[ applause ] good evening. welcome to iowa where in just 34 days, caucus goers here will cast the very first votes of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university in des moines for cnn s town hall with florida governor ron desantis. i m jake tapper. right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning to win over republicans here in iowa. it s a state that can make or break presidential candidates. governor desantis has visited all 99 of iowa s counties. he won the endorsement of the state s popular governor, kim reynolds. but he is facing steep competition from his rivals, including former president donald trump. tonight s event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the people in the room on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have questions of my own. this is not an interview. this is a town hall. the audience are voters who plan to pa
[applause] good evening and welcome to iowa, where in just 34 days, caucus goers here will cast the very first votes of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university and des moines for cnn s town hall, with florida governor ron desantis. i am jake tapper. and right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning to win over republicans here in iowa, it s a state that can make or break presidential candidates. governor desantis has visited all 99 of iowa s counties, and he won the endorsement of the state s popular governor, kim reynolds. but, he is facing steep competition from his rivals including the republican front runner, former president donald trump. tonight s event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the iowans in this room, on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have some questions of my own, but this is not an interview, th
good morning. welcome. once again, it s saturday, which means i get to sit down with some smart people, to tackle the week s big stories, in a different way. this hour, we re asking, with democrats on a winning streak and the president s poll numbers really bad, should biden still get out of the race? then, the gop s akborgs problem can republicans change their tune and win back voters on an issue they have been pushing for half a century. and canada propaganda. we all saw dc panda bears head back to china and what it means for relations with beijing. is the panda story being over or underplayed. the panel is here and ready. so sit back, grab your coffee, and let s talk about it. first, our saturday starter, the democrats, yes, there was good news, great news for the president s party this week after big election wins but the president s week began with suggestions she consider ending his campaign for re-election. and now, he faces even more obstacles. democrats are still c
rockefeller center. and we are talking the 2024 elections tonight, because they just became a whole lot more complicated for the democrats. earlier today, west virginia democratic senator joe manchin announced he would not run for reelection, a decision he called one of the toughest of his life. but this is not goodbye and good luck, manchin says. he s leaving the door open for some sort of future on the political stage. what i will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest and created a movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. every incentive in washington is designed to make our politics extreme. a growing divide between democrats and republicans is paralyzing congress, and worsening our nations problems. the majority of americans are just plain worn out. we need to take back america and not let this divisive hatred further pull us apart. so what is he doing? those comments are raising all sorts of questions a
ringleaders get a free pass. then, the anatomy of a collapse. we ve become a party of losers at the end of the day. rebecca on the ongoing rejection of abortion restrictions across the country. across the state, we are going to bed knowing that we own our own bodies. plus, what is joe manchin s announcement means for the effort to defeat trump. i don t think that democracy as we know it will withstand another trump administration. and is israel announces intermittent pauses in their strikes, the on what we know about what is happening in gaza. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. good big development today. the case of the fallen off the radar over the past few months. special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case against donald trump. even as the ex president dries to wriggle and bully his way out of accountability for his various misdeeds, to lash out at the judge, the prosecutors, special counsel s