welcome to msnbc s special coverage in tonight s iowa caucus. i am ari melber here with jen psaki for the next hour. great to be here. as we count on to the caucus results coming later tonight with candidates making their final push is. here s what they had to say. today is the day we make history because we do do you guys know anybody who has gonna vote for haley or desantis? yes, i do. and i m gonna try to persuade you can t sit home, even if you vote and then passed away, it s worth it. you can be the most worthless republican in america, but if you kiss the ring, he will say you are wonderful. it s just because he has an excellent record of service. what do you think about when people say, well, iowa is still trump country? i think that is wrong. some iowans, you just heard, pushing back on efforts for tonight s story before voters weigh in. it should happen in the next few hours. while trump does have a lead in the final poll, with haley rising, a
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Either you beat Donald Trump or youre the first loser. There are no moral victories against an amoral candidate. Everyone who is running right now isnt even in the race to beat Donald Trump. Thats not going to happen. Theyre in a race to keep their donors happy. If you get blown out by 20, 30, some ridiculous amount of points, youre going to have your big spenders say hey, ron, why are we doing this . Hey, vivek, why dont you start that podcast, nikki, maybe its not going to happen. The people who spent 30 million, more than A Million on this race, i gotta see how theyre going to be able to keep their funders behind them after they lose to Donald Trump. When you look at what i mentioned earlier, the overemphasize of polling and predictions, stacked against what youre talking about, which there is a Republican Elite Financial Support for something other than trump, and theres anywhere from as i mentioned 35 to 50 plus percent looking at alternatives depending on the sighal, how much doe
Million. Desantis has spent nearly 30 million. Tim scott spent 14 million. Youre looking at a situation where Donald Trump may have spent less than Nikki Haley and Ron Desantis and hes still going to beat them by 15 points. No one is going to see a return on investment if that ends up happening. People are looking for a spread of less than 13, very likely, to stay funding these campaigns. Thats what i think the Haley Campaign should be focus on now, and Ron Desantis, this might be his final night. Lets talk about Ron Desantis for a moment. Does he have to get, if hes in third, close to haley, can he make a pitch to his supporters that hes going to stay in . What does he need to do to feel viable, at least to the people who are going to fund his flights to New Hampshire and other states . Jen, i hate to overuse this lyric, but theres 99 counties and he may not win one. Wow. Ari loves that. He wrote it down. Thats sean carter. Got it. Hes going to use it later
House events since the fall of roe v. wade. we also saw that right after, remember, the tennessee three, two of those lawmakers were expelled from their seat all around gun rights and trying to get more access on gun safety, vice president harris immediately flew to tennessee. she met with leaders there. so we re seeing her deploy pretty rapidly when these issues come up and when the white house and the campaign sees that this could be something that they need to respond to and opportunities where they think that they could rally young voters and also voters of color. and staying on ron desantis for a moment, laura, you know, because he is the leading alternative to trump for republicans according to polls, he recently sat down with our jake tapper and he brushed aside, you know, concerns about the state of his presidential campaign. of course, you know, he is burning through cash pretty quickly as well. why is he struggling to gain momentum? is it because he seems to be so