i will save democracy. what would a second trump term look like? top trump ally j.d. vance of ohio is ahead. plus on the line. a split over foreign aid divides congress as world pressure grows over the civilian death toll in gaza. there s more that has to happen. does the biden administration have any conditions in its support for israel in the war? secretary of state antony blinken is next. and survival, world leaders meet to confront the climate crisis and consider phasing out fossil fuel, but will they go far enough? if there is an agreement to phase out fossil fuels, it will be a success. if there s not, it will be a failure. former vice president al gore joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is preparing for what looks to be a quite ugly 2024. we are closing in on a presidential election year in america already feels irreparably divided. late last night we saw former president donald trump leaning into his n
Stay tuned. Well have senator Susan Collins announcement as soon as she comes to the floor. From there well know more. Thanks for joining us. Ill be on the five at 5 00. Im dana. Heres shep. Shepard the vote is tomorrow, but the big moment is right now. A live look. The floor of the United States senate where were about to witness what could be the Tipping Point for judge Brett Kavanaughs Supreme Court nomination. At any moment now, the key republican senator from maine will announce how she plans to vote tomorrow. Susan collins holds all the cards. If shes a yes on Brett Kavanaugh, he is likely the next associate justice of the Supreme Court. Big picture, theres four key senators today. Three of them are collins, joe manchin and jeff flake voted yes today. Jeff flake said he will vote to confirm kavanaugh unless Something Big happens. Susan collins hasnt said how she will vote on the actual nomination. Were watching the republican senator Lisa Murkowski of alaska. She voted against a
takes part in very important meetings for a new presidency. your thoughts on this today, geraldo. well, these are different than the 45th president. there s no doubt about it. i am irked when i hear the criticism of trump and how he behaved to vladimir putin. i like our tough guy president was against their gangster president. i thought trump and putin were evenly matched. i point out to my democratic colleagues that russia and putin annexed the crimea part of ukraine during the obama-biden presidency and they took part of the black sea state of georgia also during the obama-biden presidency. so i think criticizing trump as being weak on russia is more of a personal preference than substancive tact. martha: it s absolutely untrue when you look at the facts of the relationship. it s interesting, geraldo, that the secretary of state and the
substancive things the president plans to accomplish? an official told us we should expect substance, substantive things but never laid out was it on trade, north korea, reaif firming the relationship? so they do have these calls but there s not actually a lot of specifics they want to preview or layout. one of the things i doubt was on the background call was reuping an insult the president can t quick, that was about john mccain. i didn t know about it, somebody said it happened, they re painting the ship. i have no idea if it happened or not. i hear it s fake news. but maybe it is, maybe it isn t. but again, i don t talk about john mccain unless somebody asks me about him. it happened, and it s disturbing on many levels not the least of which is the fact
where is the money going to come from? you have to start building a case for that that is bipartisan in nature. can you get beyond the rhetoric and put things on the table that are substancive that advance a bipartisan agenda. one thing to watch tonight is just the simple fact that his now new chief nemesis speaker of the house nancy pelosi will be sitting over his shoulder this entire time. she is the hand he will shake just before he begins his speech. this isn t the first time a president has given the address before a divided congress. but what does that mean? how does this why is this setup so important for this moment? because i think everybody will be watching. you can t not but if i m not mistaken, the last time he saw her or she saw him was when he stocked out of that meeting.