donald trump is the winner of the republican iowa caucuses by landslide. the former president 20 delegates closer to clenching the republican nomination. ron desantis inches past nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy susopinioneds his campaign, endorsing trump after finishing a distant fourth. we ll make america great again. iowa, we love you. go out and buy larger tractors and more land, don t worry about it. this is the first, the big night is going to be in november, when we take back our country and truly make our country great again. we have our marching orders. our marching orders are to do all we can to preserve what george washington called sacred fire of liberty, same fire that burned in philadelphia in 1776 when our founding fathers signed declaration of independence. punditting analyze from every angle, we get that. when you look at how we are doing in new hampshire, in south carolina and beyond. [cheering] i can safely say tonight iowa made this republican prima
history with your help. don t sit, even if we are winning by a lot. i like being the under dog. ok, you are the under dog. i think we have done it right here. i think you are going to see that tonight. today is the day we make history because we tune out the noise of the media, we tune out the noise of the politicians, and we raise the voices of americans that say we want a better day, we are gonna make it happen. john: after months of hard fought campaigning against iowa s 99 counties, the wait is almost over. just hours from now, the hawkeye state will make its voice heard over who should be the 2024 republican nominee for the white house. hello, john roberts in washington and sandra, that four years went by quickly. sandra: and this day is finally here. this is america reports . 40 delegates up for grabs and candidates have been busy making their final pitches to caucusgoers. tonight s results could be a make or break moment for those hoping to upset former
undisclosed hospitalization now revealed to be the result of complications from prostate cancer surgery. and there s more breaking news we re following. boeing s ceo acknowledges the company s, quote, mistake during a safety meeting on the alaska airlines mid-flight fuselage blowout. we have new details on the investigation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. first up this hour, donald trump s deeply skeptical reception in federal court today as a panel of judges heard his arguments for presidential immunity. our chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid is on the story. reporter: former president trump traveled to washington tuesday to watch arguments in a federal appeals court hearing over whether he should be shielded from criminal prosecution. i feel that as a president you have to have immunity, very simple. reporter: trump was not requ
that s a bus in new york city and behind that is trump tower. there we go. former president trump about to depart for closing arguments today in his civil fraud trial. the judge has barred him from speaking in court. he wanted to make his own closing argument. the judge said forget about it. so he has been known to talk to reporters on the way in. we re watching that. no buses or trucks, good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana: just us. that s all you get for right now. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we had a wild day yesterday. see how this one turns out. the fraud trial culminating as iowa casts the first votes in the presidential election. the former president was there last night for a fox news town hall and tried to assure voters his second term would not be focused on revenge. i m not going to have time for retribution. we ll make the country so successful i won t have time for retribution. our ultimate retribution is success. dana: bill melugin is
happening now and breaking news, doctors for defense secretary lloyd austin revealing that he has prostate cancer we have details on his condition and the surgery complications behind this controversial hospitalization. following a critical test for donald trump s claims of presidential immunity from prosecution. three federal judges hearing trump s argument and appearing deeply skeptical of the theory at this hour and we are breaking down all of the courtroom drama and what comes next for the case. as with can presidential candidates sprint towards the finish in iowa, we have a new poll on the race in new hampshire. is nikki haley closing the gap with front runner donald trump? welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, i am trying to and you are in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. doctors for defense secretary lloyd austin revealing complications from prostate cancer surgery were the cause of his undis