good afternoon, it is saturday, february the 3rd. i am ali velshi. we continue to follow the situation in the middle east where the israel and gaza war continues its steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. within the last hour, u.s. central command announced a round of strikes, targeting six houthi anti ship cruise missiles preparing to launch among ships in the red sea. this is the latest in the series of strikes that the united states has conducted against the houthi forces who have been targeting vessels, commercial and military, that are sailing among the red sea toward or from the to the crossing in egypt. it is related, but separate from the campaign against iranian-backed proxy forces which are operating in the region, and there are iranian antlers operating alongside them. that started on friday. the biden says that friday strikes against these groups on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7t
republican presidential candidate nikki haley is here and we have questions. the lead starts right now. brand-new cnn polls raking with the 2024 race, has the republican contest changed since donald trump swept iowa and new hampshire? which fares better in head-to- head matchup against joe biden? the result in second. scary when ahead of the november election about artificial intelligence or a.i. to see how a.i. may have changed the outcome of another country s presidential race. the mother of the oxford, michigan school shooter takes the stand in her underpants and shares what her son told her when she asked why he carried out the massacre. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper check with the number of stories glen dale brand-new scene, snapshot of the presidential race as it stands right this minute who wins in matchup between president biden and donald trump? what happens when the republican on the ballot is former south carolina governor nikki haley? what are voter
push to oust secretary mayorkas. how they got to the brink of impeachment, and what it means for the senate s border bill. then, donald trump lashing out after a court appointed monitor found more deficiencies in his company s finances. and president biden s next move in response to the attack that killed three american soldiers. a remembrance of their surface and sacrifice, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. good to be back here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. right now, house republicans are moving forward with their push to impeach a sitting member of president biden s cabinet. their target, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, who they say has failed to secure the southern border. as republicans accuse him of refusing to enforce federal immigration laws and blocking oversight of vhs. keep in mind, this is happening even as many of those same republicans are openly opposing a bipartisan b
then, donald trump lashing out after a court appointed monitor found more deficiencies in his company s finances. and, president biden s next move in response to the attack that killed three american soldiers. a remembrance of their service and sacrifice, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. good to be back here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. right now, house republicans are moving forward with their push to impeach a sitting member of president biden s cabinet. their target, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, who they say has failed to secure the southern border. house republicans accuse him of refusing to enforce federal immigration laws and blocking oversight of dhs. keep in mind, this is happening even as many of those same republicans are openly opposing a bipartisan border security security bill that has been negotiated in the senate. that bill would also unlock money for ukraine. b
donald trump is the winner of the republican iowa caucuses by landslide. the former president 20 delegates closer to clenching the republican nomination. ron desantis inches past nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy susopinioneds his campaign, endorsing trump after finishing a distant fourth. we ll make america great again. iowa, we love you. go out and buy larger tractors and more land, don t worry about it. this is the first, the big night is going to be in november, when we take back our country and truly make our country great again. we have our marching orders. our marching orders are to do all we can to preserve what george washington called sacred fire of liberty, same fire that burned in philadelphia in 1776 when our founding fathers signed declaration of independence. punditting analyze from every angle, we get that. when you look at how we are doing in new hampshire, in south carolina and beyond. [cheering] i can safely say tonight iowa made this republican prima