trace: martha, bret, thank you. good evening, i m trace gallagher. it s midnight on the east coast, 9:00 here in los angeles, 11:00 p.m. in iowa, and this is america s late news, fox news @ night. there is breaking news tonight, the vote is in and former president trump took a commanding and historic lead in the iowa caucuses tonight, winning by the largest margin ever in that state. he told fox news he is honored and invigorated by the results. meantime, also huge news, ron desantis now projected to win the iowa silver. meantime, coming in second place is desantis with nikki haley just a few points behind, and as you can see, vivek ramaswamy, who came in fourth, has now suspended his campaign and is endorsing donald trump. we have analysis throughout the hour from steve hilton, aaron. nay, and many more. but we begin with team fox coverage. the legal trouble and what to expect in the lead up to super tuesday. but first, to the senior national correspondent rich edson, li
it s 4:00 in the east. big day of news today. on capitol hill today a brutal collision between reality and delusion, a republican effort to whitewash the ex-president s ties for russia culminating in a veteran prosecutor under oath seemingly unwilling to acknowledge basic facts in service of republican conspiracy theories. just a few weeks after releasing a 300-page report after an investigation that went on for four years, cost the taxpayers $6.5 million, a report the washington post described this way as, quote, landing with a thud resulting in no new charges and none of the widespread abuses trump and his allies have alleged for years now. special counsel john durham testified today before the house judiciary committee. now, despite all those facts durham described his findings sobering and it was left to it democrats on the committee to point out the truth of his own investigation, an investigation that trump and his hand picked attorney general bill barr setup to inves
today is the day we have all within waiting for, finally the iowa caucuses, 14 hours from right now. republican hopefuls and caucus goers will have to brave the coldest weather in decades right here in iowa. brave the weather and go out and save america. that s what you are doing. join with me and caucus. i promise you our best days are yet to come. we will not stop until we get this job con. you go out and caucus for me i will be fighting four for the next 8 years as president of the united states. brian: plus, today marks two weeks since lloyd austin has been in the hospital. john kirby says he may need additional care? who is running the pentagon? and beauty, brains, and bravery. the first active duty officer in the air force is crowned miss america. lawrence? fox & friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. how long have we been talking about this the iowa caucuses as you look live at downtown des moines, iowa. good mor
president that refuses to concede that he lost the election. and he did lose that election. before today, trump s lawyers were absolutely what s the word -e eadamant. that the president had immunity for his conduct while in office. they wouldn t budge on this point. at first they wouldn t budge. right out of the gate, from questioning of one of the judges, they were forced to make a powerful confession, that of course, there is not absolute immunity, meaning you can never charge a former president for action taken while in office, if it was criminal or otherwise. they could you can. you can prosecute under certain circumstances. and they only admitted that, after the judge gave him a whole string of hypotheticals that can really only have one legitimate, truthful answer. could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6, be subject to prosecution? if he were impeached and convicted first. the answer is no? my answer is qualified yes. a qualified what? a qualified y
alexandria hoff following it all and joins me here onset. alex. alex: senator jody ernst started and there s about 2,000 iowans and one thousand that come from the charity fundraisers and cattle calls some put it for gop hopefuls that want to connect and carve out their brand. i scare the dickens out of the radical left and joe biden. leadership is not about virtue, signaling or building a brand, leadership is ultimately about results. we have a battle to fight in 2024. let me fight that good fight for you. alex: well former vice president mike pence took a ride himself. who knew? gearing up for presidential announcement which will come on wednesday in iowa according to ap, same day as multiple results have north dakota governor doug bergum entering the race. former new hampshire governor chris christie will announce run on tuesday. here is pence talking about the week ahead. i have every confidence that voters in iowa and around the country will take time to think ha