Situation, a key event is happening this evening. What do you expect to hear from the candidates tonight . Reporter we have a few thousand Iowa Republican activists who are here to see their field of candidates with the exception of the front runner, donald trump. You mentioned his legal woes. That has become part of the campaign. At least for a night, this will be a trumpfree evening in the sense that he will not be here. His rivals will be. When you talk to some Republican Voters here, some of his supporters are very much with him, of course. We know that his core base is strong. But several are saying that they are willing to turn the page, in fact, interested in turning the page. And the candidates are now trying to seize upon that. There is a sense of urgency among many of his rivals. Particularly ron desantis. Hes been trying to hit all 99 counties across iowa. Hes up to 56 counties. He was campaigning in the western part of the state before coming here to des moines. One thing i
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im in washington. We begin this hour with news that the Florida Republican party has scrapped its own loyalty oath requiring candidates to pledge support for the partys eventual nominee. It is a promise donald trump has flatly refused to make all along. It is seen as a major defeat for trumps closest rival in his own state, Florida Governor ron desantis, and a big win for donald trump. Meanwhile, as trumps legal woes consider to pile up, the judge has been asked to place a limited gag order on trump. They want to continue to block his ability to make continuing attacks in the federal case. Trump still leads the republican pac by more than 40 Percentage Points in the lowest cnn polls. Jeff, were about four months from the iowa caucuses. Youre at a key event tonight in des moines. What do you think well hear tonight . Reporter jim, the rest of the republican rivals will be gathered here on stage one by one reaching out to evangelical voters. A key consti
miami-dade county. no more, no less. miami-dade county is unique because it s one of the only u.s. counties where more than half of the population is made up of foreign-born residents. leland: big changes happening in texas as well because of this. lauren blanchard. thanks so much. one more hour of america s news headquarters, coming live pictures, melbourne, florida as folks line up for president trump s rally at 5 p.m. kristin fisher on the ground at the winter white house. hi, kristin. hey, leland, this will be president trump s first big rally as president of the united states and it s happening in the all-important battle ground state of florida. i ll give you a preview what you can expect on the other side of this break.
have the polls have come up. we re way up in florida. i shouldn t say that. i want you to vote. we re going to pretend we re down. we re down! we ll pretend we re down. no, we got to win. we got to win big. how many of you already voted? [ cheers and applause ] well, that doesn t surprise me because 4 million people in florida have already voted! both candidates are campaigning in the crucial battle ground state of florida today. donald trump will hold a rally during this very hour in tampa. hillary clinton will be in south florida later this afternoon. our partners at targets say 8 million people have voted early in florida. 40% of the vote comes from democrats, 40% from republicans, and 20% from those listed as other. according to the latest cnn poll, hillary clinton is up by two points in florida. 49% to donald trump s 47%.
senator sanders on the campaign trail. clinton in florida. one of the closest battleground races so far. the first of her three stops, dade city. 3:00 p.m. msnbc s kasie hunt is already there. obviously, they see the polls, at least right now, it appears that this comey revelation has not had an impact. maybe people have decided where they stand. so is it back to try to expand the battle ground map or is she just trying to hold down the fort? reporter: well, tamron, i think that they re trying to push on this comey matter as aggressively as possible especially in light of the news from eamon javers at cnbc and you mentioned that call that they had calling this a double standard. they felt like they had no choice but to go after director comey in this at this point but the source that i m talking to so far and the polling data that we ve seen so far don t indicate necessarily a huge swing out of