it is 8:00 p.m. in new york, 7:00 in iowa for the caucuses where have just been called to order. the 2024 election is officially underway. after a prayer and the pledge of allegiance iowa caucus goers from all 99 counties will hear from representatives of each campaign. ones each representative is heard, you write your preferred candidates name on a piece of paper, put it in a basket and the whole basket is counted in front of everybody. this is about as basic as it gets and that s a good thing. no machines. no harvesting. no drop boxes. those results will come trickling in in any second. we will know the winner tonight. imagine that. early reports indicate that donald trump is performing incredibly well. so sit back and watch because this is actually fun. would you leave your house at night when his 20 below zero, drive across the frozen tundra to politic inside a high school gymnasium? thousands of americans in iowa are. these are the diehards. they ve got a final peptalk t
this is why we fight. i m adam schiff, and i approve this message. welcome to a special coverage of the iowa republican caucuses. in a few hours the gop will be one step closer to choosing a candidate to take on joe biden. here is des moines, where it s 2 degrees below zero, trump himself has expressed concerns that his margins could take a hit from the frozen temperatures. what are the candidate saying in these final hours? nikki haley began her day at the drake diner here in des moines, a popular spot. and she s telling iowans to go out and caucus for her, she says she s not worried about the weather, she s feeling a lot of momentum and excitement on the ground. she has centered her campaign on this notion that she would be the strongest person to go up against president biden in november, so principally, about electability. meanwhile governor desantis, crisscrossing the state as well. take a listen to what he had to say. people are going to say, there s only two poss
6th grader. The news continues. Good evening. Here in new york alongside Abby Phillips welcome to our special coverage of the countdown to iowa. This is it. We are hours away now from the nations first nominating contest, the stakes may be high but the temperature, certainly is not. It is below 0 in iowa right now on this final full day of campaigning for the republican president ial field. Even with Donald Trumps commanding lead in the latest poll out just last night, the 48 of support from likely caucusgoers is pushing hard for turnout. We are up in iowa, we are really up big. The higher we are up, the higher we go, the better a signal. We send a good signal to New Hampshire, the better signal we send in november that we are taking our country back t. Is really important. You got to get out and vote. Nikki haley and ron desantis is delivering their closing messages to voters, how they vote tomorrow is a crucial question with haley trying to make it a 2person race between herself and
of the hundredth day of the captivity of the hostages, and i ll tell you what, 1968 democratic convention in chicago, there was a lot of protests. this is protests against the biden administration, so i think that the democrats, secret service, everyone needs to be on alert for what could happen next. bill: we ll watch that. we ll wait to see whether or not there s another chapter to that in washington either today or coming up this week. that s one hour down, dana. dana: it is taye caucus crunch time iowa caucus crunch time. of it s freezing cold, but the candidates are are out in full force making their final pitch to voters. welcome to a brand new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: hello to you. short night. [laughter] right on. i m bill hemmer. the weather could have a major impact on turnout, so we think. we don t know. the wind chill getting as low as -45, that s cold enough to really cause a lot of health problems, right? iowans are
6th grader. the news continues . good evening. here in new york alongside abby phillips welcome to our special coverage of the countdown to iowa. this is it. we are hours away now from the nation s first nominating contest, the stakes may be high but the temperature, certainly is not. it is below 0 in iowa right now on this final full day of campaigning for the republican presidential field. even with donald trump s commanding lead in the latest poll out just last night, the 48% of support from likely caucusgoers is pushing hard for turnout.. we are up in iowa, we are really up big. the higher we are up, the higher we go, the better a signal. we send a good signal to new hampshire, the better signal we send in november that we are taking our country back t. is really important. you got to get out and vote. nikki haley and ron desantis is delivering their closing messages to voters, how they vote tomorrow is a crucial question with haley trying to make it a 2-person race