consequences. last night, there were consequences. also this hour, the iowa caucus campaign blitz with haley and desantis battling for second place. if the latest polls are correct, donald trump has a 30-point lead. kristin welker joins me live from des moines to break it all down. former president trump refocusing on iowa after his fireworks during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in manhattan. the judge promising his decision on how much to fine the former president and his adult sons before the end of the month. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell back in washington. while u.s. forces in the wider middle east are bracing for retaliation after they struck back at houthi rebel forces in defiance of the ultimatums keeping up their attacks. the pentagon and british allies bombed more than 60 targets inside yemen overnight that they say were used by the rebels to plan and launch dozens of attacks against commercial shipping routes vital to the world econo
that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and right now we re watching for a major decision set to come any moment now about the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust. it s been 15 months since cinematographer halyna hutchins was struck and killed by a live round fired from a prop gun by actor alec baldwin. now a new mexico district attorney is about to announce whether any charges in the case will be filed. i want to get right to nbc s vaughn hillyard in new mexico. what do we know so far? reporter: yeah, lindsey, we re talking about a tragic case here in which there was a certain level of intelligence, several layers of negligence on the part of alec baldwin and individuals who were a part of the crew on this western set here of rust which was being shot just outside of santa fe. but the ext
new york attorney general is coming after the trump organization, for what? lying about the property values of their stuff. we have got our legal experts here to bring it all down. and the countdown to midterms is on, and less than 45 days, heading to the polls for what i think is a critical election. so we are going to check in on some critical races, the new nbc poll finds enthusiasm for upcoming midterms that an all-time high. plus, we are launching a new series today focused on the organizations known as the divine nine. their efforts to drive voters to the poll. we are taking the series off with the national president of this sorority, she is giving us a peek into what he asked he is up to. i am simone sanders, i am back, and i have something to say. donald trump, he had a bad week. he is facing new legal challenges. first, there are developments involving the mar-a-lago case. and those documents seized by the fbi. three appeals court judges for the 11th circ