choice c. hello an welcome to inside politics sunday , i m abby phillip. the countdown is on. in just 190 days republican voters will cast their very first votes of the 2020 presidential race in the all important iowa caucus now set for january 15th. and it was in the hawkeye state with donald trump finally returned to the campaign trail on friday to rally the state s critical farming community. but his focus was clear. h
the state of new hampshire. all the candidates are now in the granite state to s evening. donald trump is basking in his iowa victory and focusing s attacks now on nikki haley. as you know, nikki haley, in particular, is counting on the democrats and liberals to infiltrate the republican primary, you know that. that is what is happening. a group of people coming in that are not republicans, and it s artificially boosting her numbers here. after he won last night, donald trump claimed it is the third time he s won in iowa. but for facts sake, it is not. it s the second. ted cruz speed double trump and iowa in 2016. speaking of donald trump s lies, two thirds of iowa republican caucus goers said a day do not think president biden legitimately won the 2020 election, according to nbc news entry polling. meanwhile, nikki haley is equally focused on trump. she said today that she would not participate in the planned new hampshire debate if trump himself is not there. just a few
for his dangerous rhetoric. e. jean carroll was back on the stand today, first under cross-examination by trump s attorney, then under redirect examination by her attorney. team trump suggested that carroll actually benef from her accusation. abc news reports the defense suggested that carroll craved attention, took on trump to revive her flagging career, and relish the verdict in an earlier trial known as carroll 2. it established trump was liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. did the verctn your opinion provide you with bigger status in new york? itvide me with you have continued to publicize every lawsuit you had had agait president trump. yes, carroll responded, because wanted people to know that a woman can speak up and win a trial. i wanted people to know. i m 80. i don t want to be quiet. it s not right to make a woman be quiet. it s gone on for too long. during redirect, carroll countered that despite all the notary tie s gned, she wants nothing more than t
hello again and welcome. it s time to get together with some smart people to break down the week s big stories. today we re asking, with all the polls showing donald trump with a huge lead going into monday s iowa caucuses, what happens if he doesn t live up to those expectations? then, speaker mike johnson under pressure for trying to make a deal with democrats. how long will he last? and the stanley cup praise that has nothing to do with hockey. our panel gives its yay or nay or the newest merch mania. the gang is all here and ready to go, so sit back, relax and let s talk about it. up first, after months of campaigning, the iowa gop caucuses are finally here. monday night, in frigid conditions, iowans will gather at locations across the state, from church basements to school cafeterias to discuss the republican candidates and vote. and the results could dramatically reshape or solidify the landscape of the presidential race. in the final hours, three big questi