( ) the new festive family meal. starting at $24. now celebrating at el pollo loco. york, 11 pm in iowa where tonight caucus goers brave record low temperatures, gathered in gyms, churches, schools across the state and give us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, i will republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump. nothing usually surprising, there but we ll still talk about what that means. with me at the tables an all-star panel. former obama campaign manager, embassy and my old boss david blough. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the past couple of days. nbc news can project that on trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor ron desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we ll bring you any updated numbers it s in as we get them and stay close with ou
sk crisis in russia. i m michael smerconish. putin warns those involved in the mercenary group will be punished. p prigozhin says they killed a, quote, huge amount of his men. a long-time ally of the kremlin, he claimed troops had taken control of facilities in the russian cities of voronezh and rostov-on-don without firing a shot. one general called it a coup d etat, but prigozhin deniesoco. there was an announced a criminal investigation of prigozhin and they were to stop and detain their leader. in an address to the nation, putin said this. translator: i repeat, any internal turmoil is a mortal threat to our statehood, to us as a nation. this is a blow to russia, to our people. so our actions to defend the fatherland against such a threat will be severe. all those who deliberately chose the path of treachery, who prepared a mutiny, who chose blackmail and terrorist methods will face punishment. joining me to discuss is retired u.s. attorney alexander vindman, on the
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from iowa. nikki haley and ron desantis head to head. this is the final push before the first votes which are in iowa. jake tapper and dana bash moderate tonight at 9:00. and i ll be back with anderson for a special hour of ac 360 starting now. we are now just about an hour away from the final republican primary debate before the iowa caucuses next monday. if you re just joining us, i m coming to you along with erin burnett from new york from the campus of drake university in des moines. ron desantis and nikki haley squaring off tonight. cnn s dana bash and jake tapper are moderating. adding to the interest, the unexpected, right, and raising the stakes, the former governor and now former candidate who did not qualify but is so crucial in this race as it moves forward, chris christie. that s right. governor christie stepping out of the race just a short time ago. we re starlgt off this hour with that headline that he made late today, suspending his campaign. here is s
donald trump currently in his mar-a-lago florida estate and preparing to make his initial court appearance just hours fro now in miami. the 45th president of the unite states becoming the first forme president to face federal charges. he is facing 37 counts relating to his handling of classified documents. he is expected to be arraigned and to plead not guilty to all of those counts when he appears to be in a miami courtroom. that could also happen to be if they decide to make it a separate arraignment that would be more private. we will find out. but meanwhile trump will electronically be fingerprinted today. a source tells fox news not to expect in mugshot, and he will not be handcuffed. reporters will be barred from using cameras or phones inside the courtroom at today s proceedings. the judge will likely set bail and schedule the next court hearing. the former president has been expected to head back to his estate in bedminster new jersey and make some remarks this evenin