first indictment last march. this hour, reality check for ron desantis and nikki haley, after they finished far behind mr. trump in iowa. the new hampshire primary just a week from today. trouble spots overseas, that could impact the 2024 campaign. iran hits new targets inside iraq. the iran-backed houthis show no sign of backing down notice red sea, despite u.s. attacks against their facilities in yemen. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell with the government and schools closed here in washington, but nothing compared to the weather or the avalanche of trump votes all but burying the former president s rivals in iowa, setting the stage for new hampshire s primary seven days from today. mr. trump is in a manhattan courtroom at this hour showing up voluntarily for jury selection in a trial to decide damages in e. jean carroll s second defamation case. his strategy appears to be working. trump s support grew since last march. nearly two-thirds of all iowa voter
it, with a republican primary dominated by an ex-president who has centered his candidacy around his legal woes, look no further. this morning donald trump, fresh off a decisive win in the iowa caucuses, was at a federal courthouse in manhattan as the defendant in a second defamation trial brought by the writer e. jean carroll. this time there s no question of whether trump defamed her. judge kaplan has ruled trump is liable for remarks he made in 2019 mocking carroll s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a chance encounter at a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and trump is not allowed to dispute carroll s account. the question now is how much a jury should award e. jean carroll in damage for those comments. opening statements are currently under way. we ll have a live report from the courthouse when the trial wraps from the day. so far, donald trump was in the courtroom. alongside his lawyer, alina habba, as well as e. jean carroll and her attorneys. the firs
ballot bombshell, the special counsel argues former president trump does not have immunity as another state moves to strike him from the ballot. mr. trump engaged in that insurrection. could the supreme court buy that argument? the constitution could not be any clearer. former january 6th committee member jamie rask inis here exclusively. and closing in, two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say acknowledge it and move on. her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick, nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. american epidemic. this holiday season there s a new public health crisis. isolation. people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senat senator chris murphy is here ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is finishing a wild 2023 and looking ahead to a pivotal 2024. we ar
ballot bombshell. the special counsel argues that former president trump does not have immunity. mr. trump was engaged in that insurrection. would the supreme court buy that argument. former january 6th committee member jamie raskin is here, and closing in. two weeks until iowa and nikki haley is still cleaning up comments about the civil war. her allies say her opponents disagree. new hampshire is seeing the slippery, slick nikki haley. how will she fare in new hampshire? governor chris sununu joins me exclusively. plus, american epidemic. this holiday season, there s a new public health crisis, isolation. people are feeling more lonely. why and how can we fix it? senator chris murphy is here ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is finishing a wild 2023, and looking ahead to a pivotal 2024. we are 15 days from the iowa caucuses, closing out a seismic week in an already extraordinary republican primary. in a new filing last n
will, to dehumanize their victims in a predatory sort of fashion. so when we see his moves and we talk now about them regrouping or consolidating, are they looking for an off-ramp, there s a great deal of danger in trying to expect his calculus to be anything like ours. his view of strength and weaknesses and risk versus gain calculus, it s not based on how we look at the world, but shaped on his experiences, much of which has to do with witnessing the collapse of the soviet union up close and germany as the wall fell. just yesterday he was telling russians that they were helping people in ukraine and protecting russia s security. he said that he had no choice, that it was, again, this whole denaziification of ukraine. a spokesperson admitted to losses of troops. do you think putin is feeling the pressure to explain his actions? he s always played the victimization card. and the idea that russia is