shelby talcott, thank you very much for being with us. >>> now to sports.ll legend adding another chapter to her career with a game-winning shot over michigan state. andy scholes has the "bleacher rep report". >> yeah, caitlin clark likely got to be the topic of the wnba draft. she is on pace to become the all-time leading scorer in women's college basketball by the end of the season and she came through in the clutch last night. closing seconds, michigan state trying to deny clark the ball but she gets it with one second and hits the step back three from the hawkeyes logo to win it at the buzzer and the crowd going absolutely nuts. the three gave clark 40 for the ni night, her 10th, most in the past 25 years. and here was clark after the game on her big time shot. >> when it left my hand, i knew it was going in. so glad that i could make that. at the end of the day, maybe we didn't play our best, but a win is a win. >> and thunder continue to prove that they have elevated themselves to one of the best teams in the league hosting the first place celtics las

joining us from iowa, shelby talcott. they write the former president is clearly afraid that real alternative is gaining on him. how does it feel on the ground there? >> it is interesting on the ground depending on which event that you go to, you will hear from iowa voters who are interested in nikki haley, who are interested in ron desantis and of course who are interested in donald trump. so from a voting perspective, when i talk to voters, i've heard all three. i've heard a lot of interest from all the main presidential candidates out here. the polls are saying something differently. and certainly nikki haley is saying something different to her voters. yesterday morning out here in iowa, she essentially argued to voters that she was the one that they should vote for because it was time to move on from the chaos that donald trump brings and they need a new generational leader, they need somebody who will look forward, not backwards. so we'll see in a few days if that is the message that will resonate. >> and you make a

. >> joining us now, politics reporter for "semafor," shelby talcott, who is joining us live from iowa you. you're there on the ground. we're a week away. just give us the state of play. what are you hearing from the main candidates and from voters? >> listen, i think it is really interesting that one of ron desantis' main arguments you've seen in his recent ad that he dropped toward the end of the year has been his -- how he's done in florida. he's going back to sort of the beginning, which is his covid policies, how he fought dr. anthony fauci, and those are things that we saw really work in florida and really plummet him into the top echelon of the republican party. but on the ground here in iowa and in new hampshire, that rhetoric doesn't seem to have translated yet. as for donald trump, we're seeing him and his team really ramp up their appearances heading into these next two weeks, and their goal is less to try to garner more votes. they believe they're already ahead in the polls by a comfortable margin. their goal is to make sure that people are turning out this time around. the

iowa, i spoke to new york times political reporter maya king, and semafor political reporter shelby talcottand having these conversations about policies but also getting folks out to caucus for you and getting them to tell others, the weather has really disrupted that. it's just blizzard —like conditions here in iowa today across the state and it's caused a lot of problems for voters to be able to go to events and also for candidates like nikki haley and ron desantis specifically who really have needed to make up ground and tried to close this massive gap between themselves and former president donald trump and that's just requiring them to talk to voters, you know, nikki haley had several town halls today, governor desantis had a number of events where he talked to volunteers but also had to scale them down also and it's caused a lot of problems in this critical stretch of campaign time and also given them some things to look forward to in terms of clues if people will turn out in these same numbers that we once expected on monday. shelby, to you now — we've heard of this thought that if t

here with me now is shelby talcott and laura bellen political reporter for "bleeding hard land."thank you for being up in basically the middle of the night in iowa. it's the biggest day on the political calendar here and i'm thrilled to have you both with us. laura, let me start with you. you live here, you know what the cold is or isn't like. it is all anyone can talk about because it is so intense that it is going to potentially change how this thing turns out. how do you think it's going to change it? >> absolutely. it is really extreme. personally i'm disappointed that the weather didn't cooperate, we have had an unseasonably warm winter. >> i've heard that before i landed here yesterday. >> i have attended caucuses since 1988 and it's typically cold in january in iowa and iowans are strong, but the road conditions might not be that good. it is going to keep turnout way down. i was expecting turnout possibly to set a record for republicans but i don't think there's any chance of that happening with this weather. >> i will say the sources i've talked to have basically said the

out the cold, are new york times political reporter maya king and semafor political reporter, shelby talcottgood to see you are indoors because it looks little outdoors at the moment but i want to start with you, maya. how disruptive has this been to this critical weekend ahead of the caucus? when you think about what is required during a caucus, the engaging with voters and going out into the field and having these conversations about policies but also getting folks out to caucus for you and getting them to tell others, the weather has really disrupted that. it's just blizzard —like conditions here in iowa today across the state and it's caused a lot of problems for voters to be able to go to events and also for candidates like nikki haley and ron desantis specifically who really have needed to make up ground and tried to close this massive gap between themselves and former president donald trump and that'sjust and former president donald trump and that's just requiring them to talk to voters, you know, nikki haley had several tele— town halls today, governor desantis had a number of events

great reporting this morning from shelby talcott of "semafor" thank you for being on.ay morning. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, january 4th.

covering it for semafor, politics reporter shelby talcott, live in new hampshire. thank you.n "way too early," it is a make or break moment for nikki haley as she looks to upset donald trump in today's new hampshire primary, despite polls saying that trump has a wide lead. we'll get into that with charlie sykes. >>> coming up on "morning joe," more live reporting from manchester as statewide polls are set to open moments from now. >>> plus, democratic senator from new hampshire, maggie hassan, will join the conversation to talk about why she's urging voters to write in president biden's name on the ballot in the granite state. "morning joe" just a few moments away. ting these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. [coughing] copd isn't pretty. i'm out of breath, and often out of the picture. but this is my story. ( ♪♪ ) and with once-daily trelegy, it can still be beautiful. because with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open for a full 24 hours and

great reporting this morning from shelby talcott of "semafor" thank you for being on. thank you for getting up "way too early" on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪♪ >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, january 4th. we have a lot to get to this morning, including donald trump formally taking his fight to remain on colorado's ballot to the supreme court. we'll tell you what his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is concerned about how the justices may rule. >>> plus, back in 2020, donald trump hired an expert to prove election fraud. instead, that person found the 2020 election was not stolen. we're going to speak with that expert about what his data firm actually uncovered. >>> also ahead, we'll dig into the ultimatum from house republicans following their visit to the southern border. do they want a deal? >>> along with willie and me, we have the host of "way too early," white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire. and msnbc host jen psaki. she's a former white house press secretary. good to have y

shelby talcott, i'm certain we'll be speaking again soon. safe travels. thank you for joining us this morning. >>> thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> for the first time in our history, insurrectionists have come to stop the peaceful transfer of power in america. >> millions of people storming the united states. when you talk about insurrection, what they're doing, that's the real deal. that's the real deal. not patriotically and peacefully. >> trump's mob wasn't a peaceful protest. it's a violent assault. >> release the j6 hostages, joe. release them, joe. >> trump's assault on democracy isn't just part of his past. it's what he is promising for the future. >> stay in those voting booths. you should stay there and watch it. if you see bags of crap coming into the voting areas, you have to stop it. >> the legal path just took trump back to the truth, that i'd won the election and he was a loser. >> we're going to win for the third time. i just don't want the results of the second.