Former c id. Cia director on a big moment. Were at the table as they consider footing the former president s legal bills. Welcome to the week. Outside of atlanta, donald trump will host a rally. Trump faces 13 criminal counts in Fulton County for his attempting to nullify bidens win in the state. Good morning to you both. Before we get to biden on the road. Lets talk about what biden did in the house. It was a moment at the podium. And mike johnson is what i do i do . What was your estimate of that moment. What did you think about the biden that presented and the biden that owned it . I talked to the Chief Of Staff on wednesday. I was a little nervous. He was like when it is a big deal and President Biden is going to do great. They felt really confident going in. And you can see why. It is an objective that President Biden went up there and ran the room like he wanted to like comedians on ticktock and instagram. He was doing his jokes. He wanted to go back and forth with them. He start
illegal immigrants, drug cartels, sex trafficking, all the horrible things coming across our border and now abbott must fight even more fiercely against democrats. get this, lawmakers on the left want president biden to take over the texas national guard. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. governor abbott will not budge. he says our nation is being invaded. texas put up razor wire, as you know, to keep the criminals who are breaking america s laws of entry out. the u.s. supreme court recently sided with the biden administration saying it could actually take down that razor wire. here is governor abbott. because the biden administration has really truly abdicated its responsibility to secure the border and enforce the laws, texas very simply is securing the border. texas has a right as a state to stop criminals from coming into our state. joe biden s option is to enforce the laws of the united states and stop this illegal entry. what texas is doing is w
tonight in which he attempts to explain his listening of lies. he says not by trying to trick anyone. i ve been a terrible liar what i tried to debates american people is that i made mistakes. this wasn t about tricking anybody. we will tell you the law he says he regrets every day. plus, the classic children s book, charlie and the chocolate factory, matilda, and james in the giant peach are getting re-writes. the publisher is cutting it where it s like that, ugly, and whites. is the time to update outdated books or is it best luke malone? we ll talk about all that tonight. but first let s get to today s politics. of mark mckinnon, former adviser to george w. bush. and john mccain, we are sub cnn s john berman. also political analysts, natasha alpert. and former u.s. attorney, harry lippman. i, guys great to have all be here tonight. hello, happy presidents day. okay mark let s talk about what was presidents day. rhonda scent is seems to want to be president. there he
agenda, are we going to have success, are we going to be able to match bringing down the price of gasoline, when you down the price of other things continuing to create jobs. that is the challenge. that is what we have to deliver. on 90 million americans from the plains to the northeast remain under heat alerts at this hour. former vice al gore is once again sounding the alarm on climate change. comparing climate deniers to delay law enforcement reaction to the uvalde school massacre. confronted with this global emergency, what we are doing with our inaction and failing to walk through the door and stop the killing is not typical of what we are capable of as human beings. we do have the solutions. and i think these extreme events that are getting steadily worse and more severe are really beginning to change lives. well, back to capitol hill now in the january six committee which has completed the season finale of its hearings. they do say there is more to come after the
elected president a short time ago telling him that the alliance between the united states and south korea has never been stronger or more vital. now, the president s trip comes as he faces a myriad of problems back home from a shortage of baby formula to spiking inflation, and now rising covid cases too. tying his trip to asia to the top priority on his overseas agenda, president biden referenced russia s war against ukraine this morning saying that democracies must stand together against autocratic leaders. but i really do think we re at an inflection point in world history. things are changing so rapidly, i think we re going to see more of. it s going to be a competition between democracies and autocracies and i mean that sincerely. and unfortunately i think i m being proven to be correct not just here but around the world. in a joint statement mr. biden and south korean president yoon, the decision is a reversal from the trump administration which scaled back exerci