the ingraham angle from washington tonight. now what is going to matter more to the country? the retirement from the presidential race of chris christie, who devoted his campaign to smashing trump and polling at 3.6% nationally or retirement from college football of nick saban who won 297 games, 10 sec championships, seven championships and had heisman trophy winners? that s all. i know which will upset me most. bowing to political reality, chris christie did drop out of the gop primary race today and turns out, it is surprising and shocking to you tonight, the gop constituency is not actually watching morning joe and it doesn t hang on every thing the new york times publishes. you would see chris christie debate teachers union and know that. for someone as sharp as he is, he totally missed the obvious, republicans are fed up with the old guard for a long time, fed up with wars, with pro-china trade policy, border, the push for more immigration and big spending. why would
now, what s going to matter more to the country in the retirement from the presidential race of chris christie who devoted his campaign to smashing trump and was polling at about 3.6% nationally or the retirement from college football of alabama coach nick saban who won 297 games, 10 sec championships, seven national championships and had four heisman trophy winners, that s all. i know which retirement is going to upset me the most. finally bowing to reality former governor chris christie did drop by the g.o.p. primary race today and it turns out and it is surprising, shocking i note to so many of you watching tonight. but the g.o.p. constituency isn t actually watching morning joe, and it doesn t hang on every word that the new york times plushes. pres pres publi. for someone as sharp as he is, he totally missed the obvious that republican voters are fed up and have been fed up with the old guard for a long time. they are fed up with their wars, they are fed up with their
i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one ballistic missile toward
politicsnation. tonight s lead, a solemn anniversary. it has been four years to the day since and ceramicists stormed the u.s. capitol in former president donald trump s name. and despite the horrors of that day, very little has changed in our politics. capital rioters are still being brought to justice three years later. just this morning, three january 6th fugitives were arrested by the fbi in florida. and with just days before our first presidential nominating contest of this election year, the u.s. supreme court will soon decide whether colorado and other states can legally bar trump from the appellate over his january 6th conduct. though that conduct hasn t stopped much of the republican party from circling around trump as your choice for president. a reality that president biden, in his first campaign event of 2024 last night, cost a historic, existential threat to our union. democracies still americas secret calls, the most urgent question of our time. donald t
here and now, nowhere else in this world but now. you and me, ain t it good to be alive? rachel: welcome back, even. good morning. it s 7:00 here in new york, and i m back. took the day off yesterday, but i m here and now by kenny chess niche i m here and now too with pete and will, and i m happy to be back on the couch with you guys in a new year. pete: glad to have you. will: 2024. kenny chesney. pete: is it kevin? rachel: did i say kevin? i m sorry, i know kenny. will: more softly saying his name, but you had to go right at her. in the end, i ll be the bad guy would you with please mark me down [laughter] one day i m in the journal [laughter] pete: she tried to come in with, like, a smooth thing rachel: i did. i tried to be nice, but, okay, you get your point will: how did this turn on me all of a sudden? if i don t even understand what s going on. rachel: he is good. [laughter] will: he s good with you. pete: yep. i know what buttons to push. will: i d