up to, despite the weather, show up at the caucus sites on monday. it is expected to be the coldest caucus night ever. we heard nikki haley say, let s finish the job, we heard nikki haley say, let s finish thejob, finish we heard nikki haley say, let s finish the job, finish strong. ron desantis said that if you show up, i will fight for you for the next eight years. donald trump, he has not been in iowa. he landed a few moments ago and not been doing in person events but he is expected back out on campaign trail tomorrow. this is largely being seen as a race for second place. how is the field looking right now? we just wejust got some we just got some new polling data out from a local newspaper here. it is considered to be the gold standard, which really showed the state of the race going into caucus at night. still a commanding lead for donald trump. up 28 points, down from 32 points in december. this is still within
donald trump, nikki haley or ron desantis it s been the weather! intense winter storms have caused major disruptions to republican presidential hopefuls campaigning in the midwestern state. a blizzard dropped about 15 inches, that s 38 centimetres, of snow across iowa, causing some candidates to cancel events. so just how cold will it be on monday? some forecasts in des moines, the state capital, say the low will be negative 18 degrees fahrenheit that s minus 28 celsius. it s expected to be the coldest caucus day on record. here s candidates nikki haley and ron desantis talking about the wild winter weather. i ve been campaigning here for 11 months now, all over this state, and in october or november, i was at every one of the town halls i was, like, it is cold. laughter and that s what they did, in october, november, they laughed and they go, oh, this is mild, this is mild.
the margin of error, it appears that nikki haley has leapfrogged ron desantis into second place. ahead by 20% and ron desantis i6%. but the big leader still donald trump in this file, the des moines. a great level of support for the former president. former president. really interesting former president. really interesting inside - former president. really interesting inside out. former president. really interesting inside out on j former president. really - interesting inside out on the campaign trail. thank you a lot. turning now to news here in washington. john kerry, the former us senator and secretary of state, is stepping down from his role as us special climate envoy. mr kerry served as president joe biden s top official on climate change since 2021, and will reportedly depart from that role in the coming months. he s expected to help out with biden s re relection campaign. his decision to step down as climate envoy comes just one month after the cop28 climate summit, where h
separately, in israel, thousands of people have started a 24 hour protest in tel aviv, calling for the immediate release of hostages in gaza. the demonstrators urged leaders to resume negotiations for the hostages release, on the eve of the 100th day of their captivity. israeli officials believe 132 hostages are still being held in gaza. here in the us, we re less than two days away from the iowa caucuses, where republican supporters will start the process of selecting their nominee for the 2024 presidential election. leading up to the big night, the headline out of iowa has not been candidates, like donald trump, nikki haley or ron desantis, it s been the weather. intense winter storms have caused major disruptions to republican presidential hopefuls campaigning in the midwestern state. a blizzard dropped about 15 inches that s 38cm of snow across iowa causing some candidates to cancel events. so just how cold
mexico border but the biggest message tonight and throughout this campaign was about donald trump. he has consistently been one of the few candidates to attack and criticise the former president. he said he does not believe he is fit to hold office and come a general election, donald trump inaudible. i asked a former governor why he thought he was one of the few people willing, beside chris christie, to go after and criticise donald trump and what that says about the current state of the republican party. i the current state of the republican party. ithink it sa s republican party. i think it says that republican party. ithink it says that the republican party. ithink it says that the republican i republican party. i think it- says that the republican voters have says that the republican voters have been misled by donald trump have been misled by donald trump ever since january six, particularly, and any time he calls particularly, and any time he calls that particularly, an