result of that. the democrats want trump to be the candidate. they are going to talk about all the legal stuff, january 6, that will be what the election will be about. you don t want it to be a referendum on trump and the past. you want to be a referendum on biden s failures, on our positive vision for this country. both desantis and haley said that they would pardon trump for any felonies against him if they are elected president. and one asked haley about why she would have pardoned him. and haley talked about the difficult situation going on at the u.s./mexico border. for me, it is not about guilt or innocence. it is about what is in the best interests for the country. and i don t think that our country will move forward with an 80-year-old president sitting in jail that allows our country to continue to be divided. we have to move on past that. and so i honestly do believe just like they did with nixon,
donald trump, isn t she. that line about a president serving from prison is quite a clever way of, you know, not showing a lack of support, but showing the impractical calitys of voting for him. so which candidate performed better in the town halls? political analysts weigh in on whether haley or desantis made the biggest impression ahead of the caucuses. i came into it thinking that she had the momentum which is why i honest ron desantis would go after her and sort of try to reel that in. but his failure to acknowledge her really in any meaningful way makes me wonder now. you do talk to people in iowa, they say that haley momentum out there is as real in the metro areas as it seems to be in new hampshire. there is still some question about what she will be able to do in the rural areas. but if you didn t know anything, if you had not had any history
through political borders. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday in case you hadn t guessed. 3:00 a.m. in iowa where voters are less than two weeks away from the first in the nation caucuses. latest polling shows donald trump, ron desantis and nikki haley are the top choices. thursday desantis and haley took questions from voters at cnn town hall and each attacked the frontrunner. you will see me on the debate stage next here on january 10. donald trump is not willing to show up on the debate stage. has he come to communities an answered questions, has he gone to all the 9 county, has he even gone to nine counties? i personally think president trump was the right president at the right time.