the investigation. whistleblower gary shapley is sitting down with fox newings, he claims investigators gave the president s son special treatment. the misdemeanor charges against hunter biden should have been stronger. he has no political motive and is coming forward to expose the corruption. david is live with details. david. david webb before the gary shapley interview, president biden was asks about what s app messages between hunter biden and chinese business associateses. watch this. how involved were you in your son s chinese shake-down text message? were you sitting there? were you involved? no, i wasn t. no. gary shapley, a special agent, still on the job, began overseeing the tax probe in 2020s he came forward after he saw problems with the probe. in an interview with bret baier he claimed prosecutors approved and backed out of searching properties connected to hunter biden. when other search warrant was on a storage unit in virginia. we got updated informatio
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
the nation by pardoning a president, who was accused of doing something wrong, is not a good idea. as we learned from gerald ford. do you think any of them believe that? or do you think it s just a talking point? that s a good question. luckily, i ve run out of time. i have to start my show. you can t put me on the spot like that. anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. the backing donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. some insane levels. we are going to help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new report on clarence thomas problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonigh
anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. debunking donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. they have reached some insane levels. we re gonna help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new reporting on clarence thomas s problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonight, we begin with a new move from the justice department and it s classified documents case against donald trump. in a motion filed late yesterday, special counsel jack smith requested a protective order that would bore trump and his legal team from publicly discussing sensitive material obtained during the trial s discovery pr
arctic blast paralyzed iowa. we have record cold weather, snowfall, record everything. nobody can forecast what the turnout is going to be. are we in for an iowa surprise? plus, mike in the middle. this place is a joke. republ republican threaten to shut down the government. we ve wasted an entire week. if he doesn t show up, i guess we ll just have to wrap it up without him and assume that these were bribes. plus, replacing george santos. people are concerned about safety, about the economy. how much are biden and trump shaping races where they re not on the ballot? inside politics reporting from inside the corridor of power starts now. good morning. i m manu raju. it is finally here. after months of rallies, handshakes and photo ones, the presidential candidates will face off tomorrow in the first contest of 2024. the stage has been set in the hawk eye state and now the political world is reacting to a major new poll from the des moines register and nbc ne