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A pastor supporting former President Donald Trump squirmed on Monday after being shown a video that his preferred candidate promoted that suggested he was divinely chosen.

During an interview on CNN, host Poppy Harlow played a video that Trump promoted on his Truth Social website that flatly declared "God gave us Trump" to rule over America.

CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein on Monday found himself impressed by former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley clawing her way to a potential second-place finish in the 2024 Iowa caucuses.

However, Brownstein nonetheless said that Haley has not yet shown she has what it takes to overtake former President Donald Trump.

Hundreds of thousands of people on France's Indian Ocean island of Reunion hunkered down in their homes under a strict lockdown on Monday as a devastating storm that has already left one dead started to rip through the territory.

Cyclone Belal hit Reunion, one of France's overseas territories that span the globe from the Caribbean to the Pacific, moving in from the northwest packing "extreme winds", according to Meteo-France.

Former President Donald Trump told his supporters to attend Iowa caucuses even if it literally kills them.

During a Sunday speech in Iowa, Trump urged attendees to participate in a caucus for him on Monday.

A protester interrupted former President Donald Trump's campaign event just a day before the Iowa caucus.

During a speech in Indianola on Sunday, Trump was speaking about Ron DeSantis when a protester accused him of wrongly "taking millions" as president.

Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon, former solicitor general Neal Katyal scoffed at the idea the Supreme Court would accept an appeal from Donald Trump's lawyers about presidential immunity after they are expected to lose at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Speaking with MSNBC host Jen Psaki, Katyal was asked to use his history of speaking before the nation's highest court to predict how it will all play out.

"You have argued, you spent a lot of time in the Supreme Court, arguing cases, thinking about the Supreme Court a lot of time. What is your thought on here and what could happen?" host Psaki pressed.

''I don't think the Supreme Court is likely to hear the case, Jen," he replied. "I mean, Trump's claims are so unhinged that the president can do whatever he wants and murder people with Seal Team Six— this is crazy."

"The Supreme Court, I don't think, is going to have much appetite for this," he continued. "So I'm looking for three things. I'm looking for the rationale of the Court of Appeals decision, the timing of the Court of Appeals decision, and then technically, do they stay the mandate? Do they allow the March 4th trial date to proceed as is."

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"I'm suspecting that they're going to do all of those things and basically hew closely to what Judge [Tanya] Chutkan found already, which means that this trial can go forward. I think it's doubtful at this moment," he added.

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Fani Willis, the district attorney in Georgia's Fulton County, called out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) by name in a sermon on Sunday.

While speaking at Big Bethel AME Church in Atlanta, Willis choked up as she spoke about her struggles as district attorney. She is prosecuting a high-profile case against former President Donald Trump and other co-conspirators for alleged election interference. She was also recently accused of having an affair with a member of her team.

Sunday morning an MSNBC panel covering the Iowa caucus slated for Monday began laughing when host Ali Velshi noted that Donald Trump threw Vivek Ramaswamy — one of his most avid supporters — under the bus late Saturday.

On Truth Social, the former president wrote, "Unfortunately, now all he does is disguise his support in the form of deceitful campaign tricks," before adding, "Very sly, but a vote for Vivek is a vote for the 'other side' — don’t get duped by this. Vote for 'TRUMP,' don’t waste your vote! Vivek is not MAGA."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Hunter Biden knew what she was thinking when he left a Senate hearing while she was speaking.

On Sunday, Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Greene about Biden's surprise appearance last week at a House Oversight Committee hearing.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said she would not advise former President Donald Trump not to pardon Jan. 6 rioters if he is re-elected in 2024.

In a Sunday interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker asked Ernst about the possibility of pardons for crimes committed on Jan. 6.

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis refused to say that he would muster a second-place finish in Iowa's primary caucuses on Monday.

During an interview on Fox News, host Shannon Bream pressed DeSantis on his prospects in Iowa.