normalized. there is one area of our national politics that probably more than anything else is boiling hot, while also terribly, terribly normal. this is the final battle, with you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. we will expel the warmongers from our government. we will drive out the globalists, we will cast out the common areas, marxists, fascists, we will throw off the political class that hits our country. we will route the fake news media and we will liberate america from these villains, once and for all. this is the final battle, america has to be liberated from villains. former president trump, now candidate trump, posted that video, just a few hours ago. trump claimed that he believes political violence is never acceptable, but rather than actually denouncing political violence, trump continues to put out videos like this, filled with incredibly violent political rhetoric. in the meantime, there have been plenty of acts of political violence. you
weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. the big story, of, course we have two hot wars for the president to navigate on the world stage. the republican-controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impeachment inquiry into president biden despite failing to provide any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. the vote was strictly along party lines with all 221 republicans voting yes, all 212 democrats voting no. republicans say the move will grant them the ability to better enforce their subpoenas in the courts. house oversight chair republican james comer has accused hunter biden and other biden family members of engaging in, quote, shady business practices. but as we said, has yet to reveal any evidence of wrongdoing or influence peddling by the president himself. so here is what several house democrats said ahead of the vote. see the biden impeachment investigation isn t a who done it. it s a what is it? it s like an agatha christy novel where the
he s leading us to a depression. trump asked supporters on wednesday to name one thing that has gotten better under biden and, i don t know, there s a lot, i can think of a lot, but i think maybe number one is we re drinking less bleach. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is friday, december 15th. senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling the bluff, he has hopes of hammering out a deal on foreign aid which includes critical funder for ukraine. also ahead, how the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on the impeachment inquiry into the president. plus, rudy giuliani s defense team takes a very odd strategy in closing arguments in his defamation case. i will tell you about their pitch to the jurors. with us this morning we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, member of the new york times editorial board mara gay, host of the podcast unbrand with donny deutsch, and the co-founder of punchbowl news don bresnahan.
returned to all roads. it doesn t cover existing roads and it is the existing roads that are killing us, so it s half the battle but there s still half the battle to go. more than 100 arrests, as animal rights protestors storm aintree racecourse and disrupt the start of the grand national. and when the race did get going, it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler provided a second national win for both jockey and trainer, as scotland celebrated another victory at aintree. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. we ll be meeting the disabled dogs who ve found a loving home, after overcoming a tough start in life. a lot more cloud around today compared with yesterday. patchy rain or drizzle in the west. in the sunshine, it will feel warm. all the details and the outlet coming up on breakfast. 0utlook. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story. motoring groups have welcom
newly minted presidential candidate, nikki haley, says she s the person who can expand the gop base. here s what she said to sean hannity on fox tonight, just hours after her first rally as a candidate. we will get people that will come into our fold. our goal is not we are not about compromises. we are not about changing who we are. where about fighting for what we believe, but convincing our opponents to be with us. and that s the part that s going to change, we need to expand our tent, we have to bring hispanics-ing. we have to bring the jewish community in. we need to bring the asian community in. we need to bring african americans in, because our policies are right. i wanna bring in cnn political commentator, margaret hoover, democratic on imitator kai form professional tennis player, patrick mcenroe great to have all of you here. margaret, i want to start with you. tell us, because you like nikki haley i think i ve heard you are excited about this addition to