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 huckabee.
we thank you for your support. you helped us get a ticket punched out of the hawkeye state. thank you, iowa. we re going to continue on. we re going to make you proud, and we re off to new hampshire. the republican presidential candidates saying good-bye to iowa after the first nominating contest of 2024. we ll have complete coverage of the caucuses, which were completely dominated by donald trump. and how the results could impact the first primary in the race happening next week in new hampshire. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 16th, the morning after the iowa caucuses. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and as expected, donald trump easily won the iowa republican caucuses last night. the nbc news decision desk projecting him as the winner just 35 minutes after caucusing began. trump ended up 51% of the vote, winning 98 of the state s 99 counties despite visiting only 15 of them. this career s republican ca
leaders rare and public back and forth over controversial judicial reform plans. good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning in kentucky, where two blackhawk helicopters crashed overnight. officials say they went down and trigg county, which is just north of the kentucky tennessee state border. the crew was flying a routine training mission at the time. the army has just confirmed several casualties. we don t have an exact number yet. this photo from wk dz radio shows flames from the crash. here s what one witness who lives about a half a mile away from the crash site saw and heard. two helicopters came over pretty low and all of a sudden, soon as i got older house, something loud banging everything shut down just all of a sudden, so we joined the truck came over here. that s what we ve found two helicopters so still waiting for more information from the army about how many people were on board ea
assisted with the screening of more than 480 homes under the voluntary screening program offered to residents. and no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified. we understand the residents are concerned as they should be and they have questions, that s all understandable. and you know, we are going to get to the bottom of this. try and figure out an answer to what occurred. sandra: and answers people are not getting at this hour, which makes for a very interesting white house briefing that is set to take place this hour as health concerns grow in east palestine, ohio, despite the administration s best efforts to assure the public everything is just fine. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: john roberts in washington. it may be friday but a lot of news. america reports, today marks two weeks since the norfolk southern train went off the rails in a small town near ohio s border. testing in the air and water shows
well, you can see that the ambulances s out there on the field and they are invencely working on damar hamlin. look at the faces. showing the horror we all felt after that terrible event on the football field last night. i mean it is really, really tough to watch, and frankly, showing the video is we went back and forth whether we should show it, think you should see it and then won t play that much. i m don lemon along with kaitlan collins, and poppy harlow. damar hamlin, in critical condition after collapsing on the field last night. how did this happen? and tell you the league s response in the aftermath. today with only hours to go before republicans take control of the house, kevin mccarthy is still struggling to get the votes he would need to become speaker. we ll tell you what happens if he falls short. but we re going to begin with that terrible incident that happened on the field monday night. damar hamlin collapsing after making a tackle. the bills say he