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
Story. The second story theyre going to tell is does Ron Desantis have a chance of pulling any kind of a surprise here tonight . Those counties, those heavily evangelical counties, hes gone after the evangelical vote hard. Hes gotten endorsement from the sort of leader of the evangelical movement, political movement in iowa. He has got to be making inroads in those conditions if hes going to make any kind of a surprise tonight. The other kind of county, jose, were looking at tonight is different. Its more suburban, urban, higher income, a big concentration of college degrees. That profile im describing, that also was a rough one for Donald Trump in 2015. Story county, this is where ames is, iowa state university, the cyclones. This was also one of Donald Trumps worst counties in 2016. Look, 15 here. But look who won it in 2016, it was marco rubio. Marco rubio was attracting those voters i was just describing there, higher income college
Iowa State on Monday announced a two-year extension for head coach T.J. Otzelberger, who has led the Cyclones to consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in his
Jacob Groves scored a game-high 16 points while swishing four 3-pointers and Grant Sherfield added 10 points as visiting Oklahoma defeated slumping No. 23 Iowa