which is the largest unionist party in northern ireland says that it s leader sirjeffrey donaldson is stepping down with immediate effect after confirming that he has been charged with what they say are allegations of an historical nature. sirjeffrey, who has had an almost ao year career in politics, was elected to the northern ireland assembly in 1985 becoming the youngest person to win a seat at stormont at the age of 22. he became dup leader injuly 2021 following the resignation of edwin poots. pending the outcome of the judicial process, the dup have confirmed the appointment of gavin robinson as interim party leader. after news of sirjeffrey s arrest, the democratic unionist party met early on friday morning. in a statement it said that in accordance with the party rules, our correspondent sara girvin joins me now from outside the northern ireland assembly, at stormont. asi as i look is standing there and thinking back only a matter of weeks since we saw those imag
grindavik, that s in southwestern iceland. they are evacuating in the face of nearby this follows a series of all small earthquakes and powerful eruptions last month. donald trump going after vivek ramaswamy, not over policy, rather rhetoric. actually not rhetoric, actually it s over a t-shirt. that story in just a moment. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the very latest on the iowa caucus is now just one day away. five candidates on the home stretch braving frigid temperatures today, crisscrossing nine cities to convince voters to bundle up and go out in sub-zero temperatures at caucus time tomorrow night. in the new nbc des moines register media com poll confirms donald trump s dominant league and his supporters are bearing that out, facing down the elements to hear him speak today. in fact, nbc s vaughn hillyard has been talking to them about the determination to show up. i
and the most important thing is, it doesn t have to be absolutely true, it has to be supportable. they have to prove that i was deliberately lying, which i wasn t. you know, it s so fascinating about what he just did there. yeah, it s good stuff. good stuff. it is as if he read david french s column yesterday in the new york times talking about maga man. mm-hmm. and what it takes to be a maga man. he mentioned rudy giuliani as the prime example but listed mark meadows, kari lake, listed a number of other people who may have all done different things in the past, may have all had different backgrounds, different political ideologies, but the key was once they became infected by trump, there were two things you had to do. yeah. again, david french wrote this before rudy went on and lied again last night. he said, number one, you have to lie. the key is, if you re going to follow donald trump, if you re going to be a part of donald trump s team, you ve got to be
hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin with a developing story in the united states. the colorado supreme court has disqualified trump from the ballot in the state s presidential election next year. it its ruling the court says it is because of his role in the capitol attack in january 2020 one foot his campaign immediately denounced the ruling is undemocratic and said they would appeal to the us supreme court. let s bring in north america correspond to peter bowes who joins us life. peter bowes who joins us life. peter connelly ruling applies only to the state s republican primary. so what does this decision mean? primary. so what does this decision mean? well, this, as ou decision mean? well, this, as you say. decision mean? well, this, as you say. applies decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only - decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only to - decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only to the l you say, applies only to the republ
israel to change its tactics inside gaza to protect civilians and get the remaining hostages out. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin touching down in qatar today as officials desperately try to hammer out a deal. plus, dual natural disasters across the globe. in iceland, lava spewing out of a volcano in what experts say is one of the worst possible locations for an eruption. in china, a devastating earthquake killing more than 100 people. and wild weather complicating life in the u.s. after a massive storm knocking out power to more than half a million people in the northeast. a final good-bye for a woman who stands stall in american history. president biden will be among those offering tributes at justice sandra day o connor s funeral in just under an hour. it is a busy tuesday. thank you for joining us. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin in gaza, where israeli forces say they have been engaged in intense fighting this morning. and have killed a promine