good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it s kasie hunt. it s thursday, 5:00 a.m. here in washington. it s 4:00 a a.m. in iowa. there are now four days until the caucuses. hours ago, ron desantis and nikki haley went head to head on the cnn debate stage in the fight for number two. both deploying the pants on fire strategy. you have said it again. stop lying. she said she never said it. you re lying. it doesn t change the fact that ron is lying because ron is losing. you lie a the lot. hnikki haley gives him a run fo his money. you get the point. they both also took some time to go after the no-show, far away republican front runner, donald trump. i think what happened on january 6th was a terrible day. i think president trump will have to answer for it. he sat in the white house and tweeted law and order. but he did nothing to ensure law and order. as your president, i will never let our city burn. at that very moment, trumps wa
supporters wouldn t trust him to do anything. but yet we re trying to trust him to run the country again and he probably runs it into the ground. i hope chris christie s message stays strong and loud and prude. we have to make a determination. nikki haley and ron desantis have a very, very thin window to do this. they have to call donald trump what he is. donald trump wakes up in the morning and looks in the mirror and sees a mafia boss. he just is really wide shouldered, proud mafia boss. the reality is he s a thug. he just walks around and tries to intimidate everybody. jeff duncan, you experienced this as a republican. just to underscore where you re coming from in terms of the weight of your words around