tonight on all in. a decision about projecting lower than expected turnout 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. then 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 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, as donald trump to cruise to victory, 51% of the total vote. florida govern
that s the focus of tonight s angle. at the end of his speech today, i don t know if you sathw it at the white house. biden ended on a note that wase. it was sweet. iitt was hopeful.as u itni wasfy unifying or simply nothing, nothing beyondg our capacitybeyond get done if o it together. so god bless god bless you all t that we can figureo out how to come together better than we deve so far , because a lot of people s lives and futures depend upon it.ou act ua if you actually believe that, then you re juste th as ne as one of those poor rejectedthe girls on the bachelor. r never stop fighting for you, don t you?yo u.and rachel, i know you don t mean you re going to put me in this. all right. well, i could be is i promise you, it s the truth about this administration and the democrat party in general. the demoparty init s not funny . i in fact, it s dark and it s sinister. while they ve been busy destroying our prosperity, our borderrder, an and our safeo they ve also been
saying. jerry, just remember, it s not a lie if you believe it. [laughter] brian: unfortunately, for us, the media has gone full castanza and refused to acknowledge that a midterm election red wave has been growing since joe biden entered office. americans have felt what it s like when republicans deliver and they are tired of the disappointments under the biden administration. frustration with the failure and direction of the country we have been heading. in even democrats began turning on each other. but, after a series of small victories for the white house, the left has a new talking point the red wave is dying because of all the liberal momentum. some of us have been trying to tell y all the supreme court nuking abortion rights has shifted the midterm momentum to the democrats. politics and the midterms there are some signs that democrats are getting some momentum back. red wave you have been hearing so much about. well it doesn t look like that s going to happ
life is at risk all because of donald trump. and it s taken years off of his life. out of all the fear. but first, often considered the dumbest person in d.c., that would be biden s chief of staff, ron klain. he s now praising joe biden, his hard work and his steady leadership compared to donald trump s. take a listen. i just think donald trump created an expectation of a president creating a storm every single day. i don t think it was good for the country. i don t think the voters wanted it. and i think 81 million of them showed up last in 2020 and said they wanted a different kind of president. nasser joe biden this he comes into the oval office every morning. he s serious about his work. he s serious about the change. he s trying to bring to this country. all right, ron , a serious really because every time joe opens his mouth, it is a complete adam schiff show. here s a friendly reminder. the ideas that the with the nature not the political coverage look, some of the p
favor. again, there are some signs of drift toward issues where the party has an advantage like the economliy and immigration. they re reporting now. where did i hear that? about six weeks ago, ari, the same democrat operatives masquerading as journalists are doing the same thing. they ve always done. they try to sell democrat failures as wins, but americans aren t buying it. you have to go back to jimmy carter, to his approval numbers lower than biden to say at the same point in his presidency. so only in liberal la la land would any of this qualify as joementum. so they were trying to sell this momentum thing all summer. long. ari, but you and i talked about this before. the numbers are what the numbers are and the failure is not going away. joe biden s job approval in august, a thirty seven percent, which is just dismal. he s improved. he s up to poor.