good to be with you, i m katy tur. today has been a such a strange day. we re going to get to that surprise mayhem on capitol hill this morning with the unannounced hunter biden visit in a moment, but we ve got to start with what is about to hus hit us, the iowa caucus is monday. as candidates prepare and voters prepare, law enforcement is preparing as well because the threats around this election have never been greater, meaning the threats around any election have never been greater. we are living in a scary time, and it s not me saying that. it s everyone involved in politics from the election officials, judges and lawmakers, to the poll workers, canvassers and voters. some iowa republicans telling us they are afraid to say who they are supporting. it is a twist from what we saw in 2016 when some voters said they were worried to tell pollsters on their friends they supported donald trump. now some were saying they re scared to say they re not supporting donald trump. we ha
the nation by pardoning a president, who was accused of doing something wrong, is not a good idea. as we learned from gerald ford. do you think any of them believe that? or do you think it s just a talking point? that s a good question. luckily, i ve run out of time. i have to start my show. you can t put me on the spot like that. anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. the backing donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. some insane levels. we are going to help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new report on clarence thomas problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonigh
investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if he s reelected. then we ll talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go and republican candidates are battling an unexpected challenger, mother nature. as we look at iowa city right now, the temperature today, minus ten. the temperatures and forecast to warm up kind of, by caucus time tomorrow, but will remain below zero. conditions on the ground are treacherous for campaigners. it could hinder the ability of voters to get to caucus locations. however, the candidates are braving the weather today. they are blitzing nine cities and the crisscross on the state for
mar-a-lago back to the national archives. there was back and forth. this was in the summer of 2021. trump is meeting with people writing an autobiography for mark meadows. they are talking about a story that came out in the new yorker that susan glasser published. it was on general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it was about his concerns in those waning days of the trump presidency that trump was going to take military action when it came to iran. what we re told is on this tape is trump discussing a documents that classified, that he says, if he could show it to the people that he s speaking to, it would undermine general milley s argument. general milley was pushing back on donald trump taking military action in aairan. the recording is in the hands of prosecutors. we know you can hear paper rustling on this recording. we know there are people laughing in the background. i m told this is about two minutes long and it pertains to iran. it s part of a
dw. strikes by security guards at london heathrow airport will go ahead as planned from today, after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute. the walkout will end on easter sunday. it threatens disruption at the uk s largest airport at the start of the easter school holidays. i spoke to our transport correspondent katy austin a little earlier. well, it s security guards who work at terminal five at heathrow, which is only used by british airways. they are walking out today, and also security workers who deal with cargo coming in and out of the airport as well. but even though it is only those specific groups of security officers taking part in the strike, it does mean that staffing is stretched when it comes to security, and this is a very busy few days. today, the weekend, is the start of the easter getaway, so lots of passengers expected to be turning up to go on those holidays. and i think the impact on the ground, when we were at terminalfive earlier, to be fair,