now. where are you? good evening. did you say where am i? yeah. you re not here. it s just that you know what it is it s steve kornacki and the big board. oh, the board is here. i got it. so i m here. come visit. i miss you. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. donald trump handling winning the iowa caucus last night was not that much of a surprise. but this this was. i don t know if you know but they did polls tonight on the election of 2020. do you believe it was honest or not? 82% said 82% said it was not. now, before we go on any further here, i should clarify that much like the size of his inauguration crowd or his square footage in the new york city apartment, donald trump is inflating the numbers again. the real number is 66%. nbc news constructed entrance polls of voters as they headed into those iowa caucus sites, and 66% of caucus goers polled said they did not believe joe biden legitimately won the 2020 elect
the republican party, former president trump took a break from courtum appearances to tak questions in a fox news town hall. in this n town hall he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points, and essentially a rally with questions. let s be very clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie suspended his campaign refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world a re-election losing 91 felony counts facic, twice impeached front-runner who didn t show up to debate at anything would be a prime candidate prime target for any candidate hoping to take the lead, right? that s in normal times. but desantis and haley declined to focus on the elephant not in the room. instead they saved their most ruthless barbs for each other. we need to stand up for the people and not bow down to woke corporati
is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that decision at any time. but politico today is pointing out, trump seems to be trying a new legal strategy to help supporters immunity claim. he is now saying that when he pressured mike pence, and other state officials to overturn the 2020 results, the election was quote, long over. of course i was entitled as president of the united states and commander in chief to the community
be back as a third party candidate? and what happens when misinformation is given a platform? the collective responsibility to call out the lies, the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from msnbc headquarters here in new york city. and we are following the breaking news out of the middle east tonight. american led military strikes targeting militias in yemen backed by iran, for weeks, as the war between israel and amos escalated. those militia groups have attacked commercial and other ships in the nearby red sea. the night, the u.s. and its allies struck back, firing on targets in yemen. we ll have more on all of this is just ahead, but first, let s turn to a former president and the son of a current president in court within hours of one another. today in your city, it began with a bomb threat at the judge overseeing trump s fraud case. and then later, trump made what was his second court appearance of
change from what s now known as the lockdown generation takes us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and a safe night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight on all in. coould a president order seal team six to assassinate a political rival? history inside a d. c. courtroom. i asked you a yes or no question. could a president who ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal prosecution? the indicted ex president claims complete immunity. i think a qualified yes if he s impeached and convicted first. trump s criminal attorney is confronted with trump s impeachment defense. after he s out of office, they re gonna arrest him. the arguments, the implications, and the timetable for a republican front-runner running to stay out of jail. plus, startling new evidence of the o