this is it, the official kickoff for the 2024 battle for the white house, and one state has the first shot at shaping the race. it s decision time in the bitter cold heartland. iowa has a huge, huge role to play here. this starts here. there is no way iowa is voting against trump. the first votes in a presidential contest that is testing american democracy in extraordinary ways. are you ready? will the former president and unprecedented legal peril get one step closer to a white house comeback? 2024 is our final battle. it s iowa s choice. tonight, after months of anticipation, the republican race gets real. donald trump aiming to drive home his dominance over his gop rivals. we got to be sure that we put this thing away. ron desantis and nikki haley. our best days are yet to come. engaging in a heated showdown to be the top alternative to trump. nikki haley is running on her donors issues. i m the only one running on your issues. he is going to
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
Calling on please and clearing encampments. Yesterday marked the end of the second week of former president Donald Trumps hush money trial. Those are two stories that made headlines this week. To start the program we want to hear from you. What is your top news story of the week . Democrats, your line is 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us you can do so at 202 7488003. Be sure to include your name and city. You can post a question or comment on facebook at facebook. Com cspan, or on x at cspanwj. In addition to campus protests and the hush money trial here are some of the othereadlines we have been following this week. The dea recommended reclassifying marijuana. The Federal Reserve held Interest Rates at a 23year high. Rates slowed according to the april job report. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she is continuing her push to remove House Speaker mike johnson. We will get to calls in a few minutes. First, according to the As
Host this is washington journal for saturday, may 4. Campus protests continued this week. Calling on please and clearing encampments. Yesterday marked the end of the second week of former president Donald Trumps hush money trial. Those are two stories that made headlines this week. To start the program we want to hear from you. What is your top news story of the week . Democrats, your line is 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us you can do so at 202 7488003. Be sure to include your name and city. You can post a question or comment on facebook at facebook. Com cspan, or on x at cspanwj. In addition to campus protests and the hush money trial here are some of the other headlines e been following this week. The dea recommended reclassifying marijuana. The Federal Reserve held Interest Rates at a 23year high. Rates slowed according to the april job report. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she is continuing her push to remove House S
letting us dive into your hour, and thanks to all of you for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times, i ll see you tomorrow for deadline white house. rachel we turn it over to you. got bless you, nicole. it has been a remarkable hour on msnbc. i m so grateful for my colleagues and for colleagues in particular like nicole who can handle the emotional weight of what she just did there. that was just what a service. tomorrow night here is going to be a very big deal as well, which nicole alluded to at the end of her hour there. as you know, president biden is going to be giving his first prime time address to the nation on the issue of covid on the one-year anniversary of the declaration of the worldwide pandemic. we re going to have chris hayes at the lincoln memorial tomorrow coming out of that speech doing a special hour of his own. looking back at what we ve been through the past year but also looking ahead towards us being back together again