returns to the granite state tonight, he is taking her on. this hour, president biden ramps up the abortion debate at the start of the election year tied to monday s 51st anniversary of roe v. wade. the annual anti-abortion march in washington, blocks from the supreme court, expected to rule soon on what could be another landmark decision, a pending case to outlaw the abortion pill nationwide. the head of u.s. cybersecurity will join me on their critical effort to keep the 2024 election secure from foreign and domestic online interference, as artificial intelligence sparks new threats. u.s. strikes against houthi rebels failed to stop new waves of the red sea attacks. netanyahu s speech flatly rejecting a palestinian state and u.s. peace plan causes new friction with washington, europe, and arab neighbors. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. live free or die, that s the state motto in new hampshire, fully embraced there, especially by the state s
and teachers killed by aunman nearly two years ago. the lead, with the jake tapper, starts right now. donald trump s response, when a judge threatened to throw them out of court, quote, i would love it. the lead starts right now that outbursts in court. what donald trump did, when a woman who is accusing him of sexual harassment, took the stand. at the white house, resident biden, meeting with leaders of the house and senate as senate republicans urged house republicans to take the deal on immigration and the border and get something, rather than nothing. when schoolchildren stop. see how often it is that the students are stopping planned events. welcome to the lead. we start with our law and justice lead. a jury is deciding how much donald trump must pay to a woman he defamed, as the jury previously divided decided. the judge threatened to kick the former president out of the court. trump responded, quote, i would love it. he was warned to speak more quietly when talking
she goes around the edges, it wasn t the right president at the right time. that doesn t seem to be a response to him or insulting her. personally worse than that mike, she is not responding to new hampshire voters you know a hell of a lot more you reported on new hampshire primaries candidates, who are supposed to be surging dealt council debates, and refused to answer bogus questions you know joe, of all the primaries that we ve ever held whatever president you re talking about, new hampshire is still is always will be, fun. fun for the candidates. fun for the media, fun for the people. you can sum up the magic of the new hampshire primary, with one story. the late great, mo running for president, he s on the ballot with several of the democrats, the year with 76. he walks into a barbershop, he s shaking hands, a fellow says to him, he who says i would like your phone. the fellow says to him, i m thinking about it, i ve only met you twice. that is the way new hamp
up next, the meat weekend. ext, the meat weekend. ,,. in the political world, is adjusting swiftly to the republican results out of iowa, which showed trump in the league. as we were covering that night with rachel. but half of that red electorate open to alternatives. the top two alternatives, which are two individuals separated by just under 3000 votes in iowa, are squaring off, there are high stakes in new hampshire. this is the more moderate, independent state that could favor haley. it s voters also will look more like the november electorate than the nominee, whr s ultimat, will have to face. new tonight, desantis is not campaigning in new hampshire right now, having given up on the moderate-leaning states, giving the quote, abysmal poll numbers for the new york times. and while it is january, we must remember the rest of the last political parts of the nation are probably a little bit exhaust at the thought of turning back to campaigns, and more focused on things
during? this yes, i. and sit there and look pretty. let s dive into some of the big stories of the week. donald trump, a busy man on the campaign trail in new hampshire and in the new york city courtroom during the second day of the defamation damages trial he faces involving writer e. jean carroll. the judge threatened to throw former president donald trump out of court for talking, being disruptive ball carroll was testifying on the stand. the judge also scolded trump attorney alina habba, one before the start the trial trial, she requested for the third time the trial be adjourned today. so that trump could attend his mother lost funeral in florida. the judge denied that request again, telling her to sit down, which haven t responded, she does not like being spoken to in that way by the judge. understand yesterday, e. jean carroll testified about the sexual abuse she says she suffered at the hands of donald trump and how speaking about it in 2019 ruined her reputat