Ronald reagan was next the line. He was the frontrunner. In 1980, things did not start well for governor reagan. The night before the Iowa Caucuses the republican candidates held an iowa debate. Ronald reagan decided to not show up for it. It was not just the last debate before iowa voted in 1980. It was the night before the caucuses. Frontrunner Ronald Reagan blew it off. On the following day Ronald Reagan stayed in california. He didnt show up in iowa. Maybe he was just taking it for granted. He was the frontrunner and expected to win. On the ground, in iowa, that year, something went wrong. Something really specific went wrong. Iowa Public Television went back to it recently. They did an autopsy of what happened there. A moment by moment reconstruction of what went so wrong and had such dramatic consequences for the country. On the ground, at the Iowa Caucuses in 1980. Republican party of iowa reporting system was built on Brand New Computers technology designed to compile data phon
Getting to be the republican competing for that seat that year. Joanie ernst ended up winning that primary and winning the seat. One of the people she ran against in the primary in 2014 was a locally wellknown conservative radio host. In march of 2014, during that primary, at that talk show host did an interview with radio iowa. The content of that interview stuck out a little bit at the time, and ill explain why, but it sticks out a lot now in retrospect three years later given what ultimately became of that candidate. Now, i say it stuck out a little bit at the time because at the time of this radio interview in 2014, russia had just invaded ukraine. Theyd taken crimea from ukraine. And at that time, 2014 in mainstream american politics, nobody in either major party was particularly soft on russia, but particularly in a republican primary in a state like iowa, youd actually expect all the candidates to be pretty aggressively hawkish on russia, particularly after russia had just invad
Allegations held during the Trump Campaign. Second the progress of the trump Russia Collusion Investigation and finally, what exactly went into the ending of the investigation into Hillary Clintons personal email server . Trump sitting down with top brass at the Justice Department and f. B. I. Striking a deal to turn over documents on the informant from his campaign to congress and his own legal team. We lead with fox team coverage. John roberts live from the north lawn of the white house but we start with peter doocy live from capitol hill. Why are lawmakers doing this now . It follows those reports there was an informant or spy trying to get in with members of the Trump Campaign. These lawmakers want a Second Special counsel to figure out how fisa warrants were authorized to sign off on the spying of american citizens associated with the Trump Campaign. I have a copy of this letter that congressman zeldin is handing out to his colleagues to try to get them on board. Part of it says m
The fbi. I think the fbi should do what they have to do to get to the answer. I think hes a fine man, i think hes a great scholar. I so believed him, when he when he said, what he did, he focused on being number one at yale, being number one in high school, at being number one at law. I can so understand that. This is the white houses second conciliatory move in the kavanaugh confirmation process in just the past few days. Remember, the president didnt even want this investigation, but was forced to authorize it when republican senator jeff flake requested it in exchange for his vote to advance kavanaughs nomination through the Senate Judiciary committee and to the senate floor. Today, flake said hes been in contact with the White House Counsels Office to ensure all credible allegations against kavanaugh are actually investigated. We certainly want the fbi to do a real investigation, and we are working to make sure that that happens. It does no good to have an investigation that just g
It remains to be seen whether democrats with some republican help will have any chance of an override of that veto. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight as he often does from the north lawn. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening. President trump was working republican senators hard today trying to stanwyk the bleeding. In the end it wasnt as bad as it could have been but it was pretty bad. President trump not known to be a man of few words said it all in what is likely his shortest tweet ever. Veto. 12 republicans defected to vote against the administration. A stunning rebuke of the president. Mitt romney made it clear it was not about building a border wall. Its a question about the balance of power that is core to our constitution. This is not about the president or about Border Security. In fact, i support Border Security. I support the construction of a border barrier. In the oval office with requireds Prime Minister earlier today the president insist