coming from biden and his campaign that, you know, trump doesn t have the you know, he s tried to steal the election, and now he s trying to steal history. and you know, it s kind of an open question how resonant that will be with independent voters, you know, beyond the democratic base, but it is seriously worth considering given that the many people, polling shows, are concerned about what a trump second trump presidency would mean for our democratic norms. and susan, after iowa comes new hampshire and south carolina. what s your advice for those chasing trump right now? give it up. seriously, i think at this point desantis needs to drop out even if he comes in in second in iowa. there s no path for him, and everyone s seemed to give up on him. chris christie, if he really
to be irrespective of whether or not there are holidays or illnesses, the ability to be able to transfer those responsibilities to others so that those protocols are followed, those notifications are made and that all of the different responsibilities of the individuals are going to be taken care of. just in the last hour we got a statement from a republican leader in the house, elise stefanik, calling for his resignation saying that this was a significant national security threat. the president we re told still has full trust and confidence in austin, but if he didn t follow the rules and protocols here, could he be in any kind of legal jeopardy? what possible fallout could come from this? well, again, i think there s going to be a review, and the white house will do a review. as i said, secretary austin s medical condition might have contributed to this lapse in terms of the notifications. calls for secretary austin s resignation are absolutely ludicrous. they re absurd.
emanuel, i think there s always a need and i didn t realize this until nine years ago on september the 17th, 2015, that there s always a need to re-remind america of its sins. every day, every time. it s important that the president comes and reminds america that like, you know, we can still be evil. we the people can still be evil. reporter: now, ana, this all comes as recent polling shows that the biden campaign, the biden administration is perhaps losing some support among black voters across the country and potentially here in south carolina. we spoke with several voters yesterday who told us about their frustration that they felt that the biden administration hadn t done enough for them. still, the biden campaign pushes back strongly on that. it says that it s coming to south carolina, not from a place of worry, but because it wants to practice what it preaches and that it has been investing in
strike in southern lebanon adding to concerns about a widening regional war. this as secretary blinken is expected to arrive in israel this afternoon. want to bring in new york times diplomatic correspondent and the former israeli consulate general in new york and former adviser to former advisers. good to see both of you. this is the secretary s fourth trip to the region since october. what s different this time? what s his focus? well, i mean, the truth is a lot of the same issues have been persisting through his many trips. including the fact that there are still more than 100 hostages held by hamas and i think the u.s. government believes about eight or nine are american citizens. still a real desire to get more humanitarian aid into gaza with the biden administration under a lot of pressure for supporting israel in a war that s causing a lot of civilian suffering and