the first test of the 2024 presidential election is six weeks away, will the caucuses propel a chump trump challenger push him to a second term? israeli forces are expanding their fight against hamas. the gruesome, terrifying details the way they savagely raped women. a destroyer of democracy is what donald trump is calling joe biden. the attack is a distraction. we are going into it more with inside politics. i want to start with iowa, a month and a half from now republicans will be gathering across the hawkeye state to select the first winter in the republican contest, let s go first to jeff in iowa. how s it feeling there besides i m guessing pretty cold. there is a bit of snow on the ground with christmas shopping season, it is time for the iowa caucuses to enter a new phase. talking to voters, it is clear the ones who at least are inclined to participate are paying a new level of attention. it is hard not to, there are so many television ads from donald trump and r
learning about the actual charges that trump is facing? it s interesting, when you read the indictment, there are some new revelations, most of them coming from information they gathered from former vice president mike pence. there s really an emphasis on mindset and intent. in order to successfully prove the conspiracy to defraud the united states, they have to prove he acted we deceit. they continue to try to show how trump knew these claims of election fraud we false. a meeting he had with the joint chiefs of staff on january 3rd. discussing a national security issue. they suggest trump hold off doing anything because inauguration day is coming. the defendant allegedly said, you re right, it s too late for us. we ll have to give that to the next guy. now, the special counsel has said they want a, quote, speedy trial. it s unclear if they ll be able to do this before the election.
house and now serves as a senior advisor to the 2024 campaign because of mr. epshteyn s dual role he s considered to have the most insight into decisions made by trump in two key federal investigations the first the inquiry into trump s attempt tuesday overturn the results of the 2020 election, and the second the mar-a-lago documents probe as a lawyer and senior counsel the ceo of the trump legal team, epshteyn is of great interest to special counsel jack smith especially because epshteyn himself is entangled in both those investigations back in 2020 he helped rudy giuliani spearhead the fake elector plot to help trump hold onto power, and he confirmed that much to my colleague, ari melber there s also been talks about an attempt to seat fraudulent electors i yes, i was part of the process to make sure there were
at 1:30 p.m. today. merrick garland makes the statement at 1:15 and if he says he is appointing a special counsel the white house press secretary can say special counsel, i can t comment. it might be appropriate. i don t know if there were further answers beyond that. that s another thing that happens. the timing of his statement at 1:15 and her press briefing at 1:30 is very interesting. it is interesting. former press secretary you know. something else important to point out dana and bill. there is a special counsel right now looking into the mar-a-lago documents. a special counsel john durham we have talked about him for three years looking into the origins of the russia investigation. however, the investigation into hunter biden, the president s son, is being run by the u.s. attorney in delaware. sure, he is a trump hold over like the one in illinois, davidwise.
highlights in las vegas. reporter: this is sc seen as starting point for potential presidential hopefuls, none have officially declared their candidacy but hints were dropped. if biden succeeds in getting back in the iran deal, i will make you a promise, the next in the will shred it on her first day in office. reporter: former ambassador nikki hailer, a common theme following midterm losses party needs to break out a former appreciat president trump hold if they want to win house in 2024. not from all of the former president, he made his address virtually from mar-a-lago. and he said he feels that the g.o.p. is in a good position. the republican party is a much bigger more powerful