block, one of five that he had in the game. but bucks would hold on to win 125-121. i c giannis was impressed with wemby afterwards. >> never seen anything like him. he is all of 7-3. but like you haven't seen anything like that. i haven't. maybe you guys have seen it. so sky is the limit. >> yeah, and that was just an epic first meeting between those two. and wemby, 20 years old, giannis still in the prime of his career looking forward to a lot more great match-upses between them over the years. >> amazing. and so much fun to watch. andy scholes, thank you very much. happy friday. have a wonderful weekend. thanks to all of you for joining us. have a wonderful weekend. but don't go anywhere, cnn this

morning oig s hit donald trump harder at cnn town halls, but are their closing arguments enough to close a massive the polling gap? president biden opens his 2024 campaign with a speech from historic valley forge. his message about protect ing democracy ahead of the third anniversary of of the at capitol attack. a second tranche of jeffrey epstein documents are released. "cnn this morning" starts right now. good friday morning.

poppy is off today. we are focused on politics with a very good reason. nikki haley and ron desantis sharpening their attacks in iowa. in back to back town halls, ron desantis andhill hale made the case to voters that trump becoming the presidential nominee would spell defeat for republicans in november. >> the democrats want trump to be the candidate. they are going to talk about all the legal stuff, january 6th, that will be what the election will be about. >> chaos follows him. we can't have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. we won't survive it. >> now today trump is set to return to the campaign trail with two rallies in iowa after a holiday break. cnn's jeff zeleny is in des moines with the highlights froms last night's dualing town halls. and time is of the essence here for both ron desantis and nikki

haley. can can they change the dynamics of this race? >> reporter: good morning. you can just feel the time running short here now before the voting begins in this 2024 presidential campaign for republicans. but one thing was very different last night. for all the millions of dollars spent in negative ads on television, nikki haley and ron desantis both were actually being pretty nice. they appeared separately make ing their own case and that case about electability. >> it is time to move past president trump, and it is time to start focusing on how to strengthen america. >> you don't want it to be a referendum on trump and the past. you want it to be a referendum on biden's juries. >> r. >> reporter: ron desantis and nikki haley sharpening attacks against donald trump. ten days until iowa voters render the first judgments of the republican presidential race. in back to back cnn town halls last night, ron desantis raising questions about trump's eligibility and the uncertainty

of the legal challenges. >> whatever maybe benefit shl in the primary doesn't mean it's benefit shl in the general election. it's a candidate going through all the stuff, that's going to give the democrats an advantage. >> reporter: haley arguing she's the most electable candidate of all. >> americanss don't want another nail biter of an election. that's what we'll get. look at any of the polls. >> reporter: even as she sought to put to rest a controversy following her failing to say that slavery sparked the civil war. >> it's a very talked about thing. bef with a big history in south carolina when it comes to slavery, when when it comes to all the things that happen with the civil war. i was thinking past slavery and talking about the lesson that we would learn going forward. i shontd have done that. i should have said slavery. >>.

>> reporter: in the aftermath of the iowa senior hichool shootin desantis and haley said new laws weren't the answer. >> instead of living in fear, let's do something about it. we have to deal with the cancer that is mental health. we have to. >> reporter: desantis supports a florida proposal to eliminate a three-day waiting period to buy a firearm. a law passed following a 2018 shooting at parkland high school that killed 17 people. >> you shouldn't have to be on a mandatory waiting period. instant checks will do the job. >> reporter: from immigration to the economy to foreign policy, the republican rivals presented their own views rarely criticizing one another to the degree they have opt the campaign trail. >> biden's weakness invited a lot of the problems woo seeing around the world. it's going to be total think different when i'm president. we're going to lay down clear markers. people are going to know, don't mess with the usa. >> reporter: hah lee drew gentle booses at grand view university

in des moines. >> oh, my gosh. >> over a statement she made earlier this week in new hampshire. >> you iowa starts it. you know you correct it. >> reporter: with a smile, she down played that comment. >> new hampshire makes fun of iowa. iowa makes fun of south carolina. st it's what we do. i think the problem in politics now is it's just like too serious and too dramatic. >> they are locked in an increasingly bitter fight to emerge as the leading alternative to trump. their collision course has left trump in a front runner's lane of his own as he heads back to iowa today. he's eyeing more than a victory in the caucuses. he's looking for a decisive one. trump's advisers tell cnn complacency poses a bigger challenge than any of his rivals. >> we have to be sure that we put this thing away. the poll numbers are scary because we're leading by so much. the key is you have to get out

and vote. >> reporter: that's one of the central questions hanging over this race in the final days here. yes, there's been a lot of polls, but there's been no votes yet. that will come on january 15th at 7:00 p.m. when iowans the gather in their precinct location ace cross the state. that's why the campaigns right now are focusing on organization, trying to get their supporters organized and remind them that they do have to vote on that evening. today the candidates are back on the campaign trail. nikki haley has an event in a couple hours. ron desantis as well. and donald trump coming back to the state. she's not been here until before christmas, but his campaign certainly has been. that's one thing that's very interesting. his campaign is warning against complacency, trying to tell his supporters that you actually have to show up here to prove those polls correct. >> no question. ground operations always matter, particularly in a caucus state. thank you. now joining us to discuss more is senior political analyst

john avlon, former strategist lee carter and political commentator erroll lewis. did you see feisty candidates last night? did you see people making the messages? >> i thought it was a different side of both candidates. we saw more folksy version of ron desantis. he used some different language. he brought a jersey. he was a very different candidate. and we were talking earlier. he put some pretty bold plans out there that maybe he hadn't before. it's something worth discussing. nikki haley, i think she could not have done better. i haven't seen her perform better at any other time during this campaign. she's ready to fight, but i'm not sure it's going to be enough to have a big impact on the polls. >> i thought ron desantis did a great job. i thought if he had shown up this way a few months ago, he wouldn't be having some of the problems he's having now. it was a very conservative message, but he was selling it

in a very measured, almost moderate tone. he wasn't saying things like slitting throats or where woke goes to die or that kind of imagery. instead, he was saying i plan to abolish irs. very conservative for sure. i agree. nikki haley did extremely well. she made an argument that i think is really one of her stronger ones, to say even in the polling, i can win a general election. and in the end, that's what this is going to be a about. >> to that point, this is a universal opinion, what you're saying from people i have spoken to about the focus group of who is going to be voting on caugcu night in iowa. we're talking about time is of the essence. the clock is ticking. st there's only ten days left. it's a caucus state. organizations matter. so is there time to make up what in public polling looks like a

massive gap? >> yes, because there's a lot of voters that are undecided. trump has a hard core base, but listen to that message. he hasn't been there since before christmas. but it's important that hissers show up. it's hard to ask people to show up when you haven't showed up. one of the things we saw last night was desantis and haley showing the benefits of that campaigning. not just in iowa, but they have been debating. they are doing the town halls. do you line upside but side to get that comparison, which he's been too cowardly to do, they would have blown him out of the water because he hasn't been showing up. >> they tried to -- we did set see more pointed critique. i want to point out one from ron desantis when hfs asked to talk about the republican election losses of the last couple years. this is something haul hale talked about for awhile, but we heard it with desantis. >> it sounds like you're saying republican voters can't trust donald trump. >> what i'm saying if you have run before, promised things,

didn't deliver and then you're running on the sam things, wouldn't it be reasonable to say, geese, i don't know i can take that to the bank going forward. >> campaigns are about contrasts. last night they drew the contrast real hard. nikki haley taking to donald trump on two issues in particular. not just electability, which is her strongest card, but also whether trump is too cozy with tdictators. he's added $8 trillion to the debt. those are strong arguments that draw clear contrast and it's not that tip toeg around trump. >> i was going to say desantis' problem earlier people were you're trump light. so did we see that guy, or did we see something different? >> i think we saw that guy, but we saw him too late.

it's difficult change your strategy this close to an election. ted cruz changed three different times. it's not effective. we want people who are authentic. there's a lot of questions about who is this ron desantis. is he going to be the one that's fighting mickey mouse or the one fighting for the american people and doing what he says he's going to do. nikki haley made a much better argument because she's consistent with what she's always been. even if it she had to address some issues she's had in the past. >> she's been consistent on being ahead of joe biden in a general election matchup over and over and is over again. part of the reason for that is her ability to at least sound a little more appealing to swing voters maybe. >> she's always been polished. >> there are areas where trump and republican this is general have been struggle ing with suburban women, college educated

voters. she's both of those things she comes a across that way. and she is ready. she certainly has the credentials. she does it with a light touch. she talks about her foreign policy experience. she's checked all the boxes. she's done all the right things. she is painting a a picture of a new republican party, which is something that doesn't get talked about enough. that's one thing that ron desantis doesn't come anywhere near. >> i think we also lose sight of how historic it is to have a wm at this tier of the primary. she grew up as an immigrant family in a small southern town and making a case where her mother said she want want os to unite us and not divide us. it's revolutionary. >> something she got into last night. we have a lot more to get to. stick with us. next wednesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, jake tapper and dana

bash moderate cnn's republican presidential debate. that's going to be live from iowa. also new details on a deadly school shooting in iowa where a sixth grader was killed. what the gunman posted on tiktok right before the shooting. a new trove of epstein documents just released. what they say about a process epstein allegedly used to find and recruit girls.

we are just learning new information about yesterday's deadly shooting at a high school in iowa where a sixth grader was killed and several others wounded including the principal. several news outlets reported the shoot posted a tiktok video from inside the school bathroom posing with a blue bag captioned "now we wait." the shooter was found dead at the school with the is self-inflicted gunshot wound. one survivor telling cnn about the terrible experience. >> we heard four gunshots down the hall from us. our band teacher looked at us and said run. none of us hesitated. we all got up and run. >> we are live in iowa. what more are we learning about this post? >> reporter: this tiktok video and other social media posts

posted around the time around the time of the shooting all part of the investigation. according to authorities, who spoke at a press conference yesterday, this is part of their investigation as they try to figure out what this motive was, why exactly this horrible atrocity happened. the community this morning truly mourning the loss of a sixth grader. five other people were injured. four individuals who were students were injured and one staff member, the principal of the high school. one of those injured are critically wounded, but all of them are expected to survive. this is the first day back from wirnlt break and school had not even started yet. it happened just after 7:30 in the morning students from all grades were gathered for a breaks fast club when the first shots rang out. within 7 minutes officers arrived and found people running from the school. obviously, people terrified and people were sheltering in place that they had to assist and

protect. this community is very small. the entire school district only has about 1,800 students. everyone knows everyone. when cnn was at a vigil, we ran into people who know the victim, who knew the victim the and had some heartbreaking things to say. take a listen. >> a friend of ours, he's like my second kid. his friends heard he was missing and lives in our neighborhood. i went to ask. i heard from the family themselves. he was the sweetest boy. the one you want your kids to be friends with. >> reporter: police say the gunnenman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he was a 17-year-old student here at perry high school. back to you. >> plooez keep us updated this morning. thank you. new details this morning, hundreds of new pages have been unsealed in a lawsuit connected

to pedophile jeffrey epstein. the victim alleges that former clinton pressured them not to run a story on epstein. it shed light on how they are recruited and what happened to them. jean casarez joins us now. there's a lot to go through. what new details have come up? >> they came out last night combing through them and this all stems from a 2015 civil suit brought by a woman against epstein's girlfriend. she wanted her story to come out. she. ed a book. she became very close with a reporter out of britain. and this reporter was encouraging her to go to the vanity fair magazine to have them do an article on it. here is what in a newly undies closed e-mail from 2011, here's what virginia says. she says, considering that b.

clinton walked into vanity fair and threatened them not to write sex trafficking articles about his good friend jeffrey epstein, who she didn't want to do it. we contacted vanity fair's editor from 1992. he said categorically, this did not happen. we also went to bill clinton's representative. he refused to comment on this. once again, reit ritzed it's been nearly 20 years since bill clinton has ever spoken to or acknowledge d jeffrey epstein. now further in all of these pages that were released, there was a lead investigator from a case in the mid-2000s. his name was joseph. a deposition of his was released. he was specifically asked aktd the about the recruiting and he was asked the question, so how many would you say girls were recruited for jeffrey epstein?

his response, i would say, approximately 30. 33. then he was asked, at the end of that massage, if that victim brought other friends, she would get paid for the recruitment of those friends. correct, he answered. and then the attorney asked him, so did you determine that massage was actually a code word for something else. he said when they went to perform his massage, it was for sexual gratification. there was one victim that was recruited between 15 and 17 for massages. unsealed documents she says, massages, okay, i had no idea it was sexual gratification. once i got there, i was looped in and that's what it was all about. >> all these young people involved, thank you for this reporting. a winter storm is headed to the northeast this weekend.

our weather team is tracking it. and a trump attorney suggests some supreme court justices might step up for him in the colorado ballot case. >> i think it should be a slam dunk in the e supreme cocourt. i hahave faith in themem.

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the historic snow drought across the northeast could end this weekend. the storm brewing in the gulf of mexico is heading north ask could bring ice to the appalachian mountains and flooding rains to the south. derek van dam is tracking what to expect. so give us an idea of what's to come. >> yes, a roar or a whimper, that's really it. any way you slice it, this will be an impactful storm for the eastern set sea board. but in terms of snowfall, in terms of what everybody wants to know, this will be a southern interior new england snow thump with potentially 6 to 12 inches. youm notice boston is the only major city within this watch. new york, philadelphia, all the way to baltimore and d.c. area, not included. so this is the storm responsible. it's just about to pick up some moisture from the gulf of

mexico. let's time it out. if you're located in d.c., we'll see that rain/snow mix mid-morning on saturday. and then the precipitation moves into philly and new york city. along the coastline, east of i-95, this will be a mainly rain event. maybe a wet snow for new york city. unto an inch the possible. but it will then transition to mainly rain overnight and a few flurries behind it. all-snow event for boston, certainly towards worcester. it's done by sunday evening. this is very teling. they have a marginal risk ofs andive rain. notice this extends to province, new york is and philadelphia. they are picking up on that hint that this could be a major rainmaker for the coastline. so here's that i-95 corridor. that sharp cutoff point is a matter of miles. new york city, yes, we could end the snow drought, but not likely. you can see the rain in long island to the peninsula. i don't want to be the barer of

bad news and crash anybody's hopes, but this is looking more like a rain event along the immediate coastline with snow the further west you travel inland. >> thank you so much. this morning there are growing concerns that the the war in gaza could expand. secretary of state antony blinken arrives in turkey today. it is the first stop on his eight-nation visit to the middle east trying to prevent a wider conflict. this trip comes just after isis claimed responsibility for a pair of explosions that killed 84 people ask injured hundreds on wednesday. >> tensions rising on the crean peninsula this morning after north korea fired 200 rounds in a maritime buffer zone with south korea. the rounds were fired near two islands where 7,000 people live. south korea says no civilians were harmed, but call it is a provocative act that threatens peace. in response, south korea's

military held its own shooting exercise. residents were ordered to e evacuate during that time. also today president biden takes his campaign to a revolutionary war landmark. how he plans to use january 6th to frame this election as a referendum on democracy. and a mother held hostage by hamas for 50 days opens up about the moment she was can kidnapped. she e describes s the momentnt s finally frfreed, in ththe next .

here is the god's truth about january 6, 2021. close your eyes. go back to that day. what do you see? rioters rampaging, waving for the first time inside this capitol the confederate flag that symbolized the cause to

destroy america. so at this moment, we must decide, what kind of nation are we going to be? >> today president biden will pose that same question to america nearly three years to the day after the capitol insurrection. he's hold his first campaign event near valley forge, pennsylvania. the critical staging area for troops during the revolutionary war. biden will lay out one of the core nants of his campaign, protecting democracy from a second trump term. >> some americans believe january 6th might have been an inside job. a new poll a quarter of respondents say it's definitely or probably true the fbi organized and encouraged the attack. it's not. that's a lie. back with us to discuss is john avlon and erroll lewis. i constantly think through when biden was talking about democracy and the lead up to the midterms. he had two major speeches.

democrats were mad. nobody wants to talk about this. and then you looked at the cross tabs after the midterms, and it mattered in the exit. it mattered in the exits. does it matter now? >> it does matter. it matters now to more people than it did before. the problem, i think, that joe biden has is it matters to republicans in a different way it matters tos democracies. you look at it just some nu numbers. 72% of democrats say democracy is at stake if trump wins. 5 a 5% of republicans say democracy is the at stake if biden wins. when your making the democracy argument, it actually could help the other side. now i'm not sure when joe biden is talking about this, it could galvanize the base, but it could upset people on the other side. republicans look at the threat to democracy that he poses as people saying you must agree with me. my freedom of speech is not being allowed. you're going to judge me. and they feel threaten ed at th

moment. >> those things are not equivalent. the concern about democracy being expressed by president biden, which you're right was dismissed by a lot of pundits who said he should be focused on kitchen table issues. biden made the democracy argument last time is and it resinates. aren't republicans are concerned. you can have is a great debate. but the fact that 25% of folks think that january 6th was an inside job, that's a function of disinformation that's been prop ul gaited by donald trump directly. it's particularly with valley forge. we go through these moments every once in awhile in our history. this is one of them. it's not just biden saying it. it's former trump staffers. >> i think one of the biggest problems i have with all this is that in having these kinds of debates t makes it more divided than more united. i know it's important that you're right. i understand that. >> but i'm all for uniting, but it means a clear contrast.

if there's a danger to democracy, it's important to call that out rather than run wag from that fact. you need to call it what it is. >> for a presidential campaign launch, it's going to do a number of things for the president. it's what he believes. secondly, it does help to unite the country. because we are united around the constitution. and he's going to sort of talk about the rule of law and the constitution and what defending it means. that's what valley forge was about. those are the messages we're going to hear today. it's also while it might inflame some hard core trump supporters to hear that their guy was part of an insurrection, there are a lot of independents out there. and joe biden is going to be talking to them. the polls have shown they broke towards biden when it came to questions of what was january 6th about. and by the way, another thing he gets to do and will do today,

indirect ly remind us this is a guy who is facing criminal charges. he's going to run against a person who is facing criminal charges in multiple jurisdictions. that is something that independents have indicated does not make them like donald trump very much. >> sorry to interrupt, but i think i know where you're going. the actual numbers, what are you seeing in terms of is it because they might vote in a presidential election and turn out then? when are you look at now? >> 14% of republicans blame donald trump. by going after dth, you're going to galvanize these folks to say more energy jetically i'm going to defend him. the ore issue this is really popular. democrats say it's donald trump's fault. you need go to go after him. it's about half of independents. so you're going to split the issue. this is a game of math. he needs to be adding to his

base. when you look at the numbers, this is the argument that can alienate people and make them dig in and say i'm not sure i agree with you. and so i'm just concerned that in this moment, the way that he's going after this is goings to force people to say i'm wrong. it's going to force people to say i have aligned myself with evil. that's something from a psychological perspective is really hard. >> we dependent know if he will use that kind of language yet. >> that's fair. >> can i get to one thing? there was a trump attorney on fox talking about the cases that he's currently facing, particularly those that have taken him off the ballot in colorado and maine. take a listen. >> i think it should be a slam dunk. people like cavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through to place, he will step up. those people will step up. not because they are pro trump,

but because they are pro law. and the lawness is clear. >> the reason i say that, people have different interpretations of very clear things that are happening and often times those are the other side, as in if a democrat said that about the justice department or merrick garland or fill in the blank here, there would be an absolute implosion. that's bonker. >> yes. and the fact that you say the quiet part out loud, she says lawyer. did she say he will step up and side with the president because he appointed him. that goes against every basic idea of law and independence of the court and puts kavanaugh in a box. the good people can disagree about the plolitical implications, but the constitution says what the constitution says. the idea it's a slam dunk.

>> the whole idea of life tenure on the supreme court is to prevent this. and cavanaugh or anybody else in the supreme court is not going to be taking instructions from the trump legal team about how they are supposed to rule on this important case. if we have enough faith in the institution, we shouldn't be overly worried about this. >> that's kind of the problem. >> that's a huge part of the problem. only a percent of americans think government works the way it's supposed to work. you see people to make a call to cavanaugh to do the right thing. that's concerning. >> thank you. appreciate it. today could be the day the supreme court justices could decide on taking up that case on donald trump's ballot eligibility. swrooel more about we'll

have more amount the epstein case. the reporter who worked at vanity fair joins us this our next hour.

this morning the supreme court could make its first move on the case to remove donald trump from the colorado primary ballot. justices are want anded to meet today to discuss pending cases. trump asked them earlier this week to overturn colorado's state supreme court ruling, and in a new filing a group of republican and independent voters in colorado stressed, the urgency and important of this case. >> today is the certificate few indication deadline for candidates to appear on the ballot in colorado. the secretary of state said trump will be on the pal lot

ballot unless the court rules differently. they filed motions to remove trump from their ballots citing the 14th amendment use d to remove trump in colorado and maine. joining us is supreme court analyst. not that new of us can break into the room, but if anybody could, it would be you. what do we expect out of this today? >> good morning to both of you. this is the first time the nine of them are back in their private conference today. it's in a closed room with only the nine. no aids or clerks with them the in the room off the chambers of the chief justice. they will be looking at the pending cases that have issues from the trump cases to plenty of other subjects that are now before them. they now as of last night have all the materials so they can consider these cases from colorado. what they are going to have to look at is a very complicated sets of questions. we might know at the end of the

day if they are going to take these up or they might let them sit for a little while and consider which questions they actually want to address because this is a very weighty matter with several questions pending before them. >> so what are those core questions? who will he face in this dispute? >> so everyone knows that at the center of this is a post civil war amendment to the constitution. the 14th amendment in a section that said an official would be barred from future office during the course of his or her ten euro sworn to uphold the constitution but then engaged in ensur recollection. what these voters have successfully argued in colorado is that donald trump should be off the ballot because of what happened on january 6th. so the core question is did he first of all does this provision apply to a president, a lower

trial court judge had said itten wouldn't apply to a president, but the colorado supreme court reversed that and said it does so you haves questions such as was january 6th an insurrection. did donald trump incite that insurrection. can states enforce this provision? i should remind everyone, but this has not been tested and there's so many other questions that the justices will be deciding what should they address and when shall they address it. >> do we have any -- i'm told the supreme court can act when itments to act. is there time pressure here? >> yes, and this is why i think there is a chance we could see a signal today or early next week because the parties that have come in have said the colorado voters want a decision as early as february 11th because on february 12th colorado mails out its ballots that need to be returned by march 5th super

tuesday. so they feel like the pressure should cause a decision to come as early as february 11th. the colorado republican party that has join ed with donald trump to challenge the ruling by the colorado supreme court says as long as you rule by march 5th, things will be okay. march 5th is super tuesday. colorado and about 15 other states will be holding their primaries that day. so that's the time pressure on this court that normally moves very slowly. >> we'll be following your reporting. thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, more from our town hall with nikki haley and ron desantis. the two candidates sharpening their attacks on donald trump. and oscar pistorius, the double amputee olympian turned killer is out of prison. why he was freed after killing his girlfriend and her family now will respond.

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ask your family. >> that was former sprinter and convicted murder oscar pistorius during his murder trial in south africa almost a decade ago. this morning, he's out of prison. he was granted parole after spending nearly nine years behind bars for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp on vale valentine's day in 2013. the dramatic details grabbed the international spotlight. during testimony he claimed he thought he had shot an intruder. eva mcend is joining us live. let's begin with his parole conditions. >> reporter: good morning. the conditions, we have been waiting for several years for the parole to come up. it was a round about way that eventually the former pair limp yan who was world face for his feats on the track and disgraced

because of his actions on valentine's morning in 2013. and after a very closely watched trial, he was convicted of manslaughter and then that was overturned to murder. the parole convictions are strict. he can't talk to the media. he's unlikely to be seen much in the public eye. he will be on parole until 2029 at least. he will be staying in pretty luxurious circumstances in his uncle's mansion, but won't be able to speak to the media. >> has there been a response from the female? they were such central players during the trial as the world watched. have they said anything? >> reporter: they have. in a statement released a couple hours ago, the mother of oscar pistorius saying this time i'm not convince d that oscar has been rehabilitated.

if does not show remorse, she said she has forgiven oscar, but she doesn't believe his version of the events. he said that he shot the bathroom door in his apartment saying he believed it was an intruder in the place where they were staying. but in fact, she thinks he knew it was reeva steenkamp. either way, this it has been a family tragedy not just a case that is seen worldwide attention. i don't think we'll hear from oscar pistorius, even though he's been released, any time soon. >> david mckenzie, thank you. "cnn this morning" continues right now. >> we need a change agent in washington. donald trump had ab opportunity to do that. he didn't do it. i will. >> he was cold-blooded going a after donald trump. where has this guy been? >> we need a new generational leader. one that is going to leave the negativity behind and start focusing on the real issues.

>> she shows she looks presidential when she talks about serious policy. >> president biden to valley forge will deliver a campaign speech laying out his 2024 reelection argument. >> remind americans of what happened. his mission is to say you think it's chaotic now. what if we go back to this guy. >> tension etcscalating. targeting more ships near american troops. >> u.s.ist is now claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly explosions in iraq. >> time is rung out to get a solution along the border. >> dangerous, unlawful behavior. >> good morning, everyone. it's the top of the hour. i'm phil mattingly. >> poppy harlow is off today. right now the countdown to the iowa caucuses is on. >> and donald trump is get i