hello and welcome to inside politics. i am john king. i am your retribution. donald trump s saying why democrats need to give him another chance. a busy 2024 includes a big speech by trump s biggest early rival and a decision by a prominent trump critic to bow out of running. plus, russia on the verge of the first battle field victory in months. ukrainians squeezed in the battle of bakhmut. pete buttigieg admits to cnn he got it wrong on the ohio train derailment. his response in a cnn exclusive interview. we begin with important and interesting maneuvering in the 2024 republican race. the weekend speeches in very different settings crystallize the competition at the top of the gshlop field. donald trump spoke for nearly two hours at cpac telling lies and deseesantis says republican need a doer, not a liar. they need to wrack upstate legislative wins as a launch pad. trump and desantis own the top tier in early 2024 polling with a half dozen ovr so other prospects a f
the week started with republicans literally trying to shout the president down for his passion in defense of social security and medicare at the state of the union. but by the end, it was prominent members of the gop who are feeling the heat. former vice president mike pence has been formerly subpoenaed by jack smith. the justice department appointed special counsel, investigating the efforts of the presidents, pence s former boss, former president donald trump, to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. including, of course, his impact on the january 6th insurrection at the core of that investigation. and his scheme to submit fake electors to falsely declare trump the winner of the election in states that joe biden actually won. a scheme that hinged on pence not declaring biden the winner when he wanted to certify the results on january 6th, which pence ultimately rejected, even as his life was being threatened by insurrectionists en masse on the capitol that day. on
they seem to overly willingly favor. and environment where law enforcement feel they are under attack. we ve got issues. the panel on way in. wheat until for asking how his sons over seas business dealing for tonight relearning things t whistleblower documents that th president wasn t only aware, he may have actually been involved in his sons so-called crony business arrangements. tonight we will cite you health authorities were able to track down a shadowy murder suspect accused of killing six men in stockton, california. new surveillance video just obtained by knox fox news shows the known moments of cuts on camera. shopping at the wyoming hold home food just hours before the believe she was killed. we begin tonight without president biden is trying to tackle the issue that is on top of voters mind, the economy. and how much more things are costing these days with white house correspondent. as you can well imagine, thi is a real problem for the white house right they have
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