investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if he s reelected. then we ll talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go and republican candidates are battling an unexpected challenger, mother nature. as we look at iowa city right now, the temperature today, minus ten. the temperatures and forecast to warm up kind of, by caucus time tomorrow, but will remain below zero. conditions on the ground are treacherous for campaigners. it could hinder the ability of voters to get to caucus locations. however, the candidates are braving the weather today. they are blitzing nine cities and the crisscross on the state for
that is what i think the american people get to know her better. maybe that hypothetical lead over biden does help. let s turn to the biden campaign itself, there are some concerns that democrats are doing enough to earn the support of african american voters. let s take a listen together shoot what popular radio host charlotte mean to call and social justice activists, angela ride, said earlier on msnbc. i have been in meeting after meeting. both on the hill and off the hill, with the party about their failure to reach their base. their most faithful base. for years. this is not new information. i don t know what we re surprised. people want security. a lot of that security as financial. it is simple and plain. whether it was president obama, or all the way back to clinton, to now, joe biden. they feel the democratic party have never promised that. donna, do they have a point? are the democrats doing enough to excite one of the most loyal
president mike pence. president trump makes his own news, of course. we have a lot to talk about with him. but we also have to talk about democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders because he is home this morning in vermont. we learned yesterday, he had a heart attack. he experienced chest pain at an event on tuesday and he was taken to a hospital in las vegas. his doctor said they placed stented in a blocked artery. they don t know when he will return to the campaign trail but he ll be at appear event nine days away. so much to talk about and so many people to do today. political analyst april ryan is with us and cnn political commentators and former south carolina state representative bacarri sellers and angela ride and andrew gillum from
they re really open to the full spectrum of black people, because when you re surrounded by other black people, you can really focus on your own individual needs and not feel your blackness as oppression on an everyday level. i dropped out of college in the middle of my sophomore year, i don t know if i would have done that if i had gone to moore house or clark or one of these other schools. what do you think is important for people to watch this episode and learn from? i think we talk about this in the episode, angela ride is on the episode, and as americans we need to stop looking as blacks as sort of we really work hard, that this stuff isn t the white people institutions, it s just an alternative. i think there s a narrative, that black stuff is second class to american stuff and this paints a picture, no, black stuff is just an alternative to the other things.
reporter: al mereiotty says minority groups are furiously reaching out for other. preparing a coalition, preparing for the worst in donald trump. he cannot rule bety iron fist. this democracy will be upheld. we believe in our democracy s l skbl. reporter: what does he mean about . creating a the large coalition, a large opposition to donald trump. and politically in washington trying to use their influence to advocate for their positions in washington itself. so a two pronged approach. he says that what certainly minority groups are learned in recent history is that the worst mistake is to be quiet and invisible. outfront now conservative radio host ben ferguson and angela ride. we talked about flynn earlier in the show. i want to focus 34r here on jeff