the first test of the 2024 presidential election is six weeks away, will the caucuses propel a chump trump challenger push him to a second term? israeli forces are expanding their fight against hamas. the gruesome, terrifying details the way they savagely raped women. a destroyer of democracy is what donald trump is calling joe biden. the attack is a distraction. we are going into it more with inside politics. i want to start with iowa, a month and a half from now republicans will be gathering across the hawkeye state to select the first winter in the republican contest, let s go first to jeff in iowa. how s it feeling there besides i m guessing pretty cold. there is a bit of snow on the ground with christmas shopping season, it is time for the iowa caucuses to enter a new phase. talking to voters, it is clear the ones who at least are inclined to participate are paying a new level of attention. it is hard not to, there are so many television ads from donald trump and r
let s get more from our security correspondent, frank gardner. this is a potential route to further escalation of the israel hamas war. the hu theis, who have controlled much of yemen for the last nine years houthis, they control that course, they are backed by iran. time and again they have spoken of what they call their brothers, hamas. three ships have been attacked by their drones and missiles yesterday. the us navy missiles yesterday. the us navy missile guided destroyer that was the in area came to their aid. it is possible that came under fire as well. it is not clear if that was directed against the us warship as well. the us navy warship took defensive action and shot down two of the drones, but there were some hits on the ships. the reason why this is the risk of escalation is that the us has said that this is a threat to maritime security and commercial shipping, and that it was going to consider the appropriate response in conjunction with its allies and partne
kagan is calling a second trump term a clear path to dictatorship in the united states. and former speechwriter for george bush david frum said it would instantly put the country in a constitutional crisis. and liz cheney said that if trump wins, he ll never leave. so what is donald trump s response to in? it is not me, but it is president biden that democracy should fear. we go over to kristen holmes, and hearing from liz cheney this morning saying that if you vote for trump, it is the last election you could vote in. so what is this urgency that you are hearing from the republicans? well, if you are talking to the republicans on the campaign trail that i do, it is more and more likely that donald trump is going to be the republican nominee, and what you are seeing is the republicans who are not supporting president trump coming out to talk about what the trump agenda or the second term would look like, and that has been joe biden s biggest argument against another trump t
white house starts right now. hey, everyone. 4:00 in new york i m in for nicolle wallace. justice and accountability. more than a year after a harrowing attack that shocked this country, the ongoing political violence at the forefront, the jury found david depape guilty on counts of attempted kidnap taing of a federal official and assaulting a family member of a federal official. talking husband of nancy pelosi, paul pelosi, with a hammer in their home back in october of last year. depape faces life in prison. nancy pelosi they are deeply grateful for outpouring of prayers and warm wishes for mr. pelosi across country during this difficult time. the pelosi family is proud he densated extraordinary bravery and demonstrated in the courtroom this week. he felt in immediate danger when depape arrived at the doorstep in the middle of the night. the nbc news, the door opened a very large man came in with a hammer in one hand, zip ties in the other and he said, where s nancy.