ingraham angle" from washington tonight. it's been months since a trans gunman shot up that school and months since we wanted to see the manifesto. new details what was going through audrey hale's head as she stalked the school's hallway. and the old man hangs on, the focus on tonight's angle. war coverage today, but focus was not the israel against hamas, it is the prosecutor's war against trump in the court. >> this case has made him angrier. i've never seen anything like this in all my time being a lawyer. >> let trump hang himself in this trial. >> laura: more on the legal angle later, but the reason they voted eight or nine hours to this trial has less to do with merits than the recent poll that shows trump beating biden. according to the "new york times," trump has eaten significantly into biden's leads. many have positive views of the policy trump enacted. trump is getting america tangled in more war, driving down median income, is not popular at all. with the significant lead in key states, mr. trump appears to have room to grow. many say they are open to supporting the former president than backing mr. biden. large shares of voters saying they trust mr. trump on economy and national security. no wonder the democrats were warning. >> there is a lot of concern about the age issue and that is something that i think he needs to ponder. just do a check and say is this the right thing to do. time is fleeting here and this is probably the last moment for him to do that check and it's probably good if he does. >> laura: okay. yeah, david, because we all know joe biden always put country first, never put the financial interest of his family ahead of his official duties, that never happened. and political statistician saying, you have the eshg lectorate screaming biden is too old and some reversion to the fundamental, probably a larger liability, but still democrats can't say they were not warned. they want biden to become someone he never was and at 80's, never can be. >> somehow biden has to find a way to animate excitement and enthusiasm that i think he tapped as a man of the center, man who put the country back together. he has to do it soon and reverse these perceptions, otherwise we're heading toward what i think will a cataclysmic election next year. >> laura: for the elites who never bother considering what life is like for middle-class voters. they are confounded that people don't love persistent inflation and mortgage interest rates that crush first-time home buyers. the once reasonable jonathan carr is referring to media type like himself. >> this is a wake-up call, frightening for the biden white house, democrats and anybody who fears what a return to a trump presidency would mean. he can win. >> laura: listen to the language. fears and frightening. he would never cover a poll favorable to biden for the republican perspective because you can bet a lot of regular folks are terrified of the prospect of biden staggering through four more years, including african americans, such as karen wright who immigrated from jamaica in 1982 and told the "new york times" she always had voted for democrats, seeing them the best oping for younger immigrant, particularly those from predominantly black. she fears they have gone too far with lgbtq issues and next year she plans to report republicans up and down the ballot and that she was not alone. that is devastating. no wonder bill crystal's panties are in a bunch. it is time for an act of personal sacrifice and time to past the torch to the next generation and time for biden to announce he won't run in 2024. pass the torch? he is not carrying a torch. biden may not understand what is happening around the world, but he is with it enough to know that all things considered, being president helps hunter in the game more than if he was not president and enriching his family are all that ever mattered to biden. democrats and press want him out, but if that is what they want, they have to do more than hint and nudge. they will have to use leverage on only thing joe biden really cares about, his family. hard to see them doing that. look, anything can happen. democrats are in a jam of their own making. they failed across the board and they deserve to lose across the board. they failed in pledges, even to strengthen democracy. fewer americans trust our system of government with biden at the helm. 76%, of those polled say we're heading in the wrong direction. only liberal mind would that democratic track record be called a success. definitely re-elect that. why would anyone in his right mind think gavin newsom with his horrid track record in california, can do any better than biden? what does he have to offer? go from president sniffy to president smarty, no thank you. that is the angle. joining me now is byron york, mollie hemingway, mark levine. mark, joe biden i don't think is going anywhere. but can you deny there is momentum building to push him out? they see numbers "new york times" is reporting, abc news, sienna, every poll out there and is nightmare for biden. >> mark: democrats worry about everything, democrats support joe biden, he has integrity to be president. >> laura: oh, really? >> yes, donald trump testified today it is a choice. >> laura: we're talking about biden, the guy you say has integrity to be president, where has he demonstrated integrity? invoking family tragedy to empathize with someone from nuj natural disaster? >> on the international stage, harry thruman, ronald reagan, no one stood up for democracy more than joe biden. >> lawrence: foreign policy angle not to be understated, even "new york times" reporting on ukraine, head of defense ministry of ukraine said we're at stalemate. >> mollie: when trump was media, the media said if he were elected president, we would have civil war break out. instead you had strong foreign policy, we went after our enemies. when president biden took office, he said, america is back, baby and he would assert -- >> laura: norms, what happened to norms? >> mollie: nothing but disaster globally, the world is on fire, we had a stable situation in the middle east and he decided to prioritize palestinian interest to help iran become dominant in the region and we see how that is going. the ukraine war in a stalemate. china continuing to rise, that is one of the worst problems for his presidency and that is just one problem. >> laura: biden is doing his best, i think, to put a good face on something that is not resonating. watch. >> president biden: i believe this country is about to take off, first time in a long time, we're bringing pride back to cities and towns across america. i can say i've never been more optimistic about america's future. >> laura: 76% of americans say america is going in the wrong direction. >> i think biden's age is a huge problem and it will not get better. if things were going well in the country and world, a lot of voters would say, he is old and things are going well, it is okay with me. instead, there was a quote in the time story, voter in pennsylvania said the world is falling apart under biden and domestically, look at the economy, people's standard of living, purchasing hour has gone down. disaster on the border spreading to blue cities. up north you see crime like here in washington and you add to it, huge war in ukraine, a new war in israel and that guy who said the world is falling apart, that was a reasonable way to look at things. >> laura: my mother would say hell in a hand basket. stacey abrams polls higher than joe biden, which is mind-blowing to me, stacey abrams thinks kamala harris is getting too much criticism, watch. >> do you think she would receive the same critiques if she were a white man? >> no, we cannot ignore misogyny remain prevalent in politics. our expectations are set for white male vice president. >> laura: mark, talking about kamala harris polls three points higher. what is your thought on that, do you think racism is at the heart of people's criticism of kamala harris? >> i think kamala harris is an asset democrats should use more, absolutely. people need to show she is there and a steady leader and can do the job. when they talk about biden's age, biden and trump are four years apart and i'm willing to bet donald trump will die sooner than joe biden, who is a healthy person. >> laura: hoping trump dies before biden? >> no, point is his age is not an issue, he is healthy. two people are running, election is a choice. of the two, donald trump is in more -- >> laura: why are black voters moving to trump? >> you're talking about 10 to 20% or something like that. 80%, vast majority will support joe biden and i believe kamala harris needs to get out and support black voters. >> laura: i'm not trying to pick on you, in your position, i would say the same thing. "new york times" describes this as potentially epical shift away from what the democrats wanted to do on progressivism and toward more multi ethnic populism, that is in the "new york times." >> donald trump is a popular -- cares about american values. >> laura: what is steady? 5.6 in median wages. >> wages are higher than they ever been. >> laura: with inflation it is down. >> trump has multiple bases of support, his maga supporters, people who remember how nice life was under his presidency and people worried democrats are using law enforcement to try to imprison political opponents, people worry about authoritarianism, you see in numbers reflected, young voters and black voters more likely to vote for them. >> laura: they are mentioning newsom, whitmer, pritzger, they have launched packs and they are interesting characters, they are looking at it. >> first of all, black voters are moving from biden because they go to the grocery store, i think that is pretty clear. gas station, too. as far as replacement for biden, it is extremely hard to blast an incumbent president out of his seat for the party. if he did, i don't think there is any way in the world democrats could pass over vice president harris. she is vice president of the united states. >> joe biden is the democratic nominee. >> laura: i agree that is how it will be, if it wasn't, how do they leap frog, can they? >> she is vice president of the united states, constitutional successor. first woman of color to be vice president. >> laura: any way to get over kamala harris? >> she is politically toxic, they cannot get over her. great to see you, mark, don't get mad at me. d.c. taken over by pro-palestinian protesters over the weekend, sure you saw it, damaged statues, held up swastikas and damaged the white house, what is joe biden's take on all this? the answer may surprise you, that is next. shipstation saves us so much time it makes it really easy and seamless pick an order print everything you need slap the label on ito the box and it's ready to go our cost for shipping, were cut in half just like that go to shipstation/tv and get 2 months free the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >> >> genocidal, netanyahu is a fascist leader, as well, they are committing genocide everyday. >> do you support israel to exist? are you saying get rid of israel all together? >> get rid of it. [chanting] >> laura: well, joe biden enjoyed the beach time, as he usually does on the weekend in wilmington, rohoboth beach. calls for intifada and signage that featured swastika, i thought biden was horrified. >> when i saw folks carrying nazi swastikas, torches and chanting antisemitism bile that was heard through germany in the early '30s. i could not remain silent after charlottesville. >> laura: suddenly the cat has his tongue here? or if he gets political out of it. only a hundred people or so at char charlottesville. joining us victor from the hoover. here is damage we are showing on the screen. white house gates. did the january 6 people spraypaint inside the capitol or damage statues? i'm not remembering that. >> i don't think they did, but they redefined insurrection for us. any time masked groups of people get near government insulation or deface government statutary or the gate or disrupt congressional proceedings or go into the are tunda, where it is proh prohibited, it is insurrection, especially when an elected official tries to rev everybody up and not quell. that is what rashida tlaib did when she promulated that lie about the bombing was a result of israel action. all these people should be object of fbi teams going over videos and calling them up, visiting their homes and soon we should expect the doj to file felony charges. if they are going to be consistent. >> laura: protests are hurting biden politically, did democrats have anyone to blame, but themselves in the anti-america bile sold in schools and universities and embraced by the biden administration. >> i think they got mesmerized by support for ceos, corporate board room, academia and didn't realize there was no popular support. biden seems captivated by the crowds, the arab american voters are only 2% in michigan and less in new jersey, it is 1%, nevada, etcetera. there is no support on polls for ole border, sanctuary cities, tran advocacy, they think it resonates with the american people and they are unaware, you can see that with barack obama, he thinks there is opening for him to come out of retirement and weigh in on the palestinian subject. this is from guy with four states. he doesn't realize people blame his policies that biden followed religiously for biden's own problems. he said we were all complicit and should feel complicit with the middle east issue the middle east is a mess because barack obama brought back robert malley and put him in position of influence and gave us the iran deal. he distanced himself from israel and championed the palestinians and west bank. >> laura: hold on a second, what did it mean when obama called it the occupation, victor, he called it occupation, what did that mean? >> it means historically illiterate, gaza was free of israeli since 2005, had an election typical in middle east. one election, one time. they got what they wanted and barack obama knows it and has to use empty, tired word occupation that has no historical accuracy. it is pathetic to watch him, he's a has been and thinks people listen to him and has no awareness unpopularity of joe biden is reflection of continuation of his first two terms. >> laura: we have to will roll, news on the nashville shooter manifesto and trump takes stand in his new york civil trial and what the judge told him will probably shock you. stay there. s ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. ♪ if i could be you and you could be me ♪ ♪ for just one hour ♪ ♪ if we could find a way to get inside each other's mind ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ ♪ well before you abuse, criticize and accuse ♪ ♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ >> the documentary evidence demonstrated he falsely inflated assets. >> this is a scam and a case never should have been brought and case that never should be dismissed. >> he rambled, hurled insults. i will not be bullied, this case will go on, justice will prevail. >> laura: heated moments today, the president took the stand. the judge demanding trump's attorneys control him on the stand. good luck. saying, i don't want to hear everything he has to say. joining me is impeachment lawyer. i know you were watching this and getting reports as it was happening. this is not a jury trial, i don't understand why they did not request a jury. in a situation like this, the judge said he does not want to hear what trump has to say, what does that signal? >> yeah, let's make that clear issue the judge said, i don't want to hear what he has to say. that epitomizes the sham this is. of all cases against president trump, this is most offensive, at least right now, to most. case there are no losses, no victims, allows a partisan judge who ran on getting trump which is problematic and allows a judge without a jury to determine he is going to take away president trump's business licenses in new york state, take away valuable property. it is a sham. we heard it, this case seems to be all about the judge. he has a section reserved for hads friends and law clerk friends to come watch. autoa circus to him. i imagine the poll numbers went up after today. trump stood up to this judge like every american would like to say. usually they say you can't talk to a judge this way. president trump is savvy and knows this judge already decided and he called it like it was. he didn't ask to be there, you must listen to what he has to say or you are making it more of a sham. >> laura: david, i want to play a cnn report from inside the courtroom, watch this. >> after trump testified, his lawyer signalled there are motions they would like to file, file a motion for mistrial and issues they want to raise related to the gag order. the judge encouraged them not to file any such motion and said that he was ordering them not to file that motion. >> laura: she's obviously outside the courthouse. judge backed down from that order. to deny any motion out of hand without seeing the motions, that was risking what, motion for mistrial or more grounds for the appeal that is obviously going to come? >> certainly ground for appeal, he's going out of his way to show the american public he runs a sham courtroom. as a lawyer, i can tell you, we all have a vested interest in seeing it operates properly. never should have allowed the attorney general to bring this case. the law is broad, executive law that permits this. you mentioned jury trial, this executive law, case construing its no right to a jury trial. his lawyer should have still asked for one to preserve the record. this case goes beyond injuncturive relief if they intend to fine him $2million and take away his business. god forbid that is upheld by any court, even a court in new york. >> laura: david, great to see you, thank you so much. finally, where is that manifesto we kept hearing from the trans tennessee shooter. i'm asking the same question, where is the manifesto? where is the manifesto? why hasn't the public seen this? we may have answers, imimages proported to be from audrey hale's notebook are on social media. it provides insight into her demonic, twisted mindset. these comments are very disturbing. halewrote, i'm ready, i hope my victims are not, i hope i have a high death count. she took issue with children who had what she called priet privilege and went to fancy private school and fancy khakis and daddy's vehicles. source told fox 17 these are authentic. joining me is james r. fitzgerald. you and i have been urging authorities to release the manifesto from day one and it seems like someone in law enforcement was tired of what seemed like many to be politically motivated cover-up. what are your thoughts tonight? >> i believe i was on with you night of the shooting and the next night and said this thing needs to be released. basic narrative behind why this person chose to shoot up the school, three kids, three adults, would have been higher body count if she got her wish. we should know about this. i knew about this with other cases, unibomb, lapd officer t