Donald trump agreeing to that or sticking to that, not to mention that promise will be a problem for current candidates who have already said they would never support trump if he gets the nomination. And then there are other republicans about to jump in, including chris christie, trumps number to bike and north dakota governor doug joining me now on the road, nbc news correspondent Vaughn Hillyard in des moines. , this is the first time we have seen a lot of these gop hopefuls on the same stage, why are these events crucial for these candidates . Hey, right. This really was the Summer Campaign kickoff here. But you just laid out why it is extra important. It is because the debate is just two and a half months away. And in order to spread the message for so many of these candidates to a broader part of the electorate, being on the debate stage is going to be key. You just laid out, they are not 45,000 unique donors. Some of these candidates, they are going to have to work to get to that
remove former president donald trump from its 2024 primary ballot. big bipartisan backlash over this. some are calling it a far left political ploy to try to get trump out of this race. maine s top election official democratic secretary of state shenna bellows announcing her unilateral decision last night. last week colorado s state supreme court voted on party lines to boot trump from the state s ballot citing the 14th amendment section three. both state decisions are on hold pending appeal. colorado s secretary of state announced yesterday trump s name will be on the ballot unless the supreme court decides otherwise by january 5th. the maine republican party not holding back on unelected bellows single handed trump takedown. a statement excerpt reads we ve been fighting these back roomy leitz since they started their push to subvert democracy by tossing president trump. we reserve our right as a private organization to use a caucus system if that s what it takes to keep a d
donald trump agreeing to that or sticking to that, not to mention that promise will be a problem for current candidates who have already said they would never support trump if he gets the nomination. and then there are other republicans about to jump in, including chris christie, trump s number to bike and north dakota governor doug joining me now on the road, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard in des moines. , this is the first time we have seen a lot of these gop hopefuls on the same stage, why are these events crucial for these candidates? hey, right. this really was the summer campaign kickoff here. but you just laid out why it is extra important. it is because the debate is just two and a half months away. and in order to spread the message for so many of these candidates to a broader part of the electorate, being on the debate stage is going to be key. you just laid out, they are not 45,000 unique donors. some of these candidates, they are going to have to w
widening war in the middle east after president biden orders retaliatory iron strikes on a group in iraq. plus chaos at the border. america s top diplomat is heading to mexico where thousands of migrants are making the trek to an already overwhelmed u.s. border. local law enforcement are begging for help to deal with the ongoing surge. and lashing out, donald trump spent christmas day attacking his enemies including president biden, counsel jack smith, his christmas message to him, rot in h ell. i m phil mattingly. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with the 2024 race where republican candidates are gearing up for their final campaign push in iowa. 20 days, less than 3 weeks until the caucuses, his rivals will be crisscrossing the state trying to chip away at the front runner status. who can we expect to see in iowa? how are they going to make a difference in what has been a race that trump has led by far and away over the course of the
Manipulate the media in this way, Plant Stories get their views in the media . It goes beyond your wildest imagination. The extent to which the cia has gone to manipulate Public Opinion with the objective essentially of manipulating the mind and attitudes of workers throughout the nation and the world. Jesse if you think journalists should be smarter than that, well, heres a story. I also was interrogator and, indeed, briefed the press. When we, the cia, wanted to circulate disinformation on a particular issue, we would pick out a journalist. I would go do the briefing. And hope that he would put the information in print. What was your percentage of success . Usually, the journalist would go with it because it was it looked like some kind of exclusive and i would say our percentage of planting that kind of data was 70 to 80 . Jesseof this about 40 years. But we have forgotten it. From w. M. D. S to russia collusion, to covid to the laptop. The population has been manipulated through th