says you so much talk on tv, knows i love you. and then you re still no sir. it s a hair thing that gives it away. by the way, a muppet friend of ours, a mutual friend says hello. he knew i would be on today. so he s looking forward to spending some time with you at one point. i cannot wait, tell him i m really proud of how you continue to grow in your analysis, your hosting, your guest hosting, your weekend ensemble. there is nothing you can t do michael, see you soon. you ve got it my friend! respect, all right thanks to my friend michael steele. and were queuing the election music. because you know what time it is. we are on the eve of the big vote in new hampshire. this is the first primary of 2024. but this is also the first and greatest major disruption we have seen in the republican race. a primary that began with the former president running earlier than anyone in history. and facing those other candidates they spied on the big stage that donald trump boycot
front-runner. donald trump not hitting the ground running in new hampshire this morning, after iowa, but instead in a new york city courtroom. is it a foreshadow of the 2024 race to come? we ll break down his sweeping victory in the iowa caucus including the coalition of voters that gave him a record-breaking win. also ahead, the race for second place. ron desantis edging out nikki haley in iowa, but now they head to new hampshire. why the map ahead looks tough for florida s governor. hello, great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york with my colleague jose diaz-balart with coverage of the 2024 race. today the winner of the iowa caucuses is not back on the trial. instead he s on trial. donald trump arrived at a courthouse in manhattan for the start of a second defamation trial in the case brought by author e. jean carroll. this just hours after that iowa win, with the former president taking over 50% of the vote. and in th
bedtime stories he told you about going to iowa in 1972 for george montgomery, the first time in a presidential candidate paid attention to the iowa caucuses, winning it, and how he created political history with everyone wanting to follow. karl wagner s footsteps, managing a winning, presidential the monster he helped create, in other words. we were working monday night, all because of carl. he did this to us. he was looking on us with a smile on his face, and probably, a frown. brilliant. a brilliant move when he did it, and i m just sorry that it has become an enduring phenomenon of this absurd thing. all i knew was karl said, no one is paying attention to this, we can get there, when it, and get credit for it. then we re off to the races. only a son of iowa would come up with a plot like that. thank you carl wagner. thank you kara wagner. have a good show, lawrence. thank you alex. today, on the witness stand, in federal court, in manhattan, e. jean ca
trump was being arraigned in florida not only were fake electors from trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election, not only were those fake electors testifying before special counsel jack smith sent january six grand jury, but at the same moment congressional republicans were holding their own bizarro hearing about january 6th. at the exact same time of former president was arraigned on federal criminal charges related to unlawfully hoarding documents. witnesses were testifying in jack smith s other sprawling federal investigation into that same former president all the while that former presidents congressional defenders were hard at work whitewashing the january 6th insurrection. all the same time. that sort of wild convergence belongs in the history books. and while the arraignment and investigation of a former president is clearly of utmost importance here i think it is worth paying attention to the fake story from tuesday as well. the thing that was happening in congress.
all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. today, donald trump appeared in manhattan in court virtually for the first time since his arraignment on 34 criminal courts of falsifying business records. and judge judge juan merchan announces related to the hush money payments to stormy daniels will go to trial in march of next year. that means that if all of this holds, donald trump will be on trial smackdown of in the middle of the presidential primary. this afternoon, he presented himself as if he were still in the white house, sitting with his attorney in front of a customary wall of american flags. the ex presidents life yet from florida was projected on several screens throughout the courtroom, packed with reporters, and a team of no less than nine prosecutors industry attorney alvin bragg s office. the main purpose of that hearing today was for the judge to officially advise trump about the protective order in the case. the order, typically a r