consequences. last night, there were consequences. also this hour, the iowa caucus campaign blitz with haley and desantis battling for second place. if the latest polls are correct, donald trump has a 30-point lead. kristin welker joins me live from des moines to break it all down. former president trump refocusing on iowa after his fireworks during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in manhattan. the judge promising his decision on how much to fine the former president and his adult sons before the end of the month. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell back in washington. while u.s. forces in the wider middle east are bracing for retaliation after they struck back at houthi rebel forces in defiance of the ultimatums keeping up their attacks. the pentagon and british allies bombed more than 60 targets inside yemen overnight that they say were used by the rebels to plan and launch dozens of attacks against commercial shipping routes vital to the world econo
sorry, kristin. we are in your studio. we are happy you are out there. trump has a commanding lead, 34 points in today s polling. iowa is, of course the others are battling for second place. how are they coping with the cold? keep the studio warm for me. it s frigid here. it s not deterring the enthusiasm for the caucuses on monday, i can tell you that. i spoke to a handful of undecided voters overnight. two of them say they are undecided. they are not concerned about the temperatures. they are planning to go and caucus. two voters who are undecided trying to decide between ron desantis and nikki haley. they are now going to vote for nikki haley, which may be a sign of the momentum that we have been talking about that nikki haley has over the past several weeks. in terms of what we are watching for, first, you talk about the
for the long haul. lots of things could happen. trump is the frontrunner. it could be interesting the next couple of weeks. i want to let you get out of the cold, kristin. quickly, when you talk to the candidates, is desantis is there any chance he would drop out before new hampshire if he does badly in iowa? there s always that chance, andrea. i interviewed him multiple times. he is defiant. he is in this for the long haul. i spoke with one of his top advisers overnight who underscored the point that they are not looking to drop out after iowa, no matter what happens. notably in his interview with dasha burns, she asked, what other state can you win? she pressed him on this. he couldn t pin down a state. not the case with nikki haley. she s within striking distance of former president donald trump. again, if you think about chris
do you see that bearing fruit? is this just using the legal rights they have? just using the rights they have. they have a right to file the motion. it won t be granted. it s to cause delay. this judge has not allowed delay. i don t think it will cause delay. in the new york case, what do you expect? he said he would rule by the end of january. started writing or thinking through his opinion. he has had plenty of time. what could this mean for trump s sons and for the former president? i think it s all it seems like it s all going to be that the defendants are going to be found liable. now the judge might not find eric and donald junior and just the trump organization and donald trump. but i think from the way the evidence went in that there will probably be a finding of liability. will he agree to $370 million?
tossed. that s a long shot. there s a lot of scheduling stuff that s going on. the real question is, how quickly can this judge down there get this case to trial? if it doesn t go to trial before donald trump is elected president, it s on hold. he is outside of the reach of the georgia law enforcement. it s a massive, sprawling racketeering case. this is one of a series of motion hearings. they seem to go on forever. we will see how quickly the judge gets it moving. there s the traffic situation among the four cases. that s right. delays in all of them because of the use of all of the motions. that s right. most people think that the jack smith election case is the one most likely to get to trial before americans start casting their votes. thank you so much, ken dilanian. let s bring in former manhattan assistant district attorney catherine christian. in georgia this week, trump s lawyers filing motions to dismiss the charges.