expectation-beating means. mike: okay. on the other side, you have president biden doing a speech saying that former president trump is a threat to democracy. here s former speaker nancy pelosi. trump was a president, people believe a president when he speaks. that s why i was so glad that joe biden yesterday at valley forge, a bulwark of our strength and here our president was at that location telling the truth about what happened on january 6th. mike: bill, what about this line of attack from the president and hissal can his allies? i think what they re trying to do is deflect and distract from the southern border which is a complete disaster and controlled by the cartels, rising crime, inflation, small businesses, lack of credit because of rising interest rates. and i i think that that s all this is designed to do, is to say don t look at the kitchen table issues that are really impacting america s family, but instead, what happened three years ago. i also think that the democ
reporter: the fact, mike, that the president didn t know his defense secretary was in the hospital for over three days makes you wonder how often they communicate. you figure the president speaks to his secretary of state on a daily basis, certainly the national security adviser, jake suggest sullivan, but if the president didn t know his defense secretary was in the hospital, just makes you wonder how close they are and if austin is out to have loop, mike. mike: lucas tomlinson live up the road in wilmington, delaware, thanks very much. impeachment proceedings for homeland security success secretary alejandro mayorkas set to bin this week as migrants have streamed across the border in record number. we ll go live to eagle pass, texas, after the break. ar bolder. boost nutrition for now.
defense if austin is out of intense intensive care but still in the hospital. your thoughts on that and the lack of communication to other senior officials including the president until days later. yeah. i mean, i worked at the national security council in the trump administration. this is shocking. you know, of course, you know, wish the secretary a speedy recovery mike: sure. but, to me, it s clear that he cannot come back in that position. he made a colossal mistake here. more and more that comes out, i think he either has to resign or the president has to really ask for his less ig e nation and then move resignation and then move forward. i m also concerned that the white house didn t know or didn t ask where senior leadership in the pentagon was for an entire week. that has implications for civilian leadership of the military, and i hope those questions will be asked by congress in the coming days on both sides, republicans and democrats, because that s a significant quest
mike: robert mark, aviation with expert, thank you so much for your time and analysis today. you re most welcome. mike: republican candidates are campaigning in the hawkeye state this weekend as the iowa a caucuses are just over a week away. bill me lieu gin is live from des moines,, iowa, with the latest updates. hello, bill. reporter: hey, mike p good afternoon to to you. former president trump remains the man to beat. he s gone an enormouslead in all of the polls, but his opponents say he just is not the right person to be the republican nominee this year. they feel it s going to be a referendum on past grievances, the 2020 election, january 6th, and they feel that is going to may into democrats hands. here s ron desantis here in iowa. look, this is another, i think, caution with respect to donald trump. he doesn t have any plan to deal with this. i think the worse thing for us is to just repeat the 2020
kott. gentlemen, welcome. eight days to iowa. monday night iowans go to caucus. do you think iowans are still making their decision? yes, i do. i think this is the election-sensitive time period where caucus us-goers make their final decisions. i do think president trump is going to win the iowa caucuses. the real ballot s going to be for second place between ambassador haley and governor desantis, and i think the more they get out to talk to iowans, the better chance they have to succeed. so that s where i really think the contest is going to be because that s, ultimately, the launching pad into new hampshire which is coming just a little bit later. mike: so the key is meeting expectations or beating them, right, jon? you have to beat expectations since right now they re expected to lose by 30 or 40 points. i guess losing by 20 points will be a positive sign and, hopefully, one of them will be able to spin that into some momentum going into new hampshire. but, again, if you re dow