rnc dropping a plan to pronounce donald trump the nominee. and also president biden s campaign reportedly closely watching the bitter feud and many even enjoying it. will it help the incumbent president come november. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, january 26. happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington. and it is also 5:00 a.m. in new york. that is where donald trump is expected back in federal court this morning for closing a arguments in the civil defamation case brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. he closed out the trial with just three minutes of testimony thursday. he was admonished several times by the judge. his comments stricken from the record after he repeated the original defamation against carroll. trump s lawyer asked, quote, did you deny the allegation because ms. carroll made an accusation trump responded yes, she said something i considered a false accusation. totally false. that is when the judge interrupted and sai
win the granite state. i ll get into that with carville. trump won by less than his margin in 2016 when he didn t have white house experience. the polls were off again. his margin far less than the polling he had garnered against haley, for example in the months past and the final weekend. haley had a solid night, her first contest since besting every other guy in the race to make it a two-person clash. before we bring in james, we ll show you how it went down. this is not your typical victory speech. this race is far from over. who the hell was the impostor that went up on the stage before and like claims a victory? i m a fighter. and i m scrappy. just a little note to nikki, she s not going to win. with donald trump, republicans have lost almost every competitive election. we lost the senate. we lost the house. we lost the white house. we lost in 2018. we lost in 2020. and we lost in 2022. the math there is donald trump s largest problem, winning w hashire wit
to go out of what was being decided, which is really how much of anything he owed her he was still denying the heart of the allegation the point that tran20 s attorney made yesterday as he was being cross-examined that, was that there was another trial in and trump did not show up or testify, he did not even go to the courtroom, which he has since said it was because his attorneys advised him to do so, but the attorney saying he could have come for that trial. and of course we are seeing how it has ended up, no surprise that he is going to appeal this but also revealing how angry he is about how much with the situation where he is going to have to potentially pay e. jean carroll 2 lies that president biden had anything to do with the defamation suit, he did not , zero evidence there is of that , and 2nd of all that this is anything to do with first amendment rights, the department amendment to the u.s. constitution, allowing for more freeze than almost any other country on ea
representative in florida gets last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the countdown to new hampshire. we are just about one hour away from the first votes being cast. nikki haley takes on donald trump. we will have the latest from the ground. then, trump s defamation trial postponed as he continues to attack e. jean carroll. abortion rights play a major role in 2022. will it have the same impact in 2024? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters, right here in new york city. in just about one hour, the first votes will be cast in the new hampshire primary. we will have live coverage from dixville notch as the results come in. nikki haley and donald trump are now in a one-on-one showdown for the 2024 republican nomination. this evening, they held their final rallies ahead of tomorrow s primary. you have one who has the entire political elite all around him. it
don t even think i could. it s shock, complete shock. [sirens] i need medical unit. the longer time goes on without him, it s really hard. that s how it ended. this is how it started. he took a gun and took it to my head. it wasn t until i heard the click that i realized it wasn t loaded. i let him take martial. he had the boys running drills and shoot live ammunition over their heads. what were they turning into, living with him? monsters. he was talking about police officers, if any cop got on my face, i had killam. let s call it what it was, an execution. i think is one of the most dangerous people we ve ever dealt with. the threat of death was very real from him. what i end up leaving, i would ve been in a bag in the ocean. it was deep country, dark, just after two a.m.. as the small town montana deputy cruised home. and of a quiet shift. it was may 2017, outside his car, the air was fresh with a smell of new planting. he was happy,