[ applause ] good evening and welcome back to iowa tonight. we are live at grandview university in des moines for a special night of these back-to-back cnn town halls. there are only 11 days to go until the iowa caucuses so, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. now, of course, you just heard from governor ron desantis moments ago. this hour, the former south carolina governor and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley joins us. and tonight, governor haley comes here in the midst of a heated rivalry with ron desantis. it s just days before their first one-on-one debate, which will be right here on cnn, and tonight governor haley will answer questions directly from ayans. we ll have some questions of my own as well. but in the audience are voters who say that they plan to participate in the iowa republican caucuses, both registered republicans and voters who plan to register as republicans, which it s important to note is allowed as late as caucus night right here in iowa. s
. . hi, i m craig melvin, and what did you find? this is dateline. all of a sudden i realize, why are they late? there s something definitely wrong. he said your family was in an accident. and my world just dropped down underneath me. the scene told the story why did you find? somebody hit them. a deadly crash on a dark road. two gone, one barely alive. to a tragic accident. but look closer. can all of the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? the last thing i wanted to have was to have to take a double fatality and not treat it as a homicide. murder. and no one saw coming. i couldn t deal with it. two families in torment. we were both just a small town trial with big emotions. you took it. you did it. and the verdict that would shake them all. hello, and welcome to dateline. a dangerous highway in big sky country. that was a setting for a deadly crash that would seem to unite two families in shock and heartbreak. excep
something rare on capitol hill, bipartisanship. both parties have agreed on numbers to fund the government. but can they pass it before a shutdown ensues later this month? and, florida republicans think they can own the libs by naming a new law after the vice president that mandates which truths teachers can tell in the classrooms. i m charles coleman junior, in for my friend ayman mohyeldi, and we ve got a lot to talk about. let s get started. keep your eyes on donald trump this week, for at least try to. this guy is about to redefine what it is to be on the move. tuesday, his legal team will attempt to dock accountability for trump s role in trying to overturn the election that he clearly lost, as well as for his rhetoric and his inaction surrounding the capitol attack. in federal court, trump s lawyers will try to convince a three judge panel that trump is immune from prosecution. now, this trial was supposed to kick off on march 4th, but is temporarily on hold. th
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i m lynda kincade. good to have you with us. ahead on cnn newsroom we are the global world standard for safety around the world, but we have to maintain that standard. investigation begins as the midair scare that left a gaping hole in the boeing 737. plus, donald trump makes a bizarre claim about the civil war. and attacks one of his top rival as. the latest in the campaign trail in iowa. and the weather system making its way across the u.s. with million of people in its path. tracking the first big winter storm of the season. announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with lynda kincade. well, we begin this hour with a terrifying midair emergency that left a hole in a passenger jet flighting at an altitude of 16,000 feet. it happened friday on alaska airlines fright 1282. and prompted the federal aviation administration to order the temporary grounding of the boeing 737 ma
republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. there s something dangerous happening in america now. there s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. the maga movement. president biden is set to deliver a dire new warning about donald trump as trump, late today, asked the u.s. supreme court to keep him on the ballot in colorado. also tonight, the outrage following the resignation of dr. claudine gay at harvard. result of dei, women, people of color, academia, all of it. plus, yet another biden administration official just announced his resignation over the administration s, quote, blind eye to the atrocities in gaza. that official joins me tonight in his first tv interview. but we begin tonight with the three-year anniversary of the greatest assault on american democracy in modern times. the january 6th insurrection. we re just about three days away, again, from that that anniversary. and th