reporting from the campaign, the caucus site and john king at the magic wall and of course, stay with cnn tonight a special edition of ac 360 begins now. tonight on 360 new endorsements, fresh polling, final pitches and sub-zero cold. we re indoors and out with candidates all across iowa with the opening contest of primary 24 just hours away. the role evangelical voters are expected to play in iowa and beyond, joined by bob van der plat. since hamas attacked and took hostages and the conflict wide edge. good evening. thanks for joining us. we are 24 hours away from the first vote to the 2024 presidential race. 24 hours away from the start of the irk what caucuses most of which convene at this time tomorrow night, just getting started of what is normally poll closing time in most other states. one of the many things we ll talk about tonight which set iowa apart including this year with a blizzard in the final days of the campaign and record cold temperatures expecte
Politics does not become my religion. We also tell people here with the family make sure you look higher. David said where does my help come from, it comes from the lord not washington, d. C. And not from a republican party or a candidate and we tell them to keep focused. Keep focus where the focus needs to be and party is some of it, but not all of it. Does it surprise you the former president is doing so well among evangelical voters and polls even though hes been critical of certain Statelevel Abortion bans. For instance, he called Governor Desantis Sixweek ban a terrible thing and a terrible mistake. I tried to read into that, anderson, and i think, anderson, President Trump now has a record. He a pointed three Supreme Court justices and stood up for religious liberty and did a lot of good things and i think what happens is when the indictment started to come out and started removing it from ballots, people