[ applause ] good evening. welcome to iowa where in just 34 days, caucus goers here will cast the very first votes of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university in des moines for cnn s town hall with florida governor ron desantis. i m jake tapper. right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning to win over republicans here in iowa. it s a state that can make or break presidential candidates. governor desantis has visited all 99 of iowa s counties. he won the endorsement of the state s popular governor, kim reynolds. but he is facing steep competition from his rivals, including former president donald trump. tonight s event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the people in the room on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have questions of my own. this is not an interview. this is a town hall. the audience are voters who plan to pa
[applause] good evening and welcome to iowa, where in just 34 days, caucus goers here will cast the very first votes of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university and des moines for cnn s town hall, with florida governor ron desantis. i am jake tapper. and right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning to win over republicans here in iowa, it s a state that can make or break presidential candidates. governor desantis has visited all 99 of iowa s counties, and he won the endorsement of the state s popular governor, kim reynolds. but, he is facing steep competition from his rivals including the republican front runner, former president donald trump. tonight s event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the iowans in this room, on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have some questions of my own, but this is not an interview, th
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we have some breaking news on this special counsel investigation into president biden s alleged mishandling of classified documents. sources telling cnn the special counsel is not expected to bring charges. he was appointed in january after classified documents from biden s time as environment were found at his private office and home. paula reed is here with the details. tell us what s happening. reporter: several weeks ago we reported it wasn t looking like any charges would be filed by the special counsel in this case. today, multiple sources telling us they do not expect criminal charges to be filed in this investigation. for right now, the special counsel and his team, they are working to compile a very detailed report about exactly what they did in the course of this probe. we have learned from multiple sources that they have been fastidious, going to witnesses once, twice, going back again and retrodding a lot of ground they have already covered. leaving some witness
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