and garrett's words fall largely on deaf ears. ulysses s grant and chief of staff henry halleck get these reports and largely ignore them. scott used earlier the phrase of chicken little. right. that's what grant and halleck think this is all about. there is no way there's 15,000 confederates are moving down the valley. garrett is whining and moaning and complaining about a phantom threat. that is expressed by grant on july 3rd, 1864. earliest corps is now here in petersburg there are no troops that can be threatening the valley. robert e lee had sent deserters or kind of fake deserters into lines to spread disinformation. and so on july 3rd, you have ulysses as grant reporting back. it's really nothing to worry about. it is a almost catastrophic failure of information and telegraphs and reaction to those problems. fortunately for garrett, he's not willing to take that as an answer, and he's got basically an ace up his sleeve and so on july 2nd, 1864, he pays a trip to baltimore. and what garrett is most concerned about is this br

and garrett's words fall largely on deaf ears.sses s grant and chief of staff henry halleck get these reports and largely ignore them. scott used earlier the phrase of chicken little. right. that's what grant and halleck think this is all about. there is no way there's 15,000 confederates are moving down the valley. garrett is whining and moaning and complaining about a phantom threat. that is expressed by grant on july 3rd, 1864. earliest corps is now here in petersburg there are no troops that can be threatening the valley. robert e lee had sent deserters or kind of fake deserters into lines to spread disinformation. and so on july 3rd, you have ulysses as grant reporting back. it's really nothing to worry about. it is a almost catastrophic failure of information and telegraphs and reaction to those problems. fortunately for garrett, he's not willing to take answer, and he's got basically an ace up his sleeve and so on july 2nd, 1864, he pays a trip to baltimore. and what garrett is most concerned about is this bridge right here

and john garrett says, i got this bridge. i'm worried.y no more, because here is lew wallace's chance for action. looking for action, and now almost gift wrapped. here it is, the railroad and the river is not in technically administrativeommand. it's outside of his boundary. is that going to stop him now? so on july 5th, 1864, with one staff officer lew wallace makes his way west out of baltimore out of the camden yard station and makes his way to the monocacy realizes i may have bit off a little bit more than i could chew, just a little bit, because lew wallace men under his command, most of them are a 100 day emergency militia men who have been formed. the ohio guard have been sent to baltimore as well as them some potomac, holmberg aide units are sent to guard the river here. the problit's kind of like the island of misfit toys. everybody who was basically too politically cancerous, has been sent to the middle department. wallace's second in command is gone into rest is tyler tyler's enemy, andrew humphreys, who was the chief of potoma

garrett is joining us. garrett, after this weekend, mr.mp is going to be leaving the campaign for a bit >> reporter: that's right. peter, he next appears in a courtroom in washington, d.c. for an appeals court hearing on the question whether he's immune from prosecution for actions he took as president. he's pleaded not guilty to all the relevant charges peter? >> garrett haake on the ground in iowa tonight. garrett, thank you >>> and join kristen welker tomorrow for "meet the press." among her guests, she'll have an exclusive interview with republican congresswoman elise stefanik. >>> and still to come, the secret world of retail returns a behind the scenes look at what happens to your items after you take them back you take them ba. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown

garrett, how is the trump campaign reading the returns so far tonight? >> reporter: well, lester, the trump is very pleased with these results. they never felt like this state was in doubt for them and one senior trump adviser told me that when the vote counting is done, they still think they're going to end up winning this state by a comfortable double-digit margin. that same adviser responding to nikki haley's speech vowing to continue, calling her efforts to find a path to the nomination delusional lester >> and garrett, the night is young, but what happens next in the trump campaign's eyes >> reporter: well, the trump campaign goes next to nevada, where there's a caucus in early february in which he's the only participant. the rules in nevada have changed they hope to rack up another win there. and then they want to spend that time between now and south carolina's primary a month from now really isolating nikki haley. trump campaign advisers have told me their goal is to make her life miserable, to remind her of all the other republicans who are now

nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake.for "the des moines register," ross wilburn, former chair of the iowa democratic party and marc short, former chief of staff to vice president mike pence. happy caucus-eve to all of you. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> it's great to have all of you. garrett, you've been on the ground for days and covering >> it's not just the ground that's frozen solid here, to a certain degree it has been this race and it's been like that from the jump. trump has had the lead for a very long time here. the combination of the durability of the that lead and the weather has kind of stalled out what we normally see as the final sprint to the finish here. you don't see candidates pouring money into the caucuses right now, you don't see people adding campaign events, it's not practical and it's not going to make a difference. we shouldn't lose the forest through the trees. the story about the second place race is interesting but if donald trump doubles up the record in this state after hav

nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake.itics director for "the des moines register," ross wilburn, former chair of the iowa democratic party, and marc short, former chief of staff to vice president mike pence. happy caucus eve to all of you. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> garrett, you've been on the ground for days and covering this race from the beginning and obviously, trump has solidified his lead heading into caucus night. >> it's not the ground frozen solid and it's been that way for a long time. it's been like that from the start. trump has had the lead for a very long time. the combination of the durability of the lead and the weather have stalled out the final sprint to the finish here. you don't see candidates pouring money into the caucuses right now, you don't see people adding to the campaign events, and it's not practical, and it will not make a difference. the story about the second place fight is interesting, but if donald trump doubles up the record here in this state after having been impe

major garrett, it sounds like trump is saying i alone could fix it. >> so i've been covering donald trumpince 2015 and my conversations way back then reminded me of something that he's always possessed, a fear and a fascination about nuclear weapons and nuclear war. a constant obsession with him. how to avoid it. that is one part of the answer. it is a legitimate one. most american presidents have felt that as well. but trump is fearful of it. that is one of the reasons he began the negotiations with kim jong-un, though unsuccessful. but this is a larger context in american political life. are you anxious about the future and do you believe a reelect president biden will be strong enough to handle an unstable world. and trump is answering that. no, he won't. you may not like me, but i'm strong and vigorous, that is his answer. >> it is chilling to hear some of the language that we're talking about being normalized on the campaign trail. you said earlier this week, it is kind of hard to get excited about iowa and in a contest where the front-runner is ahead by just so much. is this just a

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lester >> garrett, thanks very much. i'm joined now by kristen welker, moderator of "meet the press. kristen, good to have you. we were watching to see if the former president leaps over that 50% that would be of course bragging rights for him but how significant is it going forward? >> it would be significant. it would give him a lot of momentum heading into new hampshire, lester. so far this is the kind of night trump's campaign was hoping for, an easy victory in tonight's caucuses. according to the entrance polls the former president dominating this contest among evangelical caucusgoers, non-college educated caucusgoers, and 2/3 of caucusgoers say mr. trump would be fit to be president even if he's convicted of a crime. and of course his legal battles have been a fixture of his campaign he's been arguing of course that he's been unfairly targeted, lester >> kristen, we're still waiting to find out the important second place finish. one of those candidates is going to have to make a tough call >> absolutely. all eyes a

joining us now to figure it out is nbc news correspondent garrett haake. nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, and senior writer at "slate" who covers the supreme court, mark joseph stern. gentlemen, it's very good to have you. let's start with the basics here. garrett, i want to ask you about colorado and maine, citing the civil war era provision who says anybody who participated in an insurrection, the civil war, shouldn't be allowed to hold office. they say the two states that it applies to donald trump for what he did on january 6th. starting with the state of maine, which is the most recent. can you walk us through what's going on there? >> in maine, it was was secretary of state who made the determination here. she found donald trump did engage in insurrection, and based on the 14th amendment, he would be ineligible to serve as president and ineligible to be on maine's ballot. she has urged the courts to get involved in overseeing the decision, making it clear that her view of the law is correct. in colorado this went through a lengthier process th

major garrett, sounds like trump is saying, i alone can fix it. >> so, i've been covering donald trumpince 2015 and my conversations way back then, margaret, reminded me of something he's always possessed, a fear and a fascination about nuclear weapons and nuclear war. constant obsession with his, how to avoid it. that's one part of the answer. it is a legitimate one. most american presidents of the nuclear age felt that as well. trump is acutely fascinated by it and fearful of it. that's one of the reasons he began those negotiations, though unsuccessful with north korean dictator kim jong-un. this is also an answer about a larger context on american political life. if you're not a trump supporter, are you anxious about the future? do you believe a re-elected president biden would be strong enough, fit enough, courageous enough to handle an unstable world? trump is answering that. no, he won't. i will be. you may not like me, but i will be strong and i will be vigorous. that's one of the messages he's trying to convey with that annihilation answer. >> i mean, it is just chilling, amy,

lester >> all right, garrett haake, thank you >>> now to breaking news, the u.s.ilitary struck another target in yemen this evening pentagon correspondent courtney kube has late details. courtney, what's the latest >> reporter: that's right, lester, today the u.s. military striking multiple missile sites in yemen according to two u.s. defense officials. the officials calling these strikes preemptive saying u.s. navy ships launched tomahawk missiles taking out houthi missiles and launchers before they could target more ships in the red sea. meanwhile, another u.s. owned commercial ship was attacked by the iranian-backed militia today. it's a near daily tit for tat, the houthis keep attacking ships despite the u.s. military striking houthi targets the hostilitie driving the biden administration to redesignate the houthis a terror group. it's a designation originally made by former president donald trump. president biden came into office and removed the designation amid humanitarian concerns. lester >> courtney, thank you. >>> the princess of wales is hospitalized an

haake is following all this garrett, what more do we know? >> reporter: well, lester, mr. trump's appeal calls maine's democratic secretary of state who banned him from the ballot there biased, saying she had no authority to act last week, she ruled the republican front-runner ineligible for maine's ballot, saying he was in violation of the 14th amendment's prohibition against insurrection for his actions on january 6th. tensions are also high in colorado, where the supreme court banned mr. trump from the ballot, though today police say a shooting that damaged the colorado supreme court building this morning was unrelated to any threat against the judges there mr. trump is expected to appeal that decision, too, which his campaign has criticized as election interference colorado's secretary of state is also asking for the u.s. supreme court to settle all of this mr. trump will remain on both state ballots through appeals process. lester >> all right, garrett haake, thank you >>> let's turn to the terrifying and deadly car crash early on new ye

nikki haley and ron desantis will face off in the final debate before the iowa caucuses next monday garrett haake is there. >> reporter: tonight, chris christie announcing the end of his long shot presidential bid just five days before the first contest of the republican primary >> it's clear to me tonight that there isn't a path for me to win the nomination, which is why i'm suspending my campaign tonight for president of the united states >> reporter: the most vocal trump critic in the gop field, the former new jersey governor had focused his campaign on new hampshire, but struggled to gain traction >> i am going to make sure that in no way do i enable donald trump to ever be president of the united states again, and that's more important than my own personal ambition. [ applause ] >> reporter: and while christie made no endorsement tonight, he already faces pressure to back nikki haley, whom he has publicly defended in the past, but has repeatedly criticized in recent days including for not taking on trump more directly >> when you ask her the tough questions, she doesn't answer >> repor

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nbc correspondents garrett haake, ali vitali and shaquille brewster are ready to go, garrett, what's mood inside the trump campaign? is there any concern about any last-minute surprise upset? >> reporter: jose, i wouldn't say that, no. the trump campaign is very confident that they're going to ultimately win this primary race tonight. i think it will probably look a lot like what they saw in 2016 with a double-digit victory over nikki haley tonight. what the trump campaign is going to do is figure out what the strategy is going forward. they want to try to make nikki haley's life miserable for as long as it takes for her to stay in the race. how do they make this the two-person race they want which is trump versus biden. jose, i've got to tell you, talking to voters here in nashua today, i found pro-trump folks and warning signs for the former president as he tried to look past this primary. a long time republican voter who voted for donald trump twice but voting for nikki haley today. listen to our conversation. who did you vote for today? >> nikki haley. >> reporter: tell me why. >

let's start where garrett left off, the fighting for funding for israel and ukraine, what is it going to take for republicans and democrats to get a deal done here? >> yeah, i don't think there's a specific silver bullet. it's going to take political will and the ability to negotiate to the likes that we really haven't seen from congress in a really long time. now, we know that occasionally they have gotten it done when their backs have been to the ball but on immigration, it has not happened, as garrett said, in decades. we're going to see if the will to compromise is there. >> and it's hard to imagine that it is when all of 2023 it wasn't. but like you said, backs are against the wall now. let's talk about the government shutdown deadline. lawmakers have nine legislative days before five areas of government, we're talking transportation, housing, energy, agricultural and veterans affairs, major areas are going to run out of money. how likely is it that the government will shut down this time? >> so, again, this is just like the big question that all of us reporters in washington are

>> let me go back, garrett haake, the former president just finished speaking to the media. we got out of it when he started going in heavy on some of the things he says that are simply not true or not provable or exaggerated. give us a sense of the scene here and what you think is relevant to the race today and going forward. >> this kind of drop by is standard campaign fare. dressed up to the 9s by the trump campaign. donldz trump is trying to capitalize on the energy and project it across the rest of the staid. i talked about the way that the party started cane sol base around him. and he was treeing to be the more gracious version of donald trump. clearly something very much irks donald trump. i asked him a question, he's been talking about this unity idea, how he gets the folks -- >> can i interrupt you for a second? >> yeah, please. >> i think we have that. i want to play if. . >> you talked about trying to unify the party. how do you bring nikki haley voters, someone who voted for you in 2020 but not now, how do you bring them back to the tent? >> they're all going to

garrett haake is with the trump campaign in des moines. >> usa! usa! >> hello, iowa. from now we're going to win. >> tonight, donald trump closing out his iowa campaign with one final rally, urging supporters not to let cold or complacency keep them from caucusing. >> so brave the weather and go out and save america because this is what you're doing. this is about saving the country. >> the former president enjoying an historic lead in the des moines register iowa poll with 48% of likely caucus goers saying they'll support trump, more than double the backing of second-place candidate nikki haley. a top target at today's rally. >> she is not up to the job, okay? i can tell you. i don't want to be mean. >> trump supporters also the most likely to say their minds are made up and describe themselves as extremely enthusiastic about their candidate. excited to caucus despite the cold. >> how cold would it have to be for you not to go caucus on monday night? >> an astronomical, probably 80 below. >> how concerned are you that the weather might be a factor tomorrow night? >>

garrett haake is following all in. garrett, what more do we know? >> lester, mr. trump's appeal calls maine's democratic secretary of state who banned him from the ballot there biased, saying she had no authority to act. last week she ruled the republican front-runner ineligible for maine's ballot, saying he was in violation of the 14th amendment's prohibition against insurrection for his actions on january 6th. tensions are also high in colorado where the supreme court banned mr. trump from the ballot, though today police say a shooting that damaged the colorado supreme court building this morning was unrelated to any threat against the judges there. mr. trump is expected to appeal that decision too, which is campaign as criticized as election interference. colorado secretary of state is also asking for the u.s. supreme court to settle all of this. mr. trump will remain on both state ballots through appeals process. lester? >> garrett haake, thanks. >>> let's turn to the terrifying and deadly car crash early on new year's day outside a concert in rochester, new y

garrett.blema, el de los browns, vino en la ofensiva porque este año tuvieron muchísimas lesiones, empezando por su corredor titular, que se lesiona la rodilla no puede regresar. después pierden a sus titulares, empezando por dixon watson, que tuvo que tener una cirugía en el hombro y entonces tuvieron que ir a buscar a joe flaco, flaco, que estaba básicamente retirado después de no haber tenido una buena temporada con los jets. la temporada pasada llega y en 5 partidos mete a este equipo a los playoffs. y por supuesto, ese partido se lo vamos a tener. como le decía, por la pantalla de telemundo 48 browns frente a texas. mañana en punto de la 13:00 de la tarde para que nos acompañe y más tarde en este sábado de fútbol y fútbol. no se puede perder el partido entre las chivas rayadas del guadalajara y santos laguna. el arranque del clausura 2024 al mando de fernando gago. el nuevo proyecto de chivas arranca para tratar de regresar a ese puesto que le supone en la liga mexicana. así que ahí está

joining us now, nbc news correspondent, garrett haake. big news today is that donald trump himself has appealed this to the supreme court, and it came rather quickly for his team which is used to delaying. what are they arguing? >> they make broadly two arguments, that it should be up to voters to determine who their candidates for the presidency of the united states is that donald trump meets the technical requirements laid out in the constitution and that it be inappropriate in this case for the state supreme court or they would probably argue a state election official like what we saw in maine to make that determination for them. separately, they make technical arguments about the text of the 14th amendment, and whether it applies to donald trump here. first they argue that there was no insurrection. we could debate that point to the end of time, but they also argue that certainly he was not charged with insurrection, he has not been convicted of insurrection, and goes further to argue that donald trump as president doesn't count as wh

lester. >> all right, garrett, thank you. >>> now to breaking news, the u.s.itary struck another target in yemen this evening. pentagon correspondent courtney kube has late details, courtney, what's the latest. >> reporter: there's right, lester. the officials called the strikes preemptive saying u.s. navy ships launched tomahawk missiles taking out houthi missiles and launchers before they could target more. another u.s. commercial owned ship was attacked by the iranian-backed militia today. a near daily this happened on a the hostilities driving the biden administration to redesignate the houthis a terror group, a designation originally made by former president trump when president biden came into office, he removed the terror label amid humanitarian concerns. lester. >> courtney, thank you. >>> the principal kes of wales is hospitalized and recovering after abdominal surgery and king charles will soon undergo a procedure. here's molly hunter. >> reporter: tonight, serious health concerns within the royal family. in a surprising announcement today, kensingto

so, garrett, 50% would be a major victory for donald trump. will the win be as big as the polls are suggesting? >> well, it looks that way, andrea, and good afternoon from an as yet empty bar that will later today be the site of a donald trump jr. event as they try to capture the enthusiasm you see at trump events across the state and events. you're seeing a margin that would give donald trump twice the record of any other republican caucus vigtry. in and of itself, a huge achievement. i think there's an open question of whether he could hit 50%. the idea that you know, crossing to a majority threshold in a contested primary would be a huge mark. his team has been trying to lower expectations suggesting that they don't think that's possible. now, as i've been out across the state over the last week or so, especially in these sub zero temperatures, you see hundreds if not thousands of people showing up for some of these trump events. that's the enthusiasm captured in this poll where he's candidate who has by far the most enthusiastic supporters

we start in new hampshire with garrett haake and mike memoli and in new york, kristin welker. garrett, donald trump seemeden raged by how nikki haley reacted to her loss, by coming back and challenging him rather than throwing in the towel. what does this show? >> reporter: yeah, look, donald trump was frustrated by nikki haley speech and by the fact she appears committed to sticking around. saw you it on truth social. he called her delusional. his campaign is going to pivot to going after her aggressively in the next couple of weeks. if you think you saw aggressive, wait until you see now and the south carolina primary a month from now. digging into the numbers, you see the strengths and weaknesses for donald trump last night. if you look at who he won, it looks like the republican primary electorate. it's self-described republican voters in which he dominated. it's lower income voters and voters with no college degree. that's who makes up the republican primary electorate in many of the states we will see in the coming months. when you look into the groups nikki haley won, y

leading us off this hour is garrett haake. and mike memoli. garrett the news this afternoon is that nikki haley will not drop out even if she doesn't win new hampshire. what's the state of the race right now. >> reporter: you don't want to set the expectations that you're out if you don't win. haley is on to south carolina, her home state, then on to super tuesday after that, the trump campaign is making it pretty clear they want to make haley's life miserable not only here in new hampshire but every other state she competes, they think they can knock her out. what happens if donald trump is presumptive nominee in the next couple of months? >> how do you bring them back into the fold. >> they'll all vote for me again. everybody. i'm not sure we need too many. i think that biden is the worst president in the history of this country. but we'll all come back. they're all coming back. >> reporter: a little of projection there, not a lot planned. the former president, joe biden and his record could be motivator to get these softer republicans and u

garrett, let's start with you. couldn't be more different there.t's the state of the race there? >> reporter: that's right. new hampshire, they say iowa picks core. they like to go their own way. polling in the state h swn a closer race. closer, of course, being relative here with donald trump still leading by double digits in many of the recent polls. it's clearly nikki haley in the strong second place here. it's not hard to see why. the electorate here in new hampshire i more moderate in a republican primary, especially one without a democratic contested primary on the other side. you will have a lot of independents participating. a lot more highly educated voters. a lot fewer evangelicals as part of the electorate here in new hampshire. all of that in theory looks good for nikki haley on paper. yes, but, however, look back at 2016 when the exact same dynamics were in place and donald trump won this state by nearly 20 points. nikki haley has an opportunity here. the campaign here in new hampshire looks by all accounts like it will be more closely

garrett, day one of the presumed general election, i know donald trump and his team have been lookingo these numbers because they have been going after former allies who have pointed them out. let me play kayleigh mcenany on fox last night. >> this was actually a fairly good night for joe biden. when you look at our voter analysis, only 10% said i would not vote for joe biden if he's the nominee. he won a plurality of voters who said he's too old e a majority of voters who are upset about the gaza war. the divides in the democrat party perhaps aren't as stark as one would think. when you look at the republican party, 7 in 10 nikki haley voters said i would not vote for donald trump. there was a des moines register poll, 43% said, no, i wouldn't vote for trump. if i'm trump, i sit back and i exclusively focus on the general election. i take the posture of a presumptive nominee, i focus on number one, uniting the party, and number two winning the independents which nikki haley won. >> i meant former aide, not former ally. she's still an ally of donald trump. how is the president's team

garrett, give us an update on where these two cases stand and the chances that they could be taken upthe supreme court anytime soon. >> well, chris, it's been notable that you've had officials in both parties in both states practically begging the supreme court to weigh in here. there's a widespread understanding that it will be they who decide donald trump's ballot access across the country, especially in colorado where trump has yet to appeal. that could happen perhaps as early as today. he's given every indication, his campaign has said he intends to file that appeal. we're waiting to see what the paperwork looks like, if it looks anything like what we've seen in maine, which the trump campaign filed their appeal there last night, it focuses mostly on process. the campaign's lawsuit there, their appeal in maine, says this was a decision that was infected by bias. they say there was a pervasive lack of due process given under trump, and they call it arbitrary, capricious, and characterized by abuse of discretion. they argue that maine's secretary of state was not the right person to

in iowa, garrett haake. garrett, what's the strategy here? >> reporter: jose, they feel two things.re in iowa as they are nationally. spending money on rallies and keeping the candidate in the state isn't necessarily something they have to do at this stage. second, they think his message about going to war against the federal government and the doj, a two-tiered system of government, the same things he was talking about in his comments after the court hearing today, is the same message he would give on the stump here in iowa. it gets better coverage when he does it in d.c., when he goes to court. they are doubling down on that strategy. what i found from talking to his supporters is, they very much believe that donald trump is right about this. he doesn't necessarily need to be here, and that he is fighting on their behalf on this issue. listen to some of what iowa voters have been telling me over the last couple of days. all this legal stuff with trump, the charges against him in d.c. and in florida and new york, how do you view all that? >> it's just crap. >> reporter: you don't b

in -- donald trump speaking right now at amanda rally in simpson college, nbc's garrett haake is there for us. garrett, trump supporters all brave the sub-zero temperatures to hear their candidate, what are you hearing from them? are we hearing anything from the new from trump by the way? >> alex, trump is giving what he calls the long version of his stump speech today, he's been on quite this stem winder -- snake palm that many of us became familiar with in 2016, talking about the border, immigration, his favorite nicknames for democrats in 2020. he keeps coming back to attacking nikki haley, i think the ali vitali's point he has a new target here, a new person in second place that he's trying to handicap. he's all over her polls, describing her as a globalist, really making sure that there's some overlap between the folks who are gonna show up at the caucus for her and his supporters in the room. and let me tell you, those supporters are committed, no matter how cold it gets on monday. listen to this. >> is there any amount of cold that will keep people from caucusing from trump mond

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. >> joining us now nbc news correspondent garrett haake and catherine christian, former assistant districtice. she is also an msnbc legal analyst. garrett, what's next for trump's legal team now that the former president has pledged to appeal. >> they're in a little bit of wait and see mode on a couple of other cases that could hear a ruling in the new york civil fraud case this week or in the case that his attorneys argued here in d.c. a couple of weeks ago on presidential immunity. that's probably the one that has the most of donald trump's attention. he's been talking about it for weeks on the campaign trail and using his social media accounts arguing that a president has total immunity for any act committed while in office. he clearly believes that a favorable ruling in that case could protect him from either of the big federal investigation s into him over the next couple of weeks. there's not much left for his attorneys to do in that case than sit and wait for a decision. >> catherine, how would an appeal impact carroll's ability to get some or all of those funds? >> well, she's not

garrett, start us off. this new reporting breaking in the last couple of hours or so.more do we know? >> this is something of a passion project for jamie raskin, who is the lead democrat on the house oversight committee, a staff report conducted by democrats here that found just over the first two years of his presidency, donald trump accepted some $7.8 million through his businesses directly from foreign governments. now, if this sounds familiar, this was very much a topic during the trump presidency, the idea that the then president didn't divest himself from any of his properties, didn't put them in a blind trust and weighs making money from governments like china and saudi arabia and others who were buying rooms in his hotels or floors in his office buildings and customers of his real estate empire across the country. have not heard directly from donald trump on this matter since this report came out. eric trump is reported in a "new york times" story saying this was all proper and that none of this spending influenced any decisions trump made as president. it is w

vaughn, let me ask you about, garrett touched on who donald trump is trying to get out there.oters. one of the groups that the campaign says they're focused on is new caucus goers. new caucus balloters. what are you hearing from people on their eagerness to get out there, even in the frigid temperatures. >> reporter: if we go back first of all, to 2016, we were taken aback with how many new caucus goers there were in 2016. the record for the gop turnout in 2016 shattered any other republican caucus ever. the previous record was 120,000. in 2016, it was 186,000. but the trump campaign says there's a heck of a lot more people that they are able to mobilize and have already identified as would be first time caucus goers this time around. take a listen to two of the women i just met who are in that exact circumstance right now. >> eight years ago, who did you caucus for? >> okay. i didn't caucus. >> i didn't either. >> but this is why i am this year. >> otherwise it would have been trump. >> what are you hearing from family and friends in terms of support for trump, versus haley a

so, garrett, donald trump was in court for jury selection in the e. jean carroll trial yesterday. he then flew to new hampshire for a rally last night. he flew back to new york to listen to testimony today. he's flying back tonight for a rally. what is his political strategy here? >> well, jose, as rehema pointed out, donald trump does not have to be this that courtroom. he's choosing to be in the courtroom. there is two reasons for that. one is personal, wanted to be involved in some case, in some measure in this case. i think the other is a political acknowledgement here he's basically doing what he needs to do in new hampshire nevertheless. a large rally last night in atkinson. another large rally planned tonight for portsmouth, new hampshire. he has as many events planned today as does nicky hail why, who is 16 points behind him and trying to play catch-up. he's not losing any ground by not being in the state. the other part is nobody has used sort of victimhood as much a part of their political purr sonia as does donald trump. throughout his political career. he has on the st

garrett haake is in iowa >> reporter: tonight one week until iowa formally kicks off the 2024 presidential campaign republican candidates targeting the overwhelming favorite front-runner donald trump. >> he was really good at breaking things he just wasn't good at fixing them. >> reporter: today president biden also taking aim, slamming mr. trump and his supporters for downplaying january 6th. >> the maga republicans led by a defeated president is trying to steal history now, telling us that violent mob was, and i quote, a peaceful protest >> reporter: mr. trump recently attacking president biden, saying the president is trying to distract from his record by fearmongering over january 6th, falsely labeling those convicted of crimes connected to the attack as hostages >> they ought to release the j-6 hostages they've suffered enough >> reporter: the republican front-runner preparing to attend a court hearing in his election interference case tomorrow. mr. trump accusing the president of weaponizing the doj against him, a view rallying both his supporters here -- >> when they are indicting h

garrett haake, thank you very much. let's go to nbc's vaughn hillyard who's covering the trump campaign from urbandale. vaughn, donald trump is in some ways treating this like he's an incumbent, and he hasn't exactly been in iowa all that much. are you seeing signs, though, in the final moments that the campaign might be getting jittery? >> reporter: no, not at this point. it's full-on confidence now. they're looking to win this caucus by at least 12 percentage points which would break the record for a republican caucus winner ever. this is the campaign headquarters for donald trump. they're doing the work on behalf of the candidate who is not here. he's only been here five days over the last month, katy, and as garrett said, he has no more rallies planned in the state until this weekend, and these are the first snowflakes here i should note in des moines. we expect a couple of days of snow ahead. come caucus night at 7:00 when the caucus doors open, katy, we're looking at a negative 9 degree windchill. the dynamics of

lester >> garrett, thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds, the u.s. launching a fifth round of air strikes in yemen >>> plus, our exclusive, inside the u.s.-backed plan to end the israel-hamas war. >>> breaking overseas, u.s. forces have launched new strikes against an iranian-backed militia threatening ships in the red sea. and president biden was pressed today, are the strikes working? keir simmons reports >> reporter: tonight, for the fifth time in just a week, the u.s. again striking houthi targets inside yemen, this time with f-18s u.s. centcom says the strikes were on two anti-ship missiles aimed at the red sea after determining an imminent threat to shipping and navy vessels, the houthi missiles were destroyed. but the houthis are still terrorizing ships in the red sea, despite the u.s. retaliations pressed by nbc's gabe gutierrez, president biden acknowledged u.s. actions were not deterring the iranian-backed militia. >> are the air strikes in yemen working >> well, when you say "working," are they stopping the houthis no are they going to con

this state as we have a week to go until iowa kicks things off for the rest of the country. >> nbc's garrett haake. >>> we are officially 200 days from the 2024 summer games, and olympic dreams could be made here in san jose, which is hosting usa's fencing biggest event, drawing top talent. >> exactly. en garde. you can see today's action for free. nbc bay area's kris sanchez has a look at what to watch out for. >> reporter: the north american cup is an olympic qualifying event, so not only will you see olympians in action but the olympic hopefuls as well, and there are a lot of locals. alexander is the world's top fencer with a world cup gold medal and silver and gold olympic medals. now he's working toward making the paris team to have a chance to earn gold there too. he is one of more than 2,000 fencers competing, 163 from the bay area. because of the tokyo olympics one-year pandemic delay, olympic hopefuls now have three years instead of four to qualify for paris. two-time olympian cat holmes is also in medical school. >> everything was much more compressed. there wasn't time to take a b