things, need a thick skin to be president. sandra: that s all for us. john: the story with martha in iowa starts right now. martha: good afternoon, everybody. via martha maccallum maccallum and this is the story live in freezing, snowy des moines, iowa, the center of the political world for the next few days during the iowa caucuses which happened on monday. today my camping trail interviews with nikki haley and ron desantis coming up on the story. but first, this. the pentagon says that the united states does expect iran-back to houthis will retaliate. that after the united states and allies carried out massive strikes last evening against the group in yemen. take a listen now to this new threat as articulated a short time ago, watch. this rally is the first to condemn this aggression against the republic of yemen last night. it is also a message to britain and the united states of america in particular that they will pay a heavy price for this aggression. these
they are going to have out there, hundreds today trying to get those last-minute votes. we could switch to phones, but the best conversations are had at people s doorsteps, and so we only have a finite amount of time, we want to make the most of that. people are still making up their mind. there is still room to move voters, and more importantly, there is still room to make sure that people understand how important it is that they show up on monday night. and martha, florida governor ron desantis stopped by his campaign headquarters in urbandale, as well coming to visit volunteers they are working the phone banks for him here he says your vote matters even more because of the weather. he is asking those that have committed to him to bring three, four people along with them. former president trump is set to arrive to iowa tomorrow. his son, don jr., was here last night, telling folks, don t get cocky, you know, i have been talking with people here, big trump fans, martha, who are so
trump in waco. a vote for cindy is a vote for me. a vote sfor steve is a vote for me. a vote for david is a vote for me in our agenda to make america great again. you could argue that republicans are poised to lose control of congress because of trump. and there are signs of a huge spike in midterm voter turn outamong grououts that aren t known as big trump fans. 81% of democrats say they are certain to vote which is up nearly 20 points compared to the 2014 midterms. the turnout from younger voters could spike by 25 points. it s the same with minorities. however democrats are seeing flashing warning signs when it comes to latino voters. still the plight facing republicans right now is largely
house that president trump is going to cut robo calls for roy moore, even more direct contact with the voters, what s your reaction to that? well, you know, it s not necessarily the biggest surprise, that s where he has made the turn to be vocal supporter of moore. it seems like the president is doing what he can short of showing up in the state to actually campaign for him but he got pretty close last night. a robo call might only be able to help moore. roy moore and allies are trying to win over voters who are big trump fans but who might be skeptical of moore and getting this support from president trump can only help them. arthel: gabriel, one quick follow-up from me, what happens if it doesn t win, luther strange didn t win and president trump backed him as well? it s going to be a much bigger question for the republican party than just what does it mean for donald trump. it will, of course, be a black eye for him but we have to step