Joining us this hour. Javy friday. The numbers are in on the Republican Debate last night. Turns out it was the least viewed Republican Debate yet. Which kind of surprises me. I mean, in the big picture theres still nothing to complain about. The numbers are still giant. But fewer people watched last nights Republican Debate than any of the others this past year. The first one youll remember was giant 24 million viewers. The second one 23 million viewers. The third one was 14 million. The fourth was 13 million. The fifth one went up a little bit. That was the las vegas one on cnn. That went up to 18 million viewers. Kind of looked like maybe viewership had gone down but it was coming back up. But last night it was back down to the lowest yet. It was 11 Million People watching the main stage sevenkidnap Republican Debate last night in South Carolina. And if you want to see how that stacks up against the democratic debates, even with the republican numbers dropping, the republicans are s
all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the latest polling from the gop presidential race has a very clear message for the republican establishment and the candidates most beloved by its donor class go to hell. that news coming today as the embodiment of that spirit, donald trump and his retinue, descended on manhattan with the gop front-runner reporting for jury duty. trump took a limo to the courthouse, created a chaotic scene with the celebrity candidate beset by throngs of media and selfie seeking bystanders. after going through a metal detector, listing hisccupation as real estate trump was released without getting sected for a trial and is free to return to the campaign trail. it was the latest surreal moment for trump who over the weekend braved the heat and masses at the iowa state fair where he worked the crowd, ate a pork chop on a stick and took kids for free rides in his $7 million held continue m plblcontinue em his last name
0 is a democrat, is apparently making calls to gauge interest in north carolina s second district. that is it for me. i m brooke baldwin. you can always check out our interviews. go to the brooke blog, cnn.com/brooke. let s send things to washington to jake tapper. the lead starts right now. tens of millions of americans affected by the blizzard. if you re snowed in, i hope you have more than stale candy canes in your cupboard. i m jake tapper. this is the lead. the national lead. it is a great day to be out there hurling snowballs if you can feel your fingers inside your gloves. one giant snow day, for as much as a third of the country, but will we get any relief from this bitter cold? also in national news, police let a man go and now they say he killed a beloved california priest just hours later. why was this member of the clergy targeted? we ll ask one of the people who knew him best. and the politics lead. his indefinite suspension lasted a very definite nine days b
0 let me tell you this vast difference in how people are doing is political pay dirt and guess who knows it. first of all the president. second the republicans. they hate this talk about the minimum wage being too low. a former republican member of congress told me he didn t like it when minimum wage stayed up there for months in a row. why? because the american public thinks a jump in dme money we pay people working at the edge of the workforce is a wonderful idea. and this means tens of millions of workers stand to benefit if the president gets a bill through the house. and another thing and this is something every labor leader with moxie knows, the more you boost the minimum wage, the more you pressure wages down the line. you give the dishwasher a jump to $10 an hour and you have to give the person cooking a jump too. welcome to 2014. this is going to be a year with any luck the president will be riding a gung ho economy and some real economic growth out there. the perfect time to
congress told me he didn t like it when minimum wage stayed up there for months in a row. why? because the american public thinks a jump in the money we pay people working at the edge of the workforce is a wonderful idea. guess what? and this means tens of millions of workers stand to benefit if the president gets a bill through the house. and another thing and this is something every labor leader with moxie knows, the more you boost the minimum wage, the more you pressure wages up the line. you give the dishwasher a jump to $10 an hour and you have to give the person cooking a jump too. welcome to 2014. this is going to be a year with any luck the president will be riding a gung ho economy and a higher stock market and some real economic growth out there. the perfect time to be talking to middle america about shrinking that huge disparity between the top and the rest of the country. eugene robinson for the washington post and an msnbc political analyst of course. and joy r