i m anita vogel along with joey jones, kennedy and charlie hurt welcome to the big weekend show the big story tonight the count down is on to the new hampshire primary with three days until granite state voters go to polls and president trump about to rally supportsers in manchester and listen in to some of it in a few minute and mickey haley rallying as well and listen in there too. and there is breaking news about ron desantis, a big shakeup to his campaign plans is coming up in just minutes. nikki haley made unholy alliance with never trumpers, americans for no prosperity to get liberals and biden supporters to vote for her in the republican primary. i voted for donald trump twice. i think he was the right president at the right time. chaos follows him, and we keapght be a country in disarray with a world on fire. so we re in south carolina. can someone tell me major achievements of nikki haley when she was governor? i think that s remarkable and we have team c
it s one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for president obama jennifer palmieri. now, tonight in iowa, nbc news projected that donald trump won the caucuses with more than 50% of the vote. his numbers really cement the four-time indicted candidate status as the front-runner. we already knew this. but in the republican field, the race for second place, it had a bit more drama with nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis locked in a dead heat for most of the night. but as awkward as he may be at times, and he is awkward, desantis did put in the w
( ) the new festive family meal. starting at $24. now celebrating at el pollo loco. york, 11 pm in iowa where tonight caucus goers brave record low temperatures, gathered in gyms, churches, schools across the state and give us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, i will republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump. nothing usually surprising, there but we ll still talk about what that means. with me at the tables an all-star panel. former obama campaign manager, embassy and my old boss david blough. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the past couple of days. nbc news can project that on trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor ron desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we ll bring you any updated numbers it s in as we get them and stay close with ou
over things like migrant flights and the threat to throw him in jail. desantis thinks it s time for gavin to man up and get into the race for the white house. you know what? stop pussyfooting around. are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge joe? are you going to get in and do it or sit on the sidelines and chirp into throw your hat in the ring and then we ll talk about what is happening. i guess gavin likes being on the sidelines. here he is repeatedly ruling out a white house run. are you considering running for president in 2024 or 2028? no. not at all. it s not my ambition. it s not the direction that i m leaning into. how many times does your phone ping a day of people saying you need to get in this race. i see where you re going. i m asking. i m not answering. that doesn t mean that newsome would not relish the chance to debate his faux. you would do a two hour debate with desantis? i would do three, on a day notice, with no notes.
now. ainsley: it is the #:00 a.m. hour of fox & friends on the east coast. it is friday, january 12th. steve: thank you very much for joining us. we have breaking news on this friday. joint strikes by the united states and united kingdom hit dozens of houthi targets in yemen after a number of attacks are in the red sea. the iranian back the group says we are not backing down. brings it on. this able unraveling as defense secretary lloyd austin still in the hospital calling the shots from his bed. lawrence: plus, nikki haley pulls ahead in the latest polling in iowa with the caucuses on monday. for us it s always been slow and steady wins the race. it s the people that decides. while everybody else wants to discount us, i will tell you we keep moving and we are moving for a reason to believe. brian: california police department offering $75,000 bonuses to recruit officers. and guess what? still not enough. fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, your morni