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
and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jacks mitt s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on a collision course with the courtroom reality. that s what we saw this week as the disgraced former presidents that up for just a few minutes, in his own defense and the new york attorney generals civil fraud trial, when trump rambled, dissembled and presented himself as usual, as a
officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil
hey, everybody. good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. we have new, chilling footage, just released and pc news marking the third anniversary of the january 6th riots. never before seen video of rioters, facing down guns to get into the house chamber. i m warning you guys, man. you guys are not gonna lose a paycheck if we come in the building. nobody s gonna get hurt. there s a lot there so many of us. straight ahead, i m gonna tell you how this video surfaced. and who the insurrectionists were talking to through those doors. the man blamed by so many for sparking that riot, meanwhile, is set to take the stage any moment now in iowa in his bid to return to the white house. it s coming right after the supreme court agreed to take on donald trump s appeal of a decision booting him from the colorado ballot. and the former president s lawyer is offering the shocking suggestion that at least one justice owes him big. and it s time to collect. i think it should be a s
was a person of color or a woman who could tell you about some circumstance in which their intellectual abilities have been questioned on the basis of their identity. lots more to discuss on this. i m out of time. thank you so much for your time and your work, jelani cobb and eddie claude jr.. i m back next weekend. inside with jen psaki starts now. well, we ve got a month s worth of news in the first week of 2024. the supreme court announced that it will hear a case on trump s ballot eligibility under the 14th amendment. president biden lays out the stakes of the election in the starkest terms today. jamie raskin is here with his reaction. he s coming up first. plus, maine secretary of state shenna bellows joins me after tossing trump off the ballot in her state, it decision which is now on hold while these appeals play out. also today, with just eight days until the iowa caucuses, i am going to talk to someone who spends a lot of time in focus groups with republican pri