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-hey, your mom and i procreated to that song. oh, ew! i think you ve said enough. why don t we just switch to xfinity like everyone else? then you would know what year it was. i know what year it is. at this hour, fear is growing for a wider war in the middle east after the u.s. strikes dozens of targets in yemen. the threats now coming from iran-backed rebels. plus, the red sea ripple effect, how a tax in the region have shipping costs soaring. we re running the numbers. and the race for iowa heats up in the middle of a blizzard. will the extreme cold affect even the heartiest of iowa caucus goers. and it s not just an election we re tracking but a possible government shutdown, the pressure on speaker mike johnson as he balances demands from his right flank. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with those air strikes in yemen. the u.s. and allies targeting houthi militants after months of attacks in the red sea. nbc s ....
it s all in the hands of the voters. everybody, make sure you get out and vote. to actually get the candidate that the people wanted. who will iowa push forward? and who will ios end packing? tonight, the much awaited final poll from the storied and celebrated des moines register. will there be a surprise upset? steve kornacki is at the big board. or a weather wildcard. our reporters are in the, cold and getting colder iowa. this is how to win, 2024. good to be with you, i m katie . could we be at the beginning of the end of the gop race for president? or, will a power greater than politics intervene? the des moines register just released its final poll before monday s caucus. and while donald trump holds a historic lead, there is some slippage in his support, something he probably wanted to address in person today, but could not, as a blizzard forced him to cancel both of his rallies. ladies and gentlemen, let me introduced politics too . this is what it ....
tonight on the reidout what about 2024? we will see if this is a legal and valid election. just to be very clear, i don t hear you committed to certifying the election results. will you only commit to certify the results if if they re constitutional. does that mean former president trump wins? it phenes if they re unconstitutional. what we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional circumventing of the constitution. elise stefanik refusing to commit to certifying the will of the voters if trump loses. as trump himself refuses to sign a pledge not to overthrow the government. also tonight, president biden who unlike trump, supports democracy, took his message to mother emanuel ame church in charleston. amid growing concerns about his standing with black voters. but we begin tonight with the january 6th insurrection. more specifically, what went down before the violent mob stormed the u.s. capitol. at a, quote/unquote, news network called fox. as author and jo ....
tomorrow s contest is now out. if the trends in this poll hold, donald trump is going to pull off a win by an unprecedented margin for a republican or a democratic presidential candidate in iowa. this is the final nbc news des moines registry iowa pole ahead of tomorrow s caucuses. trump, his lead is down ever so slightly, by the way. this is what was in december, 51. now he is at 48. you can see that he has 28 point lead over his next closest competitor, nikki haley. nikki haley s first choice support, meanwhile, rose from 60 to 20 points. ron desantis support has slipped three points from last month, 19 to 16. vivek ramaswamy is an out below, heat remains below 10%. the current record margin of victory in the iowa republican caucus says for a non incumbent candidates is 13 points. that was set by bob dole in 1980. trump wins to more by anything remotely close to what these polls were predicted, he won t make history. that s an addition to the history that donald trump ....
so good to be back with you on this second special hour of msnbc reports with josé diaz-balart. it is 1:00 p.m. eastern, 10:00 a.m. pacific. it looks like former president donald trump will not be allowed to have the last word at his civil fraud hearing in new york. what the judge is now saying and what it could mean for the former president s legal case. plus, the surprise standoff on capitol hill, hunter biden visits congress sitting feet away from house republicans trying to hold him in contempt of congress. the witness being afraid to come in front of the committee, that s interesting. he s here. he doesn t seem to be too afraid. inside that faceoff and the political impact next. and the major impeachment push playing out on capitol hill right now as republicans hold their first critical hearing tied to removing secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas from office over the crisis at the border. we ll talk to the ranking member of the house b ....