voting for. plus, after starting the year as the newly elected house speaker, kevin mccarthy will end it as a private citizen. the former republican leader announcing he s leaving congress after one of the most tumultuous reigns in american history, so what s next? and four russian soldiers indicted in america for atrocious acts of violence in ukraine. how the doj is employing a never before used war crime legislation to try to get justice for an american who was beaten and tortured by russian troops. a lot to get to. we start with donald trump, hand add prime time opportunity to beat back growing criticism that his second term would put the u.s. on a path to a dictator ship, instead he said this. you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border, and i want to drink that s not that s not drill, drill. that s not retribution. i m
and as the former president urges his supporters to watch voters in detroit, atlanta, and philadelphia, civil rights attorney sherrilyn ifill is going to join me as well. plus, comedian jordan klepper has a way of cutting through the noise when it comes to the right-wing echo chamber. i m very excited to chat with him later on in this show. but we do want to start tonight by talking about a world leader who has a history of projecting onto his opponents what he himself is actually doing. on february 27th, 2014, a group of russian men wearing green uniforms and no identifying military insignia took over the capital of ukraine s peninsula and raised there wasn t plaque above the building. in the days that followed, these little green men as they were called took over ukrainian military bases and important facilities. but despite what was clearly a russian-led campaign with russian military to illegally annexed a part of a neighboring country, the kremlin denied their involvem
lot easier for you too. why did you take that decision? i don t think it would ve made it easier because at the end of the day at the end of the day, the question really is, you know, what s more important here. and to me, there was no world in which you would say maintaining this house seat matters more than standing up for truth. and it became clear that in order to stay in leadership, i was gonna have to tell donald trump s lies. and i was willing to do. that it wasn t a choice for me, and frankly, i don t think it was a choice for any american now given the stakes and given how significant this trend is. the book is called oath and honor: a memoir and a warning . liz cheney, what a remarkable what the world [laughter] and i know, despite everything, it s not the easiest thing in the world to sit down with me for an hour. but i really appreciate it. thank you, i appreciate it. let s keep the conversation going. that s going to do it for us tonight. it is
they sweep the buildings. tanks rolling through the streets. the military warning civilians in southern gaza to evacuate. but where can they go? and the major escalation in the red sea. a u.s. warship shooting down drones allegedly launched by iran-backed militants. could the u.s. get drawn deeper into the conflict? also tonight, protesters in philadelphia targeting and taunting a jewish restaurant owner. the white house condemning it as antisemitic. and growing security concerns days before the start of hanukkah. the deadly stabbing during the holiday shopping season at a macy s. what police are saying. the former u.s. ambassador charged with spying for cuba for more than 40 years. the secrets he s accused of stealing. and how he was caught. the storms pounding the pacific northwest. the major flood threat. al roker is here. the deadly shark attack involving an american tourist in the bahamas. and when their only supermarket was in danger of closing, the small
greg: yeah, all right, let s welcome tonight s guests. he looks like a car salesman and smells like an air freshener, cohost of fox and friends first, todd piro. don t let the accent fool you she s here to school you, cohost of the bottom line on fox business, dagen mcdowell! [cheers and applause] greg: he knows eight ways to kill a man with a paper clip, nine if it s rusty. former cia operative and host of the president s daily brief podcast, mike baker! [cheers and applause] greg: and if walls could talk, her office would be in witness protection. new york times best selling author and fox news contributor kat timpf! [cheers and applause] greg: all right. well, that s about it for me. before we get to some new stories, let s do this. greg s leftovers. greg: yeah. it s leftovers where i read the jokes we didn t use this week and as always it s my first time reading them. so if we suck we ll staple joe machi to a wall and use his head as a dart board. earlier