Active in saying donald trump is the problem. it s just so late in the game and comes after so much pummelling. after his money is run ning out his momentum has stalled, it gives you a glimpse into the interior dialogue of candidates as they have all these months, how do we play this without changing the dynamic without turning off a big chunk of the republican electorate. he s still struggling with it and changing strategies. up next, we re going to talk about the expectations game. donald trump is back in iowa today promising a caucus night blowout. the bar is very high he s setting it there. could he lose e even if hehe wi? to duckduckgo on all your devie
reporter: he is looking to get his supporters out. one concern that trump advisers have had for several weeks is complacency. his message to the base is you have to come out and vote. this is where we can close down the campaign rather than begin it. this is where we can close it down. one thing that is remarkable, certainly different from eight years ago run ning for the firs time, the trump campaign has an organized ground game underway. they know what the caucus organization is. what that is organizing a series of meetings across the state at the same time on monday night, january 15th. his message is he needs their votes. complacency is their biggest worry. thank you so much for that, jeff. appreciate it. let s talk to our panel with our
run ning on the field and tackling the player are two very different things. lots of news. we re watching. today we re going to have much more of our coverage of hurricane idalia. it s a strong category 1 storm hitting florida at this point. live pictures now from key west. you can see the stroong winds there hitting the southern keys. people are still taking photographs. i would suggest to get away from the coastline. there are a the lot of mandatory evacuation orders. do stay with cnn for our coverage of hurricane idalia the lead with jake tapper starts now. welcome to the lead. i m georjake tapper. we start today with breaking
That s going to be the bets of the democrats moving forward. they are going to highlight that the various conduct of the president in the past, outside of any judicial inkwir rirs going on now, but going forward, that s the bet of democrats. vivek ramaswamy, regard ing the debate, he obviously got the most attention following the debate on wednesday night. the most vocal and biggest supporter of trump. what is he angling for here? is he really does he believe his chances to get the republican nomination is good, or does he want to be vp? he s clearly run ning for president, but the deference he gives to former president trump in debates on stage alongside a number of other candidates all competing to beat trump in a primary does raise eyebrows
Gone bad, the republicans are questioning antilaw enforcement. it s mind bend ing that we are t this point. but we absolutely are. and every republican campaign event, every republican candidate really run ning for office at any level, there s this skepticism built in of the fbi, of the government, of law enforcement because of donald trump. that s what we re talking about. so this is a manifestation of the trump era. i m not sure anything was established in terms of advance ing the ball with the aside from question after question being asked about this. it s almost a republican candidate has to do this. they have to question the fub. but never mind the people actually working in the fbi. there are a couple thesm get headlines for sol of their roles in investigating the former president, but the vast majority of them are hard working americans. many republicans, some democrats, some nonpartisan, and