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it is 8:00 p.m. in new york, 7:00 in iowa for the caucuses where have just been called to order. the 2024 election is officially underway. after a prayer and the pledge of allegiance iowa caucus goers from all 99 counties will hear from representatives of each campaign. ones each representative is heard, you write your preferred candidates name on a piece of paper, put it in a basket and the whole basket is counted in front of everybody. this is about as basic as it gets and that's a good thing. no machines. no harvesting. no drop boxes. those results will come trickling in in any se...

presidential election. the first american election with a front-runner indicted for conspiring to steal the last one. dividing his time between the campaign trail and the courtroom. >> i think he's got a lot going on. >> i think the d.c. circuit will rule against him. >> in the frigid cold. >> the coldest in modern history. >> temperatures so low, they bring new meaning to the term negative campaigning. republicans in iowa will make their choice. >> donald trump is a threat to democracy. >> tonight, special election coverage, with joy reid, chris hayes, alex wagner, ari melber, jen p...

people of iowa. >> the threw everything at the kitchen sink at us. inspite of all that they threw at us, everyone against us. we have our ticket punched out of iowa. >> when you look at how we're doing in new hampshire, in south carolina, i can safely say tonight i will make this republican primary a two-person race. >> bill: how about donald trump taking iowa by storm? and by sleet, hail, rain, wind, not really rain. but definitely arctic chill. historic landslide the caucuses. the race moves on to new hampshire a week from today. could be a whole new ballgame. if you were with us l...

coldest caucus on record. >> the battle begins in iowa and it begins right here. >> the march to the republican nomination is well underway. >> i always get to go out and make their voice heard. >> it's about the future of our party and of our country. >> that's get to work, let's rally, let's get it done. >> a front runner and former president with sky high expectations. >> 2024 is our final battle. >> a governor and former ambassador scrabbling for the silver metal, and a boost for new hampshire and beyond. >> i'm the only one running who can say that i have delivered on 100% of my...

>> the also rans claiming small victories, even though they each got walloped by the inevitable nominee donald trump, apparently put in place by god, because as one iowan put it, god picks unusual people. also tonight, michigan governor and biden campaign cochair gretchen whitmer joins me to discuss the democrats' view of the republican race and whether president biden has a michigan problem. plus, the war on dr. king's memory. there is more to his legacy than just that one speech that republicans often misuse for their own political aims. we begin tonight with iowa's choice. t...