Thats to be expected. The alternative, however, is simply untenable. At home, another four years of Donald Trumps chaotic leadership, this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of project 2025 will hurt real, everyday people and waken our sacred institutions. Richard, which are the reasons who have not stood up yet, who served in the Trump Administration, who could actually make a difference in terms of persuading those very few, unpersuadable voters who are left . And do you expect any more of them to stand up between now and november . I mean, theres the former Vice President who has, shall we say, a certain physical and political incentive to stand up, given how he was do you think hes going to do it . No. Look, i think if people were going to stand up, theyve had now, shall we say, several years to do it. Several people simply have not. Disagree with me or not, but how much of a difference will it make . Its certainly not going to shake trumps base. Im not sure many of thes
Branding of the program. We can go with the more accurate polish version or how about the ukrainian spelling and pronunciation . The polish version probably closer to my roots. Im not the only one with name pronunciation on the brain these days. Florida Governor Ron Desantis kicked off his president ial run last week. Perhaps the only thing more confusing than trying to launch the campaign was hearing the candidates last name. Come again. The same day he released that video, he appeared on fox news and said this. Anybody thats so inclined to help us, i would love to have your support. This was lowhanging fruit for the trump campaign. Im ron desantis. This is Governor Ron Desantis. Wishing everyone a merry christmas. Who knew the long versus short version of a vowel could cause all this political calamity. The governor seemed unphased when asked what the final word on how to pronounce his name. He said this. This is ridiculous. The way to pronounce my last anytime, winner. While a name
Battles for former president donald trump. There were two big developments last night. Maine decided donald trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on the ballot. The Secretary Of State citing the 14th Amendment which bans from office those who engage in insurrection. On the west coast, the california Secretary Of State deciding to keep trump on the ballot. All this putting even more pressure on the Supreme Court to weigh in. We want to bring in Vaughn Hillyard and former rnc executive Committee Member jennifer horn. Vaughn, start us off with maine. Reporter in the state of maine the decision of the Secretary Of State last night was much awaited. She had heard challenges in her role as Secretary Of State. This is where you get into the differences in what state law allows or puts the onus on a Secretary Of State to ultimately agent on. Thats where the role of the maine Secretary Of State says it is her responsibility to determine whether a candidate is qualified to run for presi
Desantis as the man who could prevent their future National Nightmare of a return trump trip to the white house. Now the media consensus is that trump should be the nominee because he would be the easiest candidate for joe biden to be. That is up to question giving democratic doubts of the president s age and fitness the nap spill he took at the air force academy. Media favorite to media pinata. I am howard kurtz and this is media buzz. We will look at why Kevin Mccarthy dominated the Debt Ceiling Coverage over biden and how it is being spun. Ron desantis had indicated finally taking some swings at donald trump. Much of the media is peddling the florida governor. If you say cuomo did a better job with cuomo than kobe did, first of all, that is not what he used to say. His whole family moved to florida under my governorship. You dont think they will play dirty with ron desantis. They will burn this man to the ground. Somehow desantis would be part of it by lacking. Ron desantis coming o
By the use of atomic bombs in a single night. I am afraid that the answer to that question is yes. Clock Ticking jon else Robert Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. He was this complex ball of contradictions. Oppenheimer they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. Richard rhodes oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. How else would the world know what it was . Eleanor roosevelt dr. Oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control . Oppenheimer in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. ticking Newsreel Narrator it is dminus one for the test of the worlds first atomic device. Else this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. And he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. Oppenheimer if there is another world war. This civilization may go under. Kai bird he became a political pariah. Edward r. Murrow is it true that humans have already di