first votes. a key poll shows donald trump far ahead in iowa. with just hours before the kickoff to the 2024 primary race. one candidate jumped in with sky high expectations, now he s fighting for his political life. now is our time. will his iowa focus pay off. candidate governor ron desesant joins me next. and tundra on the trail. caucus-goers brave sub-zero temperatures in the coldest iowa contest ever. wear layers. i worry about that. they could throw a blizzard at us and we ll fight. reporter: david axelrod and larry hogan weighs in and our panel of experts is here to discuss into and rough waters. and a key senator is said to press president biden over the u.s. role. is biden s stance widening the left. bernie sanders joins me exclusively. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is frozen. tomorrow is one of the most single consequenceal days. the iowa caucus where donald trump is hoping voters will help imsew up the primary
and haley moving up to second place with 20%. desantis 16%. and ramaswamy still in the race, in case you for ggot, 8%. plus or minus three points. is there any threat to him? there is two ways to run a w race. scared an unopposed. his lock looks pretty solid. but there is still it is bad weather. desantis does have kim reynolds, he has her operation. the governor of iowa. he has her ground game operation and the trump folks have been out. i think the big loser tomorrow is nikki haley. i think that her numbers, if you look at the cross tabs that come to the independents and democrats, a lot soft. doesn t have as good of a ground game and spend the time in putting it together. so i think desantis could outperform that poll and come in second and do very well and have