centering around free speech and real edge religious liberty and other things. dana: not many days left. bill: stand by. dana: did you see this? former president obama stirring up a battle over race relations in america. obama taking aim at presidential contender tim scott criticizing his approach to race in america. i think there is a long history of african-american or other minority candidates within the republican party who will validate america and say everything is great. and we can all make it. nikki haley has a similar approach. i m not being cynical about tim scott individually. i am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of can t we all get along. that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and our present. dana: now senator scott is pushing back saying president obama is the one who failed to bring the country together. trey gowdy the host of sunday sunday night in america. if president obama is going to try to attack tim scott as he sa
journalism aards. awards. [cheers and applause]. greg: i don t know. this is where we honor writers who impress today. tonight the winner is jeremy bail for the rap and entertainment website. he broke a major story about a famous tv anchor saying something disgusting. a lot of homeless service it s not working. the solution is lining to the homeless like the woman who says we are spoiled and need tough love or we will never get off the street. greg, what do you think about that approach? i agree with everything the little lady says and i am sorry about the cart. greg: i referred to dana perino as little lady. dana perino was a veteran news anchor who was the white house press secretary during the bush administration. she laughed it off and continued. you will think i told dana perino to take off her shoes and get in the kitchen where she belongs which is what i say to jesse every day. the writer was shocked at dana s response when he described as unfazed.
officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil
today on inside politics, disqualified. the state of maine becomes the second to say donald trump is an insurrectionist barred from seeking the presidency. now it s up to the supreme court. plus damage control mode. with just days to go until the first votes are cast, nikki haley is trying to move past a controversy. her opponents are not so eager to let her. and where have all the democrats gone? i ll talk to a leading liberal political analyst about how he thinks the party lost its way with working class voters and the dilemma democrats face in turning it around. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. first up is donald trump eligible to be president again? that s the legal question face ing this country after maine became the second state to say he s not buzz of the 14th amendment s ban on insurrectionists holding federal office. it is a recipe for constitutional chaos at the supreme court will almost surely have to solve. cnn senior repo
remove former president donald trump from its 2024 primary ballot. big bipartisan backlash over this. some are calling it a far left political ploy to try to get trump out of this race. maine s top election official democratic secretary of state shenna bellows announcing her unilateral decision last night. last week colorado s state supreme court voted on party lines to boot trump from the state s ballot citing the 14th amendment section three. both state decisions are on hold pending appeal. colorado s secretary of state announced yesterday trump s name will be on the ballot unless the supreme court decides otherwise by january 5th. the maine republican party not holding back on unelected bellows single handed trump takedown. a statement excerpt reads we ve been fighting these back roomy leitz since they started their push to subvert democracy by tossing president trump. we reserve our right as a private organization to use a caucus system if that s what it takes to keep a d