a good sniff around, but they haven t been able to crack it. the agency now says we may simply never know who took highly i illegal drugs intohe wes the west wing. to pretty shocking outcome, though, one of the top democrats in congress is more mo. happy about you know what?ing we had a briefing in which iintp was explained that the white house was being fully cooperative with the investigation. the likeoks it s inconclusive. and you know, they wereknow unable to determine, you know, who deposite, d their in the cubby on the way in ort the way out or left it there. oh, yeah, i m satisfied. tign it s a thorough investigation. and i just kept imaginin g lik what it would be like here. well, if you re surprised thatise no culprit was found, t shouldn t be. the sympathetic media habe. s b predicting this for days now. kelly o donnel l reports that it s possible that we might not leo i et to learn who actually brought the small bag here. so i m sure that s a sigh of relief
media headwind is strong for some. it s lonely and odds are, you won t win it. any group with less than 50 members, is hard to join. most of us don t have the desire to run for president, and even if we did have the desire, we still wouldn t. i offer those caveats, there is a sdfrns in critiquing and evaluating. evaluating how someone performs as a candidate. that is a fair critique, but we should be mindful how difficult running for the highest office is, especially in a challenging time for our country and in a very toxic political environment. governor ron desantis started his campaign with momentum, with energy, with excitement and campaigning numbers have been impressive, yet he s not taken off like some believed he would. will he regain his footing, will someone else surplant him as the challenger. or president trump on glide path to renomination. here with the latest on the state of the primary is politico reporter olivia beavers. olivia, thank you for joining us tonig
so when minds grow, opportuni s follow. coming back on the second hour of a man, how trump is already calling the shots for the republican party while on the campaign trail. and how he s trying to capitalize on a fani willis scandal to get himself off the hook for election interference. plus, a super sized addition of worst of the week, who is going to hang their head in shame tonight? and a look overseas to a doctor fighting to save patients at the last remaining major hospital inside gaza. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. this, week donald trump finally reclaim total control of the republican party. now, some, perhaps, many would argue this was inevitable, that america s grand old party has become nothing more than a vicious stick cult of personality. but let s not forget, red wine elites tried even halfheartedly to exile the tribes impeached four times invited former president to the political wildness. from late 2022 through the first half of 2023, fox news i
group s leader sent out a series of videos yesterday, blaming russia s military leadership for tricking russians into war. he s also blaming the military for killing thousands of his soldiers at field camps in ukraine. the private militia has been helping russia with its war efforts there. putin admits the situation in the rust abadan is complicated, but says the state will defend itself and repel the efforts. the russian government has already issued an arrest warrant for the group s leader . russia s military is also ramping up security in and around moscow. measures are said to include roadblocks and checkpoints. one of russia s top commanders is also telling the fighters to stop and obey the will of president putin again. if you are just now joining us, we are following breaking news out of moscow. we have been all night. that is where russian president vladimir putin is strongly condemning. the wagner groups apparent takeover of a city in the country s far west region. s
grindavik, that s in southwestern iceland. they are evacuating in the face of nearby this follows a series of all small earthquakes and powerful eruptions last month. donald trump going after vivek ramaswamy, not over policy, rather rhetoric. actually not rhetoric, actually it s over a t-shirt. that story in just a moment. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the very latest on the iowa caucus is now just one day away. five candidates on the home stretch braving frigid temperatures today, crisscrossing nine cities to convince voters to bundle up and go out in sub-zero temperatures at caucus time tomorrow night. in the new nbc des moines register media com poll confirms donald trump s dominant league and his supporters are bearing that out, facing down the elements to hear him speak today. in fact, nbc s vaughn hillyard has been talking to them about the determination to show up. i