welcome to msnbc s special coverage in tonight s iowa caucus. i am ari melber here with jen psaki for the next hour. great to be here. as we count on to the caucus results coming later tonight with candidates making their final push is. here s what they had to say. today is the day we make history because we do do you guys know anybody who has gonna vote for haley or desantis? yes, i do. and i m gonna try to persuade you can t sit home, even if you vote and then passed away, it s worth it. you can be the most worthless republican in america, but if you kiss the ring, he will say you are wonderful. it s just because he has an excellent record of service. what do you think about when people say, well, iowa is still trump country? i think that is wrong. some iowans, you just heard, pushing back on efforts for tonight s story before voters weigh in. it should happen in the next few hours. while trump does have a lead in the final poll, with haley rising, a
all right. dana, thanks. dana: have a great show. bret: gogood evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, first former president donald trump is appealing a decision by maine s democratic secretary of state barring him from primary ballot in his role january 6th, 2021 capitol riot. expecting a similar appeal over colorado s decision to remove the decision from that state s ballot. we begin with claudine gay s resignation as the president of harvard university. the departure comes amid several plagiarism accusations criticism over her december congressional testimony where she was unable to say unequivocally calls on campus for the genocide of jews violated the policy. gay is the second person to resign following the testimony along with former upenn president liz magill. mollie lyon has that story from our boston unit tonight. good evening, bret. harvard president claudine gay making it official announcing her decision with heavy hear
transition from recovery to stable steady growth and bring down inflation. the president laying out a three-part plan of giving the fed the space to act, finding ways to lower prices, boost production, and address supply chain problems. and reducing the deficit. but the biden administration under intense scrutiny on whether it did too little too late to proactively tackle inflation. last summer, the president predicted that inflation would be a temporary problem. by late november, fed chairman powell acknowledging that inflation is not transitory. it s probably a good time to retire that word and try to explain more clorely what we mean. trying to reassure the public the central bank is sympathetic to u.s. consumers concerns. we understand completely what they re going through. now the biden administration signaling there is light at the end of the tunnel. russia s war on ukraine disabled not only gas prices and food prices but also disrupted supply chains. we didn
I relish the day i get to face him and speak my truth. Stormy daniels takes the stand, telling the jury what happened with donald trump. The door to the hotel opens and what is donald trump wearing . Silky pajamas. And how she was paid for her silence. What was illegal was the hush money. If i had not signed the nda, he would not have been indicted. Tonight, the impact of her testimony on the case. We are talking about a very, very colorful witness. And what the testimony says about the defendant. This is a man who always felt entitled to have his way with women. Lisa rubin and harry litman watched it all happen and they join me tonight. And with one candidate in the courtroom and one on the campaign trail, how are the polls this type . Jen psaki is here with more on that, when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. I think it is fair today was the biggest day of Donald Trumps criminal trial so far. This morning the star witness for the prosecution took
I relish the day i can face him and speak my truth. Stormy daniels take the stand telling the jury what happened with donald trump. The door to the hotel opens, and what is donald trump wearing . Silky pajamas. And how she was paid for her silence. What is illegal is the hush money. If i did not sign the nda, he would not be indicted. Tonight, the impact of her testimony on the case. We are talking a colorful witness. And what her testimony says about the defendant. This is a man who felt entitled to have his way with women. Lisa rubin and harry litman watched it happen and they join me tonight. One candidate in the courtroom and the other on the campaign trail, how are the polls this type . Jen psaki is here when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I am chris hayes. I think its fair to say today was the biggest of Donald Trumps New York Criminal Trial so far. This morning, the star witness for the prosecution took the stand. Stormy daniels, the woman at the center of