Cover politics backroom deals, cia hi guys. Affairs, bribery, corruption, prostitution. As someone who lives for politics when a major scandal unfolds, i have to know. Theres so much more to the story in knighted states of scandal with jake tapper next sunday at nine on cnn good morning, everybody. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta In Washington right now, voting is underway in nearly all 16 Super Tuesday states of what effectively could be the beginning of the end of the 2024 president ial primaries, the American People well make their voices heard and barring a major upset, the country will be one step closer to the prospect of former President Donald Trump being the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for the gop, more than onethird total nominating delegates are at stake trump maintains a commanding lead on track to win more primaries and caucuses this is than any nonincumbent candidate in history. All of that raising the question, could this be the last and for nikki haley who claims to a single primary victory, cnn has correspondents coasttocoast on what voters are saying as they head to the policy. And in Stephanie Elam is live in santa ana, california and cnns Alayna Treene is live in richmond, virginia. Stephanie i we would want to remind our viewers brand new show out on the west coast starts at 07 00 a. M. Please tune in. Pardon me for putting in that plug but theres also an election going on today. Said, i saw taylor swift and the last several minutes has put out a statement encouraging people to vote and her state of tennessee, whats standing out to you out in california right now . Well, jim, the other thing thats happening at 07 00 a. M. Local time. Congratulations on the show is opposed just now open and someone back there yell the polls, open. That just happened. So while the polls are open, people here have been dropping off ballots at that box there because in california, you can vote by mail for a few weeks its now, but whats really consequential here today is the senate election. And whats happening here in this primary. There are three us representatives and one republican who are going after senator dianne feinstein. Feinsteins seat. I remember she passed away in september, so adam schiff, katie porter, barbara lee, all going for that position, as well as steve garvey as well. He is best known for being a baseball player, played for the la dodgers and the San Diego Padres here, adam schiff, foreign head winning as far as money and support from his party as well. Hes really hoping to make this about democrats versus republicans because in november, what they do here, the top two people who when this primary vote today will go on to that maine ballot in november. So hes trying to make this contest about democrats versus republicans because in California Democrats outweigh republicans two to one here. So that would ease his chances for likely winning come november, but thats what happens here as we see a few voters are making their way and here now, jim. All right, Stephanie Elam. Thank you very much. Let me go to Alayna Treene out in virginia. Alayna, i whats happening on your end . Well, jim, polls opened here in richmond at 07 00 a. M. And weve seen a lot of people come through so far, steady stream of folks heading into the Polling Location behind me and look, this is a state that is important for both donald trump and nikki haley in the republican primary. Of course biden is also in the ballot in this state, but from my conversations with the trump campaign, they really do view this as a battleground, even though he lost this state in 2,016. 20, 20, they do think in a potential General Election rematch with joe biden that this state is in play. Now, we also know that for nikki haley, this is one a few states where its an open primary. That means republicans, democrats, independents, they can vote for whichever candidate they want. And we heard from some voters who gave us some interesting color and insight into what decision they made today. Take a listen i voted for donald trump. Im really excited about what hes doing it the economy, are these really going to benefit our country the next four years . I think its disappointing sort of a repeat of 2020 i would love to have some different candidates i had hoped trump would go away now, jim, that first voter with a firsttime voter, very eager to cast his vote for Donald Trump Is Second was a democratic voter. He said he voted for biden, but as you could hear, he doesnt want a General Election rematch between the two between joe biden and donald trump. And i heard that from a lot of people here today. So well chat with more and give you more insights as we get them, jim, yeah, they may not want that, but thats it looks like thats what theyre going to get. All right. Stephanie elam Alayna Treene. Thank you to both of you. Really appreciate it. Lets discuss all of this now. Cnn political commentator, democratic strategist paul well, gala, former republican congressman joe walsh of illinois, and former Communications Director for Vice President kamala harris, actually at ten, paul, let me start with you this morning. I actually, if you saw this, donald trump started off the day by insisting that fascists and communists are really in charge over the white house. Lets listen i dont think he knows what to say about many subjects to actually say its really the people that surrounds him as fascist and communist that surrounds him. Theyre making the calls that calling the shots. Hes not calling the shots. Politics, its a continuation of what you hear on the right that biden is out of it. Hes hes slipping and all of this stuff and that the fascists and the communists at the white house or in charge, right . Well, as foreign member, when joe biden confused barack obama with donald trump oh wait, no, that was trump well, remember when joe biden was under oath and he missed a woman he raped for his wife. Oh, no, that was donald trump, which i think the coverage of this has frankly not been very accurate. Write bidens gaffes have always been built in. Hes always had his verbal slips as we we all do. Ive known him 35 years. I havent seen it really get worse. Yeah. Trump is getting worse. Hes melting down. Paul, im so glad you said that because lets watch this and putin has so little respect for obama that he started to throw around the Nuclear War Terror youve heard that nuclear, the biden border will, well, you know this right . The biden border bill. Did you just see maduro, venezuela said unbelievable. We are a nation that just recently heard that saudi arabia and russia will repeat will be reducing paul to your point, to your point, right . If biden does not cover any of that, itd be front page New York Times, four inch would. Okay. But trump does it and he gets a pass and i just think we ought to be fair. Joe. Right. But the youre right. Its not fair, but it is the reality the polling shows that most americans, most democrats, think joe bidens too old. Joe biden is the old that most americans concede. Trump is such. He is so nuts, hes so bad. He is such a psychopath. Hes so antiamerican. We overlook the fact that hes old but biden just looks old, but its an opportunity. I think jim, for the president , he and he alone can show heats up to the jamil and ashley, i mean, you worked over at the white house. This must have been a constant source of frustration over there the narrative that job i that isnt really covered evenly, that trial because all this stuff at these rallies and the campaign now is meeting with the New York Times and other outlets to talk about this issue how the coverage is imbalance. But what i find very interesting about donald trump is when his back is against the wall, when he feels threatened. Thats when his rhetoric becomes even more intense, even more bigoted, even more extreme. And thats what were seeing right now. So i think youre absolutely right. But the way in which we should cover this is Donald Trumps vulnerabilities. Thats what hes exposing to us right now, that he feels very threatened by nikki haleys peeling off 250,000 voters in michigan. I mean, thats a Size Well Number that could really take his General Election. So thats how i see it. But youre right. The campaign and the white house is frustrated by this issue. Theyre reaching out to news media to really drive this point home and to really make the case that listen, weve got we got to do this fairly. Jim, we can gloss over a year or lead. You said that Trump Will Lock down the Republican Party nomination attorney much will. He may not get the number of delegates to clinch, but hes going to be on the cuff and it was i think it was always his think about that. The man who tried to overthrow an American Election three years ago is going to be the Republican Party nominee. Let me just think about that every now and thats what we have Adam Kinzinger coming up in a few months. Were going to talk about just that and paul, i mean, nikki haley spent her last public event ahead of tuesdays contest todays contests arguing about trumps electability. Some of these issues that were talking about, joe just mentioned, lets listen to that at some point, maybe we should say the reason that america keeps losing is because of donald trump. In order to change it, its going to take a lot of courage courage from everybody here courage for me to ron encouraged for every one of you to know. Dont complain about what happens in a General Election. If you dont vote in this primary . Yeah i mean paul. I mean weve talked about compared this to, you know, thelma and louise, Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid. I mean, they are ride or die with donald trump. I mean, nikki haley can make that arguments compelling argument. A lot of republicans agree with it, but theyre going with trump that base is, and god bless them nikki haleys creating a permission constructor though, for a lot of good republicans, joe walsh, republicans to say, i could be a republican in a good republican and separate myself from this guy who my old man was a republican. Okay. He believed in lower taxes, strong defence family values. I mean, that the reagan joe walsh, Republican Party and what haleys doing, its very important 102030, 40 . Sometimes are republicans are saying, no, i dont want this. This creates a huge opportunity for joe biden right . If the other side abandons the center captured the center i mean, i think the question is whether night nikki haley has the courage to use her work to stay in the race hey, its to continue to drive home. The point about Donald Trumps vulnerabilities because with each contest becomes clearer and clearer that hes got a General Election problem. We were to joe walsh and i were talking about this backstage, whether or not shell have the courage. The question is whether or not shell hold hold that number, but whether or not shell fold after today. But i think the question is whether or not you have the curse stay in it. Does she run as a thirdparty candidate . Im talking to all my republican friends who are feeling totally dismayed by whats happening right now, but theyre show bind onto that. I mean, if nikki haley does that, i mean, she could peel some of those republicans who might vote for joe biden in the november election. Sure. But the point is whats in the best interests of the Republican Party, in the best interests . The democracy and to some degree, her staying in the race is in the best interests of those two things. Jim, i worry that shes already crossed the rubicon. I mean, paul, what happens . I still expect her when she gets out to endorse trump. And so then what does that mean for everything . Shes been saying for the past month and a half. I just i dont understand it well, the miracle of videotape democratic party, the Biden Campaign can should and must fail. Usa take those comments and send them back to those voters because she endorsing trump doesnt mean all of those people. Now a great many will because theyre republicans and i respect that i really do. But a whole lot of those folks are being given permission to break with trump and guess what, The Sun Still Rose in the east, the earths still spinning its axis. Those of us who believe in around earth so i think this is a huge vulnerability. I think trump had shown more softness, more weakness in these primaries than i expected and i think the biden has shown more strength, frankly, what if biden had lots of dc primary we do weve been Special Coverage crunches lawsuit and nobody cares. Yeah. I mean, ashley, you can see there is something that you said for that joe biden has captured just about every democratic vote that you can throw a dead cat or your primary process with the exception of michigan, there was a little bit of that uncommitted vote. But in hampshire, a lot of these other states, hes done pretty well a lot better than expect. There was no Bernie Sanders candidate this time around there, there wasnt anything like that. Absolutely. I think thats a fact thats been lost. But in addition to that, his Fundraising Numbers are up. Hes out fundraising. Donald trump out front in raising the rnc. That is its also a fact were not talking about joe bidens in an incredibly strong position and then you add on top of that the fact that hes his record is incredibly powerful. The bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to the economy doing better now. So hes in a really solid position, i think to your point, thats a narrative thats not being talked about. Except peas in a dead heat right now with a man whos got 91 Felony Counts against him and hes a psychopath. But, you know, polls dont matter at joe biden has to show hes up to i do want to mention because at the top of the hour, we stephanie, you mentioned that adam schiff is running in one of those down ballot races in california. Today, the gop is also voting for some of its next party leader is down in North Carolina, republican Lieutenant GovernorMark Robinson is running for governor according to a Cnn A Review Of Past Old social media posts talking about Mark Robinson down in North Carolina he has downplayed the atrocities of nazi germany. Hes described homosexuality as filth. Hes mocked School Shooting survivors. He is referred to abortion as quote genocide joe, your sense of this next field, this next wave of republican candidates coming trump ism, has moved beyond trump. And there are a lot of trumps in this party. Theres a lot of republic responsible republican money in these races trying to defeat some of these real extreme candidates well see if it succeeds. All right, well guys, happy primary day. Have you Super Tuesday . Its kind of a weird Super Tuesday. What were gonna go with it yes. Thats what we do here, right, guys. Thanks very pretty much. Appreciate it and stay with cnn. We follow all the races on the Super Tuesday. We have special Coverage Beginning Tonight at 06 00 p. M. Eastern. Stay tuned to that still to come this morning while the Supreme Court allowed trump to remain on the ballot, the pressure he is now putting on the nations highest court and he wants immunity. Thats what he said yesterday. And well talk about that in just a few moments with former congressman Adam Kinzinger, whos next United States of scandal with jake tapper next sunday at nine on cnn. Once retired, mark has decided, i will never again work for another man or woman. 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I hope that the justices, because we worked in some other cases, but one in particular president s have to be given total immunity. They have to be allowed to do their job if theyre not allowed to do their job its not what the founders wanted, but perhaps even more importantly, it will be terrible for our country joining us out to discuss cnn senior political commentator, former republican congressman Adam Kinzinger adam, good morning. Welcome to the new show. Thanks a lot as always for coming on lets just dive right into this. What would happen if donald trump got his way and president s had total immunity . Well its good to be on with you by the way, and im excited, but look, it would be total chaos, total and utter chaos would be i mean, thats the definition of authoritarianism. Its not even, we wouldnt even have to really go two or three iterations deep into what this means, what hes saying, my wish next time somebody interviewed the former president. I wish i would ask him. So do you agree that now joe biden has total immunity for anything he can do and im sure he would him hang around that what hes saying. And again, in the arguments to the i think it was the Appellate Court where they ask if he if the former president and then or if a president hired Seal Team Six to take out his political opponent, would that be okay . And basically they were saying yes, you think about the implications of that. And its nonsensical. Im disappointed the Supreme Court took up the case because it delays what i think is a very important case for the American People to see. But i think this one comes back pretty much just as onesided as the colorado decision. It will either be 90, potentially 81 say no immunity. Yeah. I mean, you served on the january 6 committee. We were talking about this in the Previous Panel and when you think back to that day and were showing some of the footage now and all the work that you did on that committee uncovering how trump lied about the 2020 election, how he tried to strong arm state and federal officials to overturn the election, endangered the life of his own Vice President. Did you ever think in those days after january 6 that trump would be on the verge of becoming the republican nominee, like he is today. No, not a chance for 187 minutes, jim, for the first time in his life, he resisted Peer Pressure to act because he wanted to see if his insurrectionist would actually succeed. And only when Law Enforcement seemed to turn the tide did he then be grudgingly 187 minutes of silence . Did he then be grudgingly put out a slight statement . No. You know, after january 6, there was about three weeks in the house caucus where we were all kind of everybody was quiet trying to figure out what would happen next. Fred upton, who sometimes on the network, we call them the upton prophecies. He said, i think donald trump runs again, and im like, dude, youre nuts, youre not, theres no way he runs again. And it was when it was when Kevin Mccarthy went to mara lago that literally within the house caucus, you all the sudden saw people kind of dropped their head and say, i guess were going with trump again. And the dominos fell. I never expected that in the face of that, wed be where we are because i thought jim that people had red lines that they were unwilling to cross when they ran for public office, that they were willing to play politics as we all have to, but that there was a here but no further. And unfortunately, almost all of my colleagues crossed what i thought was a substantial red line that was inherent in the oath you take for office and we are talking about horserace a little bit today. And i think were also talking about the stakes. And you were just talking about that a few moments ago, but a horse race kind of requires horses and trump is on the verge of becoming the gop presumptive nominee. On Super Tuesday. So early in the process, what do you think about this gop field just falling apart . As it did on able to stop trumps rise. I mean, i guess i kind of think back to that one Republican Debate when they were all asked to raise their hand, it would vote for trump. No matter what he does. And yet here we are. Yeah. And thats exactly why were where we are. I mean, if you think base voter right, and donald trump gets indicted and stuff and donald trump says hes a victim. You know, all these base voters, they looked at trump, obviously hes their main influencer, but then they look to everybody on that debate stage and say, but i wonder what these men and women are saying when all but one or to say hes a victim of the doj, hes a victim of the deep state. Donald trump did nothing wrong. And in fact, even if he is, even if he has found guilty of these, i will support him. We cant blame the base then for saying, oh, okay. Well, all the tier two folks running for office think that donald trump is a victim. Now, i think hes a victim and if hes a victim, i want him to win again, to push back against the deep state. This is a failure. Yes, this is a failure of leaders in the gop that arent named donald trump because they all collapsed. And now youre seeing the result of that. I mean, even nikki, haley and i hope she does well tonight, but even she raised her hand and said shed support him. And i think a lot of people expect that when she drops out, she will. I hope she doesnt but thats the expectation. Yeah. And i do want to take a look at the legal challenges for trump on the calendar, we showed this to our viewers a little bit. I mean, he its kind of incredible. He has been very successful at delaying a lot of these proceedings. Youre just mentioning a few moments ago the Immunity Issue which may push the jack smith trial. And in case beyond the november election, depending on how that plays out, what is all of this say about our checks and balances . I mean, you served in congress. What does it say about checks and balances . And how the our judicial system has dealt with trump does it allow for too many delays . Does it allow for human i can i can hear there some probably some folks on the right at home right now, just bristling at that question and say, well, thats how the system is supposed to work. Its supposed to protect everybody. What do you think . Yes they still also wont be screaming. Thats how the system supposed to work when donald trump gets indicted. But yeah, i agree. I mean, look here heres the big point. The january 6 committee spent a year getting information when we presented it to the American People. Thats when the doj actually started their investigation because they against trump, particularly because they were like oh my goodness, theres real information here. I wish we could take a time machine and have doj actually pursuing this simultaneous with us because wed be a year ahead of schedule that said, look, i mean, i want donald trump to be afforded every legal opportunity to defend himself because it needs to be fair. But if he, if the election happens and he wins before these trials take place, rest assured america, rest assured. He will demand the doj elhelw compel the doj to drop these cases. And even if hes convicted and when he will certainly test the constitutional limits of whether he can pardon himself. And youre going to have a really hard time checks and balances are strong as long as people that take the oath, take their oath seriously because their oath, individual oaths are the only thing that holds checks and balances in the guardrails of democracy place yeah. I mean, you make a good point. I mean, i suppose if theyre the folks out there saying yes, he should have every opportunity to delay things that appeal things. And so on. But to your point, what will they say if he becomes president United States and just says to the department of justice, get rid of these cases. Is that also in keeping with our constitutional process this is also how this country is supposed to work. I wonder what theyll say that arent Adam Kinzinger great to see as always, thanks so much. Yep. I appreciate it. Voters across 16 states are casting their ballots. This is a live look at voters and massachusetts the impact the ivf fight could have in the november election. Were talking about that and just remember vegas Story Of Sin City next sunday at ten on cnn from need the dot to need it. Now so many ways to save life, ready wallet, happy thats 365 by whole foods market. Meet barkley, his part pitbull and part masterpiece meet the bissell revolution hydro steam. 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This happened near the kerch strait, which separates crimea from the coast of russia. It also comes, as kyiv says, it has stalled russias advances around the city of dka. And excuse me, avdeevka on its eastern flank, Nick Paton Walsh joins us now from Eastern Ukraine nic tell us more about this really the astonishing video that were seeing this morning. And what else is happening where you are yeah. Jim, and look, its a refrain now, frankly, of ukraine, quite surprisingly using unorthodox means like drones, things we didnt expect to see the start of the war to hit. Part of russias Black Sea Fleet Beats and essentially deprive them of the space they used to consider safe. The most recent last night, the Sergei Kottasova Patrol Boat seven dead, apparently according to ukrainian officials, because the use of a drone attacking it, theyve also claimed hitting a bridge 500 miles inside russia. And president zelenskyy said they took 15 jets out in february alone that belonged to russia so a lot of claims by ukraine that theyre doing very well and unexpected areas. What is undisputable though, is the lack of usaid, the lack of ammunition, the lack of personnel ukraine has is causing a very dire situation on the front lines at a time when russia is deeply in the ascendant here you cannot deny that at all. There are villages ukraine said it would be able to hold its tensive line when they left avdiivka two weeks ago that are now under constant threat all helping russia because the ukrainian simply didnt have the equipment they need. Heres what we saw on the frontline in the past days its lonely path ahead. The russians have never been louder or closer occupied. Bakhmut is just up the road. But now some ukrainian tank guns are silent just when theyre needed. Most here. They dont have enough shells sometimes they just wont far at all for all day other days still shooting constantly and it is loud on the other side of that hill and its sort of surreal to hear that sort of noise over there. And see this tank unit having a russia, there are was a brutal year. The year was given the frog much jim, chablis militia is a little bit. We learned they didnt fire a tool that day. All the day before or the next day. The silence here is what losing sounds like so too is what these soldiers had to say. Yes. Im not guns of near a shirt, found the Dng StonewalledMoisture Moves is a here in and kyiv this year is going to be the worst here in the war. Well, i do know that theres certain units that there theyre running out of tanks. How angry doesnt make you . Yeah, im im absolutely off. Theres no point in trying to paint this in any sort of light where its good for us that russia takes ukraine. Thats going to be very, very, very bad for us geopolitically youve just not sure understate here, jim, exactly how dire is beginning to look on ukraines eastern front, two separate news though, the International Criminal courts remember, they put out an Arrest Warrants, an indictment against a Vladimir Putin for trafficking forced deportation of children from ukraine to russia. Will theyve Just Announced that two key russian commanders in charge of black sea fleets themselves, those targeted by that strike earlier on today, while they are also subject to Arrest Warrants because of what they say is targeting of civilian infrastructure and civilians over the past years or so. So startling development there that suggest the International Ramifications legally for russia Going Forward because of its atrocities here in ukraine. Back to you. Yeah. And nick, i mean, getting back to what that soldier was saying a few moments ago than the frustration that people feel inside ukraine, really All Around The World that theyre not getting the weapons that they need. They have to be sort of improvisation should all when it comes to these attacks, i mean, this drone attack for example, on the russian ship. I mean, it kind of shows how ukraine has had to resort to these sorts of tactics to get the upper hand at times yeah, look, theres no doubting the ukrainian ingenuity here using video gaming consoles. So headsets to fly drones specifically into Russian Armored vehicles Technological Advancements that nato armies frankly are studying at the moment because of their efficiency and accuracy as well and things like those naval drones too. But ultimately, they need the heavy weapons, they need the financing to even have a chance. And thats what so despairing here as you watch them try to bandaid over the problem here that is essentially down to a very small number of republican congressman essentially giving putin a very good shot. Seeing significant progress in this war. Jim all right. Nick paton walsh. Thank you very much coming up more pressure from the Biden Administration for a ceasefire in gaza this time coming from the secretary of state, tony blinken, his comments. This morning as he meets with his qatari counterpart. Thats next Super Tuesday coverage begins tonight at 06 00 p. M. On cnn extremely no when you shop wayfair, you get big deals for your home every day so big big deal you are because its a big deal when you get a big deal, wayfair deal so big that you might get a big head because what savings so real, you can get your dream sofa for the phrase wayfair. Its always a big deal wait there youve got just what i need for Muscle Cramps and spasms. Whats your mood . 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I mean, obviously at a very critical moment a critical moment, and the meetings today here In Washington just underscore how important these talks are and the figures who are involved in these talks. Now, what is clear, jim, is that even though there has been some progress in the past few weeks negotiators are still struggling to get israel and hamas on the same page. And the clock is ticking. The us has repeatedly said that they want to have a ceasefire in place by the muslim holy month of ramadan, which starts early next week if fighting were to continue during ramadan, that could serve certainly inflame tensions even farther. So the mediators, israel, the us, egypt, and qatar, working feverishly to try to get to a deal. Heres a little bit of what Secretary Blinken had to say earlier today, standing alongside the qatari prime minister, take listen and here we have an opportunity for an immediate ceasefire that can bring hostages home, that can dramatically increase the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into palestinians who so desk its really needed. And can also set the conditions for an enduring resolution and it is on hamas to make decisions about whether it is prepared to engage in that Ceasefire Jim you can hear there the us is putting it on hamas, the b vitamins duration is essentially said that israel has agreed to the broad framework. We have reported that israel has demanded a list of the hostages that hamas is holding both dead and alive so that they could have a sense of who would be freed in in a hostage deal. There have also been talks in cairo over the past few days that israel has not attended because they did not get that list. We heard Egyptian State television earlier today saying that there is still difficulties in those stocks. Jim all right. Alex marquardt. Thank you very much and in the meantime, there is clear and convincing information that hostages held in gaza were sexually abused. Thats according to a new United Nations report, cnns Paula Hancocks joins me now from abu dhabi. Paul, the report says its reasonable to reasonable to believe that this Sexual Violence is still ongoing. Is that right . Thats right. Jim, of course. That shows just how urgent it is to try and get the hostages out of gaza. Among of course, many other things. But what were hearing in this report is from the us Special Envoy for Sexual Violence in khan in conflict. It was at the end of january. She had two weeks talking to witnesses, for example, to the october 6 attack by hamas, also to some hostages who had been released from gaza and also some survivors from the attack now, in this report, they say that there is clear and convincing information that there was rape used as a weapon. And that it potentially is still going on. Also specifying on october 7, they believe there were reasonable grounds to believe that conflictrelated Sexual Violence was used this is something that we have heard, but this is a definitive, the most definitive report really that we have had to date to show that this is what is believed to have happened. Now we have had a denial from hamas as we have in the past, saying that these are unfounded lies. Also the un team though saying that they did have limited ability to carry this out, saying they didnt have the access that they wanted on the ground, in part because of mistrust, but also that they found it difficult to have forensic evidence that was professionally gathered at the time. So they did find some restrictions in what they were able to do. Also so this same team went to ramallah in the occupied west bank to hear allegations from both palestinian men and women who had been incarcerating, saying that they alleged, quote, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. The mission said that they did have allegations made to them of these these prisoners saying that they had beatings, they had threats of rape against women, or threats of rape of a female members of their family against the men, among other allegations that were made. Weve put these allegations to the idf. We are awaiting comment on them jim. Wow. All right. That is very disturbing up. Paula hancocks. 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One of the things that we should get into is sort of what i was talking about with Adam Kinzinger earlier on in this program, i know that you resigned on january 6 and what goes through your mind that on the Super Tuesday . Trump is basically on the verge on the cusp of clenching the nomination. You wont clench it today, but hes gonna be very close. Yeah. I think if you would have told me back on january 6, 2021, that just a couple of years later, we would find ourselves in this position that he is still the leader of the Republican Party and is on him his way toward clinching the republican nomination. I would probably be shocked. And its shocking because so many republicans and the immediate aftermath of january 6 condemned donald trump for his efforts to try to overturn the election and his failure on january 6. And now, many of those people have Kiss The Ring and cozied up to him. And so i it is disappointing and i find a little bit of hope though in the fact that nikki haley is still in this race, that shes been able to win about 40 of the vote. And some of the states that weve seen thus far. And it shows me that there is a growing shift in the Republican Party of folks who want to leave donald trump behind. But obviously its not enough. He still has this large hold on the base yeah. And i you bring up a good point. I mean, theres going to be a lot of pressure, you know, trump world, theres gonna be a lot of pressure on nikki haley to get out of this race after tonight, you think she should hang in there . Thats my hope. I hope that she stays in honestly, until the convention as she has the resources and has the ability to do so because we dont know what could happen between now and the convention, we could see donald trump be convicted and so who knows then what could happen out of out of convention. And so i really do hope that shell stay in the race and continue to give voters another option, because right now, obviously it looks like he is marching toward clinching the nomination, but there is still some time between now and the convention yeah. For the folks at home who forgotten what was going on inside the white house that i was inside the white house that day on january 6. And i know you were you were part of the team that was trying to get trump to so basically talked down the rioters to get them to stop doing what they were for folks who forget all of this, what was going on that day yeah. I was in the west swing that day as were you we spoke that day and i was doing everything in my power to try to get donald trump to stop the violence because i know knew that his supporters would only listen to him. And so i was talking to the people who i knew had his ear and telling them he needed to condemn the violence and he needed to tell these rioters to get away from the capital. And obviously, it took hours and hours and hours for him to do so after he had many of his closest advisers begging and pleading with with him and so he reluctantly finally did. But that was already after much of the violence had already happened and the Capitol Police had regained control of the building. And so it really didnt matter at that point then when he finally did speak up and i think he didnt speak up because he was enjoying what was happening. He saw these people as fighting for him and he wanted to do everything he could to stay in power. So that was why i resigned that day. I felt uncomfortable with his efforts to try to overturn the election from the postnovember. Moving onto january 6. But obviously that day was a red line for me then yeah. 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