in a list that is about the top risks. the founder of that eurasia group. straight ahead, republican mark sanford, former south carolina congressman and governor and presidential candidate, helps us understand what s happening inside the gop following a bitter speaker bottle and what it means for the future of the american democracy. another hour of phil she begins right now. and good morning. it s out of the, january the 7th, ending up in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, try, try 14 more times until you do. that s the attitude kevin mccarthy is bringing with him into the new year as he was finally declared the new speaker of the house after four days and 15 attempts. republicans appeared optimistic as the house reconvened at 10 pm last night for the 14th ballot. things quickly devolved as that vote appeared headed for failure, which led to a lot of scrambling and conversations on the republican side. tensions spilled o
you still fit in them. unbelievable. sean: it is pink and i am throwing at eight at you. laura: krav maga, hannity is down to a 31-inch waist. all right, awesome show. we ll pick it up or you left off. i am learning from her this is the ingraham angle from washington. the senate psych out. that is the focus of tonight s angle. now it looks like as a republican scale back the u.s. senate races in play. extended candidates might ruin the republican chances for retaking the chamber. is a time to believe the democrats can keep the house? laura: right off the bat, let me be very clear. most of what you are hearing about the republicans so-called dire position in the midterm senate races, it s designed to do one thing. demoralize the conservative base and depress turnout. every single one of these candidates, let s focus on the senate, deserves to win back over their liberal opponents. it s not even close. now was not the time for second-guessing or see, i told you
the beat with ari melber starts right now. our top story is this democratic resurgence we re living through this week, brought to you by the voters of the united states of america. republicans are straight up reeling because voters, including in often more conservative leaning states, are rejecting this version, today s version of the republican party as measurably unpopular. as something that these voters oppose, and they oppose the policies, and i m not talking about opinion, i m not talking about speculation or polling. i m just reporting for you on what we re learning from the vote this week and the party that is now dealing with what has clearly a brand. that fed weeks of chaos in replacing a speaker, shows the candidates running for office right now against the very creator of maga, trump, while he skipped this debate they did last night, and they were clearly still split over how to challenge him and each other against the backdrop of these new losses. all of it
19 defendants in total plotted against the constitution which trump swore to protect and defend and abused the office, trump is of course running for once again. cnn s paula reed is at the courthouse in atlanta. paula, this case is wider both in terms of number of defendants but also took a different legal path for charging this. reporter: that s right. a lot of key differences here. not only in how it s constructed. fani willis pursuing a racketeering or rico case here. rico laws were passed to dismantle organized crime. so she s charging former president trump but 18 allies. that s another key difference. for the first time, people like rudy giuliani and mark meadows are facing charges for their involvement in efforts to overturn the election.
those institution of governance, power full organization, and the laws of this country, which he is so manipulated and distorted in order to advance his own personal agenda. when i think about what donald trump has done to the tenants of this great democracy, this great country of ours, it really just demonstrates the depth to which he will go in order to do anything to hurt, harm, and i think put a great risk to those who have the audacity to speak out against him. i love if you could talk more about the guardrails themselves. we know about this literal weaponizing of the federal government in this case, for example, the irs or doj is hiring and firing practices because of john kelly and his testimony under oath. i wonder the degree to which you think those guardrails hold if trump was reelected another four years. he is of course running for president. you intimated just now that you are concerned about it. institutionally speaking, can