to block kevin mccarthy s bit for speaker while the party squirms around donald trump s dinner with anti-semite and hole kaus deniers. and as if that weren t enough, trump s new call saturday to, quote, terminate rules in the constitution so as to reinstall him as president. coming up we ll talk about december priorities with ohio democratic senator sherrod brown who is set to defend his seat in ohio. republican congressman-elect mike lawler warning his republican colleagues not to cause chaos on the first day in charge. we begin today s show with foreign policy. a remarkably strong uprising against authoritarian governments in china and iran while here in the u.s. biden underscores ties with european allies and the unified west s opposition to vladimir putin s war in ukraine. joining us, secretary of state anthony blinker.