>> the people here feel like essentially it's a job interview. these people come in, the candidates come in and everybody wants to talk to them and they do because they are right there. >> a lot of people want them in their living room and they do. i liked your closing argument stuff inviting the candidates. we invited the former president. so he had the opportunity to make that little elevator pitch and it was a good thing. >> give us your elevator pitch at 10:00 tonight. >> i think if it tracks the way it's going there could be early calls. martha and i will be there at 10:00 all the prime time folks. before that bill is at the billboard digging in. it should be good. >> ainsley: i'll take naps today and we'll be watching. >> brave the weather and go out and save america. this is really about saving our country. >> you get to set the direction for the country.

>> when we get this done can you go out there and bring it home? >> tomorrow night we caucus and win the primary and we win the general. >> bill: the stage is set. first votes in the 2024 election will be tallied hours from now. tonight in iowa voters get their first verdict on the republican presidential field when they go to caucus. we've waited a long time for this one, right? it's finally here. w welcome to a frigid iowa. i'm bill hemmer. great to kick it off with you. all right. let's go. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." it's cold outside, warm inside. the iowans are saying what are you complaining about? we'll be fine. if they're not worried maybe we shouldn't be worried for voter turnout. the coldest in history, frigid weather and a wild card that could maybe have a major impact on turnout. the candidates will make their

final pitches today across the state to deliver last-minute bids to win over voters. all pockets of the hawkeye state could hold potential pickup opportunities. >> bill: will voters brave the cold to make their voices heard? i will bet they do. a lot to talk about. karl rove, trey gowdy, byron york sit down in a moment. rich edson is doing the reporting live in des moines and rich, let's begin with you. good morning. >> all the major candidates say it is their supporters that will get to go out tonight to brave the cold and the wind and the roads that haven't been plowed and show up to caucus sites and support them. candidates spanned out across the state campaigning across iowa up until caucus time at 7:00 p.m. this evening. former president donald trump canceled a couple of in-person rallies this weekend but he was back at it yesterday, set a pretty high bar. >> last time we did tremendously

in iowa. i think this time we have a great ground game. >> this is the type of state where the ground game has mattered getting volunteers and staff to persuade supporters to show up to a caucus site. desantis has invested heavily visited all 99 counties and has the endorsement of key evangelical leaders and desantis is touting that ground operation. >> going and doing how many tens of thousands have we done? all the door knocks where people are seeing. they'll tell you we're the only operation where they are hearing from people at the door. not hearing from donald trump's people, not hearing from them. >> former u.n. ambassador nikki haley has been investing in iowa and seen a bump in recent polling. >> we are going to make you proud. that's my number one goal. we are going to make you proud.

we're already moving up in the polls. everybody else is moving down. >> governor reynold says the plows are out and roads getting better. there are 1600 plus caucus sites across the state. in american legion posts, gyms, schools. 99 counties in iowa. 28 of them have consolidated all of their caucus sites to one super location. in those counties caucus players only have one place they have to get to. >> bill: the gang is all here now. karl rove, trey gowdy, byron york. like killer's row. the four bros and the ladies. trey, start at the 35,000 level to asset what's at stake. >> does former president trump give above 50%. in haley comes second how does

she beat desantis. i will listen to her speech to hear if it's a vice presidential speech or coming after you speech. why does ron stay in? if you are waiting people to catch a cold or conviction that's not a compelling reason to stay in a race to wait for somebody to get sick or go to prison. what's your reason to stay in if you are third and ron desantis? >> dana: iowa can surprise. you know that from history. could it happen tonight? >> yes, since the margin between second and third is pretty close. think about it. 187,000 people turn out to vote like there were in 2016, that means a different change of 6,000 or 7,000 people has a big impact. >> bill: byron, i remember you walking down the sidewalk chasing john kerry 20 years ago. i believe it was you and you come back year after year and

caucus after caucus. what are you seeing now? >> they never did anything for me at the kerry white house. terrible. i think you can talk a lot about second and third but you shouldn't lose the big picture, which is there is one candidate who appears to be headed for a prohibitive victory. the reason trump wants 50 plus one so he can say to all the other republicans. look, take all the anti-trump republicans, put them together. let's end this right here. on the flip side the reason they want him under 50% is to say look for people voted for somebody other than trump that voted for trump. we need to have a big primary season. so really, if trump gets over 50, i think it will be hard for anybody to argue that he is just not going to go ahead and win. >> dana: listen to some of the candidates. call for number one what they think is going to happen. >> i'm the only one running beaten the democrats and left time and time again. we need to win again as republicans. that's how you turn this country

around. >> every other candidate is dancing to the tune of the biggest doaners. my buyingest donor is me and what it will take to shut down the deep state. >> a chance to reset and set the tone going forward so our kids and grandkids have a life to be proud of. >> dana: some people say they are still undecided. tonight will be determinative. a lot of members of congress here in iowa and many of them have endorsed president trump. how much does that affect voters back home when their congressman is here? >> less than 0. i know we're experiencing negative numbers right now. i don't know whether you believe the negative numbers or not. i don't think endorsements other than sununu moved the needle. donald trump's endorsement moves the needle. i don't know how many people can name their congress person back home? they're undecided about whether to go out and vote. i cannot imagine anyone is

undecided who they are going to vote for. >> bill: to byron's point, cal. put up call for number three. the history in iowa can change things. ted cruz 20 before the caucus, after new hampshire 28%. rick santorum at 3% before iowa and came out of new hampshire two weeks later at 30%. >> the best example is 1984 and democratic caucus in iowa. walter mondale will be the nominee of the democratic party. the last poll has him at 49. tied for second are john glenn and jesse jackson. four is rueben askew and fifth and sixth are two u.s. senator, allen cranston and gary hart of colorado. mondale nails his number on election night. gary hart at 17 and for the next eight days all we're talking about is gary hart.

who is this second place finisher who upsets mondale in new hampshire and the contest goes on until june 5th, the nomination for the democratic party is settled june 5th when hart wins california, south dakota and new mexico. part of the 27 states he takes. mondale wins west virginia and new jersey and clinches the nomination. it started when a guy jumped up from 3% in iowa. >> dana: one of the story lines here, of course, is joe biden, the current president. brutal abc poll yesterday. his approval at 33%. nikki haley has been making the argument if you look at polling in a general election, if she is against biden she is the one that wins. republicans aren't always persuaded by electability. how much is the idea of joe biden becoming reelected on the minds of the voters here?

>> first of all haley has been citing a "wall street journal" poll five weeks ago that showed her beating biden by 17%. it was an outlier. a lot of polls show that biden actually could defeat her. the other night when you had a debate between desantis and haley just the two of them together, they are both 30 points behind president trump. caucuses are coming up in a few days. they have to do something and they spend the whole time beating up on each other and that does kind of turn people off. karl was talking about this history. what we have here is something that hasn't happened in anyone's living memory, a former president running for his old job again after being out of office. it just happened once in 1888. >> dana: you don't remember that. >> i do not remember that. >> 1892.

>> bill: quickly lightning round. one key tonight you are watching, trey. >> margin between second and third. >> 50% for trump. >> by ron. >> evangelicals. ted cruz won them. trump is hugely ahead but we'll see how much ahead. >> bill: welcome back any time. >> dana: we'll see you all day. all right. thank you, everybody. fox news will be live in iowa all day. join martha maccallum and bret baier as the results come in starting tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern and we will be live tomorrow morning to break it all down as the focus shifts to new hampshire and then we race to the northeast. i haven't checked the forecast there yet. >> bill: it has to be warmer. a long day today but captivating throughout the state of iowa. great reporters here and three awesome analysts with us today. thank you again. republican candidates meanwhile making a last-minute push ahead throughout the day the caucuses

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>> i don't think there is anything that will keep me home. this is too important for america. if think truck doesn't start, that's all it will take. >> i'll be there. it's part of the process. we have the freedom to do this. it's more than a privilege. it is an honor to do this. >> bill: that's how iowa looks at it now. the record was 2016 for republicans at 187,000. will they get that tonight? will they get somewhere close? will they beat that record? find out later this evening. a look at the board. we're unveiling a whole new system this year that should -- look at that right out of the gate. wanted to show you some of the polling we get from the various counties across iowa based on three different demos. this is the evangelical protestants. a strong group in iowa. some suggesting they don't have the strength they have in the past.

we'll talk to leaders about that. the darker the county the heavier the influence. missouri border, who gets that? ron desantis eat into that? does donald trump do better than he did four years ago? up here in the western half of the state where you find a lot of evangelicals in the northwest corner. these four counties have picked the winner, ted cruz in 2016. rick santorum in 2012. picked mike huckabee in 2008. all four of them. well oh he see how they break down tonight. college-educated women. if nikki haley will finish that surprise strong second finish this is where she will be looking. des moines, polk county. to the west dallas county. over here along the mississippi river toward there university of iowa. that's johnson county. she will be looking in that area. rubio did well four years ago.

independents. what i would point your attention to is the mississippi river counties now you see a lot of independents here as they vote and again here along the minnesota border up north. a bit of a breakdown. slide back over to the river center in des moines. wonderful place, awesome to be here the last couple of days. dana perino is sitting patiently waiting for her partner for return. >> dana: i think you got it at the board. i don't think there is anything i would know that you don't know. people love it when you are at the board. >> bill: we have 15 hours. it would be interesting if you key on a lot of these counties throughout the day you will be able to say what about this and what about that? when it breaks tonight around 8:00 eastern time back in new york we'll see whether or not they match up the way we expect. >> dana: i look at youth vote to be curious. certainly evangelical. rural and suburban and i also think that it's important to look at this new voter.

vivek ramaswamy grabbing a lot of that attention. >> bill: organization wins in iowa. >> dana: i'm organized. >> bill: that's true. >> voters are secure what was going on down there. not knowing who is coming across, why they are coming across and the drug trade and fentanyl. anybody says that's a secure border needs to have a serious conversation with themselves. >> dana: immigration is one of the top issues in iowa. we have heard that from so many people. 1200 miles north of the u.s./mexico border is where iowa is and sure to be a hot topic at the caucuses tonight as we wait a supreme court decision in a border dispute between the white house and the state of texas. matt finn is live in texas with more. >> this is shelby park along the rio grande river. one of the hottest spots for illegal immigration anywhere on the southern border.

as it stands right now, texas has seized control of this park and banned federal agents. you may recall that giant crush of illegal immigration in this very park a few weeks ago in december. texas governor abbott argues president biden's border policies have allowed the cartels unfettered access to smuggle migrants into this park and this area so texas has kicked out border patrol agents, arguing in part that the state of texas will do a better job deterring migrants. now the department of justice and state of texas are battling for control of this property along the river before the supreme court. the biden administration has now warned the state of texas it must stop blocking federal agents immediately and if it doesn't change course by wednesday, a federal attorney warns texas we will refer the matter to the department of justice for appropriate action and consider all other options available. also this morning the texas military department is shooting

down and allegation from democratic congressman henry cuellar who tweeted texas is responsible for a drowning of a mother and children. they blocked border patrol from accessing the river to access the migrants. texas military department responding claims that texas military department prevented border patrol from saving the lives of drowning migrants are whole inaccurate. at the time the border patrol requested access the drownings had occurred. mexican authorities were recovering the bodies. congr congressman -- they are not taking the allegations lightly. >> dana: thank you so much. there is also this terrible news. deadly terror attack in israel in a city north of tel aviv. police say two suspects stabbed a woman and carjacked her vehicle and plowed into a bus

stop. 16 others hurt, one died. in the ramming attack. the two terror suspect are in custody. schools rn put on lockdown and the war against the hamas terrorist group passed the 100 day mark. >> learned a lot from iowa. we went in and won new hampshire by a lot and ran out the string. that was 2016 the last time we did tremendously in iowa. i think this time we have a really great ground game. >> bill: he was just south of des moines yesterday afternoon. president trump with a message for his iowa supporters. we are going to take a look at the voting blocks that could propel him to victory in the hawkeye state. michael waltz traveled to iowa and we'll speak to him on that coming up. the biden team shifting into re-election mode. who they are sending out to spread the democrats and joe biden's message.

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deep freeze, 110 million americans living under windchill warnings and advisories and bone chilling temps crippling power grids up and down the country. in iowa weather and politics coming head-to-head. senior meteorologist janice dean with the forecast for the hawkeye state. what is that, janice? that's more than pink behind you. >> this is windchill. what it feels like when you go outside and you have exposed skin. the body that can't deal with all of this cold air and the wind combined. feeling like minus 46 in my not. minus 39 in bismarck and into iowa and temperatures and windchills are bitter. it will be the coldest caucus on record. as you heard folks, it won't deter them. we don't have a winter storm, right? there is no snow or blowing snow. no ice, although i did hear steve duesy earlier say some of the roads aren't plowed. that will be a problem.

you do not want to be outside for a great length of time because it is the windchill that is very dangerous, exposed skin, frostbite in a matter of minutes and hypo thermia is an issue. this will be our biggest takeaway is the windchills. potentially deadly windchills. negative 38 in clinton, iowa. sheldon, iowa. air temperatures are 0 or below that. so i'm hoping everyone dresses appropriately and stays inside where it is warm. of course, time will tell, bill hemmer. we'll certainly keep you up to date about the weather here. >> bill: it went from pink to purple. it is getting worse. >> i match the map. >> bill: thank you, janice, talk to you later. thank you. >> you will be first in the nation so brave the weather and go out and save america. that's what you are doing. this is really about saving our country. >> dana: former president trump firing up his supporters ahead of tonight's iowa caucuses in

the frigid weather. he made fewer campaign stops than many challengers he is way ahead on the forties. he has a hold on rural and evangelical voters and even some new voters as well. i like how they send the floridians to iowa. >> we're not in florida anymore. i have been through the army's arctic warfare training. >> dana: the "wall street journal" headline that caught our attention is trump's hold on rural america is key to his resilience. this is true. when you look at the maps that bill puts up on the billboard and you see those large swaths of red, that many of those counties are rural. what do you think is the appeal of trump for those voters? >> i think particularly here farmers love president trump. he took care of them under his administration. he entered into trade deals that ultimately benefited those farmers and when we started

putting tariffs in place in order to give him more negotiating power, he sent them directly to the farmers. but i think more broadly, dana, you know, those running against president trump are testing a premise that you can get all the policies that he brought in place without the man, without a leader. i've told group after group that's kind of like saying you get spacex without e lon. you don't get the america first policies that everybody loved and get back to without the leader of the movement. i think you will see an overwhelming victory tonight. >> bill: he has a track record because he is a former president. governor desantis has a track record, too. the governor of your home state. why not support him? >> well, because i think he has been a great governor, governor desantis. we need to get back to someone who can hit the ground running as president trump did. that's everything from the abraham accords to the border to the economy to record low

unemployment across every dem graphic to veterans reform to justice reform. the list is phenomenal despite everything thrown at him. i was just talking to my driver on the way this morning after a very delayed flight and he was lamenting that everybody else, why didn't they wait? why didn't they wait until 2028? we have a great republican bench but this is president trump's time. he will hit the ground running. i think we'll see a great win. >> dana: the key to winning in iowa is a strategy and ground game. ron desantis has worked with the consultants who got ted cruz over the finish line in 2016. listen to this, he says to the des moines register, if that gets up to 30 plus he will have a great night along evangelicals forties he will get second place. evangelical voters, that definition changed over time but an important block here. you think about the successes of

the trump administration if you're a conservative. he made all these happen. the governor is implementing those. desantis is one of those. is there concern in the trump team that his lead is so commanding that people will think they don't need to turn out tonight because he is already going to win? >> for certain i was just texting with one of them they aren't taking anything for granted. they understand what the polls say. they've seen the wonderful turnout at all of his rallies. and all of the events over the last few weeks and he has put a lot of time into iowa in addition to everywhere else. as opposed to governor desantis that's put everything into this state. i think you will see a fantastic night, i really do. >> bill: coming up next hour we have new numbers on joe biden and they are not great. they might be the lowest point yet for some of the polling that we're seeing here. i just -- if your forecast is right and back in the right

horse and all this how do you see these two men go at it again for a second time? >> one of the things we want to see sooner than later is to shift to biden and to truly begin laying out that contrast. let's get through this primary process but i think you will see a consolidation pretty eye quickly who we know will be the nominee, president trump, number one. number two it is different in 2020 and years past. we were talking theoretically this is what america would look like under progressive rule. now americans have felt it. less safe at home and abroad. dipping into their 401k and purchasing less from month-to-month. now it's not just kind of this don't take it from me or don't take it from president trump. we can point to the disaster that is bidenomics and we can point to the world on fire. i can't tell you how many people i talk to, bill, can we survive another five years of this?

they're talking in existential terms. that's going to be a much sharper contrast this campaign. >> dana: great to have you in iowa. good to see you. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: bill, how about them packers? they went to dallas sunday and beat up the cowboys 48-32. sorry, lawrence jones. jordan love threw for three touchdowns. dallas fans frustrated by the result and ended up leaving the game early. questions surround mike mccarthy. bill belichick could be an option to replace him if he is fired. >> jerry jones said i have never experienced such a horrible loss in my life to paraphrase his words. i was watching the game with him last night. he was getting pounded.

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haley. >> governor desantis is the most proven candidate. i trust what he says. >> you can't get past trump's experience. a huge learning curve for anybody else. >> i waited. that's the mission of the west side conservative group allows iowa republicans to shake hands with local lawmakers and talk politics and hear directly from the presidential candidates. two of the club leaders are with us now. gentlemen, good morning to both of you. you guys meet 20 minutes northwest corner of des moines. thank you for being here. has every candidate come to your event in this current campaign? >> i believe all except one. >> dana: which one? >> we shouldn't probably put the onus on her but nikki haley. we would have loved to have had

her there. >> you invideed her? >> yes. >> probably not. it was probably a staff issue. >> what do you do there? >> at the breakfast club? >> what's it about? >> we invite people to come and speak to us, inform our members, let them know what's going on. people from the legislature come down and give us a heads-up what will go on this session. of course, candidates come by and sometimes they are practicing their speeches or polishing their speeches so it is an open forum for people to learn about political issues. >> dana: this is something that was talked about the special part of america where people get together and have civil conversations and inform themselves. how seriously do people take this particular caucus tonight? >> very, very seriously. i think you will see a good crowd tonight. iowans are used to cold weather. we have had a day or two to dig off. i don't think there will be very

much drop-off. >> bill: you have been doing this since 2012, ten, 12 years into this. >> that could be right. we started in the obama days. whenever that was. >> bill: is that a caucus site >> probably not. we need bigger spots than that. in urbandale of the 13 caucus locations. there is no place at the restaurant unless we took the whole building. >> bill: what is on their minds when they get together and what do they express? >> they express everything political. they are concerned about the current administration. they are concerned about the cold weather. it could be anything. >> bill: and kim, when you think about the turnout tonight, 187,000 was the high mark. do you think you get there or do you think you beat it? is >> probably not quite. we have the weather and the last time we had a lot more candidates. candidates turn out supporters.

>> bill: good point. >> dana: i'm curious about the demographic makeup of the state. interesting things are happening here. you have an amazing governor, governor kim reynolds. the state is running well. you have had a lot of people move into the state. not just individuals but companies have come to the state. you have some new voters. they're tending to look to trump or vivek. what about that new makeup? do you have younger people coming to your group? >> we do. the fact that it's a breakfast club restricts who can be away from their own work at that hour of the morning. >> bill: the democrats said we're not going to do this anymore. maybe it comes back for the dnc and the state party at a later date but this year democrats are voting by mail-in ballballiot and release the results on super tuesday. how has that gone over?

>> with democrats or republicans. republicans say it has all kinds of opportunity to get crooked. they want to give joe a special opportunity to look good. they should have done it the proper way. >> bill: the caucus has become a part of american political life. >> it's a two-party system and we need their input. they need to be involved. >> dana: would you encourage people watching today to try to create a breakfast club in their own communities? what have you gotten out of it? >> you get to know the candidates. you get to know them as people. one of the great things that works with our club is they all come in and do an open question session. so you are sitting there with a number of people and usually go until everybody has the questions asked and answered. >> bill: do you want to reveal who you support today? >> kim usually plays it close to the vest.

i have been a trump guy the whole way. it doesn't have anything to do with our group. we don't have a consensus group or anything with our group. i have been a solid trump guy since day one. >> no official position for the breakfast club. i will be hosting a large number of caucuses. i will stay switzerland until we have had to get a caucus voting. >> dana: nikki haley is in des moines doing an event and other candidates across the state. we have her here doing a lot of politicking in the last few minutes. thank you so much. >> bill: get back to it, boys. you have work to do, right? in a moment a widening divide. w why -- fani willis firing back defending her decision to hire an outside lawyer in the trump georgia case.

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>> i'm looking for a pro-life candidate who will bring ingenuity to the pro-life movement and take us to the new stage. >> president trump always talks about the issues i'm most passionate about. freedom of speech on college campuses. more opportunities and not coddled by administrators. >> bill: a couple minutes before 9:00 in des moines. you could have a lot of iowans waking up now. some going to work, some have the day off. minus seven in des moines. it feels like 21 in case you are asking. will it stop the folks in iowa? i don't think it will on this iowa caucus day 2024. welcome back. >> dana: fox news alert. iranian backed militia.

a fighter jet cruising down a missile by the houthis. the first response to the u.s. led strike in yemen friday for attacks on ships in that very vital waterway. reports now of a missile hitting the portside of a ship 95 miles southeast of the city of aden. there was a report over the weekend in the "wall street journal" of all the strikes the u.s. did last week it only hit 15% of the houthis' capacity. there is more work to do. >> bill: a little sliver of information last week some of the houthi rebels had a heads-up what was coming and may have moved equipment and men out of there. >> iran is passing intel. >> bill: feels like we're at the beginning. meanwhile presidential politicians, the candidates duking it out in iowa. democrats dealing with their own drama. reports the biden campaign facing division over strategy making staffing changes, eyeing

the potential 2024 competition. mark meredith live in washington. take us through that. mark, what did you find out? >> we're finding out quite a bit. the dnc insisting it is ready to stick with the president this november. behind the scenes notable strategists, pundits and lawmakers waving alarm bells. the president is trailing republicans including his predecessor. today the campaign is trying to spin out good news. they announced it raised more than $97 million in the last quarter alone. when it comes to the issue, the economy that impacts everyone, a concern for democrats coast to coast. one former biden administration aide saying it's time to go back to the drawing board at least from a communications standpoint. symone sanders was saying they are not going to get bidenomics, let it go. how about make sure you know what you are going to do and what you did? give folks all the numbers about

gdp and other things, the data doesn't move people. stories move people. the other x-factor going into the race could we see a serious third party candidate jump in? joe manchin was in new hampshire last week appearing to test the waters for a campaign of his own. >> i have never been a spoiler nor will i ever be a spoiler. if i'm involved, i'm involved to win. to be a spoiler for throwing the election one way or the other i would never do. >> the political group no labels trying to get established in dozens of states will announce its plans for a possible unity ticket by mid-march. whether it's manchin or another candidate we'll wait and see. it seems like something is being cooked up. >> bill: thanks, mark, nice to see you in washington, d.c. joe manchin was there over the weekend. he is piping up again and talking. probably getting a little attention next week once we clear out of iowa. >> dana: a lot more attention this year about a third party. no labels possibility.

rfk junior, some of the polls take about 20%. more on that as well. also want to tell you about this. embattled georgia prosecutor speaking to former president donald trump in jail possibly for the rest of when is life on charges of election interference is firing back at critics facing allegations of improper conduct. she is accused of hiring her romantic partner to help prosecute trump and 18 other defendants. that's happening. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: nice to see you. bill hemmer. >> dana: that's an amazing story, by the way. it has everything you want. >> bill: the first time she talked. intriguing on a sunday night. river center in downtown des moines. a beautiful place to hang out for several days. warm on the inside and our home here and thank the folks in des moines for being so welcoming to us over the last couple of days. today is the day and we'll get back to the caucus in a moment. for the first time now the fulton county d.a. defending the