friends brian: starts now. monday, january 15th, the iowa caucuses, we re watching on pins and needles. ainsley: gop will have to go out and brave the goldest weather in decades. break the weather and go save america. join with me and caucus, i promise our best days are yet to come. we will not stop until we get this job done. go out and caucus for me, i ll fight for you for next eight years as president of the united states. ainsley: fox and friends is live from new york and iowa and mornings are better with friends. brian: get dressed. steve: here in iowa and live from the fox news headquarters this week take a look thchl is place called the river center. it is largely a wedding venue and special events. this is big room we ll be using tonight for our special coverage. you can see we have the crews bring things from new york, set pieces and stuff like that. long-time stage manager big v is here. you ready for tonight? absolutely. steve: good. he will
this is it, the official kickoff for the 2024 battle for the white house, and one state has the first shot at shaping the race. it s decision time in the bitter cold heartland. iowa has a huge, huge role to play here. this starts here. there is no way iowa is voting against trump. the first votes in a presidential contest that is testing american democracy in extraordinary ways. are you ready? will the former president and unprecedented legal peril get one step closer to a white house comeback? 2024 is our final battle. it s iowa s choice. tonight, after months of anticipation, the republican race gets real. donald trump aiming to drive home his dominance over his gop rivals. we got to be sure that we put this thing away. ron desantis and nikki haley. our best days are yet to come. engaging in a heated showdown to be the top alternative to trump. nikki haley is running on her donors issues. i m the only one running on your issues. he is going to
6th grader. The news continues. Good evening. Here in new york alongside Abby Phillips welcome to our special coverage of the countdown to iowa. This is it. We are hours away now from the nations first nominating contest, the stakes may be high but the temperature, certainly is not. It is below 0 in iowa right now on this final full day of campaigning for the republican president ial field. Even with Donald Trumps commanding lead in the latest poll out just last night, the 48 of support from likely caucusgoers is pushing hard for turnout. We are up in iowa, we are really up big. The higher we are up, the higher we go, the better a signal. We send a good signal to New Hampshire, the better signal we send in november that we are taking our country back t. Is really important. You got to get out and vote. Nikki haley and ron desantis is delivering their closing messages to voters, how they vote tomorrow is a crucial question with haley trying to make it a 2person race between herself and
welcome to inside politics live from iowa. here we go. the first vote of the 2024 presidential election are tonight. after months of rallying, tens of millions in campaign ads, voters will finally have their say. and in the last few hours, candidates are scrambling to reach as many of those voters as possible. you have to get it done quickly. we have to set the stage. think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. we are the nation s best days actually still be ahead of us. here in iowa, you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. tonight will come down to the one word we use each and every election day turnout. who can get the most voters out. the record-breaking cold weather here in iowa will make that even harder than ever before. take a look at the scene outside right now. subzero temperatures, dangerous conditions complicating travel to the caucus sites. 1,657 separate caucus sites across the state. it is a crucia