underway once again. and the other major question, if he does take the stand, can he stay within the parameters set by the judge and what are the consequences if he doesn t? we re live at the courthouse. plus, nikki haley sending a message to trump that sounds a lot like you don t scare me. her new fund-raising hall that has him threatening her donors and has given her new energy. the political elites in this state and around the country have said that we just need to let donald trump have this. we are not going to sit there and just give up. . and the severe weather that just won t stop. among the dramatic new images, this woman, how she got stranded on top of her car for 14 long hours before she was rescued. we begin with donald trump off the campaign trail and back in a federal courthouse today. e. jean carroll s lawyers have rested their case and trump s team just started the defense in a trial to determine if he has toay the writer millions of dollars for defam
it is all coming through iran. you mean president biden? they were interviewing him two weeks ago, and they said, what would you advise president obama? the whole world seems to be exploding. they never report the crowd on january 6th. nikki haley, nikki haley, nikki haley, nikki haley is in charge of security. we offered her 10,000 people, soldiers, national guard, whatever they want. they turned it down. he was confused. he was confused, the zacharias moussoui confused, the zachas moussoui - the same way he said joe biden would start world war ii 2. we would be in world war ii very quickly if we are going to be relying on this man. clearly, donald trump is not the same man from 2016. when i came, everyone thought bush was going to win. supposedly, he was a military person, great. he got us into the middle east. we came up with a new word for a new couple words for corn. viktor orban, hungary, very powerful. he fronts on both russia and ukraine. t
state, and gave us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, iowa republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump, nothing hugely surprising there. but we re gonna still talk about what that means. with me here at the table, all-star panel, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and as i always like to say, my old boss, david plouffe. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the last couple of days. nbc news can project that donald trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we will bring you any updated numbers as soon as we get them, and we will stay closer to the decision desk, and of course, the one and only, steve kornacki. the field has also one candidate smaller tonight, vivek ramaswamy announced he was dro
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
donald trump asked the supreme court to save him from getting kicked off the ballot. plus are you better off than you were four years ago? the republican front runner convicted of fraud has a new sleight of hand. were you better off five years ago? where you better off five years ago? where you better off five years ago, are you better off today? tonight, speaker emerita nancy pelosi on america s choice in 2024, former obama campaign manager david plouffe on whether or not liberals an open primary should vote nikki haley to stop donald trump. and the new all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes, and happy new year. it s good to be back here with all of you. thanks to the folks who filled in, i really appreciate it. we are now, officially, at the beginning of an election year, the promise is to be a very wild ride. first iowa republican congress as political reports, donald trump s campaign for capital endorsements is accelerating, l