Now in West Virginia and maryland and in nebraska. West virginia polls are closing this hour where more than a half dozen republicans are vying for manchins open senate seat. Results coming in at the bottom of the screen and we will bring you any major developments as they happen. But, first, disorder in the court. Tonights angle. First, lets take some quick takes on the atmosphere in the courtroom today where i was. To give you a sense of what the g. O. P. Frontrunner has been dealing with these past three weeks, the air is musty, the floors are old tan brownley no yum and the bench is hard oak with a stress on the word hard. All right. Im no Body Language Expert and i could be wrong. My novice reading is there are at least two jurors and perhaps as many as four who will not vote that donald trump is guilty. Will vote not guilty on the evidence that was presented. Now, its hard for all of us, including jurors who have been instructed to keep their emotions in check to do just that, ri
Bret i want to hear marthas one more thing. Should we stay . Martha 104 years old and took her walk tore this little airport and jumped out of an airplane. You would really like this story, you but, you know. Bret that was my kicker. Thanks a lot. Martha you are welcome. Bret see you. Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. We begin tonight with a stunning reversal from President Biden in his immigration policy. The president has approved the cop be destruction of about 20 miles of new border wall in south texas. This comes African Democrat Biden pledged that not another foot of wall would be built during his administration. And, again today, he said he still does not believe a border wall is effective. So why is he doing it . White house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Peter bret, President Biden often talks about trusting his experts but that is not what is happening here because it appears that he is tak
Im Harris Faulkner and you are in The Faulkner Focus. Washington post columnist David Ignatius got the ball rolling. President bide app should not run in 2024. A New York Times piece calling the 2024 piece a field of nightmares. An oped in the new York Magazine titled the case for biden to drop Kamala Harris, even from this former House Speaker nancy pelosi. Is Vice President Kamala Harris the best running mate for this president . He thinks so. Thats what matters. Do you think she is the best running mate, though . She is the Vice President of the United States. People say to me why isnt she doing ththat. Because he is the Vice President. Thats the job description. You dont do that much. Harris wow. That didnt sound like full throated support. What was that . Took them several times to get her to answer the question. Former White House Deputy chief of staff karl rove with this plain truth. Time is not his friend. He is going to turn 81 later this year. Nearly 82 by the time of the 202
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tonight. thanks so much for being with us. the phony democracy defenders, that s the focus of tonight s angle. all right. just as they scrambled to stop the rising trump campaign back in 2015, they re back in administrativing mode again. making wild and scary predictions. trump is promising to resort to authoritarian tactic should he become president again. if you don t think he is dying to silence his critics in the media think again. his top priority if he becomes president again is vengeance. donald trump uses nazi terminology to dehumanize his opponents. laura: now the headlines are so bad they are actually funny. from the new york times today why a second trump presidency may be more radical than its first. well, he has long exhibited authoritarian impulses blah blah blah. you get it. over the weekend trump responded in a speech in iowa turning the tables on biden. over the past few years critics, criminalized decent. and even attempt to leading electoral rya