good evening, i m mehdi hasan. we begin tonight in florida. land of endless sunshine, citrus fruit and senior living. welcome to the villages. the florida retirement community is so big it s the same size as the city of gainesville, florida, just off the interstate. also its biggest waco texas and the village is a big deal politically as well. it s a regular stop on the campaign trail for right-wing republicans. donald trump spoke to supporters there in the final stretch before election day. he signed an executive order on medicare there in 2019. while matt gates and marjorie taylor greene took their traveling gave a gifts act there in 2021. when ron desantis said he was stripping disney of his self governing power in the state when he sought to control higher education and when he briefed people on his coronavirus response in 2020, he did it all from, you guessed it, the villages. if something major and conservative politics is happening in florida, and chances are it s happ
kissinger passed away at his home in connecticut yesterday. he was 100 years old. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. kissinger was a leading voice in major decisions impacting the united states and the entire world. i came to this country as a refugee from germany. so i have known in a way that native-born americans cannot experience what this country means to the downtrodden and to those who need a ray of hope. todd: griff jenkins has more on his life and legacy. griff: his strategic decision advised five presidents from nixon to trump, his firm kissinger associates made the announcement saying a respected american scholar and statesman died today in connecticut in his home. reaction from around the globe. secretary blinken praising his contributions from israel. set the standard for everyone who followed and in this job. few people were better students of history, even fewer people did more to sha
winston s churchill s we shall fight them on the beach in june 1940 at the start of world war ii. so yeah. ron desantis seems to be comparing his opposition to the nazis? perhaps nowhere is the orwellian nature of the desantis approach is better illustrated than andrew warren. the sentence a democrat for in effect, not believing with the census does. when you flagrantly violate your oath of office, when you make yourself above the law you have violated your duty. you have neglected your duty and you are displaying a lack of competence to be able to reform those duties. wet? whatever the violations mentioned by desantis in that press conference? andrew warren had said he would not enforce any prohibitions on sex gender operations from minors. something that is under debate