This is why we fight. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. Welcome to a Special Coverage of the Iowa Republican caucuses. In a few hours the gop will be one step closer to choosing a candidate to take on joe biden. Here is des moines, where its 2 degrees below zero, trump himself has expressed concerns that his margins could take a hit from the frozen temperatures. What are the candidate saying in these final hours . Nikki haley began her day at the drake diner here in des moines, a popular spot. And shes telling iowans to go out and caucus for her, she says shes not worried about the weather, shes feeling a lot of momentum and excitement on the ground. She has centered her campaign on this notion that she would be the strongest person to go up against President Biden in november, so principally, about electability. Meanwhile Governor Desantis, Crisscrossing The State as well. Take a listen to what he had to say. People are going to say, theres only two possible nominees, donald
he is now running against his former boss for the republican nomination. i have to say, mike pence has always struck me as a somewhat ridiculous figure. he always sounds like he is doing a bad impersonation of a politician. but his biggest obstacle in the republican primary is that voters do not seem to like him very much. despite his real advantage on name recognition, just 7% of republican primary voters say they would vote for pence if the primary election were held today. and this is even more damning. 37% have a negative opinion of the former vice president compared with 33% of primary voters who view him positively according to that same nbc news poll. that s what we call in, in the business, underwater on favor abilities. it s very clear reason for that. donald trump is still quite popular front runner for the republican nomination, blames mike pence. on january 6th and over and over and over again in the two and a half years since then, trump has told his followers th
people for your vote. if we would not have joe biden in the white house. tonight, the effort to persuade rank and file republicans the former arizona house speaker rusty bowers on his conversations with the special counsel. then, as the ex president s body man is finally arraigned, how walt nada chose to be a defendant instead of a witness. plus, how two democratic governors used a favor republican mnuchin maneuver to turn their agendas into law and how the wildly successful rollout of the threads social media platform kicked off a billionaire battle for the ages. but offered me money. offer me power. i don t care. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. mike pence is in the very first presidential contest state of iowa tonight in the midst of the three-day campaign spectacle. although there s nothing more predictable than a former vice president iran for the white house, mike pence is in a unique position. not only was he number
reporter: well goodnight, or good morning, it is two a.m. on the east coast. one a.m. an iowa where donald trump was declared the winner. a record shattering a win, the former president conjures up a pretty big question is this race over before it has begun? i m abby philip here in washington, and you are watching cnn s special live coverage of the cnn caucuses. the results of the hawkeye state are echoing across the nation, but what exactly are the message that voters sent tonight. it might very well be that the trump brand is still gold as gold with republicans so how big exactly was this trump when? if you add up rhonda santas nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy. they are combined total, is still not what trump got tonight. that math for, the second and third place finishers is cold and hard, and desantis and haley are now arguing that they have a reason to keep running. but, the question both will here starting this, morning and with throughout the next couple of we
one, it will go into effect in the autumn of 2025. tomorrow night, we ll have more on this and what consumers are up to. here is a hint, they are spending and spending big. on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. d of tomorrow the last time that republicans had a contested republican primary was in 2016. though it seems sort of impossible to imagine now, the party was kind of divided about trump s victory, all the way to the convention floor. you saw that no more clearly than when senator ted cruz went to the podium. in a primetime speaking slot, i may add, and refused to mention trump s name during his convention speech. boy, oh boy, the people notice. if you love our country, and they have your children as much as i know that you, to stand and end vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who tries to defend our freed