file what is the center of the political universe this week as america waits for the first contest on the 2024 primary calendar. republican candidates all working through the weekend there. meeting people all over the state pleading with them to get out and vote. welcome to fox news live i am arthel double hi eric. eric: thank you for joining us here on fox news. pulls right now show former president trump, he is running away with th the caucus in iowa. the fight for a second by seating up to florida governor desantis former un ambassador nikki haley. good political newcomer and firebrand vivek ramaswamy hostess he and trump come america first candidates. he moving up in the polls right now i and about will hear direcy from vivek ramaswamy. he will join us in a minute there he is in des moines on his plan to pick up more primary voters and to better the caucu. vivek ramaswamy in a moment. we have live fox team coverage for you bret baier, martha mccallum with analysis of
more conservative contender to first place setting their nation a message but some say the caucus system can benefit an outsider like vivek ramaswamy. vivek ramaswamy joins us now from des moines. good bit see you thank you for joining us. good to see if things are going great here. how is it going? you are in the fourth place you ve seen a lot on the ground. what is the reaction? what do you predict? the polls are drastically off. what you see as many supporters of my campaign in particular our first time ever caucus goers. many from the next generation. many traditional america first patriots that have not participated recently and a caucus and who have not been polled. so i predict a major surprise on january 15. i like where the expectations have been set it will shatter those expectations as going to propel me forward to the next phase of this race. i think a lot of the islands in
the final phase are getting into the details but is not just talking about the border and checking a box. the clear strategy for how we would actually use our military to seal that border. actually end birthright citizenship for the kids of illegal migrants and the return anyone who is in this country illegally. to their country of origin. especially in iowa right now about the specifics. through their dealt with the talking points they want detail what s show you some voters this issue last night i was watching you at a town hall. you stood up and took pictures with lots of folks what struck me as you had real conversations with them. you asked basically have you voted in a caucus before? maybe everybody you talked to said no. so what does it mean if you are bringing out new voters and people have never attended a caucus before exit means two things.
really interesting town halls that have happened that became movers and shapers in elections. so i am looking toward that it was very interesting to hear vivek say is got a lot of people coming out for the very first time to caucus. we know the trump fabric to santos and haley working those folks are to get them out it s a big commemorative got to be the for the whole night of caucus night is going to be interesting to see if this time around more and more people start taking part of the process. we fed that set out to me too. brett, martha sucking with the one on ones that everybody does here in the news business and on fox news but i want to talk about you because you have had that amazing interview with former president trump in june. hey usually needs more corralling than others. so will you apply the same approach to him on wednesday night that you do to everybody else? yes, for the most part. you re right former president trump is unique on the way he
to forget iowa, whether as a political state or not, everywhere we go with this in theinterior of the country, the border, voters care about what is happening at the border but is getting to the point these days almost everybody knows a friend, a failed member, an acquaintance was been touched by the fentanyl crisis so yes it is a huge priority here in iowa for these republican primary voters. arthel: alright bill melugin live and des moines, iowa thank you, bill. how many of you are considering donald trump for the caucus? do america first candidates in this racist donald trump and me. that is vivek ramaswamy speaking and iowa county yesterday billed himself as a trump heir apparent as much as a challenger. right now the polls show him running behind former president as well as ron desantis and nikki haley and iowa. but the states caucus system, that in the past is given to some surprises but belting the e