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hemmer. welcome to the program today. dana: this is america s newsroom, i m dana perino. a liberal commentator who said what a year this day has been. it felt like it. it started yesterday. special counsel robert hur released his report on the president s mishandling of documents. charges weren t warranted but the defense of that decision ignited a firestorm. bill: here is part of what set it off. it reads we have also considered that a trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him as a sympathetic, well meaning elderly man with a poor memory. dana: that prompted the president to give rare, last-minute remarks last night where he defended his fitness for office. something the special counsel said in his report is that one of the reasons you were not charged is because in his description you are a well meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. president biden: i m well meaning, an elderly man and i know what the h ....
those, to palestinians have the right to dignity, as you said in angola when i was with you on a trip. you said the future belongs to those who protect dignity, not trample it. i said that in a speech in the reagan forum and i have said it to my counterpart every time i talk to him galant and i emphasize the importance of protecting civilians lives and also emphasize the importance of providing humanitarian assistance to the palestinians. it is critical. it is really important. this is there is no question this has been a tough conflict but as i ve said earlier, we are starting to see the israelis shift their stance and change their approach to a more focused and controlled control is not the right word. a more focused effort on a discrete set of objectives. we talked to them about that weeks ago and they said they were going to do that and they are doing that. but i will continue to emphasize and i know secretary blinken and president biden will continue to empha ....
bill hemmer, good morning, partner. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we made it to february. bill: we did. dana: a little long month that one of january. defense secretary lloyd austin will hold a news conference later this morning. anticipates building for his first major address since his secretive hospital stay. he is expected to face questions on many issues, not least his health. bill: payback against iran. what form does it come? questions swirling about the size and timing of the u.s. response after the deaths of three american soldiers and the wounding of dozens of others by an iranian proxy group out of iraq. all this with another group expanding their targets from the red sea to the air. dana: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon to set it up for us this morning. you will have a front row seat this morning. we will. dana, this is the first time that the press has had an opportunity to question defense secretary lloyd aust ....
people of iowa. the threw everything at the kitchen sink at us. inspite of all that they threw at us, everyone against us. we have our ticket punched out of iowa. when you look at how we re doing in new hampshire, in south carolina, i can safely say tonight i will make this republican primary a two-person race. bill: how about donald trump taking iowa by storm? and by sleet, hail, rain, wind, not really rain. but definitely arctic chill. historic landslide the caucuses. the race moves on to new hampshire a week from today. could be a whole new ballgame. if you were with us late last night we say good morning. back in des moines. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. we re the last men stand. the former president clearing 50% and the majority of the vote and running up the score with nearly every key voting group in communities across the hawkeye state. ron desantis edging out nikki haley for second place. giving his campaign a shot of adrenaline before they go ....
a story we followed for years it comes to what appears to be a conclusion at least on these two stories. on these two. good morning. i think you re right, that this really was not that big of a surprise. there were a lot of people who predicted that this may happen specifically on the tax charges and the gun possession charge. and that charge essentially goes away being diverted, the gun charge. the two misdemeanors he will plead guilty to. this does not stop the investigation into what else is there and the alleged bribery scheme the house republicans are going after pretty intently. i do think that this is another step in the road but one that was predicted and obviously it goes to the president saying he has faith in his son, he never believed he did anything wrong but you heard in that statement from the white house they love him and he is essentially they want to move on. dana: they want to move on. can they move on will be the question. if the justice departme ....