paul: welcome to the journal editorial report. florida governor ron desantis and gavin newsom squared off at a fiery debate in a battle between red and blue state policies with them clashing over everything from abortion to covid lockdowns to the biden/harris agenda. california represents the biden/ s harris agenda on steroids. they would love to get four years to take the california model. ron desantis signed the most a stream antiabortion bills in america. he signed a bill banning any exceptions for rape and incest and then he said it didn t go far enough and decided to sign a 6 week band. i had disney open during covid. we saved a lot of jobs. you had disney closed for over a year. you were not following science. you are a lockdown governor. you are trolling folks and trying to find migrants to play political games to get some attention to out trump trump. how is that going for you? paul: joining us is dan heninger and kyle peterson. what did we learn? how do they
facing off again in iowa. former president donald trump said to take the stage in cedar rapids as he continues to hold commanding lead in state polls. 100 miles west in newton, iowa, ron desantis completes his to work of all 99 state counties open to close the gap. with six weeks until the first in the nation iowa caucuses, it s going down. welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live, i am arthel neville. a lot going on, i am bill melugin, and for, he s going to take the hawkeye state, he got the endorsement of i will cover kim level may not be his biggest challenge right now. desantis is trying to fend off former un ambassador nikki haley starting to gain steam in early voting states. for now the former president appeare republican party s topic dominating the national polls. we have live coverage from the rallies when they get underway? first go to alexis mcadams following the campaign in newton, iowa. a busy day for candidates on the ground in iowa including ron des