tonight s candidate on that main stage was run desantis of course. tonight s setting is iowa, where many the mistakes as do or die. florida governor said that the polls don t tell us the full story, and that he is building momentum. among tonight s highlights, desantis said that he does plan to replace obamacare. but when we see that plan is tbd. and he forcibly went after donald trump on everything from inflation to the border to the satanic display inside of the iowa capital. with me to break down all of this that we just saw and heard, jamal simmons, scott jennings, ana navaro, and paul begala. everyone, let s get your take. let us start with you scott, how did he do? i thought it was the best i ve seen him, really lately on the campaign. i think this format, and jake did a great job with it, is a far more instructive format, if you really care about what the candidates think about issues, instead of roman style coliseum attacks on one another. so i thought if you are
that s how you know it s real. one take with our postal worker friends. you can follow me on tiktok at ari melber. now time for joy reid. tonight on the reidout a lot of threats. wishing death upon me. telling me that i ll be in jail with my mother, and saying things like be glad it s 2020 and not 1920. it was lies from rudy giuliani and others that led to those threats against shaye moss and ruby freeman. today, shaye moss took the stand in the trial to determine how much giuliani will have to pay in damages. also tonight, president biden tells president zelenskyy he will never walk away from ukraine. but many republicans are sure willing to walk away and give putin a big victory. i ll talk to senator raphael warnock about that and much more. also tonight, cassidy hutchinson joins me on the danger that donald trump poses if he gets a second presidency. plus, the fallout over congressional testimony of university presidents, and why it s a disingenuous arg
thanks again, everyone. [applause] all right, thanks, jake. good evening. i am abby phillip in washington. and you were just watching a special live cnn town hall. and tonight s candidate on that main stage was ron desantis, of course. tonight s setting is iowa, where many now see the stakes there for ron desantis as do or die. the florida governor said that the polls don t tell the whole story, and that he is building momentum. among tonight s highlights, ron desantis said that he does plan to replace obamacare. but when we see that plan is tbd, and he forcefully went after donald trump, from everything, from the border, to the satanic display inside of the iowa capitol. with me to break down all of this that we just saw and heard is jamal simmons, scott jennings, and navarro, and paul but gala paul begala scott, we will start with you. far more instructive think about issues instead of lowman style colosseum attacks on one another. so, i thought if you were an und
donald trump dominating right now. this is the picture being painted from new polling out this morning, polling in georgia, polling in michigan and in iowa. will a president of harvard be forced out of her job for what she said about genocide before congress? major developments expected before the end of the day. and a trail of destruction in tennessee, six people are dead after multiple tornadoes ripped through the northern and central part of the state, including the nashville area. one of those tornadoes traveling more than 40 miles on the ground. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right now right here to cnn news central. this morning there is some new insight into where the presidential race stands right now and also where it may be headed with new cnn polling out this morning from two key battleground states. donald trump is leading president biden in both in georgia has a five point lead in michigan in this hypothe
ahead on cnn newsroom. it became clear that president magill didn t really seem to have a very strong grasp on the situation on the ground on campus. fallout at the university of pennsylvania, both the president and the chair of the board resigning. we will have the latest reaction from the college and its students. plus, gaza shelters are teaming with infectious diseases. i will speak to an official in gaza about the rampant spread of diseases among the displaced. and we will also take you live to dough hoe where some of the leading voices are discussing regional diplomacy options for the israel-hamas war. university of pennsylvania president liz magill and the head of the school s board of trustees have resigned. it comes after the intense backlash to the comments made by three u.s. university presidents to congress about anti-semitism on their campuses. now, this all began amid a wave of protests over the israel-hamas war. many at college campuses, many of th