that s it for us, have a great weekend. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight straight from the source, donald trump and his gop rivals now canceling almost all of their in-person events in iowa. less than 70 hours out before the critical first vote in the nation. the extreme weather and sub zero temps up ending their plans. plus new u.s. strikes against iranian backed militants in yemen tonight hours after president biden said he delivered a message to iran that the barrage of strikes last night. the question now is escalation inevitable? and complications of the trump case in georgia. allegations of the improper relationship between the fulton county district attorney and her lead prosecutor. a judge is now looking into the matter. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. we are now down to the crucial final three days before the first vote in the nation. right now the republican front runner will be off the trails and on the phones instead just like
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welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we are tracking several stories tonight, including another supreme court ethics scandal, tying gop appointee samuel alito to another billionaire on a fishing trip. we ll get into that later. it s a big story. but our news program begins tonight with not only the criminal trial of donald trump, now slated to begin on august 14th buck the broader ongoing threat of right wing individual lantyism and authoritarianism. tonight we begin with a special report on that very challenge, and trump s efforts to hijack the criminal justice system that now is trying to potentially hold him accountable. we re talking about a range of actions that has prompted already fear of violence over the violent rhetoric and whether that could turn to action. we re about one week out from the federal arraignment that trump did try to prevent. we remember he was forced to sit silently in that miami courtroom. outside cameras showed a very small crowd. the scene was
msnbc headquarters in new york city. receipts, proof of timeline, screenshots. trump unconstitutionally profited millions from the presidency, and democrats like congressman robert garcia bringing the receipts. we begin this hour in frigid iowa, where enlisted 48 hours, caucus goers will brave sub-zero temperatures on the martin luther king jr. day to decide who they think should top the presidential power ticket for 2024. joining me now from des moines iowa is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. vaughn, i will not ask the obvious about how cold it is, but you have to set the stage for us. talk about how the extreme weather in iowa could actually dictate the outcome of monday. okay, my friend, we are standing in here in this isn t just nothing here. i know that you are in new york today, where it s actually a balmy 60 degrees, but your family down miami right now, he did next is 89. i was looking this up in miami. here at the windchill is negative 20. we re talking ab
and fingerprinted a federal court appearance captured by a sketch artist. you re seeing one such example. these moments you re looking at here are that which donald trump has blatantly tried to overshadow with this is own series of events and speeches and recent pr programming. well, we can all see how this case is different right now. the early reporting is focused on how it will follow a traditional trajectory. the new york times puts it that way. next up we have a date for trump codefendant walt nauta to enter his plea, june 27th. and then traditionally, the status conference hearings that you would see over a course of couple months, the government supplying evidence to the defense. and that material can then inform the defense lawyers strategies. trump s lawyers may try a kind of more serious investigation of this odd defense that trump has been publicly mounted that the de the classified documents he says were secretly or magically declassified before he left offic