caucus day, and it has some beef with new hampshire s primary. he is sidelining it, why? congresswoman barbara lee is here to read between the lines for us. and there is a nationwide uptake in swatting s across the country. what is behind these criminal hoaxes, and how do we rein them in? i am a man with a dean, let s do it. after months of speculation, polling, punditry over the 2024 race for the white house, we are now hours away from the first contest of the election season. tomorrow at seven pm local time, about 24 hours from right now, voters in iowa will be asked to brave what appears to be the coldest caucus day in decades. and according to the last and final poll before caucus day, a new nbc news des moines register poll shows donald trump maintaining his commanding lead over his rivals. that is not unexpected. right now, 48% of likely caucus goers say the twice impeached, and quadruple indicted ex president has their vote. that is an almost 30 point lead over forme
grindavik, that s in southwestern iceland. they are evacuating in the face of nearby this follows a series of all small earthquakes and powerful eruptions last month. donald trump going after vivek ramaswamy, not over policy, rather rhetoric. actually not rhetoric, actually it s over a t-shirt. that story in just a moment. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the very latest on the iowa caucus is now just one day away. five candidates on the home stretch braving frigid temperatures today, crisscrossing nine cities to convince voters to bundle up and go out in sub-zero temperatures at caucus time tomorrow night. in the new nbc des moines register media com poll confirms donald trump s dominant league and his supporters are bearing that out, facing down the elements to hear him speak today. in fact, nbc s vaughn hillyard has been talking to them about the determination to show up. i
ago? i didn t stop voting until 20. until 2020, for donald trump? right. are you involved because of donald trump? no. so are you going to be a first time caucus goer? yeah. yeah. i couldn t stand politics at all. but when i ve seen them all attacking trump, and really i was just like why are they checking trump? the campaign has put an emphasis on turning out folks like that, see these first-time caucus goers, folks who are even involved eight years ago in the state of iowa. and betsy, she told me look, she s got family and friends that are also going to be engaging for the first time. she said she doesn t know a single desantis or haley supporter that she could call a family or a friend, yeah, that s got to be a tough one to hear if you are in either of those campaigns, mark, which kind of begs the question based on the latest polls, the ones actually before the caucus starts tomorrow, what if
think should be president. right now donald trump is on stage in indianola, and last night trump sent his supporters would walk on glass to vote for him. but for one first time caucus goer, she broke out her semi. if trump is in my town, that is fabulous. i will knock snow down to get here. did you caucus eight years ago? no, i didn t start voting until 2020. for donald trump? are you involved because of donald trump? yeah. so you can be a first time caucus goer? yeah. i couldn t stand politics, at all. but when i saw them all attacking trump and really i would just like, why are they attacking trump? nbc s vaughn hillyard is in indianola, iowa for us. what is the vibe there, vaughn? are all their supporters as enthusiastic as when we just heard from? absolutely. the question we ve been asking about is whether folks are