there's some hot gossip about melania trump during her time in the white house.emember that jacket she wore that said, "i really don't care, do you?" according to a new book, that was a shot at ivanka. with whom she was competing for press attention. there are a number of fresh revelations in this book. the book's called, "american woman: the transformation of the modern first lady." it says melania used her office at the white house so rarely, she had it converted into a gift-wrapping room and spent the majority of her time as first lady in "meetings with teams of lawyers to examine her assets and attend to matters associated with her pre and postnuptial agreements with her husband." [ laughter ] that sounds right. she probably just wanted to make sure she didn't get stuck with eric in a divorce. [ laughter and applause ] there's good stuff. the book says trump "flew into a fury" when he caught melania watching cnn on air force one. she liked to watch cnn, so he ordered that all tvs be tuned to fox news at all times. i like that. for all the corruption and bigot

and even his wife's glam, let me show you melania trump. this is melania trump coming out of her mom's funeral, god rest her mom's spirit, in palm beach last month. here she is in her glam, and trump has to get in the other car. she's been there at that funeral. that's the only time we have seen her in months. trump has been in court all over, from d.c. to atlanta. we have not seen melania. she hasn't been on the campaign trail with him. we have not seen her at all. and yet, trump's campaign pacs which take money from working class trump supporters and the maga hats they buy, they have been paying melania's fashion consultant $368,000 a year. that is more money than most americans will ever earn annually in their lives. his supporters are gleefully willing to give him money to pay his legal bills and to pay for his wife's glam -- they don't get to see her. what is that about? >> it's a cult following, which it's a cultural movement that is not wrapped on the premises of substance or ideology but this following of donald trump. $50 million o

where is melania trump? why haven't we seen her that much? we've seen her over the past several months. i don't know why she's not front and center with the president right now. we've seen his campaign looks a little different from 2020 and 2016 when he sought other families like ivanka trump, jared kushner with her. that's a good point. we know melania trump has been popular with republican women in particular. i'm curious to see whether they'll bring her out more in the general election to appeal to more women voters. we'll have to see. it's a very good picture. ivanka trump isn't involved in politics. >> before i let you go related to the super bowl. i want to talk about another candidate who many americans saw on their tv screens if they were watching the super bowl. we saw the super pac that's backing robert kennedy jr. airing this ad during the game. i will be honest with you, i was doing other things and you heard the music and i looked up and it's like, what is this? it's an ad from his uncle, jfk, his 1960 campaign. i think we -- do

his audiencede o was showing loe to melania. everybody at cpac knows who mercedesrybody schlapp is. >> even the times debunked it. we called them b.s. ask themy why they peddled misinformation . they're ignoring us. so i'm sending gianni across ign the street to break into 30 rock. >> best part. biden plagiarized the hoax. watch. you mentioneand thenrized some d material. some documents recently leaked, some classifie materiald documents. >> and this isn't a gotcha show. but i do want to ask about it a that says you are currently 81 years old. >> who the hell told you that? yeahboit is you, that's classii that's classified. all jokes aside, according. to recent polling, this is a real concern for american voters. >> how do you address that concern going forward as you come up to the 2024rn foa election? >> well, a couple of things. number one, you got to take when you've gomerica how datt as about as old as time, but he >>nnot remmber his wife's name . biden's only punch line was a stolen hoax from meyers monologue. and then bid

if i didn't introduce melania she would be very happy about it.s a different kind of a person. and she loves the country. she is going to be out a lot but she does it for the good of the country not for -- she is somebody with a lot of confidence. she doesn't need that you have a lot of people and i'm not only talking about first ladies but other politicians wives and i see them all the time and they are constantly out there. and they are waving in front of the husband. they are in front of the husband waving. or vice versa. no, she is going to be out quite a bit and she loves this country and she wants it great and she says hello. >> laura: on monday, we spoke to a group of undecided primary voters in south carolina and they all came to our town hall last night to hear from president trump directly. so, did he say anything to sway their decisions? we find out, next. ♪ what is cirkul? cirkul is the fuel you need to take flight. cirkul is the energy that gets you to the next level. cirkul is what you hope for when life tosses lemons your way. cirku

if i didn't introduce melania, she'd be very happy about it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: in other words, youill not be seeing melania any time soon. [ laughter ] i actually got a shoutout from donald trump today. every time i do an interview now people ask me how much longer i'm going to do the show. i was talking to the "l.a. times." and i said i didn't know if i would go beyond -- i have a contract for another two years -- if i would go beyond that. this apparently caught the attention of america's most famous tangerine who "truthed," -- "they could get a far more talented person, who would also get better ratings, for 5% of what they are paying this loser" with a capital "l." and i've got to say -- that's a hell of a way to find out you're not going to be somebody's running mate. [ laughter ] [ applause ] i hope he never finds out, he has no idea how delighted i am by something like this. [ laughter ] i'm going to try to enjoy it because he probably won't be able to do this when they take away his phone in prison. [ laughter ] i'm really going to soak it in. meanwhile, president biden tou

his campaign send a mass email blast with the subject line "i love you, melania."ubscribe. [laughter and cheering] the actual text of the valentine is actually pretty weird. it reads "dear melania, i love you, even after every single indictment, arrest, and witch hunt, you never left my side. through thick and thin, no matter what the deal -- through thick and thin, no matter what deal the prosecutors offers offers you, you kept your trap shut. that's what i call love. also what our prenup calls minimum negotiated terms." last night -- [applause] just last night -- love. i love love. last night we got big election results in the special election to fill the house seat vacated by republican fabulous george santos sr. on television for the last time. republicans were hoping to hang onto the seat with their candidate but the clear winner was democrat, seen here -- seen here at seaworld begging for fish. [laughter] he won by a commanding eight-point lead and delivered a victory speech last night where he laid out his vision for america. >> it's time to find common grou

mercedes, that's pretty good. >> bret: he wasn't saying mercedes instead of melania.was on the page. the president to mention it on seth meyers is really something. the "new york post," francesca, former obama aid sound alarm over frail and mumbling biden warn his age as a real issue. i'm sure going out there means more missteps, more gaffes to start circuiting. if you don't view biden being out there as a net positive the argument he shouldn't be running is right. meanwhile former obama adviser dean pfeiffer dressed his own concerns in a issue it is a very real issue. clearly the white house sees this or the campaign sees this. and the question is how they are going to deal with it. >> so he has been trying to use humor as you just saw there to address the issue. and they have gotten more aggressive about pointing out trump's gaffes and missteps. >> bret: screwed up that one. >> especially on social media. to say, look, he has got all these issues as well. what i keep hearing from voters on the campaign trail consistently is that they are concerned about joe biden's

it says, "dear melania, i love you!ven after every single indictment, arrest, and witch hunt, you never left my side." [ laughter ] that's a line from "the notebook," isn't it? [ laughter ] "i wouldn't be the man i am today without your guidance, kindness, and warmth." don't blame her for what happened to you. [ laughter ] then there's a little box where you can leave a message for melania that says, "we want 100,000 responses now!" and of course, a button to make a donation to st. valen-crime's legal defense fund. [ laughter ] what a lovely and romantic gesture. i mentioned last night trump has endorsed his daughter-in-law lara trump to be co-chair of the republican national committee. the chair of the rnc is in charge of where all the money that gets donated goes. lara vowed to spend "every single penny" on electing donald trump. and guess what? he likes that idea a lot. [ laughter ] making your daughter-in-law chairperson of the rnc is shameless even for him. he's trying to turn the republican party into a family bus

trump, excited to announce my all-new totally fantastic puzzle series, "where's melania?"] it's fun, interactive, and helpful because i really have no clue where she is maybe she's on a beach in florida. [ ding ] or in a world of giant people. [ ding ] or in a roman coliseum [ ding ] or even in the land of melanias [ ding ] she's definitely not in her private bedroom because i knocked and she said, "no one's in here. [ laughter ] "where's melania?" just three easy payments of $99.99 [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: three easy payments. well, the weather this month has been really crazy. we had deep freeze and snow, then rain and flooding, then it was, like, 60 degrees, and it's really stressing out meteorologists so here to give us an update on the latest weather is our head meteorologist, ben dalton. thanks - [ cheers and applause thanks for talking with us thanks for talking with us, ben. >> oh, i love talking with you, jimmy. i love it. it's the highlight of my week. i'm serious. i'm serious. best thing i got going on in my life [ light laughter ] i mean, there's only tw

they said "he was talking about melania and calling her mercedes." it's ridiculous.the end, they want to the best result from a guy they won't even let out of the white house. it's not going to work. the american people are not stupid. biden did 86 interviews. during the same time, obama did 422 and trumped a 300. there's a reason he's only doing 86. he's not capable of doing more. the man can't get up for two hours without a note, go on and ad lib. in front of an audience of thousands of people. he is incapable. stop telling us how great he is and how much energy he has, or is it that he only has energy in private but not in public? >> greg: joe has given you an ice cream headache. [laughter] so, princess pepto, what say you? >> sandra: thank you, greg. [laughter] always a pleasure to join your parable wrap this up succinctly. i think those were two moments of really important honesty. the obama -- the obama ada, sounding more -- not a unique thought, while many at home are having this as they watch the current president, still something that is being said by the le

i'm sick and tired of them saying donald trump doesn't know melania trump from mercedes schlapp.ing to mercedes schlapp at cpac and they said he was talking about melania and called her mercedes. it's ridiculous. in the end, they want the best result from a guy they won't even let out of the white house. it's not going to work. the american people are not stupid. biden did 86 interviews, and during the same time, speech at 300. there's a reason he's only doing 86. he's not capable of doing more. the man can't get up for two hours without a note and go on and ad lib in front of an audience of thousands of people. he is incapable of doing it. so stop telling us how great he is and how much energy he has, or is it that he only has energy in private but not in public? >> greg: joe has given you an ice cream headache. so, princess pepto, what say you? >> sandra: thank you, greg. always a pleasure to join you. i will wrap this up succinctly. those are moments of important honesty coming from the left, that obama aid sounding the alarm over a frail mumbling and stumbling joe biden, call

anniversary. [ laughter ] the traditional 19th wedding anniversary gift is bronze, so trump just sent melaniae [ laughter ] more of a burnt orange [ applause ] bronze, bronzer. it doesn't matter, yeah. well, some news from overseas - i read that vladimir putin will soon visit north korea better book his flight soon, 'cause once march hits, north korea is spring break central. [ light laughter ] switching gears, last night in buffalo during the chiefs-bills game, travis kelce scored a touchdown, and the cameras caught his brother, jason, celebrating. take a look at this. >> travis has his first touchdown in eight games oh, there's his brother! [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: yeah yeah, sure [ cheers and applause yeah, sure, but when i did that at my kid's music recital, i was "causing a scene." [ laughter ] yep, taylor looked at him like, "yeah, i made the right choice." all right, guys? [ laughter ] finally before we move on, i'd like to take a moment to thank some of our sponsors for tonight's show they don't always fit in the commercial breaks, and we want to make sure we mention all of the

his speech, trump decided to thank every member of his family let's see how he did >> my family, melaniarron - [ bell dings ] don jr. and kimberly - [ bell dings ] ivanka and jared - [ bell dings ] tiffany and michael. [ bell dings ] they're so supportive, so supportive of me and we really appreciate it and love them. [ buzzer ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: almost trump's family said it would've actually been a sign of mental decline if he did include eric [ light laughter ] even worse, eric is still waiting on stage for his name to be called, like, "can i leave now? well, the big story from today is that trump appealed the $464 million judgment in his new york civil fraud trial yeah, trump is so desperate for money, today he asked to pawn melania's wedding ring and she was like, "you're 20 years too late. [ laughter ] but on top of the 464 million, trump is now accruing over $100,000 of interest each day. when asked why, the judge said, "because it's funny. [ laughter ] trump now has 27 days to come up with $464 million even more upsetting, at&t offered to chip in five bucks. [ laughter ] did

oh melania, could you steep some chamomile? going to be up late reading. [ laughter ] do you honestly expect donald trump to read a bill? the man can't even read a teleprompter he can't even be bothered to proofread his own name before he tweets it. that's a real thing. [ laughter ] he misspelled his own name ttump. he must have the only phone in the world with auto-incorrect. [ laughter ] that looks like a sound effect from a 1940s radio play. "he walked down the hallway. clip-clop-clip-clop. then he opened the door. creak. and then all of a sudden, there was a crash! ttump! [ laughter ] but cassidy was not the only gop senator frustrated by trump's bad faith gambit oklahoma senator james lankford, who spearheaded the compromise, gave the whole game away when he expressed his frustration with republicans suddenly changing their tune on fox news >> it is interesting republicans four months ago would not give funding for ukraine, for israel and for our southern border because we demanded changes in policy so we actually locked a

they did, and trump said, mercedes, that's pretty good, not melania. but there was a person named mercedes there, a long-time organizer of that conference, and he had called out to her previously in the speech, and appeared to be doing the same when referring to his wife melania. donald trump has scheduled a visit to the southern border on thursday. now president biden is going to be border on the same day. there's been talk for weeks that the white house is working on new restrictions on border crossings and immigration. you may recall democrats had agreed to the strongest border restriction in decades, a republican-written bill that would have also set aside money to protect ukraine, israel and taiwan. it passed the senate, but then donald trump asked house republicans to stop the border bill to keep the border in the election conversation. so speaker johnson, senate republican mitch mcconnell, the minority leader in the senate, and democrats will be at the white house today to discuss funding for israel and ukraine, and no doubt keeping the u.s. gov

where's melania, no one knows. [ laughter ] ♪ court with stormy, can't forget 30 seconds of regret ♪tee time. sending putin valentine's. ♪ golf, court, golf, court, chicken bone call from rudi, throw your phone. ♪ court, golf. court, not going great george santos might be cellmate [ laughter ] ♪ losing cases, time is short. "thank god i stacked the supreme court. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ♪ >> jimmy: busy yeah very busy man. guys, listen to this, according to a new intelligence, russia wants to put a nuclear weapon in space to use against satellites it could be disastrous with the press of a button they could turn all of our texts from blue to green that's what -- [ laughter ] that's right russia wants to put a nuclear weapon in space that it can use against satellites for more on that, we're joined by house intelligence committee sub- chairman mike lafonze mike - [ cheers and applause mike, thank you for talking to us >> oh, thanks for having me, jimmy. >> jimmy: so, what can you tell us about these russian nuclear weapons? >> well, the first thing i want to say is, that we

one, he caofn get out of this mess in like 10 seconds if you just start selling pictures of melania's feet on onlyfans. okay, i'm good for like five grand right now. okay, melania, if you're watching and i know you are the only person i'll give any credence to is kathy hochul, if only because i don't agree with politically . >> but if you're ever in a pinch and you need to lose a hu immediateldon' hery. s she's undefeated. she is undefeateunded. or par you're going to an important meeting, though, like parent confs and gotrenceen to what, you bust out the hochul, smooth sailing. i didn't i didn't seee that that coming, so to speak. think about it. she saysat is he that, is her cm to fame. she's the one cher cuomo didn't try to bang. yeah, that's 's it. it. that's it. catch. you know, we you know, this o whole idea of like, it's unfair to amplify your value. we would not have we would not c be making any money in contract negotiations. i always ask for a pony. i don't get the pony, but i- some nuts. doesn't that make sense? you only kno>> youw what makes e that he's a foot guy. yeah. y

if that came out the weekend prior to the campaign was already in trouble with melania. he is only offered like to apologize, i think one was to melania over the october 7 fiasco. and so mr. bragg has a real point here about election interference. >> that would you think that's a strong case? oh, i think it would occur planck tim, if that came out priority election and that was the threat. and that was the hush money payment. >> okay. that's the election interference at the professor's referencing were so in nerd to trump scandals you know paying $130,000 to a porn star actually was probably a pretty big deal in october of 2016. now, we've talked about it for so many years. it seems like background noise. >> it was it would've been a very big what happens if he is found guilty of this >> as a first-time offender, he's he may not get jail time, but the judge will see what comes in of this case. i mean, part of the theories that this was a big catch and kill story, that this was what he was doing. it, not just stormy daniels, but also the karen mcdougal payments and others

and melania, let's not get started there.iked politics. >> what's interesting is you actually didn't say joe biden, because i think the book actually explores him as well, but the bidens, for all of, you know, joe biden's -- >> well, they've been here for 50 years. >> they didn't interact in the sauce of washington, you know. he went home every night. she was rarely, you know, in d.c. as a senate spouse. they go home to delaware every weekend. so they are insiders, but they live this very insular, not outsider, but insular life. so she is sort of in line with that, and he is, too, in an odd, ironic way. >> in spite of them maybe not being washington creatures, i love the discourse. i think it was bill o'reilly recently who said michelle obama would be the best democratic nominee for president, out of all the first ladies, i wonder if you either picked up any hint of political ambition or after getting to know them better and their stories better, anyone you think might have been a better president than their husband? >> oh, m

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us these 5 d o between the hamas and these rail the head of how much as the political bureau is, melania released a statement on saturday saying they will not be satisfied with anything less and the complete end, israel is bull. and the withdrawal of its telling me from gaza and also once safe and appropriate shelter for the space palestinians under return to their homes, especially in northern godsa. i mean, sir, as a prisoner exchange deal is one of the critical goals of negotiations, and it's impossible to execute it. catalyst prime minister says that progress towards a ceasefire and gaza is slowing down. and we made some good progress in the last few weeks. and then english nation is a and we've been trying to reach an agreement between the 2 parties, yet the last few days has not been progress thing guys expected. and i believe that all the differences in a place, if we look at the, basically the agreements that we had earlier in november when we managed to get tons of to 9 hostages a to and we had this pause, this humanitarian for us for a week. it's on was, has 2 of them and so ma

[speaks in melania's accent] "game recognize game."natural voice] speaking of donald trump, it's been a week now since russian dissident alexei navalny mysteriously died in prison after devoting his life to fighting vladimir putin's dictatorship. and donald trump honored him in the only way he knows how, by making it about himself. >> the former president, for his part, weighed in yesterday evening. what he did was he shared an opinion piece on his social media website that compares president biden with vladimir putin, and compares himself with alexei navalny. [audience reacts] >> desi: this is utterly disgusting, but i have to give trump credit, i didn't realize he could make analogies! look at that, he's got the double colons and everything. my little guy's ready for the sats! but yes, it is unacceptable to compare navalny with trump. navalny sacrificed his life for democracy. donald trump tried to sacrifice mike pence's life to kill democracy. you could not find two men who are further apart than these two. if you are stupid enough

melania released the statement on saturday saying they will not be satisfied with anything less than the complete and israel's will under withdrawal of its ami from gaza. it also once safe and appropriate shelter for the space palestinians under return to their homes, especially in northern gaza. and he says a prisoner exchange deal is one of the critical goals of negotiations. and it's impossible to excuse for them and such as have been out on the street in tel aviv demanding the immediate release of all the captives held in gaza. as well as the prime minister benjamin netanyahu assured families that he's committed to bringing them home safely to our policy, to liberate and bring back the captives. it is military pressure until now this what we have done and we have brought back $120.00 of them. we shall continue on till we bring back all the captives negotiations required. have stood fast. this i have to say to the people is right, is up to this moment how much demands are ridiculous. i'm city, i'm, they mean only one thing is a mean that they mean defeat to is right? yeah. once, h

the head of a mass is political bureau is melania released the statement on saturday saying they will not be satisfied with anything less than the complete and israel's war and the withdrawal and of its ami from gaza. it also want safe and appropriate shelter for despised palestinians and to return to their homes, especially in northern garza. and he says a prisoner exchange deal is one of the critical goals of negotiations. and it's impossible to exclude it. what counts as prime minister says the progress towards a ceased by him. garza is slowing down. so we made some good progress in the last few weeks and then english. jason is a and we've been trying to reach an agreement between the 2 parties. yet the last few days has not been progress thing guys expected. and i believe that all the differences to demonstrate to as i've been out on the street in tel aviv quoting site is ready, prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign. he says the move would be counter productive and trying to bring back remaining captives held in gaza. is filing to launch a ground offensive on reference as th

to reach a see saw deal between how much and israel the head of how much is political bureau is. melania released the statement on saturday saying they will not be satisfied with anything less than the complete. and israel's will under withdrawal of its ami from gaza and also on the safe and appropriate shelter for displace palestinians and are ton to their homes, especially in northern gaza. i mean it says a prisoner exchange deal is one of the critical goals of negotiation and it's impossible to exclude it. well, the contents department says that progress towards a ceasefire and gaza is slowing down. and we made some good progress in the last few weeks. and then english issues and we've been trying to reach an agreement between the 2 parties, yet the last few days has not been progress thing guys expected. and i believe that are the differences. demonstrations i've been out on the streets in tennessee coating for is really prime minister to resign. benjamin netanyahu says the move would be counter productive and trying to bring back remaining captives held in gaza. he's brought in to l

the political lead of how much is melania is expected in the egyptian council, cairo to review a proposal that was put forward in paris over the weekend. a temporary hold in fighting could allow some more a deliveries into garza. ramo, is there any captive? could be released in exchange for palestinian prisoners. meanwhile, on the ground, there's been no laptop in the fighting rescue. f. it's out on going off to another night of his rarely bombardments across the strip and amendment will go toward challenge season ok, potty stores, let me to get. is there any reaction on these these fine proposal was but 1st, let's get the word from honeywell. moody's in rough and southern guns. a honey has news of postables. these fi agreements reached where you are. yes. well, so far people are reacting with a great deal of anticipation on optimism to the immersion reports of a possible initial a ceasefire deal. and they're, they're more hopeful that this time it's going to be quite serious and put in and do all that has all of these and an immediate cease fire will take place to allow people not only t

i said to my wife, melania, come on, let's go. let's do it. and it takes guts running for president. i never did this stuff before. it takes guts. i didn't know this was going to happen. i thought we were going to do well. i thought it was going to be like a horse race. i'd be in the middle of the pack and maybe by the very end that -- out. i didn't know we're going to be in this position. i didn't know we're going to be in this position. and the people of new hampshire were unbelievable. i have to tell you, last week we won every single category. we won. rich, poor, fat, thin, tall, short. we won women. we won men. we won highly educated. we want smart, smart, smart people that don't have the big education because that's what it is. we won every single category and it was such an honor. they were incredible people and you know what the biggest problem was? every time i went around to new hampshire, i talked to people. what's your biggest problem now? the vets, we're going to take care of our vets. we know that. we're going to take over. commo

and melania trump, the former first trump has not been appearing at donald trump's campaign stops orny of his court appearances thus far. we only saw her when she appeared along her husband when s he launched the bid in 2022. donald trump also really tested out some of his general election rhetoric against joe biden including attacking his handling of the southern border and ramping up his decision not to charge biden over the handle of the documents while repeatedly questioning biden's mental fitness. alana treen, cnn, conway, south carolina. >>> now both haley's responds to michael haley's absence. he posted a meme, the difference between humans and animals, animals would never allow the dumbest ones to lead the pack. this is what nikki haley had to say. >> if you mock the service of a combat veteran, you don't deserve a driver's license let alone being president of the united states. >> also on the campaign trail, former president trump celebrated the failure of the bipartisan border security deal in the senate and while in south carolina, watch. >> we also had another massive vic

it's also worth pointing out that melania trump, the former first lady, has not been appearing or any of his court appearances thus far. we really only saw her when she appeared alongside her husband when he launched his white house bid in 2022. look, donald trump did not just go after nikki haley, he also really tested out some of his general election rhetoric against president joe biden that included attacking his protection of the southern border and ramping up his decision not to charge biden over the handling of the documents while questioning biden's mental fitness. alina trine, south carolina. >> both haleys responded to trump's comments about his absence. michael haley posted a meme on x that said the difference between humans and animals, animals would never allow the dumbest ones to lead the pack. you can see a wolf there in the background of that tweet. nikki haley had this to say. >> if you mock the service of a combat veteran, you don't deserve a driver's license, let alone being president of the united states. >> also on the campaign trail, former president trump celebra

in 2018, all former first ladies alive called out family separation at the border, including melania obama. where are they now, this is silence from them, this is a political issue being bounced around because they like the policy and no concern for the kids at the border. >> emily: it strikes me for three years we've been inundated with tragedy that affects every family throughout the country because of fentanyl and sexual assault and human trafficking. only thing that moved the needle of the person in the white house was threat of losing votes. think how many familieses testified in front of congress and pled on air to say please not me, not my 60-year-old mother that got punched in the face multiple times. the stories go on. only thing the president cared about was losing votes and he wants to diminish that everything is about the vote for him, that tells you all that you need to know. it is a tragedy and all within his ability to fix. >> harris: and willing to buck the u.s. supreme court to pay off, bail out people with debt on student loans. what makes us think they would follow

but also work pointing out that melania trump has not been appearing at donald trump's campaign stops. or any of his court appearances thus far. we have only saw her when she appeared a long side her husband when he launched his white house bid in 2022. donald trump did not just go after nikki haley. he tested out some of his general election rhetoric against president joe biden that included attacking his handling of the southern border an ramping up his criticism of the justice department decision not to charge biden over the handling of the documents while repeatedly questioning biden's mental fitness. >> alena treen, thank you so much. >>> if you mock the service of a sbat veteran, you don't deserve a driver's license let alone being president of the united states. >> and michael haley posted a meme on x that said the difference between humans and animals, animals would never allow the dumbest ones to lead the pack. >> and here are five things to watch this week. former president trump has until tomorrow to ask the supreme court to step in and block the ruling by an appeals court

it's worth noting melania trump also has not been appearing on the campaign trial or at any of his court appearances. the only time we've really seen her is when she appeared beside him as his white house bid kickoff back in november of 2022. nikki haley responded. she said in a statement, quote, michael is deployed serving our country. something you know nothing about. someone who continually disrespects the sacrifices of military families has no business being commander in chief. back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> on tuesday, special live coverage of the election to replace former congressman george santos. will the slim republican majority shrink even further? how will the results shape november's election? special coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on tuesday here on cnn. we'll be right back. not all christian mccaffrey's are the same. some are all-pro running backs. some aren't. i'm christian mccaffrey and i make tacos. just like not all internet providers are the same. don't settle for slow. yikes. or unreliable. that's going to leave a mark. or weak. get real deal speed, rel

we also know that melania hasn't been on the road at all with the former president so none of this adds up. look, i give nikki haley credit for her response back. very tough, very firm so good for her. >> we know this is part of a pattern with donald trump. it's been written in the atlantic. confirmed by us here at cnn that at one point, trump referred to soldiers buried in a cemetery in france as losers and suckers. is there something more than just an offhand comment here or there? >> i can't explain it. i don't know what he would gain from it. maybe just poorly briefed on where her husband is and the fact he's serving our country abroad. with regard to the broader issue, i never felt that donald trump understood the importance and virtue of military service of you know, committing yourself to service in uniform to defend your country. maybe some of that's in there, but this doesn't make much sense. >> is there an inferiority issue going on? he feels inferior around people in the military because what they do is so admiral and it makes him feel like a smaller human being? i can't unde

but hunter biden is out there and nobody searched his house but they rifled through melania's bedroomnd underware drawers and barron strum and you can't sit there and tell us there's not two standards and it's obvious and insulting to tell us there isn't. will: from the white house to senate, today the senate will happening today the senate is scheduled to meet at noon in a rare saturday session as they work through the weekend trying to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package. rachel: that bill has billions set aside for ukraine, israel, and taiwan but does not address any of the problems at our southern border. will: madeleine rivera is here with more. reporter: part of super bowl sunday on capitol hill and they'll take a crucial procedural vote to break the filibuster and the final package could come not long after that if the bill gets 60 votes and this comes after the senate advances the bill by 64-19 vote friday and still, this is far from a done deal. remember like you guys mentioned, this $95 billion package with money from ukraine and israel not telling us about provisions and

daniels was looking to southeast horry that back in 2006, when trump was already married to melania trump and months after she had given birth, daniels and trump had an affair. the editor of the enquirer then pulled trump's lawyer michael cohen about daniels story, and cohen and daniels immediately began negotiating about how much it would cost for that story to just go away. by the end of the month, at trump's direction, michael cohen had wired stormy daniels $100,000 for her silence. here was michael cohen testifying to congress in 2019, about the purpose of this payment. >> were you concerned about this new story becoming a -- public right after the access hollywood story in terms of impact on the election? >> i was concerned about it. more importantly, mr. trump was concerned about. it >> that was my next question. what was the president's concern about these matters becoming public, in october, as we were about to go into an election? >> he was concerned with the effect that it had on the campaign, on how women were seeing him and, ultimately, whether or not he would have a shot in t

. >> this one thing i have made clear to me is that melania is going to fight in way way.houting questions. >> carley: got the name wrong, joe. that's not a lot to remember in this situation. right? and we see this every day. i can't put this as a one off anymore. he does this all the time. he speaks to dead people more than the admitted six sense and can't gadget the name right. >> carley: big meeting for him and got to nail those moments especially after the robert hur report. thank you for joining us. have great weekend. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪

i also think it's important to note that melania trump, the former first lady, has not been appearingthe campaign trail or in any court appearances with her husband, donald trump, as well. the only time we really saw her appear with him so far in the 2024 election cycle was when he launched his bid for the white house in 2022. but look, donald trump did not just attack nikki haley, he also spent a lot of time testing his general election rhetoric against president joe biden. he attacked biden's handling of the southern border. he also ramped up criticism of the justice department's decision not to charge biden over his handling of classified documents. he also repeatedly criticized joe biden's mental fitness and what special counsel robert hur described as a poor memory. alayna treene, cnn, conway, south carolina. >> nikki haley fired back at trump after those remarks about her husband saying, "michael is deployed serving our country, something you know nothing about. someone who continually disrespects the sacrifices of military families has no business being commander in chief." mic

i remember when melania trump was not visible for some period of time. you had people in the media and others snickering she was no longer with donald trump. we find out she was caring for her ailing mother who was in the last weeks and days of her life. trump gives as good as he gets. we know that. it's just part of these campaign cycles. people don't like it. they're turned off by it. whatever it plamay be. one thing i'm not going to do is say do you still support him? i do because joe biden's a disaster. he's done tremendous damage to this country. america is less prosperous and less safe because joe biden became president. >> just remind folks, you know, the comments you made in 2016 when biden -- i'm sorry, when president trump, then private citizen trump said john mccain wasn't a war hero you said they were offensive. i get you don't like -- >> i was running for president against donald trump and we were in a campaign. >> major haley -- >> i mean, kamala harris basically suggested joe biden was a segregationist. >> and then she became his vice pres

. >> first of all, my family, melania, barron, don jr.y, ivanka and jared, tiffany and michael. they're so, so supportive. [laughter] [cheering] >> stephen: "it's okay, dad. sometimes i forget i exist too. is this me? no. it's just a really accurate impression." cruel. but accurate. now, nikki haley. thank you. [applause] i want to thank my lady wife. nikki haley was rejected by her home state, but despite her loss, she pledged the race -- to stay in the race. >> we're heading to michigan tomorrow and we're heading to the super tuesday states throughout all of next week. i'm grateful that today is not the end of our story. >> stephen: you're right. this isn't the end. we're way past the end. this is like the third post credits scene in a marvel movie, where they hint at some character that no one has ever even heard of. "wow, so in another part of the multiverse, ant man has a brother who's an exterminator. okay. yeah, i'll watch that on a plane." but i can see why nikki might be holding on. 'cause when you look closely at the numbers, th

has there been in the family any talk about the role for melania? >> that ruling i believe will be overturned because it is so egregious and so outrageous. i don't think any appellate court will let it stand. >> could you talk about your qualifications to be co-chair, what is your pitch to members when you get there? >> i've been part of my father-in-law's campaign for two campaign cycles. i was a senior adviser in 2020 to his campaign. all of us were new to politics and had a lot to learn but i've learned a lot about that. i've worked with the r.n.c. when i was part of the trump campaign from 2016 all the way through 2020. so i mean, i think as far as campaigns go, i have a lot of experience. i'm sure there's a lot i still need to learn though. >> the current co-chair of the r.n.c. has been deeply loyal to your father-in-law. have you had any conversations about this role change? that would be major for the state. >> i have not reached out to drew directly. >> one of the conversations they're having about the trump endorsement, sort of having new l

but also the form first lady melania trump has not appeared with donald trump once on the trail apart from his announcement back in 2020 when he'd be running for the white house in 2024. i want to give you that comparison there. they have been trading barbs, him and nikki haley, repeatedly today. and i just want you to listen to what he said about mental competency tests. this is something that nikki haley has also been needling donald trump on earlier today. haley and her campaign at a campaign stop in south carolina were handing out mental competency tests to supporters in the crowd. donald trump said he supports people taking those tests, and he thinks that other presidents should be doing so, as well. take a listen. >> and i've called for cognitive tests. i actually think anybody running for president should have tests. i think -- and i pass them every time. dr. ronny jackson gave me the first one. [ applause ] >> reporter: now, i do want to point out that this is a state, south carolina, that donald trump and his team feel very confident about. even though is nikki haley's backya

i remember when melania trump was not visible for some period of time. he had people in the media and other snickering and speculating that she was no longer with donald trump. we found out later that she was caring for her ailing mother who was in the last weeks and days of her life. so this sort of nastiness. trump gives us as good as he gets. we know that. it's a part of the campaign cycle. people don't like it. but at end of the day, i think one of the things i'm not going to do any longer is respond to every comment donald trump makes and say are you still supporting him? i do because joe biden is a disaster. because joe biden is a disaster. america is less prosperous and the world is less safe because joe biden became president. >> and just a reminder for folks, the comments you made in 2016 when president trump, then private citizen trump said john mccain wasn't a war hero. you said the comments were ridiculous and a disqualifier as commander in chief. >> i was running for president against donald trump. >> i mean kamala harris basically suggested

one, he can get out of this mess in 10 seconds if he starts to sell pictures of melania's feet on onlyans. the only person i'll give credence to is kathy hochul. i don't agree with her. if you need a pinch and you need to lose a boner immediately, she's undefeated. if i can go into an important meter or parent teacher conferences and you have a woody, bust out the hochul, smooth sailing. >> greg: i didn't see that coming, so to speak. >> think about it. that is her claim to fame. she's the one chick cuomo didn't try to bang. that's it. [laughter] >> greg: kat, you know, this whole idea of like it's unfair to amplify your value, we wouldn't not have -- we wouldn't be making any money. in contract negotiations, i always ask for a pony. i don't get the pony, but it drives him nuts. doesn't that make sense? you always -- >> you know what make sense? he's a foot guy. [laughter] >> greg: yeah. yeah. >> a lot makes sense now. you know, i -- what i don't understand and all the discussion about this is the whole no one is above the law. no one is above the law. but then also isn't this an unpre