what a fantastic spot we have here in des moines, iowa. it s great to be with you today, everybody, i m martha maccallum. it is sunday, we don t usually see you on a sunday, but we re really excited to be here for the story in iowa, one day to go. so much on the line for all of these candidates and voters across the state as we kick off the 2024 presidential race now in earnest. here in iowa you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. vote for the candidate who s going to speak the truth to you. every step of the way we re moving because we re connecting with people, because we re talking about the issues they care about. the entire world will be listening to you, and i believe that iowa is going to speak loud and clear. you re first in the nation for a reason, it s important. martha: former president trump sitting comfortably atop the brand new des moines register poll, always very closely watched. this is a fierce race for second place at
tonight in georgia, where the district attorney is totally compromised the case has to be dropped. jesse: sex, corruption and seal team 6? the case against trump falling apart. two a s on his report card. they were both in the word aaron. even though you think i m an idiot, i m not stupid enough to accuse you of that with absolutely zero evidence. jesse: can t stop the war between its biggest stars. i m scared of getting framed. look at me. i wouldn t survive in jail. jesse: taylor swift, a government spy op. plus tony robbins. no, no, no, no in 1968 a pentagon engineer blew the whistle on a massive corruption scandal. sloppy spending has put the pentagon $20 million over budget. turned out the pentagon was knowingly buying shoddy overpriced military aircraft from lockheed martin, purposely bloating the contracts of the defense contractors with taxpayer money and delivering us bad planes. fitzgerald not only became the patron saint of government whistle blow
let s get started. mission, the middle east. secretaries of state, antony blinken, and the middle east with the hopes of stopping a full blown war between israel and has allowed before begins. where those tense talks stand now, and what we know but secretary of defense, lloyd austin, s undisclosed state and the intensive care unit in the white house. plus, off the rails. the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, disgraced, one term ex president on the campaign trail in iowa. talking about how he would ve ended the civil war. while taking a discussed a jab at a u.s. senator, mccain. the countdown to the iowa caucus, and donald trump s packed courtroom calendar that could determine the future of his criminal trials. later, keeping the faith. my special commentary on hold on to hope during another tumultuous presidential election year. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. all i m katie phang. secretary of state, antony blinken, is in jordan as part of
deadly school shooting in iowa. police say a 17-year-old student opening fire just as school was starting in perry, iowa, outside des moines. five students and the principal shot. a sixth grader killed. the others rushed to the hospital. and rachel scott is in iowa for us. the major winter storm targeting new york city and the northeast. heavy snow, rain, potentially damaging winds. at this hour, at least 20 states now under winter alerts. the potential snow totals in new york and the northeast, depending on the track. and rob marciano will show us. the jeffrey epstein case. tonight, the newly unsealed court documents linked to epst epstein, revealing the names of people who had various connections to him, including former presidents clinton and trump, magician david copperfield, michael jackson. none accused of wrongdoing, but what the documents do claim. aaron katersky reporting tonight. former president trump and the scathing new report tonight from house democrats,
tonight on the reidout there s something dangerous happening in america. there s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. all of us are being asked right now, what will we do to maintain our democracy? history is watching. the world is watching. president biden s powerful new ad on the trump threat to democracy amid new polling that shows a shocking number of americans don t believe what they saw with their own eyes on january 6th. plus, two new challenges to trump s place on the ballot. this time in florida and illinois. as a deadline looms for the u.s. supreme court to decide on his disqualification in colorado. also tonight, the scandal that the republican-led oversight committee won t be investigating. the millions of dollars trump raked in from foreign governments while he was president. we begin tonight with the 2024 election cycle that s already under way. nearly three years after a heavily armed trump incited mob atta