of ayman, televising trumps trial. my argument that the public needs to see the documents case live and in color as it unfolds in realtime in court. then, the pardon primary, republican presidential candidates are scrambling to pledge to protect the ex president. and worst of the week, two republican senators have become human roadblocks, putting our nation security at risk in the process. who will take the title this week? i m ayman mohyeldin, let s started. so donald trump surrendered to authorities this week at a federal courthouse in miami. this is one of the only glimpses that we got of the ex president at the courthouse that day. a shadowy figure, waving behind a car s tinted glass. that sad images now how generations will remember the historic second indictment of donald trump. and that s because just hours before trump s court, appearance, magistrate judge, jonathan goodman, who oversaw the proceeding, denied a request from a group of local and national media outlets,
julie: we re on the homestretch, folks. the kickoff for the republican presidential nominating calendar, the iowa caucuses just three days away. eyes are on the candidates but also on the weather there. another major snowstorm is expected today. polar vortex expected to bring insanely freezing temps on caucus day. the contenders are looking to sway voters there way and convince them to even show up. i m julie banderas in for harris today. let s get into it. a new poll of likely iowa caucus goers showing former nikki haley pulling ahead in a battle for second before chris christie left the race. former president trump meantime standing at 54% support. haley at 20. desantis 13. vivek ramaswamy and chris christie with six and 2% respectively when the poll asked who voters preferred with chrissy out of the race, his two points going right into the haley column. a wall street journal piece with the headline haley/desantis food fight validates trump debate. they hammer each oth
going to be there tomorrow for our roundtable with vice president harris it happens tomorrow night at seven pm, right here on msnbc. one year post roe, a readout special with vice presiden harris joe i can tell you more abou it herself next hour, righ here when she joins the last word with lawrence o donnell that s going to do it for me for now, now it s time for the last word with lawrenc o donnell, who will get that straight note from joy, good evening lawrence that s correct, joy is goin to join us this hour and rachel, am i the only on who is on troubled by th washington post reporting toda about how long it took for the justice department to get wher it is now on the jack smit investigation of january 6th you know, it s slow i think they will claim it was deliberate in the best sense it was careful and they have ended up where many people, including our guests tonight were urging the to end up. and a year, if we can call i that, of delay at the justic department when
53 year old son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to the tax violation of paying his taxes late. not paying his taxes on time. hunter biden paid the taxes in full, he just didn t do it fast enough. and, hunter biden agreed, with the u.s. attorney in delaware, who was appointed by donald trump. that he did agree that he did not tell the truth when he applied for a gun permit. hunter biden signed a form saying he was not addicted to drugs, at a time when he has publicly confessed, including in his book, that he was addicted to drugs. the u.s. attorney, appointed by donald trump, has decided not to prosecute hunter biden for falsely filling out the gun license application. as long as hunter biden remains on good behavior during the terms of the probation. he will likely receive for the tax misdemeanor, that he will plead guilty to. no court date is yet set for when hunter biden will plead guilty. many legal observers today have said that under similar circumstances, a tax
reelection again with a rally in philadelphia with union members. the president is seeing endorsements from some of the country s largest unions, a preview in just moments. also new today, more details on trump s indictment. the justice department filing for a protective order which if granted would prevent trump from sharing any classified material for people not involved in the case. new york times says that order says ongoing investigations could identify uncharged individuals. i ll be discussing the latest on the diamond later this hour with jasmine crockett. secretary of state anthony blinken traveled to china today on a high stakes mission to ease rising tensions. blinken is the highest level american official to visit beijing since president biden took office. earlier today, president discussing china, despite balloon incident that delayed blinken s initial trip scheduled in february. i think one of the things about that balloon, it was not that it got shut down but i