including the weather right now. it is here. decision day in iowa. good afternoon. i am erin burnett in washington. i am in new york. we want to welcome you to live coverage of the iowa caucuses. we are counting down to the official start of the first contest in the republican presidential race. we want to confuse people. washington, you are in new york. everybody, get ready. the battle for iowa taking place against those record cold temperatures we have been talking about. some places in iowa, the real feel temperature is 35 below zero, which has not stopped the candidates in a contest all about turnout trying to get every single person out they can. these final hours, they have been making one case for the candidacies. we know that this is how we are going to get our country on track. remember, today is the day we make history. i am running on your issues and family issues to turn this country around. here is what is interesting. you did not see trump, right? he
this is it, the official kickoff for the 2024 battle for the white house, and one state has the first shot at shaping the race. it s decision time in the bitter cold heartland. iowa has a huge, huge role to play here. this starts here. there is no way iowa is voting against trump. the first votes in a presidential contest that is testing american democracy in extraordinary ways. are you ready? will the former president and unprecedented legal peril get one step closer to a white house comeback? 2024 is our final battle. it s iowa s choice. tonight, after months of anticipation, the republican race gets real. donald trump aiming to drive home his dominance over his gop rivals. we got to be sure that we put this thing away. ron desantis and nikki haley. our best days are yet to come. engaging in a heated showdown to be the top alternative to trump. nikki haley is running on her donors issues. i m the only one running on your issues. he is going to
presidential election. the first american election with a front-runner indicted for conspiring to steal the last one. dividing his time between the campaign trail and the courtroom. i think he s got a lot going on. i think the d.c. circuit will rule against him. in the frigid cold. the coldest in modern history. temperatures so low, they bring new meaning to the term negative campaigning. republicans in iowa will make their choice. donald trump is a threat to democracy. tonight, special election coverage, with joy reid, chris hayes, alex wagner, ari melber, jen psaki, lawrence o donnell, stephanie ruhle, plus campaign experts and steve kornacki with results and analysis at the big board. once every four years the big one. msnbc s special coverage of the iowa republican caucus, the start of the 2024 presidential election, is right now. and here we go. ready or not. time to stop worrying about it. time to start actually doing it. good evening. i m rachel mad
This is the moment the 2024 president ial race here in the united states truly begins. Good evening. Im wolf blitzer. And im erin burnett. And welcome to cnn Special Coverage of the iowa caucuses. Wolf, we are standing by finally for the first votes. Yeah, weve been waiting a long time. Todays caucuses have the power to not only shake up the republican party, but also to make or break several of the candidates. Now coming up, were now expecting our first Entrance Poll results from iowa. This will give All Of Us a glimpse into what cause goers a caucusgoers as are thinking as they show up to their sites. And Ron Desantis is holding his last Campaign Event of the day in just a few minutes
Against Nikki Haley here, it could mean a good sign for the former president , i should say, going into the general election. Wolf . Well stay very close touch with you. Thank you, boris. Up next, our special coverage of the iowa caucuses will continue as we are now standing by for our first look at the Entrance Poll results. Entrance poll results from todays contest