reporter: well goodnight, or good morning, it is two a.m. on the east coast. one a.m. an iowa where donald trump was declared the winner. a record shattering a win, the former president conjures up a pretty big question is this race over before it has begun? i m abby philip here in washington, and you are watching cnn s special live coverage of the cnn caucuses. the results of the hawkeye state are echoing across the nation, but what exactly are the message that voters sent tonight. it might very well be that the trump brand is still gold as gold with republicans so how big exactly was this trump when? if you add up rhonda santas nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy. they are combined total, is still not what trump got tonight. that math for, the second and third place finishers is cold and hard, and desantis and haley are now arguing that they have a reason to keep running. but, the question both will here starting this, morning and with throughout the next couple of we
new york city in court for the first day of the damages trials in e. jean carroll s case against him. this morning all eyes are on new hampshire now after iowa casts the first ballots in the race for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. former president donald trump cruised to victory in the iowa caucuses winning by nearly 30%. and you can see ron desantis came in a distance second, narrowly edging out former u.n. ambassador, nikki haley. and then vivek ramaswamy came in fourth and dropped out of the race. and asa hutchison just announced he was dropping out of the race. 100,000 iowans turned out, much lower than in 2016. so it s now off to new hampshire. great place. we won it last time, and we won it both times, and we love it. the people are great. we thank you for your effort and we thank you for your support. you helped us get a ticket punched out at the hawkeye state. our campaign is the last hope of stopping the biden/trump nightmare. and stev
hi. today on be inside politics hello new hampshire. we are live from a restaurant in manchester. the new center of the political universe. i was just saying hi to nikki haley, by the way pfl. she will be here in a minute. nick wright next seven day this is the political university. donald trump, nikki haley and ron desantis, will be here hours after trump s landslide win in iowa. plus the last best hope to stop the trump-biden nightmare. that s nikki haley s pitch as she tries to frame this as a two-person race even though she did finish third in iowa last night. i m going to speak with her in manchester along with the new hampshire governor and one of her biggest supporters, chris sununu in a live joint interview. the former president is celebrating his iowa win right now at a familiar campaign stop, a new york city courthouse. he is not required to attend his defamation trial if new york today. he wants to be there. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and ins
get to what matters in the iowa results tonight. it is a win for trump and that is undeniably true, but it is not yet the unified party that this very well-known prominent ex-president hoped for and you know how pundits get things wrong. they re narratives and then they push them on everyone and sometimes they re echoed and spun by the trump wing of the party. that s happening again, and trump has been dubbed everything from a knockout to a success. a closer look under the hood looks like a mixed picture and here s how the new results came in. and here we go! are you ready or not? it is a big wild card in iowa this evening and that s the weather. it s the fox news decision desk can now project that former president donald trump will win the iowa caucuses. it is likely to be a decisive outcome. we are going to suspend this presidential campaign. i really think this is time you in for everybody, our country to come together. bottom line, in this business you are e
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