officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil
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shot in conservatives escalating war on diversity, following the supreme court s ban on affirmative action. joining me now is dr. jamal watson, contributing writer for the washington monthly and a professor at trinity washington university. doctor watson, i thought of you. you ve done work with the action network, you academics at every convention in april. so i really wanted to ask you about this issue, because ever since the supreme banned affirmative action, i ve warned that anti-diversity efforts would not stop there. and i don t think claudine gay s ouster is largely orchestrated by conservatives, have gotten enough sustained attention. because now, as republican lawmakers are planning to expand their probes of college