saying, quote, it s despicable, simply despicable. biden also referred to trump s comments on fox earlier this week, when the former president was asked whether he wants to become an american dictator. here is what trump told fox. under no circumstances, you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for? he s going crazy. except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border, and i want to drill, drill, drill. that s that s not now, if there was any doubt about what trump meant, the host, sean hannity, gave him a few chances to step back from those extreme words, but trump did not. we love this guy. he saysays, you re not going to a dictator, are you, i said, no, no, no. except day one. we re closing the border, and we re drilling, drilling, drilling. trump has repeatedly promised to seek vengeance against his political enemies, promising to vastly expand presidential powers.
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield in new york today. so with just weeks before voters head to the polls at key 2024 election contests, president biden is hitting the campaign trail amid new legal distractions hovering over his son. on friday the president kicked off a campaign swing out west just hours after his son hunter s latest indictment. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme, and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. cnn s senior white house reporter kevin liptak is in los angeles where the president is fundraising. kevin, has the president said anything about these indictments? reporter: no, he hasn t, fredricka. he seea few times but the president is fairly tight lipped on this. what the white house says is that the presiden
game. the rams will continue to build on what have always been strong and valued relationships with local law enforcement as we come together to heal our region. but the rams spokesman followed up making clear they did not apologize. the nfl is not apologizing its spokesman says we respect and understand the concerns of all individuals who have expressed views on this tragic situation. back in missouri at the first community meeting of the ferguson commission, more frustration. we understand that we re getting killed out here. for his part, president obama promised to follow through. part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the united states is deeply invested in making sure this this time it s different. reporter: nationwide, demonstrators simply walked out on monday. walk out of school. walk out of work. reporter: encouraged by the movement to flood the streets in protest. and, carol, i want to pass along national is just coming in to
money is spent on weapons and defense programs. he knows what can be cut and what still might be considered essential. if there s perhaps one short coming in his resume it would be he doesn t have a lot of experience on the geopolitical world global stage but certainly some. so what are his advantages. he wants the job, there s a lot of people that have bowed out and he can get confirmed by the senate arms services committee, by senator john mccain, a republican, who wants to see much more action by the u.s. in iraq and syria. the question for ash carter, perhaps, will be can he stand up to the white house? can he offer new ideas? new options, and get the white house to listen to him? carol? can he, jim? well, that will be the big question for ash carter, but i m not sure that the white house is looking for somebody who can stand up to the white house. they may be looking for somebody who is a bit more pliable when it comes to delivering this
and that would have created more problems for this white house. jay johnson, if he were to be in a defense secretary confirmation hearing, would probably be asked about the president s immigration plan which is deeply unpopular with a lot of republicans and the new homeland security secretary if jay johnson were replaced would have to answer questions about the president s immigration plan. so in many ways ash carter became the last man standing because this was becoming a complicated process in terms of picking somebody. a lot of other people thought to be front-runners for this job dropped out of the running. people like michelle flournoy, people like senator jack reed were very high on the list and took themselves out of the running. carol? said no thank you. jim akcosta, barbara starr, thanks to both of you. apparently, it s hard to say the word sorry. the st. louis rams and the st. louis police department are in a war of words over whether or not the team apologized for su