On trump. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. The debate will be hosted by bret baier and Martha Maccallum. I spoke to the anchor of the story from new york. Martha maccallum, welcome. Hi, howie, good to be with you. Howie i havent seen a build up like this for a first debate at the beginning of a campaign since that 2015 Fox Debate With Political Newcomer donald trump. I turned to the other channels i see fox debate. What are people saying . Why do you think that is . I think theres a lot of enthusiasm. I think people are much more politically engaged and probably since that 2015 debate and i think that people see this as , you know, entertainment that is very eye opening in terms of whats going on in the political world, so i think its a huge opportunity for these candidates on this stage and we see it acrosstheboard that people are just more interested in politics they are more interested in whats going on, so i think its great. Howie people didnt talk about politics or talk abou
her to save her reputation for 2028, instead of risking political suicide in her home state of south carolina. you got to know when to hold them, when to fold them. it s time for her to fold them. she has absolutely no chance. todd: plus, hillary clinton making greta gerwig, barbie oscar snubs about her and it has something to do with her 2016 election. carley: i m shocked. and jim harbaugh heading back to the n.f.l. todd: you upset and nervous about that? carley: big topic of discussion, my husband is a huge fan. you are watch ing fox and friends on thursday morning. i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. a lot going on this morning. all anyone is talking about, the border battle in texas. democrats calling on to federalize and governor abbott is not backing down saying his state has a right to defend himself. carley: lucas tomlinson has details. lucas: good early morning, carley and todd. only 18% of the country approve of the job president biden is doin
onboard. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a new evidence that then-president trump was repeatedly told by some top officials and closest advisers that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen. the january 6th investigators say he didn t care. our ryan nobles has all the top lines from today s hearing. it was a lie that began on election night. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. donald trump s false claim that he won the 2020 election before all the votes were counted. a lie he continues to peddle. one that some of his closest advisers told the january 6th committee they didn t believe. like his attorney general. he s become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff. his campaign manager. i didn t think what was happening was necessarily honest or professional at that point in time. so yeah,
haven t seen in a long time. i think those institutions should really be asking themselves how is this happening how have we allowed this trust to deteriorate? it s a very serious issue in the country so i think that s why you get a little bit of tune -out to the details because people are not trusting it which is something that i hope these institutions start taking very seriously at some point. howie: we re just in a hyper partisan situation. chris cristi may be the toughest debater on that stage and he laid out for me what he was going to do when he was on immediate mediabuzz and he s moved up a little bit in the polls but many republicans believe he s just trying to tear down trump in other words some of that support may or may not go to him. we ll see. yeah, he s a fighter, and he, it s very interesting to me that chris cristi story, because he had an opportunity to run for president and that turned out to be romney s rom it nation and he decided to wait and be governor again so
more now on our top story, the january 6th select committee laying out extensive evidence former president trump was repeatedly told by some of his closest advisers that his claims of election fraud were bogus. let s discuss with a key member of the committee, democratic congresswoman stephanie murphy. thank you so much for joining us. your committee today presented witness after witness who totally debunked former president trump s election lies and conspiracies to his face. what do you believe that says about trump s culpability? what you saw was people in trump s inner circle, his campaign managers, his lawyers, all telling him that he had lost the election. and that there wasn t a path for there to be a different outcome. and yet, still, he went to the