impossible to separate donald trump s political fate from his legal one. trump today not knowing a victory lap over his major win in iowa, but spending the past several hours in a new york city courtroom. though he isn t required to be there at all. he isn t planning who hold a campaign rally in new hampshire until later tonight. why, you might ask? well, an nbc news entrance poll from iowa may provide a big clue. nearly two-thirds of republicans said he would still be fit to serve another term as president even if he s convicted of a crime. just 31% said it would make him unfit. so, the former president has been leaning into his court battles instead of shying away. using them as a platform, including a fund-raising platform. and as a political opportunity to show his supporters he s not afraid to fight. and that brings us to right now. the new trial involving e. jean carroll, the woman who trump was found civilly responsible of sexually abusing more than two decades ago. to
for a fund raising push. and it was the state where he bagged it. so what s next for ron desantis after his distant second place finish in iowa? what he just told nbc news. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in new york where a jury was just seated moments ago in the e. jean carroll trial. msnbc s lisa rubin just stepped out court. give us your headlines. reporter: we just finished with the selection of a jury of nine people. one of the things that struck me about the jurors selected is how nonspecific they were about their media consumption. the judge has a battery of routine questions he asked of perspective jurors and the last one was where do you get your news from. what i saw today suggests to me that all the people assembled from the courtroom, irrespective of their political bias, they all wanted to be here because when they were asked where do you get your news from, most said i m news agnostic or i get it from the internet. i see
a culture war is underway in the classroom as some schools insist on teaching very young kids about gender and sexuality. new fox news poll shows what american parents think about that president biden characterizing his political rivals as the most extreme organization in american history. but is it smart to insult half the country? in case joe biden is interested in who the maga crowd is, these are people that love america. these are people that want to achieve the american dream and don t want the government smothering it for them. did you know there s only been two times in american history - two - when the national debt was larger than gross domestic product? world war ii - and right now. that s a deep hole. and i don t know how we ll climb out of it. that s why i buy gold from rosland capital.