state, and gave us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, iowa republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump, nothing hugely surprising there. but we re gonna still talk about what that means. with me here at the table, all-star panel, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and as i always like to say, my old boss, david plouffe. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the last couple of days. nbc news can project that donald trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we will bring you any updated numbers as soon as we get them, and we will stay closer to the decision desk, and of course, the one and only, steve kornacki. the field has also one candidate smaller tonight, vivek ramaswamy announced he was dro
it s one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for president obama jennifer palmieri. now, tonight in iowa, nbc news projected that donald trump won the caucuses with more than 50% of the vote. his numbers really cement the four-time indicted candidate status as the front-runner. we already knew this. but in the republican field, the race for second place, it had a bit more drama with nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis locked in a dead heat for most of the night. but as awkward as he may be at times, and he is awkward, desantis did put in the w
( ) the new festive family meal. starting at $24. now celebrating at el pollo loco. york, 11 pm in iowa where tonight caucus goers brave record low temperatures, gathered in gyms, churches, schools across the state and give us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, i will republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump. nothing usually surprising, there but we ll still talk about what that means. with me at the tables an all-star panel. former obama campaign manager, embassy and my old boss david blough. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the past couple of days. nbc news can project that on trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor ron desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we ll bring you any updated numbers it s in as we get them and stay close with ou
welcome to inside politics. i m phil mattingly in for dana bash. the friday before christmas is supposed to be slow, but there s no shortage of major news right now, including a new report about pressure the then president put on officials in michigan after the election. but at any moment, the supreme court could announce whether it ses fast tracking a a decision on donald trump s claim he s immune from prosecution if i for trying to you are overturn the election. i they want a quick decision to move forward with the trial. trump wants to delay if as much as possible. we start things off with katelyn polantz in washington. what s so striking here is it may seem procedural, but my goodness, the stakes here could not be higher. reporter: they are. i can t risk getting into the weeds on this. but it is a really big deal. that became so apparent in the way that the justice department wrote about this issue to the supreme court yesterday. they wrote that this issue of presiden
allowed as a prosecutor to ask the jurors to put themselves in the shoes of the victim. you re not allowed to do that like the defense isn t allowed to ask the jurors to put themselves in the shoes of the defendants but that s what you did by playing that video and that s exactly what the prosecutor did when she didn t focus on race because she wanted those jurors to actually witness the video and picture themselves jogging down the street and make sure it was a race argument so the jurors could envision themselves white or black, hispanic, asian jogging down the street having an illegal detention and execution in the middle of a suburb. that was a smart move by the prosecution. in the absence of the video leaked because you thought it would be a smart thing to do. i mean, think about this. rodney brian has to be he should have turned. you and i saw from that jury verdict, he didn t get the