They can throw windchill at us and we are going to fight. Reporter so Governor Desantis Dismissing sort of the chatter about his campaign as any other obstacle and the weather just an additional obstacle. Meanwhile, Haleys Camp indicating that this poll really indicates what they have been seeing on the ground, not only in new hampshire, but here in iowa as well. A surge of momentum, maybe people giving her a second look. I can tell you from an iowan that i spoke with that was long supporting governor desantis, he now tells me that he is considering the former ambassador. So they are in a Tight Battle Here For Second place with very little time left. All right. Eva mckend, thank you very much. Glad you made it to your live shot this morning. Joining us now is Michael Chanel a congressional reporter for the hill. The weather casting a big shadow
Carolina. She talked about her time at the u. N. To talk about how she has strong foreign policy chops. Something she really resists are these conversations about maga republicans. Sometimes trump will talk about maga republicans, who is and who isnt maga republican. She she said the voters arent talking about that or thinking about that. Take a listen. This is not what americans want to talk about. They want to know why inflation is high, why everythings more expe expensive. They want to know how were allowing the lawlessness at the border thats out of control. Thats what they want to talk about, no whether someone is maga. Reporter when i was at that diner, i was speaking to an iowan who told me hes been caucusing since the 1980s and this bitterly cold weather wont
Supports ukraine and doesnt want to give them foreign aid anymore. He also goes and says that he wants to talk about me insulting iowans. Iowans know when youre telling a joke. The fact that hes only running in one state is not the way you win president. Im running in all states. But he should tell iowans why he authored legislation to ban the Renewable Fuel Standard thats so important to Iowans Economy and the fact that he cosponsored five different pieces of legislation to get rid of it. And also, then he also said he would never do anything with social security. Yet he voted three times to raise the Retirement Age of social security. Thank you, governor. If youre going to talk about what you said and what you did, i think you have your own explaining to do rather than telling lies. Thank you, governor. Well get to a lot of these issues in the debate. Governor haley, when Governor Christie dropped out of the race, he said the most important issue is, quote, the character of the candi