first votes. a key poll shows donald trump far ahead in iowa, with just hours before the kickoff to the 2024 primary race. one candidate jumped in with sky high expectations, now he s feegtsing for his political life. now is our time. will his iowa focus pay off? candidate governor ron desantis joins me next. and tundra on the trail. caucusgoers and candidates brave subzero temperatures in the coldest iowa contest ever. i worry about that. wear layers. mthey can throw a blizzard a us, and we ll have a fight. who will have the advantage in turnout? plus, rough waters. an escalation in the middle east to now a key senator is the to press joe biden on the u.s. role there. is biden s stance widening the rift on the left? the united states is deeply complicit. bernie sanders joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is frozen. tomorrow is one of the single most consequential days in this year s calendar, t
Chaos that began at the food court. Terrifying. Scariest moment of my life. Reporter police say it started when a fistfight got out of control drawing in at least 20 juveniles. He swung on one of the dudes and they started fighting and all the groups started fighting. Reporter gabby miller says even after police and mall security jumped in some of the teens kept fighting. Police caught three of them and then they all came towards the pretzel place and did it again. Reporter several people inside the mall heard gunshots. We heard it. Reporter most shoppers were trying to get away while store employees tried to understand what was happening. Something similar to gunshots. We dont know if it was gunshots but it sounded like shots. Reporter police now say they have ruled out any gunfire. They believe the sounds of large signs falling over may have led people to report shots fired. You start thinking the worst thing acan possibly happen like i just imagine someone with a gun or someone comi
Could be criminally charged. Do you understand that . The defendant i understand. The judge your mother is making an enormous leap of faith on your behalf, and you are the one person in this courtroom who can make sure that your mother does not have to choose between her love for you and her duty to this court. Do you understand that . The defendant yes. The judge do not put your mother in a position where i learn that she was put to that choice. Am i clear . The defendant yes. The judge very well. Then i would like to conclude this proceeding. Ms. Williams, when we met on tuesday, one of the first things i did was advise you of your Constitutional Rights. And then i took steps to protect those rights by appointing aggressive, effective counsel to represent you here. That recital of rights wasnt just some hollow invocation of abstract principles. It was affirmation of the rights guaranteed to you by the United States constitution, and it strikes me that that guarantee says something ex
Spilling into suburban st. Louis streets overnight after an unarmed teen is shot and killed by a police officer. You arent god. You dont decide when youre going to take somebody from her. That was mine. That belonged to me. A grieving mother. Today the family demands answers as the Community Rallies in the streets. Open communication. They are venting and expressing their anger and frustration. They dont have the information they want. They dont like whats going on with all the violence and rioting and looting. They are looking for answers. Were trying to give them answers. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchel in washington. Were monitoring military and Political Developments across iraq today. U. S. Forces continue their Bombing Campaign against isis as the sunni militants engage with kurdish troops in towns throughout the northern part of the country. Farther south, the threat of a political coup by the iraqi leader. U. S. Officials are blaming him for the toxic political environment in baghd
For the country. An inside look. A new report this morning about what really prompted Robert Mueller to dispute a story about Michael Cohen, donald trump, and the russia tower deal. New this morning, the white house and members of Congress Heading to another round in the political impasse that has shut down the government for 30 days now with no end in sight. A forceful and unequivocal no from democrats, rejecting President Trumps new offer to end the shutdown. Hardline antiimmigration advocates are decrying it as amnesty. Heres the president s proposal. He wants 5. 7 billion for a border wall. In return, he would lift the threat of deportation for 1 million immigrants, but only for the next three years. That includes 700,000 young immigrants brought to the u. S. As children and 300,000 with temporary protected status. This is not a 2,000mile concrete structure from sea to sea. These are steel barriers in highpriority locations. It is time to reclaim our future from the extreme voices