I came to office determined with the duty to care and get us through one of our toughest periods in history. And we have. President joe biden continues to hit the former president on the Campaign Trail as the former president yesterday appeared to float cutting Social Security and medicare. Meanwhile, trump is also now flipflopping on tiktok, the platform he pushed to ban when he was in office. It comes as the house is set to vote tomorrow. Plus, theres more fallout from alabama senator katie britts state of the Union Rebuttal and how her speech highlights republicans fears of losing women voters this election. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 12th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Former President Donald Trump is vowing to release Hundreds Of January 6th defendants currently behind bars if he were to be releected this november. On truth social last night trump explained that one of his first acts as president would be to, quote,
Fascist dictatorship, and so bill barr, after, ive got to say, humiliating himself for several years, bill barr decides, this is where i get off. This is enough. This is my line. I believe in an imperial presidency, but i dont believe in a fascist presidency. Thats what donald trump was asking him to do. Asking him to steal an election. Asking him to arrest his political opponents. Asking him to do the sort of things, again, that fascist dictators do. He wouldnt do it. Now, trump has turned on him. As far as fani willis goes and jack smith and everything else, again, we can point you back to it and play it for you again, what we were saying in 2019. If donald trump lost in 2020, he would run again, and hed run again simply to avoid all the crimes he was committing. Im not good at math, but that was four years ago. Four years ago, we were saying he will run again so he can try to avoid jail. Going to jail. Here we are. I must say, a lot of people were saying that, so its hard to believe
Military secrets to our nations top rival china. The mining in dana perino, theyll have today off. Its great to be with you its great. And you are a jillion. It is going to be with everybodys well. Take a look at this A Potential Act Of Treason as well as invitation deep inside the u. S. Military, there is a flash point with the Chinese Government. Tensions have been simmering over the spy craft thats flew over u. S. Soil in the year in beijing is going military ambitions to retake taiwan, a key ally by force. Now these new accusations of espionage with critical Tech Knowledge at stake after two sailors accused of handing over Military Secrets to Chinese Government officials are least trying to. It is being called choosing cash of a country. Dana putting pressure over President Biden as well, wondering how hes going to respond. Have you been digging into the story . Nobody ever wants to see americans betray their country but is that what happened here . It appears to be exactly what ha
grappling with tying abortion rights to defense what does this say about u.s. military readiness? would you be willing to talk with tuberville to work out some solution? president biden: i d be willing to talk to him if i thought there was a chance he would change his thought. i expect the republican party to stand up and do something about it. it is in their power to do that. the idea we don t have a chairman of the joint chief of staff. the idea we have all these promotions in advance right now, don t know what is going to happen, the idea we are injecting into fundamental foreign policy position is biare za. i don t recall that happening, ever. it is totally irresponsible, in my view. i just think that i mean, i m confident that the main-stream republican party no longer does not support what he s doing. they got to stand up and be counted. that is how it ends. for the president, you have been working to fortify fence between the border of finland and russia. is there
Erin burnett out front starts right now. The Michigan Supreme Court handing donald trump a win, keeping him on the ballot in that state. Thats not stopping challenges in other states. I will speak with someone at the center of it all. Bidens border problem. The president s top diplomat wrapping up his meeting with mexicos president. Will it change anything at the border . Before and after Satellite Images of a russian warship ukraine says it destroyed. Lets go out front. Im erica hill in for erin burnett. Donald trump with a win in michigan where the state Supreme Court rejected a bid to remove him from the Primary Ballot. Trump quick to hail that on social media today. The fight is really just beginning. Michigan is the fourth state to reject efforts to keep trump off the Primary Ballot. Similar efforts continue in a number of other states. A ruling in maine is expected any day now. Trump is actually now demanding that maines democratic Secretary Of State, who would decide that ballot