presidential election. the first american election with a front-runner indicted for conspiring to steal the last one. dividing his time between the campaign trail and the courtroom. i think he s got a lot going on. i think the d.c. circuit will rule against him. in the frigid cold. the coldest in modern history. temperatures so low, they bring new meaning to the term negative campaigning. republicans in iowa will make their choice. donald trump is a threat to democracy. tonight, special election coverage, with joy reid, chris hayes, alex wagner, ari melber, jen psaki, lawrence o donnell, stephanie ruhle, plus campaign experts and steve kornacki with results and analysis at the big board. once every four years the big one. msnbc s special coverage of the iowa republican caucus, the start of the 2024 presidential election, is right now. and here we go. ready or not. time to stop worrying about it. time to start actually doing it. good evening. i m rachel mad
than the pundits are predicting and he earns endorsements from people who had previously supported others. i can t speak for anybody else s attitude towards our campaign. what i can tell you is that you would have to have your head stuck in that snow pile possible we are not having a late surge. late endorsements to us. he is a good talker, isn t he it. definitely. an uphill climb for all of these lesser known candidates. in the final pre caucus poll ramaswamy, hutchinson and brinkley combined are still in a distant fourth place. just ahead of not sure and none of the above. there have been many unforgettable moments during the lead up to the iowa caucuses in years past. randi kaye takes a look back at some of the times candidates did their best but things didn t quite go as planned. all right. reporter: when howard dean came in third place in the iowa