let s get started according to new nbc poll out this morning, for the first time donald romp is now leading and a hypothetical led election matchup. now, this is not just bad news for president biden, it is terrible news for the very future of american democracy. for weeks we ve been warning you on the show about the dangers of a second trump term, the former president after all as promised retribution, pledged to round up protesters with military and suggested using the justice department to go after his political enemies. these are plans that should terrify each and every single one of us, but tonight i want to pull back the curtain and take a look at who could be tasked with carrying out trump s radical agenda come 2025. on the question, what would a second trump presidency, without any human guardrails, without any adult in the room, actually look like? let s start with the second highest office, the vice president of the united states. earlier this month, trump floated
it s 5:00 and this is the five in new york city. is trump an insurrectionist sir? it s self-evident. you saw it all. let the court make that decision. no question about it, none. jesse: joe biden giving his blessing to the bomb shell ruling that kicked donald trump off of the ballot in colorado. you can blame these justices for the landmark decision. they pushed a novel legal theory that sounds like it s written by msnbc s prime time. deciding the former president s actions make him ineligible to even run for president again and used the 14th amendment, a relic from the civil war era to stop insurrectionists from holding off. change-up has not even be charged with insurrectionist. the trump campaign vowing to appeal at the supreme court and the former president himself railing against it. listen. they want to silence me because i will never let them silence you. in the end, they re not after me, they re after you. i just happen to be standing in their way. the lib
and this is dateline. i just can t imagine to be held in captivity. dad, just send the money. that s all they want. they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. they re thinking they have the jackpot. they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son, kidnapped by terrorists. we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. 10 million, from me? are you losing your mind? a harrowing international hostage drama. this is a big operation, this is not just a drag tag group of people. anything can happen, there are no guarantees. can a father to negotiator to bring them home? prepare for the worst. i m getting worried. i m getting so worried. a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. hello, and welcome to dateline, they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage son, and a cousin were all kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. but the wo
new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
laura: i m laura ingraham. this is the ingraham angle. thank you as always for being with us tonight. how to save democracy. that s the focus of tonight s angle. the most dangerous people in the united states tonight, they are not donald trump supporters the most dangerous people in the united states tonight are those who are suggesting that somehow a court can just vaporize the candidacy of the leading presidential contender and not do long-term damage to the country and its institution. it s definitely encouraging to see the rule of law working. the colorado supreme court justices in the majority did a really sensational job. if he is unfit to hold office, we should all be encouraged by any action that makes it less likely that he will return to the presidency. laura: these people are delusional. they actually think if a court successfully bars the frontrunner from the 2024 race that the election is just going to go on as normal that all is going to be well. tha