all of the political fallout to come. also this hour, florida federal judge aileen cannon sets a file date for the president s documents case as mr. trump gives his most detailed answer yet since last week s indictment about his handling of america s secrets in response to tough questions from fox news anchor bret baier. why not just hand them over then? because i had the boxes. i wanted to go through the boxes and get all of my personal things out. i didn t want to hand it over yet, and i was very busy as you ve sort of seen. yeah, you tell the aide to move to other locations after telling your lawyers you had fully complied with the subpoena when you hadn t? but i had to take all of my thing out. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things. and john durham to the house intelligence committee on the 206-page report that s highly critical of the fbi s investigation into the russian interference in 2016, to the republican intelligence committee chairman,
record-low temperatures as they get ready to make their choice in the first nominating contest of 2024. chaos follows him. you can t just terminate the constitution. former president donald trump lead his rivals even as he makes some of his closing arguments from outside a courtroom. it s a witch hunt in the truest sense of the word. who will emerge as trump s biggest challenger. steve kornacki has the results of our final poll, and chuck todd will offer a guide on what to watch on caucus night. plus, smoke signals. chris christie exits the gop race, warning nikki haley will get smoked, but will he consider his own independent third party run? i am going to make sure that in no way do i enable donald trump to ever be president of the united states again. and striking back. the u.s. launches air strikes in yemen as tensions rise in the middle east. these strikes were very deliberate, very focused. while the pentagon s top official remains hospitalized and u
when we get this done can you go out there and bring it home? tomorrow night we caucus and win the primary and we win the general. bill: the stage is set. first votes in the 2024 election will be tallied hours from now. tonight in iowa voters get their first verdict on the republican presidential field when they go to caucus. we ve waited a long time for this one, right? it s finally here. w welcome to a frigid iowa. i m bill hemmer. great to kick it off with you. all right. let s go. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it s cold outside, warm inside. the iowans are saying what are you complaining about? we ll be fine. if they re not worried maybe we shouldn t be worried for voter turnout. the coldest in history, frigid weather and a wild card that could maybe have a major impact on turnout. the candidates will make their final pitches today across the state to deliver last-minute bids to win over voters. all pockets of the hawkeye state could hold
white house is expected to brief shortly and will likely face a lot of questions about hunter biden s art dealer who is right now speaking behind closed doors. that is happening with lawmakers today. the deposition before the house oversight committee is part of a larger investigation into the biden family business dealings. john: they came to hear from the soho gallerist, who has featured things from the first son in at least two shows. we will ask what was learned today coming up. this indictment of the administration s attitude toward public disclosure and toward full transparency. there s just a lot we need to know and frankly, there s a lot that our enemies are noticing about our lackadaisical attitude toward the chain of command. i can t find anyone to tell me what was wrong and how ill he was. was he sedated, was he under was he unconscious. sandra: key questions at this hour as just a short time from flou we will now we will hear from pat ryder, the first br
welcome back. the former president arrived to the courthouse a little over an hour ago via underground garage. he has already been booked and digitally fingerprinted. he is expected to plead not guilty to a 37-count indictment. mr. trump is accused of mishandling classified documents containing sensitive defense secrets about everything from nuclear programs to potential military vulnerabilities. while he s not expected to stay much many court today, trump has been saying plenty of social media. he s posted nearly a dozen times on the case just in recent hours and that includes multiple attacks on the essential counsel, jack smith, calling him a thug and accusing him of planting evidence all while police are keeping a close eye on the crowds gathered outside the courthouse in miami for the arraignment. but so far, no problems there. seems to be relatively peaceful. let s bring in our panel for how hour. ari is back with us as is andrew weissman, former lead prosecutor in