out maneuvered. republicans are fuming over the border bill crumbling before our eyes. the democrats claiming that they re the ones who can actually fix the border. plus, a quote scab and an insurrectionist. those are the words of a top teamster executive who refused to meet with trump today. and a major military shake up. sources say ukraine s top general is out and tonight, we hear exclusively from the man who may replace him. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, out maneuvered. that is how republican senator is describing what is happening to his party on the border bill that right now, is essentially dead on arrival in the house. a border bill that would affect this entire country. democrats are seeing an opportunity and they re wasting no time tonight in piling on. . it s clear that when it comes to border security, democrats are for the fix and republicans are for the fiction. we may have owned it before but now you own it.
arctic blast paralyzed iowa. we have record cold weather, snowfall, record everything. nobody can forecast what the turnout is going to be. are we in for an iowa surprise? plus, mike in the middle. this place is a joke. republ republican threaten to shut down the government. we ve wasted an entire week. if he doesn t show up, i guess we ll just have to wrap it up without him and assume that these were bribes. plus, replacing george santos. people are concerned about safety, about the economy. how much are biden and trump shaping races where they re not on the ballot? inside politics reporting from inside the corridor of power starts now. good morning. i m manu raju. it is finally here. after months of rallies, handshakes and photo ones, the presidential candidates will face off tomorrow in the first contest of 2024. the stage has been set in the hawk eye state and now the political world is reacting to a major new poll from the des moines register and nbc ne
day, another allegation of lying has been levelled against george santos and every new week, if not every new day, kevin mccarthy has been asked what are you going to do about george santos? did you meet with santos today? i did. what was that about? if every single new person brought into congress was elected by their constituent, what their constituents had done was lend their voice to the american public so those members can all serve on committee. are you standing by him? if you resign, that could cost you a seat. no. you know why i m standing by him? because his constituents voted for him. yeah, we will be done with all committees. i never know about his resume or not, but i always have a few questions. who has more power? joe biden or george santos? that s just some of the times he s been asked about it. now it appears that mccarthy might have done something about george santos after a closed door meeting with the speaker yesterday, today, george santo
A former american president and his fixer and a big time ally of his in the tabloid media. It was a plan crafted to cast then candidate donald trump in a positive light in the allimportant tabloids. Using stories that were favorable to him and silencing ones that werent and smearing everybody that got in the way. The witness on the stand today on the Hush Money Trial, details exactly how this scheme worked on a daytoday basis. David pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer described a relationship with donald trump that dated back to the late 1980s and noted that trump was one the first people to call him and congratulate him when he bought the National Enquirer back in 1999. So tlir friendship was already long standing by the time donald trump decided so to run for president. The questioning today was the details an the operational aspects of that explicit agreement between trump, his lawyer Michael Cohen, and david pecker. And what they did to boost trumps campaign. And
it s upended the case, upended the week, and we have put together a new video crash course of what s been going down, and why it matters. take a look. video recorded statements to prosecutors have leaked. this sort of evidence is basically how prosecutors are going to tear down trump s defense piece by piece. that is a devastating blow for the former president. sharply incriminating information. he said the boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. the only time you want to hear somebody say the boss is not going to leave is after if third encore of a bruce springsteen concert right before the opening notes of thunder road. surprising? no. unhappy? yes. i m not happy you and your colleague got to do the story. all his instincts told him he was defrauded, that the the election was a big fraud. making sure that everyone that is involved in the criminal enterprise is held responsible. there was a big shouting match in which rudy called me every name