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Sandra Fox News Alert, the pentagon is set to brief as marines arrive in haiti to secure the u. S. Embassy there. As violent gangs take over the nation. John a gang leader nicknamed barbecue may be the most powerful man in haiti and americans are trapped there under his brutal watch and they are begging to get out. Sandra we are cruising. This is a big day indeed. A lot of news to get to. Hour two, im sandra smith in new york. Hi, john. John john roberts in washington. Good to be with you for another hour, its going to be a busy one, sandra. Watching the Pentagon Briefing for any updates on the situation in haiti, including the marines just arriving there. Sandra and now this. The tiktok ban moving through congress is zeroing in on National Security concerns. They are big ones, but there are still major questions about the dangers of the platform and social media in general, of course, and what they do pose to children. Heart broken parents have been some of the biggest lobbyists for a
[ applause ] good evening. welcome to iowa where in just 34 days, caucus goers here will cast the very first votes of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university in des moines for cnn s town hall with florida governor ron desantis. i m jake tapper. right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning to win over republicans here in iowa. it s a state that can make or break presidential candidates. governor desantis has visited all 99 of iowa s counties. he won the endorsement of the state s popular governor, kim reynolds. but he is facing steep competition from his rivals, including former president donald trump. tonight s event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the people in the room on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have questions of my own. this is not an interview. this is a town hall. the audience are voters who plan to pa
[applause] good evening and welcome to iowa, where in just 34 days, caucus goers here will cast the very first votes of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university and des moines for cnn s town hall, with florida governor ron desantis. i am jake tapper. and right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning to win over republicans here in iowa, it s a state that can make or break presidential candidates. governor desantis has visited all 99 of iowa s counties, and he won the endorsement of the state s popular governor, kim reynolds. but, he is facing steep competition from his rivals including the republican front runner, former president donald trump. tonight s event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the iowans in this room, on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have some questions of my own, but this is not an interview, th
thanks again, everyone. [applause] all right, thanks, jake. good evening. i am abby phillip in washington. and you were just watching a special live cnn town hall. and tonight s candidate on that main stage was ron desantis, of course. tonight s setting is iowa, where many now see the stakes there for ron desantis as do or die. the florida governor said that the polls don t tell the whole story, and that he is building momentum. among tonight s highlights, ron desantis said that he does plan to replace obamacare. but when we see that plan is tbd, and he forcefully went after donald trump, from everything, from the border, to the satanic display inside of the iowa capitol. with me to break down all of this that we just saw and heard is jamal simmons, scott jennings, and navarro, and paul but gala paul begala scott, we will start with you. far more instructive think about issues instead of lowman style colosseum attacks on one another. so, i thought if you were an und