we have one week to go. a seven-day sprint of the primary season. a portland area backyard, the missing piece ripped from a packed airliner in mid-flight. we have ignition. mission to the moon, the first lunar launch in decades blasts off with the real aim might be mars. that mars mission september a high for us on this monday. hi, even. good day to our viewers. it s monday, january 8th. let s get into it. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. 4:00 in iowa, where social security just a week before the first votes are cast in the presidential race. republican candidates blanketed iowa over the weekend urging voters to caught cuss for them next month when temperatures are forecast to be in the single digits. got to love iowa. the candidates emphasized iowa s influence on the nomination process and the vital importance of turnout. donald trump continues to dominate polling in iowa, so overwhelmingly that the other candidates struggled to escape talking about him and put the focu
if we re relitigate ing the pas elections if it s about donald trump or his legal issues or criminal trials or all that stuff, it s going to be a really nasty election. i don t think that puts republicans in a good position to win. let s bring in national politics reporter to talk about all this. so let s start with trump s lead in iowa. he s been leading so overwhelmingly at this point. his rivals maybe starting to lower expectations a bit, which is tricky when they are trying to fire up their supporters in the home stretch. what do they need to be doing to position themselves to at least stay in the race? i think that what we re seeing in the race now is the candidates who are running with the exception of donald trump, are really kind of starting to goo head to head. nikki haley a few weeks ago when she is made a few comments about the civil war that definitely caught the attention of the