live in des moines. ron desantis is up first, followed by nikki haley. stay with us. ac 360 begins now. tonight on 360, a live report from perry, iowa, scene of the latest school mass shooting. what authorities are saying about how it unfolded, which included their discovery of a makeshift bomb at the scene. that and what a student says tonight about what she went through. also tonight, a new batch of unsealed documents in the jeffrey epstein sex trafficking scandal. what s in them and who. and later, house democrats say they have the former president s number, and knits the millions. what s in the report of how much foreign government money went into trump s pockets during the trump presidency. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight in iowa, but not for the reason you would expect, not for presidential politics. take a look. these are pictures tonight from perry, iowa, northwest of des moines. a vigil, one of two after a day that began with what is a
In tehran is still going to have an impact on tehran s calculus in a way. and it has all these events have risen tensions. and there is always that risk that a combination of events leads to a misreading of actions by one side or another. and israel is still concerned about that the defense minister today and the prime minister both spoke with president biden s envoy who was here today and told him that the time is running out to get a solution along the northern border, particularly because it s affecting the economy of israel. 80,000 people displaced. the israelis say they want a diplomatic solution. but time is running out. nic robertson, thanks very much. in half an hour, ron desantis followed by nikki haley. we ll take questions from iowa voters at back-to-back town halls. we ll have a preview coming up. what s on the line for the candididates 11 days from the caucuses, coming up next..
Tonight, cnn town halls take place less than an hour s drive from that shooting in perry, iowa, that we told you about. one sixth grader was murdered, four students and one school administrator were wounded. this is how ron desantis and nikki haley previously addressed attempts to curb gun violence. why can t you get rid of ar-15s? the reality is even if you did that, it might make you feel good today. there s going to be another shooting next week. we need to focus on what really matters. mental health is the cancer that no one is talking about. my approach to firearms is i m going to stand rock solid behind our second amendment rights, our constitutional freedoms. and i will focus the attention of law enforcement on individuals, convicted felons, people who are mentally ill or dangerous to the community.
That s a way to get a win out of it. desantis is not good at that kind of thing, so that could show separation. i think she s doing well with suburban voters around the des moines area. the question is can she press beyond that into some of these other areas. and there, movement on this issue may not be as well received. a republican told me the haley movement is real in the metros, but can you get into the rural areas. that s where desantis is boarding on the sensitive to out in the rural parts. they ve spent haley and desantis, i think they ve spent about $10 million in attack ads on each other. i think it s, like, $1.5 million attacking the former president. that s it. does that make sense to you? well, it make sense in that one of them is trying to pass
Long-running controversy and competition between iowa and new hampshire, of course the states that for generations have led the presidential voting. and yes, there is competition between the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary. usually these candidates sort of keep stay in their lanes when they re in the various states campaigning. but take a listen to what governor haley said last night campaigning in new hampshire. i trust every single one of you. you know how to do this. you know iowa starts it. you know that you correct it. you know that you continue to go so the applause and laughter you heard in the audience in new hampshire probably will be the same here tonight where we expect haley to likely clean up that answer. of course, iowa and new hampshire don t always echo their responses. often they choose different results. sometimes iowa winners are projected in new hampshire and vice versa. clearly, this has become a point where her rivals have seized