investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if he s reelected. then we ll talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go and republican candidates are battling an unexpected challenger, mother nature. as we look at iowa city right now, the temperature today, minus ten. the temperatures and forecast to warm up kind of, by caucus time tomorrow, but will remain below zero. conditions on the ground are treacherous for campaigners. it could hinder the ability of voters to get to caucus locations. however, the candidates are braving the weather today. they are blitzing nine cities and the crisscross on the state for
president that refuses to concede that he lost the election. and he did lose that election. before today, trump s lawyers were absolutely what s the word -e eadamant. that the president had immunity for his conduct while in office. they wouldn t budge on this point. at first they wouldn t budge. right out of the gate, from questioning of one of the judges, they were forced to make a powerful confession, that of course, there is not absolute immunity, meaning you can never charge a former president for action taken while in office, if it was criminal or otherwise. they could you can. you can prosecute under certain circumstances. and they only admitted that, after the judge gave him a whole string of hypotheticals that can really only have one legitimate, truthful answer. could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6, be subject to prosecution? if he were impeached and convicted first. the answer is no? my answer is qualified yes. a qualified what? a qualified y
republicans are branding his surprise appearance as a p.r. stunt. peter doocy asked the white house about this moments ago. the last time he was on the hill he said the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. i did say that, and what i m saying today. president biden does not help him with his business deals but does help him skirt congressional subpoenas. that is not even true. that is a jump tha incredibly john: this hour has seven days, and that s an old canadian television show, and that s the way it feels this afternoon. sandra: sandra smith in new york, america reports hour two. any moment now the house oversight hearing, wow, did it have some fireworks. it is expected to resume as the committee considers a resolution on whether to move forward with contempt proceedings for hunter, adding another headache for the president s son as he is expected to appear in a los angeles courtroom on tax charges tomorrow. john: let s go
showdown in iowa. major republican candidates running for the gop nomination are on the trail, their attacks are escalating. the central question remains, can any of them catch up to donald trump? and, the worst attacks and two generations. that is that one senior u.s. official described recent assaults in the red sea. what is happening there could have a big impact on your wallet and supply chains. from what you pay at the pump from up by me missing to store shelves. after weeks of seismic rumbling, a volcano in iceland erupts. rivers of lava and smoke billowing over iceland. could it get bad enough to impact international travel? we are following these major developing stories, and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us on new central. i m laura sanchez alongside brian peeler in the nation s capital. all eyes are on the hawkeye state. 2024 presidential primary officially will be underway with the iowa re
you had conservatives from the house freedom caucus chip roy and dan bishop voting against it with all four democrat members of that committee refusing really to bail out the fractured g.o.p. conference over this bill that they didn t negotiate and would not have written themselves. this advances the legislation now to a full floor vote. and there is a considerable effort to whip the vote and count the votes on both sides. speaker mccarthy pledged yesterday that two thirds of republicans will end up supporting this on the floor. but conservatives like dan bishop are calling on their colleagues to oppose the bill saying that they expect it won t even get half of the conference in support. i m just fed up with the lies. i m fed up with the lack of courage. the cowardice. and i intend, in the time that i m here, i intend to see to it that those that there is somebody who is prepared to say what needs to be done. 434 members of congress, nobody could have done a worse job.