martha: i love the live shots of beautiful iowa this afternoon. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. great to have you with us. today it is caucus day. it is subzero. doesn t seem to be bothering many people out there. the final few hours before iowans file in to their voting precincts, we wait to see what will happen, what it will mean for the election and ultimately for the country. we tune out the noise of the politicians and we raise the voices of americans that say we want a better day. the country needs a fresh face. i d like a strg woman. we feel fantastic. we re going to shock the world and looking forward to see the media s reaction. doesn t matter about the weather. we re here to support somebody that will make a difference in our country. i m running on your issues and your families issues. that s the only thing we re doing. why ron desantis? why is he your guy? if you don t have the ability to persuade people in the general election, you have a lo
server room at trump s mar-a-lago, the same servers storing the security surveillance video from trump s resort. this as mr. trump s lawyers meet with justice department officials today. then, come on in, the water s fine. the 2024 race set to grow by three more candidates as governor nikki haley lands her sharpest blow yet on the republican front runners. plus military fighter jets going super sonic when a private plane doesn t respond while flying near the nation s capitol. investigators are trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper, apologies for my voice. we start today with the law and justice lead and serious questions as to whether donald trump could face his first federal indictment ever. today, lawyers for the former president met with justice department officials here in washington for 90 minutes, a possible sign that special counsel jack smith s investigation into how trump handled classified documents and whet
back. this is a big day for you. do you want to tell them why? preschool graduation. you know, you re a couple days behind me. i already had the preschool and kindergarten graduation. i need to have a couple more kids to catch up with where you re at. that s a little personal. phil is right. i have to take off a little early today because my son is graduating from preschool. congratulations. got sarah to come sit by your side. we have a few hours before that happens. a lot of news. let s get started for five things to know for this wednesday, june 7th. new york and detroit are in the top three on the list for the world s worst air pollution right now. as smoke from a canadian wildfire makes skies hazy in the midwest and right here along the east coast. you re looking at live pictures of a very smokey sunrise here in new york city. and a big development in the federal investigation into former president trump. his last chief of staff, mark meadows, testified
Doing. why ron desantis? why is he your guy? if you don t have the ability to persuade people in the general election, you have a lost cause. the entire world will be listening to you. i believe that iowa speak loud and clear. trump stood by what he said he would do. people tried to stop him from doing what he said he was going to do. i m a great believer in what he says he will fulfill. martha: here we go. our power panel standing by in iowa. shannon bream, bill hemmer, kellyanne conway. can t wait to get to them. first to congressional correspondent aishah hasnie who has been live on the ground with us all week. right now she s in iowa just a little outside of des moines here. hi there. hi, martha. good to see you. yes, i m at a church. this is one of the caucus sites tonight. follow me in. i want to give you behind-the-scenes look here at some of the state gop workers
That are setting up tonight for this caucus. i have to tell you, martha, look, i talked to people here in iowa in the last couple days who say they will not make a decision until they come to their caucus site and get handed a ballot. that december you how important the last minute pitches are. everyone is on the campaign trail today. everyone by former. trump holding a public campaign event. he does have a large group of surrogates out across iowa including capitol hill republicans. now trump could make history tonight if he clinches more than 41% of the vote. he might be trying to make headlines by breaking 50% in an attempt to end the primary season early. although his campaign is trying to push back a little bit on those on that chatter about the 50%, trying to lower