let s get started. mission, the middle east. secretaries of state, antony blinken, and the middle east with the hopes of stopping a full blown war between israel and has allowed before begins. where those tense talks stand now, and what we know but secretary of defense, lloyd austin, s undisclosed state and the intensive care unit in the white house. plus, off the rails. the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, disgraced, one term ex president on the campaign trail in iowa. talking about how he would ve ended the civil war. while taking a discussed a jab at a u.s. senator, mccain. the countdown to the iowa caucus, and donald trump s packed courtroom calendar that could determine the future of his criminal trials. later, keeping the faith. my special commentary on hold on to hope during another tumultuous presidential election year. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. all i m katie phang. secretary of state, antony blinken, is in jordan as part of
joe biden and his campaign. i think it s great news is people pay attention to what joe biden has the same. nina smith, former congressman. my thanks to both of you for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. coming up next, speaking, of trump legal, making the case. we re looking ahead to trump s big legal week. tuesdays oral arguments in the federal interference case in d.c., plus, closing arguments in his new york civil fraud trial. and the new salem that attorney general letitia james says trump should have to pay back in, quote, ill gotten gains. don t go anywhere. don t go anywhere. congested! you need sinex saline from vicks. just sinex, breathe, ahhhh! what is wow! sinex. breathe. ahhhhhh! i know what it s like to perform through pain. if you re like me, one of the millions suffering from pain caused by migraine, nurtec odt may help. it s the only medication
fields of valley forge the day before the anniversary of the capitol insurrection. reminding americans that this election year is a battle for the future of american democracy. the first national elections in january 6th, the insurrection that plays the direct the threat of american democracy. since that moment. we all know that who donald trump. is the question we have to answer, who are we? joining me now on is nina smith, democratic strategist and former congressman from, an msnbc political analyst, carlos casa bello. a great way for me to dive into politics on sunday morning. carlos, i d love to start with you. trump campaign in illinois submitting paperwork for donald trump. he refuses to sign the loyalty oath, where candidates pledged to not overthrow the government. apparently trump signed that 2016 in 2020, but refuses to do it now. is this a sign that he is at or tried to read the documents that he signing, or that he will not promise to overthrow
the government? katie, this is donald trump reminding us of who he is. how did he mark the 6th of january? that whole anniversary, right? three years ago, we saw what happened at the capitol. he doubled down on his lies. this is who donald trump is. you can count on him to be very honest, and transparent about who he is. the question now is whether the majority of americans will believe him or not, right? certainly some of the polling we ve seen lately is somewhat disconcerting, but donald trump is telling us again, he said a few weeks ago, he d be willing to be dictator at least for a day, right? here he is saying that he will not honor the constitution of the united states. no surprises from donald trump. yet, he likes to hide behind the constitution of the united states when it fits him legally. nina, at like to turn to you. it s not just donald trump that is a gop stumbling fool, it s going to be vivek ramaswamy as well. he had this to say last night at a rally in iowa. take a
this is that she s a black woman. that s the uncomfortable truth here. it s an uncomfortable truth because, in this case, it s clear. she got her job because of her race and gender. i have to say it out loud. we have to adjust the problem, speak the truth. claudine guy was to harvard as kamala harris as to the democratic party, actually. right? when somebody gets their job with other incompetence, i mean, kamala harris is, cases like the equivalent of clotting guy at harvard for the paper she s writing. i mean, nina. there is a lot to say about vivek ramaswamy but this i think is the one of the most overt examples of him embrace say not only massaging a, but races them. it s coming from vivek ramaswamy of all people. i mean, it s, it goes to show where he is standing in this race. he is desperate for attention,