the world. a i m john avlon in for kasie hunt. four weeks from today, we ll be waking up to results from the iowa caucus, so this is crunch time in the land of cornfields and presidential politics. donald trump holding a rally there tonight while nikki haley is going on offense. i ve done well over 120 something, 140 town halls. and i never talk about my opponents. but today i am. the former u.n. ambassador and south carolina governor is sharpening attacks against her opponents calling out donald trump last night for his persistent praise of dictators. also the haley campaign and super pac both releasing new tv ads knocking ron desantis and president biden. i ll just say it, biden is too old and congress is the most exclusive nursing home in america. in a world consumed by chaos, ron desantis is another disaster. the desantis campaign, a dumpster fire. his style always trying to outtrump trump. phony and failing. a weaker nominee than trump. armed with those new ads
conditions on the battlefield somehow, try and convince them that this additional money could help change the trajectory of the war because it is true that ukraine remains bogged down in this counteroffensive that has not necessarily changed the battle lines so far. and so he will be at the white house meeting with president biden. he will also be on capitol hill. he ll address a meeting of all senators in person. and he will also meet with the republican house speaker mike johnson. but you re already hearing some republican pushback to this visit. the conservative senator j.d. vance from ohio said that zelenskyy will come to washington and demand that congress care more about his border than our own. and it is this issue of the border that does seem to be stalling these talks. because remember, republicans are trying to use the ukraine aid as leverage to secure tighter restrictions on migration into the united states. president biden has said that he is open to significant c
wallace. ever since charged were handed down against donald trump, the ex president has seen returning to the white house as his best defense. no one is more aware of this than jack smith. jack smith asked the supreme court to rule on donald trump s bid to have the charges ruled out because the alleged crimes took place while he was president. this is not new. judge tanya chutkan rejected that claim and trump appealed. jack smith is asking the supreme court to leap frog the appeals court and settle the matter once and for all. the special counsel s move setting up the first, but maybe not the last time, the supreme courtla a role in the united states versus donald trump. prosecutors say, quote, this caserents a fundamental question at the heart ofur democracy. whether a fmer president is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed ile in office or is constitutionally protect from federal prosecution when he s been impeached by the house, but not convicte