news senior national correspondent. ben, how much is it helping donald trump who's already got a big lead in iowa, 48% in today's final des moines register poll, to be using these courtroom appearances to drive the news agenda? >> well, i think it's been helpful all the way up until this point, you know, which is to say the reason that he, you know, has such a strong lead within the republican nominating field is because of, directly because, i believe, of this kind of assault that's been going on through lawfare on him and his character and his business dealings. the real question though is at what point does that stop benefit fitting him; namely, if he becomes the nominee, does this havety publishing return for him trying to win back an electorate that's very different than the one he's currently competing for? he's running away with the nomination when it comes to a state like iowa. iowa has 3.1 million people, about 185,000 of them participated in the nominating