and good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett on this sunday. tonight the first contest of the 2024 election is only hours away. republican candidates are out in temperatures well below zero, but they re still fighting to try to get everybody to turn out and vote in iowa. you re looking at live pictures right now of nikki haley s rally on election eve, and she is not alone. ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy also holding events tonight. their supporters are there too, despite the dangerous conditions. and that s because of course the stakes could not be higher. there is so much on the line in this unprecedented election campaign season that we are now finally in the midst of. haley and desantis are desperately trying to close the gap with trump, who just wrapped up his rally in the final hours. and, you know, as i say, it s unprecedented. but there is still some sense of history here. and in past elections, iowa always ends up being about tur
officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil
than anybody else. people come to the border and try to get in without the necessary legal basis to do so, they will be sent away. talk to the migrants coming across the border, what do they say, we are here because of your president, here because of president biden and that s why we keep coming. i ve made a call to our president, our vice president, we need action. united states of america does not care about the safety, security of the border. border state officials fire back at the administration, as the migrant crisis could get work to start the new year. rich edson in new york. jonathan: jonathan hunt in los angeles. a fresh wave of 15,000 migrants head straight for the southern border, alejandro mayorkas and sent of state antony blinken are set to meet face-to-face later this hour with the president of mexico to discuss the migrant crisis. rich: chris clem is standing by whether the meeting will lead to policy change, but first to our team of reporters. c.b.
president joe biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy, and their negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to raise the debt ceiling. we are learning that house democrats have been invited to a virtual all-member briefing from the white house, set for tomorrow at five p.m. eastern, according to a notice that just went out and has been obtained by nbc news. kevin mccarthy said the text of the agreement will be available to members tomorrow, promising that house republicans that they will have 72 hours to look it over before they vote on. it that vote is tentatively scheduled for wednesday. and breaking just now, two gop sources tell nbc news that conservatives are bulking at the agreement. conservative members of congress and both the house and senate, along with conservative outside groups are plotting ways to gum up passage of the bill, or add amendments to make it more appealing to hard-liners. a source familiar with the talks said, i want to bring in jen psaki, former whi
they vote on it. that vote is tentatively scheduled for wednesday. and breaking, just now, two gop sources tell nbc news that conservatives are balking at the agreement. conservative members of congress in both the house and senate, along with conservative outside groups are plotting ways to gum a passage of the bill or add amendments to make it more appealing to hard-liners. a source familiar with the talks said. i want to bring in jen psaki, former white house press secretary, and host of inside with jen psaki, here on msnbc. she joins us by phone now. jim, what an evening. hi michael. hey, how are you. welcome, thank you so much. i m great. these deals are always saturday night. i know right? this is what we do. the white house has to be, i think at this moment, not pleased, but very comfortable. relieved. yeah, relieved with what they are. can you give us a sense of what you re hearing from your white house sources, and help frame for our audience how they sh