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zero temperatures canavan impact on caucus going turnout monday night. joining me now, nbc's garrett haake in des moines, iowa. i mean, garrett, folks have got to be talking about how much the weather might impact their monday night plans. what are you hearing about that? do you think it's going to dampen turnout? >> yeah, i think that's the expectation of all of these campaigns. most of the iowans i've talked to here, as we are in negative one here in the morning now, that's why this texan is indoors, i don't know that we'll get back above zero until after the caucuses are over. all of the campaigns starting to make contingency plans will to keep their offense going, to try to juice turnout, get a couple more those caucus commitments, see how many more people that can get lined up before the hawkeye koch i start in earnest on monday night. we're also hearing from the candidates themselves that are canceling events or trying to find some way to still communicate to urge their folks to show. a year was donald trump on radio this morning, on exactly this topic. >> it's gonna be interesting,
below, 22 below, we will see these bitter cold temperatures as far south as texas. >> and this is what it looks like in des moines right now. a blizzard warning in effect there. that area is getting more than nine inches of fresh snow. the bitter snow expected to last until wednesday. nikki haley, ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy, donald trump. they are all shuffling appearances, and canceling many infects, ahead of monday's presidential caucuses in iowa. longtime iowa republican strategist saying this is probably the worst weather you could have for a caucus. but we've got our correspondents in place from iowa to michigan, covering all the days developments for you. first, we're going to head to the great lakes as we give you a live look at mackinaw city, michigan, where it's about a warm 13 degrees right now, not nbc's jesse kirsch is south of there in grand rapids for us. welcome, again,. jessie how much worse is it gonna get this weekend? >> alex, it's tough to imagine it's getting much worse than the wind that we're feeling out
is a non answer to the question of what you rule at being donald trump's running mate? so, yeah. you know, it's a clever answer. it gets applause. it's self serving in the moment, but if anyone who's listening to politicians over the years, and unfortunately, sometimes, we've listened to too many of them and know their moves too well. it's clear that what you are saying is i'm not ruling this out at all. as far as the other three, i think no, i think they're all probably possibilities except for green, and i would be very, very surprised if trump picked haley, because he has been so intent on picking someone loyal, someone who would be, you know, basically a carbon copy of him and haley, for as much as she might try to pivot or be cute about, this it's not going to be able to pull this off. >> if those are the qualifications, what about kari lake? she is out there all the time, promoting him, very, very solidly. >> i think it's probably more likely that someone in the template of kari lake will get
be an incredible thing, for, to put that forward as not being law? we seem to be, as much as watergate, shook this country up, don't you feel like we're almost in more turbulent times now? >> oh, no. i think we definitely are in many, many ways. i think that the threat to the republic is far greater with us than it ever was with watergate. and that's really saying something. this is not just about one act of corruption or a break-in or a cover-up of that. this is about the powers of the presidency overtaking that of everything else in the constitution. that's what it is at stake right now. >> yeah, talk about a calendar. let's look at trump's d.c. election subversion trial. that is scheduled to begin march 4th, okay? then, you have the hush money trial. that stas march 25th. trump had toak mar-a-lago classified documents trial, that is may 20th. georgia electionteering and conspiracy trial set for august 5th. are there any of these, tristan, you think could be put there in courts, wrapped up with a
the competition for second place. the competition for first, though, it's pretty clear. this is trump's seat to win. >> absolutely. let me tell you, nice job. i think when you retire from politics reporting, definitely go into gulf. you can do it right there, right along the greens on the fairway. >> thank you! >> good job. thank you, my friend. coming up next, the donald trump vp stakes. who is making the cut from the list? some ideas, next. as, ne xt
but the bites you here in this video, this ad from the trump campaign, are kim reynolds passed praise, excessive, praise of donald trump. so, you can expect here over the next 48 hours a not only donald trump continuing to home in and call out what has been a consistent lead in the polls here, but, also urging his supporters to not be complacent, and try to view this as if it's tied. he's said that constantly, trying to make sure that his supporters actually go out in what would be negative 35-degree wind chill on monday night, and not simply think that we've seen him in the polls, and he's going to dominate. instead, he needs them to get out there, and that's going to be the real test for the trump team and the volunteers that are trying to activate those supporters around the state. >> yet. definitely a very big test for that. thank you so much my, front. let's go to nbc's ali vitali, who said that nikki haley event in iowa city. where i was told you might have to whisper, because she's
tuesday, for the defamation lawsuit against him by e. jean carroll. however, just moments ago, nbc news learned his lawyer has filed a new request today, asking for the carroll trial to be delayed by one week, so trump can attend his mother-in-law's funeral in florida. that's it for thursday. it's unclear whether we're going to see this in court next week. this week, trump went off on a blustery rant against new york judge arthur engoron, and attorney general letitia get james, declaring he's the real victim. >> they don't need damages. we've got a great company. we are a -- company. we did everything right. it's a disgrace, and they need damages. that's the way it should be. they should be paying damages. >> here with me on set is tristan snell, former assistant new york attorney general. you love the investigation and prosecution of trump university in his new book, taking down trump, 12 rules for prosecuting
its then nikki haley. you know, i think kari lake's problem is she's never been elected. at least, statewide, anywhere, including in arizona, obviously. so, she would have a long way to go. i also think she has worked extremely hard to sort of check the sycophancy box that would be the number one require for someone to be his running mate. >> let's go to that atlantic article now, with analysis of nikki haley's campaign. there is new iowa polling, and it shows for the first time, with a pretty clear lead over desantis, but despite he least pledged to tell hard truth, you're right, mark, when it comes to speaking the hardest truth of all, about trump, haley's words fall feebly short. here's some of what she said at this week's debate, where trump was, of course, notably absent. >> i think he was the right president at the right time. i agree with a lot of his policies, but his way is not my way. i don't have vengeance. i don't have vendettas. i don't take things personally. for me, it's very much about no
kill a political rival, what happens? and here's a little bit of trump's own rationale for all this. take a listen. >> i liken it to the fact that police have to have their control back. they have to have respect. it's very much like. that is very similar to that, but you have to have immunity for a president. >> one moment. help me understand. this is he trying to make a case here for having the same kind of immunity that's a law enforcement officer would have to killing? >> effectively, that's what it sounds like. what he's really arguing for is to be completely above both law. the idea is that if it's the president who does, it's automatically legal. minute, this was the exact same argument, pretty much in so many words, that richard nixon and his people made back in the 70s. and it wasn't accepted as law than, and i don't think it's going to be accepted as law today. >> do you think it's going to
but it's especially true for northwest iowa, and it's not just folks who are affiliated, as evangelical questions. it's folks who go to church regularly, church is a major part of your life. i think it is -- but sue county. we saw in 2016 how skeptical evangelicals were of donald trump, many were at the beginning, and the story of the last eight years is that this political bond trump seems to have generated with them. it isn't a story about donald trump, as he improved his standings with evangelicals. how much has he improved a standings with evangelicals? is he winning this county, is he winning a big? >> it's also a story about ron desantis, if rhonda scent is going to make a stand on monday night, he has really courted evangelicals aggressively, got endorsement for one of the top evangelical leaders in the state. now let the for nikki haley's standpoint, if you zoom with all the counties here, nikki haley found her strongest support for political independents, college educated voters, higher income voters, voters in the suburbs, voters with a more negative view -- broadly speaking, the coalition