china has dismissed the elections, saying it doesn t change the fact that from beijing s perspective, taiwan is part of china, and she jinping has been clear in his view that reunification of taiwan with the mainland s, in his eyes, inevitable, and he will use force to achieve that same. it doesn t mean that war is imminent here. tension is likely to escalate. the icy tension that has defined the past eight years, but throughout the day today, people we were talking to and in polling stations, and on the streets, people were saying that this was an election about choosing taiwan s identity, and choosing taiwan s future, and it s just choice asked a be left to the people of taiwan. listen, keeping a close eye on all of this in the future, and we thank you for doing so. janis mackey forero. in a moment, oh the possibilities. who will get the not from donald trump for vice president? we re going to run through the list. list as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world
iowa caucuses, my conversation with ron desantis about his strategy is coming up. the big news, in my view, is that the media are throwing in the towel. here s politico. the defining feature of the race is just how uncompetitive it s become. donald trump has already iced the rest of the field, trouncing his competitors like a slow motion coronation. washington post, a growing sense among political veterans across the state that the basic outcome is set and a trump victory is all but assured. and that view has spread to television. we ve been talking about this as if it s a real race, but so far we haven t seen evidence that there is anyone who s going to be able to steal this mantel from trump. donald trump is still the front-runner among republicans. and any attempt by his rivals to sell themselves as reasonable alternatives are going even further down the tubes. she does not have a strong performance, that could spell trouble for the end of her campaign. and once agai
who bribed hunter biden to be here today. that s my first question. i think that hunter biden should be arrested right here, right now and go straight to jail. the witness being afraid to come in front of the committee, it s interesting. he s here. doesn t seem to be too afraid. the rule is those are your words. he was issued two lawful subpoenas, the chair recognize miss green from georgia. thank you, mr. chairman. excuse me, hunter, apparently you are afraid of my words. sandra: whoa is right. fireworks on capitol hill after the president s son crashed that house oversight contempt hearing just a short time ago, taking a seat before leaving just minutes later. house republicans ripping his surprise appearance as nothing but a stunt, and what was a chaotic scene for sure. any moment now the white house is expected to face a series of questions, and we do anticipate the hearing and hunter biden will be front and center. sandra smith in new york. what a day so
this country to a great american comeback. bill: closing argument. florida governor ron desantis in fox town hall in des moines vying for a strong finish on monday. the make or break caucus is five days away. trump is on tonight at 9:00 eastern. wave big two hours. i m bill hemmer. dana: i feel like the audience is great. moderators are very good and candidates themselves high energy and lots of interest in this. governor desantis discounted polls that show him losing to former president trump. he also cautioned against nominating trump for a third time saying he thinks the president has too much baggage. donald trump is the nominee if election is going to be about legal issues, a referendum on a lot of these issues that are not going to put us in a position to hold biden accountable. either way, it lets the democrats off the hook. i think this election needs to be a referendum on their failed policies and we need to offer a positive vision to turn this country around.
the latest. alexandria: a sound like that around the nation s capitol will spark concern. this is response to what happened in the skies miles back. alexandria: that was the sound of f-16 jets breaking the sound barrier. the pilot of a plane was not responding to calls, the recession crashed, killing the four onboard. norad was clear this plane was not taken out of the sky, it had run out of fool. ryan scott is speaking to the plane s unusual flight path. took off from tennessee, supposed to lain on new york long island. it flew past long island and did a complete u-turn in the air and flew directly over washington, just a weird accident. it is as weird to me asthmalaysia 370, a mystery what happened. alexandria: this plane was owned by barbara and john rumple. barbara shared a heartbreaking line on facebook. she said my family is gone, my family and granddaughter. john rumple says the nanny was also on board. steve: we don t know, the key is why did it turn? we und