republican results out of the iowa, which show trump in the lead. as we were covering that night with rachel. but half of that red electorate open to alternatives. the top two alternatives, which are two individuals separated by just under 3,000 votes in iowa, are squaring off. there are high stakes in new hampshire. this is the more moderate independent state that could favor haley. its voters also will look more like the november electorate that the nominee will have to face. new tonight, desantis is not campaigning in new hampshire right now, having given up on the moderate-leaning state given the abysmal poll numbers, per the new york times. and while it is january, and let s remember the rest of the less political parts of the nation are probably a little more exhausted at the thought of turning back to campaigns and more focused on things like what we promised we d show you, christmas trees eventually coming down, and they re not so obsessed with new hampshire, but
things. and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. oh, gosh. an audio recording undercuts trump s pathetic defense in the classified documents case as the doj reportedly barrels forward on its investigation of his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. also tonight, a supreme court victory for voters and democracy. in a defeat for republicans who wanted to strip state courts of any role in running federal elections and give politicians the final say. plus, ron desantis admits he wants to rewrite the constitution so that right-wing politicians can decide whether people born in this country can legally be considered u.s. citizens. we begin tonight with a frequent and losing strategy by the twice impeached, twice indicted former president. whenever he finds himself stuck in a perilous legal mess of his own making, he goes full orwell and just tells the world don t believe your lying eyes. stick with us, don t
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
denied emergency medical care. i ll never forget one of the doctors just ripping off his gloves throwing them at the trash and saying i can t help you anymore. you have to geout of state. almost a year later, the landscape of abortion access is even worse. republicans remain focused on pushing restrictive laws that americans overwhelmingly reject. the body inside of the mom s body is not her body. not her body, not her choice. the supreme court may have empowered the states to reshape abortion law, but reproductive rights remain a national issue that the biden/harris administration and congress must respond to, to forge a road map for the work that lies ahead. tonight, from dallas, in a state considered ground zero in the national fight over abortion rights, this is one year post-roe, a reidout special with vice president kamala harris. hello, and thank you for joining me on this special edition of the reidout. my guest for the hour is vice president kamala harris.
in february, of 2021, joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand, a high crime is a felony and misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much overtime. after he s out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scot-free. the department of just