best hope of stopping the trump nightmare. she s really relying on republicans for her vote support. you can t rely on non republicans to win a republican nomination. i would say it s make-or-break, i just think she s gonna do really well. she s gonna have us on second place. donald trump on the attack as a former president and advantage. slamming the table and anger. the drug judge threatening to kick out the republican front runner for talking too loudly to his attorney. trump saying i would love it. it sounds like an episode of larry david. when s the d. c. circuit court of appeals going to issue this ruling on presidential immunity. tiktok. are you watching? a president must have full immunity even for things that, quote, crossed the line. not a lot of subjects to. there. i m a beat him so we don t have to ever deal with are we going to elect a convicted felon. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is official, voting in the 2024 preside
tonight on all in. a decision about projecting lower than expected turnout tonight. about that turn out. if you re sick, if you re so sick you can t go there, get up. tonight, the case for optimism. almost half of the base of the republican party showing up for this caucus tonight voted against donald trump. then the republican front runner liable for sexual assault returns to court for jury selection. plus should we expect to see you on the debate stage in new hampshire? is trump gonna be on the debate stage? nikki haley s latest move to squeeze out ron desantis. what it means from the biden campaign come november. and a serious point about conducting elections with zip lock bags and popcorn buckets. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the very first votes of the 2024 election have now been cast. there are no big surprises in iowa last night, as donald trump to cruise to victory, 51% of the total vote. florida govern
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 the w
now. where are you? good evening. did you say where am i? yeah. you re not here. it s just that you know what it is it s steve kornacki and the big board. oh, the board is here. i got it. so i m here. come visit. i miss you. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. donald trump handling winning the iowa caucus last night was not that much of a surprise. but this this was. i don t know if you know but they did polls tonight on the election of 2020. do you believe it was honest or not? 82% said 82% said it was not. now, before we go on any further here, i should clarify that much like the size of his inauguration crowd or his square footage in the new york city apartment, donald trump is inflating the numbers again. the real number is 66%. nbc news constructed entrance polls of voters as they headed into those iowa caucus sites, and 66% of caucus goers polled said they did not believe joe biden legitimately won the 2020 elect
the republican party, former president trump took a break from courtum appearances to tak questions in a fox news town hall. in this n town hall he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points, and essentially a rally with questions. let s be very clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie suspended his campaign refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world a re-election losing 91 felony counts facic, twice impeached front-runner who didn t show up to debate at anything would be a prime candidate prime target for any candidate hoping to take the lead, right? that s in normal times. but desantis and haley declined to focus on the elephant not in the room. instead they saved their most ruthless barbs for each other. we need to stand up for the people and not bow down to woke corporati