[ applause ] good evening and welcome back to iowa tonight. we are live at grandview university in des moines for a special night of these back-to-back cnn town halls. there are only 11 days to go until the iowa caucuses so, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. now, of course, you just heard from governor ron desantis moments ago. this hour, the former south carolina governor and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley joins us. and tonight, governor haley comes here in the midst of a heated rivalry with ron desantis. it s just days before their first one-on-one debate, which will be right here on cnn, and tonight governor haley will answer questions directly from ayans. we ll have some questions of my own as well. but in the audience are voters who say that they plan to participate in the iowa republican caucuses, both registered republicans and voters who plan to register as republicans, which it s important to note is allowed as late as caucus night right here in iowa. s
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