exactly one hour away from the first major test of the 2024 g.o.p. primary season. the iowa caucuses. now, more than 1600 caucuses across 99 counties, you can believe it or not. i have been covering to iowa for years covering these caucuses. this year isn t just the coldest, but also has the most riding on it. i will explain what is really at stake in moments. but, first, we have reporters at the headquarters of all the major candidates. first to trump s right here in des moines where fox news senior national correspondent rich edson is standing by. rich? rich: you know, laura, it s cold it s icy. some of the roads are impassable. they have talked to the weather all day long here. we talked to the candidates how that plays into the campaign. they say look, all the campaigns are dealing with this. one campaign aid said, look, we have the most dedicated campaign base in the history of american politics. we re not worried about our folks showing up. speaking of showing up, for
who, are you i really want to know who, who, who, who? ainsley: wisconsin, they still have the christmas tree up with all the christmas lights. look at the star on the building there. steve: keep it up until the epiphany january 6th this year. brian: i thought epiphany sudden idea you weren t expecting. ainsley: like i just had epiphany. steve: that isn t capitalized this one little christmas capitalized january 6th. ainsley: since you are catholic do you keep your lights up until epiphany? steve: absolutely. ainsley: how about you? lawrence: after january they come down. steve: end of january? brian: everything came down last night. most credit belongs to dawn. lawrence: did you help? brian: of course. bag ever the tree does not work. whose idea was that put the bag underneath the tree? it didn t work, there is a stand there. so it s underneath the stand. so you got to undo the stand, because my guy did it. in the customersry and he hammers
caitlin collins had asked a single question, these people were saying that trump, a former president and the leading candidate by far for the republican nomination, should be barred from tv, banned, exiled, silenced because they just don t like him. but that s ludicrous. this wasn t a rally where he just gets to pop off. and whatever you think of trump, shouldn t journalists question him as part of the campaign? as it turned out, the town hall turned into an absolute train wreck, even many people at cmn being sharply critical. but the alternative, banning trump from the airwaves, is suppression of speech, and that is not journalism. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, george santos versus the media mob as he is indicted for fraud. the first 24 minutes of the cnn event was spent on two of donald trump s true curing subjects recurring subject, the 2020 election and the capitol riot, and that insured a clash from the start. it was not a rigged election
Pete, this is it. This is The Big Show now. I want to go to the big board where america passing Newsroom Bill Hemmer is standing by. Come join the fun. If i dont fall in these heels. Nice to see you. What can you tell us . I dont want to touch this thing. So that we have the results from eight years ago. We figure that was one of the better ways to show the viewers what might be happening in about 10 or 15 minutes. The winner of overt Donald Trump in 23. The polling and saturday he had around 15. That was a great shot, by the way. He is out in johnson county. Thats the University Of Iowa where pizza is reporting from. Collegeeducated, suburban, kind of the Nikki Haley voters we are going for. The other shot was in sioux county. You have the split screen. Its way appear in the northwest
that clinton likes them young referring to girls. the next guest says the evidence is hopefully just the beginning. investigative reporter daniel halper joins us now to explain. hey, daniel. hey, great to be here. ainsley: great to have you on. i know you have been covering this a long time. somewhat biggest headline to come out of recent revelation. bill clinton because he was the most prominent. i was surprised new names came out michael jackson. david copperfield. tom pritzker who is the executive chairman of hyatt hotels. obviously a lot of the these people have denied the allegations or will deny the allegations better insight into what happened who did what and when. how does he have access to all these famous people. he said i have these big yachts and planes and island. come join the fun. that s attractive to individuals. it doesn t necessarily mean they did anything wrong though, right?