something a more limited escalation from the east. he turned out to be wrong. the u.s. intelligence agencies turned out to be right. i think that s something he s going to have to answer for later in the war. those questions are already bubbling up into ukrainian society. so far they ve left it until after the war to have a reckoning on those questions. the showman, inside the world that shook the world and made a leader out of volodymyr zelenskyy. simon shuster, thank you for coming in this morning. that does it for us. on ana cabrera reports, donald trump back in a new york city courthouse. just moments ago the judge delaying this second e. jean carroll trial. it s on the day trump was possibly going to take the witness stand, now set to happen on the day of the new hampshire primary. the desantis departure. new nbc reporting on the final hours leading up to the end of the florida governor s president campaign. and then there were two. nikki haley finally gets
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
( ) the new festive family meal. starting at $24. now celebrating at el pollo loco. york, 11 pm in iowa where tonight caucus goers brave record low temperatures, gathered in gyms, churches, schools across the state and give us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, i will republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump. nothing usually surprising, there but we ll still talk about what that means. with me at the tables an all-star panel. former obama campaign manager, embassy and my old boss david blough. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the past couple of days. nbc news can project that on trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor ron desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we ll bring you any updated numbers it s in as we get them and stay close with ou
they say texas kept the feds from helping a woman and two children who died crossing the rio grande. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with donald trump getting a warm embrace from frigid iowa. nbc s garrett haake is just north of des moines. garrett, what is the former president saying in his closing pitch? reporter: good afternoon, from what will surely be a donald trump jr. event here today in ankeny as the trump team tries to lock in the results of what we have seen in poll after poll over the last couple of weeks. a dominant lead here in the hawk eye state. at his last major rally yesterday, donald trump basically tried to welcome in all the disparate elements of his movement here in this state, be they first time cause of action caucus goers, evangelicals, and warned primarily against their biggest enemy which he views as complacency. listen to what he told a call in indianola yesterday. a victory over all the liars, che
including the weather right now. it is here. decision day in iowa. good afternoon. i am erin burnett in washington. i am in new york. we want to welcome you to live coverage of the iowa caucuses. we are counting down to the official start of the first contest in the republican presidential race. we want to confuse people. washington, you are in new york. everybody, get ready. the battle for iowa taking place against those record cold temperatures we have been talking about. some places in iowa, the real feel temperature is 35 below zero, which has not stopped the candidates in a contest all about turnout trying to get every single person out they can. these final hours, they have been making one case for the candidacies. we know that this is how we are going to get our country on track. remember, today is the day we make history. i am running on your issues and family issues to turn this country around. here is what is interesting. you did not see trump, right? he