They will most likely still lose i polling is any indication, we dont know. They could lose by a historic margin to a front runner, who, lets be, clear has spent more time in court attending His Civil Fraud Trial this week than he has in the state of iowa. Even if now it feels inevitable weve come to this, it was not inevitable. It really wasnt. There was a time in winter 2020, one after january 6th, when donald trump was being impeached for inciting the capitol insurrection, his Approval Rating hit an alltime. Low it looked like very well be sent to do a period of political exile. Then he came back, the 2022 midterms, the elections worked out poorly for most trump endorsed candidates. He backed losers in a ton of winnable races and there seemed to be a daunting wherein us in the Republican Party that he was politically toxic. In 2024 could be a wide open race for republicans. All those folks gotta because if i was beautiful. Not now. Trump is polling at 54 , or 30 points ahead of hale
courthouse. and it is friday night, so you know what that means? our friday night cap is here. breaking down all of the biggest stories of the week. then, it has been nearly 15 years since the miracle on the hudson. i sat down with captain sully sullenberger as the 11th hour gets underway on this jam-packed friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, our nightcap 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
they will most likely still lose i polling is any indication, we don t know. they could lose by a historic margin to a front runner, who, let s be, clear has spent more time in court attending his civil fraud trial this week than he has in the state of iowa. even if now it feels inevitable we ve come to this, it was not inevitable. it really wasn t. there was a time in winter 2020, one after january 6th, when donald trump was being impeached for inciting the capitol insurrection, his approval rating hit an all-time. low it looked like very well be sent to do a period of political exile. then he came back, the 2022 midterms, the elections worked out poorly for most trump endorsed candidates. he backed losers in a ton of winnable races and there seemed to be a daunting wherein us in the republican party that he was politically toxic. in 2024 could be a wide open race for republicans. all those folks gotta because if i was beautiful. not now. trump is polling at 54%, or 30 point
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
officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil