welcome to the lead. how about this for question of the day? fani willis, what are you thinking? exactly parks trisha murphy. murphy is a top opinion writer for the atlanta journal constitution asking that of district attorney fani willis who has yesterday to deny that she has a special relationship with a special prosecutor she hired, the stunning scandal revealed in legal briefs in georgia. donald trump was at the first hearing today since the allegations were revealed. plus inside the iowa caucuses, exactly how does this very american, very bizarre process work and why does iowa opt for this versus the more popular and easy primary process where voters just line up and vote in the polls? leading this hour, what could be a worsening global crisis for president biden, iranian-backed houthi militants warning of retaliation against the u.s. and its allies for strikes against houthis in yemen last night. the white house insists these were self-defense strikes intended to
ust republican electorate that we just can t do 2020 yet. we just can t just can t do 2020 yet. we just can t repeat the same mistake over can t repeat the same mistake over and can t repeat the same mistake over and over can t repeat the same mistake overand overagain can t repeat the same mistake over and over again which we have over and over again which we have done over and over again which we have done from 20 and 22. we re going have done from 20 and 22. we re going to have done from 20 and 22. we re going to see an opportunity here going to see an opportunity here and going to see an opportunity here and find out if any of those here and find out if any of those republican candidates have those republican candidates have the guts to take it up. christie have the guts to take it up. christie does and he ll be the bull christie does and he ll be the butt in christie does and he ll be the bull in the china shop which will eliminate any of his op
harris: get ready, a third batch of secrets spilling today from jeffrey epstein s court documents. fallout already being felt all the way from buckingham palace to hollywood and many places in between. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. so more than 300 additional pages unsealed. the largest takeaways about former president bill clinton coming to light. and these documents include a claim that bill clinton tried to stop publication of an article about the sex trafficking operation of the now-deceased pedophile jeffrey epstein. a legal expert with this take. bill clinton is a huge public figure. everywhere he goes there are security and eyeballs on him. you know, it s a cautionary tale your mom told you when you were little, you have to be careful who you associate with. who you associate with you can be collateral damage. they are so caught up in this jeffrey epstein web of scandal like being named in these dock also. harris: we re also learning ab
weekend of campaign rallies to try and fire up his base ahead of the caucus there. president biden travels to the valley forge area, home to george washington s war encampment, to deliver a speech on america s democracy, marking three years since the capitol insurrection on january 6. secretary blinken overseas for high-stakes diplomacy, with tensions flaring throughout the middle east. a new u.s. drone strike in iraq calls for revenge from hezbollah. all as the idf is pressed by nbc on civilian casualties in gaza. good to be with you. andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary of state antony blinken in the middle east. it s january 5, 2024. president biden is beginning his campaign season, heading to valley forge where soldiers trained to fight for the new promise of america. using the historical site to warn voters that donald trump is dangerous, a threat he says to that idea of america, to our democracy. just remember what happened three years ago
or on drugs, the war on poverty and so on, but not real war. it s a half a world away. both sides talk funny and those slobs on the view, never talked about it. so uh, i don t get to make fat jokes. but why is that ? well war is like a 401k. don t check on it until you cash out. maybe people will care when our army doesn t have any bullets left. but it s worth pointing out that admits this silence. there are two men on opposite sides of politics, who are actually speaking up, saying that the war s gotta end the moment you say that, of course, though, somebody s going to call you a putin puppet. to which you should respond. well you re a puppet of a puppet. and you both have your hands up each other s ass s a year ago. i said that unless you mitigate the war at the start, it becomes background noise like cnn while you re waiting at gate c seven. someone gets it. here s rfk jr. my own son, connor joined the foreign legion. and fought in the ukraine during the kharkiv offensive.