tonight, don t trump starting off 2024 by pushing back on means ballot ban. a clash of legal challenges and campaign events which is two weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. then, harvard university s president stepping down after backlash over congressional testimony and allegations of plagiarism. and, congress as a lot to get done in a election year. how this could all play out with republicans now in the majority in the house as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. happy to be back at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we are kicking off our first show of the new year with the reality of defendant donald trump on the 2024 campaign trail, less than two weeks out from the iowa caucuses, three weeks from the new hampshire primary, and right now his challenges for the gop nomination have yet to touch him in the polls. but donald trump is likely facing multiple trials this year as he makes his pitch to voter
republicans, tim. donald trump blocked steve scalise from a chance at being speaker of the house. he boxed him out. what did steve scalise due today? he endorsed donald trump. so who exactly are the normal republicans? this is my pet issue. so thank you for asking me about this. i do note the endorsement race this time. it is over 140 members of the house, senate, and city governors have endorsed, trump and nikki haley has to. last time january to 2016, don trump had a single intimacy in congress, jeff sessions. now he s got all of them. 18 senators. the house majority leader, the speaker the house. this party has united behind. him i call it the new maga establishment. there are a handful of closet normals, the people that don t want trump but don t have the courage or the gumption to say it. and then the people who haven t endorsed anyone but they re not