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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Counting Down to Iowa

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Just a day before Iowa caucus-goers cast the first votes of the 2024 election, Jen Psaki highlights key takeaways from the final Des Moines Register poll and previews what the results might mean for the Republican field. Former Senior Advisor to President Obama and Pod Save America co-host, Dan Pfeiffer and Tim Miller of The Bulwark join Jen with their analysis. Jen is also joined by Congressman Adam Schiff to talk about how Trump’s baseless claim of "presidential immunity" would put any occupant of the White House above the law. She also discusses the recent uptick in swatting attacks on the judges, prosecutors and other public officials involved in Trump's legal cases with legal analysts Neal Katyal and Andrew Weissmann. Finally, Jen visits Biden campaign headquarters in Delaware for a series of exclusive interviews on the President's reelection strategy, speaking to Communications Director Michael Tyler, Deputy Campaign Manager Rob Flaherty, as well as Principal Deputy Campaign manager, Quentin Fulks.

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0:00.0

Freezing cold temperatures, one last Des Moines Register poll, a flurry of final campaign events.

0:07.9

It's all totally normal, except for the minor detail that the frontrunner is a four-times indicted wannabe dictator.

0:14.9

His words.

0:15.8

Two of my favorite political experts are standing by as we count down to tomorrow's Iowa caucuses. Plus, Congressman

0:21.9

Adam Schiff is here with reaction to Trump's wild argument for presidential immunity. Also today,

0:27.9

the law firm of Weissman and Katiel on the intimidation and harassment facing basically

0:32.5

every judge and prosecutor involved in the Trump trials. And later, my day in Delaware at Biden campaign

0:38.6

headquarters. As Democrats freak out ahead of the general election, I'll talk to some of the

0:42.9

brains behind the Biden strategy. Well, it's finally here.

0:56.3

The first contents of the 2024 election cycle.

0:59.8

Just about 31 hours from now, caucus goers in Iowa will brave record cold conditions.

1:05.9

I'm talking sub-zero temperatures with life-threatening wind chills to cast their votes for the candidate of their choice.

1:12.5

And last night, we got our best prediction of what that might look like. Every four years, campaign staff,

1:18.5

supporters, and the candidates themselves, wait for the final poll to come out from the Des Moines

1:23.3

Register. It's not always an exact predictor of the outcome. It offers a sense of where things

1:29.0

stand. Who's up? Who's down? Who has the momentum just days out from the first nominating contest?

1:35.2

I actually remember the exact moment in 2004. The poll showed John Kerry leading for the

1:40.3

first time in the final days before the caucus. That he went on to win. We literally had to hold our phones, our Blackberry, outside of a bus.

1:47.9

That's the time we were living through.

1:49.7

There wasn't quite as much drama this time around.

1:52.9

Trump is sitting at a dominant 48% according to this poll.

1:56.2

Nikki Haley is sitting at 20%, which means she narrowed the gap by about seven points over the last month,

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