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
trace: martha, bret, thank you. good evening, i m trace gallagher. it s midnight on the east coast, 9:00 here in los angeles, 11:00 p.m. in iowa, and this is america s late news, fox news @ night. there is breaking news tonight, the vote is in and former president trump took a commanding and historic lead in the iowa caucuses tonight, winning by the largest margin ever in that state. he told fox news he is honored and invigorated by the results. meantime, also huge news, ron desantis now projected to win the iowa silver. meantime, coming in second place is desantis with nikki haley just a few points behind, and as you can see, vivek ramaswamy, who came in fourth, has now suspended his campaign and is endorsing donald trump. we have analysis throughout the hour from steve hilton, aaron. nay, and many more. but we begin with team fox coverage. the legal trouble and what to expect in the lead up to super tuesday. but first, to the senior national correspondent rich edson, li
today on inside politics, democracies on the line. that s president biden s message as he kicks off his 2024 campaign using the third anniversary of the capitol insurrection to warn what s at stake if donald trump wins another term. plus blasting the front runner. ron desantis escalated his attacks with just days left to close the huge gap with the the former president. and don t sit back. the former president needs his sportupporters to show up to wie dominating victory he says he s expecting. it s why he s headed back to iowa today to try to get out the vote. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. f f flz. we start near valley forge, pennsylvania, where the george washington troops were there for a long time as he was leading during the revolutionary war. today it is where joe biden will make his rereelection pitch that donald trump poses an existential threat to u.s. democracy. arlette saenz is there. what are you hearing from your sour
attack, the question is will democrats attempt to use the actions of lone lunatics to chill political speech? if so this is because their grip on power is giving way on two major fronts tonight. in politics and across social media. for them, elon musk s successful purr which you say of twitter is a total invasion of their inter-sanctums like an intruder waltzing into their living room and maybe making a sandwich and turning on fox news and using the bathroom. how dare he. most regular people see elon s desire to house clean at twitter as plain common sense. after all, we discovered there s a lot of fat to cut l. welcome to a day in my life as a twitter employee. then make my way down to the log cabin area. i don t know what it is but it was cool. played fuse ball with my friendy friends to unwind a bit and it was cool. then going to the meditation room that i thought was super neat. i had red wine that s on tap. laura: in is the culture the left is desperate to protect.
monterey park just a couple miles east of los angeles, sharing the same county. thousands had been gathered for a lunar new year event. los angeles county sheriff s department confirming that ten victims have been pronounced dead at the scene, ten more injured with their conditions ranging from stable to critical. when officers a arrived on scene, they observed numerous individuals, patrons pouring out of the location. screaming. the suspect fled the scene and remains outstanding. anyone with information regarding this incident, we re asking them to call l.a. sheriff s homicide. reporter: when it comes to the location, authorities gave the address of a monterey park ballroom dance studio. the shooting happened inside of the busy club. monterey park is home to a large asian population. nothing more though has been provided in terms of a possible motive or suspect description. or we are expecting to hear more many a press conference in about two hours. will, rachel, pete? r