carley: voters have spoken and donald trump is winner of the republican iowa caucus by a landslide. former president is 20 delegates closer to clenching the republican nomination and ron desantis edges past nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy suspending his campaign and endorsing trump after finishing fourth. we will put america first and make american great again. iowa, we love you. go buy larger tractors and more land, don t worry about it. this is the first because the big night will be in november when we take back our country and truly we do make our country great again. we have our marching orders. marching orders to do all we can to preserve what george washington called sacred fire of liberty, same fire that burned in philadelphia in 1776 when our founding fathers signed declaration of independence. when you look at how we re doing, in new hampshire, in south carolina, and beyond. [cheering] i can safely say tonight iowa made this republican primary a two-person
hello, everyone, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with my co-host emily compagno and harris faulkner. also joining is leslie marshall and doug collins. we begin with historic night in iowa. donald trump scored historic win in last night s iowa caucuses, breaking records and carrying 98 of the state s 99 counties and one vote from carrying all 99. with 99% of the vote end donald trump clenched 51% of the vote, ron desantis with 21%, beating nikki haley who came in third with 19%. vivek ramaswamy suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed trump. trump took to the stage after his big win. it is time for our country to come together, we want to come together, republican or democrat or liberal, conservative. congratulate ron and nikki for having a good time together. they both did well. we ll seal up the border. [cheering] right now we have an invasion. we can t have that tissuing is not sustainable. it is horrible. i don t want to be overly rough on th
point lead, and nikki haley and ron desantis in a battle for second place. also, subzero temperatures could make it the coldest caucus day in iowa on record. plus, our very own steve kornacki at the big board tracking the story lines to watch, and how the result tonight could impact next week s new hampshire primary. meanwhile, new accusations, texas officials blocked border agents from saving a migrant woman is and two children from drowning at the southern border. the white house calling it imhumane. another attack on american forces in the red sea, we have details on how the u.s. responded. the u.s. responded. we begin this hour with the very first contest of the 2024 race for the white house. iowa caucus goers are braving some of the bitterest temperatures, plunging a low as minus 18 overnight. and a new media com poll giving us a closer look at the enthusiasm gap going into tonight s caucuses. nearly nine in ten trump supporters say they are very enthusiastic about
a deadline for new lawyers on both sides. also tonight breaking news, the pentagon leak suspect was just indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly disclosing classified information, intelligence information. standby for new details. and jurors have just wrapped up their first day of deliberations in the federal trial of the gunman in the deadly 2018 attack on a pittsburgh synagogue. how soon might they deliver verdicts on dozens of charges including capital offenses that could lead to the death penalty? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. we begin with a new order from judge aileen cannon, her every move in the classified documents case under if tense scrutiny right now as the federal prosecution of donald trump moves forward following his arrest and arraignment. cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is working the story for us. so paula, what is judge cannon saying.
chris jansing reports. at this hour, donald trump s republican rivals not sounding much like rivals after he s kicked off the ballot in colorado. what they re saying including the candidate pledging to withdraw from the state s contest if trump can t compete too. pressure mounting on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. his tense meetings with the families of hostages and where negotiations stand right now to bring them home. plus, the threat is far from over as a volcano continues erupting in iceland, what it means for thousands of people forced to evacuate right before the holiday. and it s the most wonderful time of the year, unless maybe you re headed to the airport. the record-breaking travel as families head home for the holidays. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with donald trump s republican opponents rallying around after the colorado ruling. nbc s vaughn hillyard is following that for us. what are they sayin