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
breaking news on this holiday weekend. special counsel jack smith delivers a newfound, an urgent an appeals court to dismiss former president trump s immunity claims. ahead, what that means for the case and when we could get ruling. plus, nikki haley s campaign playing cleanup after she botched a simple question about the civil war. what her answer says about the state of the gop and its base. also ahead, a look at how the polls have shifted over the course of 2023 and what that means for 2024. and why an extreme immigration law in texas is drawing the attention of the justice department. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, where several gop presidential candidates are spending the weekend in hopes of dismantling donald trump s hold over the republican party. that includes former south carolina governor nikki haley. but as she works to capture momentum from a surge in the polls, her campaign is also cleaning up her recent comments about the civi
castro in for alicia menendez. as we begin a new hour, a break continues on this holiday weekend. special counsel jack smith delivers a newfound, an urgent an appeals court to dismiss former president trump s immunity claims. ahead, what that means for the case and when we could get rolling. plus, nikki haley s campaign playing cleanup after she botched a simple question about the civil war. what herenda says about the state of the gop and its base. also ahead, but look at how the polls have shifted over the course of 2023 and what that means for 2024. and why and immigration law in texas is drawing the attention of the justice department. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, where several gop presidential candidates are spending the weekend in hopes of dismantling donald trump s hold over that republican party. that includes former south carolina governor nikki haley. but as she works to capture momentum from a surge and the polls, her campaign
hill, wrong track, disaster, hard times on both sides of the aisles. ashley: that is how americans feel but alexandria hoff with a brand-new tweet from the president who is getting a lot of reaction this morning, hi, alex. the message from the white house is don t worry about those hard times in uncertainty about the bank account because a person is feeling positive. i don t make my word as biden i ve never been more optimistic about america s future than today. the president takes the online because those were not biden s 71% of plain old americans believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. according to nbc news poll. 60% said their income is falling behind the cost of living. omar president and ceo bill simon. we have to get this inflation under control. another year of high single digit, low double-digit inflation and we are going to be in a world of hurt because inflation hurts 100% of the population. a recession might hurt 2%, 3% that have lost their job
the horrific police beating of tyre nichols shocks the nation. how could this happen again? nichols family attorney, ben crump, will join me in moments. and political vengeance? house speaker kevin mccarthy boots two democrats off one committee as the house prepares to vote as soon as this week on removing a third. this is not anything political. democratic representatives adam schiff, ilhan omar, and eric swalwell join me exclusively to respond. plus, campaign kickoff. former president donald trump makes his first campaign stops with some signs his party is leaving him behind. when will potential gop rivals make it official? republican senator chris sununu joins me exclusively. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is sickened and heartbroken. americans are grieving today and they re demanding change with protesters taking to the streets in cities across the u.s., spurred by the sight of five police officers mercilessly beating tyre nichols