ages, and a legal headache for all involved. our richard louis in for a man let s get started. while house republicans are doubling down on their criticism of the department of justice. on the heels of donald trump s second indictment, and hunter biden s pleaded with federal investigators. political reports as committees controlled by the gop will make finding the doj and fbi the cornerstone of the party s agenda in the coming months. multipronged assault could include attempts to impeach attorney general merrick garland. fbi director christopher remembers is a trump appointee from his position. flash the budget for various law enforcement agencies, and count the fbi surveillance authority. first days of best buy is expected in the coming days. wednesday the fbi director will testify before the house judiciary committee. donald trump is similar media platform, including from a few hours ago, trump went after that special counsel jack smith and what he calls the corrupt do
because there is we have to stay focused on the fight we have ahead and the threat we see in american democracy. that is the extremists coming out of the republican party. you, of course, are a south carolina ura south carolinian. that is your home state. and the first primary, it s supposed to be the first primary despite ongoing pushback from other states. president biden is visiting south carolina, revisiting how important it is. it is not a swing state. my question for you is, why south carolina? why not georgia or north carolina? there are more swing states. why south carolina? well, you know south carolina has been in the running now for almost 2 decades. and if you look at the other early state party or state during that time, you look at iowa, new hampshire, nevada, south carolina has been the best indicator. i think the only primary in which south carolina did not choose the eventual nominee of the democratic party was when john edwards and john kerry
the president made clear he does not think ukraine is ready for nato membership. i don t think it is ready for membership in nato. holding nato together is critical. i don t think there is unity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of a war. biden s view on the ukraine nato question is not necessarily widely shared by other allies and international leaders. lastly, dozens of experts signed an open letter arguing ukraine needs a roadmap to nato membership now arguing any delay will invite more aggression from russia. biden supports ukraine and other ways. his administration is announcing the u.s. will send cluster ammunitions to ukraine. the president defended that decision calling it a difficult one. there is pushback from congressional democrats and u.s. allies including the united kingdom who are concerned vital tools could increase civilian injuries and casualties. joined by william taylor, former u.s. amba
delegitimized and apply double standards to the state of israel is, in fact, what we should be condemning. it is very, very sad. and the i ve soojee, in many ways, has to make the decision, is it going to be a court of justice like in the trial or will it be a court of injustice just like in the dreyfuss affair. mikael, i want to thank you for our time. i m sorry it is abbreviated. we did lose the connection at first. i m very glad that you could speak with us on holocaust remembrance day. that is this edition of alex reports. i will see you again tomorrow. at next, the weekend. i am ari melber let s get right into the headlines. a jury just hit donald trump with the record-breaking penalty for lying about a sexual isn t to cues are. the defendant ordered to pay $83 million to eugene carroll who is the victorious plaintiff in this case and right here you can see she first walked out of court with her lawyers today. we could tell you the jury deliberated for under three hour
quote. for nearly a decade, we have watched donald trump destroy our political institutions and make a mockery of the constitution. he has breached every tradition and norm, even the peaceful transfer of power that s kept this country stable from one generation to another. from one administration to the next. you ve done it all, with almost a complete impunity, because the republican party has protected him from experiencing and the real consequences for his actions. it s still a question in the back of some people s minds about whether a trump might barrel through the justice system, the same way candidate trump has barreled through and destroyed our politics. trump continued to attack and spread lies about carroll after the first trial, and continue to do so throughout his second which begs the question. can any sort of penalty or punishment actually stop him? as roberta pl said in the jury during closing arguments, quote, this trial is also about something much more profou