99 counties, despite visiting only 15 of them. florida governor ron desantis came in a distant second, receiving 21% of support in the hawkeye state. 30 points behind trump and just 2 points ahead of former south carolina governor nikki haley. this year s republican caucuses had the lowest turnout since the year 2000, drawing around 108,000 voters. that s about 14% of the state s registered republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 16th. how did the results reflect compared to the polls? i think there was a big winner, and i think there was a big loser. the big winner, of course, donald trump. he got over 50% of the vote. the big loser, of course, the republican party, who is strapped with a republican loser, a seven-time loser. the problem for republicans is they started in iowa. this is just a perennial problem for the gop. it really, willie, is a problem that the democrats fixed, but you go back and look. who won in 2008? mike huckabee.
skate in. the rest of us have to go home because eugene has upstage us all. congratulations of the further review. you re all separately great friends of mine and i love that this has come together so beautifully. we will be watching tomorrow and every weekend. congratulations and i will see while later. thank you. have a good night, ali. good morning to all of. u.s. saturday the 13th. i m ali velshi. we are two days away now from the iowa republican caucuses. the first in the nation khamenei to contest that kicks off the 2024 election season. caucuses, as you may know, originally from that old school political tradition that demands that participants physically attend the meeting in order to participate. caucus goers have to sign in, they report to the respective precincts on monday night. beginning at seven pm, local time, representatives for each candidate to brief speeches in each case caucus candidate for choice in a secret ballot. there s no early voting, ther
up in blue and yellow, of course the colors of the ukrainian flag, so was the empire state building in new york city. and we ve got a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, turbulence on wall street. why stocks are tumbling right now, and what it means for your wallet. plus, the u.s. moving to seize $75 million worth of luxury real estate in miami beach, the hamptons, and new york city. the owner, a russian oligarch. we ve got the new details on that. also what happened in the first court hearing connected to the deadly shooting on the rust movie set. and court action set to resume shortly. our nbc news reporters are here with all the latest developments, and we begin in south carolina where alec murdaugh is due back on the stand any minute now. nbc s catie beck is outside the courthouse. we were watching together that withering cross-examination from the prosecution today, accusing murdaugh of manufacturing
find out which position he may hold coming up. making a plan b, millions of americans ditching obamacare as premiums are set to skyrocket next year. could this be a death blow to president obama s signature legislation? epipen prices, renewed outrage coming up. the difference between popularity and security. stock is down after the company posted its lowest quarterly profit in a year. as a result of higher expenses. retail of holiday also a disappointment. we will bring it to you. we are expecting a mixmarket this morning for broader averages. nasdaq under selling pressure right now. flat opening that we are looking for but we do get the gdp report for the third quarter in about two and a half hours. that will likely set the tone and direction for markets. in europe stocks are searching for direction as well. take a look at the major averages with most of euro zone indices trading lower. in asia overnight mixed performances. the nikkei average in japan the one winner on the u
girls? [ laughter ] also ahead, watters talking to the kids about the election. do they know more about the adults? our world is kind of going down because hillary and donald are kind of both messes. caution, you are about to enter the, quote, no spin zone, the factor begins right now. i m boyle, watching us tonight. new information on the clinton foundation will be in our third segment tonight. uncovered new information as well as now knowing what the hackers found out about the foundation. please stay tuned for talking points. but first the top story tonight in an interview with donald trump, some polls say he is closing in on hillary clinton with 12 days to go before the vote. mr. trump joins us now from ohio. so let s begin with the rigged business. how exactly do you think the election is rigged? well, the system is rigged, bill. you look at the media, how horrible they are. how false they are, how negative they re toward me. i think 93% of the stories they wri