hour of ayman. donald trump s obsession with the patient becomes a focus of the 2024 campaign. but will it be enough to draw voters towards joe biden. plus, house oversight chairman james comer s desperate your went fishing expedition into the biden family. and the worst of the year. a tough matchup between two republican house speakers. i m paola ramos in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. dictatorship, autocracy, revenge. those were just some of the terms included in that word cloud former president donald trump posted to his truth social account this week thout comment or context. within hours, journalists connected it to a poll that asked voters what word they associate with trump and a second term. earlier this month, at a fox news town hall, trump declined to say he would not use power to seek retribution. he said, i would not be a dictator except for day one. that wasn t a top whistle. it was a focal. and perhaps the only thing monitoring and the threats i
tarlov along with dr. nicole saphier there s lots of news to get to. we have a big show ahead. the biggest migrant caravan marches up from mexico. pro-palestinian protesters causing chaos. president biden lashing out at the media. but before we dive into all of that, our brains are still in vacation mode. let s feast off some holiday leftovers. it is time for the fastest. first up, returning gifts are without a doubt the guilty pleasure of the holiday season. in fact, 50% of all gifts get sent back. but watch out. retailers are making the whole process more annoying this year. you may encounter new policies like to return windows to higher return fees, and fewer every return offers. so is it even worth it anymore these days? first and foremost, hi, everybody. did everyone have a good christmas, those who celebrated? okay. fabulous. i have my return package waiting by the elevator to go down and started my business. are you a retainer? first of all, i am the person who wro
kicked off the ballot, or at least kicked off the ball pending appeal. more proof that donald j trump is having a hard time shaking the i word, insurrection. and that the republican front runner is heading into the new year with section three of the 14th amendment nipping at his seals. first, there was colorado. now, its main saying that trump is disqualified from being on the ballot. let s not forget that more than a dozen other states, with the 14th amendment have cases pending. 14 amid cases. the new ruling by the secretary of state s as inspiring as it is somber. quote, i conclude, as did the colorado supreme court that the record establishes that mr. trump, over the course of several months and culminating on january 6th, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to blame his supporters and direct them to the capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election, and the peaceful transfer of power. i likewise conclude that mr. trump was aware of the likelihood for v
Trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 president ial election results. The paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. Nbc has not heard or verify the Audio Recordings. But its statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. This afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect at the Election Officials were under pressure back in 2020. Theyre recording in the detroit i tyler the recording. It didnt surprise me, the content of which we were well aware that he was trying to pressure these local pointed officials to subvert their own duty, the legal duty under the law. We knew as it was happening, its really, when youre up against the president of the United States, the purported leader the free world, that we had the truth, the law, the will of the people on our side, its really
good morning and welcome to the couch. you are looking at saint paul, minnesota. one of the two twin cities and to do my best steve doocy looks like 31 degrees there and mostly clear. a good morning for this time of year and so are we, carley. carley: it s nippy in saint paul. joey: is that what you call it? carley: a little nippy. are their mountains in minnesota? carley: one. is he going to quiz me on pooing toography? i draw a blank. joey jerry i don t know if there are a lot of mountains in the midwest. giant lakes. griff: i have been there and seen lakes i haven t seen the mountains. carley: it s 43 degrees here. so it is 12 degrees warmer here and very warm because i just turned on the space heater underneath this desk. sorry, joey, he hates when i do that. joe: he gets it so hot here my feet are burning up. griff: is that because you want caribbean temperature? carley: why would we talking about the caribbean. someone will be experiencing caribbea