best hope of stopping the trump nightmare. she s really relying on republicans for her vote support. you can t rely on non republicans to win a republican nomination. i would say it s make-or-break, i just think she s gonna do really well. she s gonna have us on second place. donald trump on the attack as a former president and advantage. slamming the table and anger. the drug judge threatening to kick out the republican front runner for talking too loudly to his attorney. trump saying i would love it. it sounds like an episode of larry david. when s the d. c. circuit court of appeals going to issue this ruling on presidential immunity. tiktok. are you watching? a president must have full immunity even for things that, quote, crossed the line. not a lot of subjects to. there. i m a beat him so we don t have to ever deal with are we going to elect a convicted felon. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is official, voting in the 2024 preside
tonight on all in. a decision about projecting lower than expected turnout tonight. about that turn out. if you re sick, if you re so sick you can t go there, get up. tonight, the case for optimism. almost half of the base of the republican party showing up for this caucus tonight voted against donald trump. then the republican front runner liable for sexual assault returns to court for jury selection. plus should we expect to see you on the debate stage in new hampshire? is trump gonna be on the debate stage? nikki haley s latest move to squeeze out ron desantis. what it means from the biden campaign come november. and a serious point about conducting elections with zip lock bags and popcorn buckets. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the very first votes of the 2024 election have now been cast. there are no big surprises in iowa last night, as donald trump to cruise to victory, 51% of the total vote. florida govern
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
the republican party, former president trump took a break from courtum appearances to tak questions in a fox news town hall. in this n town hall he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points, and essentially a rally with questions. let s be very clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie suspended his campaign refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world a re-election losing 91 felony counts facic, twice impeached front-runner who didn t show up to debate at anything would be a prime candidate prime target for any candidate hoping to take the lead, right? that s in normal times. but desantis and haley declined to focus on the elephant not in the room. instead they saved their most ruthless barbs for each other. we need to stand up for the people and not bow down to woke corporati
is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that decision at any time. but politico today is pointing out, trump seems to be trying a new legal strategy to help supporters immunity claim. he is now saying that when he pressured mike pence, and other state officials to overturn the 2020 results, the election was quote, long over. of course i was entitled as president of the united states and commander in chief to the community