officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil
chairman of the democratic national committee jaime harrison. joining me now, former iowa democratic gubernatorial candidate thank you for joining us tonight, to talk about your home state. what are you hearing from iowans, with the republican caucus just 24 hours away? it s good to be back, reverend al. you know, i m hearing a great deal about concern related to the republican party. it is very very clear that the republican party at this point in time is not in a position to win a presidential election. notice suspect to be all who are doing the hard work to make that happen. but, we just see too much discourse. i mean just last, week at drake university, they couldn t even get all three of their on the same stage. and you know, these folks are running to be the president of the united states of america, but they couldn t unite on the stage of discourse. and went two of the candidates did convene, all i did was point fingers, and who is the
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caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscilla thompson in sioux city. priscilla, please start with the weather, any concern that it will affect the voting tomorrow? yeah reverend al, there is certainly concern that this could dampen turnout, especially among the campaigns. it is why you have seen the candidates out on the trail over the past several, days urging their supporters to get out and caucus, to brave that wetter. and let me tell you what type of weather we are talking about here. we are talking about sub zero
passionate, and definitely very passionate about him. so, they are willing to go through the conditions to see him, and to and as you know, caucuses are all about enthusiasm and turnout. and so certainly, this weather could be a critical factors for some of these candidates and campaigns. al? now earlier today on meet the press, iowa senator joni ernst, a republican, declined to endorse a candidate. remember, we are a day before the iowa caucuses. but she did say that she would not rule out backing former president donald trump, if he winds in the state. what are you hearing from voters on this development? yeah reverend al. and i will also note that after that interview with kristen welker, senator joni ernst was out on the campaign trail, alongside nikki haley. she heaped a lot of praise on