today inside politics, the gop finds votes to come out on top. republicans pass a crucial bill that assures the u.s. is ready to fight wars, and they did it after putting a deliberate conservative stamp on it. jared kushner under oath, new report ing reveals that prosecutors ask the former president s son-in-law, did donald trump believe his own election lies. and iowa decides in six months. the countdown to the caucuses is on as donald trump decides to play hooky and skip a big summit. his bet, who needs iowa when you have mike tyson. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, kevin mccarthy can keeps the republican family mostly together to win a culture war battle. last hour, the house did its job and cleared a must-pass defense bill. the final vote tally was 219-210. if that seems really tight for a bill that sets military policy, it is. the sennarrow margin is thanks a very heated back and forth over controversial add-ones to the
Six months till iowa. are the caucuses still trump s to lose? side by side, we re going to fight. and we re going to win. and with ron desantis struggling to break through, is he hearing foot steps from tim scott? america needs positive, powerful, bibically sound leadership. plus, wages are rising, inflation is falling and stocks are booming. it s been a fabulous economic recovery. but why don t americans agree and account president change their mind? and how republicans made the military the latest front in the battle over woke. if you don t know if you re a man or women you shouldn t be going into war. culture wars comes for the pentagon, the fbi and more. good morning, and welcome to
Pence is on the stage behind me. the former president trump is not attending, so all of them are trying to make a breakthrough with voters. we just heard vice president pence called the words of president trump reckless. of course, there is some trump fatigue. when you talk to voters here and across the country, but the question is, who account beat the former president and win in a general election? that s what these candidates are trying to do, make that case that they re the person that can do that. let s lynn to senator scott from earlier today. america needs positive, powerful, biblically sound leadership to gain the high ground. i started reading the gospel, understanding that i m part of a
Where they are able to talk to the audience and pitch themselves as a candidate that can win in 2024. here s senator tim scott a little bit ago. america needs positive, powerful, biblically sound leadership to regain the high ground. i started reading the gospel and understand i m a part of a bigger family. a guy who grew up in a single-participant household who wanted to know who am i. reporter: so a lot of the issues that they have been talking about, things like abortion, transgender, those are the issues that keep coming up. we expect to hear from the bulk of those candidates throughout the day. they haven t spoken just yet. governor desantis is the one we re keeping our eye on. the sense that he is in second place to donald trump. he really needs to make a strong showing in iowa in the six months from now when the caucuses happen. interestingly enough, kim
Republican presidential candidates making their case to evangelical voters in des moines. america needs positive, powerful, biblically sound advice. reporter: donald trump will travel to iowa next week. his rivals, who lag behind in the polls, hoping to use this moment to stand out. president trump s words were reckless. whatever his intentions in the moment, it endangered me and my family and everyone that was at the capitol that day. i believe list thistory will ho accountable for that. reporter: issues like abortion and restrictions on transgender rights. former arkansas governor, asa hutchinson defended a veto that would gender care procedures for those under 18.