this is it, the official kickoff for the 2024 battle for the white house, and one state has the first shot at shaping the race. it s decision time in the bitter cold heartland. iowa has a huge, huge role to play here. this starts here. there is no way iowa is voting against trump. the first votes in a presidential contest that is testing american democracy in extraordinary ways. are you ready? will the former president and unprecedented legal peril get one step closer to a white house comeback? 2024 is our final battle. it s iowa s choice. tonight, after months of anticipation, the republican race gets real. donald trump aiming to drive home his dominance over his gop rivals. we got to be sure that we put this thing away. ron desantis and nikki haley. our best days are yet to come. engaging in a heated showdown to be the top alternative to trump. nikki haley is running on her donors issues. i m the only one running on your issues. he is going to
there. it s negative 32 with windchill. of course, we ll watch to see how that impacts folks who show up and caucus tomorrow night. but it is definitely having an impact here in iowa this weekend. i was talking to the super pac who is supporting nikki haley. of course, they re outdoor knocking, but are they able to hit as many doors as they would have hoped? that s the real question. there are a lot of questions surrounding the weather and how it s going to impact tomorrow s results. right, and will those caucusgoers open the door tomorrow, leave their homes tomorrow, and caucus. we ll see, even though iowans are very hardy folks. let s go to jessica dean following ron desantis s campaign. what is the mood there ahead of tomorrow? reporter: well, fredricka, obviously, ron desantis with this new polling kylie just mentioned is polling in third place in the most recent poll that came out late last night. he s really positioned himself by saying he likes boog the
we understand that there s a long process here. but we re going to do well because we have done it right. and our folks are going to turn out. reporter: and i was talking with the super pac aligned with desantis, never back down, earlier today. 940,000 doors they say they have knocked on in the last several months. they think that will make the difference, they have touch points with so many people across the state of iowa, and desantis comes back to reminding people how much time he s spent here. he s gone to all 99 counties. they think that could be a difference maker as they head into tomorrow. all right. pivotal moments. and we re right in the precipice of what could be a historic moment. especially because of the weather. let s start with that. jessica dean, kylie atwood, kristen holmes, thanks to all of you. joining me now to discuss are cnn political analyst julian zea zealotser, and matt hall,