okay, we've got news coming in, we have senator ron johnson is coming up in just a few minutes. senator ron johnson will talk to us about a new harvard harris poll showing a border crisis has rocketed to the top of the list of concerns for voters nationwide and senator ron johnson will join us in just a second. bring in m marc thiessen and bil mcgurn. both are authors and former white house speech writers to president george w. bush. bill, first to you, polls closing in a new hours and good to see both. new hampshire, first in the nation primary. bill, where is this going? >> well, i personally, you know, have no inside knowledge. i think trump's going to win, and i'm kind of amused at all the speculation. we saw it in iowa too. everyone is talking what happens if so and so doesn't get over this margin. if nikki haley comes in second. winning the majority is getting the delegates in the state. i'll be interested to see who turns out more, trump's voters or haley's voters. elizabeth: you know, the news is coming in what bill just said, mark, where do you come down on this. politi

i know senator lankford gave a report, till us where conference is and where senator ron johnson wants it to be. >> i am glad we are able to slow protest down, schumer. ed to rush it through. i think james lankford is doing a good of a job as he can, he is knowledgeable, it is complex, but the main problem, fatal play could perhaps he is negotiating with a conference with a president who want an open border, who cause the problem. they are the root cause. and my guess is that democrats want these talks to fail. so to just blame someone, they don't want to close the border, they want political cover, it say big challenge for james langford, but he making progress, and there is real positive parts to what he is trying to negotyaisht the problem is, this is a problem with hr2, a lot of stuff would work if we were back at trump level. what trump left for biden was a more normal encounter rate at the border, that was 30 thousand a month, right now we are encountering 300 thousand a month, there is no legislation that fix, that you have to do something extraordinary. that is the hard questio

republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin is here. great to have you, happy new year and blessings to you and your family. let's get started with the ballot fight against trump in wisconsin. >> good morning, harris, happy new year to you as well. listen, this is just further proof that the left, the radical left is trying to divide this country and tear it apart. that's what is happening here. this is a continuation of it. the radical left infiltrated the university systems and graduating journalists that aren't journalists but advocates for the left and pushing things like critical race theory, identity politics. the left is dividing this country. lincoln said a house divided cannot stand. i don't know what their endgame here is other than destroy the country and rebuild some socialist utopia? but it is literally tearing our nation apart. it is coming from the left. people need to understand this. this isn't just happening. this is traore strategy. >> harris: this can happen to anybody. i don't think the left has thought this through

larry: senator ron johnson, happy new year. we appreciate it very much. >> same to you.arry: coming up here on "kudlow," i think we saw a presidential performance from donald trump last night, presidential performance. we'll ask one of the moderators, our great friend bret baier, see what he thought about the whole story when "kudlow" returns. by the way you can catch "kudlow" monday through friday 4:00 p.m. every day and for some reason you can't be there, text your favorite nine-year-old and she will show you how to dvr the show and you will never miss a single thing. i am kudlow. we'll be right back. ♪. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel- nothing beats it. new pronamel active shield actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a gamechanger for my patients- it really works. you know what's interesting these days? bitcoin. look for bitwise, my friends. if your business needs a new application then developers will have to write code. a lot of code. if an application needs to be modernized t

thanks very much for walking us through we appreciate it will talk senator ron johnson 2024 race to white house heats up president biden asked about former president trump on the ballot his response coming up wait till you hear this one the hot topic of the hour you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. . so, you have diabetes, and your glucose is heading low. [ alert sound ] dexcom g7, the most accurate cgm, can alert you before you go too low. now, that's more peace of mind with dexcom g7. ♪ ♪ january a dp report crossing to cheryl with numbers. cheryl: lot weaker than expected 107,000 estimate 145,000 so this is a pretty weak report. and this is kind of a slowdown we saw in december trickled into january, also, pay. falling from last month annual pay that gain 5.2%, but remember, last month it was 5.5% quick, revised december down now december revision 158 previous number 164, not good news guys. a lot of jobs talk about as well as weakness in leisure hospitality there you go weaker numbers ahead of friday, the estimates 180k for nonparm rate 3.8% see if we get weaker

ron johnson told me his state is on that list, coming up, wisconsin. >> happy new year, harris.all, don't open a door you can't close. this is a dangerous door to open. we need the supreme court to step in quickly before we have too many states do this. i will defeat president trump fair and square. i have no doubt about that. but this is not the way to do it. what we have seen happen, this started prior to covid, is government thinking that they know better than everybody else. and you've got people who are thinking -- telling people what to think, what to do, how to live, how to breathe. that's not what they are supposed to do. i trust the people of colorado. i trust the people of maine. i trust the people of wisconsin. let them make the decision. let them decide the path forward for our country. but this goes back to the fact that rightly or wrongly chaos follows trump. it always does. it just follows him. we are a country in disarray. we have a world on fire and we can't go through four more years of chaos. we won't survive it. you don't fix democrat chaos with republican ch

joining us is senator ron johnson from home hand security. year, good to see you, my friend. the white house as grady trimble was reporting and they're claiming they're doing everything they can on the border. by enacting hundreds of executive actions on day one wiping out trump's border policies and what do you make of them claiming they're doing everything they can on the border? >> happy new year and happy birthday. listen, president biden caused this. they want an open boarder and they're getting exactly what they wanted. maybe it's larger in terms of numbers, but this is exactly what they wanted and this is all kinds of things and they canceled all the successful programs that had secured our boarder and now it's completely out of control and as much as i reekeruate what senator lightfoot is trying to accomplish and negotiating with the democrats but peaceful negotiation is not going to solve this. this is so overwhelmed and custom and border protection and cities throughout america and we need to seal the border and we need a president

let me point out ron johnson's very helpful charge.t this pile of bill donald trump -- joe biden deliberately took the number up to here. and the genius republican negotiators say let's drop the numbers to hear. double where they were under obama. it's not that they are batted negotiating. it's that they want this outcome in this outcome is terrible for the american people. [inaudible] e there's no country in the face of the planet that is more generous. we allow roughly 1 million people a year to come here legally. i'm the son of immigrants. we had anuestion and it's really fun when reporters want to be totally dishonest editorialist and say anyone that wants to secure the borders or races. i am the son of the cuban immigrant and i believe in legal immigration but there's a right way to do it. you wait in line and the dishonest reporting that says anyone who is concerned about what's happening about murders and is coming to this country and gang members coming into this country and hamas and hezbollah coming into this country and litt

[inaudible] >> senator ron johnson republican from the state of wisconsin joins me now, welcome to the >> you are talking with white house on a border deal, how are things going, senate leadership is talking to the white house or not leading us into the room, they're not telling us all the details. what the president of the united states said is one more lie boldfaced lie to the market public, he is not pressing republicans to secure the border, people need to understand the crisis at the border is a clear and present danger to america, he caused it, he is the root cause they want an open border, humanist democrat allies in congress want an open border, now are supposed to negotiate with arsonists to put out there fire, right now my belief is that the democrats are negotiating for political cover because you have mayor adams in new york saying the migrant crisis is going to destroy new york city new york has less than 2% of 6 million plus in this country, if you go to small towns in wisconsin there being overwhelmed by migrants themselves. stuart: in wisconsin? >> whitewater 15000 popu

joining me now is senator ron johnson. senator, good to see you. lot to talk about here in terms of homeland security. or what are you expecting today in terms of the house efforts to impeach preponderance mayorkas? -- impeach preponderance mayorkas? >> i think that should have to occurred a couple years ago, so i completely support the house efforts. at the same time, here in the senate the senate leadership is negotiating with secretary mayorkas and the biden administration. now, the real problem we have with these senate negotiations is the biden administration, president biden, his allies in the congress, democrat allies, they want an open border. they caused this problem. they are the arsonists, and we're trying to negotiate with them to try to put out the fire that they started. and, you know, republicans want a secure board or. -- border. all i think most democrats want is political cover. they realize this is becoming an issue, that the main stream media can't hide it much longer. they continue to undersell it. they don't report on it the w

. >> harris: senator ron johnson is in wisconsin, he said this about the trump ballot ban. >> these secretariesf state, these individuals and courts doing it and pushing these measures pushing him off the ballot, they are not getting criticized other than hand ringing of operatives who think this is not helpful in general election. by and large, they do this with impunity and pressuring main-stream media because they are advocates for the left. >> harris: dagen. >> dagen: some bureaucrats, in particular secretary of state in maine has not been treated for the derangement syndrome and i'm joking, just to be clear, has delusional syndrome seeing herself as single supreme court justice who can decide what section three stands for. in terms of the supreme court, it better be non-nought ruling, it better be 9-0. if any of the justices vote to remove trump from the ballot, they do not deserve that bench, they do not deserve to adjudicate traffic violations or sit on a park bench if they go the wrong way on this. >> harris: kennedy, i guess that leads me to point of politics in the court, it would be

there was an incident with ron johnson test.ntis. >> they are kind of young, and they are emotional. >> if he is the nominee then you would support him? would you be more inclined to support a donald trump if it is nikki haley the running mate? >> that is a good question. i will duck that one. is that okay? >> you are a billionaire. i'm not going to tell you what to say. she might say that i offer you the midas touch. i want you to be my running mate, you will say? >> i would do anything for nikki haley, but not that. cannot handle me, neil. >> that is a old meat loaf song, but don't have time to get into that. >> if your listeners want to come to i want to break that world record then i will give them $10,000. >> if an anchor was stepping -- standing next to you -- >> i would love to see you try that. talk to these people and don't see that you're looking at the breakfast. you can take it from them. [laughter] >> we had a lot of people >> neil: we were pretty crafty. he would coveror me when i take their sausage. lot of diners

wisconsin senator ron johnson, raymond arroyo, "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> bret: iran'se of a force to be reckoned with perhaps. growing capabilities come while houthi rebels keep up their attacks on ships in the red sea. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. the latest on this. good morning, jennifer. >> all eyes on the red sea. the pentagon reopens after the new year holiday. sent come there was no break. dramatic escalation in attacks from houthi fires have caused shippers to reroute ships and stop using the red sea bound to add to consumer prices. the latest development involves iran sending a navy frig yacht with cruise missiles. they have been acquiring cruise missiles with ranges of over of hundred miles and reconnaissance helicopters. navy helicopters were in a fire fight with houthi gunmen on board four small vessels attempting to hijack a denmark owned shipping container. the u.s. navy responded to the distress call and when the houthis fired on the attack helicopters, the crews sank three vessels killing an estimated ten houthi fighters. u.s. attack helicopte

ron johnson is here on that. subzero temperatures could make iowa caucuses the coldest in history.how to protect yourself as you head to the voting booth or anywhere else if you are outside. democrats keep counting the economy, inflation averaged 5.7% hunter biden, more than double any of the last four presidents. stephen moore on that next. ♪ 's in congress once again hunting on a new spending deal, a new agreement will be voted on this week to keep the government running for another month. chad pergram on capitol hill, republican hardliners are saying about this. >> the heart right is angry but so far most are biting their lips when it comes to house speaker mike johnson. bipartisan efforts a partial government shutdown this wee weekend. johnson announced friday he would stick to the spending numbers agreed to earlier this month. a vote to break a filibuster on the bill comes tomorrow night in the senate. >> democrats and republicans have to work together. i have worked with leader mcconnell and he agrees we should avoid a shotgun so hopefully we can get this done. it's amazing s

. >> laura: so this means senator ron johnson, holly, rand paul, you, vance, i mean, there is a core grouch senators who are still standing up for the american workers, they -- y'all got to stick together. and everyone can call their senator and respectfully let their voice be heard. senator, i understand that you have decided whom you are going to endorse in the republican primary. are you going to share it with us tonight. >> yeah. i have made that decision. and as i get that that, i want to be clear, this is a choice. the american people have a choice to make. in this circumstance, they have a rare historically unusual chance to choose between two presidents. they have a chance to choose between order and lawlessness. the opportunity of putting america first or america last. i choose first and always to put america first. look, whether you like donald trump or not, whether you agree with everything he says, or not, he is our one opportunity to choose order over chaos and putting america first over america last. it's time to get behind him. and, look, in presidential campaigns ther

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johnson from wisconsin, who wants to , firstly, divide ukrainian aid, and secondly, completely tie it monthly can change, but biden has lost his shame, opened the border again, and in general zelensky will not receive anything, this is one concept, there is another concept, the concept of the trumpists, everyone saw iowa, everyone saw the results of trump’s breathtaking success, what does this mean, about that not only trump won in iowa, but the ideology of trumpism won in iowa, on the eve. another ukrainian skeptic, a well-known american, vivi kromoswami, joined, this is already a coalition, these two politicians, in principle, come from the position that ukraine does not need help, and this finds a great response among congressmen in the house of representatives, it is not for nothing that before today’s meeting margery taylor greene , who, who always has on her tongue what is on the mind of all other trumpists, says that ukraine does not need to be helped at all, moreover ... last week, she directly warned speaker mike johnson that even without taking into account, leaving out any

. >> but some republicans oppose sending more money to ukraine altogether, like senator ron johnson who says there isn't enough accountability for the aid we've already sent. no one's really striving for the next 60 billion dollars can go to as well. so again, ukraine funding i'm not that popular. the white house warns if the u.s. abandons ukraine other countries may follow. they're all looking to us for leadership. they all want to know where we're going to be here. you know, a couple months. and as we're approaching its two-year mark senate leader chuck schumer this funding decision make a critical difference. if congress fails to act to ukraine faces defeat. and senator schumer says ukraine's defeat would make the world a more dangerous place in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> here's what it looks like outside right now across the bay. there. >> there's a look at the exploratorium. no umbrellas, no puddles, no rain clouds, but that's just a short break. yeah, a little bit of a short break. we are in our winter season. winter for us does mean brain. and you know, we've had talk with

. >> but some republicans oppose sending more money to ukraine altogether, like senator ron johnson who says there isn't enough accountability for the aid we've already sent. no one's really striving for the next 60 billion dollars can go to as well. so again, ukraine funding is that i'm not that popular. the white house warns if the u.s. abandons ukraine, other countries may follow. they're all looking to us for leadership. they all want to know where we're going to be here. you know, a couple months. and as we're approaching its two-year mark senate leader chuck schumer this funding decision make a critical difference. if congress fails to act to ukraine faces defeat. and senator schumer says ukraine's defeat would make the world a more dangerous place in washington. i'm hannah brandt. >> meanwhile, several people been killed and dozens left injured after a russian missile strikes to ukrainians cities, the largest of the 2 key even carve up to date, according to ukrainian officials are saying a gas pipeline along with several apartment building sustained damages. the russian barrage o

senator ron johnson calls it a logical we're told they're going to find sanctuary city.isn't that stupid? i mean, take better care of illegal immigrants. and that's just in cause more to come. even if a bill passes the senate. the group argues it's dead on arrival in the house. republicans there are vowing to seek any deal that doesn't include trump era immigration policy past. but senate republican leader mitch mcconnell warns blocking the package which includes ukraine. 8 is a win for our interest to help blunt aggressive behavior before tradition, water conflict. time is of the essence for ukraine. this week the pentagon confirms the u.s. as out of money to help their defense and we will continue to work closely with congress and urge the border and those abroad. for now in washington, raquel martin, back to raquel, thank you. still ahead, another price hike could be on the horizon this time. it's coming. >> from inside most people's living rooms. plus, what the living rooms. plus, what the future of i [narrator] covered california is a free service from the state tha

vote, so everybody would understand that it is donald trump calling these senators, that ridiculous ronaucus and the senate and the entire house, that is being called by trump and told by trump, don't fix the border. don't fix the border. that's i think what mcconnell was doing. and of course, you immediately saw tom tillis and you saw romney and you see others stepping up and going, yes, that's exactly what's happening. donald trump is keeping the border open. so, kudos to mcconnell for having american strategically, because he's the one that's now one this thing wide open. >> thanks so much for being on this morning. >> morning joe: weekend continues after a short break. continues after a short break. fair, freckled, or melanated. we are appreciated. ultra hydrated. glazed and glowing. confidence overflowing. vaseline lotions 90% more moisture for my one-of-a-kind skin. and there's no other skin i want to be in. nice to meet ya. my name is david. i've been a pharmacist for 44 years mainly because i just love helping people. as i got older, it was just a natural part of aging, i felt t

ron johnson declared a few days ago that he has slowed down the process of giving the money that presidenten requested to fix the border. why? his words were, they can slow it until the election. they can slow it down until the election. they are screaming that the border, the border, the nation is in trouble, we are in danger. they refused to release the money needed for the border. how can this be? not only that, we have turned immigration, we have turned these people into monsters. people, these are the same individuals that have been coming into america for years. for 40, 50, 60 years. the jobs that most americans would not do, do not want to do, carry watermelons, plant, build, construction in the hot sun, hotel rooms, cleaning them, the things americans do not want to do because it is too hard and it does not pay enough. they have taken these jobs and we have allowed republicans to turn this into this monstrous situation. all of these people pouring in, if they had the money to fix the border, guess what? these people would not be able to pour in like that because there would be enou

ron johnson declared a few days ago that he has slowed down the process of giving the money that president biden requested to fix the border. why? his words were, they can slow it until the election. they can slow it down until the election. they are screaming that the border, the border, the nation is in trouble, we are in danger. they refused to release the money needed for the border. how can this be? not only that, we have turned immigration, we have turned these people into monsters. people, these are the same individuals that have been coming into america for years. for 40, 50, 60 years. the jobs that most americans would not do, do not want to do, carry watermelons, plant, build, construction in the hot sun, hotel rooms, cleaning them, the things americans do not want to do because it is too hard and it does not pay enough. they have taken these jobs and we have allowed republicans to turn this into this monstrous situation. all of these people pouring in, if they had the money to fix the border, guess what? these people would not be able to pour in like that because there would be

september 2021, senator ron johnson, you have repeatedly stated that our borders are not open, they are closed. do you honestly believe that? let me speak to that. july, 2022, simple question, do you think it's working? secretary mayorkas said he thinks they are doing a good job. november, 2022, secretary mayorkas, do you continue to maintain that the border is secure? secretary mayorkas said yes. it goes on and on. 32 times. suddenly, mr. goldman, and others have said it, it's not tenable. maybe it's because eric adams of new york said you are destroying new york city. maybe it's because the mayor of chicago said you've got to send more money, we are in crisis, or denver, or any other number of democrat run cities. that's the news. that's the news. this impeachment, these articles of impeachment present a narrow question, which no one wants to seem to follow the line of reasoning long enough to get to. the supreme court said in the united states versus texas, that congress, 20 years ago, mandated restriction of the administrations process doyle -- prosecutorial authority. in certain ca

at the same time senator ron johnson is currently leading efforts to block a deal on border security.sted about sabotaing the border security deal. >> i've been leading the effort to slow this process down. i've got 14 of my colleagues to sign a letter to republican leadership to hold a conference meeting when we return on january 8th. that was really designed to make sure that they would jam us this week to take a vote on a bill that nobody's seen. so i think we were largely successful. >> let's bring in sahil kapur. the immigration battle is just one of the big challenges facing congress. it's something that the republicans consider a priority. can you tell us more about that and the other fights you're watching on capitol hill? which are real and which are made-up fights just to look like you're fighting something? >> it's a new year, but it's the same divided congress that struggle to do even the basics of legislating. a number of deadlines from 2023 are comingdue. let's look at five of them. first, ukraine aid and immigration. these two a connected, because republicans say they w

that so everybody would understand that it is donald trump calling these senators, like ridiculous ron and the other trump lackeys in the republican caucus and the house that is being called by trump and told by trump, don't fix the border. don't fix the border. that's what i think what mcconnell was doing. of course you immediately saw thom tillis and romney and others stepping up and saying that's exactly what is happening. donald trump is keeping the border open. so kudos to mcconnell for very the strategy. he has this thing now wide open. >> all right, and former u.s. attorney joyce bance, thank you for being on. mark theeson was on fox news talking about why he thinks president trump may end up losing the election this november. >> i'm not surprised he's raising money. what i'm worried about is his ability to win over haley voters once this is over. he says anyone making a perm nation to bird brain will be permanently banned from maga, does that apply to the voters, too? he lost in 2020 because he lost the swing voters in three states. 43,000 voters will decide the election next n

let's bring in whit johnson with ron desantis. good morning, whit. >> reporter: hey, george.d morning. ron desantis has planted his campaign flag here going all in. a huge investment of time and resources with the calculation he would be able to connect to the state's traditional conservatives. despite nikki haley pushing ahead in the polls, desantis is still projecting confidence. he believes he has a big advantage when it comes to the ground game especially getting people to these caucus sites in these subzero temperatures. desantis has visited all 99 counties in iowa, doing more events than donald trump and nikki haley combined. one desantis campaign staffer told me they've identified precinct captains with suv's, trucks and four-wheel drives. they're bringing shovels and ice melt. they're literally going to dig people out and transport them directly to these caucus sites. that includes picking up seniors from retirement homes. desantis is back out there today, multiple events, making his final push. he's telling people he doesn't mind being the underdog. his campaign know

this is ron desantis in blue. this is johnson county. about two hours due east of us in des moines. university of iowa. keep an eye on this county. and went with rubio eight years ago. these are the voters that nikki haley was going for. we will see whether or not this holds up. it's 2%. hang onto that. let me see if i can to back this up one time. is it okay? we are all good. this is black hawk county. let me do this for you, jessie. you are my guinea pig. i'm going to go out and come back in. >> whatever you want. >> let's see if black hawk county appears. do you see that? black hawk county is the university of northern iowa. it's got a decent population. county population of 4% of the entire state. ranks 5 out of 99. that is something to watch throughout the evening. a bit of a sample. just in the time we were talking johnson county went from blue to orange and orange is nikki haley. a race that we will watch throughout the night. >> it is no pottawatomie county, but is up there. not as good as punxsutawney. that's a close call. we will check back with you soon. thank you so much

signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now recognize members for from lists submitted by the majority and the minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than t the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa, mrs. miller-meeks, for five minutes. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the 50th anniversary of the southeast iowa regional planning commission. since 1973, the commission has transformed from merely a planning agency to a dynamic force in grant writing and program management. through these initiatives they have facilitated the investment of over $300 million in outside funds into our southeastern iowa communities, influencing infrastruct

but first, which johnson is at desantis headquarters in west des moines with juju, even though ron desantis is projected to come in second place here in the iowa caucuses. >> it felt like a victory party here at desantis headquarters, he came out here and spoke a short time ago, thanking his supporters for punching his ticket out of iowa. he said that his republican rivals threw everything at him, but he is still standing, and a lot of that has to do with his ground game here in iowa. he threw everything at this state, hoping to connect with the evangelical and traditional conservatives here. he racked up some key endorsements along the way. later on, he hops on a plane to south carolina to challenge nikki haley in her own state. then he's back to new hampshire for the primary. but he still has a difficult road ahead and a path towards that nomination. donald trump still maintains a commanding lead in the polls, but the desantis campaign rolls on. juju. thank you, whit and eva pilgrim is at nikki haley's headquarters. >> eva juju nikki haley saying that this was the strong show of support t

, iowa city, i do think, you know, ron desantis got his ticket punched. he came in second as he said. but he hasn't really spent any time in new hampshire. he's going to try to move on to south carolina. that's going to be a tough sell. he could probably hit donald trump on some of the points of contrast about lockdowns and covid policy where his record might contrast well with trump. didn't really do that. i think what's significant is when we start getting too much of the expectations game and the horse race politics, yes, that's how we judge things. if you look at donald trump's cleared 50%. but that's a matter of like a thousand, 2,000 votes. just like it's around 2,000 votes that separate haley and desantis. we want to put that in real term perspective rather than surfing off the narrative and having it be determinative. >> at the end of the day, ron desantis and nikki haley have made it all about them and not about the american people, and they're going to have to translate their value to themselves. h hillary clinton made the same mistake. >> donal

house speaker mike johnson predicting battle just before heading to the white house for a key meeting with president biden on aid to ukraine. >>> and new video showing police deploying exploding flash bangs while raiding a home. there was a toddler on a ventilator inside. . >>> there is a legend here that when you come . >>> all right. on to new hampshire the primary there is less than a week away and we're getting new reporting on how ron desantis plans to approach this all. cnn's omar jimenez is on hampton beach in new hampshire. ron desantis will hold a campaign event in hampton beach later today. what are you learning about the desantis campaign? >> reporter: yeah. so they are saying point blank that they are in this for the long haul. no matter what the poll or positioning looks like here in new hampshire, in particular, they say they are going to be competing for delegates in every state. they are not looking toward any sort of finish line at this point and predict on february 25th, that is when nikki haley is going to drop out of this race. that is what desantis campaign is pre

>>> also, speaker johnson's juggle. does he walk away from negotiations and risk a partial government shutdown? we'll talk all about that ahead. get over here kids. time for today's lesson. wow. -whoa. what are those? these are humans. they rely on something called the internet to survive. huh, powers out. [ gasp ] are they gonna to die? worse, they are gonna get bored. [ gasp ] wait look! they figured out a way to keep the internet on. yeah! -nature finds a way. [ grunt ] stay connected when the power goes out, with storm ready wifi from xfinity. and see migration in theaters now. >>> donald trump heading to iowa after closing arguments in his $370 million civil fraud trial in new york thursday. he made himself heard through several rants both in and out of court using the lawsuits against him as part of a familiar campaign pitch. claiming he did nothing wrong despite an unprecedented attack against him. listen. >> we didn't have a jury. we had no rights to a jury. this is a statute that's a consumer fraud statute neve

perry johnson, 0 votes. mary maxwell, 1 vote.eters, 0 votes. >> rachel swift versus samuel howard sloan, i think we got the numbers we need which are nikki haley about half the number of votes that donald trump got in this one ward in belmont. >> belmont, so it's almost 2 to 1 for donald trump. so the question is what does that mean? so let's go back in time and take a look and look at 2016. trump got 40% of the vote, gep, a much crowded field. you're going to see this a lot tonight where the numbers are out. he won with 40% with 640 votes. everyone remembers the crowded field back then. you come back now and look at belmont again and come back to 2024 so we don't confuse people. belmont is right here and belmont comes up, it's a small town. so you have these numbers. so the question is if you're trump in the places that you won last time, you want to keep winning them, the question just is, you know, can he keep doing this up here? if you go back to the map, and again bexar going to get more votes, they trickle in slowly at firs

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county, where the university of iowa is, and iowa city, scott county, davenport, and if ron desantiso pull off a better than expected performance, he's got to do well up here in the northwest part of the state, which is where ted cruz did well, and mike huckabee did well, rick santorum pulled out a win by doing well in the four counties. do you think these candidates can exceed expectations in these particular places? >> yeah, i think that remains to be seen. i do agree, like northwest iowa is a heavy evangelical, i would add sioux county as well, heavy on evangelicals but trump also does well with evangelicals, desantis has been courting that vote. you look at those urban counties, nikki haley would be expected to run strong in those counties. those are the counties that marco rubio won, he won five counties in 2016. not enough to win the caucuses but especially if she runs up the vote in the urban counties to have the -- meet the goal of doing well in iowa. >> john: and if 2016 is any indication, keep an eye on calhoun county. percentages out of that one county mirrored what happen

also, can house speaker mike johnson avert a partial government shutdown?lleagues on capitol hill have less than two days to try to make that happen. >>> right now, e. jean carroll is back on the stand facing cross-examination from donald trump's lawyers in the defamation case. trump's lawyers indicated she had about 30 minutes left of questioning left. let get right to kara scannell from outside of court. what are we hearing from inside the court? >> reporter: e. jean carroll has been on the stand for just a little while now, and she's under cross-examination from trump's attorney alina habba. the focus of much of the questioning this morning has been on the timeline because e. jean carroll's initial story came out through a book excerpt on "new york magazine's" website and donald trump made his first statement that carroll was suing him for that five hours later. what they are showing is people responding to her tweet about this story that was negative before donald trump made his first post. some of these tweets that they have showed said that show was m

leaders, tom emmer, the whip, steve scalise, and mike johnson was quick to endorsed trump after winning the speakership. there is a schism between the chambers of congress and republican leadership getting behind trump early. a lot of that has to do with the house has more gerrymandered districts, where losing a primary challenge is the biggest threat to your general election. you see a lot of folks getting behind trump earlier in the house. the senate is a lagging indicator. the house is in front with those endorsements or trump. >> why do these candidates seek endorsements from members of congress? >> that is a great question. especially as we see that versus the two early state governors, kim reynolds and chris sununu, who have endorsed other candidates besides trump. i do not know if a senator's endorsement matters, but trump really values endorsements. they are super important to him. he uses them almost as currency and politics. a great example is endorsing j.d. vance in the 2022 ohio primary. j.d. vance won. he was one of the first to endorsed trump, and now trump is backing j.d.

leaders, tom emmer, the whip, steve scalise, and mike johnson was quick to endorsed trump after winninghe speakership. there is a schism between the chambers of congress and republican leadership getting behind trump early. a lot of that has to do with the house has more gerrymandered districts, where losing a primary challenge is the biggest threat to your general election. you see a lot of folks getting behind trump earlier in the house. the senate is a lagging indicator. the house is in front with those endorsements or trump. >> why do these candidates seek endorsements from members of congress? >> that is a great question. especially as we see that versus the two early state governors, kim reynolds and chris sununu, who have endorsed other candidates besides trump. i do not know if a senator's endorsement matters, but trump really values endorsements. they are super important to him. he uses them almost as currency and politics. a great example is endorsing j.d. vance in the 2022 ohio primary. j.d. vance won. he was one of the first to endorsed trump, and now trump is backing j.d. v

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i gave one to ron desantis. he wants me to re-engineer florida's debt. i don't know if it will count down. his debt went down 25% since he was there. >> speaking of the house mike johnson concerned about this issue, it seems. do you have confidence he will get the job done? do your peers believe in him? we had more than one speaker recently. >> his margins are thinner than when cech mccarthy was speaker. we got promises to reduce spending when we voted to increase the debt limit. i'm worried they will go back on the promises or the cuts. >> if not desantis, who? >> i am staying with desantis the whole way. >> if he leaves the race, you are going to stay with desantis? >> we'll see what happens at the convention. >> we'll see. a little countdown clock is very, very interesting. tune into cnn tomorrow night, just five days before the iowa caucuses. a make-or-break night for republican presidential hopefuls. the cnn presidential debate is live from iowa, moderated by jake tapper and dan to bash tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> up next, all-hands saf

i said that he wants to see them target to ron lindsey graham, close ally of donald trump. he has been saying, hit a run and hit them hard. mike johnson, who is the speaker of the house of other republican member, he said, america must send a clear message or the tax or the troops will not be tolerated. so you can see that there has been a 150 or so attacks on american positions in the middle east. since october 17th. there is clear and the use of the 1st desk, the 1st to be taught with these that have been recorded. number of injuries, but the fox to be taught to use that have been recorded and the attack of this kind, the official is potentially of what should moment and this conflict a lot for us there in washington dc. many things i kind of would like to bring and treat the policy you is the executive vice president of the quincy institute, a think tank based in washington dc, joins us from arrest and in virginia, a very well welcome to you. so as we heard that from our colleague island fisher has a friday, has been a substantial number of attacks approaching a 170 atta

. >> if anybody thinks the road doesn't count, johnson county, i want to have a word with you.cki, one question i have before i let you go, i mean, ron desantis, he's been losing in the polls over the last couple of polls by the des moines register. he's been losing steam, i should say. where in the state did he do better than expected, that really stood out to you? >> i don't know if it was doing better than expected, or if it was nikki haley doing more. i can see another couple of examples here -- i'll show you, let's just go back to dallas county. haley was supposed to be beating him by a bigger margin here. this is an under-performance by nikki haley in this county. might be an over performance for desantis. this is a place where haley was supposed to do better. and there's a lot of votes. that's not mean that it may look like a lot of votes, but that's a lot of votes in these caucuses. that's not a good showing for nikki haley right there. we mentioned polk county, it's a really bad score for haley, finishing behind, she used to be in second place here, ideally, her campai

i gave one to ron desantis, but he said he want to be re-designed it to go to florida's.his debt went down 25% since he was. there >> you got speaker of the house mike johnson are really concerned about this issue it seems because of course the government has this to terry potential shutdown that might be happening. do you have confidence he will get the job done? do you think you're peers believe in him? so we've had more ones than one speaker recently. >> in his margins even thinner than when kevin mccarthy was speaker. it's going to be tough. we've got some promises to reduce spending when we voted to increase the debt limit. i'm worried that this new deal that he struck with schumer that they may get rid of those promises or go back on those promises to do those cats. >> final question, if not desantis, then who? >> i'm staying with desantis the whole way. >> you are all in. >> i'm all in. >> if he leaves the race you are going to vote right in or bubble in someone else? >> we will see what happens at the convention. >> all right, we'll see. a little countdown clock.

that's where for the first time nikki haley and ron desantis will be going head to head. this will be one of their final chances to change the dynamics of the race which is five days until the iowa caucuses. live from iowa next. >>> tonight the final faceoff before the iowa caucuses right here on cnn. with five days until the caucuses, it's a critical night for both nikki haley and ron desantis. perhaps their final chance to reach those crucial undecided voters. donald trump, the dominant frontrunner, will not be there. again he's skipping a primary debate which so far has not hurt him especially not in iowa. cnn's jeff zeleny is in des moines. there is still a lot on the line between the two candidates. >> reporter: there's so much on the line tonight and in the next coming days. both candidates are hoping to amplify the arguments they make on stage tonight. for the florida governor, there's no doubt that iowa is where he needs to revive his campaign. and they really been working at it for more than a year through organization, through a ground effort. he needs to slow t

let's see what ron desantis needs. they hope desantis camp hopes they get about 30%. to happen. they will do well here, but they got to shine up top. the thing about ron desantis. he outworked everybody. he showed up in all the counties. he went back two or three times. the one thing he has only been known for he has had his family out with him most of the time, too. lastly talk about vivek ramaswamy. this is why in my humble opinion donald trump went after him a couple days ago. coming out very much like with very similar to the approach of donald trump. is he trying to get the maga vote when he realized trump lost about 4 points in the final poll in the des moines register he said i think vivek is taking it. that's why he came out and said vivek is a fake. if vivek is going to come on later and if he is going to surprise people like he promised this is the area is he going to do it and this is what has to happen. he has been in consistent and fantastic on the stump. great interacting with voters and is trying to dig distelzweig out the young vote are they going to b