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
tackle most important issues, including crime, the economy and inflation. you re watching fox and friends first s, on monday morning, i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier, in for todd piro. house speaker nancy pelosi is downplaying the importance. it is about getting out to vote, everything else is a conversation compared to that. i hear people talk about inflation, we have to change that subjects, inflation is global phenomenon. ashley: this as america fays one of the worst inflationary periods we ve seen in years under the biden administration, even senator bernie sanders is expressing concern about voter turnout. i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young peep and he will working people voting det crammic and i think again what democrats have to do is contrast their economic plan with the republican. i think it is important to take the attack to republicans, what do they want to do other than complain? carley: we spoke with candidate c
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. Converts, people who voted for him but didnt like him, however since formed than those who liked him in 2016 and have cooled. Despite the near daily barrage of negative coverage about mueller, tariffs, immigration, his Approval Ratings have remain pretty consistent. They have even improved with his rural base despite the stories were told about farmers who would turn on him over his aggressive trade policies. In 19 farm states surveyed for cnbc, ten states sought President Trump rural Approval Rating improved between may and the end of july. Seven stay the same and one, idaho, saw a decline. I am a big believer if you are in a bad deal, a lease, an agreement with the business partner, you owe it to yourself to step up and try to make it better for both parties. For sure it needs to be better for yourself. Might not seem as charming when it
standing really big here. and i think that walker has been slowly nibbling away. scott has a theory here. as long as he is running close to well, it s been about four and a half and between walker and camp. the other number i ve been watching is libertarian, all over. he s at walker, the libertarian has not broken through s state. but walker campaigns theory is that if they can keep all over below two and a half, then they might be able to avoid a runoff. so far, he s at 1.9. obviously, incredibly tight margin on. that oh, yeah. i mean, this, who knows? this looks like a prescription for potential runoff here. and given the way that, you know, the pennsylvania race has run true to form, looks very competitive, democrats pick up that seat. this could be, you know, a buy annual a vent, georgia decides it s also worth pointing out on the screen, kelly in the lead with 54.6%, blake masters 41.3. but again, 41%, we don t know
decisive. decisive. and makes it possible for republicans to put donald trump in the rear view mirror for 2023. yeah. while we re talking about florida, there are a number of races in florida. the senate race, 98%, we called it for marco rubio. the incumbent. quite a big margin. 1.25 million votes, 57.7 to val demings, 41.3%. val demings if crime is your issue, is this a very prominent woman putting forward a strong case and yet decisively defeated. ron desantis 59.4% over 40%. here s an interesting thing, charlie crist, former governor of the state, ron desantis fully cleaning up in florida. when you re looking at the future of the republican party the name most closely associated