dynamic. in past debates, we paid the most attention to the dynamic between her and vivek ramaswamy. we know vivek ramaswamy has launched a number of personal attacks against her. she swiped back at him, but her and desantis have sparred over policies, their records as governor of their respective state, and over na. you re going to see them contrast themselves i m curious to see whether they step up their attacks on president trump. they are stepping up attacks last week, but unclear in a one-on-one situation they would do the same. the reality, you re right. we did see those jabs escalated on a national stage when people are paying attention, but they have both stayed away from what in a general election is likely to be trump s biggest challenge. that is the various legal issues that he s facing, which are
nikki haley has been in the pocket of the open borders, establish donors her entire career. she s a globalist. she likes the globe. i lake like america first. haley has cut trump s lead in new hampshire down to single digits. before she gets to new hampshire, haley looking to hold her own in iowa. she s going to go one-on-one against ron desantis for the first time in tonight s cnn debate. it s the candidates last opportunity to position thelss as a trump alternative before the primary season s first votes are cast. for more, let s bring in political analyst and the chief for the boston globe jackie kucinich. good morning. it s always wonderful to have you. let s talk about the debate. it s going to be these two standing on their own for the first time, but they are going to have to make a decision. are they attacking each other or going after the front runner donald trump. i feel like i have some
trump, who again was not required to be there, had this to say after the hearing. i feel that as a president, you have to have immunity. it s very simple. and if you don t, if this case were lost on immunity and i did nothing wrong, absolutely nothing wrong, i m working for the country. they feel this is the way they are going to try and win. that s not the way it goes. there will be bedlam in the country. it s a very bad precedent. it s the opening of an pan doras box. so tomorrow trump is going to make another voluntary courtroom awe peerns. he plans to head to new york for the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. let s bring in julia manchester. good morning, it s wonderful to see you. let s start with the debate. this is still the race for
calculation. so is ron desantis by going all in ask trying to come out of iowa with that second place trophy. so he can continue. he s spent so much money and time in that state that nothing less is going to do for him if he s going to continue. it s about where they fall in the order of winners and losers. let s talk about the looming we have been assuming because we haven t had to do otherwise that donald trump is going to be the republican nominee. you can already see trump and biden fighting against each other as the new year has happened. donald trump made comments about the economy that the biden campaign spobded to yet. i want to remind everyone of what trump said a day or so ago and i ll show you what biden s team talked about yesterday. when does i hope it s
the 2020 federal election interference case. emphasis on voluntary. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s wednesday, january 10th. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. it s 4:00 a.m. in des moines, where ron desantis and nikki haley will be one-on-one for the first time a at tonight s cnn debate. that debate is the candidate s last chance to face-off before the iowa caucuses in just five days. it remains part of the race for second place, and we ll be missing the front runner, donald trump, who is skipping the event to be part of a fox news town hall. trump also skipped a day on the campaign trail yesterday choosing, his choice to appear in a d.c. courtroom to hear arguments in his federal election subversion case over the claim he has presidential immunity barring him from criminal prosecution for his role leading up to the january 6th capitol attack.