this is how democracy works. if people decided to vote based on the wikileaks e-mails or things john podesta wrote, that s their decision, not russia s decision. there are concerns the sanctions may only last until trump is sworn in, but listen to what lisa monaco told cnn. i will tell you the reversal of sanctions such as you describe would be highly unusual. indeed, the sanctions usually remain in place until the activity and the reasons for them being imposed in the first place has been removed. of course, the trump team doesn t seem to acknowledge fully russia is behind the hacking. betsy, do you expect president trump will undo all of this? it is a really good question, and it is not something that will be easy to predict. i think there s certainly a possibility. that said, trump hasn t failed a number of administrative jobs he hasn t pick some of his closest advisers who will be handling russia issues.
world. there s also that. betsy wood rough, josh barrow, thank you. live pictures from chicago tonight where a much smaller group of demonstrators are out on the night after the second night after the video of laquan s death was released. up next, my interview with the lawyer for the chicago police officer who shot and killed mcdonald. and protests outside a texas mosque, i will talk to the mayor of dallas to get his response. later, president obama s annual turkey pardon, which he treated with the proper amount of reverence such a tradition deserves. as you may have heard, for months, there has been a fierce competition between a bunch of turkeys trying to win their way into the white house. [ laughter ] so you call the that? of reverence such a tradition ok, we re here.
look. donald trump and ben carson neck and neck with 27% each in iowa. the rest of the candidates far behind. but in new hampshire, donald trump finds himself with a stronger lead with 38% of support, ben carson trailing in second with 12%. joining us now to take a look at these numbers, betsy wood rough, political reporter for the daily beast. nice to see you. why did trump resonate with the demographics of voters in new hampshire more than iowa? and betsy, at some juncture, which state is more critical? you know, it s tough to say which state is more critical. i would err on the side of saying iowa because it s larger, more representative of how a candidate would do in a general election. in this particular primary season between the two states it s really interesting. iowa voters are of course midwestern, more religious, christian faith is central to
past few weeks, well, a lot could still happen on a friday afternoon. all these developments lead to our big question for this afternoon. if chaos is the rule for the trump presidency, then what can chaos accomplish? let s get right to it with a team of reporters. peter alexander is at the white house. philip rucker social security white house bureau chief for the washington post, and betsy wood rough is a politics report for the daily beast. and former deputy chief of staff and lecturer at berkeley law. let s start with peter alexander. the news of the hour is that surprise believing for the white house chief of staff john kelly again questions about rob porter. what did he learn from john kelly. as we heard from john kelly and his largely off-the-record
involving the presidential son-in-law who has seen his role diminished substantially. he s isolated inside the administration right now. his colleagues are mocking him. he s lost some of the power that he once wielded in those early days of the presidency. however, he continues to oversee the peace in the middle east process. and so it s obviously an area of scrutiny and has been for sometime publicly. as your colleagues are reporting, it appears to be an area of scrutiny for the mueller investigation as well. betsy, we re going to try to get one of the reporters who broke that story for nbc news on with us when i m we scramble to do that, let me bring in betsy woodruff here. the question of the overall story line emerging from the administration this week. we talk about this news on