disinformation. mauving on to 2024, and when that happens, they re telling us one simple thing. don t america, don t believe what you see. believe what we say. and so far according to every poll that is not working. you know, it s those really good points it s amazing to me. i m a member of the press, i is 675 raid quo affiliates among the fox news channel which is a news channel, but i don t claim to be a journalist, i acclaim to be a talk show hoes. but i can produce thousands of hours of straight news, thousands of hours of investigative reporting, i m up-front about who i am, i am a registered conservative, yes, i voted for donald trump, i make
rhetoric certainly is getting sharper. and there are seven major candidates now but after seven more days, will some of those candidates start falling by the wayside on the campaign trail? that s coming up in our strategy session this hour. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re here in dubuque. a bit chilly but no snow. it s getting ready, a week from today, the iowa caucuses. you re looking at live pictures from dubuque. this will be the first state to have an impact on the 2012 presidential campaign, and it s all happening here in iowa. the republican caucuses candidate are out on the campaign trail today. they re scrambling to cover as much ground as they possibly can. newt gingrich slipping a bit, but still among the leaders. he s ready to roll across the state by bus. he ll join me live here in dubuque later this hour for an in-depth interview, but let s begin with cnn s jim acosta, he s in des moines, the state capital. iowa certainly very much up fo