I believe in the american people, and i believe in the fact that jurors will listen fairly and impartially. And for people who say they wont, dana, those are people who believe only in themselves, like donald trump and not the american people. Former Vice President mike pence says he has no plans to testify in a federal trial of trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election, but he says he will comply with the law if called to be a witness. The day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said we want you to reject votes outright. They were asking me to overturn the election. I had no right to overturn the election. You can say right here that you will rule out voting for donald trump again for president . Dana, i will tell you, i dont think well have to make that decision. What if you do . Im confident ill be able to support the republican nominee, especially if its me. Lets get some reaction now from one of the contenders vying for the republican nomi
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Alert. It is 9 p. M. On the east coast,e 6 p. M. On the west coast. It is 4 a. M. In gaza where the lights tonight again are out. Powehas beenpower has been seveu the city as israel now continueess to besiege hamas in preparation for what willultt be a full scale Ground Assault that could begin, frankly, at any moment. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, there bens some invasion will resonate with israels enemies fos forgee generations and will change the middle eas mt. At now, more than 100,000 Israeli Soldiers, they are now ga at gazas border. Over 300,000 reservists have been called up in only the last 48 hours. Ours. Residents of Gaza Reportede received this text messageceiv,t telling them to flee to egypt immediately, quote, you stay, you die. Now, i can tell you and i canf a promise you that a long time friend of israeleli minister nen Benjamin Netanyahu and i canya assure you that he means everything that he says and he will follow. Unlike your president , joe biden, who
So what does he know that we dont . I cant see a path that guarantees safety. Were entering a period of great uncertainty where were dealing with things weve never dealt with before, and we cant afford to get it wrong with these things. Cant afford the get it wrong why . Well, because they might take over. The former chairman of the joint chiefs mark milley famously clashed with President Trump. But for the general, a more immediate battle is for america to continue funding the war in ukraine. With all of the issues facing americans at home, why is this worth it . If ukraine loses and putin wins, i think you would be certainly increasing if not doubling your Defense Budget in the years ahead, and you will increase the probability of a great power war in the next 10 to 15 years. I think it will be a very dangerous situation if putin is allowed to win. Show time, baby rich pauls rise to superstar sports agent. Its draft day, baby. Anything can happen. Is one of the most interesting journ