to brief reporters. john kirby will be at her side as well after the death of two navy seals. we will be watching for this closely. those seals going missing in the waters during a mission to seize iranian weapons headed to yemen. all this as the tehran-backed terror group shows no signs of letting up. keenly interested what happens in the briefing room a few moments from now. sandra smith in new york. john: john roberts in washington. that weekend went by quickly, didn t it? president biden mourning the loss of two navy seals releasing a statement writing in part they represented the very best of our country. sandra: and it all comes as the biden administration is reportedly preparing for a sustained military campaign targeting the houthis as they continue to attack commercial shipping in the red sea. john: and breaking a short time ago, the pentagon revealing 11 iranian proxy attacks on u.s. bases in just the past five days, upping the total number of attacks to a w
made an extraordinary contribution to move this country toward being a more perfect union. the film rustin is streaming now on netflix. please watch it. it s great. audra mcdonald and aml ameen, so honored to have both of you here today. thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. hello on this monday. it is 10:00 eastern. happy caucus day. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. all eyes on iowa with the official start of the 2024 election season. republican candidates all making their final appeal to iowans ahead of tonight s gop caucuses. the caucuses will be called to order at 7:00 p.m. local time, 8:00 p.m. eastern. the vote will be held by secret ballot. our final nbc news des moines register poll shows donald trump maintaining his nearly 30-point lead over the rest of the field with a tight race for second place. one major and potentially dangerous obstacle stands in t
who is the pick for trump? don. likely temp scott. okay, all right. he s your friend. all of you, my, friends thank you so much for joining me. that s going to do it on this breaking news coverage with jonathan from washington continues next on this big news day. we begin the 4:00 hour with breaking news from the presidential campaign trail. florida governor ron desantis has officially dropped out of the republican presidential race, following his disappointing and distant second place finish in the iowa caucuses. desantis said, quote, we don t have a clear path to victory. instead, desantis said he will endorse former president donald trump. moments ago, the florida governor released this statement on x. we have prayed and elaborated on the way forward. but if there was anything i could do to produce a favorable outcome, and more campaign stops, more interviews, i would do it. but i can t ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources. we don
still in des moines tonight. we re going to go straight to new hampshire where there is big news vivek ramaswamy and president trump. let it happen. we can not let it continue. we re going down and we can not let it continue. last night, i was honored to receive the endorsement of a man who has become a true leader and earned the admiration of so many patriots. i have been a friend of his, even though we were competing against each other. but i was a friend of his and we got along and he was saying he is a great president. i kept saying why is he running? he keeps calling me a great president. [laughter] he is a fantastic guy. very smart guy. he has some tremendous ideas and is he young and got some young ideas, too. that s a good thing. so he has a big, beautiful, bright future ahead. vivek ramaswamy. [cheers] [cheers and applause] let s do, this guys. good to see you. it s good to be back to new hampshire. we miss you guys. we re going to make this happen and you guys
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. devastatingly cold weather is making these caucuses even more unpredictable in a state known for surprises. we have the latest on former president trump s bid to run away with a win tonight and the fight facing the other candidates to have a strofrng enough showing to stay in the race. we ve got the latest straight ahead. plus, congress on the clock again. with just four days to go before a government shutdown, leaders of both parties float a plan to keep the lights on, but there s a catch. conservatives hate it. so will that sink it? iranian-backed rebels refusing to back down despite dozens of u.s. air strikes against their home base. another u.s.-owned ship attacked just a few hours ago in the red sea. this time they actually hit it. so how is the u.s. going to respond? a lot to get to on this very busy day. we start in iowa where the first votes in what will almost certainly be one of the wildest