and good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett on this sunday. tonight the first contest of the 2024 election is only hours away. republican candidates are out in temperatures well below zero, but they re still fighting to try to get everybody to turn out and vote in iowa. you re looking at live pictures right now of nikki haley s rally on election eve, and she is not alone. ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy also holding events tonight. their supporters are there too, despite the dangerous conditions. and that s because of course the stakes could not be higher. there is so much on the line in this unprecedented election campaign season that we are now finally in the midst of. haley and desantis are desperately trying to close the gap with trump, who just wrapped up his rally in the final hours. and, you know, as i say, it s unprecedented. but there is still some sense of history here. and in past elections, iowa always ends up being abo
They think actually trump is the stronger electorate. Thats whats happening at the grassroots level in iowa right now. So the Electability Argument Isnt playing as well as it should. But the polls are what the polls are. Donald trump lied in his speech a second ago where he asked people to die to vote for him. But Nikki Haley in poll after poll shows the more competitive candidate. If thats what youre looking for that, is a strong argument. Well see how independents show up. Well see what the evangelicals do. But i think its a mistake to consider this a done deal. Marco rubio endorsing trump after all those insults, thats a profile in cowardness. Thats what we have come to expect from republicans that back Donald Trump. Even evangelicals will admit theyre voting for Donald Trump at some point in time. All thank you very much. Iowa in the deep freeze. Windchill factor 31 below. How does this Effect Turnout in
Live from iowa. This is bbc news its Caucus Day here in chilly iowa the big question will the Temperature Effect Turnout as the 2024 president ial primary season officially begins. And in dc im Sumi Somaskanda from foreign poicy to donald trumps legal challenges there are number of key issues that voters in iowa and across the country will be watching in the lead up to november. We are live in des moines, iowa . Where the first 2024 president ial contest will soon