court to throw out the evidence, disqualify district attorney fani willis. but even with his mounting legal troubles, and mounting is an understatement here, donald trump is still the clear front runner for the gop 2024, their presidential nomination is right around the corner. today he was no-show at a major event for candidates to win over a key group of voters in the state of iowa. nbc s natasha burns has more. six months from the first in the nation i wore caucuses, of republican presidential candidates today making their pitch to evangelical voters. candidate after candidate sitting down with former fox news anchor tucker carlson except for the front runner. usa. trump skipping the event amid a feud with i was popular governor, kim reynolds, who says that she is staying neutral in the race. i had to say it, without me she was not gonna win. you know that, right? trump s attack not landing well in the hawkeye state. how worried are you about trump in iowa? he
tonight, straight from the source, it s been called an epic fail for republicans is another critical bill goes down. nikki haley is calling it total chaos. donald trump is celebrating. president biden is saying it s time for republicans to decide who they serve. also, history in the making at the supreme court. nine justices will give their first indication of where they lean in the fight over removing trump from the ballot ahead of the election from what he did after the last one. we have new updates tonight as the u.s. striking back the against the deaths of three americans in the middle east. the commission commander did tonight internet dramatic images. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. in the words of one republican senator tonight, quote, i m just based off. lisa murkowski is hardly the only one in her party who feels that way right now and is completely exasperated by what s been happening on capitol hill. in just the last 24 hours her party lined up to si
hollywood on strike and everything in between. the 11th hour gets underway right now. we the good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. it is friday, which means are incredible for but first i want to give you a caught up on what down today. if you thought donald trump s indictment unexpected trial and then the case is closed, will buckle up kids. jack smith is reportedly still making aggressive moves in that investigation. abc news is reporting that smith sent a target letter to the organization employee who s expected of line to the grand jury. also tonight the ap reports that smith s prosecutors have spoken to the new mexico to overturn the 2020 election. meanwhile, trump himself is trying to get a georgia prosecutors investigation into 2020 outright canceled. he asked that the state supreme court to throw out the evidence, disqualify district attorney fani willis. but even with his mounting legal troubles, and mounting is an understatement here, donald trump is sti
decision to send troops of the us-mexico border. i didn t customs and border protection needs more on the ground to build the inspected influx. some migrant setting up tents in mexico on the other side of the border. they are just waiting for the policy to officially end, how to 42 ends on thursday. many residents of border cities are getting a test of what is to come they may say they re afraid of some local lawmakers may not be upfront completely about the expected surge. i think when the major issues are dealing with is a lack of transparency for local officials. our america leased a statement yesterday they are not staying here. but anyone who s driving around can see they are staying here. i m actually worried that brett even calls about the stores being burglarized. people being harassed, or panhandling. nash is going to happen we don t have a plan for people. expected to get worse. griff jenkins on the border in brownsville about is happening now. a graph looks good
last few days is they were able to collect intelligence about the way the balloon was transmitting information, for example, and other ways about how it maneuvered. ultimately we re told that the administration doesn t believe it was able to gather that much intelligence at all because the specifications were not all that sophisticated, no more sophisticated than the satellites the chinese have hovering in orbit as we speak. the issue with the satellites is they do not stay in one place for as long as a balloon can. a balloon can loiter for a much longer period of time as it did over montana, for example. the officials we spoke to said there are with steps taken to cover up certain areas, to make sure no unencrypted communications were happening in the vicinity of the balloon and minimize the ability of the balloon to collect intel. one detail we learned today is that the u.s. military actually doesn t have the capability on a day-to-day basis to collect intelligence on thing