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now. where are you? good evening. >> did you say where am i? >> yeah. youre not here. >> its just that you know what it is its steve kornacki and the big board. >> oh, the board is here. i got it. >> so im here. come visit. i miss you. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. donald trump handling winning the iowa caucus last night was not that much of a surprise. but this -- this was. >> i dont know if you know but they did polls tonight on the elect...

biden, regardless of his legal challenges. court of the top lines, the poll found trump with a nearly 30 point lead over his republicancompitors. trump supporters also lead the pack and enthusiasm, a factor that can prove crucial as the frigid iowa weather could keep some caucus goers at home. just take a moment and take stock of this, 91 cow indicted, twice impeached reelection losing former president, is leading the pack, it is not even close. the party of small government continues ...

grindavik, thats 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 its 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...

investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if hes reelected. then well talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. were going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go...

Bill what you are watching is a stunning and yet absurd sight on our southern border. That is el paso, texas, video from overnight. Droves of people rushing our southern border. It is just the latest example of the chaos down there prompting a major reversal on behalf of the president and the white house. Thats where we start today. Im bill hemmer. Dana has the day off. Our friend and colleague smitty got the early alarm today. Sandra always good to be with all of you. Im sandra smith and this i...

Select i caucus leader emma and hear his speech from the candidates. it representative from ron desantis is a former classmate, and he will be speaking on his behalf, you can be a caucus goer, you can show up be a caucus goer, you can show up and might change your mind based on one of those speeches. if youre a nikki haley supporter, you might hear a speech about donald trump and change your vote, and its one of the interesting and different aspects about this caucus. people getting into the roo...

Outside, its very easy to say other folks are going to show up. I think that may end up being a bigger measure than this question of Intensity And Enthusiasm in the poll. Nikki haley, whats interesting in that poll, is many of the second choice people that are supporting Nikki Haley are actually joe biden. I almost wonder if voting for change for something other than Donald Trump, other than the status quo, could end up being a bigger motivator. Yeah, that could be im sorry. No, no. I was just g...

Ago? >> i didnt stop voting until 20. >> until 2020, for donald trump? >> right. >> are you involved because of donald trump? >> no. >> so are you going to be a first time caucus goer? >> yeah. yeah. i couldnt stand politics at all. but when ive seen them all attacking trump, and really i was just like why are they checking trump? >> the campaign has put an emphasis on turning out folks like that, see these first-time caucus goers, folks who are even involved eight years ago in the state of iowa...

The economy, healthcare, local resources, potential Tax Increases is a result of this influx. And in terms of the litmus test, you know, president Donald Trump had trouble in iowa in 2016 during the primary as a result of not having evangelical support. He has been able to hold on to that Ron Desantis has pulled a little bit of that away. Overall he has held on to that and he is going to use that. Bret what about that, trey. Evangelicals make up a portion of the g. O. P. Caucus goer. But the for...

At least intend right now to vote for biden come november. talk us through that, that really stands out as a stock thing. because youre thinking i would gop caucus members, thats going to be a big ten storyline for republicans. but, to your point, there is some real loose movement aside this gop voting base. >> you have a good eye to pick that number out. you think of the caucus of being the bassist of the republican base who show up on caucus night, and yet, here is this sliver of people who sa...