the bbc's holly honderich _ peaceful future. the bbc's holly honderich reporting | peaceful future.k you. joining me live now, both in iowa sticking out the cold, are new york times political reporter maya king and semafor political reporter, shelby talcott. good to see you both and thank you forjoining us in good to see you are indoors because it looks little outdoors at the moment but i want to start with you, maya. how disruptive has this been to this critical weekend ahead of the caucus? when you think about what is required during a caucus, the engaging with voters and going out into the field and having these conversations about policies but also getting folks out to caucus for you and getting them to tell others, the weather has really disrupted that. it's just blizzard —like conditions here in iowa today across the state and it's caused a lot of problems for voters to be able to go to events and also for candidates like nikki haley and ron desantis specifically who really have needed to make up ground and tried to close this massive gap between themselves and former presiden

the bbc�*s holly honderich reporting from iowa. thank you.weekend ahead of the caucus? when you think about what is required during a caucus, the engaging with voters and going out into the field and having these conversations about policies but also getting folks out to caucus for you and getting them to tell others, the weather has really disrupted that. it's just blizzard —like conditions here in iowa today across the state and it's caused a lot of problems for voters to be able to go to events and also for candidates like nikki haley and ron desantis specifically who really have needed to make up ground and tried to close this massive gap between themselves and former president donald trump and that's just requiring them to talk to voters, you know, nikki haley had several town halls today, governor desantis had a number of events where he talked to volunteers but also had to scale them down also and it's caused a lot of problems in this critical stretch of campaign time and also given them some things to look forward to in terms of clues

my colleague helena humphey spoke with bbc digital reporter holly honderich, who was at the rally.a very cold snowy day? it was tough. the weather was tough and it has been a tough year for the pro—life movement, the anti—abortion movement. they had a massive victory, landmark victory, overturning roe v wade, and the ultimate goal is a national abortion ban and that has not happened. things have not gone according to plan if you are one of those activists. they see political resistance. a gallup poll last month showed 69% support some access to abortion. that is huge. they have the election coming up this year and it will be a tough climb for them going forward. let's talk about it as an election issue. yesterday we saw a joint campaign launched by president biden and vice president kamala harris. when it comes to abortion rights, how big do you think this will be as an election issue? most people predicted a horrible outcome for the democrats in 2022 but they over—performed and republicans under—performed, and people on either side of the aisle agree that was because of abortion.

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a short while ago i spoke with our digital reporter holly honderich— who was at the rally.ere people telling you? the weather was tough and as you mention, it is a bit tough for the pro—life, anti—abortion movement that a massive victory 18 months ago a landmark victory returning roe v wade is a clearing the field to get to the ultimate goal which is a national abortion ban. that has not happened and things have not according according to plan if you are an anti—abortion activist. they have seen glowing clinical persistence in the gallup poll some 69% of americans support some actions some accessto abortion. i think they know facing the election coming up this year it will be a tough climb for them to get their movement going forward. let's talk about as an election issue. we saw a 2022 campaign launch between president biden the vice president kamala harris when it comes to abortion rights. how big do you think this will be at during this election season? we saw in 2020 most people predicted a horrible outcome for the democrats and in fact the over performed and republican