i wanted to do a few minutes on how your father invented the iowa caucus. and i wanted to hear all the bedtime stories he told you about going out to iowa in 1972 for george mcgovern, the first time any presidential candidate played attention to the iowa caucuses, and winning it and how he created political history with everyone wanted to follow in karl wagner s footsteps, managing a winning presidential the monster he helped create, in other words. [laughter] we were working monday night because of coral. he did that to us. he was looking down on us with a smile on his face, and also probably a frown. [laughter] brilliant, it was a brilliant move when he did it. and i m just sorry it has become an enduring phenomenon of this absurd thing. because all i knew was that carl was, hey, no one is paying attention to this thing. we can go out there and win it, and and then you re off to the races. only a son of eye what would come up with a plot like that. thank you c
bedtime stories he told you about going to iowa in 1972 for george montgomery, the first time in a presidential candidate paid attention to the iowa caucuses, winning it, and how he created political history with everyone wanting to follow. karl wagner s footsteps, managing a winning, presidential the monster he helped create, in other words. we were working monday night, all because of carl. he did this to us. he was looking on us with a smile on his face, and probably, a frown. brilliant. a brilliant move when he did it, and i m just sorry that it has become an enduring phenomenon of this absurd thing. all i knew was karl said, no one is paying attention to this, we can get there, when it, and get credit for it. then we re off to the races. only a son of iowa would come up with a plot like that. thank you carl wagner. thank you kara wagner. have a good show, lawrence. thank you alex. today, on the witness stand, in federal court, in manhattan, e. jean ca
gas prices under president biden. the peak more than $5 per gallon. it has been a tough run and continues to be for americans. the white house, though, insists that this trip goes far beyond oil. to a host of other national security issues. critics say the real objective of president biden s trip is to try to convince the world s largest exporter of oil to ramp up production to drive down those prices for us. while americans are suffering from high gas prices and crippling inflation, he goes there. i ve said he is begging for oil. others call it something else like the white house says they are trying to have energy security, okay. house minority leader kevin mccarthy calling out the president. let s be honest. the only reason president biden is going to saudi arabia is to beg for them to produce more oil. he travels all the way to saudi arabia to beg them to go against everything he said in the campaign simply because his policies from day one have denied america to be ene
this is america s newsroom. all right. today is the day. moments from now we ll be seeing president biden, he is set to depart for saudi arabia late yesterday the kingdom lifted its longstanding ban on israeli commercial flight towards normalization. bill: the real objective of the trip. convincing the world s largest exporter of oil is ramp up production and reestablish things with this administration. we watch a beautiful air force one head down the runway, complicating all of this, remarks from then candidate biden back in 2020. president biden: i would make it very clear we are not going to sell more weapons to them. we were going to make them pay the price and make them the pariah that they are. there is very little social redeeming value of the in the present government in saudi arabia. one of the president s first acts in the white house was releasing the c.i.a. report assessing the saudi prince ordered the killing of journalist khashoggi and also sanctioned
at war. a note of caution from the u.s. far too many palestinians have been killed. as israeli forces pound gaza. we are increasing pressure on hamas every hour, every day. what s his war plan? israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu joins me live for his first cnn interview since hamas terror attack inside israel and then u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan is here. plus, the right to vote. voters send republicans another message on abortion rights. how will the gopa dakota? i ll ask a the chairwoman of the republican party, ronna mcdaniel. a complicated headache, but will he run for president and what does an already crowded third party presidential win mean for a pabiden re-election. david axelrod and larry hogan join me ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is watching global tensions rise even further. this morning the tension in the middle east is focused on worsening humanitarian crises in gaza as israe