point lead, and nikki haley and ron desantis in a battle for second place. also, subzero temperatures could make it the coldest caucus day in iowa on record. plus, our very own steve kornacki at the big board tracking the story lines to watch, and how the result tonight could impact next week s new hampshire primary. meanwhile, new accusations, texas officials blocked border agents from saving a migrant woman is and two children from drowning at the southern border. the white house calling it imhumane. another attack on american forces in the red sea, we have details on how the u.s. responded. the u.s. responded. we begin this hour with the very first contest of the 2024 race for the white house. iowa caucus goers are braving some of the bitterest temperatures, plunging a low as minus 18 overnight. and a new media com poll giving us a closer look at the enthusiasm gap going into tonight s caucuses. nearly nine in ten trump supporters say they are very enthusiastic about
what president biden has called playing politics with human beings, former governor ron desantis, promised these flights are only the beginning. so they ve been in texas identifying people trying to come to florida and then offering them free transportation to sanctuary jurisdictions, and so they went from texas to florida to martha s vineyard. it was a flight. there s also going to be buses and there ll likely be more flights. but i ll tell you this, the legislature gave me $12 million. we re going to spend every penny of that to make sure we re protecting the people of the state of florida. governor ron desantis along with the governor of texas are transporting migrants to well-known liberal enclaves. critics say they re being used as props. the governors and their supporters say it s a protest of what is an inadequate federal response. for more on the politics of this debate in a moment. cnn s miguel marquez has been on martha s vineyard and has their story. reporter
flights.s. but i ll tell you thisis, the legislature gave me $12 million. we re going to spend every penny of that to make sure we re protecting the people of the state of florida. governor ron desantis along with the governor of texas are transporting migrants to well-known liberal enclaves. critics say they re being used as props. the governors and their supporters say it s a protest of what they say is an inadequate federal response of crossing the border. more on the politics of this debate in a moment. cnn s miguel marquez has been on martha s vineyard and has their story. reporter: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha s vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelan migrants were given a warm send-off. volunteers embracing each person as they boarded buses, then ferries, and onto the next part of their long journey. their announced arrival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send migrants to see called sanctua
this morning a hostage deal and a temporary truce. dozens of women and children kidnapped and held captive by hamas are set to be released. this is a major moment in this war. we ll speak to one father whose son is among the hostages and waiting to hear if his child will be coming home. and this morning a warning to law enforcement here in the united states across new york. an intel agency says that israel-hamas war is boosting terrorist threats as anti-semitic acts continue to surge. today is set to be one of the busiest travel days of the year. what does that mean for your family and millions of others hitting the road this thanksgiving? we are tracking it all for you. i m kate bolduan with omar jimenez. john and sara are off. this is cnn news central. we are closely following the breaking news of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. it s just about 16 hours from now. the air strikes and the fighting that we have seen is still happening this morning,
Two defense officials. With the war in gaza on day 101, the Death Toll has surpassed 24,000 according to the Hamasrun Ministry of health. Joining us now is Raf Sanchez in tel aviv. Youre following new details about a Car Ramming Attack in central israel. What do we know about that . This attack happening in an affluent city just north of tel aviv. Israeli police saying two palestinians hijacked at least three in a series of Ramming Attacks. One of those Ramming Attacks aimed at a bus stop. People were lined up there waiting for the bus. They were hit by this car careening into them according to israeli police. One woman in her 70s killed, 13 people taken to hospital, and israeli Police Spokesman telling me all of the people injured killed in this incident were civilians. There were no police, no soldiers caught up in it. Hamas is taking responsibility