i think we need to look beyond the next four years and make a commitment you keep it in this country. that is what it means to have a president who actually has a spider. i could see myself putting my support behind desantis. got several five year old president preble win these battles for you. would be hard for him to convince me other than nikki haley progressive new a new genegenerational leader the sovereign focus on the path to correct some caucusing for president trump are going to think you look at joe biden as a bedlam. you have a vendor cannot lead too. they think we are a flyover state we want to get our voice heard we will get out. ibrexit selection eat and ioa in baby it is cold outside. caucus scaucus scores are such e dangerously cold temperatures so they can cast the very first in the 2024 election. who knows where we will be in the end but good afternoon everybody. good morning to those here in iowa or west of the mississippi. i am built here in des mo
it is 4:00 here in new york, 3:00 p.m. in des moines where in just a few hours, the doors will open at caucus locations across the state. and the first votes will be cast in the 2024 election. voters going to the polls today in 1600 precincts across all of iowa s 99 counties will do it in some of the most brutal conditions imaginable. tonight could be the coldest iowa caucus ever. windchills could gets a low as 45 degrees farenheit, that is freezing. that brutal cold is putting a damper on what is normally a frenzy of campaigning. trump campaign and haley campaign canceled three events, but it doesn t mean candidates aren t asking people to get out and vote. ex-president said even if you vote and then pass away, it is worth it. yes? he really said that. there is no early voting and no mail-in ballot, so all of it comes to turnout tonight. the last nbc des moines register poll released last night shows trump with a commanding 28 point lead. if he wins by anything close to th
starts right now. martha: thanks very much. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. live in des moines, iowa. this is the story. we re just hours away from our third big event of this week. tonight we will speak with former president donald trump as he heads in to caucus week, monday night, very important night for him. he will take the stage here this evening with me and with bret baier. that will happen at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. here in iowa. we have a lot more ahead on tonight s town hall as we prep and get ready for all of that. we re looking forward to it. first though, a shocker on capitol hill this morning. hunter biden showed up at a hearing, no one was expecting him. it was his contempt of congress hearing that was getting underway after he defied a subpoena from house republicans to testify behind closed doors. that s the general procedure before you do a public hearing. so here s how that went over both sides of the aisle. watch. you re the epitome of whi
Explosion just before eight oclock. One man said when he looked out he saw flames. The fire chief says the two buildings that burned contained large containers or waste oil and other solventtype chemicals that burned. For a time, firefighters let the fire burn due to fears about creating more environmental damage. Basically spread from that building the oil burst out of the poly tank. It ran on the ground and the oil was on fire building behind it on fire oleary says he has not idea what cause the fire to start early this morning. The state Fire Marshals Office was called in to help investigate. The fire caused a scramble for one neighboring business with an semitrailers away from the flames. Well have that part of the story tonight at six. Live in central city, df, kcrg tv nine news. Meteorologist chris havely joins us now with a look at the thanksgiving day forecast. Chris, what can we expect tonight . As you prepare to possibly hit the roads this evening, the weather should remain q
Host we will go to john joining us from west palm beach, florida. Caller good morning. I wish that guy in south dakota would get out of his cave. I used to be a democrat, i got out of my cave. Talking about Hillary Clinton that is like asking eisenhower to run in 1976. 24 years ago, it was bill clinton. The same thing with the bushes. The mother said it best, she is the only one i liked. The biggest mistake reagan ever made was choosing george senior as the Vice President. As far as the candidates for the republicans, scott walker is not the best speaker but he is proven that he can do the job of being governor of his state. We need a governor, we do not need a Community Organizer again. I would love to see mitt romney. He would make a neck some president but he is wrong with immigration. Rick perry is the same way. He talks so tough, but it does not show it in action as far as immigration. Illegal immigration. We need to make that distinction, not immigration illegal immigration. Host