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
next president. take a look at these headlines. the atlantic devoting an entire issue to the subject of a second trump term with the words, if trump wins. from the new york times, why a second trump presidency may be more radical than the first. from the guardian, a second trump term will be far more autocratic than the first, he s telling us. the washington post, a trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. the through line is a warning donald trump could transform every institution that comes under the sway of the presidency from the justice department to the federal bureaucracy that makes every government agency tip, to the allianct underpin our foreign pocy. don t assume trump will fall sort of his goals like did so often in his first term. a second-term trump would be different. from the atlantic, i his first term, corruption and brutality were mitigated by lay v llaziness. in a second term, he woul have more willing enablers in tow and a much more
filing about donald trump. in which she rejects his claim of presidential immunity in the federal case against him. the law firm of weissmann and is here to break it all down, and that s coming up first. plus, another example of the former president s authoritarian impulses, as he threatens to make this network pay if he takes back the white house. i ll offer some thoughts about just how dangerous that is. also today, is it possible that the greatest scandal facing the house republican conference this week actually had nothing to do with george santos? congresswoman stacey plaskett is here to talk about a house that is still very much on fire. and later, as lawmakers flee congress at a record pace, the first installment of a new series we re calling the exit interview. congressman why he s leaving, what he s learned, and what comes next. so, many, many years ago, a former president was suspected of breaking the law. though he was long out of office at the time, big
the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens. let but those legal losses have not corrupt his legal team s efforts to escape, or at least postpone his prosecutions, at a hearing on friday his lawyers went as far as to argue that a trial in the fulton county georgia case this year would constitute election interference. can you imagine the notion of for president, not being able to campaign for the presidency because he is, in some form or fashion, incapable of defending himself? that would be the most effective election interference in the history of the united states . we re gonna let the fulton county judge make the argument on that. but those are reminders that there are still a number of complex issues to resolve as america, for the first-time, consider the prosecution of a former president who is also running to return to the white house. it has been looming large over the republican presidential primary since the very beginning, and these recent rul
good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. we re following breaking. is a red sea showdown involving an american warship. missiles, drone attacks launched by an iranian-backed group. we re gonna tell you what happened here. it s committed forces expand their offensive south. an attack on the area that gaza residents were told to go to to be safe. the biden administration, meanwhile, pushing israel publicly to do more to protect civilians. as israel defense itself, it matters how. the united states is unequivocal, international humanitarian law must be respected. too many innocent palestinians have been killed. the white house also making clear today that they had no advanced warning of the hamas attack after hearing that they had the blueprint for the october 7th plan a year before it happened. we re also following other news, that donald trump is spinning himself as the defender of democracy, despite trying to overturn an election. the fallout from elon musk s profane mess