Jail for several years for counterfeiting one vote. If they try to vote illegally once, he tried to steal the entire election. And his lawyers out there are saying that its just a matter of him expressing his First Amendment rights. And that is deranged. That is a deranged argument. Trumps lawyers also making the case that mike pence will be the defenses, quote, best witness. Today on cnn, pence contradicted lauras take on the Pressure Campaign to block the certification of president bidens election victory. What President Trump did not do is direct Vice President pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way, asking is covered by the First Amendment. In the days before the president was talking about us rejecting votes. And then late in the process, his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states. But frankly, 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 overtur
the republican president of caucuses in iowa. the candidates are making closing arguments this weekend, donald trump is still the overwhelming favorite to win on that day, ron desantis and nikki haley are in a tight battle for second place. the candidate squaring off wednesday in their final vote making is the case for why they should be the trump alternative. i don t have vengeance or vendettas or take things personally. for me it is about no drama, no whining, getting results, and getting them done. i don t think donald trump is the right president to go forward. it s time for new generational leader who will make america proud again. i appreciated what donald trump did but he said he was going to have a wall and have mexico pay for it, he said he was going to drain the swamp, he did not deliver that. he said he will hold hillary accountable and let her off the hook. he said he was going to laminate the debt and added $7.8 trillion to the debt. we need to get this stuff
i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one ballistic missile toward
we are coming on the air following several big developing stories. a city on edge. new reaction to a disturbing video. and an interesting visitor on the hill. let s talk first about memphis. bracing for protests. the release of body cam footage of tyre nichols hours away. we heard the nichols family calling for peaceful demonstrations, with the five police officers charged with his death out on bond. our team is on the grounds standing by. also this hour, the first reaction from former house speaker nancy pelosi, you saw it live here, since the release of the police video showing the attack on her husband paul. you will see more of that and the former speaker s news statements in a moment. and back here in washington, what is up with elon musk on capitol hill today? what is he up to? why is he meeting with top republicans? we will have more on that. i want to bring in antonia hylton live for us in memphis, our senior legal correspondent laura jarrett is us with, along w
think she was capable he would not have picked her but it is a question of consistently rising to the occasion and there is a lot more in this piece from these reuters reporters about how biden feels about vice president harris according to this report. peter doocy joins us live at the white house. that quote in that reuters story has officials here doing something they almost never do, which is weigh in on palace intrigue. the new white house communications director saw that story and posted this. the reuters report on vp is silly season material. here are the facts. vp has shaped and helped pass historic legislation improving lives and lowering costs for working families across the country. v.p. is leading the fight against the rollback of women s rights. the vice president s detrackors make up a imagine or tore of those polled. 36% approval. a major drag on the biden/harris numbers, the economy. 68% disapprove of the handling. president biden said recently he intends to