impossible to separate donald trump s political fate from his legal one. trump today not knowing a victory lap over his major win in iowa, but spending the past several hours in a new york city courtroom. though he isn t required to be there at all. he isn t planning who hold a campaign rally in new hampshire until later tonight. why, you might ask? well, an nbc news entrance poll from iowa may provide a big clue. nearly two-thirds of republicans said he would still be fit to serve another term as president even if he s convicted of a crime. just 31% said it would make him unfit. so, the former president has been leaning into his court battles instead of shying away. using them as a platform, including a fund-raising platform. and as a political opportunity to show his supporters he s not afraid to fight. and that brings us to right now. the new trial involving e. jean carroll, the woman who trump was found civilly responsible of sexually abusing more than two decades ago. to
for a fund raising push. and it was the state where he bagged it. so what s next for ron desantis after his distant second place finish in iowa? what he just told nbc news. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in new york where a jury was just seated moments ago in the e. jean carroll trial. msnbc s lisa rubin just stepped out court. give us your headlines. reporter: we just finished with the selection of a jury of nine people. one of the things that struck me about the jurors selected is how nonspecific they were about their media consumption. the judge has a battery of routine questions he asked of perspective jurors and the last one was where do you get your news from. what i saw today suggests to me that all the people assembled from the courtroom, irrespective of their political bias, they all wanted to be here because when they were asked where do you get your news from, most said i m news agnostic or i get it from the internet. i see
no doubt cleotha abston is involved in this case. jackie ibanez with major details, jackie. this is turning into an incredibly scary story. an unidentified body found for a missing mother of two eliza fletcher. authorities uncovered a body during their search for the billionaire heiress in a heavily wooded area just 7 miles where fletcher was last seen in a mile from where the suspect with his car close. the police have not confirmed the identity or cause of death. cleotha abston setrst hearing ls morning. the convicted felon is facing additional charges for identity theft after reportedly stealing a woman s cash wrap and gas card the day before fletcher went missing. . as the suspect s uncle tells news outlets, he is 100% sure he had something to do with her abduction. my whole family is wacky. they are all perpetrators of something. she set out for her job when she was attacked near the university of memphis. she was reported missing by her husband just before 8:00 in th
i can t get my billions and trillions alike. what do you think about it? he will do anything to buy a vote. he is in desperate times right now. carley: you mentioned that message was insulting. take a listen to this nbc contributor said this about the state of the republican party. watch this. the daily reminder, no longer a political movement but a fascist movement that has embraced and imposes religious beliefs as law. it is no longer republicans versus democrats but americans versus maga. carley: what you think about that? first of all, a failed talk show host who has worked for the same that i do. barely an audience. speaking the same that he has been speaking for many years. i will let that pause right there. that is what you get. they are desperate. they really are getting desperate. so now, they need to pit americans against americans.