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themselves. >> bill: bill ackman is going after the head of m.i.t. i wish we had more time today. see you in iowa very soon. thank you, governor. >> bundle up, its cold out here. >> bill: thanks for the warning. >> dana: breaking news out of iran. back-to-back explosions at a cemetery. soleimani was killed in a drone strike in 2020. no word on who is behind it. no one has claimed responsibility. well bring you any updates as we get them. -out going harvard university president claudine...

the president is set to meet with congressle leaders on tuesday, and sources tell cnn the temperature could be just right for bargaining. heres the latest from washington. president biden says hes likely meeting with congressional leaders on tuesday, setting up another showdown over the debt limit. the president said his aids are working through the timing with that meeting, but top economists say the staff level talks have been constructive, and they said they talked about the need ...

>> alec murdaugh is innocent, innocent of these charges. he lied because thats what addicts do, addicts lie. he lied because he had a closet full of skeletons. evidence is crystal clear from that moment he started fabricating evidence against alec. >> john: the alec murdaugh trial, a fiery rebuttal to the closing arguments, before the jury decides whether the disgraced attorney is guilty of murdering his wife and son. im john roberts in washington. good to be with you. >> jacqui: murde...

break tonight, members of congress receiving classified briefings today on chinese spy craft, which floated across the country last week and shot down on the coast of south carolina saturday. we learned the suspended ands far from the only country china surveilled in the exact same way. and we found out exactly where some of the parts on the balloon were manufactured and what the balloon was capable of doing. congressional correspondent iowa hawkeyeaisha has more from the e house. repo...

No, because crazy things can happen. >> are you ready to work hard over these next two weeks so we win the iowa caucus? >> if you will caucus for me i will forever be grateful and promise to make you proud. >> im asking each of you, we are asking each of you to take 30 minutes of your time on january 15th to save this country. >> bill: so they sound like closing arguments because they are in iowa. were 12 days away before the big caucus in des moines and throughout 99 counties. here is where we ...

There will be a lot on the line for candidates during the fourth Republican debate, perhaps the final one before primary voters head to the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire. The...

Rally due to tornado warnings, and desantis was not deterred and made an appearance there, but polls show trump leading desantis by nearly 20 points. >> well, iowa is a place where you can make up ground, right? there will only be 120,000 -- there are more than 125,000 people voting on the republican side in the caucuses there. its a contained universe, and you can pummel it with television, and iowa does give you a chance to get off the map. the challenge is if you think about who doesnt like t...

We had in december. >> bret: a key software upgrade will help prevent a similar event in the future. in tonights democracy 2024 report, yes, its time, one of the top republicans in the presidential conversation at least is already taking heat from within his party. florida governor ron desantis is being criticized directly by former president trump and not so directly by others. heres senior national correspondent rich edison. >> ron would not be the governor it not for me. >> you dont penalize ...

Maybe to either or both of their advantages. >> speaking of 2024, tomorrow well have reporters from south carolina and iowa to give us the lay of the ground. we are close to all kicking off, josh. this poll between desantis whos not in and former president trump who is. if it is head to head, desantis wins, if it is a number of different candidates, the former president is on top in the polls. your thoughts on how this is shaping up since former president is the only one in the race currently. >...

Successful republican governors. >> unaffiliated group called ready for ron is pushing desantis to run for president. its executive director responded to criticism of the governor telling us that like in boxing, the little guy always mouths off to the big dog and he says thats a strategy for those who need to generate the attention. bret. >> bret: you know, rich, governor desantis is get ago lot of attention and president biden piled on while in florida today. >> he did and a possible 2024 match...