and his top republican rivals are swarming the campaign trail tonight with 2024 almost here. we re getting a new read on the former president s confidence heading into the iowa caucuses. his campaign already predicting when he ll clinch the gop nomination. also tonight, a major legal challenge to a strict and sweeping new immigration law in texas. will civil rights groups be able to block the measure that authorizes police in texas to arrest migrants? a stunning explosion of red-hot lava as a volcano erupts in iceland. cnn is right near the danger zone getting updates on the threat from the oozing inferno and the toxic gases spewing into the air? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with presidential politics at an all-out push for votes in iowa tonight. the top three republican candidates are getting ready to hold events in the lead-off caucus state. front-runner donald trump i
legislature is so desperate to keep people from leaving the state that they re threatening them with an exit tax if they do. now, shockingly, left wing governor gavin newsom oppose this has cash grab but we figured out why, because governor hair gel has bigger aspirations. we know we have a big battle coming which is why we ll help lead the fight to make sure we elect leaders in 2024 who believe in democracy. our country is having an existential battle on who we are and who we re willing to become. it s not an exaggeration. that s the truth. what s happening in those red states is not who we are. it s unamerican. it s undemocratic. laura: right, gav and your closing of churches and schools and businesses for more than a year is just what our founders would have done. it was pluralistic of you to chase the people off the beaches. his tour made late last month made no mention of fixing the border or standing up to china. nope, because he s got no answers there it s ball sto
the rules and bring it forward just as the way it s able to be accomplished. laura: mr. speaker, voter enthusiasm is obviously very important going into this election cycle. even if the republicans did take the house, last year s midterms were decided by a lot of people to be underwhelming particularly what happened when biden took office in our country. the wisconsin supreme court election was a big loss this week. in fact, the map shows it further moving to the left since 2020, the state of wisconsin. is that concerning? what is the g.o.p. doing to counter what is a very aggressive move by the democrats to brand the republican party as anti-democracy, anti-women, etc.? you know, this is very scary from a number of positions, because here they were campaigning for position of a state supreme court actually using politics, claiming not based upon what cases come before you but actually predetermining it, talking about redistricting, talking about