point lead, and nikki haley and ron desantis in a battle for second place. also, subzero temperatures could make it the coldest caucus day in iowa on record. plus, our very own steve kornacki at the big board tracking the story lines to watch, and how the result tonight could impact next week s new hampshire primary. meanwhile, new accusations, texas officials blocked border agents from saving a migrant woman is and two children from drowning at the southern border. the white house calling it imhumane. another attack on american forces in the red sea, we have details on how the u.s. responded. the u.s. responded. we begin this hour with the very first contest of the 2024 race for the white house. iowa caucus goers are braving some of the bitterest temperatures, plunging a low as minus 18 overnight. and a new media com poll giving us a closer look at the enthusiasm gap going into tonight s caucuses. nearly nine in ten trump supporters say they are very enthusiastic about
Vaughn, lets start with you. Is the Trump Campaign concerned about these frigid Temperatures Tonight . Reporter they say that they are not. They feel that they have built a bastian of support in the state and built an organization that will effectively be able to turn out the major share of folks that they have identified as supporters here in the state of iowa. This is an operation that eight years ago is a little more Scatter Shot in the state of iowa. They collect Add Bunch of cards, a bunch of names that said they supported donald trump. When it came to activating them in the last two weeks to get them out, thats where they fell short. This time its been different. They have invested a great deal into identifying and making sure that those very people get out to the caucus tonight. One of the ways in which theyre doing it is by offering rides to folks that feel they cannot otherwise. They have 1,800 precinct captains they have identified to
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carpet baggers. maybe you see behind my some other carpet baggers we may know better, they did not come on buses, however, but as you report at the love buses out there, we have followed this, scott walker headquarters, the stage where he will speak later tonight hopefully with a good message, he hopes so. the organization, if we thought the democrats were writing this off, obviously, the president only tweets his support to you could think you are trying to tavern down expectations but the organizational effort has been strong with buses showing up and having collect add bunch of folks, so not only the unions but the churches and other organized groups have come together to get the vote out, specifically in places like milwaukee and madison and the urban areas. they have been successful. as you reported, turn out has been strong everywhere. i would say, though, that if for some reason the polls are wrong and the democrats do win to one,
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