profiles of cowardice. the reporters of this will not pass describe how mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy on the verge of driving the ex-president out of the republican party and into the political wilderness. but then they decided the cost to the own political fortunes simply too high to do that. mccarthy quote issued a har b moral judgment on trump s by haif that day why what the president did is aatroishs and totally wrong. he reiterated what the president said was not right by any shape or form. with democrats about to impeach donald trump he told house republican leaders that he might call on trump to resign. his plan he said on the january 10th call to approach the president and tell him it was inevitable that congress would impeach him. he invisioned telling trump of a resolution. i think this will pass and it would be my recommendation you should resign. i ve had it with this guy. nobody can defend that. and nobody should defend it. he has since denied claims he sa
simone sanders-townsend, joined by my coherence, alicia menendez and michael steele. the clock just struck midnight a couple of hours ago. three republican candidates made their case why they should be the republican party s nominee in the 2024 presidential election. former south carolina governor nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis sparred in a debate hedrick university in des moines. meanwhile, the front runner of the republican party, former president donald trump, took a break from court appearances to take questions in a fox news town hall. in this town hall, he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points and essentially a rally with questions. let me be clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie, suspended his campaign, refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world, a r
also today, re forging an old alliance. as brexit negotiations begin, the uk government travels to india to begin the early work on a future trade deal. and picture perfect? or is itjust too perfect? what melania trump s first official portrait tells us about the new first lady. i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the pictures are appalling, the pattern all too familiar, and the international response predictable. civilians in a rebel held area of syria have been gassed and murdered. it has happened before, with red lines crossed by both sides with impunity. today, in the seventh year of the syrian civil war, it seems president assad s regime can do what it wants. so far, at least 58 people are known to have died in this latest attack. the syrian observatory for human rights said the air strikes in khan sheikhoun, in the north west of the country, came early in the morning while many were still sleeping. our correspondentjames robbins has the repor
Happen. even nikki haley s team is lowering expectations as well. trump s team is here because of the, weather and what they have been boasting is that he would get over 50 points. he is coming in as essentially the incumbent president so you think you would get at least half of the gop primary voter. if he gets anything less than that it could be perhaps not that big of a victory. but we are what we are looking at monday is whether it s going to be a coronation or not, essentially. is donald trump gonna blow out the field by 20 points? or will it be closer to 15 or ten? i think the cake is baked at this point. that s what i m trying to say. it s baked. a little lopsided, but it s bake. no doubt about that. maybe leave it in the oven. just take it out. at one point both candidates were asked the question, which i thought was an interesting one. is there a difference between the way you and donald trump view the constitution?
There s an immovable block of people, the majority percentage if you look at the polls, that are still going to come out and caucus for the former president. caucuses are things that reward enthusiasm and confidence and energy behind a candidate. because they were quite sitting in gyms or other large spaces with other members of your committee to control and caucus and be together for several hours. but at the same time, i do think there is an opening for someone, obviously not to win here, but sure that trump is not inevitable by using it as a springboard into the next state. of course, that s the strategy that the healy campaign by and large is employing for themselves. but because trump is not on the stage, i do think that a, voters miss out on him defending his record of course. but politically speaking, i think it looks like a savvy decision that he does not have to sit here and get gained upon by the rest of the field. he s been able to float above it and quite frankly look like