The Biden Campaign is closely watching the iowa caucuses. The Campaigns Communication Director telling cnn they are gearing up to make the election a fight about the future of american democracy. And it comes as were learning president biden raised 97 Million for his Reelection Campaign and for the democratic party in the fourth Fundraising Quarter of last year. A huge amount of money. Tonight, its about the gop and the iowa caucuses. Our coverage continues with Sasara Sidner in des moines. Were here at the mars cafe. Its negative 11 degrees and were a bit warm here. Thats a good thing. Hours away from the first contest for the 2024 president ial election. The tradition of going first gives iowa, of course, an outsized role in american politics. Just 40 delegates up for grabs in tonights caucuses. Thats less than 2 of the delegates awarded in the
Morning, live from the Mars Cafe in des moines, iowa. Republicans here getting set to brave life threatening temperatures, sub zero windchills to cast their ballots in the closely followed caucuses to today. At stake, iowas 40 delegates and probably more crucially, momentum heading into the new hampshire primary, and of course, as we know, iowa is an expectations game. So where do we start here . Donald trump, the far and away front runner, hes really taken so much suspense out of the caucuses here. 50 , if he is over 50 , that is exactly what is the expectations that his team, honestly, they have been trying to lower. If hes above 50, nothing about this race changes. If he starts to creep below 50
A live look at the skyline, look, the suns coming up here in Des Moines, iowa. Iowans this morning, being met with Gbrutal Cold ahead of the caucus, which starts in less than 12 hours. I just ventured outside the Mars Cafe here in Des Moines to show you exactly how cold it is. Watch. Okay. So heres some water. Heres a window. Lets see what happens. One more time, ready . So it froze immediately. I obviously raced in, back inside, as soon as possible. My apologies to the Mars Cafe. They went out to try to clean
And the next day, she will be forced to drop out of this race. And well end up where we said we would be all along. Donald Trump And Ron deseesantin february 25th. It will be go time. A long road before any of that, starting all here tonight in iowa. David, thank you for coming on. Deputy Campaign Manager for ron desantis. Today, very focused and taking it to nikki haley. Back to you, wolf. Thanks, kate. Coming up for all of us, live in iowa, at the Mars Cafe in des moines. The windchill is a negative 30. Let me repeat that. Negative 30. The weather is a big deal for beyond iowa. This is a live look from the nashville area. Tracking who else should be on alert right now. And the caucuses, like any election, driven by which candidate can rally the greatest