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>> mike: so, it is now off to new hampshire in a great place last time. we love it. >> mike: the candidates have spoken and people have voted and the ballots counted. the first task of the 2024 presidential race. as expected, former president trump the clear victor of the iowa caucuses. with florida governor ron desantis claiming the silver medal. nikki haley takes third providing long road to the white house and no result that the former president can keep an iron grip on his party. hello, i am mike emanuel and gillian i said i would work with you anytime day or night but this is a new one. >> gillian: now you will get your chance, i am gillian turner. we are live in washington with continuing iowa high-stakes political contest all night. braving the bone chilling temperatures to make sure their

voices were heard. donald trump served not just with a win but hundreds of former rival vivek ramaswamy who suspended his campaign after fourth-place finish. >> mike: mr. trump has proven he is a dominant force with his party but second-place bragging rights, ron desantis to bolster his own appeal as viable g.o.p. alternative to the former president. where does nikki haley go from here after a third-place finish? she looks ahead to next week's primary in new hampshire where recent polls reveal she has a recent voice in the race. >> you know what i'm talking about. [cheers and applause] it is both donald trump and joe biden. they have more in common than you think. 70% of americans don't want another trump/biden rematch. [cheers and applause] >> mike: four on the iowa caucuses we go to senior

national correspondent rich edson, hello, rich. >> good morning, mike. you know the iowa caucuses went as well as it could have with the trump hoping going until all of this for months. the trump campaign has been leading at the polls and an actual result with voting having which mirrors what he was looking at in the polls. a couple of hours after the caucus, trump stood in front of the supporters and cleared victory. >> the big night will be in november when we take back our country and truly, we do make our country great again. >> florida governor ron desantis invested heavily in this date, time, money, energy and visited all 99 counties. former south carolina nikki haley made a late push here as well. ultimately, this was a race for second. they both finished well behind the front runner. >> we represent a chance to reverse the madness that we have

seen in this country. >> trump and biden both lacked a vision for the country's future because both are consumed by the past, by investigations, by vendettas, by grievances. our campaign is the last best hope of stopping the trump/biden nightmare of. >> mike: the field has narrowed. businessman vivek ramaswamy called trump the best president of the sentry has suspended his campaign trying to build his lead. trump started attacking vivek but now if vivek ramaswamy is officially in trump's corner. >> i called donald trump earlier to congratulate him on his victory and now going forward, he will have my full endorsement for the presidency. >> it is now on to new hampshire. the former president is going to take his victory lap up to new hampshire for a rally tomorrow night. or actually tonight, mike and

gillian, back to you. >> mike: rich them as you know american politics is about the expectations game. the expectation where haley might be second and desantis might be third, but it flipped and it was close. it flipped and it makes you wonder what this means going forward as they had to new hampshire. >> yeah, absolutely, mike. two story lines, one, ron desantis really invested in iowa. he made a play to win this from the very get-go, from the very beginning. nikki haley a play for momentum. her narrative was momentum and while she had been investing in some of the super pac money behind her was investing in this date here that at the barely she would make it close perhaps take over ron desantis. the hope would have been that she would have taken that second-place, a clear second-place, may be eating eved

desantis out of the race. they finished neck and neck but well behind the former president. >> mike: there were questions, rich, the former president would achieve the 50% threshold. he did that. what about that? >> yeah, absolutely. just a couple of hours before the caucusing began, we spoke to a campaign official and what does victory look like here? it is difficult to downplay expectations. the campaign was saying before the caucuses began they would be happy to win era. and a win would be a victory and they would reassess moving forward. this is a campaign that first off as a candidate donald trump that has been saying pretty much telegraphing that he was going to do very well here. he's got polls showing that said he will do well here along with polls showing he is doing well nationally and a number of other states. so, it would have been really difficult for him not to have

finished -- not saying he had to beat 50%, but you now have a number of polls showing he is a 50% plus candidate currently within the republican party. he's going to have to put up the votes. he did tonight. >> mike: rich edson live in des moines, rich, many thanks. >> gillian: it was stronger than expected night for a former president trump who notched about 50%. that is the number governor iowa governor kim reynolds said that trump needed to fend off accusations of weakness and underperformance. joining us former biden kevin walling and chairman of gopac, gentlemen, welcome to both of you. david, let's start with you, the former president held up his victory tonight without participating in a single debate. without crisscrossing the state and without doing many events there. i think it was a sum total of the low 20s, 22, 24 events

appeared and appearing in court week after week to face criminal charges. >> tonight underscores what the momentum has been, which is trump will walk away with the nomination. you think about one of the smartest moves in last week's box town hall is he said, "i know who will be my vp selection, almost the inevitable." tonight continues that. as you look to new hampshire and south carolina, if it weren't for nonrepublicans voting in the primary, he would have a double-digit lead in new hampshire, and he does have a double digit commanding double-digit lead in south carolina. it is hard to see where desantis or nikki haley get their first win at this point. >> mike: kevin, poling suggested a race for second coming in tonight. credit to the pollsters, they got it right. what about the momentum going forward for second and third in terms of going into new hampshire and ultimately

south carolina? >> might commit is a great question. one of the first times in a long time that we have actually seen a poem that come in and write on the mark in terms of predicting the outcome that we sold tonight. tonight we have to keep everything in perspective. this is about 109,000 voters statewide in iowa. that is about 15% of republican registered in that state. so we are not looking at a huge come i think, window and the national republican party in terms of the outcome tonight. now, listen, i think actually nikki haley is a really good position. she only lost about 2500 or so vote statewide to statewide to . her doomsday scenario was ron desantis being totally crippled this evening. he is going to go on, the second choice picks for both trump and desantis her one another. so they will still keep competing for that maga base

support. to dana's up or a lot that can vote in new hampshire. and more conservative leading at the traditional sense for republicans supporting nikki haley. she can have that collision come together in new hampshire next week and it could be good for her. >> gillian: tapered, thick trump's victory speech somewhat subdued. he really stuck to if not a planned series of issues he wanted to touch on. take a listen to this. i want to play the sound bite from the victory speech and get your reaction. >> so we are to come together. we will drill, baby, drill, right away. [cheers and applause] we are going to seal up the border. [cheers and applause] because right now we have an invasion, indentation of millions and millions of people

coming into the country. i can't imagine why they would think that is a good thing. it is a bad thing. i think it is a group of people larger in number than new york state. and we can't have that. we can't have that. it is not sustainable as a country. it is horrible. >> gillian: what did you think of the speech? it does not seem tailored to iowans. >> it worked in 2016. if you look at the issues most important to republican primaries, it starts with emigration and a secure border knowing who is coming into the border. second, followed by the concerns of the economy. as the president used that effectively in 2016, he is back on message in 2024. >> mike: kevin, what about former president trumps tone tonight and he talked about bringing people together. made reference to nikki and ron. what did you take from that? >> to david's point commit is spot on. a rehashing of 2016 that wasn't anything new but trump's

greatest hits. he was pretty consolatory to ron and nikki and that those words. he brought up a few special guests from the audience to make remarks. i will note we saw the trump staffers take down the teleprompters right before the speech and it was a little bit more off of the cuff pure and more what we saw in 2016, less compatible aside from talking about the invasion of the southern border and things like that. i think it was trump 2016 rehash. we will see if that works for him or will it be trump 2020 when he lost to joe biden? >> gillian: kevin, quickly before we let you go, have you heard any action from biden world from the events? >> i have. obviously, i have been texting outside of the campaign and the administration. this is spot on what they were thinking going into tonight's polls. tonight, the president tweeted out today or tonight in reaction

is, gearing up for this two-person race and police donald trump will be the nominee and it will be a repeat of 2020. hopefully, we will come out on top once again. >> gillian: all right, kevin, david, we have to leave it there. stick with us and we will come back to you later in the hour. we appreciated. >> mike: as republicans battle it out in iowa, president campaign to keep his job. jacqui heinrich reports. >> the biden campaign two weeks before the deadline they hold in $97 million. willing and able to take on any of those trump know mike maga republicans and beat them. no matter which version, heels or boots come with a platform they are fighting for will cause irreparable harm to this country. >> teams biden and maga got democrats elected 2020, 2022 midterms and last year state and

local elections. so they are sticking with it for 2024. president biden said today trump's candidacy gave no choice but to seek a second term despite hardship on his family. >> he's the most antidemocratic of small -- in american history. i had to check with my kids, grandkids, because they will be victimized like anybody else. >> an uphill battle with approval rating hitting 15 year low and washington abc poll, 33% and biden angst from key constituencies over u.s. support for israel. tomorrow federal workers and some administration staff expected to walk off of the job in protest. the biden administration has been messaging to upset voters that he hears their concerns and he, too, once israel to wind down its campaign and because of the pier there is a poll on biden to come to the center. joe manchin said he plans to

speak with biden to say as much and will factor into whether joe manchin launches a bipartisan pit of his own. at the white house, jacqui heinrich, fox news. >> mike: jacqui heinrich, thank you very much. >> gillian: well, she came in a distant third behind former president trump and the first in the nation's caucuses but could nikki haley turn her campaign around in next week's new hampshire primary? her campaign says they are planning on it. that coming up next. ♪ ♪ (clicking) i'm jonathan lawson.

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♪ ♪ >> gillian: welcome back. the fox news voter analysis has been hard for a week in iowa. they asked 1500 likely republican caucus goers who they plan to vote for and why they plan to vote that way. jackie ibanez points us to break down some of the data. good morning to you, jackie. >> hi, good morning, gillian. i have been taking into the data and the interesting findings so far, three and ten il-1 said they would not vote for nikki haley nor ron desantis inf either becomes the party's nominee. two and ten say the same about trump. now when asked what qualities iowa republicans are looking for in their nominee, an overwhelming majority say it is

very important the g.o.p. candidate has the mental capability to serve effectively. almost as many say the same about being a strong leader as well. large number is eight and ten also prioritize defeating biden having the best part would and being empathetic. iowa republicans say they want radical change when it comes to how the country is run. almost all want substantial change in the way things are done with one-third favoring a complete and total overhaul. and finally, when asked if president biden was legitimately elected in 2020, about one-third of iowa republicans said he was pure almost double that amount said he was not. a lot of interesting findings coming out of iowa tonight. we are black next hour with more results. you can find the full voter analysis from iowa republicans at foxnews.com. and just the beginning of the 2024 election season and definitely going to be interesting to watch all of this

play out. back to you guys. >> gillian: thank you, jackie. mike. >> mike: behind nikki haley setting her sights on next week's new hampshire primary. a critical state for her campaign and recent poll numbers the south carolina governor has reason to be hopeful she can outshine former president trump. haley wrapped up in iowa attacking both trump and president biden. >> you know what i'm talking about. [cheers and applause] it is both donald trump and joe biden. they have more in common than you think. 70% of americans don't want and others trump/biden rematch. [cheers and applause] >> mike: joining us now stephanie hamel with media research tv. stephanie, welcome. >> thank you. >> mike: how do you assess the g.o.p. race in new hampshire? >> well, everything is on the line in new hampshire, right?

tonight, there were some surprises. many people believe nikki haley would come in second place and she did not. during her speech, she reiterated this is a two-person race between her and donald trump. but she did come in third place. so yes, everything is online for the haley campaign when it comes to new hampshire. there have been different polls with her showing a few percentage points between her and donald trump. other polls show over 10%. so, you know, nikki haley has to do some serious work. she has to convince a lot of voters that she is the person here because she is talking how donald trump and joe biden, 70% of americans don't want to support either candidate. she can say that but at the end of the day, she has to count on republican voters to get her over the edge. right now, national polling is not leading that direction. donald trump is dominating in all of the national polls. what we saw tonight was historic win for donald trump.

he won all 99 counties, precincts. that is just incredible. a lot of people were not expecting that. if you look at governor ron desantis and his groundwork he put into iowa, he went to all of those areas, all 99. yet, he was not able to pull ahead of donald trump. >> mike: there were some stories about the desantis campaign going into caucus night. he finished 30 points behind the former president with haley finishing third. there was stories about his campaign suggesting maybe he was out of money and that if he had a poor showing in iowa commit could be curtains for him. second-place finish. what does it mean for him going forward? >> this is extra momentum he needed for his campaign. he originally said what happened in iowa, he would not call it quits but he would go straight to a south carolina. it is interesting he was planning to skip new hampshire based on the polling that he saw

there where he wasn't doing as well as his competitors. but we will have to see how he doesn't south carolina because, again, president, former president donald trump is dominating in nikki haley's home state. and donald trump is also dominating in florida. floridians love governor ron desantis, but they still love donald trump more at this point in the race. >> mike: vivek ramaswamy dropping out with his fourth-place finish, not surprising pure that only helps the former president, right? >> that is correct because a lot of people believe the supporters of vivek ramaswamy will go back to the trump campaign and support president trump. i was not expecting him to actually drop out tonight. that was kind of a surprise. but he said he wanted to put all of his support behind donald trump. there have been several prominent republicans who came out tonight and said basically, this is it.

this is the end. donald trump is our guy and everybody needs to get behind him if we want to beat joe biden. a lot of money has been spent on the campaign trail. if you look at iowa, $100 million spent on fishes campaign ads, if you will come against each other. this is not helpful for the party if they want to take on biden. >> mike: good time to own i would tv station after ad campaign money was spent. your thoughts after nikki haley basically taking their argument to both president trump and president biden suggesting the american people don't want trump/biden 2.0. >> she can say that and maybe people aren't necessarily happy with either candidate. but at the end of the day, the voters will have their voices heard. this is a democracy. people have the right to vote. they will vote and support the candidates they want.

whether that be haley or desantis or the 15, we will see. but leaving at the direction of donald trump at this point in time. she did make a remark about the ages of both biden and trump during her speech. but at this point, i don't think that is a major issue on the trump side. if you watched donald trump come he has a lot of energy and he is with it. on the contrary, when it comes to biden from a lot of people are concerned about him and they are wondering if he can actually handle another four years. >> mike: i wonder if folks in new hampshire who are may be democrats or independents jumping in to create mayhem on the republican side. what about that? >> yeah, there has been a lot of chatter about that. we will have to see where the support will end up. a lot of the polling was done when chris christie was in the race. now that he has dropped out of the race come a lot of people suspect that his voters will trickle into the haley camp. will that be enough to make a

difference? if haley actually does come in second place as some are expecting, it doesn't really make a difference overall? which is what some of the pundits and republicans that i was discussing and what they were saying is, it doesn't make a difference at all. but we will have to wait and see. ultimately, it depends on the donors, right? the campaigns can't keep going if they don't have money. it all depends on the confidence of the donors. based on donald trump speech, he is feeling confident so much so, he had nice things to say about his opponents, which some people suspect that he's not worried at all. >> mike: fascinating, stephanie hamel, thank you for your time and analysis tonight. >> thank you. >> mike: gillian. >> gillian: president trump did win big in the iowa caucuses and broke a historical record of. we will dig into that coming up next.

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♪ ♪ >> mike: in iowa, donald trump proving once again he is the dominating force on the republican party. the former president is the

clear front runner in iowa caucuses with more than 50% support. the first crucial test of the 2024 presidential race. and a distant second place, ron desantis with more than 20% of the votes. and to bolster his image as a viable alternative to mr. trump. >> gillian: nikki haley's future meanwhile has presidential candidate a little less certain this morning. she scored a distant third place in iowa. her campaign is hoping to turn that around and new hampshire where the polls and the voting blocks are more in her favor. the white house polls narrowing in the wake of the iowa caucuses with vivek ramaswamy with vivek ramaswamy suspending his campaign after fourth finish. donald trump is who he is backing at a rally on tuesday morning. joining us now fox news correspondent, rebecca at the iowa event center in des moines bringing us an event of the highlights of yesterday's

action. hey, rebecca. >> hey, good morning, gillian. it is no surprise former president trump pulled off a big win in iowa leading in every poll. what we were watching for last night is how white his margin of victory would be. would he pull off an iowa record? he pulled it off with over 50% of the vote pure that it is at his victory speech last night, he thanked his supporters. what else was interesting was a rare moment for the former president. he spoke very highly of his competition congratulating them on a good race. listen to this. >> i want to congratulate ron and nikki for having a good time together. we are all having a good time together. [cheers and applause] and i think they both actually did very well. now you also want to congratulate vivek because he did a hell of a job and came

from zero and he's got a big percent, probably 80%, almost 8%. that is an amazing job. they all did, they are all very smart people and capable people. >> so even though nikki haley was surging and the polls before the caucuses, florida governor ron desantis was able to squeeze out the second place win finishing two points above nikki haley. his campaign is touting on the ground efforts they had in iowa. the florida governor visited all 99 counties. we had over 100 events and knocked on thousands of doors in iowa. they are contributing fat to their good win here appearance because they threw everything bk at us. they spent $50 million attacking us. no one has faced that much all the way through iowa. but i can tell you because of your support, in spite of all of that that they threw at us,

everyone against us, we have got our ticket punched out of iowa. [cheers and applause] >> but the third place winner nikki haley is not letting last night's results discourage her campaign. next up is the new hampshire primary where haley is doing pretty well in the polls. she is gaining momentum and she also has the states popular governor. she is hoping the hypothetical matchup where biden and the polls have her beating the current president, she hopes all of that combined will win more support there. >> they both lack a vision for a country's future because both are consumed by the past by investigations, by vendettas, by grievances. our campaign is the last best hope of stopping the comp/biden nightmare. >> it is now turned into a three-man race here for the

republican field after >> gillian: vivek ramaswamy and brought in 8% of the vote. now, he is committed to campaigning for former president trump, gillian. >> gillian: rebecca i know you've talked to the trump campaign but how are they feeling? >> trump says he feels invigorated and strong about his big win in iowa. they are looking to the general election. >> gillian: what about, you know, one of the big issues, questions about the caucuses going into last night was turnout and somewhere around 100,000. how did that end up? >> well, that number is about 100,000 caucus goers coming in, showing up last night. it does appear whether weather did have an impact because that is 86,000 less then the record set in 2016. >> gillian: with negative 40,

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♪ ♪ >> gillian: welcome back. after a big win in iowa monday night, the former president is focused on new hampshire. the granite state polls he has a lead them but the biggest hurdle going forward might be 100 miles away in washington, d.c. the supreme court considering whether he violated the 14th amendment. that just is slated to hear his plea on the colorado ballot february 8th. let's bring in former biden surrogate, kevin walling and gopac chairman david to talk about the future, which is not that far away. >> are we paying you guys over time? this could get expensive. david, what about the legal stuff? there are some folks who suggest it is only making public primary voters more determined for the support of former president trump and how does it

play out at the high court? >> indeed, they need 9-0 decision from the supreme court. there can be no ambiguity about this decision. short of that, you have a country that remains and gives them another reason to be divided and not thinking the process has been done fairly. even if former president is taken off of the ballots, he does not need colorado to become the nominee. even if taken off of a couple primary ballots, it is ultimately the delegation of the national convention to the nominee and the party would nominate donald trump. >> gillian: kevin, what happens with let's say, the president does not meet with as david talks about here, 9-0 ruling in the supreme court. if he is taken off the ballot here and there what does that do for independent voters? >> gillian it is usually

problematic and we see one of these case is whether the case in colorado or the decision in maine, donald trump is standing in the polls in terms of the republican primary and raises millions of dollars unable to traffic that notion of grief and spirit that is a lot of what campaign is built on and retribution at that focus for a second trumpet term. i'm a democrat. i want to be the guy fair and square just like 2020. gillian, you see the secretary of state republican leading states talking about taking joe biden off of the ballot. i don't want it to be a tit for tat in this country when democracy is really at stake. >> mike: let's give the guy who finished second tonight is due. governor ron desantis and let's play a clip for him. >> they even called the election before people even got a chance to vote.

but they were just so excited about the fact that they were predicting that we wouldn't be able to get our ticket punched out of iowa. i can tell you because of your support, despite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we have got our ticket punched out of iowa. >> mike: david, what about that? there were stories he was on life support with his campaign at least and he ran out of money and this 99 stop county visit might not pan out. what about his response tonight? >> you may remember i am a capital c student from shepard university. i understand simple math. the reality for desantis and haley are their votes combined did not get or would not have beaten donald trump tonight in iowa nor, quite frankly, if you look at the next few states with their combined totals be

donald trump among republican voters. now, the bigger challenge for both of them is now republican voters overwhelmingly say donald trump is the best person to be joe biden. and donald trump supporters and republican primary are the ones most committed to their candidate. so, as haley and desantis go on, they have to figure out where to get a victory. there is no foreseeable state where they will get a win. >> let me push back briefly 100,000 people turned out to the caucus tonight. we are a country 330 million people a an end is 100,000 dictating how this will play out? >> it is almost like kevin staying home tonight. most people did not come in. so let's keep that in mind. now, having said that, the numbers are pretty clear, mike, that voters, republican primary voters see trump as the best person to beat biden.

his leads are commanding. he's winning 30 points over nikki haley in her home state south carolina. and 60%, 70% of the vote in north carolina, texas, georgia. there is no immediate state where you see someone other than donald trump winning. >> gillian: so kevin, to that point, you know, some folks are calling it like they see it, a least up elise stefanik immediately putting out a statement after trump was declared the victory. she writes, "as i have said for over a year president trump will be defeating joe biden in november and i'm calling on other candidates, all of whom have no chance to win so to drop out so we can rally behind president trump to focus 100% of our resources to beat joe biden to save america. who needs to drop out next? >> i think ron desantis has said that all of his eggs were in the iowa basket.

and it gets much more difficult going forward, whether new hampshire, nevada, south carolina. he doesn't have much of a presence. to david's point, he burned a lot of money. one of the key attacks nikki haley leveled against him in the final debate that he burned through $150 million. he has a little bit more typical of a path. a lot of the eggs for nikki haley rn new hampshire basket. we will see -- i haven't seen great polling in the wake of chris christie right now. you add up his numbers, her numbers and pretty close to where donald trump was in terms of the last poll there. we will see how the process plays out. this will be a week whether as long as -- it will go by in a flash. that race to new hampshire often does. >> mike: david, least up on it because the house g.o.p. conference chair, a harvard grad is that statement designed to remind former president trump to her loyalty to him and may be

running mate? >> we did this every four years and speculate on who the vp will be and we never get it right. my favorite story is, of course, the joke vice president cheney was helping george bush pick his nominees, look my interviewed everybody and i am the best person. i never got that position. if i would limit similar to vice president cheney. it is fun. the vice president knows who it is going to be. so we will have to wait. the campaign is very smart and may make that announcement after super tuesday. >> gillian: whoever it is, kevin, a lot of folks feel like on the democratic side of the aisle, we voting again for president biden to serve for a second term may end up -- excuse me vice president harris has to take over and assume duties as

president. is she ready for that? >> 100% she is ready for that. she spent the last three years learning from the best in terms of a copilot to this administration and traveling the world representing this country and taking on key issues. and i think she will play invaluable part of reelection campaign. you see her travel schedule and she's going to college campuses and engaging with democratic base support. this will not be persuasion election but turn out election. we have two focus on base engagement and democrats do. she is our key person on a lot of that work. >> mike: kevin my spite in your office a reagan sign and bush sign, what is up with that? >> this is one of the pitfalls of marrying a republican. so, we are a bipartisan relationship and we have all of

the memorabilia. >> mike: very nice. all right. >> i will look past those attacks from david and my home office. [laughs] speed to those dudes. it is nice to see you and your office looks fabulous and congratulations. >> mike: absolutely, getting hitched, big news for him. david -- >> gillian: go ahead, mike. >> mike: after you. >> gillian: one thing i wanted to ask you about his nikki haley tonight or yesterday night now launched a broadside against trump and biden and one fell swoop. she called them old and both carry way too much baggage to a second term. just listen. >> trump and biden are both about 80 years old. [cheers and applause] trump and biden both put our country trillions of dollars deeper in debt and our kids will never forgive them for it. >> gillian: you know, one of

the things that they both share in common is that if reelected, they will certainly face an onslaught of congressional investigations into their personal and public business peer that is perhaps something a lot of voters can do without. >> mike: could do without but that is not the way the city is working these days. nikki haley is making her best pitch that those two are similar. but the reality is joe biden will be the democratic nominee and donald trump will be the republican nominee particularly after tonight's results. and the voters will have a choice between those two coming up in november. >> i am old enough to remember president huckabee, president santorum, and they did not become republican nominees. let me be skeptical. will tonight dictate how it plays out? >> no, mike. at the point that nikki haley

made on the campaign trail, kind of to her detriment and iowa is that iowa boats and new hampshi. and a much higher winning record for those folks who win new hampshire like donald trump did in 2016 to actually go on to be the nominee. in some cases, go want to be the presidency. so to your point, 110,000 voters, you know, lower turnout, just 15% of eligible voters in that state with the republican caucus really is not the best indication of where we are headed. >> mike: to be clear, it was a dominant performance. but just to be clear, will it play out like this everywhere else? >> gillian: david, on talk radio, desantis framed this as a battle going forward between two candidates and he essentially said everybody else is of the race. you know, the results certainly vindicate him to some degree. but his path forward will not

get easier as we talked about and the commercial break. >> it is not and he said he's going straight to south carolina where he is now polling in third. not to sound like a broken record here, but trump's performance underscores what we have seen the last few weeks. he is solidifying the base. folks believe he is the best person to beat joe biden. they understand where he stands on the issues which the other candidates cannot say, not in the type of numbers people clearly understand that donald trump is talking about securing the border. he is talking about giving energy policy going again and focus on the economy. he wants to extend the tax cuts, bipartisan tax cuts cut during his administration. voters know they are not as clear as the other candidates stand on the issues. so, the numbers come with a foundation is there for donald trump to do what has not happened since theodore roosevelt ran against

mckinley, a former president going toe-to-toe. >> mike: all right, fellas, coming up in the next hour trump the front runner in the g.o.p. field and desantis makes a surprising decision about his next move. we will be right back. and our family. joining christian health care ministries was one of the best decisions we ever made. we're the blair family, and this is our chm story. choose your doctor without network restrictions. all at an affordable price. enroll anytime at chministries.org/enroll.

♪ ♪ >> i want to thank you very much. i want to congratulate ron and nikki for having the good time together. we are all having a good time together. [cheers and applause] and i think they both actually did very well. i think they did very well. we don't even know what the outcome of second-place is. ♪ ♪ >> mike: a message for national unity from the winner of last night's iowa caucuses. former president donald trump a powerful force in the republican

party with 50% of the votes in the first crucial test of 2024 presidential race placing a distant second, florida governor ron desantis beard former u.n. ambassador nikki haley takes third. but it is a long road to the white house. monday's results no guarantee the former president can keep an iron grip on his party has the nation awaits a crucial ruling for the united states supreme court. good morning, i am mike emanuel. >> gillian: good early morning to you, mike. i am gillian turner and we have continuing coverage of high-stakes political contest. iowa voters for a bone chilling temperatures to make their voices heard here this morning former president donald trump momentum surfing backing the formal rival gillian who suspended his own campaign after coming in fourth place. >> mike: but second-place bragging rights ron desantis to bolster his own appeal as

rifle g.o.p. alternative to the former president. what about nikki haley's future for the white house? she looks ahead to next week's primary new hampshire where recent polling reveals she still has a voice in this race. >> you know what i'm talking about. cheryl, [cheers and applause] it is both donald trump and joe biden. they have more in common than you think. 70% of americans don't want another trump/biden rematch. [cheers and applause] >> gillian: for more on former president trump's victory the first intimations caucuses, senior correspondent rich edson in iowa. >> this is the result trump's team was looking for a big convincing victory that matches what they are seeing in the polls. ahead of the caucuses, trump's team to downplay expectations but shortly after the caucuses closed, the smiling trump took to the podium at his watch party

and had complements for his g.o.p. rivals. >> i want to congratulate ron and nikki for having a good time together. we are all having a good time together. [cheers and applause] and i think they both actually did very well. i really do. we don't even know what the outcome of second-place is. i also want to congratulate vivek because he did a hell of a job. >> florida governor ron desantis invested time, money, energy and visited 99 counties. nikki haley made a late push as well. they both finished well behind the front runner. >> you helped us get a ticket punched out of the hawkeye state. we have a lot of work to do. but i can tell you this, as the next president of the united states come i will get the job done for this country. >> when you look at how we are doing and new hampshire, and south carolina and beyond, i can

safely say, tonight, i will make this republican primary a two-person race. [cheers and applause] speak with the field has narrowed, businessman vivek ramaswamy has dropped out and endorse donald trump. >> at this moment, we will suspend this presidential campaign. >> mike: doug burgum was on stage night and adores former president trump. new hampshire, trump is headed tomorrow night for a rally. my can gillian, back to you. >> mike: overnight all eyes on the race for second place. florida governor ron desantis claiming runner up beating former u.n. ambassador nikki haley as contenders prepare for new hampshire. the poll shows three top g.o.p. president leading joe biden and a hypothetical matchup. joining us live former campaign kevin walling and david avella chairman of gopac. welcome to you both. david let's start with you, do

g.o.p. challengers have an edge against the president right now? >> as president trump said they are all in iowa having a good time. some better time than others. keep in mind, president trump got more votes come a bigger percentage than everybody else combined. he got 51% of the vote. those numbers also carry out and polling for south carolina and the super tuesday states. if you are anyone other than donald trump, you are saying where do i get my first win after tonight? >> gillian: kevin, what do you think the most alarming data point in tonight's numbers are for biden world? >> yeah, it is a good question, gillian. comparisons to 2016 to now and even 2020 was not much of a primary or caucus for the republican side with the incumbent. donald trump was able to build

the coalition tonight with folks with college degrees and college degrees as we saw and ran up the scores and suburban counties, rule counties, that marco rubio won eight years ago in terms of the suburbs. there is concern in terms of how his message, i think is resonating with suburban folks, women, college-educated folks. we will see if that foretells any kind of concerns heading into november when it is a two-person race potentially. >> mike: david, governor desantis went to all 99 counties, big emphasis and spent a ton of money and yet president trump one just about anywhere if not everywhere in iowa. what about that? >> you have to take a step back and except donald trump is running as if an incumbent president. that gives him a lot of advantages, everything from the endorsements that have come out for him to the resources financially that he has to the messaging he has.

and whether you like donald trump or not, you have to say he is a very good communicator. he can get directly to the message he wants to the voters in wants them to hear it. that is why you see republican primary voters overwhelmingly 80% say they know where donald trump stands on the issues. they know he wants to secure the border and for a stronger economy getting his tax cuts and going for energy policy. that when you think about what the top votes are and what the issues push them, donald trump has that. >> gillian: so when think the president, the former president asked to do if he takes the nomination is tonight the entire party behind him. one of the interesting points come i think as jackie brought up in folder analysis coming out of tonight's a look at the other side of the party. the nonmaga folks. it turns out nikki haley was leading trump by a whole lot by nonmaga supporters. 42% of the vote, desantis 34%

and following with the president at 13%. >> mike: as former president obama said to democratic voters chicken or beef. those are the two options. you get to the general election you vote for republican nominee which is donald trump or the democratic nominee, which is joe biden. that is the two choices folks have. it will come down to where independent voters in states like pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, arizona and georgia. they will decide the selection. trump wins that state the next president and if biden, he gets another term. >> mike: closed and what about the former president's tone bringing people together and making reference to nikki and ron? there was no sanctimonious tonight. what about that? >> definitely a little bit more of a poignant term for the president on the stage. he brought up a few people in that brick wall reference on

stage. that is an essential trump pier that is the trump that i'm scared about impersonal and not trafficking a dark vision for america with idea of vengeance which he often talks about on the campaign trail. so they hearkening back to 2016 trump here at about two david's point too, the comparisons to bob dole, george w. bush and the senate and the governor of texas, we have not seen a de facto incumbent president running at the republican primary like this. that is what donald trump has in terms of the standing going into the competitions unlike anything we have ever seen. >> gillian: david, we touched on this last hour. about two kevin's point about the former president's demeanor and presentation and style tonight, do you think he is sort

of turning a oratorical corner or will he be a strict messaging disciplinary going forward for the rest of the primary? or was this a fluke? >> mike: gillian, perhaps you missed the years of the presidency and the time during his campaign. the president is a good communicator. you don't have an award-winning show, which he had appeared you don't own since he knows and understands the psyche and how d communicate with voters. we talked about that in the 2016 race. donald trump knows how to push a message. even when he gets those in the media worked up, he knows who he is talking to. he knows who he is keeping motivated. and as you saw tonight, he also knows there will be times when needs to be conciliatory and bring a uniting message. to that point, even amongst folder republican primary voters who say they want somebody willing to work across the

aisle, donald trump won those voters tonight. across the aisle, he had a resounding victory in iowa. >> gillian: it bears mentioning that resounding victory came through despite a lot of pretty terrible media coverage. >> mike: absolutely. >> gillian: perhaps later analysis by pollsters can look at how that played into all of this, if at all, it seems perhaps not. we have to leave it there, gentlemen. coming up next, the economy to immigration iowa caucus goers are showing the issues that drive primaries. the fox news folder analysis finds about issues facing the country. stay with us. t o ♪ ♪ like here. and here. not so much here. farxiga reduces the risk of kidney failure

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>> gillian: well, quite a message from former president trump after a major win overnight in iowa. the other candidates looking to new hampshire to rally for support. my trump face the battle as he heads to the live free or die state? jack brewer, chairman of the jack brewer foundation. thank you for being with so early in the morning. we appreciate it. what did you make of the president's victory? what did you make of his speech? lay it all out for us. >> i thought it was incredible to hear president trump being so unified. that is one that the nation needs right now. this is not the campaign of 2016. this is not the campaign of 2020. america needs answers for 2024 and all of the pressing issues that our kids and grandkids have to deal with if we don't do something about the bills going across the nation. i thought president trump did an incredible job you are the world

in the nation saw that people are still behind him and rally behind him no matter what. so many and the media want to say no matter what. folks want to put out into the airways, he had a demanding, demanding victory with over 50% of the vote. >> gillian: certainly, that margin of victory, chat, puts pavement to the argument that a lot of democrats and some governments have been claiming there is this huge appetite and the republican party for an alternative. that no longer seems reasonable. >> that is right. president trump has a way to answer all of the skeptics with true results. people came out in the caucus really supporting him. he had millions and millions of dollars being spent by all of the various candidates are crossed iowa. for him to do that and not

really spending much time there just shows you how much of a boy is he is. how much people are calling for him to come in and help fix the issues that we face right now in the nation. >> gillian: we have been talking this morning about how the former president ran this iowa portion of the campaign as an incumbent and focused mostly on major national issues that face republicans and the generalgeneral electorate. take a listen to him during his speech touching on the big ticket items. >> when we come together, we are going to drill, baby, drill, right away. [cheers and applause] drill, baby drill. we are going to seal up the border. [cheers and applause] because right now, we have an invasion. we have an invasion of millions of millions of people coming into the country. i can't imagine why they think

that is a good thing. it is a very bad thing. i think it is a group of people larger in number than new york state. we can't have that. we can't have that. it is not sustainable as a country. it is horrible. >> gillian: you know if he clinches the nomination, the next step is railing the rest of the nation around his campaign. these are the positions on these issues and maxima to a whole slate of independence to pretty much every democrat out there right now. >> that is right. all of our families are going to the grocery store and we see historically high food cost. all of our families are going to the gas pump and having spend a lot of money to travel and do the basic things that four years ago was a little bit different. so i think president trump needs to continue that message. when he talks about drilling we are at the core of inflation and

sets our prices on energy cost. we were once energy independent. we had enough oil that it looked like we were going to start to be able to supply the world with oil. all of a sudden, we are depleting our oil reserves. that is a 180. that is one that happened fast and i don't think much on the left or right thought it could happen so quickly. president trump warned us about that. whenever you have policies that he had become a whether tax policies at the trump tax cuts and the way he came in and spurred our national economy, i think people want that again. so, i think president trump talks now, people really realize that he's already put these things into action. that goes a long way. and then he talked about the border. our kids and our grandkids are going to suffer if we don't do something about the situation is happening now.

whether that is the impact on human trafficking and sex trafficking, things that, you know, a generation ago we would not have talked about in the united states of america. now, all of a sudden, these things are a reality in the country. fentanyl is coming across the border and killing innocent people. i think it is 300 people a day dying from fentanyl-related issues and overdoses. so, whenever you have a national epidemic going on like that, you have to address it. president trump is one that will not mince words. he has been telling us about the issues at the border for a very long time. he has been educating a lot of people and even though they disagree with him, we are seeing the realities of firsthand as you see that things going on around the nation. >> gillian: all right, jack, thank you for staying up late with us. maybe you got up early on the other side of the coin there.

we appreciate it. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, god bless you. speed to mike. >> mike: after a close third behind ron desantis, nikki haley heading for new hampshire in the primary. aishah hasnie, what is with the hali camp? >> nikki haley first congratulate a former president trump on his victory here in iowa. she never mentioned florida governor ron desantis as she made very clear that she is still in this for the long haul. >> i can safely say, tonight, iowa made this republican primary 82 party race. [cheers and applause] tonight, tonight, i will be baf new hampshire. >> now surrogates may have predicted or hope for a

second-place finish. but haley has been saying for a while she plans to finish strong and her campaign feels she is strong in all of the early states. so this is not a huge upset for this team. they never felt like they had to play second in iowa. they tried to temper expectations here because they are playing the long game hearer. for now, she is on a plane to new hampshire tonight. it is on to the first primary state where she's already got immense momentum. she is closing the gap with trump in recent polling. guys, to pick off voters from chris christie's base after he's out of the race. baback to you. >> gillian: great reporting. coming up next a live report from iowa. plus, the key factors with lasth night's results. stick withat sto us.righ ♪ ♪

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ron desantis with 20% of the support in his column. desantis to bolster his image as the trump alternative candidate. >> gillian: nikki haley's future, the presidential candidate a little less certain, she scored third place but hopes to rejuvenate her campaign next week when she goes to new hampshire where polls and voting blocs lined up more in her favor. the white house hopefuls also narrowing with vivek ramaswamy who suspended his campaign after fourth-place finish. he says he plans to appear with former president trump in a rally later coming up this morning. >> mike: joining us now, fox news correspondent, rebecca castor live at the iowa event center in iowa, hello, rebecca. >> good morning, mike. last night's results no surprise as former president trump leading in all of the iowa polls leading up to the caucuses. what we were watching for last night how white his merge for a

victory would be. would he be able to pull off record-breaking win in iowa getting 50% of the vote? he pulled it off and that is his victory speech last night, it is interesting. we didn't hear from the boisterous trump we are use to hear from at his rallies. instead, he took the time to congratulate his opponents on running a congratulations. and he spoke about uniting the country. listen to this. >> i think it is time for everybody, our country to come together. we want to come together whether republican, democrat, liberal, conservative. it would be nice to come together and straighten out the world and straighten out the problems and all of the death and destruction that we are witnessing. >> well it sounds like trump is focused on the general election, he still has his rivals ron desantis and nikki haley to contend with.

despite nikki haley surging in the polls before the caucus, desantis squeezing out second-place two points above nikki haley. >> they threw everything but the kitchen sink at us. they spent $50 million attacking us. no one has faced that much all the way just threw iowa. but i can tell you because of your support in spite of all of that that they threw at everyone against us, we have got eric ticket punched out of iowa. [cheers and applause] speak with the g.o.p. field as a three-man race and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy suspending his campaign after earning a percent of the vote. he is throwing his support behind the president. >> earlier tonight i called donald trump to tell him that i congratulate him on his victory. and now going forward he will have my full endorsement for the presidency. i think we will do the right

thing for this country. so, i will ask you to follow me and take our america first movement to the next level. it did not begin in 2016. it began in 1776. for the next journey of this race, we are going to make sure that our movement is actually the one that actually leads and saves this country in the next step. >> next up, of course, the new hampshire primary week from today where nikki haley is doing well in the polls there and has support of the states popular governor, mike. >> mike: rebecca, turnout was not all that was hoped. obviously, you guys are having extreme weather in iowa. but how bad was it? >> that is right, mike. feel like temperatures last night during caucus hour were negative 30 degrees. that definitely did happen on the path of the turnout.

100,000 caucus goers vote last night missing the record by 86,000 people. so definitely a lot less than what they were hoping for. >> mike: it is also striking a lot of folks said in the final 24 hours or so, they were thinking about who they would support at caucus out of the whole process in iowa. it is rather unique with this caucus set up. your thoughts on that. >> right. this is a rare opportunity where you go to the polling location with your neighbors and you can hear from supporters of the candidates right up until you write the candidate's name on your ballot and turn it in. we spoke to a lot of people between two candidates before they went into the caucus. they wanted to see what the neighbors were saying. some of the last-minute efforts from the speeches that were given. they made those decisions at the final minute. >> rebecca castor live in des moines, rebecca, thank you

very much. >> gillian: thank you, mike. let's check in with jackie ibanez mining the fox news analysis data into the caucus results. fox voter analysis at the team spoke to 1,500 likely republican iowa caucus goers who they plan to vote for and why they plan to vote for them and techie, what can you tell us? >> final results from the analysis are still coming into the newsroom at this hour. let's take a look at what we do know so far and what we are seeing. we asked, should the u.s. take a more or less active role in solving the world's problems? were as its current role, is it about right? half said the u.s. should take a less active role. but more specifically, what about aid to israel? two-thirds support providing aid to israel and on ukraine, even fewer, four in ten favor continuing aid to ukraine.

turning now to domestic issues, four in ten iowa republicans say immigration is the most important issue facing the country right now. that was closely followed by the economy and then jobs. foreign policy and health care came in a distant third and fourth there. next up, what about the integrity of our elections? just over half of iowa republicans have confidence in the elections on a national level. now at the state level in a slightly better note, iowa republicans are much more confident with the integrity of the elections in their own state. check out these numbers, first time caucus goers overwhelmingly more than half say they voted for former president donald trump. a lot of interesting findings continuing to come out of iowa. you can find the full voter analysis from iowa republicans at foxnews.com. back to you. >> gillian: all right,

thank you, jackie. mike. >> mike: gillian while republicans battled without president biden campaigning to hold onto the job. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich reports. >> the biden campaign announced today two weeks before the deadlines that they hauled in $97 million in donations last quarter. >> the campaign is willing, able to take on the speed if maga republicans and beat them. no matter which version of maga republicans win heals or boots, the platform they are fighting for will cause irreparable harm. >> threats to democracy got democrats elected in 2020, 2022 midterms in last year state and local elections. they are sticking with it for 2024. president biden said trump's candidacy gave him no choice but to seek a second term despite hardship on his family. speak with most undemocratic president in american history. i had to check with my kids, my

grandkids because they will be victimized. >> but biden faces uphill battle and approval rating hitting a 15 year low and washington abc poll. 33% and biden facing angst from key constituency for u.s. support to israel. workers and administration staff expected to walk off of the job in protest. biden's administration has been messaging to upset voters that he hears their concerns and he, too, wants israel to wind down its campaign in gaza. there is a poll for biden to come to the center. senator joe manchin telling donors he plans to speak with biden in the coming days to say as much and it will factor into whether joe manchin with a bipartisan bit of his own. at the white house, jacqui heinrich amo white house news. >> gillian: coming up, he looked at ron desantis next move from iowa to south carolina

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♪ ♪ >> mike: governor ron desantis and nikki haley directly to her home state as the camp will move the campaign to south carolina instead of new hampshire. but some wonder if this is the right move. desantis campaign said it is meant to send a message to

nikki haley he is set on performing well in her backyard. let's bring in former biden campaign surrogate kevin walling and david avella, welcome back. >> gillian: thank you for sticking with us. >> of course. >> mike: david, your thoughts on going to south carolina. i know he will compete new hampshire but he is going to south carolina first. what is the message he is trying to send here? >> gillian: quick stop. >> has anyone lost by 30 points and went on to be the nominee? i can't think of anyone. and that is the challenge not only desantis but nikki haley. republicans included the winners and a commanding win by donald trump tonight. to add to that his huge -- not only in new hampshire but south carolina and moving on with the super tuesday states. for those who want to be with a winner and want the number one factor being who can beat

joe biden? right now that looks like donald trump. >> gillian: kevin, a challenge for trump if not a weakness is something we talked about earlier in the hour is the fact that he's going to bring as well as president biden baggage into the presidential contest. obviously, january 6th and the ensuing events are still being litigated in the courts. but the former president himself is bringing up the same old issues come at the same old grievances even tonight in his victory speech, which is largely consupbeat and forward-looking. take a listen. >> so we will straighten out the elections into a lot of great things. we will try to go to paper ballots as soon as possible. voter i.d., one day, one day elections. we have these elections that last 62 days and if you need more time, take as much time as you want in so many bad things

happen. we have to get rid of mail-in ballots. you actually -- jimmy carter commission said that a long time ago. speed to general election, you have to appeal to some democrats. is there a single democrat with which this is resignation? >> gillian come i don't really think so peer that is the argument nikki haley is trying to make although late in the game comparison with joe biden and donald trump on the campaign trail. donald trump is focused on the past and relitigating 2020 election. she wants to be a candidate for the future. we see ron desantis up on that train as well talk about the chaos that follows donald trump. so, gillian, to your question and your point, you have january before super tuesday, march 5th. you have the defamation case that the former president is facing in new york along with

the documents case, the process playing out in georgia as well on the local level. as nikki haley has said throughout, those are all distractions. you see some poor republican voters let talk about that. they like the former president's policies. they liked some of his bluster even, but they are worried about the factor being a distraction heading into november. >> mike: david, do you want to respond to that? >> yet, trump is beating joe biden in the polls in the swing states which matters the most. if you are closed and thinking what is keeping me up at night, the reality is americans don't like joe biden's policies. they know why they don't like joe biden's policies. and the worst thing for joe biden is the fact america believe his policies making the economy worse. making the board or worse, they know why they don't like joe biden and why they are looking for an alternative. >> gillian: david to come i

want to flip the coin and ask about the biden campaign for a minute. do you think it is effective to stick with 2020 messaging to double back to sort of battle for the soul of america fighting to save democracy as something president biden said this week? >> a candidate that the base is not particularly excited about, you have to do everything you can so you will use those messages. but it doesn't talk to the independence you need to win like wisconsin, michigan, arizona, georgia. when you are focusing backwards. much of what the campaign talks about is not what motivates voters. what we do know is voters are concerned about having a secure border. they are worried about the economy. those are two things joe biden, unfortunately, voters don't agree with where he is he is. >> mike: kevin there is a reference what keeps you up at night. clearly, this show was doing that thank you very much.

[laughter] but otherwise -- >> my bedroom is right next door after this. >> mike: all right, so you will be in your jammies first, okay, got it. what about the senator from west virginia who is doing a listening tour? is he keeping you up at night, joe manchin? >> listen, it is an old adage to talk about the most dangerous place between a politician and open microphone peer that is certainly joe manchin. at the end of the day come i don't think joe manchin wants to hurt joe biden. he has more of the president signing pins for major pieces of legislation then any other senator. i think he likes to be talked about. he has announced he's not seeking reelection, which is a shame because i think he can hold onto that seat despite headwinds against him and west virginia. but mike, to your point, that is one of the fears not just of the biden campaign but what i have as well. we have less than come i think %

of the votes in 2020 were third-party candidates. you did not have joel stein or others out there that command some sort of audience whether it be that green party libertarians, what have you. to david's point, this race will be decided in a handful of key states. you know, thousands of votes will be determined in so many of those states. anything that disrupts that balance and provides an avenue for people to lodge a protest vote, for example or disengage from the two-party system, i think hurts president biden. >> gillian: something else, david, struck me tonight. the trump victory by a very wide margin. sort of maybe doesn't deal a death now but hinges on the arguments we have been hearing from critics both biden and trump. one thing that jumped out to me is the constant hammering for generational change.

it strikes me that iowa would be a prime opportunity for any republicans who feel that is urgently needed. they had a slate of candidates that are decades younger than the former president. is there anything left to that argument now on either side here? >> mike: we have to start with the trump campaign is running smart, technically run a campaign and complements to them. also, you have from the other candidates. the reality is they haven't found the message that pierces through that voters know exactly what the candidate wants with her nikki haley, ron desantis or any others that have been dropped out. but with the trump campaign, you know where he stands. he talks about all the time, he wants to secure the border and get the economy going. none of the candidates have been able to match him in that and that is why you see the commanding win tonight. >> kevin, cash is the lifeline

of these campaigns. what do you think of fund-raising going forward for desantis, haley, and of course, we have the president who is not having to campaign a whole lot who has a lot of cash on hand. >> has reported, $97 million hall last quarter blowing out a lot of expectations. a far more than where barack obama was with the gold standard in democratic politics. you have a high burn rate with a lot of the republicans running for office. you have trump who has the distractions of the legal cases. so he is fund-raising for that. to your point, mike, the president stashed away the cash. this is going to be billions of dollars of television advertising ground engagement, sealed work, mail, phone, everything peer that money is critical. the president is spending his time both being and talking about the economy, traveling at

the country, and he was at an mlk reception yesterday at a food kitchen in pennsylvania. key states to david's point. but a lot of his time has been spent fund-raising. the down part of the campaign all eyes on republicans, he is doing his best and blowing it out of the water to raise funds for november. >> gillian: gentlemen, before we let you go come i want to thank both of you for being the ultimate late-night champions or early morning champions, however you want to describe it. you guys have carried the show with us. thank you for being here. we learned a lot from talking to you as always. >> mike: thanks, guys. >> it was a lot of fun with you guys. >> gillian: let's do it next week in new hampshire. >> on to new hampshire. >> mike: from kevins living room though. >> gillian: kevin, we will send a card for you and everything. thank you so much, gentlemen. thank you to everybody at home for sticking with us and for

team coverage this morning at the iowa caucuses. it was great, donald trump bested his competition with 50% of the bow at the end of the d day. thank you for being with us this hour and last hour. >> mike: gillian, we had a lot of fun. the presidential candidates turning their attention to new hampshire. that does it for us. i am mike emanuel and "fox & friends is first at the top of the hour. have a great day

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