this is it, the official kickoff for the 2024 battle for the white house, and one state has the first shot at shaping the race. it s decision time in the bitter cold heartland. iowa has a huge, huge role to play here. this starts here. there is no way iowa is voting against trump. the first votes in a presidential contest that is testing american democracy in extraordinary ways. are you ready? will the former president and unprecedented legal peril get one step closer to a white house comeback? 2024 is our final battle. it s iowa s choice. tonight, after months of anticipation, the republican race gets real. donald trump aiming to drive home his dominance over his gop rivals. we got to be sure that we put this thing away. ron desantis and nikki haley. our best days are yet to come. engaging in a heated showdown to be the top alternative to trump. nikki haley is running on her donors issues. i m the only one running on your issues. he is going to
storms expected to hit the u.s. today after that nor easter this weekend. two-thirds of the country could be affected. everything you need to know and dhs mayorkas stopping by the border. a former border patrol agent is here. did you see this? back to the five. has space and takes off and hardy block down field. hardy is going to go. he s at midfield. nobody is going to catch him. hardy, 95 yards. todd: bills fans are happy and n.f.l. playoffs are set. teams prepare for a run to the super bowl, others are making changes. black monday arrived on sunday night. you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley has the day off. we begin with this fox news alert. lloyd austin, defense secretary, remains in the hospital. officials were not told the extent of his condition. this is concerning. brooke: defense secretary lloyd austin has been in the hospital for eight days now. pentagon officials were unaware for several days. major general patrick ryder said on fri
nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis will hold events today. we are just six days from the iowa caucuses, which will kickoff the presidential election cycle. todd: former president donald trump will be in a washington, d.c. courtroom asking a judge for immunity in his federal election case. you re watching fox and friends, i m todd piro. welcome back, partner. carley: i m carley shimkus. brooke singman has the latest on the court drama. hi, alex. alexandria: a president cannot be charged with acting within his or her acting duty. if absolute immunity is granted, it would allow for presidents to commit crime. former president trump made this statement on truth social. if i don t get immunity, crooked joe biden doesn t get immunity. with millions that went into his pocket, joe would be right for indictment. by weaponizing political poen p pon, me, joe biden opened a pandora s box. in december the supreme court declined to fast track trump s immunity request. la
school shooting in iowa. we re told to prepare for police to give an update. their very first moments away. if you look at the left side of your screen, you can see the microphone bank there. you see officials gathering. as soon as they walk up to those micks i ll go there right away and take it life. this is perry high school in perry, iowa. police have confirmed reports of an active shooter at that high school. just so you know the location, it s about 25 miles northwest of the capital of iowa, des moines. today is the first day back at school following the school district s winter break. no confirmed casualties yet. you may hear otherwise. we want to wait and get that firmed up. perhaps momentarily from the officials that you see in the distance there on your screen. as always with breaking news, the situation is in flux. we want to try to get that confirmation if anybody has been killed or hurt directly from the officers. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner f
the battle for votes and mccarthy s first big test all happening right now on capitol hill. lawmakers meeting over this debt deal with some hard line republicans and the speaker isn t just fighting for support on his agreement. he could be fighting to keep his job. and moscow is rocked. drone attacks hitting residential buildings in the residential capital, at the same time kyiv is facing a bombardment overnight. we ll have the latest from the front lines. and this could turn your stomach a little bit. a new report from the cdc is highlighting how restaurant workers who handle food while they were sick themselves are actually one of the leading drivers of food borne illness outbreaks. we are following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. in just minutes, a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avert a catastrophic u.s. default will finally be in front of lawmakers. a cankey house committee is tak up the bill but all afternoon