reporting from the campaign, the caucus site and john king at the magic wall and of course, stay with cnn tonight a special edition of ac 360 begins now. tonight on 360 new endorsements, fresh polling, final pitches and sub-zero cold. we re indoors and out with candidates all across iowa with the opening contest of primary 24 just hours away. the role evangelical voters are expected to play in iowa and beyond, joined by bob van der plat. since hamas attacked and took hostages and the conflict wide edge. good evening. thanks for joining us. we are 24 hours away from the first vote to the 2024 presidential race. 24 hours away from the start of the irk what caucuses most of which convene at this time tomorrow night, just getting started of what is normally poll closing time in most other states. one of the many things we ll talk about tonight which set iowa apart including this year with a blizzard in the final days of the campaign and record cold temperatures expecte
that is new york city mayor eric adams again calling out the republican governor of texas and the biden administration. we ll go through the mayor s executive action to address the busing of migrants from the border as the tension continues to grow between the democratic mayor and the president of the united states. this all comes as secretary of state antony blinken met yesterday with mexico s president to discuss what can be done about the surge of migrants with another caravan moving toward the border. also ahead this morning, nikki haley making headlines this morning for her response to a question about the civil war. it wasn t a hard one. we ll show you that exchange from a campaign stop in new hampshire. plus, another warning about donald trump s plans for a second term. this time coming from ron desantis, one of his opponents for the republican primary. good morning. welcome to morning joe. i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. with us, host of
caucus goers backing trump putting him well ahead of nikki haley and ron desantis. that has some wondering if 2024 could shape up to be a trump vs. biden rematch. the biden campaign weigh in on the eve of the iowa caucuses. we re prepared to wage this campaign against donald trump. he s leading in the polls right now. but i ll leave the punditry to others. we re focused on drawing the sharp contrast between entire field. no matter who emerges after iowa, they will have done so by running on the most extreme and harmful agenda in mod politics. they are talking about banning abortion, ripping away health care from millions of americans who need it. they are talking about slashing taxes from millionaires and corporations at the expense of the middle class. they are doing all that when they are not talking about tearing down the fabric of our democracy. so the contrast is clear,