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♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: well goodnight, or good morning, it is two a.m. on the east coast. one a.m. an iowa where donald trump was declared the winner. a record shattering a win, the former president conjures up a pretty big question is this race over before it has begun? >> im abby philip here in washington, and you are watching cnns special live coverage of the cnn caucuses. the results of the hawkeye state are echoing across the nation, but what exactly are the message that voters ...

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>> would you like me to read the tweet? >> now that its my hour we can put it in. we can put in public record, thats awesome, and hilarious. im sorry the studio -- could hear me chortling. >> im glad, you know me. i love laughter. >> it was a plus television production my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. we have some big breaking news. nbc news has now confirmed that former vice president, mike pence, has been subpoenaed by special counsel jack smith. the man ...

Democratic congressman from florida. welcome to you all. i cant think of three better people to discuss this upcoming week. tyler, by wednesday theyre expecting to be 12 republicans in the race. youve been reporting on this, why exactly are mike pants, chris christie, and governor dog im getting into this race now? >> look, theres so many months and tell voters head to the polls in the various states that are holding early contests. tell a lot of time to make your case to voters. the big questio...

Increasingly desperately trying to hold on to the power, and try to block it overturn the election results. for, example i want to ask pants, what did donald trump say to you about those in losing the election? what did he say in terms of acknowledging whether or not he thought hed lost? id also get at, vice president pence, do you remember what the president said to you about his strategy for holding on to power? what did he say about the electors, what did he say to you about whether or not he...

I was afraid. i told him, no, mister president i was angry. i was angry about our differences, and i was also infuriated -- that day. people ransacking the capitol. and breaking glass and assaulting law enforcement officers. >> trump has not seized his attacks against pants, instead hes asked over and over that pence didnt do the right thing. that he failed, that he was a coward. and he has said much, much worse. and now it appears that mike pence will finally be asked patels side of the story. ...

I think its worth trying to understand why. i wonder if at all you think that could be a preemptive move to potentially curry favor with mike pants, ahead of what could be fairly damaging -- might make to la grange or e. i know its a lot of ifs, i know theres a lot of supposition. i just wonder if theres any chance in this scenario that mike pence is -- any of the words of donald trump? >> those are three great questions built in there, alex. ill try to take them quickly. lets go backwards, mike...

Relationship, with donald trump because he believe donald trump put him and his family in such grave danger for what reason is obvious. >> second, you asked is it possible that pence is trying, forgive me if trump is trying to win over pants? its always possible, but i think your first theory has a little more strength. which is that donald trump is worried about his classified records exposure right now. this is a case thats probably causing the former president the most sleepless nights, becau...

So significant. what can trump do to stop pants? there is conflicting reports about whether this is being set up for a fight over executive privilege do you think thats the case? what levers are there for trump to prevent pants from divulging the secrets that hes fought so hard to keep and glow -- ? >> donald trump blizzard executive privilege and try to stop this i think he will fail. its a grand jury subpoena which is a little different from some of the january six subpoenas we. saw its votes ...

Cooperating with the january six investigation. until pants wrote an op-ed in the wall street journal. with his account of what went down that day. pence also gave interviews to national news outlets, ones that are now part of the public record. including this one. or pence confirmed telling trump that he indeed lost the election. >> did you ever point blank say that the president, i will not do this, i will not intervene, we lost this election? >> i did. david, many times. >> we know because we...