being weighed down by many weaknesses. at the heart of his vulnerability is of course his age. nearly half of democrats say it is their biggest concern and 74% of voters don t think he is sharp enough. if you are a liberal perhaps most worrisome of all an eye opening 67% of democrats prefer another candidate. let me reiterate. two-thirds of his own party want someone else to run. the issue is not just his age. nearly 60% of americans believe that biden has made the economy worse. in a moment james carville joins me to react to that but first here is a taste of how some democrats are spinning today. let s not forget donald trump has three fewer candles on his birthday cake than joe biden. sure. he also has 91 more criminal counts on his record than joe biden. if a year from now these numbers are the same, and this were a referendum, he would be in deep, deep trouble. he would not win that. joe biden has an incredible record to run on. i ll note this poll has a margin
tonight s candidate on that main stage was run desantis of course. tonight s setting is iowa, where many the mistakes as do or die. florida governor said that the polls don t tell us the full story, and that he is building momentum. among tonight s highlights, desantis said that he does plan to replace obamacare. but when we see that plan is tbd. and he forcibly went after donald trump on everything from inflation to the border to the satanic display inside of the iowa capital. with me to break down all of this that we just saw and heard, jamal simmons, scott jennings, ana navaro, and paul begala. everyone, let s get your take. let us start with you scott, how did he do? i thought it was the best i ve seen him, really lately on the campaign. i think this format, and jake did a great job with it, is a far more instructive format, if you really care about what the candidates think about issues, instead of roman style coliseum attacks on one another. so i thought if you are
[applause] good evening and welcome to iowa, where in just 34 days, caucus goers here will cast the very first votes of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university and des moines for cnn s town hall, with florida governor ron desantis. i am jake tapper. and right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning to win over republicans here in iowa, it s a state that can make or break presidential candidates. governor desantis has visited all 99 of iowa s counties, and he won the endorsement of the state s popular governor, kim reynolds. but, he is facing steep competition from his rivals including the republican front runner, former president donald trump. tonight s event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the iowans in this room, on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have some questions of my own, but this is not an interview, th
with less than six weeks until the iowa caucus, the four republican hopefuls, trying to set themselves apart from him, and each other. good evening from new york. and anderson, hello from the room here at the university of alabama tuscaloosa, site of the fourth primary debate of the election season 2024. it is just wrapping up. chris christie, ron desantis, nikki haley, and vivek ramaswamy once again the former president did not take part. nikki haley who has of course been rising lately as a contender in some polls, and in the eyes of some campaign watchers, and certainly in the eyes of some big donors, she came in she had a lot of criticism heading towards or tonight from desantis, and ramaswamy. no doubt about, that know you will be speaking looking for to that. cnn s panel is checking the facts on what they said. cnn s gary tuchman is back with a group of voters who watched an hour tonight, also our political panel, here and from the debate, stage a clash of chr
university. following that, services at the carter presidential library. and two days later, a funeral service for family and friends at the baptist church in plains, georgia, where the former president taught sunday school for decades. the news continues. the source with kaitlan the source with kaitlan collins starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight, a remarkable clash underway inside the appeals court that is wrestling with the scope of donald trump s gag order. we ll take you inside the heated arguments that happened today. plus the white house is hopeful that negotiations between israel and hamas for the release of the hostages are, quote, close to the end. the aunt of a 3-year-old israeli american being held in gaza who sure hopes so will speak with us in moments. and a tech titan s sudden ouster has upended the world of artificial intelligence. the shakeup leaves the future of openai in dout tonight, with more than half of its employees threate