bedtime stories he told you about going to iowa in 1972 for george montgomery, the first time in a presidential candidate paid attention to the iowa caucuses, winning it, and how he created political history with everyone wanting to follow. karl wagner s footsteps, managing a winning, presidential the monster he helped create, in other words. we were working monday night, all because of carl. he did this to us. he was looking on us with a smile on his face, and probably, a frown. brilliant. a brilliant move when he did it, and i m just sorry that it has become an enduring phenomenon of this absurd thing. all i knew was karl said, no one is paying attention to this, we can get there, when it, and get credit for it. then we re off to the races. only a son of iowa would come up with a plot like that. thank you carl wagner. thank you kara wagner. have a good show, lawrence. thank you alex. today, on the witness stand, in federal court, in manhattan, e. jean ca
from his own lawyers, and furthermore, there s evidence of him saying things that are completely incompatible that this was an idea. do you believe he lied to the justice department do i personally believe it? yes, i do. that s former attorney general bill barr, continuing his criticism of done in another sunday show interview. we ll have more of barr s damning comments about the president in just a moment. meanwhile, 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is mocking the rnc for its loyalty pledge we ll explain. and we ll have the very latest from beijing as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meets with chinese president xi jinping amid heightened tensions between the world s two largest economies. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 19th, juneteen. i m job nathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. former attorney general bill barr is offering a scathing new case against former president donald
let s cut taxes on the middle class and simplify those brackets. donald trump s running for his issues. haley s running on the donors issues. i am running on your issues. ron doesn t defeat biden. trump is head-to-head with biden. monday matters. your voice matters. i trust you. i think there are two america first candidates, donald trump and myself. donald trump was president for four years. he did not make a dent in the administrative state. i know why you re excited. no more commercials for four days. haley referring to the multi-million dollar onslaught of ads greeting iowans. she made a joke. desantis has become a joke. don t believe a thing nikki haley says. ron desantis, losing and lying. haley even opposed trump s wall. haley disparages the caucuses and insults you. the intense wrangling reflects a bet about this republican electorate. the bet is that supporters of former president trump are decided. but any anti-trump vote is more up for gr
grindavik, that s in southwestern iceland. they are evacuating in the face of nearby this follows a series of all small earthquakes and powerful eruptions last month. donald trump going after vivek ramaswamy, not over policy, rather rhetoric. actually not rhetoric, actually it s over a t-shirt. that story in just a moment. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the very latest on the iowa caucus is now just one day away. five candidates on the home stretch braving frigid temperatures today, crisscrossing nine cities to convince voters to bundle up and go out in sub-zero temperatures at caucus time tomorrow night. in the new nbc des moines register media com poll confirms donald trump s dominant league and his supporters are bearing that out, facing down the elements to hear him speak today. in fact, nbc s vaughn hillyard has been talking to them about the determination to show up. i
investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if he s reelected. then we ll talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go and republican candidates are battling an unexpected challenger, mother nature. as we look at iowa city right now, the temperature today, minus ten. the temperatures and forecast to warm up kind of, by caucus time tomorrow, but will remain below zero. conditions on the ground are treacherous for campaigners. it could hinder the ability of voters to get to caucus locations. however, the candidates are braving the weather today. they are blitzing nine cities and the crisscross on the state for