who will be that winner? south carolina senator will be throwing his support behind donald trump tonight. who does that hurt more? nikki haley who was the former governor of the palmetto state or ron desantis who just moved most of his campaign staff to the palmetto state. what the florida governor makes of this latest move. ron desantis is here and only here. neil: welcome. busy show for you. the governor will be joining us shortly. bryan llenas in new hampshire on the fast-moving developments and separating move by senator tim scott. bryan? neil, good afternoon. well, for senator tim scott ready to endorse former president donald trump. we know that they will make an appearance at a rally in new hampshire. it s important to know that sources tell fox that both haley and trump called to try to woo senator tim scott on their side. but in the end, the senator chose the frontrunner, trump. now, he did that despite the fact that haley is the one that appointed scott to the s
conflict. all of that of course on the line tonight and of course this saturday morning where will is right now.w. thanank you all l for being g w and thanksks to will. it s time now for ac 360. tonight, which candidate benefits when the roads to the white house freezes over. we re live in iowa where blizzard conditions and subzero temperatures threaten to be a decisive factor in monday s caucuses. also a night after the u.s. and british air strikes on houthi targets in yemen a new message from a top houthi leader. and later cnn s donee o sullivan investigating how skeptical officials can face backlash from conspiracy theorists. thank you for joining us. we begin with iowa three days from the caucuses and the state is being hammered by winter weather. this is video of the capital des moines where the temperature is now 9 degrees. the wind chill is minus 13, and a blizzard warning is in effect. cnn s jeff zeleny is there for us tonight. jeff, i don t know how we conv
since donald trump s efforts to overthrow the 2020 election culminated in a violent mob storming the u.s. capitol. for a few weeks, trump was an outcast. a political comeback seemed farfetched, almost impossible to imagine. and yet, thanks to his allies in congress and the maga movement on hold, donald trump has emerged here at the end of 2023 not nearly rehabilitated politician but as the undisputed leader of his party. now, trump began this year as the prohibitive favorite for the republican presidential nomination. even in january, he had a monster 20 point national lead over his closest rival, florida governor ron desantis. and in the months since, trump s lead has only widened. at this point, a rematch against joe biden appears almost inevitable. and yet, while trump s march towards the republican nomination this year was mostly interrupted, there has been for the last 12 months an x-factor that he has had to contend with, a series of criminal investigations. as the year
overthrow the 2020 election culminated in a violent mob storming the u.s. capitol. for a few weeks, trump was an outcast. a political comeback seemed farfetched, almost impossible to imagine. and yet, thanks to his allies in congress and the maga movement on hold, donald trump has emerged here at the end of 2023 not nearly rehabilitated politician but as the undisputed leader of his party. now, trump began this year as the prohibitive favorite for the republican presidential nomination. even in january, he had a monster 20 point national lead over his closest rival, florida governor ron desantis. and in the months since, trump s lead has only widened. at this point, a rematch against joe biden appears almost inevitable. and yet, while trump s march towards the republican nomination this year was mostly interrupted, there has been for the last 12 months an x-factor that he has had to contend with, a series of criminal investigations. as the year began, trump was the subject of
losing to trump in the polls? you have the wrong poll. why do you think it is you are trailing trump in all the swing state polls. you don t read the polls, ten tolls, eight of them i m beating him in those states, eight of them. mr. president, what s your message to democrats who don t want you to run again? they want me to run. two-thirds say they don t. read the polls, read the polls, jack. you guys are all the same. polls indicate are not happy with the way you are doing your job now. i don t believe polls. sandra: read the polls, jack. the white house response then. see what the white house response is to the sinking poll numbers a few moments from now when reporters will likely press the biden administration at a white house press briefing on growing concerns in democrat s ranks over the president s ability to win again in 2024. all of this as brand-new fox polling suggests more americans feel they have been hurt rather than helped by his policies. h