just five days ago. including an 83 million dollar defamation judgment against the republican front runner. and as the general election campaign has basically begun. standing by to talk about have a gun and take on trump and offer his reaction to e. jean carroll s massive victory against him. plus, from my department store in the 90s to her day in court this week, andrew weissmann and katie phang are going to join me for a deep dive into how carol s case against trump got to this point. and what comes next? also, could nikki haley be doing joe biden a favor by calling trump confused? and what are the factors the haley team is weighing as they decide how much to turn up the heat? and later, there is some big civil war energy coming out of texas, as greg abbott taunts the federal government with his actions on the border. i ll talk to about just how crazy things are getting, in his home state. as we come on the air today, we re getting some breaking news out of th
dozens injured in a drone strike. who ordered it? how will america respond? also tonight, 2016 déjà vu. it is time we all talk about how we will talk about trump and his current primary for the route white house. we couldn t sign out this weekend with her diving into the drama surrounding barbie. the stars, the snubs, and the serious conversations it is all. sparking. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. we begin this hour, though, with that breaking news out of the middle east. specifically the reaction tonight here at home. the u.s. military has confirmed that three american troops have been killed and more than 30 injured in a drone strike at a base in northeast jordan near the syrian border known as tower 22. u.s. officials tell msnbc that the drone was filled with explosive and impacted near shelter where troops were sleeping. president biden blamed radical around-backed militant groups for the attack and the u.s. is still, quote, gathering the facts. first time a
state, and gave us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, iowa republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump, nothing hugely surprising there. but we re gonna still talk about what that means. with me here at the table, all-star panel, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and as i always like to say, my old boss, david plouffe. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the last couple of days. nbc news can project that donald trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we will bring you any updated numbers as soon as we get them, and we will stay closer to the decision desk, and of course, the one and only, steve kornacki. the field has also one candidate smaller tonight, vivek ramaswamy announced he was dro
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 sharon is doing the biddin of donald trump. committee republicans resigned this hearing. the mega surface comes to manhattan tonight, congressman adam schiff on the ongoing republican restriction of th trump prosecution. then, they defended is charge within a felony, is the highes level offenses in the state of missouri breaking news out o missouri, felony charges for the man that shot at a young black teenager who is knocking on his door. benjamin crump is the attorney for the family of ralph yarl and he will join me live why the dominion lawsuit against fox news, what donal trump would not be able to delay the a.j. carroll trial i one week just when you thought th clarence thomas could not look worse, - that s why i wouldn t say. i would like to keep tha friendship all in starts right now good evening everyone, from ne york, i am midian in for chris hayes. the republican on the hous judiciary committee took a field trip to new york cit today as one of their