american thought leaders and elected officials on these issues and found it really was a gap in the discussion of where the views are the american people. oftentimes your elected officials talk about americans believe x or y but it is not backed up by a lot of evidence. we sought to do with our surveys to make sure when it comes to foreign policy, and national security and defense there is a survey with a pretty deep dive to make sure elected officials and policymakers understand where the american people were. host: how money people are surveyed. guest: we did this in early november, 2500 people were reached out to buy our polling services, some questions were over 1500. overall 2500 respondents. >> there were talking about 50% overallluding 51 percent trump voters prefer a "engaged leadership approach on the international stage. 79% struggling on increasing defense spending at the highest level ever reported on one of these surveys and 71% for more defense spending in the summer of 2023 polling and so what stuck out from you. >> the first one you mentioned was the one that got our attention. 57% of the american people believe american should be leading in the world and i think surprising to many

american officials on this issue and felt there was a gap in where the views are because the american people often times you hear elected officials talk about the american people x, american people believe y, but not backed up by a lot of evidence. what we sought to do with our survey is make sure when it comes to foreign policy, national defense issues, there was an annual survey that was a pretty deep dive into the issues, and make sure our elected officials and policymakers make sure they know where the american people actually are on those questions. people did u rvey? >> we were in the field just after the election. november, 2500 people were reached out to buy our ing servicessome questions were just over 1500, ovit was 2500 respondent >> and topline numbers from the server this year, including 61% of trump voters who prefer a quote, engaged internationalist american leadership approach on the international stage, 79% strongly support an increased defense spending, the highest level ever recorded on one of the surveys, and 71% supported more defense spending in the institute's summer 2023 polling. >> that was really the one that got our attention, as you mentioned. 57% of the amer

american thought leaders and elected officials on these issues and found it really was a gap in the discussion of where the views are the american people. oftentimes your elected officials talk about americans believebut it is not backed up by a lot of evidence. we sought to do with our surveys to make sure when it comes to foreign policy, and national security and defense there is a survey with a pretty deep dive to make sure elected officials and policymakers understand where the american people were. host: how money people are surveyed. guest: we did this in early november, 2500 people were reached out to buy our polling services, some questions were over 1500. overall 2500 respondents. >> there were talking about 50% overall including 51 percent trtersrefer a "engaged ational american leadership approach on the international stag 79% struggling on increasing defense spending at the highest level ever reported on one of these surveys and 71% for more defense spending in the summer of 2023 polling and so what stuck out from you. >> the first one you mentioned was the one that got our attention. 57% of the american people believe american should be leading in the world and i think surprising to ma

american people and with american industry. and i fully believe the policies and the people that president donald trump is bringing into his administration will help move us to the productivity that the american people are wanting to see. they are tired of being broke. >> maria: that's right. we will be looking forward to those hearings in early january. you're also working with elon musk pushing for the passage of the bipartisan kids online safety act requiring online platforms like asked to take steps to prevent harm to children when it comes to cyberbullying and sexual exploitation and drug addiction. your bill is strong but is said there is doubt. >> there is concern about the free-speech component and whether it might lead to further censorship by the government which is a valid conservative voice. we are working through that. >> your reaction? >> speaker johnson is a good man. i know he wants to protect children. i am hopeful his staff will put the new free-speech language in front of him. introducing new eroxon gel, the first fda-cleared ed treatment available without a prescription. eroxon gel is clinically proven to work within ten minutes, so you and your partner can experience the

people in the united states believe in the american dream. you could rise up. i came from modest circumstances, and i believe in the american dream now, many people from modest backgrounds, particularly african american backgrounds or hispanic backgrounds, don't believe they can rise up. people that come to this country you're an immigrant to this country. you believe presumably in the american dream, people come here because they think you can rise up to the top as you have done. but many people born here now don't believe that. and that's a real problem. >> what do you think about joe biden? you've spent a lot of time with him. you've interviewed him. you're the chairman of the kennedy center, which is a presidential appointment, sort of, um do you think he was too old and that he should have stepped down and had an open democratic primary? >> well that's a complicated question. i'm not a doctor. i would say that he spent more time trying to become president than any other person in our country's history. he was elected at the age of 30, and he stepped and he got elected at the age of 77. so 47 years he was interested in

american people and with american industry. and i fully believe that the policies and the people that president donald trump is bringing into his administration will help move us to that productivity that the americaneople are wanting to see. they are tired of being broke. >> well, that's right, and we'll be looking forward to those hearings in early january. i know you're also working with elon musk on another major project, pushing for the passage of the bipartisan kids online safety act, requiring online platforms like x to take steps to prevent harm to children when it comes to cyberbullying, sexual exploitation and drug addiction. your bill has stalled in the house after passing in the senate. speaker johnson says he's got doubts. watch this. >> there's still some concern about the free speech components of that, and whether it might lead to further censorship by the government o, of valid, you know, conservative voices, for example. so we're working through all that. >> your reaction, senator? >> yes. speaker johnson's a good man. i know he wants to protect children. i am hopeful that his staff will put the new free speech language in front of him. and the changes that we have made to duty of

atrocities to the attention once again of the american people for americans who believe that the united states should pull back on their support of ukraine for americanswho say and we heard it during the presidential campaign that the united states has already given so much money and so much aid to ukraine. it's no longer in the in us interest. what is your message to them? >> first, i would like to express my sincere gratitude from the bottom of my heart for american people, for your solidarity and support in this dramatic time of ukrainian history. because we are fighting for freedom and we are fighting for freedom, not just for ourselves people whom i interviewed who survived from russian captivity told me that russians see their future like this. that first will occupy ukraine and then together with you we will go to conquer another countries and process of forcible mobilization of ukrainians to russian army all these years is going on in occupied territories. so to be clear, ukrainians are fighting not just for ourselves. we are fighting for the international order which was established after the second world war, which means that with our fight

american people. i honestly believe we confront these challenges 21st century we will pay the american dream and that is a deeply personal principal that i hold dear to my heart and i talk to people all the time reality that america is, no matter how long i live or how hard i work, i will be able to repay. i've been able to achieve things in my life had my not come here. it's not just to continue for more people than ever before. there have been other countries with large militaries another nations. not just from other nations on earth, for every human being and if we were to lose that we will still be big and important and powerful. i don't want to be part of the first generation. since the lyrics explained to them by we got to grow up not that they won't have the chance. how divided we are between republicans and democrats and in ideas and they are pretty opinionated people but that's the benefit of our freedom. i believe what unites us is even more important. i do live it is a divine and everyone deserves the right to achieve this and continue in this. not only the greatest in american history and that's why i took the time to write this book the real challenges and describe what's gone wrong in their life and what we are doing about it now and what we can do better and there are many ideas that are bipartisan that involve collaboration. many of our policy proposals aren't important at all. ... >> i hope we can come together and cooperate on the essential issues of our time. what we have before us is an excellent opportunity and that is to usher in the most prosperous era in all of our history and that's saying a lot for a country with a history like ours. i appreciate your being here tonight. i look forward to talking you in person more and thank you for this opportunity to give me to [applause] >> how do i get -- [inaudible >> new york representative elise stefanik is the president elts nominee to serve as u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she was first selected in 20 14 and has been house since 2021. prior to congress, she with the staff number on the u.s. d

american people. and oftenteams you hear the elected officials hear about the american people believe why, but it's not backed up by a lot of evidence so what we sought to do with our survey is to make sure when it comes to foreign policy and national security against issues, it was a pretty deep dive into the issue set and make sure that our elected officials and policy makers understand where the american people actually were on those questions. >> when were you in the field on this? >> we were in the field just after the election, in early november, about 2500 people were reached out to by our polling services and some questions were just over 1500, but overall, 2500 rerespondents. >> top line numbers from that survey, 50% overall, ing 61% of trump voters prefer a vote, engagednternational at the american leadership approach on the interal stage, 79% strongly or somewhat suppor an increase in defense spending a the highest level ever recorded on one of these surveys and 71% supported more defense spending in the institute, summer of 2023 polling, and so, what stuck out from you for those numbers? >> the first one you mentioned was really the one that got our attention. as you mentioned 57% of american people believe that america should be leading in the world and i think surprising to many of those who have looked at our survey, 61% of trump voters. there's a big, broad coalition that

principles we held dear we articulate to the american people we're the only ones who respect them as human beings. we are the only ones who believe the americanhave god-given rights. we are not here to tell you how to live your life. how to treat you like a child or criminal because you go to church or you defend yourself. conservatives respect people as individuals. we do not divide people based on their religion, their culture, or the color of their skin. we do not shun people who think for themselves and we understand every single person is different. each person build his or her life without a bureaucrat telling them what they can or can't do. we don't have the media on our side. conservatives must be smarter than progressives. we must know our history. we must know what works and what doesn't work. we must think through the issues and make no mistake about it conservatives exist to fight for america. and for every single american. now, for those if you are disappointed about the election, i am too. remember, incredible innovation took place after goldwater's 1964 landslide loss. took the creation of many institutions including the americ

and certainly the american people in the reagan defense survey came out. and the american people believed russia 80% is an enemy. so the trump administration was behaving like that. and try to figure out what's best for them going into negotiations so that they have a strong hand. and also trying to understand from the ukrainians' perspective where is putin and what is he likely up to here and what is his strategy? for our audience to understand, putin has broken every cease-fire and peace agreement he has ever been involved in going back into syria sifers, the martin,minsk agreement and e minsk agreement, a treaty, a peace agreement to gain advantage over the ukrainians over those 8 years. he will go -- if he goes into a peace agreement, he will look at it, brian, as a temporary pause, a pause only. because he still intends to topple the regime in ukraine. that is his goal. is he determined to achieve it. he knows he has had strategic failure as a result of not being able to do that in '22. he knows his future rests on whether he is going to be able to succeed or fail at this. so he is

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department of justice, the fbi and intelligence community that believes its agenda is superior to the will of the american people and americaner and with that landslide in november as atlantic for many things and it's defeat inflation and bring more energy button mandate to make the governments accountable to american people and the president they elected to serve and represent them. >> this is the magnificence of that election that the american people are who we believe them to be which are revolutionaries and the courageous and that we aren't giving it up not by a long shot. this is the mandate because it is the deep state which is really at the core of the problem which allows the rest of this to grow and affecting nation. a great job stephen miller thank you and congratulations we look forward to the work you do coming up. the big question is how did his sketchy business deals in china impact his father's policy as vice president and president. we know that biden commuted sentences of two chinese spies during a november prisoner swap. you probably heard about that but there wasn't much discussion about we know he tried t

you look at the surveys, and it shows that more black americans and hispanic americans believe in the american dream than those people spouting those extreme positions. yeah, we say every day, we have a long way to go to be a more perfect union. being an extremist and setting one party up to lose year after year, every four years, that's no way to do it. thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. >>> still ahead, it's been 24 years since malcolm gladwell released his book "tipping point," which became a "new york times" best seller. that's next on "morning joe." ex. hey little bear bear. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm gonna love you forever ♪ ♪ ♪ c'mon, bear. ♪ ♪ ♪ you don't...you don't have to worry... ♪ ♪ be by your side... i'll be there... ♪ ♪ with my arms wrapped around... ♪ for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. that is their question. and nobody knows shoppers better than shopify. the undisputed, undefeated, checkout champion of the world. businesses that want to win, win with shopify. for the better part of a

they were talking about what the american people believed without acknowledging the fact that the americanbelieve it because people like kevin mccarthy and kellyanne conway and jason miller lie about facts, tell them an election was stolen, they tell them, you know, that, yeah, donald trump was the real president. or that they say, you know, there is the deep state. they say that the press is the enemy of the people and then wonder -- and then they act like, yeah, you know, well, i don't know, why don't voters trust the fbi? and so i just -- i don't know. i got very frustrated in the fact that there wasn't any push back on that and i had an opportunity to say my piece and i'm glad i got the opportunity. >> well, i guess the reason it's so important is that the person that called trump america's hitler is j.d. vance. the person who describes trump as a despicable human being is mitch mcconnell. the allegations of sexual assault, the people who found him liable for that is a jury of his peers in the e. jean carroll civil litigation. the incitement of an insurrection was again a grand jury in

american revolution, never called the american revolution called the cause by people lived in that period of american life. our american revolution actually, by and large, was a conservative revolution. but believe the 1960s and seventies are french revolution. i think if you had to pick a corollary in the american experience to the french. you would you would. paris and and none more so than these three figures who my view were worthy or depending on your view unworthy inheritors of sanger's views. and that is alfred kinsey and masters and johnson, the -- ification of american culture. the complete transgress massive attack on what been called traditional or judaic christian ethics and moral understanding, by the way, broadly defined. you know, america after the work of kinsey and masters johnson categorically was never the same again and their direct of their research study, but above advocacy unethically. by the way, in my in my personal view had a direct influence on on immediately on what would come after them. american culture for instance. and i'm using just one example, but alfred inspired hugh hefner to playboy magazine. he encouraged helen gurley to turn cosmopolitan magazine into a se

i think the american people would support it. i think americans believe in redemption. gregg. last word. >> and he did some of that in his first term. but, you know, joe biden has now so lowered the bar on presidential pardons. why not pardon eric adams? because adams found himself, like trump in the crosshairs of biden's politically driven doj and fbi. this case reeks of partizan punishment against a democrat who dared to criticize biden's immigration catastrophe. and only when adams lambasted biden in the administration did the feds come after him. gee, is that a coincidence? not a chance. and look at the allegations in the indictment. they do not meet the bribery standard set forth by the supreme court. you have to have a concrete benefit in exchange for favors. there has to be a quid pro quo, something more than just a public official cutting through red tape. they do that all the time. that's not unlawful. >> well, bennie thompson of the january 6th committee, he's open to a pardon. hillary clinton is open to a pardon. liz cheney just got a referral for an fbi investigati

american left believes the government is not spying on the american people? you know, i mean, edward snowden demonstrated i don't think you'll find a single member of if you ask them, does the government spy on? americans will tell you no. so don't understand how that's conspiracy theory. i've never addressed saying, guys, it's transgender. i've never what i've said is that atlas is in and this is very well and anybody can look up these studies that atrazine and it is add to the water in which frogs and in laboratories in which there are male frogs. in fact, one of the studies they come 27 male frogs exposed, atrazine, 90% of them were were were sterilized and 10% of the frogs became female. and we're able to produce fertile eggs. so it has that capacity. it's an engineering disruptor. you know, i've been fighting and disrupting my whole life and i don't think there's any scientific controversy that a, they affect sexual development is. i said it many, many others. it's very, very well documented and i've said we should at the chemical exposures to see what are impact is on public health and oppression on andrew and disrupt on the alteration for example why our girls in this country demonstrably reachi

. >> if we have to we will i think people hear collateral what americans are saying, as well, that americans believen "law and order", adopt want illegal criminals there mayor new york yesterday said get criminals out of here i hope we don't have to do that if we do we will. >> china is banning exports of rare minerals use of defense products united states after u.s. issuing restrictions, on some, ports certain semiconductor chips fears that u.s. china trade relation coulds impact lick sector u.s. imports of chinese faushldz surged because of pandemic imports up 458% two years, this is according to atlantic council why so reliant on china for the underlying ingredients in prescription drugs? . >> yeah. so in particular gallium something we use in cans i recognized this long before i come up before congress doing intiertility surgery ran on methylene blue, i sad the answer is china communist party china. look, this is a problem brought on by the government the government won't be able to fix it -- will be able to fix it a big part we don't allow mining not a new mining permit in issuing this country

american revolution never called the american revolution, called the cause by people who lived in that period of american life. our american revolution actually by and large was a conservative revolution. but i believe the 1960s and '70s are our french revolution. i think if you had to pick a corollary in the american experience to the french revolution, you would pick paris. and none more so than these three figures. who, in my view, were worthy or depending on your view, unworthy inheritors of margaret sanger's views. that is margaret kinssy and masters and johnson. the pornification of american culture. the complete transgressive attack on traditional or christian moral and ethics understanding. by the way, broadly defined. you know, america, after the work of kinsey and masters and johnson, categorically was never the same again. and their direct impact of their researched study, but above all, advocacy, unethically, by the way, in my personal view, had a direct influence on, immediately, on what would come after them in american culture. for instance, and i'm using just one example, but alfred kinsey inspired hugh hefner to create playboy magazine. he encouraged helen gurrly brown into a sex ma

believe the best way to grow the economy is small businesses and entrepreneurs. individuals are the best people to make their own decisions. republican principles help americans achieve the american dream and i believe the constitution. >> i went to harvard and government and involved in the institute of public. bipartisan or nonpartisan and encourage young people to get involved in public policy and engage specifically. the institute of politics at harvard. and as a student could apply to be in work with them for a semester. hosted weekly discussion groups. such a historic time in the formative moment for me. >> and delivered. >> i didn't have a job until the week i graduated. many of my friends what the route of get recruited early in finance and that wasn't the right fit for me so i interviewed in the administration under bush and a friend of mine he graduated two years earlier in a different was my mentor and college. i didn't get the first position was passed on. i was offered a job a few days before in my first day of work i went in to meet the council month earlier. he was looking for aid and it was talking about the time you have to work your way up. we talked about the b

american people, particularly american workers. they think that, you know, their narrow vision of how the country should be should be shoved down people's throats because at least don lemon is saying what he believes are dumb. they think they're better than everybody else and that's why democrats lost. >> nicole: charlie, you talk about the voice of the media. how can you trust the media at this point? if we were to watch rubin longer, she says she's not political. she's just factual. she wrote an entire book in 2021 about trying to defeat donald trump. >> charlie: what is funny about people like jennifer rubin, these people were not influential before 2016. all trump has done is exposed the fact that not only was nobody listening to these people but they had absolutely no idea what most americans believed. as kennedy points out, especially working people, no concept whatsoever. i really think that that number you highlighted, that 57% hopeful, this goes back to what you just said, most americans are not as partisan as these people would like to believe. they -- you know, they're not -- politics isn't the first thing that they think about. they're just looking for a reason to be hopeful about next

american people believe about foreign policy and defense issues. we've never seen more americans saying they want the government to increase its spending on defense. you pointed to the instability and conflict and chaos we see around the world. that's the reason why they want our military to be prepared to meet those threats and to do so from a position of strength. >> bill: roger wicker is a republican senator out of mississippi and wants to increase spending by $55 billion. we'll see how it goes over with the whole doge operation on the capitol. back to the survey. how concerned are you about the increased cooperation between china, russia, iran, and north korea? this is fascinating. 86%. i wonder how much this past election reflected that number. what i read in your survey a lot of young people were concerned about this. >> that's true. we're seeing increasing concerns among all americansticularly young americans. seeing young americans wanting america in response to that malign cooperation between authoritarian actors or competitors in china, iran, north korea, russia, they are collaborating more and more to push back against american interests and the interests and values of the free world. not just young americans but all americans and frankly americans of all political stripes. those who voted for president trump in this election and those who voted for vice president harris are concerned about this cooperation between authoritarian actors. they want the united states to be capable and prepared to do something about it. >> bill: last thing here. the conclusion, okay? i want our viewers to hear this from your survey. the american people have made clear their desire for the united states to lead the effort to end the violence gripping the world. the next administration has an opportunity to reaffirm america's role in the world charting a course that both insures nati

do understand that, and howl so how do we prepare the american people to believe that's of important? >> let's start with how many of the americane can find taiwan on a map? everyone here. how many of you can find taiwan under mapquest everybody, okay good. but you're here. that is a huge problem. that rollback in the uk. happen when china basically took over hong kong? what happened when russian took over crimea? not enough. so the message to china is well maybe we can get away with it, too, and add to that the dysfunction in the united states, what we call you get? you was polarization, our distraction elsewhere. china just this week was encircling taiwan in a show of force. let's see. either way one of the predictions, this is not classified, about what china might do in addition to trying to strangle taiwan as a way of annexing taiwan is a massive cyber attack against u.s. infrastructure here. i i could happen ahead of this effort by china or it could happen simultaneously. are we prepared for that? look at to make hurricanes and what they did a couple of cities, well, within a couple cities to the southeast of the united st

people believe that the next 5 years will be worse than the past 5 years. two-thirds of our people do not even vote. the productivity of american workers is actually dropping, and the willingness of americanssave for the future has fallen below that of all other people in the western world. as you know, there is a growing disrespect for government and for churches and for schools, the news media, and other institutions. this is not a message of happiness or reassurance, but it is the truth and it is a warning. these changes did not happen overnight. they've come upon us gradually over the last generation, years that were filled with shocks and tragedy. we were sure that ours was a nation of the ballot, not the bullet, until the murders of john kennedy and robert kennedy and martin luther king, jr. we were taught that our armies were always invincible and our causes were always just, only to suffer the agony of vietnam. we respected the presidency as a place of honor until the shock of watergate. we remember when the phrase "sound as a dollar" was an expression of absolute dependability, until 10 years of inflation began to shrink our dollar and our savings. we believed that our nation's re

people realize. that's why the transparency becomes so important. >> at the top, i believe the american body politic has grown apathetic and stagnant to external threats. how do we invigorate the american people to confront this growing concern before it becomes something more than a conversation? >> that's a great question. i mek on ronald reagan, by actuallymek one of your board membe he talked about how president reagan was very committed to the allies and working with the allies. you know, japan at that time, at that time west germany. he had his sort of group, margaret thatcher working together, brian rooney from canada. he was building these friendships, these alliances and partnerships. i don't think we've ever had a time where our relationship with japan is closer and needs to be closer and south korea. and you look at the philippines. we're building relationships there. i think we need to keep growing that. i think what the american people are weary of is they feel like america is going alone in this and all these dollars are being spent and they don't see sort of this allied effort. so i think that's a big part of it. and we need to be clear about what our objectives are. tha

american people to get what he wants and what he believes is right for the american people. and that is america first, make america great again. let's expand this country can. what's wrong with having an empire? we've been great for 250 years. let's go and secure it for the next 250 years, and donald trump and his cabinet can get us there. >> you know, for me, grant, i mean, one of the defining characteristics of the american spirit was the ability to bravery, the risk tolerance to push west, to push across the atlantic ocean, to seek a better life. and if it's expansionist, if it's manifest destiny, so be it. it's america. that's what i see a little bit in this idea of greenland, canada, the panama canal. what do you like as we go out here? what do you like about the idea of coming in like he is saying, hey, greenland, canada, panama canal, you could be america? >> he wants to expand. and he wants to expand places where he knows he can actually make a difference and a change. not just here in america, but expand our borders out. why should we just stay the same size? nil company that stays the same size will continue to strain. he will also i believe in the first 90 days focus on saving the great state of california from itself. it's the sixth largest economy in the world. as it continues to get sick, so will america. so let's go get that expansion. >> we'll talk about california a little bit later here o

american people? is there a credibility issue here given this announcement? >> one of the things the president always believes is to be truthful to the american people. that is something he always truly believes. he came to this decision this weekend, so let's be very clear about that. he says it himself. >> how soon could the next round of pardons come? >> i don't have a timeline for you. as you know, this usually happens toward the end, so the president is going through that process. i'm not going to get ahead of him. but you can expect more announcements to come. >> kayleigh: and she doubled down on biden's claim that hunter was singled out. >> they targeted him because his last name was biden. >> kayleigh: here's the problem, charles payne. he is a victim of injustice by the department of justice. okay, problem here: the facts. august 11th, 2023, let's pull it up. this was the doj press release. guess he was president? name was joe biden. this happened. attorney general merrick garland announced today the appointment of u.s. attorney david weiss to serve as special counsel for the ongoing investigation and prosecution's referenced and described in

intelligence community, and now also the national archives that believes that its agenda is superior to the will of the american people and the american voter. and this election, this thunderous historic electoral college and popular vote landslide that took place in november is a mandate for many things a mandate to seal the border shut. a mandate to open up american energy to defeat inflation. but it is also a mandate to defeat the deep state and make every facet of this government truly accountable to the american people and to the president that they elect to serve and represent them. >> well. you know, this is steven. thank you. this is the magnificence of that election that the american people are who we believe them to be, which are revolutionaries and courageous, and that we're not giving it up, not by a long shot. but this is the mandate, because it is that deep state that is really the core of the problem that allows all the rest of this to grow and infect this nation. stephen miller, great job with this. thank you so much and congratulations, and we look forward to the work you do. coming up now, the big question tonight is

that at him and it backfired like they never believed, the american people never had a campaign of personal destruction been so decisively rejected by the americaneople at the polls. i don't think they need a war machine, they need to look in the mirror. ashley: they need some new arguing points because it has gone down the tubes miserably. let me show use this. don lemon losing amaga supporters and an expert of rent built on youtube. >> so stupid and you deserve it. you deserve it because you are so dumb. yes, i am gloating over your stupidity. you have been co-opted because you are in a cult and you don't realize it because you have stupid amaga brain and you don't get it. how stupid and dumb are you? ashley: that is the face of democrat arrogance and that is why they lost in the election because they just arrogant, can't think of a better word, another basket of deplorable's moment, no concerns for middle america, they are out of touch, elitist and they are complaining bitterly, honestly, why do democrats keep doing this? >> you know what is stupid and dumb, watching in 2016 while donald trump rode the issue of illegal immigration to the whit

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american people. but in the interest of what they believe that they represent. without that accumulated power and unearned potenco over the american people there's no power that's why to me this battle and this conversation today is truly the singular greatest battle that we face as a country. but here's the good news. it is a fight we can win because the more people know about it, the more it is part of the national narrative. the more it becomes part of an important conversation that is already begun but will continue through 2024. the more average everyday americans understand what's at stake. americans don't wish and never have wished to be ruled. they wish to rule themselves. at afpa america first works, we believe that this moment and how we respond to it will determine the future of our country. as we speak our afp team with nine cabinet officials 20 former white house chief of staff and more than 50 senior administration officials in partnership with more than 400 former senior federal government leaders has formed 28 action plan teams preparing for the next administration. and the next white house -- today, we're joined a

american people more and more in the justice system we just did a poll, 62% of americans believe there are two tiers of justice in this country right now. that is a massive number of people who believe simply isn't a fair justice system. >> laura: and, ned, this has to be changed. we can't have most of america believes corruption runs rampant anyone tell and doj. i want to say good people in both places we know that. >> correct. >> laura: there are civil servants who are dedicated. we can't have this. something has to be done. it's not all misinformation and disinformation that caused this. >> correct. >> one of our basic founding principles, laura, is that the law is king. and all stand equal before the law. doesn't matter what your last name is doesn't matter what your position is. you know, any of these connections that you might have all stand equal before the law. and when you talk about a two tiered system and bifurcated legal system, everyone has to stand equal before the law. there have been consequences for every bad actor, regardless of last name. regardless of position of power. and i do think, actually laura, i disagree a little bit. on the idea that there shouldn't be some consequences there have been very bad actors inside the doj and the fbi. this is why i sincerely hope that kash patel becomes the next fbi director there do have to be consequences so there is not this bad behavior in the future. because, laura, there were four fisa warrants off a fake dossier. continue to see this lawfare against trump coming out of the doj and other entities inside our government for us to stop this happening. people actually have to bear consequences or else next time i think it's even worse. >> laura: well, i say the same thing about covid. i mean, if there are no consequences, then why are we here? what are you really reforming? matt and ned, both of you as always, thank you so much. mexican drug cartels taking drastic steps to keep flooding america with fentanyl. where are they recruiting their fentanyl cookers from? i'll tell you, next. ♪ (dr. david jeremiah) our world is not getting better. in our hearts we know that. and the bible says, "we groan for the coming of this new world." i'm not talking about heaven. i'm talking about a better world on planet earth. this is a world tainted with the sin of mankind, but there's a coming world when there'll be no more crime, when there'll be no more poverty, when there'll be no sickness, when death will happen only very seldom. one of these days, when jesus comes back, and the tribulation is over, christ will set up his kingdom on this earth. 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american people. >> reporter: a team of deputies forgie i forcing him inside. he's facing murder charges in the killing of brian thompson. >> if you believe in american criminal justice system, you have to presume him to be innocent, and none of us would want anything other than that if that were us in his shoes. >> reporter: we're now seeing images of mangione inside the mcdonald's, taking down his mask to eat a hash brown, just moments before a worker called police. fellow customers doing a double take. >> my one friend made the comment, he thought -- he goes, don't that look like the shooter from new york? we pretty much laughed about it. >> reporter: when police arrived and asked mangione if he had recently visited new york city, he became quiet. >> he became visibly nervous, kwind of kind of shaking at that question. >> reporter: a confidential nypd assessment obtained by abc news says mangione considered the targeted killing of thompson to be a symbolic takedown of united health care over perceived corruption. he likely views himself as a hero of sorts. abc news obtained a copy of the alleged killer's handwritten screed. it says these parasites simply had it coming. >> he states how we are the number one most expensive health care system in the world, yet the life expectancy of an american is ranked 42 in the world. so, he was writing a lot about his distan for corporate america and in particular the health care industry. >> reporter: even as police dig into a motive, there are still quells about how a young man from a prominent family, the valedictorian as his elite prep school and ivy league graduate, could be transformed into an accused killer. we asked his former roommate in hawaii, who said mangione struggled with a back injury. >> he did let me know that the severity of his back issue was such that it was very difficult to have physical rerelationships with women, that it made things painful. >> reporter: on social media, police see he posted an spray of a spine and wrote about back pain and brain fog, saying, "it's absolutely brutal to have such a life-halting issue." he had been out of touch with his family, and sources say his mother filed a missing person report in san francisco two weeks before brian thompson's murder. mangione's case has become a cause, with

american cities were burned. to the still unfinished reckons with racial injustice in my country today. historians believe people of angola accounted for a significant number of all enslaved people shipped to america. today millions of african-americans have roots in angola. as i said at the u.s.-african leaders summit i held in washington two years ago, our people lie at the heart of a deep and profound connection that forever binds africa and the united states together. we remember the stolen men and women and children who were brought to our shores in chains, subjected to unimaginable cruelty. here with us today are three americans who are direct descendants of the first enslaved americans, africans in america. wanda tucker of virginia. there you are, god love you. her brother, vincent. and carly thea as well -- carlita as well. thank you for being here. we're going to write history, not erase history. the tuckers learned their family history around the dinner table. that history led wanda here to angola a few years ago. she didn't know how to speak the language but that didn't matter. when she arrived, she said she felt something profound, like she'd come home. that was her comment to me. she called it the connection without words. ladies and gentlemen, i'm here today to honor that connection between our people and to pay tribute to the generations of angolans and american families like the tuckers who have served in government for -- i've served in government for over 50 years. i know i only look like i'm 40 years old. but i've been around. i hate to admit it. for 50 years. but not 50 years -- in that 50 years