rick wilson, former republican _ emily at this point.trategist, i emily at this point. rick wilson, - former republican strategist, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday —— looked back and emulate. it's been a weekend of demonstrations across many european cities, with protests against renewed covid lockdown measures. it comes as the omicron variant continues to spread, with it now having been found in some of the biggest cities in the world. saoirse wilson reports. another weekend of protests across europe. in brussels, a thousand people marched against compulsory covid passes to enter bars and restaurants. translation: i restaurants. translation: .. �* restaurants. translation: �* , ., , translation: i can't bear this commission — translation: i can't bear this commission in _ translation: i can't bear this commission in any _ translation: i can't bear this commission in any form, - translation: i can't bear this commission in any form, now | translation: | can't bearthis - commission in any form, now there's the vaccine passports

i looked back at his life with former republican strategist rick wilson. man that has vanished from american politics in many ways. he was a person who dedicated himself to public service from the moment the us was attacked in world war ii. he served heroically in italy and was wounded to a degree that would have killed most ordinary men and left most of them on the sidelines, but bob dole came back from it, he built a career as a public servant dedicated to this country, from the kansas state house all the way of running for vice president and president of the country, and he was a man who believed in that old and vanished america, where we put partisanship aside and came together to push for things that were good for the country and notjust the political interests of the moment. i understand that public speaking wasn't exactly his strength as a politician, but at the same time, he spent a decade as the top republican in the us senate. what legacy does he leave behind? bob dole's legacy is one of bipartisanship, of service, of selflessness. and, frankly,

rick wilson sums it up says nixon is the modern exemplar of course at the heart of the judgment standsdishonesty, the illegality epitomized by the watergate break-in, the cover up running through any number of other episodes of richard nixon's long political career. and it speaks to his line of criticism. of course there's more to it than that. the anti- semitism, the racism that has been revealed on the recordings from the white house attest to a deeper kind of character problem that has fueled a lot of nixon disliked or perhaps hatred. there also seems to me a third piece of this. nixon's distinctly paranoid style of politics. in the anti- instincts he seems to have embodied. in public opinion was for nixon often a force to be held in checked or even bypassed in order to free himself to proceed as he wished. so my brazil story speaks to some of this. some of the speaks different about richard nixon. it muddies the waters a bit and enables us to see the phenomenon of nixon hating part in a more complicated life in the realm of foreign policy after all is the realm weren't nixon would

and to capture all of this, i'll cite just one quote which comes from the political strategist rick wilson, who summed it all up saying that nixon is simply the modern exemplar of a dark and vindictive president. well, of course at the heart of this judgment stands the sheer dishonesty, the illegality, indeed, epitomized by the watergate break-in and coverup but running through any number of episodes from richard nixon's political career. the prison terms meaded out to nixon's cronies and advisors of course speaks to this line of criticism. but of course, there's more to it than that. the anti-semitism, the racism that has been revealed on the tape recordings from the nixon white house attest to a deeper kind of character problem that has fuelled a lot of nixon dislike or perhaps hatred. and then there is also it seems to me a third piece of this. there is nixon's distinctly paranoid style of politics. and the -- indeed the anti-democratic instincts that he seems to have embodied. public opinion was for nixon often a force to be held in check or maybe even bypassed in order to free himself

joining us tonight, senators rick scott and bill hagerty, south carolina attorney general alan wilsonnational border patrol council president brandon judd, former top national security official kt mcfarland and former utah congressman jason chaffetz. the white house battling against biden's bad poll numbers dropping now into the 30s. he is bringing back the pain of the carter era. that is what economists are warning. we have another bad read on inflation, hotter than expected. it is not transitory as the white house claims. okay, pandemics historically are deflationary? this is not good but the white house blaming the media for biden's bad poll numbers attacking as fake news higher cbo scores on their answer to fixing inflation. more government spending. they tried to claim it costs zero, remember that? and we have this? yet another court loss for the white house but a scathing rebuke by appeals court judges of biden's weak border policy now grabbing attention. the fifth circuit reinstated trump's remain in mexico policy. we've got the story. also florida governor ron desantis wants t