99 counties, despite visiting only 15 of them. florida governor ron desantis came in a distant second, receiving 21% of support in the hawkeye state. 30 points behind trump and just 2 points ahead of former south carolina governor nikki haley. this year s republican caucuses had the lowest turnout since the year 2000, drawing around 108,000 voters. that s about 14% of the state s registered republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 16th. how did the results reflect compared to the polls? i think there was a big winner, and i think there was a big loser. the big winner, of course, donald trump. he got over 50% of the vote. the big loser, of course, the republican party, who is strapped with a republican loser, a seven-time loser. the problem for republicans is they started in iowa. this is just a perennial problem for the gop. it really, willie, is a problem that the democrats fixed, but you go back and look. who won in 2008? mike huckabee.
have just launched a joint attack against iranian backed houthi rebelainss in yemen. has trey inkster is in tel avivas with the latest track. avi yeah. hey, jesse, good evening. thisv. is breaking news. the united states and the united kingdom have launchee unites and ud aron strikes against houthi rebels in yemen. lows this follows a series of attacks against commercial shipping vessels a since mid-october. around 27, according to ou r sources. and also amid red lines that were drawn by the. united states and ultimately crossed by those iran backed houthi crosss, launching new ats not just against the red sea, but againsst t israel.israel back on october 17th, the houthis starte. d their participation in the israel-hamas war. y arted thremember both hamas wr and hezbollah on israel s northern borde.r and, of course, the houthis in yemen, all backed by iran. thise is all linkedected an and connected, and it comes amid concern across the regiondt that things are escalat
n issues, including migrant plights and newsom s pathetic threat to throw them in jail. desantis thinks it s time for.s gaviit sn to up and get into the race for the white house. know what? stop pussyfooting around. are you going to.ow are you going to throw your hat in the ring. and challenge, joe? are you going to get in and do it? ard do e you just going to sit on the sidelines and chirp? so why don t you throw your hat in the rin g and then we ll go ahead and talk about what s happening? but i guess gavin likes being on the sidelines. herthe e he is repeatedly rug out a white house run. c are you considering runningon fo rr president in 2020 or 2028 not even. oh, not at all. it sit not my ambition and it s not the direction that i m leaning. how many times is your phonep ping a day? people saying, you need to get in this race. i see where you see where you re going with thating.? i m asking. no, and i m not answering. buweringt doesn t mean newsom wouldn t r
right now on the story, we re awaiting word from the supreme court as the push continues for the justices to tackle former president trump s disqualification from the colorado ballot. on the ballot for now, after an appeal by the state s republican party. this as the gop frontrunner faces a new challenge in the election interference case. special counsel jack smith asking the judge to limit what trump can say during his expected march trial. writing he shouldn t be allowed to propagate irrelevant disinformation or inject politics in to this proceeding. trump firing back that smith wants to take away my right of free speech. jonathan turley standing by with his analysis. first to fox news legal editor, carrie kupec. this filing from jack smith, you think it s necessary or overkill? where does it go from here? it reminded me a lot of the gag order that jack smith wanted in september. that was a gag order that the aclu characterized as election interference. it would limit h
drastically. todd: how? carley: i had a baby, his name is brock. he s four months old now. i know they say every stage gets better as the baby gets older. i can t imagine anything better than this face. he is so smiley, he looks like you are the greatest thing he s ever seen. beautiful moment in my life and i love sharing the pictures. todd: matt, the floor director, and i discussed everything you would need to learn about being a parent and you pooh-poohed most of them. what were we right on or wrong on? carley: i can t remember anything you said. todd: glad it had an impact. carley: i appreciate all advice you gave me while i was on maternity leave, we would text and talk and had in-depth conversation on best way to clean a baby s nose. that did happen and i appreciate the insight there. it s been amazing and i m just on cloud nine. it s been great to see my husband, pete, become a father, as well. those moments are so sweet. carley: has he become a father or