the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
it is 5:00 a.m. here on des moines, iowa on this cold, cold tuesday, january the 16th. our top story former president donald trump scored an historic win in last night s iowa caucus. i really think this is time now for everybody, our country to come together. this is the first because the big night is going to be in november when we take back our country and truly we do make our country great again. steve: meanwhile, ron desantis came in second followed very closely by nikki haley. we re going to unpack the first in the nation contest as all eyes now turn to new hampshire, ainsley. ainsley: that s right, steve. later today, federal employees set to walk off of their jobs in protest. they are protesting biden s support for israel. house speaker mike johnson says fire them all. brian: what about joe biden? is he going to weigh in. wild weather canceling a thousand flights so far today. a little snow didn t stop buffalo fans from digging their way into the stadium. lawre
Country where the best opportunities for our future leader leadership is the leadership of yesterday, that is unamerican. we re taking the next step, thank you for your service and we re moving on. thank you for a historic land slide victory. he even brought up ron desantis unprompted as a stronger potential candidate than trump. there is an argument to be made that someone like desantis could beat him in a primary today. and do you think he could. i think another candidate could. do i think desantis? maybe. i don t know. would he be a good president would be sure. do you think he would be able to connect with voters the way your describing. everyone connects with voters differently. i want to speak to ron but he have my style and he has his style. and everyone is different and everyone state is different. and kate, you will not be surprised to learn that i asked him about his own potential white house future, i ll leave
According to public opinion polls. we re seeing some small protests in manila today. there s expected to be a rally of the presumptive sec pond pla candidate in the election. there s some questions about malfunctioning vote counting machines. the scale of the victory, according to preliminary results, looks like a land slide victory. reporter: the winner of the presidential election in the philippines mobbed by supporters. preliminary and unofficial results show marcos winning by a land slide. he said, quote, judge me not by my ancestors but by my actions.
Round because he didn t have the votes and democrats didn t want to follow him. after the 64 election he gets 61% of the popular vote. he wins every state except for five in the deep south and barry goldwater s home state of arizona. he s got a land slide victory and democrats are eager to follow behind him along with members of the republican party. that is the way he gets a lot done. joe biden never had that. lbj s voting rights act has been rolled back in recent years because of actions from the supreme court and lack of action from congress. what would johnson make of the state of voting rights now in 2022? i think, well, i think he would be deeply disturbed because his ultimate goal is being attacked. i mean, what lbj said to hubert humphrey back in 1964 was, and this is his language, if we get