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99 counties, despite visiting only 15 of them. florida governor ron desantis came in a distant second, receiving 21% of support in the hawkeye state. 30 points behind trump and just 2 points ahead of former south carolina governor nikki haley. this year s republican caucuses had the lowest turnout since the year 2000, drawing around 108,000 voters. that s about 14% of the state s registered republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 16th. how did the results reflect compared to the polls? i think there was a big winner, and i think there was a big loser. the big winner, of course, donald trump. he got over 50% of the vote. the big loser, of course, the republican party, who is strapped with a republican loser, a seven-time loser. the problem for republicans is they started in iowa. this is just a perennial problem for the gop. it really, willie, is a problem that the democrats fixed, but you go back and look. who won in 2008? mike huck ....
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 sta ....
Newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin with the breaking news and the surprise outcome of a republican versus republican political fight in the State Of Texas. Attorney general ken paxton is thanking his supporters and slamming what he calls the sham impeachment proceeding against him. Just a few hours ago the state senate voted to acquit paxton on 16 charges of abusing his office to help a donor. The Attorney General says now that the, quote, truth has prevailed he will get back to work defending the Constitutional Rights of texans, so he says. Ed lavandera joins me from the texas state house in austin. Ed, tell us more. Reporter hey, jim. The last few hours as reaction has been pouring in reacting to the acquittal of Attorney General ken paxton ....
Between haley and trump in order consolidating all of that support as they head into new hampshire. polling shows that really close, not like the story of iowa what this is certainly trump say to lose. new hampshire, those on the ground, they re wondering if momentum out of the state could translate to a win in the granite state. that would pierce the trump ville of inevitability. we will see what we see. one step at a time. her trajectory has been upward in new hampshire. thanks, ali. safe travels to you as well. for analysis on that final iowa poll, let s go to des moines. bring in nbc news senior political editor, mark more. it s good to see you, my friend. does this, pull in your mind, indicate any potential surprise at all for tomorrow s results? yeah, we always have to be on the stand by for a surprise, alex. again, our poll showed that donald trump if the numbers are correct, is poised for a historic victory on the republican side. the previous high margin for a republican o ....