welcome to msnbc s special coverage in tonight s iowa caucus. i am ari melber here with jen psaki for the next hour. great to be here. as we count on to the caucus results coming later tonight with candidates making their final push is. here s what they had to say. today is the day we make history because we do do you guys know anybody who has gonna vote for haley or desantis? yes, i do. and i m gonna try to persuade you can t sit home, even if you vote and then passed away, it s worth it. you can be the most worthless republican in america, but if you kiss the ring, he will say you are wonderful. it s just because he has an excellent record of service. what do you think about when people say, well, iowa is still trump country? i think that is wrong. some iowans, you just heard, pushing back on efforts for tonight s story before voters weigh in. it should happen in the next few hours. while trump does have a lead in the final poll, with haley rising, a
hayes. we re waiting for the special counsel to respond to donald trump s wildly expansive claim of presidential immunity. trump says he can t be prosecuted for january six because he was acquitted in a senate impeachment trial. he contends that he is, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution to the prosecution for his official acts as president. jack smith is expected to respond to those claims before the appeals court heals hears arguments on trump s immunity claims on january six. all rulings on the jaime six case are currently on hold, a lot appeals process plays out, but that didn t stop the special counsel from filing a nemotion from char judge john near chuck in. today asking the court to not allow, quote, the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates relevant disinformation and should reject his intent to inject politics into this proceeding. smith also wants the quo courts to, quote, prohibit the defendant from introducing evidence, making
Have similar numbers on that same question i just showed you. Trump is benefiting from a Splinter Opposition which he also benefited from in 2016. Remember, he got the nomination after a long fight in a large field. In the end, he pulled less than half of all republicans who voted in those primaries. It was about 45 total or as you see there about 14 Million votes. He also lost 13 states, even to someone, and i say this, respectfully and diplomatically, a politician who is not known for his popularity, senator ted cruz. Ted cruz is your projected winner of the iowa first in the nation caucuses. Trump underperformed and Data Polls and expectations. We finished second and i want to tell you something, im just honored. Former Vice President Joe Biden will win pelts the mania and about. According to the votes he needs, he becomes the 46th president of the u. S. Now, these results show that
Public at large? i think most of the public not necessarily repulsed. or doesn t care at all. people who are the most jaundiced about the relationship between the press and washington are also the ones least likely to be sort of the covid concerned. there s a couple different reasons why someone might give a little side-eye to the dinner but in general, the audience for the dinner is for the most part the roughly 4,000 to 5,000 people who get a joke about axios being play books without the birthdays. the vast majority of americans are not going to get the joke but that s okay, they re not the audience. right. there were a few data polls from 2020 i wanted ask you about. it said 75% of u.s. adults believe it is possible to improve the level of confidence that americans have in the news. should i feel optimistic or pessimistic about that number? that means 25% have given up. i think you should feel optimistic about that number. 75% in any poll these days with things being so po
i think it s up to mitch mcconnell and everybody else to stop it. it s called delay, delay, delay. i believe the president should not move forward and i think we ought the let the next president of the decide. i do not believe the president should nominate anyone. the data polls out of the last ten picks, garland was the only one denied a vote. mitch mcconnell defended that approach stresses republicans could be a check on obama by blocking his nominee. well, of course, of course, the american people should have a say in the court s direction it is a president s constitutional right to nominate a supreme court justice and it s the senate s right to act as a check on a president and withhold his consent.