first votes. a key poll shows donald trump far ahead in iowa, with just hours before the kickoff to the 2024 primary race. one candidate jumped in with sky high expectations, now he s feegtsing for his political life. now is our time. will his iowa focus pay off? candidate governor ron desantis joins me next. and tundra on the trail. caucusgoers and candidates brave subzero temperatures in the coldest iowa contest ever. i worry about that. wear layers. mthey can throw a blizzard a us, and we ll have a fight. who will have the advantage in turnout? plus, rough waters. an escalation in the middle east to now a key senator is the to press joe biden on the u.s. role there. is biden s stance widening the rift on the left? the united states is deeply complicit. bernie sanders joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is frozen. tomorrow is one of the single most consequential days in this year s calendar, t
first votes. a key poll shows donald trump far ahead in iowa. with just hours before the kickoff to the 2024 primary race. one candidate jumped in with sky high expectations, now he s fighting for his political life. now is our time. will his iowa focus pay off. candidate governor ron desesant joins me next. and tundra on the trail. caucus-goers brave sub-zero temperatures in the coldest iowa contest ever. wear layers. i worry about that. they could throw a blizzard at us and we ll fight. reporter: david axelrod and larry hogan weighs in and our panel of experts is here to discuss into and rough waters. and a key senator is said to press president biden over the u.s. role. is biden s stance widening the left. bernie sanders joins me exclusively. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is frozen. tomorrow is one of the most single consequenceal days. the iowa caucus where donald trump is hoping voters will help imsew up the primary
thinks things will shake out. we start with a dramatic move that could have huge implications for the fraught relationship between the u.s. and china. the biden administration pulling the plug on secretary of state blinken s planned chip to china, just hours after the pentagon revealed it had detected a chinese surveillance balloon over montana. so right now the video, this video was taken in billings, montana, on thursday, although it s not clear if this is the balloon in question. obviously there s the balloon. that was secretary blinken who was supposed to leave tomorrow. that s now on hold. the u.s. has decided to monitor the balloon instead of shooting it down, even though it s apparently still gathering intelligence as we speak. a decision not sitting well some republicans. this is the fist time in my lifetime i ve ever seen anything like this, and it s very disturbing to know that it s still up there in the air near our military installations. the time is now, let
Republicans. The final Des Moines register nbc News Poll shows donald Trump Support at 48 . Nikki haley second at 20 , ron desantis, third at 16 . Extremely cold, blizzardlike conditions have forced campaigns to cancel or modify events in the crucial final weekend before the caucuses. Candidates are still working to get people out to vote. Monday is going to be cold. Really cold. But what im asking you is if you will take the time to not just go to the polls, take people with you. Wear layers, because you might be standing in line. Take your i. D. But think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. They can throw a blizzard at
People with you. Wear layers because you might be standing in a line. Take your id. But think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. They can throw a blizzard at us and we are going to fight. Cnns chief u. S. National Affairs Correspondent jeff has more from iowa. Reporter with two days to go before the iowa caucuses, open the republican president ial nominating contest, Donald Trump still remains the far and away front runner in iowa. According to a new Des Moines register Nbc News poll. This Iowa Poll which has a storied history of capturing the final moments in this race shows that Donald Trump is at 48 in the poll. The race for second place is a fascinating one with Nikki Haley edging out florida governor Ron Desantis just narrowly. Nikki haley has 20 followed by desantis at 16 . The rest of The Field is far below. Vivek ramaswamy, 8 . The rest goes down from there. But it is the top of The Field