On trump. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. The debate will be hosted by bret baier and Martha Maccallum. I spoke to the anchor of the story from new york. Martha maccallum, welcome. Hi, howie, good to be with you. Howie i havent seen a build up like this for a first debate at the beginning of a campaign since that 2015 Fox Debate With Political Newcomer donald trump. I turned to the other channels i see fox debate. What are people saying . Why do you think that is . I think theres a lot of enthusiasm. I think people are much more politically engaged and probably since that 2015 debate and i think that people see this as , you know, entertainment that is very eye opening in terms of whats going on in the political world, so i think its a huge opportunity for these candidates on this stage and we see it acrosstheboard that people are just more interested in politics they are more interested in whats going on, so i think its great. Howie people didnt talk about politics or talk abou
Racketeering indictment. The Clock Ticking before they turn themselves in to the Fulton County jail next friday, with Pressure Mounting for some or all of trumps 18 codefendants to cooperate, you might think trump would be bending over backwards to ingratiate himself with them, keeping them from freaking out and flipping. Doesnt look like it. Not so much. Take Rudy Giuliani, facing 13 charges in Fulton County. Cnn today reports that giuliani made a hail mary pilgrimage to maralago in april in what is described as a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills. By going inperson a source familiar with the matter told cnn giuliani and his lawyer believed they could explain facetoface why trump needed to assist his former attorney with his ballooning legal bills. According to reporting trump verbally agreed to help with some of giulianis legal bills without committing to any specific amount or timeline. Nbc news has not independen
E biden with close ties to hunter and his Investment Firm might soon congressional scrutiny. According to foxnews. Com, both of these aides had jobs with hunter linked firms scd worked with the big guy inside the government when he was vp. So much for that Imaginaryrdingm Wall between the government and hunter. This summer, bidens adult was. Even reportedly living at Whe White Housmaginarye for at t two straight weeks. To the surprise of many staffersuse for ks. , hunters ill fated plea deal is now under investigation at the house judiciary committee. But the bad news does not stop there. Rememberstaffers dill that Special Counsel investigation into joe bidens mishandling of classified documents that was seemingly going nowhere. Apparently, federal prosecutore. Remembersederal are now in negotiations with bidens attorneys arith bides of a possible interview. Needless to say, President Biden seems to be g a little nervous and was noticeably rattled at todays short press conference. Watc
Rematch is about to take center stage. And that critical Battleground State any moment now, biden is expected to land in atlanta he will be appearing at a Campaign Event in the next few hours and his presumptive, republican rival donald trump is holding a rally in rome. Thats North Atlantic and georgia is a key swing state that biden won in 2020 by less than a percentage point. And it is the only swing state among primary contests happening on tuesday you have Team Coverage of these dueling Campaign Events. Steve contorno is with the Trump Campaign, but lets begin with priscilla alvarez. She is live in atlanta where biden is holding that Campaign Event and just a few hours from now, priscilla set the stage for us on what we can expect from the president well, we can expect him to build off his momentum from the State Of The Union. We got a preview of what that looked like yesterday when he was in pennsylvania where he used forceful language should go after former President Donald Trump
Jail for several years for counterfeiting one vote. If they try to vote illegally once, he tried to steal the entire election. And his lawyers out there are saying that its just a matter of him expressing his First Amendment rights. And that is deranged. That is a deranged argument. Trumps lawyers also making the case that mike pence will be the defenses, quote, best witness. Today on cnn, pence contradicted lauras take on the Pressure Campaign to block the certification of president bidens election victory. What President Trump did not do is direct Vice President pence to do anything. He asked him in an aspirational way, asking is covered by the First Amendment. In the days before the president was talking about us rejecting votes. And then late in the process, his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states. But frankly, the day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said we want you to reject votes outright. They were asking me to overtur