tonight. thanks so much for being with us. the phony democracy defenders, that s the focus of tonight s angle. all right. just as they scrambled to stop the rising trump campaign back in 2015, they re back in administrativing mode again. making wild and scary predictions. trump is promising to resort to authoritarian tactic should he become president again. if you don t think he is dying to silence his critics in the media think again. his top priority if he becomes president again is vengeance. donald trump uses nazi terminology to dehumanize his opponents. laura: now the headlines are so bad they are actually funny. from the new york times today why a second trump presidency may be more radical than its first. well, he has long exhibited authoritarian impulses blah blah blah. you get it. over the weekend trump responded in a speech in iowa turning the tables on biden. over the past few years critics, criminalized decent. and even attempt to leading electoral rya
to washington. i m bret baier. israel works to wrap up northern gaza operation and move south amid rising concerns over civilian casualties. house republicans focus on possible impeachment inquiry into president biden and the controversy over college football s final four. we ll take a look. but, first, breaking tonight, the biden administration is condition deming the rape of israeli women by hamas terrorists. it s a move critics say is overdue. it comes as a prominent democratic lawmaker is under fire tonight for comments she calls balance in covering this issue. gillian turner has details tonight from the state department. good evening, gillian. good evening to you, bret. the biden administration today acknowledged ha hamas terrorists are using rape as a weapon of war against israeli women and girls. we have seen hamas commit atrocities. both on october 7th and since october 7th. and we obviously condemn those across at this and support israel s actions to hold hamas