the new cross-country storm already bringing blizzard conditions to the northwest while thousands of miles away in the northeast, evacuations ordered after a dam burst in connecticut. people piling into boats to escape. al roker is tracking the new threat. also tonight, the shake-up in the 2024 gop primary race. chris christie dropping out. what he was heard saying on a hot mic about rival nikki haley as she debates ron desantis tonight in iowa for the final time before the caucuses without front-runner donald trump. hunter biden making a surprise appearance on capitol hill at a hearing on holding him in contempt for defying a republican subpoena. boeing s ceo admitting the company made a mistake after a door plug blew off a plane. the cnbc exclusive. why was it allowed to fly in the first place? how he answered. nbc news investigates toxic lead from battery recycling plants released into communities. what are state officials doing about it? and musicians versus mac
test for republican candidates to begin a march toward the gop nomination for the white house. you re in the faulkner focus. the action starts at 7:00 p.m. central. 8:00 p.m. eastern. iowans will gather in community centers, churches and school auditoriums. 1600 locations across the state. top republican candidates with event after event today crisscrossing the state in the lead-up to tonight and some have been to all 99 counties, vivek ramaswamy went twice 99 times two. going by recent polling former president donald trump could come away with a record breaking victory. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley is hoping all the recent attention plays out for her today. florida governor ron desantis is in a battle with her for second place now. it s not over, of course. there is that line about the fat lady singing. it is not over until it s over. the candidates with last-minute jabs over the weekend. we re already moving up in the polls. everybody else is moving down. we see t
speeches in each precinct before the caucus goers vote for their candidate of choice. in a secret ballot. no early voting. no absentee voting. no veil in voting in this instance. the process can take a little while, but this, year could be the coldest iowa caucus ever. current forecast for monday night include record sub-zero temperatures, which, of course, could affect turnout. at this point, a force of nature might be the only thing that could prevent donald trump from winning the state. the latest poll of iowa conducted by suffolk university earlier this month shows the former president leading the pack with 54% of likely republican caucus goers saying they plan to support him. his closest rival, nikki haley, is 34 points behind. a 20%. if these numbers hold, trump has the opportunity to smash the record for the largest margin of victory in iowa gop history for a non incumbents. that s a record currently held by bob dole, who won the 1988 caucuses by 13 points. over pat ro
the republican party, former president trump took a break from courtum appearances to tak questions in a fox news town hall. in this n town hall he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points, and essentially a rally with questions. let s be very clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie suspended his campaign refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world a re-election losing 91 felony counts facic, twice impeached front-runner who didn t show up to debate at anything would be a prime candidate prime target for any candidate hoping to take the lead, right? that s in normal times. but desantis and haley declined to focus on the elephant not in the room. instead they saved their most ruthless barbs for each other. we need to stand up for the people and not bow down to woke corporati
we are going to crush crooked joe biden. martha: tonight former president trump will address the issues. securing the border. getting rid of woke ideology. they are not after me, they are after you. no confusion. let let leading rivals unleash attacks. he is running on a lot of things he promised in 2016. chaos follows him. we can t be a country in disarray. path to crowning republican nominee starts here. i am going to be there. we are first in the nation because of me. we are america first again. [music] [ cheers and applaucheers welcome to des moines iowa, the last of three special town halls this week, days before the first in the nation iowa caucuses. i m bret baier and we are here in des moines. as we look outside it s cold it s brisk it s snowy but we are warm inside with a lot of questions from iowans. i m martha maccallum. we are with iowa voters some decided some undecided. some have been here more than one night. they look forward to questioni