tonight, donald trump starting off 2024 by pushing back on maine s ballot ban. a clash of legal challenges and campaign events which is two weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. then, harvard university s president stepping down after backlash over congressional testimony and allegations of plagiarism. and, congress as a lot to get done in a election year. how this could all play out with republicans now in the majority in the house as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. happy to be back at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we are kicking off our first show of the new year with the reality of defendant donald trump on the 2024 campaign trail, less than two weeks out from the iowa caucuses, three weeks from the new hampshire primary, and right now his challengers for the gop nomination have yet to touch him in the polls. but donald trump is likely facing multiple trials this year as he makes his pitch to vot
tonight, don t trump starting off 2024 by pushing back on means ballot ban. a clash of legal challenges and campaign events which is two weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. then, harvard university s president stepping down after backlash over congressional testimony and allegations of plagiarism. and, congress as a lot to get done in a election year. how this could all play out with republicans now in the majority in the house as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. happy to be back at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we are kicking off our first show of the new year with the reality of defendant donald trump on the 2024 campaign trail, less than two weeks out from the iowa caucuses, three weeks from the new hampshire primary, and right now his challenges for the gop nomination have yet to touch him in the polls. but donald trump is likely facing multiple trials this year as he makes his pitch to voter
weapon designed to kill everyone on earth. so, you know, how is that for a tease? episode 2 is out today and wherever you get your podcast, i hope you listen. that will do it for us tonight and now time for the last word. i do have episode two meant to look forward to because, like you, i spent today engrossed in anthony fauci s book and i will do an event with him thursday night, which i am sure, by the time you are halfway through your first comment tonight it was sold out for thursday night. rachel, the book is so rich, as you know and that was a tip of the iceberg discussion. i could do an hour with him just about what he went through at the beginning of the mystery of the hiv-aids investigation and those chapters where they don t know what they are dealing with and it brings us all back to that time and all the work he did long before he ended up, once again, saving so many lives during the covid-19 pandemic. even what he tells you about the zika virus, that is some
wrapped up, because all of this is gonna come back into the public domain and brought up in ways that we haven t heard it discussed by actors who sat out that process and want to get involved now, and the great irony is that house republicans shut down that committee when it was all said and done. the january six committee went away because house republicans did not want to continue with it, they did not want it to exist anymore. they made that clear from the jump. if they are looking for evidence, they have more than themselves to blame for the fact that that stuff is no longer easily accessible to the public. but we all lived it, we all site, and as they were pointing out, i think the whole country will see a lot of this again, legal context, different from the political one that we saw during those hearings as these trials get underway. an important reminder, almost every single witness in those hearings was a republican. garrett, always good to see you, katie, that is a, oakland,
public domain and brought up in ways that we haven t heard it discussed by actors who sat out that process and want to get involved now, and the great irony is that house republicans shut down that committee when it was all said and done. the january six committee went away because house republicans did not want to continue with it, they did not want it to exist anymore. they made that clear from the jump. if they are looking for evidence, they have more than themselves to blame for the fact that that stuff is no longer easily accessible to the public. but we all lived it, we all, so it and as glynn was pointing out, i think the whole country will see a lot of this again, legal context, different from the political one that we saw during those hearings as these trials get underway. an important reminder, almost every single witness in those hearings was a republican. garrett, always good to see you, katie, great to see you. dylan, happy birthday. thank you for being here. also toni