tonight s special coverage. i m rachel maddow here at the and messam busy mothership with my colleagues joy, read and lawrence o donnell, and gems, aki and all remember. great to have you all. here our friends chris hayes and stephanie ruhle will be joining us later. it is going to be fun. we are less than a week out from the republican presidential caucuses in iowa, last i when public debate is underway tonight with oddly, a sort of random selection of two of the remaining five people for presidential candidates taking part in that debate. if you can, right now, name all five remaining republican presidential candidates off the top of your head without looking anything up, congratulations. also two of them are debating, tonight nikki haley and ron desantis. also tonight, two miles away from that final hour debate, fox news conducted a live town hall with the front running republican candidate who of course has refused to participate in any debates at all of this year, but
it s all in the hands of the voters. everybody, make sure you get out and vote. to actually get the candidate that the people wanted. who will iowa push forward? and who will ios end packing? tonight, the much awaited final poll from the storied and celebrated des moines register. will there be a surprise upset? steve kornacki is at the big board. or a weather wildcard. our reporters are in the, cold and getting colder iowa. this is how to win, 2024. good to be with you, i m katie . could we be at the beginning of the end of the gop race for president? or, will a power greater than politics intervene? the des moines register just released its final poll before monday s caucus. and while donald trump holds a historic lead, there is some slippage in his support, something he probably wanted to address in person today, but could not, as a blizzard forced him to cancel both of his rallies. ladies and gentlemen, let me introduced politics too . this is what it looks
the republican party, former president trump took a break from courtum appearances to tak questions in a fox news town hall. in this n town hall he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points, and essentially a rally with questions. let s be very clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie suspended his campaign refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world a re-election losing 91 felony counts facic, twice impeached front-runner who didn t show up to debate at anything would be a prime candidate prime target for any candidate hoping to take the lead, right? that s in normal times. but desantis and haley declined to focus on the elephant not in the room. instead they saved their most ruthless barbs for each other. we need to stand up for the people and not bow down to woke corporati
simone sanders-townsend, joined by my coherence, alicia menendez and michael steele. the clock just struck midnight a couple of hours ago. three republican candidates made their case why they should be the republican party s nominee in the 2024 presidential election. former south carolina governor nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis sparred in a debate hedrick university in des moines. meanwhile, the front runner of the republican party, former president donald trump, took a break from court appearances to take questions in a fox news town hall. in this town hall, he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points and essentially a rally with questions. let me be clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie, suspended his campaign, refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world, a r
host begins right now. e msnb host begins right now. good evening. welcome to tonight special coverage. i m rachel maddow here at the msnbc mothership with my colleagues joy reid and lawrence o donnell and jen psaki and ari melber. i friends chris hayes and alex wagner and stephanie ruhle or are gonna be joining us later. it s going to be fun. we re less than a week out from the republican presidential caucuses in iowa. theast eye or a public can debate is underway tonight with oddly a sort of random selection of two of the remaining five republican presidential candidates. taking part in that debate. if you can, right now, name all five remaining republican presidential candidates at the top of your head without looking anything up, congratulations. and i ll say you need to get out more. two are debating tonight. nikki haley and ron desantis. also tonight, two miles away from that iowa debate, fox news conducted a live town hall with the front running republican candida