ambassador nikki haley in second for the first time in iowa. the suffolk university survey, trump leads the race with 54% of support from likely caucus-goers. second place, 34 points back is nikki haley at 20%. she is followed by florida governor ron desantis, focusing most of his campaign in iowa. he s 13%, 41 points behind donald trump. the bulk of the poll was conducted before chris christie left the race on wednesday, though he hasn t played in iowa. not much of an impact there. vivek ramaswamy, they re in single digit support in the latest survey. let s bring in nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann, who is in iowa for us this morning. what s going on on the ground three days out? well, first of all, notably absent here in iowa, you, willie. i know. joe, mika, none of you guys are here.
yesterday. mccarthy said the two are good friends, the tech leader came to help him celebrate. it s not true that he had a meeting or a planned meeting with both leaders according a source of mine. he actually ran into jeffries while leaving mccarthy s birthday party and there were brief conversations about how they could envision the running of twitter and the future, but nothing in detail because those conversations are forthcoming. the visit with mccarthy will raise eyebrows. a lot of accounts reinstated, including donald trump s, though he hasn t used it yet. senior politics reporter eugene scott, have a good weekend. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early. morning joe starts now. this is not just a professional failing. this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous,
the former president nor the governor took questions, but the political optics are clear. texas republicans overwhelmingly support abbott s wall effort, and republican governors from other states, including florida and south dakota are also sending law enforcement personnel to the border. totally political theater. reporter: democrats are furious that at least some of the money had been allocated for covid relief he has no legal authority over federal issues he is a state governor he can t do what the federal government is supposed to do reporter: governor abbott has also asked the public for donations to help crowd fund the wall, though he hasn t given details how much it will cost or how long it will take lester all right, gabe, thanks up next for us tonight, how teenagers are playing a vital role as the economy comes back tonight, how teenagers are playing a vital role as the economy comes back. (sfx: branches rustle) it is bear country though. hey boo-boo! we hit the ja
job. that s all it is. you ve seen this playbook from the president before. attack the source, make it all partisan. even as the president went on to admit he s not even sure, he says, what the complaint is about. i don t know the identity of the whistleblower, i just hear it s a partisan person, meaning it comes out from another party, but i don t have which conversation? figure it out. you re supposed to be the media, figure it out. which conversation? july 25th. i don t know. i really don t know. let s get straight to the white house and kaitlan collins live for us. the president shaking his head and saying, i don t know. i don t find that believable given the last 24 hours. he goes back and forth on saying this whistleblower is partisan, although he doesn t know who this whistleblower is. he said it was ridiculous, though he hasn t read it, only
paul, though he hasn t been suspect yet. two arsons at two homes, owned by two brothers. now there are many questions left. ebony: oh, my goodness. how heartbreaking and devastating. prayers for that entire family this thanksgiving. leland. leland: all right, facebook p.r. scrambling through the holiday weekend. why the company s second in command appears to be changing her story on that controversial p.r. firm, and it is unprecedented, or business as usual? the supreme court s chief justice. hey dad. if he d taken tylenol, he d be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength stop tough pain