first votes. a key poll shows donald trump far ahead in iowa, with just hours before the kickoff to the 2024 primary race. one candidate jumped in with sky high expectations, now he s feegtsing for his political life. now is our time. will his iowa focus pay off? candidate governor ron desantis joins me next. and tundra on the trail. caucusgoers and candidates brave subzero temperatures in the coldest iowa contest ever. i worry about that. wear layers. mthey can throw a blizzard a us, and we ll have a fight. who will have the advantage in turnout? plus, rough waters. an escalation in the middle east to now a key senator is the to press joe biden on the u.s. role there. is biden s stance widening the rift on the left? the united states is deeply complicit. bernie sanders joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is frozen. tomorrow is one of the single most consequential days in this year s calendar, t
sandra, you are warmed up. sandra: hope you had a great weekend. well come everyone, this is america reports. in a 6-3 ruling, the courtsiding with coach joe kennedy argued it was his right to pray on the field after the game and was not coercing his players to participate. it could allow for more religious expression in education. thank god, i think everybody that supported me and i found out i m not insane. it s absolutely true of all the facts of the case and it feels good to know that the first amendment is alive and well. john: also falling the fallout from friday s ruling that reversed row v. wade after 50 years. outrage from the left not subsiding, protests coast to coast. those demonstrations, some of them, turning violent. north central colorado, a christian pregnancy center was set on fire saturday morning. the fbi is investigating as potential arson. sandra: protestors arrested in eight states, including in los angeles, for attempted murder after throwing
let s look at how stagnant this race has been over time. let s put up the des moines register poll. donald trump has been far and above the leader in iowa going back to october. haley and desantis have been swapping second and third place. vivek ramaswamy and asa hutchison swimming in the shallow end. it hasn t really changed. no, listen, again, what s been overlooked is the trump operation. the trump operation is incredibly professional, incredibly disciplined. you may not like the former president or what he stands for, but you have to respect the game. and so suzy wilds, jason miller, john braybender, brian jack, the team run tning this campaign is doing an incredible job and keeping him where he is supposed to be. the fox news town hall he did, he was on message. he laughed off all the dictator
massive fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations and articles, even those found in the constitution. i don t need to read the rest. let s discuss with cnn political commentator and democratic strategist karen finney and republican strategist john braybender. john, last week when we spoke to you after donald trump had had that dinner with the white supremacist and anti-semite nick fuentes, you said you were still reserving judgment on whether you would support him to see if he would come out and say the right thing and denounce white supremacy and anti-semitism. now instead of doing that he never did that but now instead what he s done is come out and said that all rules and regulations should be terminated, quote, even those found in the constitution. does he still have your support? well, i certainly strongly as most republicans do strongly disagree with the president. i think the more fundamental question, though, is just weeks
humiliating things in the service of their addiction. john, i want to move on to the fight that kevin mccarthy is having but give you an opportunity to respond. look, nobody criticized joe biden in the democratic party when he was fighting for the crime bill that many considered racist. as far as hunter biden he s come out and talked about the mistakes he made and his new thoughts on that. no one on the republican side hears about unhunter biden but do you care about the constitution? financially was gained by his relationships with other countries. yeah. that s the real question. all rules and regulations should be terminated. maybe we don t care. that s what donald trump is running on. so i m just throwing that out there but let s table this. true. let s move on to, karen, i want to know about this is interesting to ask a democrat about the fight that kevin mccarthy is having for leadership. do you think that democrats have some leverage with kevin mccarthy in