thank you, rick wilson, co-founder _ times. thank you, rick wilson, co-founder of _ times.tish prime minister, rishi sunak, had serious doubts about the uk government's policy of sending asylum seekers to rwanda. the papers, written in march 2022 when sunak was finance minister, indicate he was doubful that the policy would deter migrants from crossing the english channel from france. a source close to mr sunak told the bbc, "the prime minister was always fully behind the principle of the scheme." the plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda for processing and potentially resettlement aimed to discourage people from crossing the channel in small boats, was first announced by then—prime minister borisjohnson in april 2022. a woman in her 90s has been found alive injapan, six days after a devastating earthquake there. emergency workers pulled her from the rubble of a two—storey building in the town of suzu. she is now receiving hospital treatment. you're watching bbc news. i am treatment. you're watching bbc news. iam helena humphrey in washington. thank you for your time p

i was listening to the conversation you guys were having with rick wilson, just before this.think all of that is right, and he certainly knows and understands the possible concern of voters. but nikki haley is really trying to make -- not just with conservative voters, but with independents. i know that there's a line that's being put out right now that democrats are going to be the ones to vote for nikki haley. any democrat who would've wanted to do that would've had to change their voter registration last year. that moment has passed. i've met those people, there are now under claire voters. but that's just how it goes here in new hampshire. >> i'm glad you said, that because i was going to ask you that. the deal, ali, is that anytime you're available somewhere where i'm on tv, i want you to be on the show. because this is just developing what we call like a demo reel, a sizzle reel, for our bosses, for the alleviations. >> this is important. >> but there was a motivation on my part, with that hot that you wear. and it's gone. is it just warm? is that the issue? because tha

rick wilson, you are a founder. i hope you're doing 0k you are a founder.e, glad to see your indoors! i'm a florida there, glad to see your indoors! i“n a florida man so this is even more of a shock to the system!- of a shock to the system! donald trum is of a shock to the system! donald trump is leading _ of a shock to the system! donald trump is leading in _ of a shock to the system! donald trump is leading in the _ of a shock to the system! donald trump is leading in the polls, - of a shock to the system! donald l trump is leading in the polls, what does this say about his hold over the party? does this say about his hold over the -a ? , ., does this say about his hold over the party?— does this say about his hold over the -a ? ., , ., , the party? everyone who understands the party? everyone who understands the anthropology _ the party? everyone who understands the anthropology of _ the party? everyone who understands the anthropology of the _ the party? everyone who understands the anthropology of the day's - the anthropology of the day's republican pa

christina greer and rick wilson are back with us.worst of the week? alex jones or greg abbott? >> i mean, ayman, it's difficult. but i'm going to go with governor abbott, largely because i think he inspires other republican governors to have that same sort of rhetoric and ethos when it comes to migrants in their home states. i think he is also just so insensitive to the myriad of men, women and children who really do need assistance. and the vast majority of americans -- not all -- but the vast majority of americans are children and grandchildren and great great grandchildren of immigrants. and so his lack of humanity and compassion as a governor, unfortunately, i think will inspire other republican governors. >> so, quick, greg abbott xenophobic or alex jones the antisemite? because, let's be honest here. when he is talking about killing globalists, we know what globalist now means for the republican party and what that is code for. based on the conspiracy theories that they espouse. who do you have as the worst of the week? >> any

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rick wilson is a former republican, political strategist and co—founder of the lincoln project, a politicalident donald trump. i asked him earlier, why does he think donald trump leads in race for republican nomination? everyone who understands the anthropology of today's republican party has understood for a year that no matter what nikki haley or ron desantis or vivek ramaswamy or chris christie did, they still had to overcome the fact that trump has a death grip on the republican party he will not relinquish, no matter how much he is in trouble legally or politically. that death grip is stronger than ever, frankly. it's hard to see how the american political media is going to come out of monday's probable results in iowa where trump will likely win over nikki haley and romp across the early contests. you're a strategist by training. do you think nikki haley is still in it to win it or is she eyeing the vp ticket? i think she's eyeing the second job. the vp ticket would be something she would take, i don't know if trump will give it to her at this point, but i'd also say none of these can

chief with me now is robert costa, chief election and campaign correspondent for cbs news, and rick wilsonational republican politics. lets talk iowa — rick, if this is a race for second place, who do you think is in the strongest position for coming in numbertwo? the conventional wisdom is wrong invested a lot in iowa but this campaign is been a bit of a disastrous plunge of the past few weeks will be a close run as to whether or not haley or desantis comes out in the second position but by 20 or 30 points, the lower boundary think this campaign needs to recognise that the primaries winding up before the super tuesday contests. find winding up before the super tuesday contests.— winding up before the super tuesday contests. and to get our tuesday contests. and to get your thoughts _ tuesday contests. and to get your thoughts on _ tuesday contests. and to get your thoughts on that, - tuesday contests. and to get| your thoughts on that, remind us historically, when it comes to the iowa caucus, how it ends up to the iowa caucus, how it ends up choosing who will want to being the person who is

stuart, in the last hour, i spoke with your colleague, rick wilson, and frank lance about the effect of a third party candidate in this year's race. frank seemed to be implying that joe manchin, or third party candidate would be a good idea. you can imagine that it was thought to be a terrible idea. but we still have no labels in the game. we have robert f. kennedy junior launching an independent bid. tell me about this concept? i think rick said something interesting, but st. augustine said, make me perfect, which is not yet. we all think more people in the race in general is a good thing, but maybe not this year. >> yeah. i think this is. utterly insane, verging on evil. if no candidate gets 270 electoral votes and goes to the house of representatives to pick the president, and the senate to pick the vice president, by the way. so let's just get the straight. we really want the people who can't pick a speaker to pick the next president? you want mike johnson up there, trying to pick a president of the united states? and it is an absolutely lunatic idea that a candidate can get 270

but a friend of mine, who's a former republican strategist, rick wilson, said, everything trump touchesies. so, it may be transactional for the time being. but if he's angling for either a cabinet position or vice presidential on the vice presidential ticket, i think he's signing his own death warrant here because it's not going to lead to anything good. >> and rob, i know you've been a tough critic of donald trump for a long time now. did you ever think that we would be back in this place where trump is on the verge of wrapping up this nomination. of course people have to vote in new hampshire on tuesday. but that seems to be the path he's on right now. >> no, i never thought it. i mean, the one thing that we've seen over the course from 2016 until now is that the courts have held that any time it gets to an adjudication, they rule against trump. so, the hope is that, at a certain point, that will come to the forew with all of these federal charges that are being heaped on them. the problem is the only one that has a chance of coming to fruition is possibly jack smith's january 6th cas

>> charles, you haven't been listening to us, the lincoln project, rick wilson and i have been saying one, ron desantis had no chance once people got to know him, they weren't going to like him, he's awkward, he's arrogant and when he actually doesn't like people. and that came across very quickly on the trail you weren't the only one that fell for -- ron desantis. there are lots of others in the republican party who thought, look what he did in florida, he's trump without the baggage, and that way he could keep this going and take trump -- no, no, no and desantis was, his campaign was over from the very beginning and he saw all the problems, how many restarts did he have, everyone who knows when you're on a campaign when you start changing leadership a few weeks into the campaign, and the story starts coming out, knives are out of that, you spent what money. and then his wife's meddling and things, it was doom from the beginning and so we kind of recognize the same fact and said, we told you so and we really told you so, it's gonna be an absolute embarrassment around desantis, he sho

rick wilson, thank you very much for this hour. -- i'll be back with you and our my regular time slot for the sunday show, six pm eastern, when our coverage continues with the reverend al sharpton and politicsnation right now. d al sharpto and politicsnation right now >>> good evening, welcome to politicsnation. we start with the breaking news out of new hampshire tonight. or florida governor ron desantis has dropped his bid for the gop presidential nomination. desantis made the announcement on social media, the social media platform, ex, hours ago, he since endorsed donald trump for the nomination over nikki haley, who says this is now, quote, a two-person race. we're going to dive deep tonight into what this departure really means for the race. >>> the cultural wars gripping our country right now that desantis was a major figure in, standing by tonight we will talk with to florida former congressman, congresspeople, one democrat and one republican. >>> and we'll hear from up bishop of one of the major churches in florida, who's been on the frontlines fighting desantis on the so-call

rick wilson and i have been saying this since day one, that ron desantis had no chance.le got to know him, they were not going to like him. he is very awkward, he's arrogant. and you know, he actually -- he doesn't like people. and that came across very quickly on the trail. you weren't the only one who fell with the okey dokey with ron desantis. there were lots of others in the republican party who said look what he did in florida, look at how much he won by, he's trump without the baggage, and that way he can keep this going, he can take a trump, he's younger. no, no, no. and desantis was -- i think his race, his campaign was over from the very beginning. and you saw all the problems. how many restarts did he have? you can't -- everyone knows that when you're in campaigns, when you start changing leadership only a few weeks into your campaign, and then the story start coming out, knives are out about who spent what, money and his wife is meddling in things, it was doomed from the beginning. and so, we kind of, reckon i sit back and say we told you so, and we really tol

the lincoln project co-founder rick wilson. the boston mayor michelle wu. don't know who instituted that one. brndon williams. senator rick scott. the republican house majority whip tom emmer. and a georgia elections official, a republican named gabe sterling. it is actually happening an awful lot. and it is all people who are somehow in the political sphere. >> right. i mean, look, what we need right now is the leaders of both parties, we know that there's the leader of one party, political candidate, presidential candidate, who refuses to disavow violence. and we need him to disavow violence. we need him to say it's not okay. and he's had many opportunities, and he really runs from it. and i think that would -- >> i would argue he even says things, he uses these nebulous statements like there's going to be mayhem, it's going to be chaos, it's going to be wild, right? it's not even running from it. it's -- >> right. he sort of -- and he has >> right, he sort of -- and he's always done this. this sort of intonation that -- and it's a way to avoid responsibi

we've seen governors in the past, people like pete wilson, rick perry, when you put them on the nationalwhat you think, having watched desantis up close wlrks that aspect of this, do you think there's any chance he has the wherewithal to pull off a comeback to make himself a factor? >> it's much different. florida is a huge state. it's not really a ground game like the early presidential states. you can be somewhat untested in the grip and grin game and become governor of florida. rick scott did it. no one will say he's a southern charming politician but he won one 30-second ad at a time. whether he runs again or tries to run again, i think there's some repair he has to do with republican primary voters. the trump base really has a distaste for the last name desantis right now. >> the new book "swamp monsters" is out today. matt dixon, congratulations on the book. >>> coming up on "morning joe," we are moments away from donald trump's immunity hearing in washington, d.c. we will bring you the audio of those oral arguments live right here. >>> also, the issue that caused part of a plane t