and some trying to climb over the gates with palestinian flags. meanwhile, israel in israel the idf says its iron dome intercepted a drone coming from lebanon earlier today after taking down rockets from gaza overnight. rachel: iran says u.s. would be, quote, hit hard if washington did not implement a cease-fire in gaza but israel is maintaining a cease-fire is not an option. we re not going to have a cease-fire with hamas it is leak you having a cease-fire after bombing of pearl harbor and cease-fire with isis it is absurd glad to see the administration is not asking for a cease-fire. jonathon hunt is on the ground with the latest. hey, jonathon. hey will rachel, pete good to see you. over the last four hours or so this morning israel paused air strikes to give more civilians in gaza time to head from the north at the center of the war zone down to relative safety at the southern end of gaza and prior to that they made it clear they are not going let up the pressure on h
Is this about protecting joe biden from a primary challenge because south carolina was a great state for him? remember, iowa couldn t count the vote back in the howard: oh! there are 48 states that would love to see, new hampshire s state law requires them to be first, so new hampshire says we re going to go a week earlier, so hope you re ready to vote in 2023. howard: is something lost here, ameshia, and maybe i m showing as a guy who s covered many new mexico primaries, but new hampshire, but a small state like new hampshire, where somebody can break out of the pack as pete buttigieg did in iowa, jimmy carter in 76, mike huckabee and rick santorum on the republican side. now you pretty much have to have money and name recognition. i think now you pretty much have to appeal to diverse voters. that is what this is all about. the democratic party has a
Question. hey thomas that s exactly right. i asked secretary clinton about the she was here in iowa in 2008 and what her strategy was this time around. she didn t directly answer the question instead said she is glad to be back in iowa couldn t be more excited about it. but her campaign is quite different this time around. they say she s going to be getting up close and personal with voters who want to be more acceptable and we re seeing that play out in the first campaign. and meeting with a handful of students and educators in monticello in a few minutes and that s part of this new approach, to talk to people one on one. emphasizing her vision for the economy, i m told in this first event and then again tomorrow when she holds a business round table. business leaders here in iowa. we re going to see this play out
By super tuesday we will be right back in the middle. in the news that is damaging to the entire process, pressure is mounting for the main republican party to reconsider the results of the caucus. remember mitt romney narrowly beat ron paul with 39% of the vote, but it s not just that one county whose caucus was delayed where the results were not counted. according to town by town results, some communities that had caucused before february 11th were not counted and nearly all the towns were blanked in the results released by the state party. iowa couldn t figure out how to count. maine is struggling. nevada was not close, but they had a counting problem. don t be surprised if this creates a call to get rid of caucuses and the reason for caucuses is because it does save money. states don t always fund
Give their opinion on electing their party s nominee first, nothing more. iowa couldn t be less representative of the general american population. if you want to read more on this, go to my blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile or our post on the situation room s facebook page. jack, thank you. good to have you back. and it s not just about the candidates message in iowa. it s about their look. cnn s jeanne moos, she s standing by to show us when we come back.