today on inside politics a cold campaign reality. blizzard conditions in iowa mean chaos for republican candidates trying to reach every voter they can. the crucial question, how much will the dangerous weather impact turnout on caucus night? plus, firing back. president biden ordered airstrikes against iran-backed rebels who have been firing at commercial ships, fuelling fears that the middle east could be on the edge of an all-out war. and, i don t hate her. that s the faint praise some iowa republicans are giving nikki haley. we will hear what some voters are really thinking in a brand-new focus group. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start in iowa, which is under a blizzard warning today. it is freezing there. now, i m sure you re thinking, duh, it is january. obviously it is cold in iowa, but this is different. it is brutally cold. historically cold. so cold that iowans are being told not to even take a step outside, and it
with you, my friend. an hour that is yet to be disclosed. i can t wait to see you again. i never have enough. in a little bit, see you. thank you to you at home for joining me this evening. the republican primary field has won thus canada as of this evening. former new jersey governor chris christie has officially dropped out of the race. it s clear to me tonight that there is not the path for me to one denomination. which is why, i am suspending my campaign tonight for president of the united states. i know, and i can see it from the faces here, that i and people by doing this. people who believe in our message and what we have been doing. i also know though, it s the right thing for me to do, because i want to promise you this, i am going to make sure that in no way do i enable donald trump to ever be president of the united states again, and that is more important than my own personal ambition. christy made a number of big statements about the state of the republic
hayes. we re waiting for the special counsel to respond to donald trump s wildly expansive claim of presidential immunity. trump says he can t be prosecuted for january six because he was acquitted in a senate impeachment trial. he contends that he is, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution to the prosecution for his official acts as president. jack smith is expected to respond to those claims before the appeals court heals hears arguments on trump s immunity claims on january six. all rulings on the jaime six case are currently on hold, a lot appeals process plays out, but that didn t stop the special counsel from filing a nemotion from char judge john near chuck in. today asking the court to not allow, quote, the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates relevant disinformation and should reject his intent to inject politics into this proceeding. smith also wants the quo courts to, quote, prohibit the defendant from introducing evidence, making
that massive spy balloon. we ll walk through what happened and take a look at the growing fallout. we re also following the devastating aftermath of a powerful earthquake that left hundreds of people dead in turkey and syria. this morning, rescue crews are searching through rubble for any survivors. and back in washington, there is a major gop donor looking to, quote, turn the page on the past several years in an apparent rebuke of former president trump. we ll explain that development. plus four more years! four more years! four more years! president biden got a surge of support at the democratic national committee s annual winter meeting in philadelphia on friday. as democrats approve a new primary calendar, reshaping the way the party picks its presidential nominees. we ll speak to the chairman of the dnc just ahead. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, february 6th. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at po
what happened that night? surreal scenes in florida, streets overtaken with water after 2 feet of rain fell in only six hours. the airport shut down. the desperate rescues from homes and cars. how nbc s investigation on migrants working illegally in slaughterhouses revealed a widespread stolen identity scheme the new government warning about a deadly baby sleeper recalled years ago but still turning up for sale online and the inspiring school where everyone learns a language of inclusion. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. the potentially damaging leak of american intelligence secrets relating to the war in ukraine has been traced to a low-ranking national guardsman in massachusetts. that s where an fbi tactical team took 21-year-old airman first class jack teixeira into custody this afternoon attorney general merrick garland announcing the arrest of teixeira in the investigation into the retention and transmission of