hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m max foster live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom brave the weather and go out and save america. that s what you re doing. this is really about saving our country. don t complain about what happens in a general election if you don t play in this caucus. i would rather be an underdog. brutally cold air over iowa. temperatures are going to be down 10 to 20 degrees below zero. whether they feel mote voited on a night it s going to be below zero remains to be seen. live from london, this is cnn newsroom. it is monday, january 15th, 3:00 a.m. in iowa where voters are just hours away from officially kicking off the 2024 race for the white house. the state is home to the first in the nation presidential caucuses. iowa republicans will have to brave some brutal weather to make their voices heard with snow cf falling across the stat. the state s republican chair is predicting a ro
who bribed hunter biden to be here today. that s my first question. i think that hunter biden should be arrested right here, right now and go straight to jail. the witness being afraid to come in front of the committee, it s interesting. he s here. doesn t seem to be too afraid. the rule is those are your words. he was issued two lawful subpoenas, the chair recognize miss green from georgia. thank you, mr. chairman. excuse me, hunter, apparently you are afraid of my words. sandra: whoa is right. fireworks on capitol hill after the president s son crashed that house oversight contempt hearing just a short time ago, taking a seat before leaving just minutes later. house republicans ripping his surprise appearance as nothing but a stunt, and what was a chaotic scene for sure. any moment now the white house is expected to face a series of questions, and we do anticipate the hearing and hunter biden will be front and center. sandra smith in new york. what a day so
To squash the competition. Its just going to be a coronation from there. Is it a problem that in terms of turnout, particularly when you have that terrible weather, people assume hes going to win. Maybe he wont get the turnout he wants and maybe Nikki Haley will do better. I do think the weather could be a factor. I think pure analysis shown really hit the nail on the head. Its difficult to predict who social its like ly to help or hurt. That is a part of trumps base. But at the same time, trumps voters are more enthusiastic. They are likely to break the snow, its the true believers. You can say one thing about the maga base. There are a lot of true believers. But i think Donald Trump is concerned that his lead has been so great and been presenting himself so much as this inevitable candidate. A lot of voters might say its a done deal
In terms of the composition of iowa, the political sympathies, what can we extrapolate and apply nationally as we look ahead to Election Year this year. One of the things about the primaries, iowa is much more rural, much more christian. Its much more smaller towns as a whole. In some ways, it is difficult the to extrapolate 37 the same goes for new hampshire, where theres a history of much more independent streak. These early primary, they dont matter as much because they are a Bell Weather on how much voters are going to support one or the ore candidate, but they matter because of momentum. Momentum is everything. If trump is able to get out to a strong lead, i think hes going
Cnn newsroom. it is monday, january 15th, 3:00 a.m. in iowa where voters are just hours away from officially kicking off the 2024 race for the white house. the state is home to the first in the nation presidential caucuses. iowa republicans will have to brave some brutal weather to make their voices heard with snow cf falling across the stat. the state s republican chair is predicting a robust turnout despite the cold. the latest polling shows donald trump with a very comfortable lead. and all the hopefuls spent sunday crisscross ing the state looking to drum up last-minute support from undecided voters. teams have been following the top candidates in iowa and c kristen holmes was with donald