reporter: well goodnight, or good morning, it is two a.m. on the east coast. one a.m. an iowa where donald trump was declared the winner. a record shattering a win, the former president conjures up a pretty big question is this race over before it has begun? i m abby philip here in washington, and you are watching cnn s special live coverage of the cnn caucuses. the results of the hawkeye state are echoing across the nation, but what exactly are the message that voters sent tonight. it might very well be that the trump brand is still gold as gold with republicans so how big exactly was this trump when? if you add up rhonda santas nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy. they are combined total, is still not what trump got tonight. that math for, the second and third place finishers is cold and hard, and desantis and haley are now arguing that they have a reason to keep running. but, the question both will here starting this, morning and with throughout the next couple of we
it is the eve of the iowa caucus, the start of the presidential primaries, you may have heard. and i m ari melber, with you right now for an msnbc special, a candidate slash defendant trump, reporting on his own clash of american politics, law, and how voters may assess the candidate, whose ear could end in the exalted oval office, or a small prison cell. that will depend on the outcome of several criminal trials, plus other cases. and the next person to track, and break it all down for you tonight on caucus eve, as the primaries begin tomorrow, some of trump s rivals are now invoking trump s legal problems as a general election problem for the ex president. obviously, the distractions of everything that s going on with all of these legal issues has been a huge thing for him. you re going to have criminal trials, you re going to have a lot of focus on things like january 6th by the media. and i think that ends up focusing the election on things that are going to be adva
let s cut taxes on the middle class and simplify those brackets. donald trump s running for his issues. haley s running on the donors issues. i am running on your issues. ron doesn t defeat biden. trump is head-to-head with biden. monday matters. your voice matters. i trust you. i think there are two america first candidates, donald trump and myself. donald trump was president for four years. he did not make a dent in the administrative state. i know why you re excited. no more commercials for four days. haley referring to the multi-million dollar onslaught of ads greeting iowans. she made a joke. desantis has become a joke. don t believe a thing nikki haley says. ron desantis, losing and lying. haley even opposed trump s wall. haley disparages the caucuses and insults you. the intense wrangling reflects a bet about this republican electorate. the bet is that supporters of former president trump are decided. but any anti-trump vote is more up for gr
primaries, you may have heard. i m ari melber, and right now for an msnbc special candidate slash defendant trump recorded on this unprecedented class of american politics. law, and how voters may is as a candidate who might and in the exulted oval office or a small prison cell. it will depend on the and other cases. we have special guests to help break it all down for you tonight on caucus eve of the primaries begin tomorrow. some of trump s rivals are now invoking trump s legal problems as a general election problem for the ex president. obviously, the distractions of everything that s going on with all of these legal issues has been a huge thing for him. you re going to have criminal trials, you re going to have a lot of focus on things like january 6th by the media. and i think that ends up focusing the election on things that are going to be advantageous for democrats. the notion that somehow all of the stuff that is swirling around and it s good to be a positive in
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