look at the polls in new hampshire, a stone throw from donald trump. she s not going to win new hampshire, they never went after donald trump, they tried to beat me and they failed in beating me. john: the stage is set for new hampshire as former president trump says it s time for republicans to come together after his decisive victory in iowa. husband two remaining challengers say not so fast. i m john roberts in washington, the day after. sandra: indeed, john, good to be with you. sandra smith in new york. this is report reports. history landslide victory in the hawkeye state last night saw the former president elect clips the 50% mark and win all but one of iowa s 99 counties. ron desantis barely beat out nikki haley for the silver. john: president biden called his predecessor the clear gop front-runner and saying this election will be you and me versus the extreme maga republicans. sandra: complete coverage for you now. david and richard are standing by, but f
duress and that hamas has provided no evidence for that claim that these two men were killed in israeli air strikes, but clearly deeply upsetting for all the families concerned. israel says more than 100 hostages are still being held by hamas. and there is no sign, as yet, that negotiations to free them are making any progress. let s go live to oliver mcternan, director of forward thinking, who has worked in hostage negotiation for over 20 years. he played a key role in the negotiations surrounding the release of the israeli soldier gilad shalit, held hostage by hamas for five years. good to have you back on the programme tonight is a very sad circumstances without the israeli army said tonight to hamas media was the brutal use of innocent hostages. how do you think it will affect the debate in israel? will it harden the resolve of the israeli government or put more pressure on them? first of all, put more pressure on them? first of all. christian. put more pressure on them
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. devastatingly cold weather is making these caucuses even more unpredictable in a state known for surprises. we have the latest on former president trump s bid to run away with a win tonight and the fight facing the other candidates to have a strofrng enough showing to stay in the race. we ve got the latest straight ahead. plus, congress on the clock again. with just four days to go before a government shutdown, leaders of both parties float a plan to keep the lights on, but there s a catch. conservatives hate it. so will that sink it? iranian-backed rebels refusing to back down despite dozens of u.s. air strikes against their home base. another u.s.-owned ship attacked just a few hours ago in the red sea. this time they actually hit it. so how is the u.s. going to respond? a lot to get to on this very busy day. we start in iowa where the first votes in what will almost certainly be one of the wildest
on that list. and voters in this notoriously independent state tell me they are just waiting for her to prove that she can do it. so can she? if you add chris christie s support to hers here in new hampshire, the math is close. we have the narrow paths you could follow out of the granite state with the atlantic s mark leibovich, but before she goes anywhere, she s got to make it through tonight s caucus where it is 0 degrees and getting colder. joining us now from des moines, iowa, is nbc news correspondent ali vitali, staff writer at the atlantic and msnbc political contributor, mark leibovich, and here on set with me is nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster. ali, i m so happy to see you inside on this very very cold day. tell me what nikki haley is doing in the last moments before this caucus tonight? she s making the rounds still, katy. on the campaign trail circuit. specifically in the area that sort of makes a doughnut around des moines. and that s because her focu
Israel where a woman was killed, at least 17 people injured in what police say was a terror attack. Two suspects are now in custody. That comes during anothe ongoing rise in tensions in the red sea. The u. S. Military says an american Container Ship was hit by a houthi missile off the coast of yemen today. The impact reportedly caused a fire on board, although no one was injured. The Houthis Today vowed to continue attacking ships. Apparently undeterred by a series of u. S. Led Air Strikes on its infrastructure in yemen. Nbcs Raf Sanchez is reporting from tel aviv. So raf, on the red sea, tensions obviously continuing to rise. What more can you tell us about this latest Back And Forth . Chris, the u. S. Military says the houthis fired a ballistic missile off the southern coast of yemen. They hit this americanowned ship. Its called the gibraltar eagle. The missile causing damage, but no injuries, and this vessel apparently able to continue on