January 14 – Sen. Joni Ernst, Gov. Tim Walz, Steve Kornacki and Chuck Todd

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🗓️ 14 January 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Just one day before the Iowa caucuses, NBC News’ Steve Kornacki joins a special edition of Meet the Press to break down the final NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll. Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) exclusively joins Meet the Press to discuss the state of the race. Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) speaks with Kristen Welker about voters’ concerns about President Biden’s age. NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd joins to discuss what he will watch on caucus night. State Rep. Ross Wilburn (D-Iowa), Garrett Haake, Brianne Pfannenstiel and Marc Short join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, Iowa decides.
0:05.0	Are you ready to make some history on Monday night?
0:08.0	This is go time.
0:10.0	Republicans are facing frostbite and dangerous record low temperatures as they get ready to make their choice in the first nominating contest of 2024.
0:20.0	Chaos follows him.
0:22.0	You can't just terminate the Constitution.
0:24.4	Former President Donald Trump leads his rivals even as he makes some of his closing arguments
0:29.3	from outside a courtroom.
0:31.5	It's a witch hunt in the truest sense of the word.
0:33.4	Who will emerge as Trump's biggest challenger? Steve Kornaki has the results of
0:38.0	our final poll and Chuck Todd will offer a guide of what to watch on Caucus Night.
0:43.6	Plus, smoke signals.
0:45.7	Chris Christie exits the GOP race.
0:48.2	Warning, Mickey Haley will get smoked.
0:50.5	But will he consider his own independent third party run?
0:54.0	I am going to make sure that in no way do I enable Donald Trump to ever be president of the United States again.
1:03.0	And striking back, the US launches airstrikes in Yemen as tensions rise in the Middle East.
1:10.0	These strikes were very deliberate, very focused.
1:14.1	While the Pentagon's top official remains hospitalized and under fire
1:18.6	for failing to disclose his cancer diagnosis
1:21.4	and hospitalization.
1:23.2	My guest this morning, Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, and Minnesota's Democratic
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