the also rans claiming small victories, even though they each got walloped by the inevitable nominee donald trump, apparently put in place by god, because as one iowan put it, god picks unusual people. also tonight, michigan governor and biden campaign cochair gretchen whitmer joins me to discuss the democrats view of the republican race and whether president biden has a michigan problem. plus, the war on dr. king s memory. there is more to his legacy than just that one speech that republicans often misuse for their own political aims. we begin tonight with iowa s choice. today the winner of that state s republican presidential caucuses, donald trump, spent a significant part of the day after not in new hampshire as presidential history would suggest, but in a manhattan courthouse for the beginning of a trial to determine how much he has to pay in damages to a woman he was find liable for sexually abusing and defaming. let s just establish that straight away. donald
before we go on this sunday, an important programming note. we are back at 4:00 tomorrow to kick off the special election coverage of the iowa caucuses. jon king with the magic wall and stay with cnn tonight with the special edition of acc 360 beginning now. tonight done 360. new endorsements and fresh pulling and subzer o temperatures. were out across iowa with the opening contest of primary 2024 just underway. also tonight, the role that evangelical voters are expected to play in iowa and beyond. and later, the rising discontent in israel 100 days since hamas took hostages with the conflict widening. we are not 24 hours away from the first vote of the first presidential race and the start of the iowa caucuses. most of which convene at this time tomorrow night. just getting started at what is normally poll closing time and most other states. one of the many things we will talk about tonight including the blizzard in the final days of the campaign and record cold temperat
alarm us, but because they are happening incrementally and because they re happening repeatedly, because trump shocks our system, day after day after day, they become normalized. there is one area of our national politics that probably more than anything else is boiling hot, while also terribly, terribly normal. this is the final battle, with you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. we will expel the warmongers from our government. we will drive out the globalists, we will cast out the common areas, marxists, fascists, we will throw off the sikh political class that hits our country. we will route the fake news media and we will liberate america from these villains, once and for all. this is the final battle, america has to be liberated from villains. former president trump, now candidate trump, posted that video, just a few hours ago. trump claimed that he believes political violence is never acceptable, but rather than actually denouncing political violence, t
normalized. there is one area of our national politics that probably more than anything else is boiling hot, while also terribly, terribly normal. this is the final battle, with you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. we will expel the warmongers from our government. we will drive out the globalists, we will cast out the common areas, marxists, fascists, we will throw off the political class that hits our country. we will route the fake news media and we will liberate america from these villains, once and for all. this is the final battle, america has to be liberated from villains. former president trump, now candidate trump, posted that video, just a few hours ago. trump claimed that he believes political violence is never acceptable, but rather than actually denouncing political violence, trump continues to put out videos like this, filled with incredibly violent political rhetoric. in the meantime, there have been plenty of acts of political violence. you
iowa caucuses, my conversation with ron desantis about his strategy is coming up. the big news, in my view, is that the media are throwing in the towel. here s politico. the defining feature of the race is just how uncompetitive it s become. donald trump has already iced the rest of the field, trouncing his competitors like a slow motion coronation. washington post, a growing sense among political veterans across the state that the basic outcome is set and a trump victory is all but assured. and that view has spread to television. we ve been talking about this as if it s a real race, but so far we haven t seen evidence that there is anyone who s going to be able to steal this mantel from trump. donald trump is still the front-runner among republicans. and any attempt by his rivals to sell themselves as reasonable alternatives are going even further down the tubes. she does not have a strong performance, that could spell trouble for the end of her campaign. and once agai