first indictment last march. this hour, reality check for ron desantis and nikki haley, after they finished far behind mr. trump in iowa. the new hampshire primary just a week from today. trouble spots overseas, that could impact the 2024 campaign. iran hits new targets inside iraq. the iran-backed houthis show no sign of backing down notice red sea, despite u.s. attacks against their facilities in yemen. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell with the government and schools closed here in washington, but nothing compared to the weather or the avalanche of trump votes all but burying the former president s rivals in iowa, setting the stage for new hampshire s primary seven days from today. mr. trump is in a manhattan courtroom at this hour showing up voluntarily for jury selection in a trial to decide damages in e. jean carroll s second defamation case. his strategy appears to be working. trump s support grew since last march. nearly two-thirds of all iowa voter
plea deal and will serve no time in prison. despite owing millions in taxes. among other potential crimes according to the irs officials. last night a big celebration to rub it in faces. joe, hunter and attorney general merrick garland all celebrated together! at a state dinner at the white house. according to garland we are not allowed question his conduct. any criticism of the department of justice is attack on democracy. watch this. some have chosen to attack the yesterday department as components and employees by claiming weep don t treat like cases alike. this institutes an attack on an institution essential to american democracy. and essential to the safety of american people. nothing could be further from the truth. you heard me say many times that we make our cases based on facts and the law. those are not just words they are when we live by the way we enabling decisions. would you feel hunter biden s lawyers are very angry accusing the irs whistle blower illegal ac
with race, i judge a person based on their dash their char. i m not a white supremacist, i m a normal guy. jordan neely s family says this is advertisement to soften the public s view of daniel penny, who choked jordan neely to death. we never called him a white supremacist, we called him a killer and we want to know why he didn t let go of the choke hold until he was dead. jordan neely s uncle said he needs to be prosecuted or he will do this again. he has too much confidence and has to be taught what he did was wrong. as far as daniel penny s defense, legal expertses warn if this case goes to trial, prosecutors could use daniel perry s military experience against him. they could lean on that, it is not the usual manslaughter two case, it is usually somebody waving a knife or gun and it is easy to infer the person was awear of the risk. this is a choke hold. penny was released on bail after he was charged with manslaughter. ashley: thank you. daniel penny lawyer spoke
kind of considered taking a question. this were a number of shouted questions. then decided he said something about you can come see me in my office or something like that. departed. so here s a bit of the new details about the objects that were shot down over canada, alaska and lake huron. the intelligence committee s current assessment is these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private company that studied weather or other scientific research. martha: he spoke about the chinese spy flight, the balloon, whatever you want to call it. he said he expects to speak with president xi. watch this. we seek competition, not conflict with china. we re not looking for a new cold war. i make no apologies and we will compete. we ll responsibly manage that competition so it doesn t veer into conflict. martha: that s something that the president says a lot. he wants competition with china, not conflict. he said he expects to speak with president xi about this. it s
the fear is the toxic chemicals being released into the air, the ground water prompting urgent evacuation orders. and newly released body cam video from the mass shooting at a louisville bank showing the moments police officers put an end to a gunman s reign of terror i think i got him down. i think he s down! plus, new details about how police say the shooter was able to legally purchase an ar-15 style rifle just case before his rampage. and a highly anticipated vote in memphis in just hours now over whether to reinstate the second black tennessee lawmaker ousted from his seat for protesting gun violence. will justin pearson join his colleague who made his triumphant return to the capitol days after their dramatic expulsion. just in on the u.s. economy, inflation dropping to the lowest level in nearly two years, but are any of us feeling it yet first, the breaking news unfolding in indiana at this hour, take a lack at this, that plume of black smoke from this massi