we have one week to go. a seven-day sprint of the primary season. a portland area backyard, the missing piece ripped from a packed airliner in mid-flight. we have ignition. mission to the moon, the first lunar launch in decades blasts off with the real aim might be mars. that mars mission september a high for us on this monday. hi, even. good day to our viewers. it s monday, january 8th. let s get into it. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. 4:00 in iowa, where social security just a week before the first votes are cast in the presidential race. republican candidates blanketed iowa over the weekend urging voters to caught cuss for them next month when temperatures are forecast to be in the single digits. got to love iowa. the candidates emphasized iowa s influence on the nomination process and the vital importance of turnout. donald trump continues to dominate polling in iowa, so overwhelmingly that the other candidates struggled to escape talking about him and put the focu
while republicans in colorado asked the u.s. supreme court to overturn his unprecedented disqualification there. we are going to go in-depth on it all in head ahead. plus, this. what you want me to say about slavery? haley s comment. the former south carolina governor seems to forget what the civil war was really about. the big backtrack from her campaign as the race for the white house heats up. the iowa caucus in new hampshire primary just weeks away. when they go low, well, we go high. expert advice on how to navigate the land mines when talking politics with your family and your friends. good saturday morning to you all. i m michael steele. we begin with donald trump s battle to stay on the ballot in 2024. late thursday night, secretary of state, shana bellows ruled trump was ineligible to be on the states primary ballot. her decision joins colorado supreme court last week, which also found that the ex president was ineligible. both states say trump is in violation of
ballot bombshell, the special counsel argues former president trump does not have immunity as another state moves to strike him from the ballot. mr. trump engaged in that insurrection. could the supreme court buy that argument? the constitution could not be any clearer. former january 6th committee member jamie rask inis here exclusively. and closing in, two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say acknowledge it and move on. her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick, nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. american epidemic. this holiday season there s a new public health crisis. isolation. people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senat senator chris murphy is here ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is finishing a wild 2023 and looking ahead to a pivotal 2024. we ar
the fight will go on for many months. the fate of gaza s nearly 2 million refugees is growing bleaker by the day. 40% of gaza s population is now at risk of famine. that s according to the u.n., which says daily life has been reduced to a struggle for food and water for so many civilians. and with winter setting in, those conditions will only get also learned today that an israeli american citizen believed to have been taken hostage was in fact killed on october 7th. the kibbutz where judy weinstein lived and worked confirming the 70-year-old teacher and poet was murdered along with her husband during the attack. their bodies still being held in gaza. aaron gilchrist is traveling with president biden in the u.s. virgin islands with more on this. josh, let s start with you. what more can you tell us about this israeli american citizen? reporter: well, as you mentioned, she is 70 years old, and she had been believed to have been held hostage in the gaza strip. but now we have
ballot bombshell. the special counsel argues that former president trump does not have immunity. mr. trump was engaged in that insurrection. would the supreme court buy that argument. former january 6th committee member jamie raskin is here, and closing in. two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, american epidemic. this holiday season, there s a new public health crisis, isolation. people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senator chris murphy is here ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is finishing a wild 2023, and looking ahead to a pivotal 2024. we are 15 days from the iowa caucuses, closing out a seismic week in an already extraordinary republican primary. in a new filing last n