good monday morning i'm phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. kasie hunt is live in iowa. iowa republicans are getting ready to choose their nominee for president. we are about to find out how strong donald trump's grip on his party is or if his rivals can pull off a stunning upset. the latest polling shows a continuation of what we've seen, the former president heading into the caucuses with a double digit lead. >> these are set to be the coldest iowa caucuses ever on record with dangerously low temperatures, the high in des moines today, negative 1, windchills up to negative 40 degrees are possible today. that is cold. you can get trust bite in just about ten minutes. we have correspondents on the ground in iowa and political analysts standing by. let's start with kasie hunt.

good very early morning to you. frigid, i know, but a make or break day for these candidates. >> reporter: it is frigid indeed. my location it's negative 15 degrees right now at this very early hour here at the mars caée in des moines. it really does feel like a much different caucus season this time around and there are a couple reasons for that. one has just been that donald trump's lead here has been so dominant the entire time that there really is kind of this sense -- the adrenaline rush, that kind of sense of urgency from the campaign trail is just not quite where it usually is for something like this. i mean, it's easy to understand -- to understand why. obviously ron desantis has really staked everything here and one of the major story lines coming out of tonight is going to be whether or not he actually as the person who came in with thinking that he is the most likely to be the person that could take on donald trump and

potentially beat him in this nomination fight, whether or not he can actually keep his campaign going because there are real questions about whether he can come in with that second-place finish that everyone that i'm talking to here on the ground says he absolutely needs to avoid questions about whether or not he's going to have to end his campaign here in the next week or so. of course, the story line across -- across the entire race really has been nikki haley and her late surge here, that critical des moines register poll done by ann seltzer for every one of these contests put her into second place for the first time here in this state. but the question of course can she actually perform up to expectations. really the question, guys, the cold, it is really, really bad enough that it is going to affect whether or not people get out. i think the question about those numbers, they were asking people last week are you going to come out to caucus, a lot of them, particularly for ron desantis said yes, they were going to. it's a lot different when you

are actually facing this cold to get out. so our cnn's eva mckend has been on the ground in iowa, she's been doing the hard work tracking all the candidates in the final push. eva, what have you seen in the final hours here in iowa? >> reporter: well, nikki haley telling her supporters to wear layers, get out and participate in the caucus tonight. governor desantis for his part he is forecasting a strong performance. former president donald trump, he's telling his backers don't take anything for granted. you know, after months of campaigning, spending millions of dollars in ads, it all comes down really to how iowans they respond to this brutal weather. the 2024 presidential race is heating up as temperatures are dropping into iowa. iowans are battling snow and

below zero temperatures as they head out to caucus in the first voting event to determine the republican nominee for president. >> so brave the weather and go out and save america. >> reporter: iowa's gop chairman predicting a robust voter turnout despite frigid temperatures. the remaining candidates holding their final campaign events in the hawkeye state over the weekend. >> we have the ability here in iowa, you have the ability, to change the trajectory of american politics. >> reporter: and making their final pitches to caucusgoers. >> in this late phase we have seen a tidal wave in the last 48 hours. >> you can be the start of the solution that we have. i promise you our best days are yet to come. >> reporter: former president trump who holds a commanding polling lead heading into the caucus spent the weekend campaigning in iowa. >> you can't sit home.

if you're sick as a dog, you say, darling, i have -- even if you vote and then passed away, it's worth it. >> reporter: during his rally he targeted former south carolina governor nikki haley who is in a distant fight for second place. >> but she's not right to be president. i know it very well. wrong -- the wrong thought process, the wrong policy and honestly she's not tough enough. >> no one ever questions my toughness. he's saying this because now he knows he's in trouble, now he knows this is becoming a two-person race. i know that he knows the truth, it doesn't bother me at all. >> reporter: trump also picked up important endorsements on the eve of the caucus including north dakota governor and former presidential candidate doug burgum and florida senator marco rubio. >> i don't line up a bunch of endorsements. i want to win the people's vote. they're the ones i'm going to be serving. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis also faced criticism from trump. at his final campaign stop in

iowa tried to distinguish himself from the front runner. >> he's running a campaign about putting himself and his issues first. that's what he cares about. you can be the most worthless republican in america, but if you kiss the ring he will say you're wonderful. you deserve a nominee that's going to put you first, not himself first. >> reporter: now, the iowans i speak to they say that they are still planning to caucus tonight, that this tradition is too sacred and the stakes are too high. kasie? >> all right. eva mckend for us in des moines. eva, thank you. poppy? >> kasie, thank you. you will remember donald trump did not win the iowa caucuses in 2016, he finished second to ted cruz. there is a lot to learn from those 2016 results. they can show us where former president trump can expect to do well and where maybe there are

some inroads for haley and desantis. phil is at the magic wall. >> you can certainly look back at the key areas of 2016 and get a sense of what people are looking for tonight. this is the map right now, it is light gray, no the filled in because we haven't started counting votes yet. we are about to. it will happen this evening. as we look towards this evening we've seen all of the polls, seen all of the public appearances, all of the surrogates out talking. what about the votes themselves? let's flashback to 2016, the republican primary. shortly before the primary the last poll had donald trump ahead, ted cruz actually won. why did ted cruz win? when you look at what ted cruz did and what people like ron desantis are trying to do this time around. if you go into the northwest area this is an evangelical territory, where donald trump was unable to make inroads. also down in the southern part of the state, these are rural areas, these are evangelical areas and areas where trump struggled in 2016. there has been a significant amount of focus down here for

desantis but also for trump. can he eat into some of that territory right now? in terms of where trump has major strength, look in this area right here in the eastern part of the state, areas that used to be back in 2012, back in 2008 these were democratic strong holds, counties that barack obama actually won back in 2012. donald trump flipped them, they've been parts of strength for him throughout the course of the last several years. he needs to turn out in major ways there and try to eat away at some of the advantages in the evangelical territories that desantis has been trying to pick up over the course of the last eight to ten months, poppy. >> why haley and desantis can make inroads, where trump showed weakness, weakness that remains from this time around? >> look at where ron desantis has been going over the course of the last seven or eight months, almost entirely -- not entirely but in large part these areas, trying to mimic what ted cruz did. you have to pay attention to what marco rubio did. marco rubio surprised some people, came in third place and you look at the reasons why he

did quite well, these are the suburbs, the areas where he ran up big votes, iowa city, johnson county where the university of iowa s davenport as well, these were areas where nikki haley will have to do something similar. if you want to see where the big population areas are in the state look at the size of the bubbles, the bigger the bubble the more people that are there. the big population centers, marco rubio, marco rubio, marco rubio, marco rubio. they're saying that's great i want to run up vote there but that's also what made third place in 2016. so spread out and go further north and try to pick up votes there as well. big population centers are critical, especially the way population has moved the last couple of years. it won't be enough particularly given trump's strength around the rural parts of the area. can they push out if you're nikki haley. if you are ron desantis can you get the evangelical vote and cut in in the suburbs as well? it will determines what happens

tonight. donald trump, nikki haley, ron desantis all today out with their parkas making their final pitch to iowa voters with dangerous subzero temps on caucus day, which candidate has the best ground game to get out the vote?

i think we've done it right here. we showed up, we answered the questions, we shook the hands and people know who tried to earn it and who didn't and who thinks they're entitled to it. we showed you've got to earn this thing. i'm not a ruler, i'm a servant. i think everybody will know, i think you'll see a strong performance, we'll turn our people out. all right. welcome back, i'm kasie hunt

live in des moines iowa. that was gop presidential candidate ron desantis. he of course as you do was projecting confidence in turnout from his voter base and his campaign's ground strategy here in the hawkeye state. desantis like rival vivek ramaswamy has really staked his entire campaign on succeeding here. he has been across the state heavily trying to sway voters in a state that served of course as the nation's first presidential testing ground for half a century. here with me now is shelby talcott and laura bellen political reporter for "bleeding hard land." thank you for being up in basically the middle of the night in iowa. it's the biggest day on the political calendar here and i'm thrilled to have you both with us. laura, let me start with you. you live here, you know what the cold is or isn't like. it is all anyone can talk about because it is so intense that it is going to potentially change

how this thing turns out. how do you think it's going to change it? >> absolutely. it is really extreme. personally i'm disappointed that the weather didn't cooperate, we have had an unseasonably warm winter. >> i've heard that before i landed here yesterday. >> i have attended caucuses since 1988 and it's typically cold in january in iowa and iowans are strong, but the road conditions might not be that good. it is going to keep turnout way down. i was expecting turnout possibly to set a record for republicans but i don't think there's any chance of that happening with this weather. >> i will say the sources i've talked to have basically said the opposite, it's likely going to be lower than what they anticipate. shelby, you've been on the ground covering this race. what are you looking for as we head into tonight? >> yeah, so i think i'm looking to see in particular how donald trump does in this state. he's obviously projected to win by huge margins. one of the arguments i've had a erred from the opposing

campaigns is if he does not win by those large margins then that should be a red flag. at the same time his campaign has sort of made sure to temper expectations here in iowa when i've talked to their aides on the ground they've said, well no one has won the state by more than, i think, 12.8 points, so anything above that will be considered a victory for team trump. >> that's expectation setting, right? >> of course. but of course i'm also look to go see how ron desantis does and whether the ground game that he has developed here in iowa will actually end up helping him more than we think based on the polls. >> laura, let me ask you about that because ron desantis has really run a traditional iowa caucus campaign. he's got the endorsement from the family leaders, bob vander p plats. he's got the governor which is pretty unusual. do you think that that especially considering the weather is actually going to stand up under the

circumstances. >>? i'm skeptical. i don't think endorsements are as important for the caucuses as candidates make them out to be and the ground game -- the desantis gain they have aid ssh or the never back down super pac which is basically running the desantis campaign, they collected 30,000 commitment cards, then i heard 60,000. when were those cards collect snd when you get a commitment from someone four months, six months from the caucus that is much less valuable than if somebody told you a week or two ago they are going to be there. i am skeptical that the weather is going to be very difficult for people to be out and i think psychologically i expect trump to blow the doors off because i think that if you're trying to get motivated to leave your house and when you said minus 15 that's not the windchill, that is the actual temperature. >> actual temperature. i know. >> it's more exciting to go to an event when you think you're going to be on the winning treatment. if you think your guy is scrapping and trying to get second place i don't think that's as motivating for people. >> so just like let me follow up on that.

how have you seen -- like when you talk to trump supporters here in iowa, how does their support for him come across in a way that's different than the other candidates? you used the word fanatical before when we were talking. >> he has a lot of people supporting him who have never attended a caucus before. it's difficult to turn people from a nonvote tore a voter, that's more difficult than persuading somebody who regularly votes. trump's campaign and all of his rallies they ask for a show of hands how many people have never been to a caucus and it's a huge number. i think that the ground game that he has built is even bigger than the desantis one. so i just feel that his supporters will be there for him. they feel so strongly that he is the only person and they say things like he can prevent world war iii. i mean, that is -- they view it as extremely important. i wanted to say one thing about nikki haley, she seems to be building a marco rubio coalition from 2016 so urban counties, suburban areas, college towns. marco rubio finished a pretty close third, only about one

percentage point behind donald trump in 2016. also nikki haley has support from independents. we don't know how many independents will participate in the republican caucus, but the roads are in a lot better shape in urban and suburban areas than out in the country. >> it's a good point. those are people that also have big suvs because they tend to be a little bit more affluent. shelby, speaking of nikki haley, this is what donald trump had to say about nikki haley in the final hours of campaigning yesterday. take a look. >> she's not right to be president. i know it very well. wrong -- the wrong thought process, the wrong policy and honestly she's not tough enough. she's not tough enough. we're dealing with people that are on their game at a level that you have never seen. president xi of china, putin. >> he's saying this because now he knows he is in trouble. now he knows this is becoming a two-person race. i know that he knows the truth, it doesn't bother me at all. >> so, shelby, there's always some truth to the fact if someone is attacking you it's because they're vaguely threatened by you.

what do you make of how trump framed that? >> i think if you talk to trump's campaign of course they're expressing confidence here, expressing confidence in new hampshire. i think trump's campaign is less nervous about this state when it comes to nikki haley, but i do think that they are keeping an eye on new hampshire. we've seen him ramp up his political events there. he has several already in the books after iowa. his campaign is actually buying ads on left-leaning networks in an effort to dissuade independent voters from turning out for her in the state. >> that's fascinating. >> it's been interesting to see him ramp up his rhetoric. at the same time we've also seen him continue to attack ron desantis. i think that's less about being intimidated by ron desantis at this point and more about the fact that he has just this dislike for the florida governor that is a little bit different than his feelings towards nikki haley. >> it's absolutely palpable.

for sure. shelby and lauren, thank you both for being with us today. all right. back to you, phil. >> thanks, kasie. it is caucus day in iowa where the stakes are quite high and the temperatures are low. the forecast for bone chilling cold and strong winds voters will have to brave to cast their ballot that's ahead. >> also live pictures, take a look, at this iceland, evacuations under way due to slow-moving lava from that volcano. it's a new crack in that nearby volcano around 60 homes have fled the area so far. back in a moment.

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tried to save his students during that mass shooting at perry high school earlier this month has died from his injuries. dan marburger has shot multiple times while talking to the shooter, trying to distract him, trying to save the lives of the kids there. the shooter at the school right near des moines, iowa, killed six -- killed a 6-year-old student and wounded six others. a fourth murder charge is expected to be filed against the suspected gilgo beach serial killer. sources killing cnn rex heuerman is expected in court on tuesday. he is already facing murder charges in the killing of three women whose bodies were discovered in 2010 along of gilgo beach. he has pleaded not guilty. authorities have previously said he is also the prime suspect in the killing of maureen brainard-barnes, her remains were found near the same location as the other women. also new this morning, police in philadelphia are

trying to catch whoever defaced a holocaust memorial with a swastika. here is a surveillance image released by the philadelphia holocaust remembrance foundation. the executive director told cnn the memorial was defaced early sunday morning about 1:30 a.m. philadelphia police said officers responded just after 2:00 in the afternoon to a report of a swastika spray painted on the wall and immediately launched and investigation. anyone with information is urged to contact the philadelphia police department. this morning brutal record-breaking frigid tours hitting the midwest as iowa voters begin to caucus where life-threatening windchills up to minus 40 are expected. the des moines area experiencing its snow west week since 1942, the arctic blast and lake-effect snow also impacting the northeast. snow in the south as well stretching from texas to virginia. more than 60 million people are under winter weather alerts today. meteorologist allison chinchar has been tracking all of it. today's caucuses set to be the coldest in iowa history, the

day's high just 2 degrees fahrenheit? >> yeah, it's by a long shot. that record was not even close when you compare to previous caucuses. but iowa is not alone, take a look at how many people are under these windchill alerts, they stretch from the north dakota, canada border all the way down to south texas right up against the mexico border. you have a lot of folks dealing with extremely cold temperatures and it's going to last through the day today and for some even for a few more days. right now in biz mark it feels like it is 39 degrees below normal when you factor in that windchill. minneapolis the temperature is 8 below, the feels like is 23 below, but des moines you are talking the feels like temperature in the moment is 31 degrees below zero. again, tonight in des moines it's not much better, the feels like temperature will be 32 degrees below zero when folks are heading out for the caucuses. it's around the state, waterloo, cedar rapids, davenport looking at feels like temperatures at least 20 to 30 degrees below

zero. one thing to note just to talk about how actually cold des moines is, look at this comparison, the high temperature today in des moines compared to the high temperature in fairbanks, alaska, yes, it's going to be colder today in des moines than it will be in fairbanks, alaska. we've also got that cold air in place across the south. that means as this moisture moves in it's going to come in the form of snow and ice across southern states that don't usually see weather like this. you've got winter storm warnings for some of these places that could end up picking up 3 to 6 inches of snow, that includes areas of arkansas and tennessee. ice is going to be the concern for areas of northern louisiana, but this system shifts off into the northeast. this could possibly end, new york and d.c.'s snowless streaks in a couple of days. >> allison chinchar, thank you. donald trump attacking nikki haley in the final hours before the iowa caucuses saying she's not tough enough to be president. our dana bash asked nikki haley what she thought of that. hear her response next.

welcome back. you are looking at live pictures of des moines, iowa. the current temperature is a cool negative 12 degrees, i'm going to go with frigid. iowa is gearing up for its coldest caucuses ever today. let me tell you, i thought it was cold the last three or four times i did this, it doesn't have anything on what's going on here today. look, i think the big story line here as we head into the day is that team trump has really not let up, even here to the very end. we know that these frigid cold temperatures are really going to make it hard to convince people

to come out into this weather, it's going to make it physically difficult. gravel roads in rural iowa are not plowed, the temperatures are frankly dangerous, especially if you are an elderly person, for example. it may be more dangerous. and those are some of the people that have said -- have told pollsters that they would support donald trump, but as i've talked to sources here on the ground, they have told me that trump supporters have been calling their precinct captains, calling people that they know are going to show up and asking who has got a four-wheel drive vehicle to get them to the polls? i think it's really emblematic of what they learned from their loss here in iowa in 2016 and it also shows you the effort that -- the whole trump team has camped out at the hotel for des moines down the road, including the former president himself who honestly hates spend ago day away from his own bed, his own

home. so i think it's telling that he is here, especially in this cold weather. of course, the question -- the thing that predicts best whether or not you are going to caucus, so especially in a reality like this, is if you have done it before. and that actually does give an edge to ron desantis and his more traditional iowa campaign. those people are used to showing up. donald trump supporters are people that many of them are -- say they're going to be first-time caucusgoers for him. on the one hand you have enthusiasm but on the other hand they're trying to convince them to do something new and that's never so easy in politics, poppy, phil? >> especially when it's negative 50 degrees outside, kasie hunt, we will get back to you shortly. joining us now our cnn political commentators, alice stewart, jeff duncan. alice, i want to start with you, kasie makes great points. if you -- new caucusgoers are a little bit of a roll of a dice,

particularly with weather like this. my bigger question is traditional -- when kasie talks about traditional particularly evangelical voters, i'm not sure they are a monolith anymore. there's been fractures in terms of that voting block and what does that portend for the day ahead? >> when you look at that evangelical block, trump right now according to the des moines register poll that came out sunday trump was 51% of that group, desantis down around 22. that's significant for donald trump because they are going to turn out. but meanwhile desantis had the backing of bob vander plaats who has worked on every campaign i've been on, it turn out the evangelical group. we're seeing a split in that. i think the evangelical number is one to look at but the enthusiasm. what we saw with the des moines register poll, 88% are very enthusiastic for donald trump. desantis and haley pale in comparison. when you're having these siberian temperatures out there you need people to be more than excited and motivated to do so.

donald trump is trump, he says things we talk about that make no sense and you think that's t that's the last straw of his campaign but he does have a very good campaign team, susie wiles, onbray bender they know what to do. bray bender was with us before with santorum they know how to win iowa. they're doing the door knocking, getting out the vote, phone calls and now organizing cars. that hat that trump wears, the trump caucus captain, those are one of the motivators. if you organize a group to go to caucus you get one of those coveted white limited edition hats. they're doing traditional things that will help them do well not because of donald trump, but in spite of him because they're doing the traditional campaigning that is necessary for iowa. >> jeff, this des moines register poll is so interesting in so many ways but particularly on enthusiasm and the enthusiasm gap for nikki haley. only 39% of her supporters are excited but when you go into the extremely enthusiastic camp it's

only 9% for nikki haley, 49% for trump, 23% for desantis for extremely enthusiastic. that has, an seltzer famous for this polling, saying she's on very -- nikki haley is on very shaky ground. so haley is happy to be in second, in the margin of error, will you shaky ground. >> i guess i missed the memo the more indictments you get the more popular you are as a candidate. it's opposite day again and again and again. nicki has run a strong campaign, she's peaking at the right time, getting the right message out, her background is succinct to the current environment with all of the international issues going on. but we still see this stranglehold of donald trump. you talk about evangelicals, i still am i a mazed they have stuck with him as long as they have. the math doesn't make sense. as far as the evangelicals and what their background is and this whole book about jesus really doesn't fit really well with donald trump's autobiography that he continues to write. >> good thing we have two

evangelical pastors joining us later in the show from iowa to talk about that. >> another thing, maybe because i'm a sports addict but we have to distract the voter today, it's 30 below and there are a couple good football games on, too. >> i have been thinking about that this weekend. >> don't remind wolf blitzer, his bills are playing in the middle of his episode time. >> the type of campaign that nikki haley has run, peaking at the time that you would want to peak, was not majorly involved in iowa until over e. over the course of the last couple of months. trump has started to take lots of shots at her which she was asked about by our dana bash yesterday. take a listen. >> i don't care as much about elected officials endorsing as much as i care about the voters' endorsements. i want to win the people's vote. >> they were talking specifically about the number of endorsements, both desantis and trump rolled out. trump rolling out doug burgum and marco rubio as well. what does she need to do?

what does nikki haley need to do in iowa? >> when we hit new hampshire she's real happy for that endorsement of the governor. different tone in about a week. she needs to do a couple of things, she's going to need to come in a very strong second and i think we need to be looking at how she does it. trump continues to be weak with white suburban women. does she pull those voters out? she's probably not going to get the evangelical vote which is not just core in iowa but core to any republican victory in the presidential race. so sort of where she -- also a lot of her support we saw in that poll, democrats and independents. are democrats and independents going to come out at minus 40 to change their registration and vote? i think for her if she has a strong second that can kind of slingshot her into new hampshire where she's doing quite well. obviously donald trump very far ahead, but she's actually -- she's leapfrogged ahead of the others and then that gives her

an argument for donors to continue to support her to see if she can actually be the alternative to trump. one other thing about her campaign, we are talking about enthusiasm, there is a big difference, she's been using paid canvassers, the others have been using volunteers. that makes a big difference. >> why? >> when somebody comes to your door and they say, look, let me tell you why i'm for donald trump, let me tell you why i'm for ron desantis versus somebody who is getting paid, it's not to say they are not going to give you the pitch but it's not the same when it's coming from the heart. if you listen to what the trump voters have been saying, they believe this is a fight for good and evil and that they have to be there to bring donald trump over the finish line and the trump team is looking for a big win tonight. >> did haley picking up a couple points and moving into second in iowa in the des moines register poll actually make it more challenging for her tonight in terms of the optics meaning now

her expectations are higher, whereas for desantis this is make or break, he says he likes to be the underdog. >> with iowa you have to underpromise and overdeliver and you have to beat the expectation game. to your point, her numbers did rise in this register poll and desantis has gone down. that does give the optics that, hey, she's got the wind at her sails, she should be doing better. i think everyone would be wise to lower the expectations. she does have the benefit now of a huge afp endorsement, americans for prosperity, they have put millions of dollars into their campaign, she has $8 million of paid ads on the airwaves in iowa. every time you turn on the television in iowa it's ad after ad, a lot of them are her. those are helpful. we can sit here and talk about the candidates all day long, she has a lot of money to put ads on the airwaves there and certainly desantis and trump are doing it as well, but her goal is to, as karen said, get into new

hampshire where she has her more moderate message is more appealing to the people of new hampshire and i think she cannot only bridge the gap with trump but potentially overcome him in new hampshire because the numbers look good for her. >> alice, jeff, karen, thanks, guys. still to come, how the iowa caucuses have secured their place in american history and served as a make or break moment for presidential hopefuls. that's ahead. ."

well, it's fair to say there is a lot at stake in the iowa caucuses later tonight. if there's one thing we've learned from history the state's presidential campaign trail has brought us memorable moments from laugh out loud to some of the absolute most cringe worthy in a contest that can make or break a presidential contender. randi kaye takes a look back at some unforgettable moments. >> all right. >> reporter: when vermont governor howard dean came in

third place in the iowa caucuses 20 years ago, this was his response. >> and then we're going to washington, d.c. to take back the white house. >> reporter: that scream and dean's loss of momentum perhaps because of it put the brakes on his bid for the nomination. then there was this wild laugh from florida governor ron desantis, which went viral last fall. iowa has a long history of memorable moments when it comes to presidential hopefuls. at the iowa state fair candidates devour just about anything on a stick, pork chops are always a winner. >> enjoy. >> ready? >> reporter: where else but iowa can candidates ride bumper cars? desantis did with his daughter madison while nikki haley opted for skee-ball. vivek ramaswamy wrapped up a fair-side chat with iowa's governor by launching into the iconic rap song by eminem called "lose yourself." >> snap back to reality. >> reporter: former president donald trump didn't rap, instead

he danced at an iowa rally, despite his wife's request he stop doing that. >> she said, darling, i love you -- i love you, but this is not presidential. you don't dance. ♪ ♪ there have been other only in iowa moments like this one from 2015 when marco rubio tried to have a friendly game of football with kids, but instead bonked one little boy on the head. if iowa teaches candidates anything, it's that voters are listening and what they say can get them into trouble. like when mitt romney told caucusgoers in 2011 that corporations are people, too. >> we can raise taxes on people -- >> corporations. >> corporations. >> big time rich corporations. >> we can raise taxes -- of course they are. everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people. where do you think it goes? >> it goes in their pockets. >> people's pockets. >> reporter: and in 2020 pete buttigieg found himself pleading

with a silent crowd for applause. >> so can i look to you to spread that sense of hope to those that you know? come on. >> reporter: in 2007 former president barack obama also had a line that fell flat with caucusgoers, on an iowa farm he noted rising supermarket prices asking the crowd, anybody gone into whole foods lately and seen what they charge for arugula? i mean, they're charging a lot of money for this stuff. the state of iowa didn't have a whole foods at the time. obama quickly moved on to another topic, though he did go on to win the state. randi kaye, cnn. >> love that piece. thank you for that. despair in dallas, the cowboys gut punched by the packers in their own house. the nfl playoffs in full swing next.

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green bay packers becoming the first seven seed in nfl history to win a playoff game, they did it at the expense of the cowboys, blowing out dallas on their home field. speaking of home fields, the buffalo bills are currently still looking for people to shovel snow this morning at highmark stadium ahead of the team's playoff game against the pittsburgh steelers. >> coy wire knows a thing or two with snow and buffalo, which is why he's currently indoors in atlanta. coy, let's start with the game yesterday. i think you can just yell out how bout them cowboys and see how many people start crying around you. >> or rejoicirejoicing, all the

who maybe don't care for the cowboys are happy today. cowboys came in with 16 straight wins at home looking for their first super bowl title in nearly three decades, but dallas and dak prescott got designated from green bay. the youngest team to make the playoffs since 1974, average age is 25. aaron jones scored three rushing touchdowns, tying a team playoff record. the packers were up 27-0 before dallas knew what hit him. jordan love throwing three touchdown passes, a near perfect passer rating. that green bay defense wrecked the league's number one offense, intercepting prescott twice. everything is bigger in texas they say, apparently they're beat down by the packers, 48-32 packers now travel to california to play the 49ers next weekend in the next round. in the other matchup yesterday, the late game between the lions and the rams. a motor city moment decades in the making, right? detroit getting their first playoff win since 1991, phil and

poppy were 9 years old. jared goff the former number one overall pick quarterback by the rams beating his former team. i started hearing his name being chanted as he went off the field, here he is in the locker room after that 24-23 win, he admitted he didn't want this win just for himself but he wanted it so badly for the entire team and entire city of detroit. the final games of the wild card round, winner of eagles bucs goes to detroit next weekend. the game i can't wait to see is that one on top, 17 inches of snow? orchard park over the weekend but new york governor kathy hochul says that yesterday those bills and steelers will play today after yesterday's postponement and here was their field over the weekend. i mean, it looks like lake erie, snow effect snow -- snow effect -- lake-effect snow. check out the bills offensive lineman alec anderson if if we could show that really quickly, helping t