and that s in large part because ron desantis, who was initially hyped up as the candidate has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis should come with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 points behind trump and the average of the national poll. even a top official at a pro-desantis superpact recently conceded his campaign has been a bust so far. right now in national polling we are way behind. to be blunt and honest, it s an uphill battle. i don t think it s a winnable battle but clearly donald trump is the runaway front-runner in the first four states which matter tremendously. polls are tighter. we re clearly still down. we have work to do and wood to chop. it does seem like a bad sign when one of your top surrogates has to admit that but it s true at least and a lot of reasons the desantis campaign is doing so poorly. one reason is what some are calling a lack of charisma which seems to be alienat
representative in florida gets last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the countdown to new hampshire. we are just about one hour away from the first votes being cast. nikki haley takes on donald trump. we will have the latest from the ground. then, trump s defamation trial postponed as he continues to attack e. jean carroll. abortion rights play a major role in 2022. will it have the same impact in 2024? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters, right here in new york city. in just about one hour, the first votes will be cast in the new hampshire primary. we will have live coverage from dixville notch as the results come in. nikki haley and donald trump are now in a one-on-one showdown for the 2024 republican nomination. this evening, they held their final rallies ahead of tomorrow s primary. you have one who has the entire political elite all around him. it
canada presented it in florida gets last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the countdown to new hampshire. we are just about one hour away from the first votes being cast. nikki haley takes on donald trump. we will have the latest from the ground. then, trump s defamation trial postponed as he continues to attack e. jean carroll. abortion rights play a major role in 2022. will it have the same impact in 2024? as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters, right here in new york city. in just about one hour, the first votes will be cast in the new hampshire primary. we will have live coverage from bill not as the results come in. nikki haley and donald trump are now in a one-on-one showdown for the 2024 republican nomination. this evening, they held their final rallies ahead of tomorrow s primary. you have one who has the entire political elite all around him. it
reporting to special counsel jack smith will square off in front of a three-judge pam of the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. at issue whether trump has immunity for conduct he undertook as president or cannot otherwise face prosecution because it would represent double jeopardy. that s the legal issue. but what s most important here is the timing. trial court judge has determined she can t move forward until this issue is resolved. she entered an order on december 13 saying trump s appeal automatically stays any further proceedings that would otherwise move the case toward trial. but that stay could be lifted after the outcome of tuesday s argument. for sure, the losing side is going to appeal to the supreme court after perhaps first asking for the first court of the appellate court to hear the matter on bond. the losing party has 90 days to ask for supreme court review. as i detailed before, smith is eager to get trump tried before the election. trump, on the other ha
transcript. whether he now faces more heat that changes his mind we ve seen before, that s how far in he is, the person you see on your screen, not well-known but long loyal military aide and personal aide to donald trump in the post-presidency. i want to read some more from this. we have so much new material with regard to katy s point that donald trump has long avoided texts and emails, but he hasn t stopped everyone else from using them on his behalf. here you have january 13th, 2022, the doj reading from page 19 says nauta texted trump employee 2 about trump personally, quote, trackingboxes, he s tracking the boxes, more to follow today on whether he wants to go through more today or tomorrow. nauta writes to another anonymous employee, trump employee 2 in the indictment, one thing he asked was for new covers for the boxes. can we get new box covers before giving them out on monday, and the employee replies, yes, i will get that. this is contemporaneous, this is real. the