reporter: well goodnight, or good morning, it is two a.m. on the east coast. one a.m. an iowa where donald trump was declared the winner. a record shattering a win, the former president conjures up a pretty big question is this race over before it has begun? i m abby philip here in washington, and you are watching cnn s special live coverage of the cnn caucuses. the results of the hawkeye state are echoing across the nation, but what exactly are the message that voters sent tonight. it might very well be that the trump brand is still gold as gold with republicans so how big exactly was this trump when? if you add up rhonda santas nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy. they are combined total, is still not what trump got tonight. that math for, the second and third place finishers is cold and hard, and desantis and haley are now arguing that they have a reason to keep running. but, the question both will here starting this, morning and with throughout the next couple of we
hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live as msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. it is exactly one week until the caucuses. the first major nominating contest of the 2024 campaign. it will be a critical test for the twice impeached, four times indicted former president donald j trump and his fight to go for our republican front runner to the official nominee. over the next several days, he will bring his campaign to the courthouse. tomorrow, he will be a hearing on his claim of presidential immunity and on thursday, closing arguments in a civil fraud trial. meanwhile, president joe biden s super charging his attacks against donald trump, trying to fire up the democratic base. today, president biden focused on shoring up support among black voters. he gave a speech from the pulpit of charleston, south carolina. a church there were a right precipices shot and killed nine people back in 2015. the president drew a dir
democratic candidate for the united states senate in arizona gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, we are officially one week from the iowa caucuses. president biden, making the case against donald trump. as a republican front runner continues to push lies about the last election. then, looking ahead to the former presidents busy legal calendar as he chooses to spend another day in court. wayne lapierre appears to opening statements in the nra s civil corruption trial. the impact this case could have on the group s political strength as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live as msnbc headquarters right here in new york city. it is exactly one week until the caucuses. the first major nominating contest of the 2024 campaign. it will be a critical test for the twice impeached, four times indicted former president donald j trump and his fight to go for our republican front
on his great american comeback tour. ainsley: his initial rollout was not so smooth there were technical issues on twitter spaces delaying the big announcement hosted by elon musk. lawrence: peter doocy is live at the white house with all the details. peter? peter: even though the desantis campaign launch couldn t be seen or heard by anybody for more than 25 minutes because of technical difficulties, losing about half of its original audience in that time, the sunshine state governor is trying to spin it as a success. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we re really excited with the enthusiasm. ultimately, it s about the future of our country. peter: the republican frontrunner donald trump s team says ron desantis botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high and the fight to save america is too critical to gamble on a first time
provided the following after the arrest. everybody played a very very integral part in the arrest and capture of this coward, bottom line is, we now have this than custody. he was caught hiding in a closet underneath some laundry. they effectively made the arrest. he is uninjured. and he is currently being taken to my facility in cold springs. in addition to being in the country illegally, authorities say he was convicted of a dui in january of 2012 which prompted his third deportation from the united states. he was also charged last years in unrelated crimes but unable to be find. turning to the end of title 42 next week the biden administration deploying 1500 active duty soldiers to the southern border with mexico. texas governor greg abbott blasting the order in a tweet, quote. biden says he will deploy 1500 troops to the border primarily to do paperwork and only for 90 days. this does nothing to stop illegal immigration. i deployed up to 10,000 national guard at the