[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
we will bring you more from our correspondent outside a hospital in a moment. a leading think tank, the institute for fiscal studies, has accused the main political parties of a conspiracy of silence over the economic reality behind plans set out in their election manifestos. the ifs analysed how the policies could impact the public finances and what that could mean for household incomes, public services and taxation. in its scathing assessment it said the parties were ducking the issues, by relying on faster growth to deliver more tax, which it said was far from guaranteed. it also warned the next government faced having to find new ways to raise taxes, or leave some public services exposed to billions of pounds worth of cuts. this a flavour of what the director of the ifs, pauljohnson, had to say. low growth, high debt, high interest payments mean we need to do something quite rare over the next few years just to stop debt spiralling ever upwards we need to run primar
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what we re learning now. new york police preventing what they say could have been a disaster after stop ago vehicle for a blacked out license plate and later finding out a whole lot more and those guys the guy riding that vehicle. holding in jail and remember very well and what happen when had three of the 9/11 hijackers were first pulled over in routine traffic stops. stops after they were let go. this arrest coming after icecaptured illegal migrants with suspected ties to isis. never good. that is igniting new concerns over exactly who is crossing our borders and not just inside our boarders. new threats outside too. russian warships are roaming just off the coast of florida. china s build ago new megaport in south america and north america is north korea and all over u.s. ally south korea. is the ship about to hit the fan? i had to practice that line forever. general rob spalling and former fbi special and we re all over treasury secretary janet yellen saying our debt is
reports of children sleeping on mats and overcrowded facilities. in reporter say the white house is keeping them in the dark of what is going on, watch this. since there aren t photos, why not release those? and have them invited to the briefing room and talk about the photos? if you want to grant access to the press, gooden utility hs? again, we grant transparency. remain committed to do that. the border is upset that they can t show up at the border, they can t do right aligns and can t question what is happening inside. it seems like why? i certainly wouldn t characterize it that way. speak with border towns are overwhelmed. so how is the situation on the ground in mexico any different? the situation on the ground is certainly challenging. bill: a lot of pointed questions from media outlets, frankly. if you are watching midday yesterday, i think you could say there was a different tone in that room. dana: there is a moment, a crisis, let s call it what