Stay updated with breaking news from Bulk sample plant. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
organization, corralled the support of more of the state's political leadership than anyone else, including the governor and most of the evangelical leaders, which might be 65% of the total turnout. if he comes in third, it's hard to see a rationale for him to continue at that point. even if he narrowly beats haley for second, that probably is the end of the road. if he can't compete effectively against trump here, you have to ask yourself where would he. the problem haley has got, if desantis drops out, it's not clear she gets the bulk of those voters. they might end up with trump. haley's situation reminds me of john mccain in 2000 when he lost the nomination. initial surge was fuelled mostly by independent voters, gave him an opportunity to make a case to
political leadership than anyone else, including the governor and most of the evangelical leaders, in a state where they might be 65% of the total turnout. if he comes in third, it's hard to see a rationale for him to continue at that point. even if he narrowly beats haley for second, that probably is the end of the road. if he can't compete effectively against trump here, you have to ask yourself where would he. the problem haley has got, if desantis drops out, it's not clear she gets the bulk of those voters. they might end up with trump. haley's situation reminds me of a lot of john mccain's, not 2008 when he won the nomination but 2000 when he lost the nomination. initial surge was fuelled mostly by independent voters, gave him an opportunity to make a case to core republicans against the
ambassador nikki haley in second place for the first time in iowa. the suffolk university survey, trump still leads the race with 54% of support. second place, 34 points back is nikki haley. at 20%, she's followed by florida governor ron desantis whose focus most of his campaign on iowa. -- 41 points behind donald trump. the bulk of the poll was conducted before former new jersey governor chris christie left the race on wednesday, the kristie hasn't really played and i was not much of an impact there. entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy, they both are in single digits in court in the latest survey. let's bring in nbc news national analyst john highland who is in iowa for us this morning. john, what's going on on the ground three days out? >> well, first of all, notably absent here in iowa, you, willie. joe mika. none of you guys are here, and
nikki haley, though she is still polling far behind trump. there is evidence that trump himself might see haley as a growing threat, as he has targeted her this week with the same kind of false attack that he once used against both ra obama and ted cruz. trump pledged to a six half million followers on truth social, but hailie, ironically, is ineligible to be president because her parents were not u.s. citizens when she was born. well that part is true, but that has no effect on her eligibility to be president. nikki haley was born in south carolina, and has lived in the united states her entire life. joining me, now nbc news correspondent dasha burns, live from des moines. now on this you said last time, josh was there for. us vaughn hillyard, donald trump assad to host a rally later today. steve benen, joining us today. he's a producer for the rachel maddow show, and he's a editor for the rachel maddow blog, and the bulk of the impostors. our publicans quick governing and seized american politics. vaughn, let me start with you.
who is the happiest person in the world now? f?putin. you know who he calls he calls hamas and invited them to russia the next day. they held hands as friends. russia, china and iran are bound together in a unholy alliance. they hate freedom, democracy and freedom. >> hannity: it's the new access of evil no doubt about it joe biden didn't demand europe to protect their own continent first. they should have put the bulk of money. they put handcuffs on zelensky. saying you can't take migs from poland. you can't use cluster bombs. at that point we're throwing our money down the drain. joe isn't allowing ukraine.
to 65. they were getting drones from irane af and missiles from norto korea. who's the happiest person in the world right nowrl? it's putin. why? because the u.s. and the west too their eyes off of ukraine and moved it to israel. putin never called netanyahu after that. not for ten days. you know who he did callan? theh he called hamas, invited themela to russia that year, the next day. and they helnds asd hands as fr. russia, china and iran are bound together in an unholy alliance because they hate freedom. a e.they have more than anythind they hate america, i call it next. it is a new axis of evil. there's no doubtes about it. e you know, joe biden did not dem demand that europe protect their own continent. first,t they should have put the bulk of money. joe biden then put handcuffs on zelenskyy o said, oh, you can't take migs from poland. they offered hime 28 migs at te time. then he said, oh, when you can't use cluster bombt uss well, at that point we're throwing our money down the drain becaus t we're joe's not
skin in as little as 30 minutes. more than 2,000 u.s. flights were canceled friday, the most we've seen since june 2023 correspond to flight aware. the bulk of the cancellations were chicago where winds gusted at 55 miles per hour at o'hare international airport. millions of people are under winter weather alerts from california to maine and more than 350,000 homes and businesses are dealing with power outages. new york, philadelphia and boston will be under coastal flood advisories today. while across the country more than 55 million people are facing subzero fahrenheit temperatures this week. let's find out what is in store for the weekend from chad myers. >> still snowing across the northern plains and great lakes, that will change over and move away. colder air, much, much colder air, dropping 20 to 30 degrees by the time sunday rolls around turning that rain into snow. lake-effect snow for sure over all the great lakes that aren't
another story altogether. >> how long did that take you, can? how long did that communication get up the chain to mark meadows? >> the whole, it was basically 30 days from the election before most states certified the results. so, it's only within that small window of time that you really had the ability to effectively contest and election results. so, the month of november 2020 was the bulk of the work that was done. >> okay, i'm looking at what you wrote here. this was an op-ed for usa today. you wrotehi month and writing quote, voter fraud is detectable, quantifiable, and verifiable. i have yet to see anyone offer up any voter fraud in the 2020 election that provides these three things. what were you asked to look for by trump's team four years ago? and where you are at all pressure to find something that didn't exist? by your first answer, i'm going to presume you weren't. >> that's correct.
trump's first republican campaign, when he came down the escalator in the headquarters of a company, now found to be a fraud. he is facing hundreds of millions in potential fines, about 6000 times the average american's salary, is what trump could be fined in a matter of weeks. and at this time, trump's more angry, more defiant, more experienced, and more indicted than his first race. this defendant slash candidates spend the bulk of the last four days in his iowa home stretch, not on the campaign trail, not in the early states. no, he was in court, and those court hearings, are not exactly dry, unintentional or boring. they broke through, with headlines. and we mentioned this in our coverage, as we wrap the week -- and want to emphasize this. they broke through with headlines so bad, even by the standards of republican politics and maga and fox news these days. headlines so bad that trump had to spin away or lie about them
governor ron desantis who has focused most of his campaign on iowa. he's at now just 13%. we should note the bulk of this poll was conducted before former new jersey governor chris christie exited the race on wednesday. we should note that christie and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy earned just single digits. christie in particular wasn't really campaigning in iowa. his departure from the race will play a much bigger role in new hampshire. but let's now bring in national politics reporter for had thill, julia manchester. she'll be there braving the frigid temperatures for the caucus on monday, and that actually may impact turnout. but let's start with this poll. and let's take both sides of it. first, desantis, who has bet everything on iowa. and we know you and i have had this conversation on-air. i'm sure you and like me have talked to republican operatives just sort of stunned at the free