iowa countdown. with a week to go, gop candidates barnstorm iowa. there is a new day in america. without chaos. i m running for your issues. pretend we re one point down. and battle for democracy. facing political head winds, president biden hits the campaign trail with an allout focus on donald trump. democracy is on the ballot. as trump tried to flip the script. joe biden is a threat to democracy. will the strategy work. mike pence will join me from tel aviv, israel. and then congressman james clyburn. plus health scare. lloyd austin facing criticism for waiting days to tell the president and the public he s in the intensive care unit. how serious was his illness and why was it kept secret? hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is once again just shaking our heads. we re eight days from the iowa caucus, one day past the january 6 attack on the capitol and donald trump is dominating the political conversation in the only way he
hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is once again just shaking our heads. we re eight days from the iowa caucus, one day past the january 6 attack on the capitol and donald trump is dominating the political conversation in the only way he can. with wild and outlandish comments claiming that the civil war could have been negotiated and mocking the war injuries that the late john mccain sustained as a vietnam p.o.w. imitating president biden s stutter. all of this as briden is trying to protect democracy. we obtained riots on the house floor shouting at capitol police and republican lawmakers. trump attempted to twist the facts about the attack on the capitol by hus supporters claiming that president biden was the actual threat to democracy.