the also rans claiming small victories, even though they each got walloped by the inevitable nominee donald trump, apparently put in place by god, because as one iowan put it, god picks unusual people. also tonight, michigan governor and biden campaign cochair gretchen whitmer joins me to discuss the democrats view of the republican race and whether president biden has a michigan problem. plus, the war on dr. king s memory. there is more to his legacy than just that one speech that republicans often misuse for their own political aims. we begin tonight with iowa s choice. today the winner of that state s republican presidential caucuses, donald trump, spent a significant part of the day after not in new hampshire as presidential history would suggest, but in a manhattan courthouse for the beginning of a trial to determine how much he has to pay in damages to a woman he was find liable for sexually abusing and defaming. let s just establish that straight away. donald
The memorials at those locations this year. Thats the first time that a u. S. President has ever made that decision, not to be at one of the three places on this day. So well talk about that. He will be observing September 11th at an alaskan military base. Kayleigh mcenany and gerry baker joins me in moments and the president S Performance on The World Stage over the weekend. Very important appearances that hes been making considering whats going on and the tensions around the world. First, new images of what appears to be the north korean leaders armored train, always extraordinary to see how he moves around because its a slow ride as we just heard from greg palkot. Hes making his way to russia. You can see him moving through china. We expect him on route to a meeting with Vladimir Putin potentially to discuss a Military Alliance in terms of weaponry for ukraine. Potential arms deal as putin fights his war against the ukrainian people. A move that has the pentagon a move for them to m
to review a key meeting among donald trump, michael cohen, and the prosecution s first witness, former tabloid executive and trump friend david pecker. all of that key evidence about the alleged conspiracy mr. trump is accused of to unlawfully influence the 2016 election. this is pivotal, because as judge merchan noted in his jury instructions, former president trump cannot be convicted based on cohen s testimony alone, since trump s former fixer is considered, by law, an accomplice. jurors must be taking a closer look from what they have asked for at pecker s testimony in order to corroborate cohen. jurors wanted to rehear judge merchan s guidance on how much they can reasonably infer from the evidence. armed with this refresher, the jurors are now back behind closed doors where they have been told they can work as late as 6:00 p.m. tonight. while deliberations tonight, mr. trump has to stay in the courthouse. his son don junior providing a look in a tiktok video. we begin w
schoolteachers, of our cops, of our transportation officials, of our health care workers. we re just not a serious nation if we don t demand that of them. if they want to have a job in the middle of a pandemic. yeah, i mean, ed hit the nail on the head here, there is a model for this in france. what we saw in france was a rapid spike in vaccinations as soon as macron said you had these restrictions and those who chose not to get the vaccine. from anecdotal reporting we ve done at politico, we sent someone to missouri for instance what would it take for you to get vaccinated, a million dollars, your mom saying do it? no. no. but the one thing, a work requirement. they bristled at it, thought it would be government overreach but said yeah i would do it if i had to travel, for instance. so there is some anecdotal data
if you have 100 people, most immigration judges are going to deny 88% of them and only 12%. so why are we letting 100% of the people in when only 12% should be getting into the united states. or whatever language, because as you know, there s over 150 countries that are represented by people coming in, and there s an increase of people from cuba, venezuela, haiti, africa, and other places, because they re realizing at the southern part of the united states, whether it s land or sea, as your story gave a few minutes ago, all they have to do is bring a child and they re going released into the united states. what a deal for them! congressman, two quick questions. anecdotal reporting has it that the people coming across the border, they re poor, they re refugees, basically, fleeing desperately to get to america, paying $6,000 to $10,000 to the smugglers, to the cartels, to get here. that s first question.