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we're going to move on. i look forward and am excited for the future, but always be very appreciative of the opportunity here, the support, and, you know, what, robert, you've done for me. thank you. >> that's an amazing handshake. >> dynamic. >> i was going to say, going out the way he always did at the podium. muttering how grateful he was. >> i had oatmeal for breakfast but it was 2% milk on it, yes. hey, willie, we've done something wrong all these years, apparently. >> oh. >> you know, we expect to win emmys every year. >> oh. >> sometimes we win so many emmys, you know, it's like, but we don't have enough people to give these emmys to. our friends at espn figured out a solution.
ten-spot move in the middle east was right. he has been criticizing the israeli government for some of these moves, but, ultimately, this gets resolved, in my view, with new israeli elections. until then, we'll have a really tough time in pressing israel to take steps for the day after. the israeli establishment knows they need to do it right now. >> former cia officer marc polymeropoulos. long-suffering red sox fan, marc. >> where is our pitching? >> we're not going to get any. >> still going to opening day, joe. >> we're still going to watch. still going to struggle. >> i got my tickets. >> all right. i'll see ya there. in a few minutes, we'll be joined by pentagon press secretary major general patrick ryder. willie, what do we got going on in the us of a? >> three days until the iowa caucuses. people are going to vote, believe it or not. a new poll puts former u.n.
>> like the alaskan serial killer case. i will be out there. i'd feel better if you'd send willie or maybe lemire out here to be with me. but if i need to, i will. >> it's you solo, baby. thanks so much. greatly appreciate it, john. joining us here, bbc's katty kay. alexi mccammond. the host of "morning editions" and "up first requests on npr. and jonathan lemire is still with us, as well. katty, you've spent a heck of a lot of time traveling around the country, going to iowa. i'm curious your thoughts when you start seeing this race actually getting a little bit more competitive. you're starting to see the rise of nikki haley. ron desantis was supposed to be a comfortable second there, now falling. vivek moving towards being an asterisk. what are you seeing in those numbers. >> the great thing about these races is that people vote, and as the white house likes to keep
of people that forgot, you know, the four years. here he is back in our faces again. i think that is a big factor. >> yeah, may not matter to a lot of republican primary voters in iowa and some other states. it matters in the suburbs of atlanta, suburbs of charlotte, suburbs of philly, the suburbs of detroit, the suburbs of milwaukee, the suburbs of maricopa county in arizona, the very places where this election, willie, are going to be decided. >> that's right. it shows up in polls. the poll last week from "the washington post" showed how many americans bought donald trump's version of january 6th. yes, it showed people who support him believe the story, but when you looked at the country, the majority of americans don't believe it. they think january 6th was a terrible day and he had something to do with it. it is a primary strategy, not a general election one. >> let's underline the fact, also, that in the poll reshowed yesterday, showing joe biden
on the other side, trump's trial. "wall street journal," inflation ticking up. yeah, willie, nothing in there also about all the coaches that just sort of yesterday was -- the harvest, my friend. i mean, one great coach after another gone. >> as always, the paper of record delivers, right on cue, joe. here is the back page of "the new york post" saying, "belichick done torturing jets after 26 years, six crowns with pats." the question, does he coach again? there's atlanta talk. you raised the possibility of dallas, if they choke in the playoffs. the fans get restless there. do you think he is done coaching? >> i do not think he is done coaching. it was a classy exit with him and robert kraft yesterday, patriots owner. belichick made it clear, and
right now with the war in gaza. first, let's bring in former cia officer marc polymeropoulos, former national security and intelligence analyst, and former chief of staff at the pentagon, jeremy bash. i think the united states, the uk, the allies saw as the last straw another attack this year on tuesday. on shipping through the red sea, the united states and british forces intercepted some missiles and some drones that were headed to the ships and decided it was time for this retaliation. what do you see happening from here? >> yeah, i think the biden administration, willie, made the right call because they figured if the houthis are armed with anti-ship ballistic missiles, and if one hits a u.s. naval vessel and sailors are killed, they go down to the bottom of the red sea, then we're at a full-blown war with iran. it is not a war of our choosing, although, i would say that, in my view, we are in a proxy war
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fact that our presidents are literally dictators that could knock out of their opponents at will in the back room? it was astoundingly stupid. >> you know, it was astoundingly stupid and they sounded like idiots, but willie, the headline here is, donald trump believes and admitted it in court yesterday through his attorneys that he can assassinate political rivals -- he can make those orders to s.e.a.l. team 6, assassinate political rivals and have immunity from it. just like he believes that he can assassinate generals who are not sufficiently loyal. just like he believes he can terminate the constitution in his words. just like he believes that he can shut down news outlets that are insufficiently loyal to him. these are all things that he has said, he continues to say, and i can't believe it, but yesterday, he took it to a new level,
that the case they're making, donald trump would have had to be convicted in his impeachment trial for there to be no immunity, having the impeachment trial they said this has to be settled in the courts. now it's in the courts now they're saying it has to be settled by congress. >> let's put aside what the politicians said for a moment. the argument they were advancing is that the only way a former president could be charged, the only way he would not have immunity impeached if in the house and convicted in senate. that's not right as a matter of law. this isn't going to work now, i'd be shocked, willie, i'm not in the business of making
successive appearance he makes, the money he brings seems to be a little bit less. there were no cameras in the courtroom. that doesn't help him. descriptions of him talking to his lawyers and getting animated about the fact that he's doing so well in the polls, he gave that lackluster mini-press conference in his former hotel down the road, he couldn't address the crowds outside the courtroom, the weather was terrible. there was so much security outside the courtroom he couldn't really do it. i'm wondering whether with each of these appearances does it become less of a political draw for him. i don't know. i think willie's right. i wonder whether this particular case claims of immunity has to do with his love of authoritarian. he seems to have this idea that