tonight. about that turn out. if you re sick, if you re so sick you can t go there get up. tonight, the case for optimism. almost half of the base of the republican party showing up for this caucus tonight voted against donald trump. and the republican front runner liable for sexual assault returns to court for jury selection. plus should we expect to see you on the debate stage in new hampshire? is trump gonna be on the debate stage? nikki haley s latest move to squeeze out ron desantis. what it means from the biden campaign come november. and it s a serious point about conducting elections with zip lock bags and popcorn buckets. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the very first votes of the 2024 election have now been cast. there are no big surprises in iowa last night is donald trump to cruise to victory. 51% of the total vote. florida governor ron desantis came in a distant second, earnings for 21% republican ca
together. rafael aka ted cancun cruz endorses the same trump who accused the looks of his wife. cruz is one of many cowardly republicans who signed on to trump s revenge tour at the mere price of their own dignity. the alarming parallels between president biden and lyndon johnson as each man faced re-election, including their roles in two very unpopular conflicts. we begin with writer e. jean carroll. long before her name became synonymous with donald trump and her encounter with him in a department store where he was found to sexually abuse her, she was known as a pioneer in the world of literary journalism, ra trail blazing journalist. he works have been published in countless magazines for decades. readers asked to her ask e. jean column to help solve their problems and hosted her own ask e. jean in the mid 1990s america is talking . the biggest man handling trick of all is to know there is no trick. all you have to remember is that you re a woman and if you re
man. today after being called a gutless paid, bill barr went on cbs with a damning assessment of his former boss. saying trump s look at a fight nine-year-old. that trump is all but a victim. that the indictment against him is not government overreach. do you believe he lied to the justice department? and personally, do i believe. it yes. the legal theory by which he gets to have battle plans, and sensitive national security information as his personal papers is absurd. it s just as wacky as the legal doctrine that came up with for having the vice president unilaterally determine who won the election. obviously, these documents are really private. it s obvious. it s obvious. and yet, whatever obviously maybe it will put our court system to the test in the months to come. for numerous reasons. it s classified documents case highlights the danger of partisan judicial appointments. a judge, trump appointed, helped him delay the doj s investigation now oversees this trial.
and withholding and concealing records. later today, trump will campaign in georgia and north carolina, where voters will hear from him for the first time since the indictment was unsealed. on tuesday, he s expected to be arraigned on those federal charges in miami. nbc news justice joins me now. can, i appreciate you joining us once again to get our 8:00 hour kicks off. tell us what we can expect to see from donald trump s arraignment on tuesday, a lot of us, and all of us, saw his arraignment when he was arraigned in the manhattan d.a. s office for those hush money payments that remains to stormy daniels. is there going to be a different process this time? slightly different, and many ways the same, katie. as you know, the federal system is a bit different from a state court in new york. i just think, as a matter of history and moments, it s a much bigger deal, in part because this is the federal government that donald trump used to run. he presided over. these people
behavior. if it were up to me, nobody would take classified information or endorsing him for president of the united states. donald trump lands in miami on the eve of surrender. glass defied, confidential, i think they are probably all over the place. i think they are gonna find the treasure trove. i can t even imagine. tonight, the second trump arraignment in two months, as the disgraced ex president issues a familiar call. and we need strength at this point, and everyone is afraid to do anything. they have to go out and they have to protest peacefully. blessed, michael cohen on the charges against his old boss, and the decisions trump s alleged coconspirator faces. then maya wiley and elie mystal on that refusal of judge aileen cannon. and congressman jamie raskin on a new june from an infamous trump defender. if even half of it is true, then he is dusted. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. tomorrow afternoon, a