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it s one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for president obama jennifer palmieri. now, tonight in iowa, nbc news projected that donald trump won the caucuses with more than 50% of the vote. his numbers really cement the four-time indicted candidate status as the front-runner. we already knew this. but in the republican field, the race for second place, it had a bit more drama with nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis locked in a dead heat for most of the night. but as awkward as he may be at times, and he is awkward, desantis did put in ....
he ll have to watch. thank you very much, brian todd. erin burnett outfront starts now. there s a photo of a hamas tunnel. this is as a family is evacuating from gaza, a neighbor shot in the head as he try to say flee with them in a secure zone. and exclusive video of trump talking about going to the capitol on january 6th to deal what he calls the problem. why special counsel may be seizing on this new sound. and she s known xi jinping for 40 years. she even up about the man she calls a friend, a man she had dinner with last night. let s go outfront. good evening. the breaking news, israel says it s now found evidence of a tunnel under gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. the discoveries comes 48 hours after forces first entered the compound. the video was both filmed and released by the idf. you can see what they say is an entrance to the tunnel, it appears to be reinforced can concrete, pipes, cable, debris outside it. we were able to geo-locate this vide ....
Iowaen how to vote. but i can tell you why i m voting for joe biden. welcome back to hardball. ha that was former secretary of state john kerry who won back in 2004. he joined his no malarkey tour in iowa after endorsing him yesterday. biden is taking his campaign from a simmer to a boil. and new online national poll by reuters published just yesterday shows biden leading the crowded field with 19% of the vote nationally during an interview with axios biden made a pitch for his view of the democratic paefrt saying it isn t as progressive as some people think. let s take a look. you guys got it all wrong about what happened. it s just bad judgment. you all thought what happened was the party moved extremely to ....
Them, right? but they each say they all have their own way to get in. what you hear from biden is that he has the reputation, he has the history, he has the ability to speak to iowans at a different level than anyone else does. what a newcomer such as kamala harris or someone a little less known in the state like elizabeth warren, they believe they have the vision of the future. so it s very much an argument of where does this party want to go, what do iowans want their democratic party to look like? and, you know, really it is about trying to get out there and shake hands, jim. you know this. you can t come to iowa and not try to meet people not just once but twice and in some cases three times. iowaen caucus goers they pride themselves on being very well versed in the policies, specific questions. they want specific answers and when asked which candidate had the best policy ideas, warren ....
And he interrupted a lot. do you like that? he had a different approach than most of the others. he talked about what the democratic party needs to be. and he really came out much more strongly than i expected him to. one of the things we talked about during the break between the end of the debate and now. was the lack of discussion of agriculture and farming. you re a farmer. that bothered you. if we don t focus on issues we. figure out to get voters back. we need to focus on real issues. i didn t say you were all uncommitted. no one made a decision. you re all proud to be iowaen. in part of the process you re the first to vote in the country. anyone after watching this debate now feel like i know who i ll vote for? no. let s say there was a debate tomorrow. would you be ready to pick somebody? no. and the final question. ....