A dictator for a day.

The former president with an affinity for strong men doubles down on his comments about being a dictator on day one of a second term.

Former Trump, National Security Advisor John Bolton, has spent a lot of time with Donald Trump and with dictators.

And he's coming up first.

Plus, the fight for reproductive freedom in Texas gets a name and a face as Kate Cox's

story grips the state and the nation.

The Texas Supreme Court pauses a ruling that would allow her to get an abortion.

Also today, the president of UPenn resigns amid an uproar over her handling of questions on

anti-Semitism during a congressional hearing.

UPenn professor and bestselling author, Adam Grant, joins me with his reaction.

And later, with the Iowa caucuses just around the corner, a deep dive into one of the most

perplexing relationships in politics today, the one between Donald Trump and evangelical voters.

Thank you. today, the one between Donald Trump and evangelical voters. So I worked on politics for a long time and in government for a long time, as did my first

guest.

And sometimes that work included planning for the day one priorities of presidential

candidates, specifically for me, for Barack Obama and of course Joe Biden. Obviously, a lot goes into

that process. Day one priorities are a reflection of the challenges the country is facing at the time.

They're also a reflection of values. Barack Obama took office during the

worst economic crisis in modern history. And during that time, he worked with the outgoing

Bush administration to pass measures that would help bring the economy back from the brink of

collapse. Joe Biden took office during the worst pandemic in history, or in modern history,

and his primary focus was on bringing the country

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