the president son was all smile last night he got to attend the white house state dinner. his appearance coming just days after he agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor trespass charges. slimming down as a sweethear deal the irs whistleblowers apparently greasing investigators recommended nearl a dozen tarts at some of those felonies it but doj officials poured cold water on all of that . one of those whistleblowers telling congress i am alleging with evidence the doj provided preferential treatment, did nothing to avoid obvious conflicts of interest and this investigation. cell, the republicans have brought a blatant example of th two-tiered justice system. obviously there s been nothing from mark garland because running the most politicized department of justice in modern times. we have demand anders from the director of the fbi and the secretary of the treasury who oversees the irs. they don t tax treat all taxpayers the same. unfortunately, americans aren t ju
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
it s one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for president obama jennifer palmieri. now, tonight in iowa, nbc news projected that donald trump won the caucuses with more than 50% of the vote. his numbers really cement the four-time indicted candidate status as the front-runner. we already knew this. but in the republican field, the race for second place, it had a bit more drama with nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis locked in a dead heat for most of the night. but as awkward as he may be at times, and he is awkward, desantis did put in the w
anybody else. neil: former president trump canceling three out of four events in iowa moving them virtual as the first in the nation caucus state gets slammed with frigid weather with the campaign s final days. welcome to fox news live, hey, jacqui, i m kind of glad we re indoors. jacqui: good to be with you and not in iowa. i m jacqui heinrich. u.s. military struck another houthi area overnight. after they fired ballistic missiles into shipping lanes on friday. lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with what they re saying there, hey, lucas. this is a mop-up duty by the u.s. navy. apparently one houthi area was not there, and this is the third country where president biden has authorized in the proxies and the president spoke about it yesterday in pennsylvania. i ve delivered the message to iran. they already know not to do anything. (inaudible) we ll make sure we respond to the houthis if they continue with the outrageous behavior, along with our allies. and
don t want to be herbert hoover. oh, okay. donald trump hopes millions of americans lose their money from their 401(k)s and retirement savings within the next 12 months so he doesn t look bad. [ laughter ] we have a lot to get to this morning, including a key hearing today for trump s claim of presidential immunity in the federal election interference case. we re going to have expert legal analysis on that in just a moment. plus, the very latest on two major developments in the middle east. israel says it has killed a hezbollah commander in southern lebanon. it comes as the israeli military says it is shifting to a more targeted campaign inside gaza. retired four star navy admiral james stavridis will join us with more insight on both of those stories. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 9th. with us, we have former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments, elise jordan. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington