made an extraordinary contribution to move this country toward being a more perfect union. the film rustin is streaming now on netflix. please watch it. it s great. audra mcdonald and aml ameen, so honored to have both of you here today. thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. hello on this monday. it is 10:00 eastern. happy caucus day. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. all eyes on iowa with the official start of the 2024 election season. republican candidates all making their final appeal to iowans ahead of tonight s gop caucuses. the caucuses will be called to order at 7:00 p.m. local time, 8:00 p.m. eastern. the vote will be held by secret ballot. our final nbc news des moines register poll shows donald trump maintaining his nearly 30-point lead over the rest of the field with a tight race for second place. one major and potentially dangerous obstacle stands in t
Americans to go out and perform acts of service. Well see him here today at fill abundance, this Food Bank you referenced, packing healthy meals going out to people in need. Some 500,000 people in this region are food insecure. Thats the first part of what well see today. At the same time, this is philadelphia. The president has made three trips to pennsylvania this year, in just the 14 days of this year, i think elevating the importance of this area. We know he was in philadelphia seven times last year for official events and Campaign Events as well. So the governor, one of his advocates, one of his Advisory Board Members in philadelphia, Governor Shapiro said pennsylvania is one of the swingyist of swing states. At the same time, as you referred, ana, well see Sur Gasses for the president in Iowa Today colding a news conference, talking about what they think President Biden offers americans