when we get this done can you go out there and bring it home? tomorrow night we caucus and win the primary and we win the general. bill: the stage is set. first votes in the 2024 election will be tallied hours from now. tonight in iowa voters get their first verdict on the republican presidential field when they go to caucus. we ve waited a long time for this one, right? it s finally here. w welcome to a frigid iowa. i m bill hemmer. great to kick it off with you. all right. let s go. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it s cold outside, warm inside. the iowans are saying what are you complaining about? we ll be fine. if they re not worried maybe we shouldn t be worried for voter turnout. the coldest in history, frigid weather and a wild card that could maybe have a major impact on turnout. the candidates will make their final pitches today across the state to deliver last-minute bids to win over voters. all pockets of the hawkeye state could hold
Haley. Governor desantis is the most proven candidate. I trust what he says. You cant get past trumps experience. A huge Learning Curve for anybody else. I waited. Thats the mission of the West Side Conservative Group allows iowa republicans to shake hands with local lawmakers and talk politics and hear directly from the president ial candidates. Two of the Club Leaders are with us now. Gentlemen, good morning to both of you. You guys meet 20 minutes northwest corner of des moines. Thank you for being here. Has every candidate come to your event in this current campaign . I believe all except one. Dana which one . We shouldnt probably put the onus on her but nikki haley. We would have loved to have had
Putting tariffs in place in order to give him more negotiating power, he sent them directly to the farmers. But i think more broadly, dana, you know, those running against President Trump are testing a premise that you can get all the policies that he brought in place without the man, without a leader. Ive told group after group thats kind of like saying you get spacex without e lon. You dont get the America First Policies that everybody loved and get back to without the leader of the movement. I think you will see an overwhelming victory tonight. Bill he has a Track Record because he is a former president. Governor desantis has a Track Record, too. The governor of your home state. Why not support him . Well, because i think he has been a great governor, governor desantis. We need to get back to someone who can hit the Ground Running as President Trump did. Thats everything from the Abraham Accords to the border to the economy to record low
i don t think there is anything that will keep me home. this is too important for america. if think truck doesn t start, that s all it will take. i ll be there. it s part of the process. we have the freedom to do this. it s more than a privilege. it is an honor to do this. bill: that s how iowa looks at it now. the record was 2016 for republicans at 187,000. will they get that tonight? will they get somewhere close? will they beat that record? find out later this evening. a look at the board. we re unveiling a whole new system this year that should look at that right out of the gate. wanted to show you some of the polling we get from the various counties across iowa based on three different demos. this is the evangelical protestants. a strong group in iowa. some suggesting they don t have the strength they have in the past.
putting tariffs in place in order to give him more negotiating power, he sent them directly to the farmers. but i think more broadly, dana, you know, those running against president trump are testing a premise that you can get all the policies that he brought in place without the man, without a leader. i ve told group after group that s kind of like saying you get spacex without e lon. you don t get the america first policies that everybody loved and get back to without the leader of the movement. i think you will see an overwhelming victory tonight. bill: he has a track record because he is a former president. governor desantis has a track record, too. the governor of your home state. why not support him? well, because i think he has been a great governor, governor desantis. we need to get back to someone who can hit the ground running as president trump did. that s everything from the abraham accords to the border to the economy to record low