thanks again, everyone. [applause] all right, thanks, jake. good evening. i am abby phillip in washington. and you were just watching a special live cnn town hall. and tonight s candidate on that main stage was ron desantis, of course. tonight s setting is iowa, where many now see the stakes there for ron desantis as do or die. the florida governor said that the polls don t tell the whole story, and that he is building momentum. among tonight s highlights, ron desantis said that he does plan to replace obamacare. but when we see that plan is tbd, and he forcefully went after donald trump, from everything, from the border, to the satanic display inside of the iowa capitol. with me to break down all of this that we just saw and heard is jamal simmons, scott jennings, and navarro, and paul but gala paul begala scott, we will start with you. far more instructive think about issues instead of lowman style colosseum attacks on one another. so, i thought if you were an und
to stay indoors. children have to stay indoors. the fairfax county department of public schools canceling outdoor events for this afternoon and this evening because of such poor air quality. let s talk about possible mitigation. are they going to get any relief? well, the wind has been kind of shifting here, and that s kind of been a positive thing for clearing some of that haze out. some clouds have developed. forecasters have said that it s probably a low probability of heavy rain here for the next five days. but if rain does come, that will really provide some relief. still, wolf, the bad air is extending, according to our cnn teams, all the way down to the carolinas. and they know in the coming hours and days they re going to get more of those particulate event coming to that area. let s go to ukraine right now where the kyiv government has opened a war crimes investigation into a devastating dam collapse as it blames russia
for the breach and a flooding disaster that s still unfolding. thousands have fled their homes and evacuations are continuing. cnn s fred pleitgen is joining us live from ukraine right now. fred, how dire is the situation as the water continues to rise? reporter: well, it s absolutely devastating. you re totally right, wolf, the authorities are telling us that the water is continuing to rise, probably is going to continue to do so for about another day or so, and then might start to recede. but they say that that process in itself is probably going to take at least five days. and of course after that the damage is already very much done. the entire ecosystem there, they say, is in extreme trouble and will be for probably decades to come. at the same time, what you also have on the ground is obviously that war situation that is still unfolding. what we did today is we went on a patrol in the places that were flooded with rescuers who were trying to get both people and animals out of t
will support a candidate that champions that cause. thank you for joining us. it is great to see you. stay with cnn later tonight for the exclusive town hall with the former vice president, mike pence. in iowa beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight. coming up, the toxic smoke from canada spreading to virginia. the air quality here coming up. urgent rescues in ukraine as floodwaters rise after a dam collapse that is blamed onon russia. all with an incredible new iphone. act now w and get iphone 14 pro on us when you switch. it s your verizon. if we want a more viable future for our kids, we need to find more sustainable ways of doing things. america s plasc makers are investing llions of dollars in new technologies and creating plastic products . durable. and dependable. our goal is a cleaner,
over election lies. president trump was wrong then. he is wrong now. chris christie announced his presidential bid on tuesday with his campaign having sharp attacks against trump. telling cnn that he has disappointed the party, the country, that will be the focus of this campaign. the republican field continues to expand with north dakota governor also entering the race today. where we come from, if something is not working, you stop and you try something new. that is common sense. joe biden has got to go. he will be here at the cnn town hall. the campaign says that it is in this form where he really shines. the plan for the campaign to visit all 99 counties.