confidence you placed in me. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. who doesn t see red states and blue states, only sees the united states. [ cheering ] i work with all my heart with the confidence of the whole people to win the confidence of all of you. and for that is what america i believe is about. jake, this was certainly the kind of speech that at least half of the country had been so anxiously waiting to hear for four years. that s right. more than half of the voters at the very least. let s check in with articlette saenz in wilmington, delaware. arlette, what s the latest? well, things have wrapped up at the chase center as the crowd heard from tpresident-elect joe biden for the first time. a message of unity is what he was projecting this evening, acknowledging the disappointment of people who may have voted for president trump, but telling them to try to give each other a chance. he also talked about the need to move away from demonizat
ali, and thank you very much for filling in for rachel. i know how much she appreciates and i know how much she trusts you to carry that hour as you ve done so well. thank you. thanks, ali. appreciate it, lawrence. you have a great show tonight. thank you. well, another day, another trump vengeance firing. tonight, christopher krebs got fired by a trump tweet which twitter has labeled inaccurate. christopher krebs was the administration s cyber security official who came from microsoft to the government to work on making our election processes secure. last week christopher krebs said that the 2020 election was, quote, the most secure in american history. and tonight in a twitter statement that twitter said is not true, donald trump said, quote, the recent statement by chris krebs on the security of the 2020 election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud. therefore, effective immediately chris krebs has been terminated as director
joe biden. on tuesday we learned that the u.s. will cut troop levels in iraq and afghanistan. that fulfills a trump campaign promise, but also does something that trump said he would never do. tell our enemies about our troop movements ahead of time. in fact, those troops are set to withdraw by january 15th. that, of course, is days before biden takes office. potentially creating a national security crisis he ll have to deal with on day one. and speaking of security, the president just fired, that s right, fired, chris krebs, the homeland security official who was in charge of cybersecurity for the election. remember, krebs is the man who came out publicly and said this election was the most secure in history and that there were no signs of fraud. basically the opposite of what trump keeps claiming. krebs was fired over twitter, no surprise, since we re only hearing from the president on social media these days. once again, no public events on president trump s schedule. that
many republicans say his ukranian call was not perfect. i m really interested to see how this discussion today informs the iowa caucus voters. i ll speak to republican senator joni ernst exclusively in moments. hello, i m jake tapper in beautiful des moines, iowa, where the state of our union is ready to hear from actual voters through actual voting. we join you this morning from the campus of drake university in des moines just one day before iowa democrats kick off the 2020 presidential election in a contest that will help determine who faces president trump this fall. the iowa caucuses are just the first major political event in a hugely consequential week. in washington, the president is set to be acquitted by the senate on those two articles of impeachment. that s on wednesday. but not before the president delivers his state of the union address the day before, on tuesday, with several authors in the audience. tomorrow the caucus tries to decide, and my first guest
The posse of aides surrounding Joe Biden appears to be growing, a month after it was reported they are now joining him on the march from the White House to the presidential helicopter.