Taxes. Well have the lucky numbers and where that ticket was sold. Good morning, everyone, happy new beard, welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. It looks good. I like it. Ill give it a shot. A little itchy. At least for a day or two. Im Christine Romans. It is wednesday, january 2nd, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Happy new year, everybody. Mitt romney unloading as he comes into the senate. Writing a scathing oped in the Washington Post claim could the president s behavior the past two years is evidence that he has not risen to the mantle of the office. Romney has been a frequent critic of the president. They appeared to mend fences after the 2016 election when romney was being considered for secretary of state. Romney says he agrees with many of trumps policies, hue writes, quote, a president should demonstrate the stesessel qualities of honesty and integrity and elevate the National Discourse with comity and natural respect. It is in this province where the incumbent shortfall has been m
Under attack from all sides. The former Vice President running for the white house and no one took faster notice than the current occupant. The president has long worried he might face in the general election. President trump went right after it. I think that, you know, when you look at joe, i have known joe over the years, hes not the brightest lightbulb in the group but hes a pretty sleepy guy. Hes not going to be able to deal with president xi, i will tell you. Its a different level of energy and frankly intelligence. Bidens announcement was largely free of policy, ninstea he went straight at one of President Trumps most shocking comments. Very fine people on both sides, those words the president of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. In that moment, i knew the threat to this nation was unlike any i had ever seen in my lifetime. Biden already faces challenges from his present and past. Anita hill
Steve i unplugged after that. Brian you did . I cant afford to. Steve i got to catch up. We are going to start with a fox news alert. This broke late yesterday. The secretary of the navy is out. Brian case in point. Richard spencer asked to step down after disagreeing with the president Eddie Gallaghers war crime case. You will. Secretary of defense mark esper fired Richard Spencer over his handling of Eddie Gallaghers case. According to the pentagon, spencer lost the trust and confidence of his boss after secretly trying to negotiate a deal with the white house to allow the navy to complete its review of gallaghers case while promising he would essentially fixed the results to ensure gallagher was allowed to you keep his trident and his rank. Defense officials tell fox news President Trump rejected that offer. Telling spencer, quote no. Were done. And then doubled down on his efforts to halt the review of gallaghers actions in 2017 that resulted in a high profile war crimes case. Gall