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already led to the cancellation of some events, and it comes at a time when candidates really have no time to spare. they're using every single day until caucus day to shake every hand, meet every voter. phil? >> even the water causing issues. this important time. eva mckend, thanks so much. this wednesday, jake tapper and dana bash moderate the republican presidential debate live from iowa. you don't want to miss it. we have a lot to talk about. trump again mocking a prisoner of war while praising jailed insurrectionists. how the former president is reframing the capitol attack. and what a key player in hamas hostage talks says could complicate those efforts even more. stay with us.
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that day. >> they ought to release the j6 hostages. they've suffered enough. and raised eyebrows when he made this comment about the civil war. >> they could have been negotiated and they wouldn't have had that problem, but it was a hell of a time. >> reporter: this week, the former president will be toggling back and forth from the campaign trail to the courtroom with a jam-packed schedule. on tuesday, he will be in a d.c. courtroom where opening arguments will be held on his immunity claim. on wednesday, he will be back in iowa for a town hall event, and on thursday he will be in a new york city courtroom where the closing arguments in the civil fraud case against him, his sons, and the trump organization will begin. and a bit of a wrinkle, phil. it is expected to snow in the coming hours, and that has
representative by a former editor who told the telegraph this did not happen. name of several celebrities come up, naomi campbell, leo narredo decaprio and george lucas, michael jackson and david copperfield. again, none of them are accused of committing crime, it gives better idea who epstein was rubbing shoulder with. >> he was rolling at highest level among politicians, celebrities, leaders, art, phil an throppy, people were willing to do business with him and take his money. there are two types of justice, justice for elite and justice for everyone else -- disgraced
questioning as well as the audience members. caucus members, a lot undecided yet. a lot of undecided caucus voters. i thought governor desantis was clear in his message. he is exceptionally prepared to be president and his campaign i think is going to do very well monday, january 15. >> you told erin burnett last night if his organization turns out on caucus night he may shock the nation. we heard a lot about his organization, effort they put in on the ground, the super pac that supports him, but the if the front of that statement ways intrigued by. why are you not certain the organization will turn out? >> you always don't know until you get to that night, january 15. you build a great organization. they have done everything they can. as a matter of fact, phil, i thought the cruz organization in 2016 was the best i have ever seen in the iowa caucuses. i am looking at the desantis organization. i think that's light years ahead where cruz was at in 2016.
perhaps designed to appeal to the textualists on the supreme court, the language of the 14th amendment only says that an insurrectionist cannot hold the office of the united states. it does not say the person may not run for office or even be elected to office. so what he says is, i should stay on the ballot, i should be elected. and the only time this can kick in after i'm elected, i couldn't be sworn in. so that would really be an absurd outcome here, that donald trump could be elected and on january 25th, be deemed ineligible to serve, and his vice president would take his place. so i'm hopeful that that argument would be seen for the absurdity that it is. >> ryan nobles, barbara mcquade, phil, thanks to all of you. and the iranian-backed interfering with shipping lanes
course, because we saw foreign governments booking up banquets at the trump hotel in washington, dignitaries staying at the hotel, in an effort to curry favor with the president and his white house. but to see it all documented in this report today and the depth and breadth of it is an important reminder to the public. and this is, i think, the goal of the democrats of just the scale of this potential conflict of interest. >> and phil and ryan, no one is digging into the fact that while they were still in office, jared kushner, january 6th while his father-in-law was still president in saudi arabia ended up with $2 million in hedge funds. barbara, switching gears, the supreme court is being asked to
emollients clause which specifically states if a president was able to receive any benefit from a foreign government of any kind, that has to be approved by congress. that's not a process that donald trump went through to continue to allow the money to flow into the family's coffers. it's unclear, what if anything, will come from the report, of course, house republicans maintain the report, and they'd have to take the steps referring to the justice department or something along those lines. what house democrats want to do is get this into the public sphere and put meat on the bones of accusations that trump was benefitting from foreign governments during his presidency. the other point i'd make, this only covers two years. they'd like to see the full four years of the trump presidency, but house republicans are preventing them from pushing that investigation forward. >> phil, as someone who has covered donald trump and the
stretch before the primaries. the iowa caucuses in 12 days. nikki haley is sharpening her attacks on donald trump. still pulling punches whether it comes to january 6th, the same for ron desantis. here is how he answered when he was asked about his attacks on trump. >> what are you scared of? are you scared of trump? how do you address that? >> terry, i take issue with that. i have rendered very sharp contrasts between donald trump and myself with respect to policy. >> cnn's eve a mckenna is live in portsmouth, new hampshire, with more. what's striking in reading the logs of the town halls and the meetings they are having the last couple of days, sher sharpening their attacks but desantis and haley on trump not going all the way in. it's clear there is a shift. >> reporter: they are, phil. you can hear it on the campaign
witness firsthand their se selflessness, their talent, their tireless dedication, many sacrifice a tremendous amount. that's what i think about. and i'm incredibly proud to work alongside them and to support them in advancing the mission of the department of homeland security on behalf of the american people under president biden's leadership. that's what i think about every day. and i'm incredibly proud of coming to work every day and leaving the office as late as it might be having done the work with such is extraordinary people. >> last one before i let you go. you have been engaged in bilateral discussions in mexico. prth critical discussions that mexican officials will come to the started to implement up to this point? >> so, phil, we've started to see some results. these are not results that occur on the flip of a switch i have