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
coldest caucus on record. the battle begins in iowa and it begins right here. the march to the republican nomination is well underway. i always get to go out and make their voice heard. it s about the future of our party and of our country. that s get to work, let s rally, let s get it done. a front runner and former president with sky high expectations. 2024 is our final battle. a governor and former ambassador scrabbling for the silver metal, and a boost for new hampshire and beyond. i m the only one running who can say that i have delivered on 100% of my promises. no one is going to outwork me in this race. no one is going to outsmart me in this race. and underdog campaigning on a hope and a prayer. we need fresh legs. somebody from the next generation to lead us to victory. it s a battle for momentum and the stakes could not be higher. our coverage of the iowa caucuses starts right now. bret: live from des moines, iowa, the results are
tonight on three, 60 only on cnn, our clarissa ward has more careful about civilian lives as he goes after hamas. also, tonight will rudy giuliani have to pay $48 million, or even more for the has election lies did to a moment daughter who did there come. violence plus iraq since fast, approaching how republicans are weighing their choices, or in some cases changing them. cnn s john king joins us in the latest on our election series. we begin with a close-up and unfiltered look at life and death in southern gaza. our clarissa ward and her team or the first many western media outlets to go there without an idf escort. now reporting airs with national security adviser jake sullivan and israel holding what he describes tonight, as, quote intense and it detailed conversation with prime netanyahu and his war cabinet. a conversation centered on, among other things, shifting to lower intensity, more surgical strikes, something that president biden underscored today. i want
cnn, our clarissa ward inside southern gaza as president biden warns israel to be more careful about civilian lives as it goes after hamas. also tonight, will rudy giuliani have to pay $48 million or each more for the harm his election lies did to a mom and daughter who volunteered to count ballots. plus, with iowa caucuses fast approaching, how republicans there are weighing their choices, or in some cases changing them. john king with the latest on our election series all over the map. good evening. thanks for joypgs. a close-up and unfiltered look at the look in gaza. clarissa ward and her team are the first of many western media outlet to go there without an escort. jake sullivan in israel holding what he described as an intense and detailed conversation with prime minister netanyahu and his war cabinet. the conversation centering on, among other things, shifting to lower intensity, more surgical strikes, something president biden underscored today. i want them to b
with their radical ideology, are successful and build a nuclear bomb, the united states , israel,, the entire middle east, all of our allies, we are all in deep trouble.ep we ll have a lot more on this straight ahead tonight. but we als n with this fox news alert, the housee house sen china, they are now select committee on china. they are now in session tonight. needless to say, their wory thee never been more important with democrats in charge. there were ne,o hearingshere whatsoever, no investigations, nony scrutiny into china s n malicious behavior. now, this committee didn t evenn exist, but thankfully, elections matter. and now for the first time in in many years, the malignant communist party of china is under a microscope and hopefully there will be consequences. take a look. we ma we may call this a strategic competition, but it s not a polite tennis match. this is an existential what struggle over what lifeli will look like in the 21stst fua century. and the mo