iowa has been rocked by blizzards, with life threatening temperatures. heavy snowfall has made travel difficult and dangerous. and on monday, when voters head to the in person caucuses the temperatures will fall dangerously low. here in des moines, the national weather service predicts a high of 1 degree fahrenheit. that s 18 degrees celsius. the low is forecast to be 10 degrees fahrenheit, or 23 degrees celsius. things are more dire when you consider wind chill effects. those stepping out the door may feel like they are experiencing temperatures of 30 degrees fahrenheit, or 34 degrees celsius. that hasn t stopped some volunteers who continued to canvass through the snow in the race s final days. but will the majority of voters brave the bitter temperatures to attend the in person caucuses? experts are watching to see if and how turnout in monday s voting is impacted by the extreme weather. the candidates spent sunday imploring voters to plan to vote monday while giving
Will take a little longer because they have more to count. so i would say in the 9-10 count. so i would say in the 9 10 range local time we start to have a pretty good feel for the direction that things are heading. the direction that things are headina. , ., . , heading. the democratic party has no particular heading. the democratic party has no particular contest - heading. the democratic partyj has no particular contest there this year but they start their processor tomorrow as well don t they? processor tomorrow as well don t they? processor tomorrow as well don t the ? , ., , ., , don t they? they do but what is interesting don t they? they do but what is interesting about don t they? they do but what is interesting about it don t they? they do but what is interesting about it is don t they? they do but what is interesting about it is the - interesting about it is the national democratic party did make a little change the schedule so iowa democrats will meet and they are
The republican field since he entered the race in late 2022. throughout the last year, a slew of republicans threw their hats in the ring as alternatives to the former president. debates were held without the former president, who declined every invitation tojoin his rivals on stage. but his support remained remarkably steady he has led by a wide margin in poll after poll among likely republican primary voters. in the well respected des moines register poll with nbc news released saturday night, 48% of respondents said they would vote for donald trump. 20% for former south carolina governor nikki haley. 16% for florida governor ron desantis. and less than 10% said they will vote for businessman vivek ramaswamy. the bbc s carl nasman is here in iowa, currently following florida governor ron desantis. what can you tell us? how has he been received over voters. people they intend to caucus for him? i
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Donald trump so tomorrow. now we have seen donald trump so far- tomorrow. now we have seen donald trump so far ahead i tomorrow. now we have seen donald trump so far ahead ofj donald trump so far ahead of the other candidates in all of the other candidates in all of the polls and in the two poles we have seen over the last 2a hours or so. is there any twist of the universe that sees the final outcome being different to that was to mark i have a really hard time believing, projecting that donald trump does not win tomorrow night. the open question is what does the margin look like? he had a massively and boldly that meant lead in pulling throughout this and i think the big question is can nikki haley or ron desantis close that gap and do a little better. does donald trump maybe lose a little of his support and does that gap shrink a little bit and then make this look a little more competitive moving out of iowa into new hampshire. that is the big question but i do not see donald trump