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♪. howard: two weeks before the iowa caucuses in the republican primary has a new opponent from the ranks of those who say their defending democracy a single main democrat, secretary of state sh shanna bellows has knod donald trump off the ballot, one person a lifelong liberal a joe biden supporter following the lead of colorado supreme court in invoking the 14th amendment in declaring the former president and eligible. that would take the decision out of the voters hands and is an absolute media bombshell. when we look at iowa it's worth noting that very conservative republicans have one the complicated caucuses in the past, mike huckabee in 2008, rick santorum, 2012, takers 2016 and gone on to lose, the media's intense focus on iowa always gives the winner a boost, we've never seen numbers like this with the fox business pull pain donald trump of 52%, ron desantis the 18%, nikki haley at

16% in iowa that's what we call a blowout, truck made a video urging iowa supporters to turn out with anonymous warning. >> do whatever it takes, we will win we will win big and that's what you have to do the other side does cheat. >> nikki haley who's embroiled in the country about the word slavery has surged into second place in new hampshire still 30 points behind trump and is tired of journalist asking about it. >> you guys are exhausting, your exhausting in your obsession with them, the thing is that normal people are not obsessed with trump like you guys are. >> maybe so but it's an uncontested fact that trump's numbers keep going higher. i am howard kurtz, on this last day of 2023 this is a special edition of "mediabuzz".

♪. howard: i sat down with nancy may sue said she's been mistreated by the media and fellow republicans. after many months ron desantis is sharpening his attacks on the former president and branching out to nonconservative outlets as morning joe. >> it is interesting on the january 6 protest, he called the rally knowing that that was going to be in d.c. where things could get potentially out of hand. >> the new york times and advanced obituary quotes the florida's governor saying the campaign is trying to make the candidate comfortable as in hospice care, he denies saying that the paper cites personnel shakeups, overspending, fires and resignation at his super packet awkward and personal encounters gop strategist stuart stevens is calling ted cruz without the personality. in that piece it triggered plenty of media chatter.

>> the, could mark the beginning of the end of desantis' campaign. >> it appears that ron desantis is a candidate is not working for people. >> it is hard to see unless desantis pulls a rabbit out of his hat. joining is not to analyze the coverage in new york rich lowry editor of national review and richard follow radio talkshow host and fox news contributor rich lowry what you make of the pre-opens very desantis like the wedding new york times and how is that to the government in the stretch. >> this is the most comprehensive negative coverage i can never remember of any presidential candidate. i don't think ron desantis has one good news cycle the entire year even before he got in as a combination of hostility of the press and the fact that the campaign has not gone very well. we talked about desantis in the past and the beginning of the year and is not and he just got

in, months before the caucuses it's not early anymore, it's really late. >> certainly there's been an overwhelming of negative stories, richard fellow of the desantis camp says it's a double standard that every misstep is portrayed as intimate doom which isn't to say he had a long flight in the polls, financial problems and trumps legal issues sucking out the oxygen as ron desantis puts it. let's be very clear, the beginning of this republican primary which they started this time last year, ron desantis was a great help for the republicans and he was supposed to be the antidote to donald trump when he emerged what happened he sort of did not fill the shoes his feet were not big enough to fill the shoes in the media help that and they also do believe his campaign with the number of missteps and staff shuffling also made this a very, very hard

race for him and the fact that people are calling this too early iowa has a way of surprising us and the voters have a way of surprising us but i believe this is the beginning of the end of ron desantis as we know him as a political contender. >> sure but sometimes there is surprises, i reached out to brian griffin the spokesman for the desantis campaign and he told me this the mainstream media are terrified of ron desantis and are working overtime to tear him down to the primary, never have the media themselves were so transparently to influence the outcome of a race before a single vote has been cast. it is as versatile system. let's move on to nikki haley in the press said she's the discipline candidate but she got into trouble new hampshire town hall, take a look. >> i think the cause of the civil war was basically how government was going to run the freedom of what people could and couldn't do. >> in the year 2023 if you

answer that question without mentioning the word slavery. >> what you want me to say about slavery. >> the next day she walked back with reporters. >> of the required clarification of saying yes the civil war was about slavery i'm happy to do that. howard: how on earth does nikki haley get herself in so much trouble by dancing around the word slavery and asked about the cause of the civil war. >> sometimes i think the media makes gas out of nothing or something that aren't gaffes this was a gaffe it is hard to understand that she felt cornered by this question clearly she was defensive about this question and seemed at sea about this question but all she had to say if slavery wasn't the cause it was a contributor to the start of the civil war and she would not do it and everyone jumped on her opponents, the media she cleaned it up but

saying it while hours later does not make up for not saying that at the moment. >> if you walk it back you have to get it in the same news cycle. nikki haley knows her state of south carolina cited slavery as the first reason for that. richard fowler this is the party of lincoln and they tried hard to clean it up, as governor she acted boldly and taking down the confederate flag from the statehouse grounds, do you think she concluded today's modern republicans don't want to hear any talk about slavery. >> i think that is part of it let's be very clear not only from south carolina but in the presidential debate she said in favor president was abraham lincoln, this is something she should have known, here's what happened, nikki haley is somebody who is a trained diplomat who tried to give a diplomatic answer at a time with diplomacy was necessary she had to say slavery was a cause for the civil war she gave a diplomatic rhetorical flourish and here's what happens would you do that, the media pounces on that but voters look at that

and say maybe are not as good as we thought you were, as she goes into new hampshire with the fact that chris christie is still on the ballot, this may prove some complications for her being likely to take on donald trump. >> it was amazing the next day the 9-year-old boy out of town hall called her a flip-flop or like john kerry given his young age i was surprised by that. also she does try to thread the needle and this is prompted a new scrutiny for the former ambassador, a couple of headlines rich lowry on the same day by chris christie defines calls to dropout and politico says christie can help pave the way for trumps domination from nikki haley. that in my view doesn't happen by accident.

>> it seems like an obvious point, this is the candidate his entire rationale is stopping donald trump in the wednesday where you got attraction to new hampshire in 14-point somewhere in there, clearly his vote was coming from nikki haley and she's generally searching new hampshire and 15 points not extremely close to new hampshire yet but she added christie's vote to haley's vote and she would be close why is a guy whose whole thing about stopping donald trump not seeing this away everyone else's. maybe i'm being defensive, i've written this column to a couple of weeks ago that chris christie should get out. maybe i'm guilty with everyone else but it seems to be the obvious point. >> i'm sure he's run the numbers but even if chris christie got out today it doesn't necessarily put nikki haley over the top in terms of overtaking trout. i know you like chris christie because you meant to that in the

column. >> i have to agree with richard on this point, the impetus for him getting into the reason why he's been so good of the debate because is been the only candidate willing to call out trout and bring trout to the mat. here lies the problem the formula is in the math at this moment as a result of that he has to make a decision joyce taylor get out in the ideal that i stay in because of ego, mib and the spoiler mi keeping donald trump at the race to keep my news cycle and that's a question the christie campaign as to keep themselves. >> i think that's a fair point andy has brought a viewpoint that no one else has it's really interesting to contrast and a lot of tv attention. donald trump got a whole lot of attention as he intended when he sent out a couple of christmas messages as the first part of it saying joe biden's mistress and thugs like jack smith are coming

after me at levels of persecution never before seen intercountry, three? selection interference, and merry christmas and in a follow-up made a rotten hell. again merry christmas. merry christmas but what you make of that does a president seem increasingly angry. >> not a lot of good cheer and those messages. but a lot of republicans like the fact that whole talk like that and a lot of republicans ignore and don't think it's a big deal. one thing that's clearly happening when he was president his tweets were seismic events they moved entire new cycles and the truth social has been ignored until now. as is getting closer to the nomination you get to see more and more media attention on true social. >> much more media attention and richard follow maybe trying to rally up his base because that's

who the campaign seems geared to. it seems if you trump supporter the feeling that you have is that people are out to get donald trump and people think the system is treating him unfairly. when he puts the tweets into the atmosphere it adds to the feeling and i think we're going to talk about the next segment whether it's many of the cases that the people aren't following the day today like we are in the media. what ends up happening every time he puts the tweets out and says jack smith or a taxi attorney general or the prosecutor in atlanta what it creates is the feeling over and over again which is coalesced them around him which is why you see higher numbers in iowa in time numbers in new hampshire. as journalist we have to understand the feeling is author and the feeling is real for the voters. >> i think like the four indictments help donald trump in something like this are wondering why he's using this

language but it may help him with his base, finally as were about to talk about being knocked off the ballot in a couple of states, obviously that could go to the supreme court i think also helps donald trump because the deep state is out to get him as many of his supporters believe. >> my interview with nancy mace, when we come back how does a single main democrat that's not a lawyer get to bar donald trump from the states ballot? ivered ft with doordash, so you don't have to leave the couch. oof! that was fast. mucinex. available on doordash. it's comeback season. we're traveling all across america talking to people about their hearts. who wants to talk about their heart?

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howard: it's come to this is seen single democratic official has knocked donald trump off the ballot secretary of state shenna bellows is holding hands with president biden to delegate to his convention unilaterally

ruled that trump is an insurrectionist under the 14th amendment more egregious in colorado with the state's highest court and democratic appointee bartram from the ballot it was like a new year's gift for the media. >> what are the democrats so afraid of are they afraid of democracy, they don't want to have 70 on the ballot because they don't think they can beat him fair and square to the knocked him off the ballot. if the dui can disqualify you i don't see how it insurrection can disqualify you from running for president. >> i cannot imagine the supreme court keeping the guy who is poised to be the republican nominee off of the ballots. >> donald trump never tried a trick like this at the dirty trick and it's wrong it is good to divide this country. shannon bellows immediately made the rounds on cnn and msnbc. >> mr. trump was aware of the healing in a multi-month effort to challenge legitimacy with the 2020 election. and then in an unprecedented and tragic series of events chose to

lay a much. >> in new york she and abella supported donald trump's impeachment after january 6 hardly an unbiased observer ran the state aclu she's not part of the court, where did she get off single-handedly knocking donald trump off the ballot in maine. >> she is the point of secretary of state and partisan and she held a halfhearted hearing for a couple of hours and decided on her own no one is going to accept the legitimacy of this theory if she has this authority has to be treated with the utmost care and she didn't she's wrong about article three of the 14th amendment. i agree with the clip from matt lewis, supreme court is going to take this up at it's very unlikely it'll let it stand. >> i agree with both points the supreme court will take this up and trump appealing this is the main court and he's expected to file an appeal to colorado

ruling in a couple of days, richard in d.c. they call this partisan hostel also on american democracy. now shenna bellows said she's following state law making a decision she had to make the decision. the question is in my view, who gets to decide whether donald trump is an insurrectionist, all 50 states? >> i think this is indeed the conundrum of our time and as we look at the selection we first acknowledge what jason chaffetz reviewed the cities go to divide the country was very divided, further divide the country, it's pretty much split in their split on how we see january 6 and their split on how we see donald trump for the folks that are part of donald trump's camp last segment it seems as though they feel that trump was cheating the election even there there's no

evidence, and the idea that trump is the gop nominee which seems likely at this point, i think the only way to beat them is voters coming out and saying we have a problem with his presidency before january 6 and whatever the reason might be, it can't be the idea that were going to use the rules and in this case unilaterally i think the colorado supreme court in a way has a little bit more because there's judges looking at interpretation where there is dissenting opinions of the 14th amendment saying we believe he might've been insurrectionist, i'm not a lawyer and i'm not going to interpret that and unlocking a player lawyer either on this particular point it'll go to the court in the making decision. >> shenna bellows is a lawyer either but she was in the media defending herself. we've seen these many media liberals and some democrats have criticized what democrat shenna bellows did shooting the main ruling in colorado and trump is guilty and has to go when he

hasn't even been charged with insurrection. do they not recognize what an outrage this is imagine if this is being done to joe biden it feeds the narrative the democrats will do anything to stop him. >> they will never acknowledge that, they think eddie means to stop donald trump is legitimate even if it's totally unjustified under the law in a journalistic terms obviously it's help trump, and journalistic terms the republican primary has been the dullest primary in my adult lifetime what is been interesting is the indictments getting kicked off the ballot, this is where the energy has been in the interest in usually you devote who's good when iowa but that sounded interesting question because trump leads by so much. this is one of the reasons he leads, only two things that have

happened to the primary he got indicted and kicked off the ballot which helped him and is pulling against joe biden has been really good which taken the electability argument away and those two things combined to increase the natural strength of your it had. >> the media loves covering donald trump and has taken a whole lotta coverage it might've gone to nikki haley and desantis and others with two big states coming up, iowa and new hampshire and is gone mostly to trump. some big blue states this week, california supported by gavin newsom, michigan supreme court, trump can stay on the ballot, doesn't that make maine and colorado look like uber partisan outliners. >> it does we have 12 more hours to the new year end as we go into this new year my critique or advice and there is a reason why all across the country get frustrated with the city. were debating whether not donald trump should be on the ballot in

all across the country people are debating how they're going to put them on the table. there debating how they're going to make ends meet when the candidates are sitting down for interviews whether as president joe biden or ambassador nikki haley the question the media should be asking how we can help americans put food on the table. i urge members of the media to assess questions instead of how you feel about january 6 or how do you feel about that because that's what voters are frustrated with and that's why they're turning the election o off. howard: those questions are offering in africa as we saw with nikki haley on abc saying you guys are obsessed with trump maybe the media like the ratings or miss donald trump. good to see you both rich lowry, richard fowler, thank you for joining us. we will go to israel for report on accusations that benjamin netanyahu government wants to displace huge numbers of palestinians. to help get you ready, your aspen dental team is celebrating 25 years of affordable care

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opinion piece arguing that egypt's peninsula is an ideal location to develop a spacious resettlement for the people of gaza another israeli paper reported that benjamin netanyahu favored the voluntary migration of gaza residents in other countries, joining us from israel fox news correspondent trey yingst, now critics including in israeli press are accusing the benjamin netanyahu government of ethnic claims didn't israel promise the displace gaza residents will be able to return to their homes. >> exactly that's exactly what the israelis promise when they told palestinians to move from the northern part of gaza to the southern part of the strip. the people that are floating this idea of actually removing palestinians from gaza and putting them into the sinai peninsula have naturalistic views on this war and views that will not be accepted objectively for a variety of reasons. when you first look at this idea

you talking about moving palestinians into egyptian territory egyptian said that's not going to happen and they're not willing to consider this as a temporary measure to relieve some of the pressure on the palestinian civilians in the southern part of gaza. the second point has to do with the entire region countries like jordan and the gulf and the qatari's those that have some interest in the conflict unfolding right now and gaza have supported the palestinians and pushing back against this idea it is not likely to happen even on a temporary basis and those who are considered more moderate in the war cabinet including others that say this is not going to take place. you may see this from the nationalist far right individuals in the israeli political system, the reality on the ground is not likely to happen. >> i would add israel tries to minimize civilian casualties were hamas' reason to exist is ethnic cleansing and possible and wipe israel off the map.

another incident in a tough week for the israelis, israel's express for the two airstrikes that killed many gazan civilians saying to use the wrong weapons that was accidental but doesn't fuel the narrative that the idf is not in any way showing the restraint that president biden has been urging? >> is very rare that the israeli military comes out and apologizes for any strike especially inside of gaza 86 days into the conflict, the apology came on thursday and they were referencing the camp in the central part of the gaza strip, we talked about this before but the specific incident led to the deaths according to palestinian media of dozens of noncombatants, civilians who were residing in the central part of gaza when the strikes took place, the israelis say they were going after hamas militants in this part of gaza. as a result they killed many

civilians, this is not the first time this is happened since the war began and it certainly will not be the last it does highlight the efforts by the israelis to explain when they make a mistake but is not the first time they made such a mistaken side of gaza involving can independently confirm the numbers for the palestinian health ministry because it's run by hamas of 20000 dead inside of gaza we know thousands of civilians have been killed since the ground invasion began. the majority are not hamas militants they are women and children of men who were sheltering in different parts of gaza. the main criticism for the israelis has to do with the relocation of the strikes they have been telling civilians to move to the central and southern part of gaza since the war began in the shakiness area. >> the killing of all the civilians is tragic but hamas contributes a little bit by embedding near schools and hospitals and things like that. stay safe, thank you so much for joining us. howard: next on "mediabuzz" nancy mason's back against the

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howard: nancy mace has strong words for the media and often embroiled with their own party, i sat down with republican congresswoman from south carolina here in studio two. >> nancy mace, welcome. >> thank you for having me to today. >> congresswoman this political headline seems to sum up your coverage, gop knives out for nancy mace, when you describe yourself as an independent voice do you think the media has been unfairly. >> absolutely i am a fiscal conservative but i have an independent streak i have not bought and paid for, listen to the people who voted me into congress, i owed nothing to anyone except for the people that put me here and that makes me a maverick sometimes and i marched to the beat of my own drum just the way my state would want me to. i'm not bold into the establishment and i'm not bold

into washington in nature to be an honest broker, because you cannot control me and no one has the power i do the right thing and i believe is the right thing to do that frustrates people and angers people, sometimes it's knives out for the maverick. >> he famously came out with the scarlet letter shirt the a this was after to vote kevin mccarthy sadie had not kept his promises to you, what was the message of the attention grabbing shirt. >> because i was being persecuted by everybody in the media and bullied by kevin mccarthy and mocked everywhere in d.c. and in the media and that's what they sometimes do to conservative women, were not allowed to have a voice or our own voice a lot of times in mainstream media and that was basically me saying to heck with all of you i'm getting do the right thing and you can bully me as much as you want and i don't care i'm good to do the right thing and voting to ask kevin mccarthy was the right thing.

>> every cigar house republican as you no as the media keep running out voted to authorize impeachment inquiry against president biden does it trouble you as the press keeps saying this is strictly a one-party vote. >> is a bunch of hypocrisy on the hill it wasn't that long ago with the left and democrats were saying we have to follow subpoena power and hold people in contempt is impeachment inquiry and the way we do business in washington and they don't want to follow their own rules and republicans are in charge and one of the few people in congress today that is not going to be a hypocrite on impeachment and not going to be a hypocrite on subpoena power because i held both sides of power the beauty of being an independent voice is being able to say when both sides are wrong and hold their feet to the fire. >> that makes both sides mad. >> again trouble i don't care to right thing to do and republican spend too much i do want to be a part of it.

democrats in same way, will hold both sides accountable with the same standard matter what that is. >> you've taken a lot of heat from the right for same republicans have to change the way that they talk about abortion. >> absolutely when we are losing the fight on abortion every single day we all know being pro-life and i can pro-life be in the compassionate way and compassionate policy but were losing the fight because were not being compassionate to women we are throwing it back in their face, they look at the texas ruling that is an emotional ruling, most women the vast majority agree with the woman whose baby tries to be 18 inches you have the option to make a decision and not the state or bureaucrats on a panel in texas to decide what to do that's a very intimate and painful decision, we can even talk about contraception. i can even talk about birth control and if you want to be serious about reducing the number of abortions in this

country we have to have a conversation about how women can have greater access to birth control. people say that's not really a thing. in my home state of south carolina we have 14 states in the entire state they don't have a single ob/gyn dr., how are they supposed to get access to birth control. common sense. howard: there's a long-standing reason why this is a personal issue. >> i was raped at the age of 16 i am a survivor of rape, when i talk about exceptions for rape and incest, is deeply personal to me because i know the pain, the tremendous lifelong pain that a woman goes through when she has been traumatized in that way it's not for a day or week as for her entire lifetime. we are to show compassion and to support for those women and i'm in favor of the idea for women who choose to have an abortion, get them the counseling that they need afterwards so they don't make the decision again. all those compassionate things

but were afraid to talk about it. we want to bury our head in the sand and look the other way that is a huge electoral problem and it's even a problem in local elections in may rural elections were republican mayors have lost to democrats because of the issue of abortion and mayors don't get to say on abortion at the state or federal level but it's been a localized issue inactivated the left in our electoral system. >> the medias wrap on you when your district was redrawn to be more conservative that you abruptly moved to the right? >> nodded all i call it like i see it i'm still voting on the same thing that i voted on last session. when i one by 1.2020, this was confirmed by the supreme court a few weeks ago when the district was redrawn and only got 1.36 points better, essentially one point better so the district has not changed politically is still very diverse about 40% of the

district or independents they're not part of either party which is why i enjoy having an independent voice in congress. >> balancing work and family is a challenge for anybody a service i capitol hill, you recently been asked about breaking up with her fiancé, will happen. >> a bunch of media wrote about it the infidelity can be a very painful thing, i caught him being unfaithful he was on a dating app so i dumped him. i would encourage any women in the same situation to walk away and try to make the best life that you stand for you and your family and do the right thing. it's been a very painful couple of weeks for me and my children. howard: i'm sure. you said last week if you treat me a certain way i will punch you in the face, moving away a little bit you the first graduate of the citadel i assume you meant it figuratively but you were trying to make a point. >> so many times in washington people will straight apply to your face and they will lie,

cheat and steal to get what they want they'll still your legislation or try to co-opt and hurt your chances just because of ego. they don't want to pass the bill or doing about net and a lot of this ego and a lot of lying and i see that former leadership which is why the way i vote that i vote as not okay, the american people deserve better. >> than you very much for joining us. >> after the break, the crisis of what's become an open border now finally in the medianex spotlight. ♪ so you don't have to leave the couch. oof! that was fast. mucinex. available on doordash. it's comeback season. it's true, though -

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>> secretary of state meeting with mexico's president with the border crisis and getting no help msnbc and cnn have joined fox news with reports from the unbelievable surge and migrant crossings. >> whatever they're doing it is not working, shame on them it hurts people in the border towns in the sanctuary city. >> this entire field filled with thousands of migrant families behind me in those instances it took hours if not days to process everyone here. >> that's what we see on the u.s. southern border the u.s. border patrol still overwhelmed they are stretched thin which creates gas and border security. >> joining us from new york griff jenkins a fox news anchor and correspondent you spent a lot of time as a lonely reporter in eagle pass suddenly and

belatedly it seems like everyone is covering the border new york times had a couple big stories the other day, why the change of heart with the biter administration has failed to get control the border for years now. >> they cannot ignore it, that is the simple fact in the networks and the journalist at heart first and foremost and i gotta tell you as we close this year the situation at our southern border has never been in a worse crisis from a humanitarian standpoint to a national security threat aspect and was just mentioning and the clip, the reason why is because the drone team for fox, they are the unsung heroes because they have shown the american people and they have shown the other networks that tens of thousands in eagle pass 3000 to 4000 today that even crossing for more than 150 countries we are shy right now of 300,000 for the month of december, it is going to shatter

records i will be anchoring "fox & friends" in the morning we will report that number but this is the story the poses not only national security threat but also situation we have never had from a humanitarian standpoint at her border with migrants also dying at a higher rate to get here than ever before. >> are the pictures that we were just looking at some of them will far more important than the words you not only have the 12000 in one day crossing the border but if we can put it up he of the human caravan and even if you don't follow the news closely the pictures and images are unforgettable. >> unbelievable i've had a lot of time, the leader of the caravan i've been speaking with for the last several days yesterday he gave me a message for president joe biden saying let us in and they're carrying a banner at the front of the caravan which is 6000 or 8000 strong at the moment saying free us from poverty. they are not coming because

there is a banner. the coming for economic reasons, not for credible fear threat reasons that's what shifted this a administration and chose to favor a mass release policy that is struggling migrants and numbers that this country has ever seen and certainly in numbers at the border patrol officials cannot handle. howard: were a little tight on time but let me ask you this, the white house said anthony blinken and alejandro mayorkas to meet with mexicans president and got virtually nothing did not even hold a press conference. are you taking issue with how the biden white house talks about the situation? >> absolutely. nothing came of that meeting the government from the mexican government said the amnesty was discussed which was the last thing that you have to do when you need to stop the flow. specifically with regards to karine jean-pierre the white house press secretary last week

to sever twitty first unit at the podium and she said it's not unusual what we see in the border, that is simply not factually accurate. at very best she's oblivious to what is happening in very worst she is intentionally lying to the american people but the pictures, the images, the drone shot, the facts, the numbers that we have been given because officials want them out there, they tell the true story so we'll see if the administration begins to be more honest about what is happening. >> obviously you speak with the passion of somebody's spent lots of time at the border just briefly this is longer portrayed pushed by conservative media, when you migrants being shipped to democratic cities and the mayors of new york and chicago criticizing the biden administration isn't this a bipartisan crisis. >> is without a doubt, you see the congressman and mayors and democrats in these border towns of border states speaking out i will make a prediction for you

finally the border is going to be the story of 2024 it's going to start as a big one to be a big one in the presidential election, dhs was created in the wake of 9/11 to protect from threats and we just had iranian come across with links to terrorism and it's a big story and working to be paid a lot of attention to it. still to come west apologizing for his anti-semitism in the new york times getting skewered for writing an op-ed by a top hamas official. ♪ [sneeze] dude you coming? ♪ alka-seltzer plus powermax gels cold & flu relief with more concentrated power because the only thing dripping should be your style. plop plop fizz fizz winter warriors with alka-seltzer plus.

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the jewish community for any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions in hebrew on instagram, was not my intention to hurt or demean and i deeply regret any pain i may have caused and committed to making the promoted promoting unity. kanye has a new album coming up, could not account for his suppose a change of heart. new york times has joined the concert entered criticism by the op-ed of the mayor of gaza city who by definition is a top hamas official, this rash complaint of the nightmare of israel destroying gaza's buildings and cultural's saying i can't imagine how any sane person could engage in such a horrific campaign of destruction and death. seriously from a terrorist group of grandmothers and babies and took hostages and the reviews of terrorism, drawn endless pro-israel columns if you thought the timeshare to defy james bennett per posting an

opinion column by republican senator tom cotton you have to be consistent about a single piece arguing the other side in gaza. 50 years ago a study of journalist political affiliations found that 36% said they were democrats, 26% said they were republicans and nearly 33% said independent that was then, now according to an online syracuse university more than half say the independent and more than 36% say the democrats and the proportion of republican journalist just 3.4%, the figures is an awful lot about why so many view the news business is bias. i grew up listening to a brothers comedy, tom would tell and sad to see the smugglers died at the age of 86, when cbs gave these guys a comedy show back in 1967 they stirred up all kinds of controversy talking

about taking on the vietnam war racial tensions, drug use, hot button topics that simply were not discussed in tv entertainment. >> our government is asking us as citizens to refrain from traveling to foreign lands. all you guys in vietnam. >> after they battled the network sensors for three season cbs abruptly canceled the show and replaced it with he ha, that was corporate cowardice. that is it for the special edition of "mediabuzz", i'm howard kurtz wishing everyone a happy new year and happy and healthy 2024 you can subscribe to my daily podcast "mediabuzz", millions of downloads now and i hope you will join the conversation. we are back here next sunday in the new year, love and eastern. we hope to see you then. and now, get max strength topical pain relief

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