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much. appreciate it. glad you're indoors staying warm. let's bring in our panel of guests. joining me now is cnn political commentator paul begala, senior political commentator, anna navarro, and molly john fast. guys, thanks to all of you, really appreciate it. here we are on the eve of the iowa caucuses. trump is back to revving up his crowds with pretty nasty rhetoric. here is a clip of trump talking about jimmy carter and saying he is a happy man right now following the passing of first lady rosalynn carter. let's listen. >> i always say jimmy carter's the happiest man alive right now, and it's good because he's somewhat elderly, right? somewhat. my wife went to the funeral of rosalynn two months ago. it's a beautiful funeral. but jimmy carter's a happy man right now because people are considering, compared to biden, his presidency to be a brilliant presidency. >> i mean, just sounds like ugly

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actually beating biden in most polls. >> but what about you, governor? >> most of america is right there. yeah, i'm going to support the republican nominee, absolutely. >> here tonight, cnn's senior political commentator adam kinzinger, a former congressman of illinois and member of the january 6th committee. congressman, were you surprised to hear governor sununu say that? >> i guess nothing surprises me any more. i think, you know, what i was surprised about is how gleeful he was about it. like i mean it's one thing, and it would still be wrong, but it's one thing for him to say look, i don't know, yeah, i might support the republican nominee. but he was all in. of course i will. donald trump is a danger to the country. it didn't seem to faze him. i'll say what is it worth to a man that gamed the whole world but lose your soul? i understand why he said it, because to survive in the current republican party, you have to pledge of allegiance to the leader of the cult. but the gleeful aspect in which

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tina mitchell from the atlanta journal constitution, senior political commentator adam kinzinger, and bakari sellers is here. let's turn for a second. i hate to be a little bit like down in the weed, but it's important to do so because if you look at the charging document, not the document but the booking document today, they actually list on the offense. we will pull out here one of the violations for trump. this is the rico, the criminal enterprise. they list live here the day after the presidential election in 2020. unpack that. why is this listed as that date? >> when you list the offenses and the booking document, you go to the first date of that particular offense. this one is the rico offense. in the indictment of donald trump and his 18 codefendants, act number one, laura, the precipitating event that set

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are always limits on free speech. he also summed up when he gets the reaction to that social media post was from the former presidents attorneys, as quote, oh my god i can't believe he did not again. joined now by senior political commentator, adam kissinger, a member of january six committee. tim mitchell, washington correspondent and -- cnn senior legal analyst -- and author of untouchable how powerful people get away with it. it has not even been a week since the former president was indicted in the 2020 election case. you already see him lashing out a prosecution and the judge. i mean, and now mike pence, where does this go? this >> is going to be a real challenge for prosecutors and the judge alike. as a defendant, donald trump does have some rights. you have the right to criticize and question your judge and your prosecutor. it's on a great idea but you have the right. donald trump has this way of taking his rights and maximizing them and going too far. so, the question is, how far will be too far? the only one who can stop this are the prosecutor and the judge. at some point, i think the prosecution is going to go to

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before this happens and it is up to the judicial branch to figure out when the actual trial happens. >> thank you so much for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you. i want to bring in two more key voices now. cnn's senior political commentator adam kinzinger who served on the january 6th committee and also myles taylor a former trump dhs official who wrote anonymous an op-ed and is the author of a new book called "blow back." thank you both very much. congressman kinzinger, i want to start with you on this extraordinary superseding indictment that really adds a lot of meat to the bones about trump's role in leading an effort to obstruct this investigation. what did you make of the details that we learned tonight? >> here is the interesting thing. i know this is probably not why it was done this way but almost perfect that the former president came out and said i was just showing newspapers and clanthen it is like a

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every defendant has the motion they want to make. some issues apply to one and notteers. we might see a limited, discreet case and charges coming down. >> can they keep it limited and say the grand jury also found this, this? >> it depends. yes, can same conduct and the same incidents should be brought together. >> karen, jim, thank you both so much for your analysis here. it is very interesting, as tomorrow, the grand jury meets again, as we understand it. let's talk about this with senior political commentator, scott jennings.

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national force on education for the right. and despite ties to desantis, the crowd showed a lot of enthusiasm for the former president. i'm joined now by senior political commentator, scott jennings, and marta -- managing editor of "axios." scott, why? why do you think the desantis campaign thought that this video would help them? >> well, they didn't create it. they did retweet it, i think, from one of their accounts. but ultimately for them it's about continuing to build a brand which they think is centered on desantis being a reliable conservative, which they're trying to juxtapose against trump being momentarily interested in paying lip service to things but ultimately not strong enough to follow through on things. so, i think they've done that on this issue now. they've done it on immigration. they've done it on several other to

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indicted and arrested and president joe biden focused on his work and trying to show what jill biden is talking about, that strong, steady leadership. >> and still asked about his predecessor's actions along the way. thank you. for more perspective we are joined by cnn's senior political commentator david axelrod who served as senior advise tower president obama and knows what it is like behind those doors in the west wing very well. what your advice be to the white house if you were there and something this extraordinary was happening? what strategy would you take? >> i think you have to start with what strategy trump is pursuing. we are all speculating on whether this could impair his campaign. we are missing the point. this is his campaign now. he is wrapping his whole campaign around these indictments and the idea that biden and a corrupt deep state are coming after him to try and silence him because he is the avatar, the avenging angel for the alienated american who has

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i have never spoken to a crowd as large as this and that was because they thought the election was rigd and they were there proud, they were there with love in their heart. that was an unbelievable and it was a beautiful day. >> will you pardon the january 6th rioters who were convicted of federal offenses? >> i am inclined to pardon many of them. i can say for -- can't say every single one. a couple of them probably got out of control. >> let's talk about all of this, what happened last night. cnn political analyst herndon, senior political commentator david axlerod and new york law school professor and former prosecutor for the new york district attorney's office, rebecca. thank you for being here. david, let me begin with you. so? i mean, phil got texas gold for biden. maybe, what does it mean for our country? >> these are separate questions

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