state, and gave us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, iowa republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump, nothing hugely surprising there. but we re gonna still talk about what that means. with me here at the table, all-star panel, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and as i always like to say, my old boss, david plouffe. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the last couple of days. nbc news can project that donald trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we will bring you any updated numbers as soon as we get them, and we will stay closer to the decision desk, and of course, the one and only, steve kornacki. the field has also one candidate smaller tonight, vivek ramaswamy announced he was dro
it s one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for president obama jennifer palmieri. now, tonight in iowa, nbc news projected that donald trump won the caucuses with more than 50% of the vote. his numbers really cement the four-time indicted candidate status as the front-runner. we already knew this. but in the republican field, the race for second place, it had a bit more drama with nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis locked in a dead heat for most of the night. but as awkward as he may be at times, and he is awkward, desantis did put in the w
tonight. about that turn out. if you re sick, if you re so sick you can t go there get up. tonight, the case for optimism. almost half of the base of the republican party showing up for this caucus tonight voted against donald trump. and the republican front runner liable for sexual assault returns to court for jury selection. plus should we expect to see you on the debate stage in new hampshire? is trump gonna be on the debate stage? nikki haley s latest move to squeeze out ron desantis. what it means from the biden campaign come november. and it s a serious point about conducting elections with zip lock bags and popcorn buckets. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the very first votes of the 2024 election have now been cast. there are no big surprises in iowa last night is donald trump to cruise to victory. 51% of the total vote. florida governor ron desantis came in a distant second, earnings for 21% republican ca
that voter goes to to do just that. some of them can be home, some can be schools. some can be hospital lobbies. anything and anywhere they can go to cast their vote. the problem with the weather in the cold is among the iowans that i talked to, they will brave it and get out there. when you asked them about to do the same for an older relative, make sure that they make to it the polls, you get a different story. they love them so much they don t want to put them in danger. that gets back to another issue. does that affect the turnout the degree one candidate s voters are affected more than the others? it s an interesting subject that i brought up this morning. people might not feel safe to get out in this cold. there s a lot of passion behind people supporting candidates. i care about the future of america. i have to caucus. a lot of people say i ll stay in bed. the people that are serious. those listening to the different candidates, are going to be there. it s sign
eastern here on msnbc. our coverage continues right now with katy tur reports good to be with you. i m katy tur. tomorrow marks the three-year anniversary of the january 6th. in just a few minutes, president biden will give his first 2024 campaign speech marking that day, and warning americans the threat of that day still hangs over them. but what was the threat of that day? because in the years since january 6th, 2021, perceptions among some, especially republicans, have shifted. that trump wasn t responsible, that the fbi was really behind it, that it was no big deal or not that big of a deal. here s the thing, even in the best of circumstances, memory is fallible, time warps and shades it and in the world we live in, bad actors and disinformation corrupt it. let s go back for a moment to those moments to what they were really like in realtime. here s a small portion of our broadcast on that day as the capitol was breached. we re getting a report from our producer