our country. maybe if you just oppose the republican party and you never want it to win another election, you are cool with that. but we will go deeper. that s coming up later tonight. i will explain more. i wanted to tell you off top, it s special. i hope you will stick around for it. the top story right now, it relates to the accountability crisis on the far right and another chunk of the gop as long as it s tied to donald trump. it involves, of course, all the different ways that there are boundaries in american life. others may wish they weren t held accountable this way. it is the lies that hurt donald trump and the lies that caused the insurrection and the lies that george santos was peddling that are getting smacked down in court. today, congressman santos dodging criminal prosecution in brazil after surrendering to authorities this week in new york. he pled not guilty on those 13 counts. he is claiming it s a witch hunt. that was new york on wednesday. now he confesse
selling and then the rapidly developing clash in washington as we re getting new details about what the true republican agenda may be in the congress or in the people running for president. there are prominent conservatives that are reviving an idea long left for dead and interesting one that barack obama himself warned about on the midterm campaign trail. the idea, bringing back what was once a bush era plan to change or gut social security. the president tonight we re told will say much more about how he plans to reshape social security. the system is headed toward bankruptcy. i earned capital in the campaign, political capital. strengthen it, improve it, do not privatize it. even though some consider it, some the third rail of american politics. some are afraid to touch it. some don t want to touch it. some provide excuses not to touch it. [ laughter ] do you want to touch it? even in friendly territory it s fair to say he s finding that his plan is going t
nature, and animals. i promise you what you see on your screen will all make sense later tonight. i m going to ask you to go on a ride with me that might be even more far out than when we featured funk legend george clinton or talked ufos. that s later tonight. open mind. please stay with me for it. as you might be able to hear, i m pretty enthused about it. now, actual ufos are also back in the news. we didn t plan that. fighter jet operations by the u.s. shooting some down. we have that story tonight as well. but the pentagon facing pressure to provide even more information. and nobel prize-winning economist paul krugman also here tonight as well. so we really do have a lot cooking for you here to start the week. i hope you stay with us for the whole hour. we ve certainly planned a full hour for you. right now, the top story is the kind of news that would keep rocking any former president, especially one trying to mount a comeback campaign, even if i d be the first
with a better deal. literally give younger americans the ability to take a portion of their social security withholdings and put that into a private savings account. it will be my objective to phase out social security. to pull it up by the roots and get rid of it. it s an illegal ponzi scream. brendon? does it mean cutting, limiting or ending social security? this came up in the campaign. i don t know that s a reflection of republican views on social security. i think that s ridiculous. you think that s an unfair media thing? absolutely. every republican i worked for, the idea is to make sure thats is is solvent for the future. full stop. do you know how many republicans are on social security? that s what it comes down to.
lie when biden referred to the fact that some in the party still want to do this. here s mike pence pitching a bush-era-style plan earlier this month. i think i think the day could come when we can replace the new deal with a better deal. literally give younger americans the ability to take a portion of their social security withholdings and put that into a private savings account. you know, some recurring political clashes feel like a kind of bickering that you could tune out and put aside. and then there are others like this. they re actually about the safety and welfare of our senior citizens. they re about sometimes rich people aligned with wall street want to quite literally accuse everyone else of lying while raiding the social security safety net, such as it is in