good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. devastatingly cold weather is making these caucuses even more unpredictable in a state known for surprises. we have the latest on former president trump s bid to run away with a win tonight and the fight facing the other candidates to have a strofrng enough showing to stay in the race. we ve got the latest straight ahead. plus, congress on the clock again. with just four days to go before a government shutdown, leaders of both parties float a plan to keep the lights on, but there s a catch. conservatives hate it. so will that sink it? iranian-backed rebels refusing to back down despite dozens of u.s. air strikes against their home base. another u.s.-owned ship attacked just a few hours ago in the red sea. this time they actually hit it. so how is the u.s. going to respond? a lot to get to on this very busy day. we start in iowa where the first votes in what will almost certainly be one of the wildest
And Marco Rubio did well, nearly beat trump for second place. Anything red here on this map, one of the big counties for trump in western ooi wah, pottawattamie. Also in woodbury where Sioux City is. The question in these cities, how much has he improved . Thats the easy one were looking for. The interesting won, two interesting ones here. Look at the maroon on this map, the maroon are the counties that Ted Cruz won. Not all, but most of these counties that Ted Cruz won were counties that also voted for Rick Santorum in 2012 who won the caucuses, and Mick Huckabee in 2008 who won the caucuses. Cruz tapped into what they tapped into, winning the Iowa Caucuses In Modern Times has meant winning the evangelical vote. Twothirds of all votes cast in the republican caucuses were from evangelical voters. Its why cruz was able to beat trump. He won the evangelical vote. Here is the northwest dramatic
And marco rubio did well, nearly beat trump for second place. anything red here on this map, one of the big counties for trump in western ooi wah, pottawattamie. also in woodbury where sioux city is. the question in these cities, how much has he improved? that s the easy one we re looking for. the interesting won, two interesting ones here. look at the maroon on this map, the maroon are the counties that ted cruz won. not all, but most of these counties that ted cruz won were counties that also voted for rick santorum in 2012 who won the caucuses, and mick huckabee in 2008 who won the caucuses. cruz tapped into what they tapped into, winning the iowa caucuses in modern times has meant winning the evangelical vote. two-thirds of all votes cast in the republican caucuses were from evangelical voters. it s why cruz was able to beat trump. he won the evangelical vote. here is the northwest dramatic