things, need a thick skin to be president. sandra: that s all for us. john: the story with martha in iowa starts right now. martha: good afternoon, everybody. via martha maccallum maccallum and this is the story live in freezing, snowy des moines, iowa, the center of the political world for the next few days during the iowa caucuses which happened on monday. today my camping trail interviews with nikki haley and ron desantis coming up on the story. but first, this. the pentagon says that the united states does expect iran-back to houthis will retaliate. that after the united states and allies carried out massive strikes last evening against the group in yemen. take a listen now to this new threat as articulated a short time ago, watch. this rally is the first to condemn this aggression against the republic of yemen last night. it is also a message to britain and the united states of america in particular that they will pay a heavy price for this aggression. these
in february, of 2021, joe biden had been president for less than a month. the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand, a high crime is a felony and misdemeanor is a misdemeanor. the words haven t changed that much overtime. after he s out of office, you go and arrest him. so there is no opportunity where the president of the united states can run rampant in january at the end of his term and just go away scot-free. the department of just
it s five in new york city and this is the five. from hibernation to high-energy team biden is once again trying to reassure americans that are sleepy commander-in-chief has the stamina to be the most powerful person on the planet. president biden emerging in allentown pennsylvania today after taking it easy with no public appearances since monday. according toce a report by nbc part of the white house planc, make joe look more useful and ramp up more informal remarks unannounced stops at diners and appearances and ansocial media posts and podcasts budget that backfired today. the president looking totally lost as he shuffled around various businesses. the white house is also rolling out a doctor. jill biden is trying to convince americans that joe is the energizer bunny. i think what people don t see is how hard it joe t works every single day. he gets up thinking what he can do for the american people and he does thatop. his job doesn t and we have dinner together at seve
the guns, kit is greater. think about those kids practicing the speeches at home, heartbreaking pleas for change from what is now known as the lockdown generation takes us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. for all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, see you at the end of tomorrow. the end of tomorrow the united states senate was still in the middle of impeaching the previous president for stoking insurrection. the house impeachment managers, all of them democrats, were making the case that even though trump was no longer president, he had to be impeached because otherwise future presidents would be free to commit any crime or misdemeanor as long as they did so right before leaving office. to rebut that, trump s lawyers offered this counter argument. if my colleague on this side of the chamber actually think that president trump committed a criminal offense, and let s understand
my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. trump on trial in august? the first court date is officially set, and it is just eight weeks away. tonight, what it all means for the possibility of a trial before the election and, the motives of the trump appointed judge in charge of it. then after a five year investigation by a trump appointed prosecutor, hunter unlikely that the august 14th start date, the one that is two months from today, will hold. it s fairly common practice for a judge to set an early start date as a sort of benchmark, only to see the trial slip further and further down the calendar. the prosecution needs time to prepare its arguments, and trump s lawyers deserve time to mount a reasonable defense of their client. the defense has not yet received, for instance, the classified evidence as part of the discovery process, something which, on its own, could had significant