that s a bus in new york city and behind that is trump tower. there we go. former president trump about to depart for closing arguments today in his civil fraud trial. the judge has barred him from speaking in court. he wanted to make his own closing argument. the judge said forget about it. so he has been known to talk to reporters on the way in. we re watching that. no buses or trucks, good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana: just us. that s all you get for right now. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we had a wild day yesterday. see how this one turns out. the fraud trial culminating as iowa casts the first votes in the presidential election. the former president was there last night for a fox news town hall and tried to assure voters his second term would not be focused on revenge. i m not going to have time for retribution. we ll make the country so successful i won t have time for retribution. our ultimate retribution is success. dana: bill melugin is
all right, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. the extraordinary moment when donald trump went from disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation to suddenly, in an instance, disgraced, convicted, twice-impeached, four times indicted ex-president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. it s just the beginning of the beginning, the start of a long legal odyssey for donald trump. and because the republican party has followed him willingly down to the rabbit hole toward autocracy, the country has to grapple with it as well. having spent the trial in an environment completely out of his control, defendant donald trump will now be subject to the rules, the demands, and the processes of the criminal justice system, just like any other american citizen, who s been convicted of a felony. his right to vote, even on a ballot that bears his name is likely to survive only because of a quirk of the law in his current home state of florida
the grid for a bit? they think our our friends can we count on them? if there are missiles fired into our troops in syria, iraq, israel, will the united states be able to respond efficiently when we don t know who is in charge? this chain of command, you know this. this chain of command is not a guessing game or subjective. it is real and serious for important reasons and they blew it and still haven t told the american people why or how this could have happened. i m confident not only do our friends worry but adversaries see the chaos and incompetence. dana: asleep at the switch. thank you for bearing with us with that breaking news, appreciate it. thank you, dana. he wasn t testifying. he already turned us down on the subpoena. the justice department put their head in the sand. yeah, this is all just made for tv drama. bill: republicans still reacting after hunter biden s stunt on the hill we watched on