And good evening from the Reagan Library in simi valley, just outside los angeles. This as the name suggests, dedicated to preserving the history of the 40th president s term in office. But it was the 45th president and current republican front runner who took center stage by his absence. The former president was in michigan tonight, Florida Governor ron desantis pointed that out. He also tried to do what he and the other six government grappling with without much success so far. Namely, how to set themselves apart from the former president without also ilion eighting his supporters. We will take that up in our coverage tonight and speak with some of the candidates as well as iowa voters that watch the debate tonight. We will also watch the first, one i want to start with one of the key moments on, tonight candidate Vivek Ramaswamy who was a vocal in the first debate including in this clash with former South Carolina governor nikki haley who is reacting to the answer he gave one asked
fraud all legal ways to access the american system, which are fraudulently used by people you re saying? yes, and over 500,000 people who fraud their ways into the united states. people like paul ryan for example, argue that boston is exactly the proof that we need to reform that system that michael cutler is talking about. listen. we need a modern immigration system that helps us not only protect our border but protect national security and all of its aspects. if anything this is an argument for modernizing our immigration laws. anna in your view how does boston change the dynamic in the immigration debate? look christina, there are issues immigrations that are relevant that can be looked at and can be draelszed within this bill. we should do so but we should not do use it as a justification to delay what is a necessary legislative action. i think paul ryan is absolutely