in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m laila harrak and you re watching cnn newsroom. republican voters in the state of iowa could be the first to pick their new presidential nominee. the state s central committee voted unanimously to hold their first in the nation caucuses on january 15th. several other states have yet to declare the dates of their nominating contests, but the iowa date would be the earliest start to the nomination process since 2012. former president donald trump called on supporters in nevada to help voters turn out in massive numbers to return him to the white house. mr. trump lost to joe biden in the 2020 election by 2.2 percentage points. speaking at a volunteer recruitment events, trump spouted his usual lies about election cheating. he then went on to criticize his leading opponent, ron desantis. in tip tall trump fashion, the