joining me now are kurt badella, a democratic strategist -- and noelle nikpour, a republican strategistuthor of bringing america. great to have you with us kicking off our coverage tonight. noelle, i'll start with you. it seems like trump has it in the bag. obviously the big question is about whether and whether or not that actually suppresses turnout in some capacity. if we see severe blizzard conditions on monday evening, the numbers are lower than expected, what kind of impact could that have on the caucuses, could that have on the sentiment of the race as it gets off and running in earnest? >> well of course, the weather is going to play into this, most certainly. but i think it plays and trump 's favor. because trump's base is almost cultish. there are going to do anything for former president trump. they're going to go the extra mile. they're coming to risk going out and braving the cold, getting frostbitten, whatever they can do. the thing that it might hurt is going to be the other two candidates, other three candidates in that race that are vying for better percentages. that's

let's bring back kurt badella, join the complement my good friend tonight cevallos, criminal defenseney and msnbc legal analyst. let me get your, thought danny. you're the lawyer here. give me your thought on that legal argument presented by donald trump's lawyer. the judge asked, him if he ordered that navy seals to go after a political opponent as a hit team, could he be prosecuted? he kind of fumbled. that >> this seal team six think got a lot of press. it's an example at the appellate court level and with socratic method used by law school or a judge or law professor comes up with these hypotheticals, take effect and try to support that weight from the chief and get into the real issue. it was really quite brilliant in that exposed really what it's don trump's weaker argument. there are two arguments for the. court really and, since they showed trump to work one because it's this it'll help. i'll tell you. why this was argument, second argument which is a president must be impeached and convicted in order to be criminal responsible. it's based on an interesting interpretation of