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
Graduate, suburban urban voters. Well, the polls suggest coming into tonight that the candidate whos making inroads there, Nikki Haley. So if Nikki Haley is going to make any noise tonight, youve got to look at it, theres not that many in the state. You look at Polk County, this is the granddaddy of them all. 17 of the vote is going to come out of Polk County tonight. This was a Rubio County in 2018. How is haley doing in the big Bedroom County of dallas county, Western Suburbs of des moines. We showed you story county. How about another one here . Johnson county. This is where the University Of Iowa is. Iowa city heavily democratic but theres a lot of population there. If haley, she wants to beat desantis for second, she wants to make a statement. Those are the core counties to look at for haley tonight, and again, the other question to them too is has Donald Trump improved at all since 2016. Yeah, and you know, jacob covering Iowa Caucuses over the years, its been such a fascinating