so, when i see somebody bowing out, i know the agony and the shear just sense of hurt that goes into that. and i look that there will be that happening tonight. and i feel for those people who have to make that decision. >> todd: that's a real interesting perspective. that's a great question. we focus on these individuals much like we focus on the athletes like they are not real people. these are real people with real families and have to make these decisions not just the vacuum we put them in but contest of friends and family. again, let me offer congratulations to 2008 as well and not congrats laptions on the cowboys. "fox & friends" begins right now. >> carley: have a great day, everybody. ♪ steve 6:00 in the east. 5:00 central in des moines iowa where i am it is monday, januar.

today is the day we have all within waiting for, finally the iowa caucuses, 14 hours from right now. republican hopefuls and caucus goers will have to brave the coldest weather in decades right here in iowa. >> brave the weather and go out and save america. that's what you are doing. >> join with me and caucus. i promise you our best days are yet to come. >> we will not stop until we get this job con. >> you go out and caucus for me i will be fighting four for the next 8 years as president of the united states. >> brian: plus, today marks two weeks since lloyd austin has been in the hospital. john kirby says he may need additional care? who is running the pentagon? >> and beauty, brains, and bravery. the first active duty officer in the air force is crowned miss america. lawrence? >> "fox & friends" starts right

now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. ♪ ♪ >> how long have we been talking about this the iowa caucuses as you look live at downtown des moines, iowa. good morning, america. this is it on this monday, january 15th it all comes down to iowa. where it all comes down to the weather as well. i am live in des moines at the river center not too far from the confluence of the des moines river and the raccoon river right here in des moines where it's all going to get started. i'm going to be at the caucuses in 14 hours, lawrence. >> lawrence: i'm here at lucky's in cedar rapids. the folks are come in. they are getting through the weather. but they want their voices to be heard. >> we will be talking with folks

all morning if you are in the local area and want the candidates to still earn your voted and want to let them know how you feel about the issues of today. come out to lucky's. we would love to have you. >> how cold is it there, guys. did you all bring boots and nice warm coats and gloves? >> steve: you have no idea. lawrence, i will start. it's pretty warm here at the river center. i'm wearing a vest. i'm wearing a wool sweater. i have got a shirt. i have got some lining under that as well. my wife bought me some boots. i don't know if you can see them. according to ll beaten i think they are good to 50 degrees below zero and today we need them because right now the current air temperature outside is 16 degrees below zero. that's not the wind capitol win. the wind chill is 35 degrees below zero. that is ultimately -- this will be the coldest iowa caucuses in history. it all comes down to are people willing to essentially, in some cases, put their life at risk,

you know, if they have got to drive 20 miles to a caucus location is it worth it to them with their personal safety to go out tonight in the middle of the dark whether it's going to be 7 degrees below zero to caucus for their favorite candidate? >> brian: 1700 caucus sites. 150,000 people. i can't believe it's going to come down to just that, 150,000 people is considered a very good turnout. so, i mean, to think about the impact of the 150,000, i mean, if trump get over 50. it's historic. if ron desantis finishes third he might be done. so governor haley if she can maybe drum some people up that haven't been voting in the past, that might be good or doing enough. she is going to new hampshire. and vivek ramaswamy says expect surprises. >> ainsley: lawrence, many there are worried about enthusiasm because it's going to be so cold. the national weather service says the wind chills could cause frost bite on exposed skin in as

little as 10 minutes. what are you hearing on the ground. i don't know if you have heard the people in the diner. are they enthusiastic? are they going to go snout. >> lawrence: such great question, ainsley. and just to demonstrate it for you later on in the show, we put a shirt outside. and it was frozen within about 10 minutes. that just shows you exactly what the people are experiencing. >> brian: did you wet it? >> lawrence: we did wet it. we did wet it. and it can dance almost. but the people we spoke to yesterday. the people that we have already today and last night traveled across the state already these diners heading to. they are fired up about their candidate. we talked with some nikki haley supporter. ron desantis, if you listen to the desantis camp, they are expecting an upset. if you are talking to the trump voters they tell you that the about the is going to win decisively. he has the majority of the people remembering the trump

years. they weren't that far ago. but, when you talk to desantis he says my ground game is the best look at the brand new iowa register poll came out, desantis' voter are the most enthusiastic. the x factor for today is and we have talked trying to get out the people i was born in iowa so i know what it looks like. flying in, it was just a sheet of snow. there are only occasional rural roads, the gravel roads that a lot of trump voters live on. not all of them are plowed. i just yelled up at governor kim reynolds. sheup stairs right now. she is going to be with us in 20 minutes.

she said it's spotty whether or not the rural roads are plowed. but, once you get past the roads, it's the cold. yesterday, when we landed at the airport throughout des moines a lot of the gas station pumps are frozen cold bryan brian i knew we should have got electric carts for you guys. steve, did you go to the gap -- without your suitcase did you go to the gap buy new outfits. >> steve: i knew i was going to come here. >> this is a vest from mrs. doocy from christmas. it's lovely. she bought me and peter and marshall alley as well all these things. we are ready. >> ainsley: i hope she bought you a coat, too. you can't go outside in just a

vets. >> steve: we will go outside. >> ainsley: let's hear from the candidates. they have been all over the state. they are trying to make the final pitches for tonight. listen. >> brave the weather and go out and save america. that's what you are doing. >> we do have a country to save. you don't fix democrat chaos with republican chaos. >> nikki did a good job. she did okay. but she is not right to be president. she is not tough enough. >> america first doesn't block to me. it doesn't belong to trump. it belongs to you. >> i'm the only candidate who has actually fought and beaten the democratic party. >> i defeat biden by 17 points. [cheers] >> we will not stop until we get this job done. >> our enemies want to take away my freedom because i will never let them take away your freedom. >> you go out and caucus for me, i'll be fighting for you for the next 8 years as president of the united states. >> join with me and caucus, i promise you our best days are yet to come. god bless you, thank you very

much. >> vote defeat crooked joe biden. we are going to take back our country. we are going to make america great again. [chanting u.s.a.] >> brian: you heard the chant at the end. that is because trump does enthusiasm. 9 for haley. and in terms of evangelicals, which i find fascinating, over 50% of evangelicals are going for trump. >> ainsley: desantis gets a left the evangelicals. nikki haley gets independents and votes from democrats. the strongest groups for trump, christians, registered republicans, first time caucus goers and likely caucus goers without college degrees. >> that's right. and speaking of evangelicals. yesterday, ron desantis picked up the endorsements for 50 new evangelical, rather pastors and

faith leaders for a total of 150 and they will caucus for him tonight. >> last week donald trump announced 300 endorse'ments so far. and bob vander plaats who is very influential here in iowa. one of the faith leaders. he has been with ron desantis. he is being bold. >> he says ron desantis will win but only with the help of iowa voters. lawrence? >> yeah, so, it's interesting we are going hotel to hotel and also seeing the campaign staff as well as the average day voter here as well. and so i was talking with some of the nikki haley crowd yesterday, before we went to bed. and they were saying when they are new yorking on doors, they are hearing democrats say that they are going to cross over and vote for them. i said how do you think so that's going to play when it comes to republican voters, too? we talked with some folks, some other republican voters and they said they don't necessarily like that. but the haley camp think that's

their secret weapon. ramaswamy thinks there is this young vote that he has been speaking. to say actually, can you see it. you can see those young people at his event that typically don't vote in the caucus. he thinks he is going to get upset with those people. >> ainsley: how about marco rubio endorsing trump yesterday. the two senators from florida rick scott and marco rubio endorsing trump. >> brian: 100,000 republicans have gone to iowa since the last time trump ran. the question is who those 100,000 vote for it. looks like trump wants to get over 50% and go for the k.o. no incumbent republican has ever won iowa and new hampshire, ever. so, he is looking to look it clear that he is the person and nikki haley is trying to say to everybody look out for me i'm coming. and ron desantis says you'll be surprised. >> steve: right. because, if the winner of the iowa cuxes always went on to win

the primary and then become president, today we could have president buttigieg because he is the guy who would be the last time out here at iowa in fact such a mess on the democratic side last time and joe biden came in fourth, keep in mind. it took days to actually figure out who won. that is why they simply are not caucusing in the traditional way where there is a great big room and who is for martin o'malley stand over here. they're not doing that this time. it will be a regular primary. the results will be announced on super tuesday. >> ainsley: we have such super show. governor desantis, vivek ramaswamy, and nikki haley. and like steve said earlier, kim reynolds the governor of iowa is, getting ready upstairs. and she will be on in about 20 minutes. >> brian: we have a stretching room where people get to stretch out. >> steve: it's a warming room. >> ainsley: we have been talking about the warm weather. it's bitterly cold in iowa.

wit's hitting every area of the country. artic blast wind capitol hill warnings. >> brian: stay around negative 30 or below through wednesday. i would like, to ainsley, if it's all right with you steve and lawrence. >> brian: i would like to go to janice dean for more. >> janice: summed it up very well. interesting to talk about steve talk about the fact that it's hard to get on the roads. so, we have to be concerned with people trying to get there. and i worry about cars breaking down because, when you have wind chills of negative 20 to negative 30. it doesn't take long for hypothermia to set in and frost bite in some cases 10 minutes if you are outdoors and not protected. here are your high temperatures. this is air temperature, you know, below zero for most of the states across the board. and then with the wind chills, the danger factor is that your body can't deal with the wind and the cold. the heat escapes and that's why

we have the potential for frost bite in 10 minutes if you are outdoors and not dressed accordingly, this is going to be a really dangerous situation. so, not only the cold, but steve is right. you don't have pumps working at the gas station and you can't get on the roads. that's going to be very concerning and it is going to impact caucus travel. so here's the wind chill alerts. not only for the northern plains. but down south towards core tuesday christie. another huge storm we are following. storm impacting texas, mississippi, alabama. up towards tennessee. so measurable snow and ice on the roads this morning. and then the potential for measurable snow in new york city starting into tonight into tomorrow 4 inches we think. that's snow angel weather. i'm excited about that. >> brian: ainsley is the only adult excited about this. >> janice: i am too. we haven't seen measurable snow in new york city for 700 days. >> brian: see the guy in buffalo without a shirt on?

is that nuts? i do not emulate him, people. go to work with a shirt on. >> steve: ainsley, come to des moines to make your snow angel and see whether or not you are frozen to the pavement at the end of that part. >> ainsley: janice has children and i have a child. >> steve: i get it. >> ainsley: they deserve. this their childhood. they need. >> janice: their childhood is slipping away. >> brian: and need the exercise. >> ainsley: coming up, more poll problems for joe biden sinking to 33% approval. that's the lowest of any president in the last 15 years. new numbers are straight ahead. >> brian: plus, ron desantis last a huge ground game in iowa. will it pay off for w. voter turnout in the coldest caucus in history? we are asking governor kim reynolds who has made it no secret the florida governor is her guy. and she is here live, next. >> ainsley: but, first, lawrence is having breakfast with friends in cedar rapid where it is below

17 degrees right now. don't let that stop you. go out there, meet lawrence. he'll buy you coffee. >> brian: right. with ainsley's money. >> lawrence: that's right. [laughter] hey, good morning, coming up on "fox & friends," we have a packed crowd coming on in here at lucky's in cedar rapids. the voice of the people coming up. nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid before it begins. get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium.

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house speaker mike johnson is warning federal workers who plan on protesting the u.s. involvement in israel's war against hamas. employees across two dozen agencies plan to walk off the job to protest today, speaker johnson posting, quote: any government worker who walks off the job to protest u.s. support for our ally israel is ignoring the responsibility and abusing the trust of taxpayers. they deserve to be fired. and listen to this. second lieutenant madison march making history after she was crowned miss america last night we spoke to her over the weekend right before her historic win. >> you know, serving to me, being a woman in the military is all what you make of it. for me, that's being able to do both. and so that means being a leader in the military. being a leader in pageantry and breaking stereotypes for young women all around the world. >> marsh is the first active

duty officer of any branch in the military to win the miss america pageant. congratulations to her. steve, over to you in iowa. >> steve: all right. thanks very much. here in iowa the high stakes caucuses kicking off a little less than 14 hours right now with donald trump with a gigantic lead right now. but, governor ron desantis has been covering a huge ground ahead of today's crucial hurdle in iowa where key supporters, including our next guest, are still firmly standing behind him. and very excited. joining us right now on this very busy day in this frozen state of iowa governor kim reynolds joins us. >> it is a little nippy out there. welcome to iowa. welcome back. >> steve: thank you very much, governor. we were talking about the conditions. that's the x factor. it's bitterly cold. as i mentioned a moment ago. it's just a sheet of snow out there and a lot of the rural particular areas, the gravel roads have not been grated yet. >> the good news is you know, there's no wind today. so that will help them get back on the roads and get them

cleared and that will help people get out. really the last two days we haven't had as much wind that's really helpful when you are trying to get those people in rural iowa out. >> steve: in fact, you know, your side and i'm going to say that you are on ron desantis' side because you have endorsed him, having people -- having a tough time in the last 24, 48 hours getting people out to knock on doors because of the conditions. although i read in the daily mail one guy knocked on 23,000 doors. >> they're making calls, knock on doors. we have had people from all over the country come to iowa on his behalf. it's been fun to see that and hear the stories of why they decided to come to iowa to help get people out and to support ron desantis. >> steve: okay. so, you know, donald trump could actually hit 50%. if he is above 50 it will be historic. i know the desantis camp is trying to get, you know, shooting for number one. if number one doesn't happen, what does a solid number two look like. >> look, i think it's going to be bad for president trump if he

doesn't come in over 50. s he's not meeting the expectations that the media and the polls have been putting out for the last several months. if ron can get close to that and president trump is below 50, i think he's in the game. i think he's in the best position to meet expectations. the enthusiasm, the energy i'm seeing it on the trail. even with cold weather people have been showing up. and you can feel it. i think he has in the best position for people to break away and we are actually seeing it. this brand new des moines register poll that came out we are talking a little bit about enthusiasm. you can be enthusiastic but you don't show up to caucus. a lot of people are like that. people in my family who live in the state it's too cold. their question was who will definitely caucus? and ron desantis had the number one result with 62% of desantis supporters are going to show up. 56 for trump. and 51% for haley. so they're motivated. somehow it's going to get this it sounds like.

we are hearty. we do cold weather. we do it well. and i have seen it on the trail. he had a pretty good crowd in dubuque about 200. vandz about 100 there. it's cold. they are motivated they know it's important to get this country on track. >> let's take a look at a brand i couldn't abc news poll. one of the motivating factors for a lot of republicans here in iowa is number one thing they want to could is get rid of joe biden. look at approval rating it is 33. that is historically low in the last decade and a half. and the number one reason here in iowa same as everywhere else is the economy. i'm surprised here we are in the center of the plain states upper center issue here is the border. >> the dereliction of duty from this president not to secure the

sovereignty of this country. most importantly the safety of americans and we are seeing not only the human trafficking but the illegal drugs pouring into the state, every single state is a border state when it comes to the drugs. it's intentional, it's unconscionable, and it's economy number one. it's safety on the border number two. we are all seeing the impact. we are at the intersection of 35 and 80. we are a direct route from mexico to iowa to disperse throughout the country. and it's got to stop. it's ridiculous. he is not doing his job. we need somebody on day one can step in and secure that border. >> steve: extraordinarily, one of the people do they iowa caucuses a lot of people will show up tonight on decided, believe it or not, and what happens then is there is somebody from each campaign essentially a caucus captain as the trump campaign calls them. they will speak on behalf of the campaign. that's actually what turns a lot of people. my neighbor just said nice things about such and such a

candidate. since you are endorsing ron desantis, is there anything you would like to say? we're going to have him on, all the candidates. we did invite donald trump. i don't think he is schedule -- his schedule is going to allow him to drop by. what would you like to say on behalf of desantis. >> we need somebody to step in on day one and reverse the madness we have seen and the insanity from the biden administration. look at his record. he is the one true conservative in this race. and he has got a record to back it up. i got to know him during covid. we were on an island of our own during that against immense pressure. he kept the economy open and kids in school. somebody cutting taxes and keeping spending in check and reduced the debt in florida by nearly 25%. the list is long we don't need a somebody what if. we need who has the resolve and spine to make the tough decision that has to be made to get this country back on track that's ron

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>> ainsley: this is the coldest iowa caucus ever. the wind chill is expected to see around negative 30 or below through wednesday. so, let's check in with our senior meteorologist janice dean for our fox weather forecast. hey, janice. >> look at it right now some of the coldest air in years for the northern and central complaints look down south across texas. wind chills in the negative five range. and we are dealing with the potential for snow. let's take a look at the coldest wind chills across the u.s. wind chills, that's not air temperature. it's what it feels like if your skin is exposed and you are outside. negative 57 in montana. we have got negative 54 in north dakota. and, of course, we are watching iowa where the wind chills are negative 20 to negative 30 which is dangerous for people to be outside for great length of time. we have wind chill alerts as far as south as co corpus christi, texas. appalachians, the northeast

could get first measurable snow in new york city for 700 days. that's pretty amazing. look at the ice potential for pars of louisiana, mississippi, arkansas, that's very concerning and it's happening right now in terms of iowa we have been covering the coldest caucus on record here are some of the coldest wind chills right now. negative 39. negative 38. you get the picture. if you are dealing with wind chills like that. for an extended period of time. that's when it gets dangerous and that's going to be the concern. that's air temperature right now below zero for most of the big cities in iowa but, again, it's the wind chill that we are concerned with. very dangerous to be outside unprotected. we will keep you up to date. lawrence, my friend, over to you. >> lawrence: thanks, my friend, and look at this. if you look at this, this shows you. this was just outside. this was a t-shirt here at lucky's. we still got room for you though, guys, if you want to come and let your voicing be heard. do you like "fox & friends"?

i can't tell. >> not at all. [laughter] >> lawrence: is the weather going to keep from you making your voice be known? >> it will not. we will be there. >> lawrence: who do you plan on supporting? >> trump. >> and why donald trump, sir? >> because of his border policies. and you know, his fiscal policies that have helped us in the past because everybody is hurting. and i don't think the present administration gets it. >> lawrence: and you are currently doing some farming as well, right, sir? >> yes. we raise cows. we do a cow calf operation here in iowa we are in jackson county we have to go tonight for our caucus. >> lawrence: you know how this economy is impacting folks. he was telling me also he had to make sure the heaters were working so the water didn't freeze. i met y'all earlier today. who do you all plan on caucusing for? >> trump. >> why trump? >> he's the man. right now, he's the most powerful man in the world, i

believe. i think everybody is scared of him. >> lawrence: what about you, sir? >> i'm going for trump. he's the only one can i do it, i think. >> lawrence: i asked y'all, this weather, y'all did it this morning, are you all going to be able to do it this evening. you told me if you have to walk you will be going to caucus tonight, why? >> the church we go to is only y fortunate but we are going to make sure that we are there. we will be there. >> lawrence: thank you all so of my last friends nate the great. i see ron desantis. do you plan on caucusing for him tonight. >> oh, yeah. is he busy today. is he out in sergeant bluff at noon. and council bluff is a little after 2:00. and here at 4:00. back here in cedar rapids at 4:00. i don't think the caucus also suffer much from the weather. just come on out. just be safe. >> lawrence: why ron desantis though why is he your guy? >> i think there is the legacy

of the last few years and the losses in '18, '20, and '22. it seems like the middle has decided and trump has permanently lost the middle. and if you don't have the ability to persuade people in a general election to come across, you know, and to vote for you, you know, you have a lost cause. you can see that with youngkin campaign and all those other campaigns. i'm very concerned about the general election. >> lawrence: thank you so much, sir. you are hearing it from the folks. from what we hear so far, the weather is not going to stop these folks but, again, they got up at 5:00 a.m. for us, brian. >> brian: they got up at 5:00 a.m. for you, lawrence, to see you in person. that's why i get up every day. thank you so much, lawrence. stay warm, stay inside. and keep that shirt frozen. meanwhile, let me tell you what is at stake here. first off, looking at this number one right now and the question is who is going to be number two, right here. and vivek has promised surprises but right now he is number 4.

clear it out and take a look going to shine? first off for nikki haley. if she is going to make a difference, it will be in rural districts in webster, dallas, polk, lynn, johnson and scott county. if she starts going high here, that looks good for her in second place. >> and some of the mid sized counties, too. let's see what ron desantis needs. they hope desantis camp hopes they get about 30%. if that's going to happen. they will do well here, but they got to shine up top. the thing about ron desantis. he outworked everybody. he showed up in all the counties. he went back two or three times. the one thing he has only been known for he has had his family out with him most of the time, too. lastly talk about vivek ramaswamy. this is why in my humble opinion donald trump went after him a couple days ago. coming out very much like with very similar to the approach of donald trump. is he trying to get the maga vote when he realized trump lost about 4 points in the final poll in the des moines register he

said i think vivek is taking it. that's why he came out and said vivek is a fake. if vivek is going to come on later and if he is going to surprise people like he promised this is the area is he going to do it and this is what has to happen. he has been in consistent and fantastic on the stump. great interacting with voters and is trying to dig distelzweig out the young vote are they going to be for the first time coming to the republican party. remember, 100,000 new republican voters since the last time donald trump was there in 2016. >> how are they going to do? right now the polls show they are going to the former president of the united states. all right. so that's a quick look at what is going to happen. let's go back to the ormeal screen just to top it off. that's the final four. just a quick note. coming up on sunday, and i'm going to go for example from here. 21st, 3:00 eastern time. streaming on fox nation, the teddy and booker t tour stops in joliet, illinois just outside of chicago. i hope to see everybody in person.

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♪ >> ainsley: come up live today right here on the fox news channel. at 10:00 eastern time honoring iconic leader 56th annual dr. martin luther king service at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta. then at 11:15 this morning president biden will pay tribute to the civil rights leader in philadelphia. then our vice president, kamala harris, will give the keynote address at the naacp king day at the dome event and that is all live right here on the fox news channel. so you have to keep it here. all right.

over to you, carley. >> carley: keep it right here, thanks, ainsley. more news to get to. starting with this happening today, it has been 15 years since the miracle on the hudson took place. that is when a united airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing on the hudson river when the plane lost power in both engines. captain chesley sullenberger and co-pilot jeff skiles made sure 155 passengers and crew members survived. after their plane hit a flock of birds just four minutes after taking off from laguardia airport. that happened 15 years ago. wow. the faa's diversity and inclusion plan is pushing the agency to hire employees with, quote: severe intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problems. they are targeting people with disabilities including, quote: missing extremities, partial paralysis. complete paralysis. epilepsy severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and swampism. comes as they investigate boeing

faa earlier this month. finally in buffalo, new york. bills fans having fun while helping shovel snow out of the high march stadium stand. this happened after the bills steelers game was postponed. game rescheduled. kick-off set for 4:00 p.m. eastern time today. those are the headlines, steve, over to you. >> steve: it's a little colder here in iowa. >> carley: there is snow everywhere. >> steve: i know it. no kidding. thanks very much, carley. >> carley: you are welcome. today right here in iowa. national security is a key highlight in the republican agenda as the war rages on in the middle east. our defense secretary remains in the hospital. >> he is following his doctors much orders in consultation with their views in terms of what kind of additional care he needs. and we'll see, you know, when he can get released. obviously they still feel like he may need some additional care. i understand that part of that is just physical therapy.

>> steve: well, "fox & friends weekend" co-host and army vet pete hegseth joins us live here in des moines. >> good morning. >> you know what, he went into the hospital on january 1st. here we are up to january 15th, he is a lot sicker than we thought. >> indeed. and he had the initial surgery on, i think deer, 22nd. anthem was rushed back in because of complications. so this has been ongoing for nearly a month. let me tell you, hearing from guys that are serving and vets, they are almost, not quite, but almost as outraged about this as they were about the debacle in afghanistan. obviously afghanistan is worse. >> steve: of course, people lost their lives. the comparisons are the same. losing a bunch of generals or leaders like milley and austin lose a war in horrific fashion based on terrible mismanagement. no one gets fired. if a guy in my platoon lost a single rifle gie during the ware

would be fired. lloyd austin, absolutely not. how about one of my guys went awol for two days. just decided to extend by leave for a couple days. canned, reduced in rank, pay is taken. he decides to not notify the commander-in-chief, the country, and his staff while we have got wars around the world, and joe biden has confidence in him? it's shattering for the perception that there is any application of accountability across any aspect of our government. >> steve: pete. >> i think this is one of those instances where we have heard from high ranking advisers to this president. they go some sometimes we just don't tell the president because there is so much going on in the world. some things don't rise to the level. you would think that the defense secretary being out of commission with woo rise to the level of telling the president. they didn't tell him for five days. then, when he found out, is he fine with it. and this probably goes to what peter doocy, white house

correspondent has said from the north lawn and that is that this president is very loyal. this guy and his son, lloyd's son beau biden, sounds like were pretty tight in afghanistan. and in fact, would go to mass together and things like that. at the end of the day loyalty trump job performance. >> pete: there is loyalty but don't be loyal to loser hurting our country and doesn't auto do their job. hurts me as a taxpayer or soldier who wants to put our country first. not happening here. 100 days in israel. stalemate in ukraine. new president in taiwan who might incite a reaction from china, iran, there was a drone strike on an iranian agent in baghdad authorized while lloyd austin was nowhere to be found. who authorized? >> steve: who did that? >> pete: tell me who is in charge? jake sullivan? not the vice president.

we literally don't know. >> steve: somebody was walking by the phone was ringing yeah go ahead. >> pete: go for it. >> steve: iowa coldest ever been he is from northern portions of minnesota. >> pete: pretty cold i will say. it is up there. >> steve: you are here because fox nation is going to be live at iowa city. >> pete: check it out tonight. 7:00 local. 8:00 eastern. fox nation will be inside a caucus site, so be in the jim at, i believe it's her better hoover high school in iowa city. tom bevan from real clear politics will be there. and we will have a bunk of local folks from iowa breaking down how does a caucus work? what is it like to be inside a meeting. charlie hurt will be there also. we will walk you through the process behind the scenes and watch the results come in with you on fox nation. a little informal. watch the channel, too. check out fox nation. >> i'm going to be at abraham lincoln high school which is within a mile or two sitting

right now. >> pete: check it out. >> steve: we will have a report tomorrow. all of the candidates over the last 48 hours despite the weather have been really barn storming. the barn is frozen. donald trump was in iowa yesterday handing out pizza to all sorts of people as well. tell us a little bit about -- there he has got it in what you key iowa. tell me a little bit about the caseyens pizza well-known in iowa described as the best by the people who prepared it. that will be the name of the game which campus truly enthusiastic coming out for this candidate. this is about activists. president trump has a lead from the beginning. he has maintained it. i think as long as he is north of 45, he comes out tonight as the winner. he doesn't have to be 50. we will see. haley, desantis, where they stand will tell us a lot about the future of this race. if ron desantis can't be in second and he is even in any way

in third place, that does not bode well for his future. i think vivek will be interesting to see. his people seem to be fired up. >> organized and caucus, there could be a surprise. it wag was interesting to see trump turn his fire is on vivek. >> steve: shooting inside the same tent. >> they are not in the same tent they are close. >> they are pretty much in the same tent. pete, good luck tonight. >> good to see you steve. >> coming up live from des moines after nearly a year of campaign visits, it's time to do some deciding about 13 hours from right now. but what does the iowa caucus process look like? pete just mentioned it. we're going to take you through it step-by-step. plus, we have the big guests of the day. ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy, and nikki haley will all join me live right here in des moines. and this is a live look at dispoin right now where it is 1. that's the gold capital dome. it is 35 degrees below zero.

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