trace: martha, bret, thank you. good evening, i m trace gallagher. it s midnight on the east coast, 9:00 here in los angeles, 11:00 p.m. in iowa, and this is america s late news, fox news @ night. there is breaking news tonight, the vote is in and former president trump took a commanding and historic lead in the iowa caucuses tonight, winning by the largest margin ever in that state. he told fox news he is honored and invigorated by the results. meantime, also huge news, ron desantis now projected to win the iowa silver. meantime, coming in second place is desantis with nikki haley just a few points behind, and as you can see, vivek ramaswamy, who came in fourth, has now suspended his campaign and is endorsing donald trump. we have analysis throughout the hour from steve hilton, aaron. nay, and many more. but we begin with team fox coverage. the legal trouble and what to expect in the lead up to super tuesday. but first, to the senior national correspondent rich edson, li
hunter biden story and denying fault on another story this year. you will see it. joe, elon musk laughing off a washington post op eshg d that says and i quote, elon musk version of free speech bad for twitter, we need regulation to prevents rich people from controlling our channels of communication. joe, does the post not know who owns them? [laughter] i believe that is jeff bezos. talk about number one and number two as far as guys that have a lot of money, todd, you are not one, i am not one. quite remarkable. washington post feels this way, their mantra is democracy die necessary darkness and to advocate the way twitter conducts itself in terms of targeting conservatives is precisely on brand and they know elon musk, who calls himself a
no longer holding itself accountable, they stayed in positions hoping to make a difference. the damage that is related to suicidal thoughts by teenage girls, that they then leverage somehow. it s a business model to have your algorithms that they have in terms of targeting conservatives and others. there s a treasure trove of information that she brought to bear. all of this coming to light. i want to say this, though. the timing of this is interesting and it is breaking news around the world. the platform that facebook owns, facebook, whatsapp, instagram, oculus vr are down and a representative for facebook communications says they are working expeditiously to get this matter under control and have service back up as soon as possible. we can t say whether there is a connection but there s a lot of people who wake up today feeling
special counsel investigation. now the democrats don t seem to be getting what they want when it comes to information. there s a proper role for congress when it comes to oversight. this is not about investigating government scandals like operation fast and furious where the irs targeting conservatives. it s about going after president trump personally using congress and house committees with subpoenas to open up a treasure trove of opposition research for 2020 candidates. the truth is impeachment might be good in the primaries but it s not going to be good in a general election. bret: that s the question. it s a political process. it s not a criminal endeavor. it s a political process. latest polls on the president s job performance, it s up from january from 43 to 46%. disapproval, 52. is there a risk-reward moment for democrats where they have to decide, do we go down this road fully or look to make our mark legislatively? don t under appreciate the