middle of a blizzard. the elements are all break whatever i need to. i don t even know what negative 15 is. tonight, the defendant in the over hurled election trial takes a break from the courtroom to head to the iowa caucuses. then, every day, mike johnson gets closer and closer to this deal, brings me closer and closer to vacating the chair. brand-new house speaker already on the outs of the maga caucus, as democrats demand an accounting of the trump presidency. you don t care about the principle that our governmental leaders should not be on the tape from foreign governments. that s outrageous. congressman jamie raskin joins me tonight, plus i was hoping that this film could spark conversation, the part of a conversation that we should be having in this country, this year, right now. director ava duvernay, on her brand-new film, origin. all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. it is here, well, almost here, on monda
indication, we don t know. they could lose by historic margins, to a front runner, who let s be clear, has spent more time in court attending his civil fraud trial this week, then he has in the state of iowa. even if now it feels inevitable that we ve come to this, it was not inevitable. it really wasn t. there was a time, in winter, 2021, after january 6th, when donald trump was being impeached for inciting the capitol insurrection, his approval rating hit an all-time low. itooked like he could very well be sent too a sort of permanent political exile. thenort came back. then the 2022 midterms, e elections rk out poorly for most trump endorsed candidates. he backed losers in in a ton of winnable races. there seemed to be a dawning awareness in the republican party that he was politically toxic. 2024 could be a wide open race for republicans. all those folks got in because they thought he was beatable. not now. now, trump is polling at 54%. more than 30% ahead of, haley