weekend, i m alex wagner. let s get right to the week s top stories. fulton county d.a. fani willis today answered accusations of misconduct that have been coming from one of donald trump s codefendants in the georgia election conspiracy case. now, the attacks against d.a. willis center around this man. nathan wade. one of three special prosecutors that d.a. willis brought on board to oversee this case. last month, trump s codefendant and former campaign operative, mike roman, alleged that d.a. willis and nathan wade were carrying on a secret relationship. mr. roman then asked the judge in this case to remove mr. weighed, miss willis, and her entire office from the case. mr. roman contends that nathan wade wasn t qualified for the job on the eighth willis s team, but miss willis hired him anyway. ensuring that he would receive a generous salary, financial benefits, thanks to their alleged relationship. now, today, in a 176 page court filing, fani willis has offered a detailed
tonight on the reidout the whole thing is ludicrous. to be honest, i don t think they re really into each other. i think it s a publicity stunt. and she is going to use all of this popularity potentially against maga and for democrats. she s got a record of this stuff. oh, no, the right is in full meltdown over it couple taylor swift and travis kelce and when young white wim under 30 trending leftward, the maga right has a reason to be concerned. also, a new investigation revealed prison labor is behind some of the most popular food products that make their way to your dinner table. plus, president biden says he has decided on a response to the deaths of three u.s. soldiers in jordan. the mother of one of those soldiers, specialist breonna moffett, joins me tonight. but we begin tonight with donald trump. the republican front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. the party has put all of their chips behind this man who was found liable for violating
speeches and we get your votes and all that stuff. nobody has ever had to do this before. you know, people didn t do it before because usually candidates who judges say are rapists don t usually get this far, but what we found in iowa a couple nights ago was, well, iowa republicans that voted, those 14%, they like their presidential candidates that are called rapists by judges and they like their presidential candidates that steal nuclear secrets and like their presidential candidates that repeatedly defame women. now, you know, willie, i m new to this political thing. let me help you through this. you brushed me off yesterday when i fell off the turnip truck and i thank you that, right in front of an icy patch of snow outside of 30 rock. you dusted me off. that was nice of him. as we were leaving and going up into 30 rock. i was chewing on it. he explained politics to me. you need to hear it. willie, i still don t get it, though. like, this guy is complaining a
that s why they re sending all these democrats in to run. it s crazy. it is not personal for me. i have no you know, people want me to hate trump or love trump. that s not what it is. i just tell it on policy. i m not going to talk about him personally. i don t care about that. i think politics is too personal, and i think that s why people are so frustrated right now. donald trump and nikki haley with different approaches about talking about the other. both are making their pitch to voters in new hampshire, while ron desantis has his sights on haley s home state. we ll have more from the campaign trail straight ahead. plus, the latest on the foreign aid package that republicans have tied to border security. we ll go through yesterday s meeting at the white house between president biden and speaker mike johnson. also ahead, another concerning escalation in the middle east as pakistan launches a retaliatory strike inside iran. good morning. welcome to morning joe.
presidential election. the first american election with a front-runner indicted for conspiring to steal the last one. dividing his time between the campaign trail and the courtroom. i think he s got a lot going on. i think the d.c. circuit will rule against him. in the frigid cold. the coldest in modern history. temperatures so low, they bring new meaning to the term negative campaigning. republicans in iowa will make their choice. donald trump is a threat to democracy. tonight, special election coverage, with joy reid, chris hayes, alex wagner, ari melber, jen psaki, lawrence o donnell, stephanie ruhle, plus campaign experts and steve kornacki with results and analysis at the big board. once every four years the big one. msnbc s special coverage of the iowa republican caucus, the start of the 2024 presidential election, is right now. and here we go. ready or not. time to stop worrying about it. time to start actually doing it. good evening. i m rachel mad