the world. a i m john avlon in for kasie hunt. four weeks from today, we ll be waking up to results from the iowa caucus, so this is crunch time in the land of cornfields and presidential politics. donald trump holding a rally there tonight while nikki haley is going on offense. i ve done well over 120 something, 140 town halls. and i never talk about my opponents. but today i am. the former u.n. ambassador and south carolina governor is sharpening attacks against her opponents calling out donald trump last night for his persistent praise of dictators. also the haley campaign and super pac both releasing new tv ads knocking ron desantis and president biden. i ll just say it, biden is too old and congress is the most exclusive nursing home in america. in a world consumed by chaos, ron desantis is another disaster. the desantis campaign, a dumpster fire. his style always trying to outtrump trump. phony and failing. a weaker nominee than trump. armed with those new ads
just ahead, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is on his way to israel as washington faces calls to press for an end to the heavy bombardment of gaza. and we will speak to a man whose father is still being held hostage by hamas. why he says israel should be doing more to bring his father and the other hostages home. plus, donald trump is doubling down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric. we will look at what he s vowing to do if re-elected. thanks for joining us. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin will be sitting down with israeli officials in the hours ahead on his second trip to the country since the october 7th attack by hamas. austin s visit comes after a stop in bahrain, and once in israel, a u.s. official says he will get updates on the war but he s also expected to press israeli officials to define specific operational milestones in the ongoing battle. meantime, the israel defense forces says it s uncovered the biggest hamas tunnel in gaza. that tunnel, which the idf
right. with us we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, professor at princeton university, eddy jr., former white house director of communications to president obama, jen palmary, co-host of showtime s the circus and member of the new york times editorial board mara gay. joe will join us in just a bit. willie, we have a lot to get to. i know we re not starting with this, but rudy giuliani was sued. did you hear about that? i did. there s some explosive and wild details that are coming out of that lawsuit that i think we re going to be talking about in just a few minute. do want to ask you first, though, jonathan lemire about this latest debt ceiling meeting at the white house the big four getting together, some glimmers of optimism. i guess we re grading on a curve here, though, based on there being no optimism out of the meeting a week ago. that june 1st date that secretary janet yellen has been warning about for several weeks is inching closer. what came o
shear lack of communication new york city is unaccept. companies vowing to leave chicago. new mayor brandon johnson defending rioters and defunding the chicago p.d. insofar as and police actual real political goal. thousands of officers visit the capital for national police week to pay tribute to men and women who keep us safe. law enforcement is not a job it s a way of life. helped me get through what i was going through. brian: we begin with a fox news alert. listen to this. special counsel john durham s final report finds the fbi had no factual evidence when it opened up the trump-russia collusion probe during the 2016 election. ainsley: the report reads in parted the doj and fbi failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law. senior fbi personnel displayed a serious lack of analytical rigger toward the information that they received. especially information received from politically affiliated persons and entities. durham s investi
every time. yes. all right. well, thank you , hannity. and good seeing everybody. i have a great show. thank you for stopping by . all right. always great to see you . thanks so much. all right, everybody, i m laura ingram . this is the ingraham angle from new york city tonight. taken for granted. that s the focus of tonight s angle when addressing black voters on the campaign trail. president trump regularly raised a provocative question. we can never fix our problems by relying on the same politicians who created our problems in the first place. look how much africa american communities have suffered under democratic control. to those i say the following, what do you have to lose? well, it turns out minorities are losing a lot. and joe biden is america. they ve gotten poorer as their streets have gotten more dangerous, especially in urban areas. and it s tragic. regular everyday people need to be safe if they re harassing people who are vulnerable and nobody gets