Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
Good evening and welcome to Joe Scarborough presents. As we move closer to the primaries, donald trump remains the dominant frontrunner, according to the Morning Consult tracker. He is nearly 40 points ahead of his closest rival, Florida Governor ron desantis. And there is real apprehension about what a second trump term might look like. This morning, the New York Times published a frightening article that gives us the best look at how far donald trump may go with his obsession with authoritarians and personal political loyalty. According to the times, trump and his enablers plan to, quote, alter the Balance Of Power by increasing the president s authority over every part of the federal government. If trump wins, they plan on stacking the government with trump loyalists, regardless of their personal or professional limitations. Its going to look a lot more like 2019 than 2017. They will bring independent agencies like the fcc and the ftc, quote, under direct president ial control. The
i m not a ruler of the people i m a servant of the people. i come from the people. my job s to serve you. god rules over us. i don t rule over you. these issues here of education i don t think have ever been as significant as they are now in our country partly io because thn e education system o lost its way, not just k-12 but also higher education. i think iowans believe this is an important process and the people s voice is ultimately what matters. so you have that power in your hands, you have the ability to bring people into this process in ways that will be meaningful and historic. we are doing what it takes tn win here in iowa and it also helps that i m the candidate that s most in tuned with the of values of the people of iowa, that i have a record that backs that w up. so now s the time. we did the 99, now we caucus night to victory. god bless. o de [cheers and applause]. to des moines iowa good evening from prosecute center tonight the special of l town ha
president of the united states. [cheers and applause] i m not a ruler of the people. i m a servant of the people. i come from the people. [cheers] gov.desantis: my job is to serve you. god rules over us. i don t rule over you the education system has lost its way. not just k through 12 but also higher education people s voice is what matters. you have the ability to bring more people in this process in ways that are going to be meaningful and historic. we are doing what it takes to win here in iowa. and it also helps that i m the candidate that s most in tune with the values of the people of iowa. that i have a record that backs that up. so, now s the time. we did the 99. now we need caucus night to victory. god bless. [applause] bret: welcome to des moines, iowa. good evening from the iowa event center tonight. the second of three special town halls this week, just days before the first in the nation iowa caucuses featuring republicans who want to be president. it
john: we are awaiting the first white house briefing of 2024 as president biden begins the new year blaming congress for the chaos happening at our southern border. and while the white house takes to the podium, house republicans are in texas in what is expected to be the largest congressional delegation to visit the border. welcome back, hope you had a great holiday. sandra: good to be back with you. house speaker mike johnson and more than 50 republicans will be in eagle pass, where they have been sidelined by failed policies. instead of the president pivoting on those policies, his team is setting up a potential showdown in the courts. john: biden administration asking the supreme court to allow border agents to get rid of nearly 30 miles of razor wire that the state of texas used to prevent migrant crossings. it comes after more than 300,000 migrants crossed illegally in december. marking the highest single month ever recorded. bill melugin has been covering it sinc