Any more electionselections. Voters are not just choosing between the candidates but making critical decisions about the basic fundamentals of the democracy. Polling in the last knew 2024 primaries show us everything show us that donald trump will defeat nikki haley by significant margins. And Super Tuesday will perhaps mark this days away from Trump Clinching the republican nomination officially. That means today will, if nothing else, crystallize the choices that americans face in november. This between two president s, one current, one former. One president who has an agenda that commands broad public support. His commitment to our democracy and our institutions has never been in doubt. But hes dogged by some lackluster polling that doesnt match up with support for his policies. And the other, well, you know the other. Four times indicted, twice impeached expresident who currently faces 91 Felony Counts in four jurisdictions. Hes been found liable for sexual abuse. Set to pay hundre
it, with a republican primary dominated by an ex-president who has centered his candidacy around his legal woes, look no further. this morning donald trump, fresh off a decisive win in the iowa caucuses, was at a federal courthouse in manhattan as the defendant in a second defamation trial brought by the writer e. jean carroll. this time there s no question of whether trump defamed her. judge kaplan has ruled trump is liable for remarks he made in 2019 mocking carroll s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a chance encounter at a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and trump is not allowed to dispute carroll s account. the question now is how much a jury should award e. jean carroll in damage for those comments. opening statements are currently under way. we ll have a live report from the courthouse when the trial wraps from the day. so far, donald trump was in the courtroom. alongside his lawyer, alina habba, as well as e. jean carroll and her attorneys. the firs
the ground. we talk to the pollster behind those numbers, jen sulzer. it could be a crisis averted for now. developing overnight, congressional leaders says they will pass a stopgap spending bill pushing government funding bills to march. jeremy raskin is demanding donald trump give back nearly 1 million dollars, from former governments, while he was president. we will ask him how far he will take that fight. grab your coffee, settle in, and welcome to the weekend. we are 36 hours away from the start of the iowa caucuses. i cannot believe it either. it is the first opportunity for republicans to vote for or against donald trump since he was charged with 91 felonies. not a normal election. the final iowa poll released late saturday night shows trump maintaining his dominant lead amongst the gop contenders. the nbc news des moines register shows 40% support among likely caucus voters. nikki haley is up 20%. ron desantis is at 16%. a one wildcard factor, the winter weather could
weather is what s stealing the show right now. forcing candidates to cancel last-minute blitzes across the state, caucus-goers in for some brutally cold temperatures with the wind chill reaching negative 25°, if not lower on monday. some iowans say they are determined to brave the cold. just have to put on a warm the car up, put another coat on. i m a lifelong resident, used to it. john: as a guy who grew up in canada, i know how to be cold, but why i moved to miami. sandra: and a girl from chicago. the stakes are high that is for sure as voters take the first step in the race to the white house and brand-new polling shows one candidates gaining momentum in the final few days. john: a poll puts nikki haley ahead of ron desantis, putting her in second place, desantis now third. the former president maintains a dominant lead, nikki haley is hitting double digits at 20% in the suffolk university poll, desantis around 13%. sandra: and right to it. grady trimble liv
capitol hill. you are right there in washington where this is going down. good evening to you. the stakes were incredibly high for the first hearing. what did the select committee accomplish tonight? reporter: what the committee hoped to do was essentially create a road map for a thesis that they have that donald trump is principally responsible for a plot to subvert the will of the voters and stand in the way of the peaceful transfer of power. they didn t give us all the information, but they set the stage for what is going to be a seven-part argument toward that end. the way they introduced this argument was by hearing from some of the people closest to the former president, including his own daughter. take a listen. this is the president s daughter commenting on bill barr s statement that the department found in fraud sufficient to overturn the election. how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affec