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All he wanted to do was impede a process thats, well, its stated there in the constitution. Thats all he wanted. Like a bank robber, all i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. This is exactly what he is charged for, and he admitted it. Yeah. You know, watching mr. Lauro and political defenders like Lindsey Graham, well talk about him in a minute, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, unlike some of the other attorneys trump had around him. He was a prosecutor. If he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january 6th, because the evidence in the indictment, the allegations in that indictment are so overwhelming, theyre Hopscotching Around, hoping to find something ....
Indeed deed show up for the first debate. Weve also got Asa Hutchinson who says trump should just drop out before that debate. Hes saying, like, right now. And a former doj official who says Hunter Bidens growing legal mess could become a big mess for his dad too. All of this as the Hawkeye State heats up, 13 republican candidates attending a big dindin in des moines last might. We must provide our country with a new birth of freedom. Theres only one candidate, and you know who that candidate is, whos going to get the job done. We will not back down from the truth. Lets make sure we save our country once and for all. Neil all right. The guy who hosted the whole affair is here today. Who stood out to him . We thought wed ask him here and only here. Welcome, everybody, glad to have you. Hope your weekend is going well. It is ....
and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon s abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon s abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. this is a national security issue, it is a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. joining us from capitol hill is ali vitali. also with us is brandon buck, an msnbc political analyst. ali, what is happening with the vote at this hour? reporter: yeah, i believe, jose, the vote is not yet closed, but that ....
on this point. i am quoting here, we cannot except former president trump s claim that a president has unbounded authority to commit crimes. and we neutralize the most fundamental check on the executive power, in recognition, an implementation of election results. and going on to say, nor can we sanctioned his apparent contention that the executive has carte blanche to violate the rights of individual citizens to vote, and to have their votes count. the court throwing out trump s arguments that he should not have to go on trial, on federal election subversion charges. charges that you would expect, vowing to appeal to the supreme court. but he only has until monday to decide whether he can do that. let s talk right now with cnn analyst, norm eisen, and prosecutor, joe moreno. i m so happy that both of you are here today. first of all, we have been talking about this for the better part of a month, norm. the fact that it took this long, it s perhaps a surprising announce ....
what, who s got what it takes to lead america next just weeks before the first gop primary debate including taking on the u.s. number one add a very share, communist china. the gatestone institute s gordon chang on whey beijing why beijing ramped up aggression against america on joe biden s e watch. but the cabinet cannot stop megaing begging for a meeting with communist china as janet yellen becomes the latest proxy to bow to communist party officialses in beijing. what exactly does beijing have on joe biden? more evidence of influence peddling ignored by joe biden s doj. house ways and means committee chairman jason smith on the barriers that irs agents faced in trying to investigate first son hunter biden. this as illicit drugs are found at the white house, and the press secretary changes her story again on who could have left cocaine behind, claiming it s irresponsible to even ask the question as official records prove the bidens were there friday until almost ....