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the world is at an inflexion point and democracy will deliver. that was president biden's message at the united nations this morning. and at the center of it all is the fight for freedom in ukraine. >> that's right. we're awaiting remarks at the u.n. from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. earlier today, president biden setting that stage, aiming to rally support for kyiv. now 19 months. hard to believe it's been this long, but 19 months into this brutal fighting unleashed by vladimir putin. >> we will not retreat the values that make us strong. we will defend democracy, our best tool to meet the challenge that we face around the world. and we're working to show how democracy can deliver in ways that matter to people's lives.

>> our jim sciutto is there at the u.n. jim. >> reporter: this, certainly, brianna and boris, a crucial moment for ukraine and biden, the u.s. president, addressing the nations here this morning, for the world as well. saying that russia's invasion of ukraine, by violating its borders threatens not just ukraine, but if that's allowed to stand, it threatens the borders of countries across the globe. whether the threat be from russia, china, iran, north korea. this is, of course, happening as ukraine's counteroffensive is grinding away for months. it's making progress, according to senior u.s. and british officials i've spoken to. but a concern is the american public is losing patience. and some u.s. officials questioning just how far in fact ukraine can go. here at home a recent cnn poll show the majority of americans oppose now spending more money, more financial assistance to ukraine. house republicans have stripped

those funds out of a proposed spending bill, possibly setting up a showdown in washington. that is the harsh political reality here at home. something that not only the u.s. president is facing, but, of course, volodymyr zelenskyy of ukraine as he takes the podium today. cnn's senior u.n. correspondent richard roth is here with me. we're also joined by retired lieutenant colonel alexander vinman. first to you, richard, the president has tried it seemed this morning to internationalize the crisis saying it is a threat to the very mission of this building, to the nearly 200 nations who are members of the united nations. isn is that a message that was received well with groups. there were times, that was the only applause line that president biden received today. >> i don't think too many minds are changed any world leader, congress or someone high up up the food chain that makes a decision. i'm looking forward to the speech by president zelenskyy

which is just moments away. this is the first time he's been at the u.n. since the war broke out. i think there's going to be a lot of passion there and i'll be interested how long the standing ovation will be. >> alexander vinman. you've heard from the u.s. president and others and the many bilaterals he's having while he's in new york, but will he leave here with anything concrete? any new support? he's been pushing for more weapons systems, for instance, the question of atttacms, long-range missile systems, what does he leave here with exactly? >> i think president zelensky is likely to walk away with the promise of atacms. there will be noise made by

additional attacms that will be found with dimmer and small bombs and storm shadows and scout systems that come from france and germany. so, i think that's likely to come. i think there won't be a lot of new people convinced. but maintaining support, which has been robust, is actually a major accomplishment in its own right. and i think he's likely to do that with the democratic world. he's not going to convince the authoritarian world in any signature way, but you have to maintain support. just like president biden has a job here -- >> standby, we're seeing the ukrainian president -- hold that thought, alex. we're seeing the ukrainian president approaching the podium, volodymyr zelenskyy, let's listen in. [ applause ] >> thank you. i welcome all who stand for common efforts, and i promise

being really united going forward for all nations. what's more, unity can prevent wars. ladies and gentlemen, mr. secretary-general, mr. president, fellow leaders, there's so many, so many wars but not against the aggressors. in many cases, the feel of war, the final war the loudest here, the war no longer gather in the general assembly hall again. the third world war was seen as a nuclear war, a conflict being staged on the highway to nukes, other wars seem less scary compared to the threat of the so-called great powers, firing their nuclear stockpiles. so the 20th century taught the

world to restrain from the use of the weapons of mass destruction, not to deploy, not to permeate, not to struggle with, and not to test, but to promote a complete nuclear disar disarmament. frankly, this is a good strategy, but not that should not be the only strategy to protect the world from the final war. ukraine gave up its third largest nuclear arsenal. the world then decided russia should become a keeper of such power. yet history shows the russia deserved nuclear disarmament the most back in 1990s. and russia deserves it now. terrorists have no right to hold

nuclear weapons. no right. but truly not in use, while nukes remain in place, the mass destruction is gaining its momentum. the aggressor is weaponizing many other things. and those things are used not only against our country, but against all of yours as well. fellow leaders, there are many conventions that restrict weapons, but there are no real restrictions on weaponization. first, let me -- let me give you an example. since the start of the war, ukrainian ports in the back of the seas have been blocked by russia. in now, our ports on the deneuve

river and it's russia's goal to weaponize the food shortage on the global market in exchange for recognition of some, if not all, of the captured territories. russia is launching the food prices as weapons. they impact spans from their atlantic coast of africa to asia. and this is a threat scale and i would like to thank those leaders who supported our black sea grain initiative. and the grain from ukraine. thank you so much. [ applause ] united, united we made weapons turned back into food again. more than 45 nations saw how important it is to make ukraine

food products available on the market from algeria to spain to indonesia and china. and even now, when russia has undermined the black sea grain initiative, we are working to ensure food establstability. and i hope that many of you will join us in these efforts. we launched a temporary sea effort corridor from our ports. and we're working hard to preserve the land routes for grain exports. and it is alarming to see how some in europe, some of our friends in europe, play out in political theater, making thriller from the grain. they may seem to play their own role, but in fact, they are helping, helping set the stage to a moscow actor.

second, weaponization of energy. many times the world has witnessed russia using energy as a weapon. kremlin weaponized oil and gas, to weaken the leaders of other countries when they came there. and now, now this threat is even greater. russia is weaponizing nuclear energy. not only it is -- not only it is spreading its unreliable nuclear power plant construction technologies, but it is also turning other country's power plants into real dirty bombs. look, please, what russia did to our zaporizhzhia power plant, shelled it, occupied it and then occupies others with radiation leaks. is there any sense to reduce nuclear weapons when russia is weaponizing nuclear plants? scary question.

the probably security architecture offers no response or protection against such a treacherous radiation threat. and there is no accountability for radiation blackmailers so far. the example is children. children. terrorist groups abduct children to put pressure on their families and societies. but never before the mass kidnapping and deportation would become part of a government policy, not in now. we know the names of tens of thousands of children and have evidence on hundreds of thousands of others kidnapped by russia in the occupied territories of ukraine. and later deported.

the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for putin, for this crime. and we are trying to get children back home, but time, time goes by. what will happen with them? what will help to them? those children in russia are taught to hate ukraine. and all ties with their families are broken. and this is clearly a genocide. when hatred is weaponized against one nation, it never stops there. each decade russia starts a new war. georgia remains occupied. russia turned syria into ruins. and if not russia, the chemical

weapons would never have been used in syria. russia has almost swallowed belarus. it's obviously threatening kazakhstan and other baltic states. and the goal of the present war against ukraine is to teurn our land, our people, our children as a weapon against you, against the international rules-based order. and sits in the general assembly hall becomes empty, empty, if russia succeeds with its treachery and aggression. that is a gentleman, the aggressor brings ruins even without nukes, but the outcomes are alike. we see towns, we see villages in ukraine wiped out by russian artillery, levelled to the

ground completely. we see the war of drones. we know the possible effects of spreading the war into the cyberspace. the artificial intelligence could be trained to combat now. before it would long to help humanity. thank god people have not yet learned to use climate as a weapon. even though humanity is failing on its climate policy objectives, this means that extreme weather will still impact the normal global life. and some evil state will also weaponize its outcomes. and then people in the streets of new york and other cities of the world went out on climate protests, we all have seen them, and then people in morocco and libya and other countries die as a result of natural disasters. and when others and countries

disappear under water and then deserts are spreading into new territories and when all of this is happening while a natural disaster in moscow decided to launch a big war and kill tens of thousands of people. we have to stop it. we must act united to defeat the aggressor. and focus all of our capabilities and energy on addressing these challenges. as nukes are restrained, likewise, the aggressor must be restrained. and all of its tools and message of war. each war now can become final, but it takes our unity to make sure that aggression will not reckon again. and it is not a power of the

so-called great power somewhere behind closed doors that can guarantee us all of the new wars era. but open war of all nations for peace. last year, i presented the ukraine and peace formula at the u.n. general assembly. later, in indonesia, i presented the full formula. and over the past year, it became the basis to obtain the existing security architecture. now, we can bring -- now we can bring back to life the u.n. charter and guarantee the full power for the rules-based world order. and tomorrow, i will present at a special meeting of the u.n. security council. the main thing is that it is not not only about ukraine. more than 140 states and international organizations have

supported the ukraine peace formula fully or in part. the ukraine peace formula is becoming global with steps that will stop all forms of weaponization that russia used against ukraine and other countries and may be used by other aggressors. look, for the first time, in modern history, we have real chance to end aggression on the terms of the nation which was attacked. and this is a real chance for every nation to ensure that aggression against your state, if it happens, god forbid will ore and not because your land will be divided and you will be forced to submit to military or political pressure. but because your territory and sovereignty will be fully restored. we launched the format of

meetings with the international security advisers and diplomatic representatives, important talks and consultations we have in hiroshima, in copenhagen and in jeddah, on implementation of the peace formula and global peace signing. and please, i ask all of you, all of you who do not tolerate any aggression to prepare the summons. and i'm aware of some attempts to make some shady dealings behind the scenes. evil cannot be trusted. ask prigozhin if that's one of putin's promises. please hear me, left you to decide everything openly, while russia is pushing the world to the final war, ukraine is doing everything to ensure that after russian aggression, no one in

the world will dare to attack any nation. weaponization must be retrained. war crimes must be punished. deported people must come back whole. and the occupied must return to their own land, they must be united to make it. and we'll do it it sovereignly. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> on behalf of the assembly, i wish to thank the president of ukraine for the statement just made. and request to escort -- >> we've been listening to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressing the united

nations general assembly. a powerful speech in which he described a, quote, natural disaster in moscow, eluding to vladimir putin launching that on his territory. he talked about the lessons of the 20th century being that nuclear war should be avoided at all cost. and now that's a very real threat from the kremlin and described how the kremlin is also weaponizing other aspects in its invasion of ukraine, energy and food as well as displaced children. it was a very notable moment in his speech as well when he talked about shady deals in back rooms and he alluded to yevgeny prigozhin, if putin can be trusted. >> and yevgeny prigozhin in fact dead at this time. that was a very sharp point that he made there. at this point in time he is speaking as you have some allies

of russia trying to push ukraine and russia towards discussions. at this point in time, obviously, that is not where volodymyr zelenskyy is. so let's bring in "the new york times" and white house national security correspondent david sanger with us. also back with us is former u.s. ambassador william taylor. along with lieutenant colonel alexander vinman joining us. s ambassador, to you first, what did you take away from the comments there? what stood out to you? >> well, brianna, he made the case this is not just about ukraine. this is it an attack by the russians, by vladimir putin, against principles, against other nations, against global security, against the rules-based order, he broadened the discussion to make it clear to people in that room that this is about them. >> and, david, he laid out the stakes. you and i were talking as the speech was going on, noting that he started with the threat of

use of nuclear weapons. >> it was interesting how he constructed the speech. i actually thought it was fascinating, very effective delivery. he started off by talking about how we learned over 50 years to control nuclear weapons because we thought that was the third world war. he said along the way, we forgot to control other forms of weaponization. then he went through his list. using food as weapons, using oil and gas as weapons. using nuclear energy, by his reference to how the russians have been attacking the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. and then grabbing children, bringing them off, back to russia, and made the point that vladimir putin has already been indicted by the international criminal court for that role. so, he was basically saying the moment has now come, it's evident from the invasion of

ukraine that we need to have this on this weaponization that we put on nuclear weapons. that's a very tall order at the time when russia is still a member of the security council with detail rights. and that china largely siding with russia is as well. but it was an effort, as you said, to elevate this beyond ukraine. and basically say this is the 1930s and you're necxt. >> wow. >> jim sciutto back with us from the u.n. as we heard this speech from volodymyr zelenskyy, and he was making the case there, that we heard, you know, he said there's been this effort to restrain the growth of nuclear weapons. but that cannot be the only thing. as he tried to broaden this out. to just convince people and continue to keep convincing them, which is what he has to do, jim, as he tries to keep his allies on his side and the weapons coming into ukraine, that they need to fight this war. >> reporter: listen, you will

often hear bromides from the podium at the u.n. general assembly, this is not a speech full of bromides or cliches. this is the president of a country more than a year and a half into a bloody war in europe since world war ii. he described that in very visceral terms. he talked about towns and villages being wiped out. he described that as a genocide. he talked about the nuclear threat. turning the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in effect into a dirtier bomb or at least the threat of a sk dirty bomb by russia. here's is a ukraine that is bearing the way to a horrible bloody war. by the way, the ukrainian president when you speak about politics here in the u.s., you speak about president biden facing for instance, right-wing republicans that don't want to send money to ukraine anymore. the political pressure that volodymyr zelenskyy faces are veterans, hundreds of thousands of veterans in this country who

fought this war. and the family members who have lost veterans in the fight. that say powerful political force that he is responsible for. and must face. no one is closer to this war than volodymyr zelenskyy is, of course, compared to the other leaders joining at the unga. our alexander vindman is here. i wonder how you compare what you heard from president biden trying to internationalize the war in ukraine, to say this is all of our responsibility to fight back and push back against countries such as russia invading another sovereign nation. and hearing from zelenskyy saying the time is now, in effect, to win that fight. do you sense any distance between -- any daylight between those two messages? >> actually, i see a great deal of consistency. i think president zelenskyy came into this conversation with two objectives in mind. one is maintain support. the alliance structure keep them

on board. and, two, is attempt to persuade those fence-sitters, those many countries in, let's say, africa, that are relying on food supplies or asia tour south america. i think he did that pretty well. what he did, he internationalized the conflict also. he tied the events on the ground in ukraine to what it means for the international stage. the use of nuclear -- the nuclear power plants, dirty bombs, the food scarety, food security issues, the energy as a weapon. i think he did that quite well. and i think he probably didn't win that many hearts and minds, but he did the best he could. certainly, he as made, i think, a key point that we've done a good job as a globe looking and deterring nuclear war. we need to do a better job at doing the precursor to nuclear war, world war iii which is how do we prevent large-scale global war. i think on those points he did quite well.

>> and, by the way this, is a war in which russia has rattled the nuclear sabre repeatedly. threatened to use nuclear weapons there. richard roth with me here at the u.n. today. he also took pains to mention the ukraine peace formula. the means for ending this war, steps that he said, to stop all of the forms of weaponization that russia has pursued in ukraine. does the ukraine peace formula have legs to any degree? particularly when we know, it's the u.s. assessment that russia has no interest in negotiations. >> that's why there hasn't been much interest in the peace plan. i mean, are they going to actually return land that they've taken by force and in crimea? i think it's going to be interesting, president zelenskyy will address the u.n. security council meeting on ukraine. this will be the first time he'll be able to look across the table and see a russian representative. he knows if he goes too far, he's going to turn off, perhaps, countries debating supplying ammunition and food.

but that could be interesting, 11:00 eastern time. tune in. >> we'll be watching. one more question for you, alexander vindman, if i can. there's an enormous amount of nervousness from leaders here at the unga and officials around the world and ukrainian officials that if there is a new president in 2024, particularly if that new president is donald trump, u.s. support for ukraine will end. of course, served in the trump administration. you were central to what was trump's first impeachment which involved the then u.s. president pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden and withholding military assistance to do so. what is your concern, and how big of a change would it be in terms of u.s. and western support for ukraine if trump were to be re-elected? what would that change be, exactly? >> the change would be the fact that president trump would attempt to cut support for ukraine. but that wouldn't actually be the end of the war. ukraine would continue on with

the resources it has available. eastern europe, places like poland that has militarilyized would apply ground troops maybe, and that would be a recipe for spillover. more importantly, that would be a huge hit for u.s. democracy here at home. this would be an effort not to just cut support for ukraine, but it would overturn, you know, the future way that u.s. would operate. including peaceful transitions of power in the future. good order in government with, you know, professionals going the ranks like myself. versus politicized figures. so i think we have, frankly, bigger issues at home. of course, as you well know i think the war in ukraine is the most important geopolitical fact of the day. that doesn't preserve the fact that we need to preserve our democracy at home. and that's what keeps me up at night. >> and perhaps other changes

from america is back, as president biden took office to america first, which is a whole host of changes in terms of how u.s. would relate to russia, china, other powers around the world. alexander vindman, thank you so much. richard roth with me at the u.n. today. back to you, brianna, and boris, on a day that the american president says marks an inflexion point as boris was saying early on. not just for the u.s. but the world. >> significantly, no doubt. i wanted to touch on something, ambassador, something that david brought to mind a moment ago when he mentioned the permanent members of the u.n. security council. president biden this time around is the only leader from the members of the permanent security council who is actually there at the u.n. is there anything to read into that? does it seem to you that the united nations perhaps, an effectiveness is waning? because biden alluded to that in his speech, remember. >> as he should.

because the united nations security council has failed. it failed to dot basic role, mission of the u.n. which is to stop or prevent wars. and the reason it failed, one of the five that could hold that is the aggressor. so, yes, the u.n. security council has lost credibility. >> i wonder, we heard him talking about the weaponization of food, energy and children. but time is also a big weapon for volodymyr zelenskyy, david. and i wonder what you think right now about, as you have the u.s. considering these long-range missiles, as you have the patience, of course, domestically here in the u.s., about support for ukraine being tested. and we have an election here around the corner. you know, what is the. landscape of that for volodymyr zelenskyy and his calculus? >> that's a great question, brianna. i think as you and boris and i have discussed before, time is

not necessarily on zelenskyy's side here. if you're putin, you're thinking to yourself, i win this if the ukrainians run out of ammunition. so far, the u.s. and the allies have not let them do that. but obviously, if this funding falls apart over time, just sustaining their regular ammunition is a part of it. i'm sure that putin thinks if the europeans crack, i win this. and so not having the french and the germans and other big nato leaders, even the british there, they may have many reasons for not coming to the u.n. general assembly, doesn't usually accomplish a huge amount, but just as a show of solidarity, interesting. then the third way he wins, jim alluded to this before is, if we elect a president who simply says this is not america's conflict. the exact opposite of what you heard from president biden today. and at that moment, not only does the support collapse, but the u.s. will have looked like

it is once again in a big zigzag. and there's nothing that destroys alliances faster than that. >> that's why he's saying actually, america, this is your conflict. and not just yours, it's everyone's. >> i don't know how much americans believe that right now. >> that's the truth, right, david? i mean, that's the difficult sell that he has as you have skeptical americans? >> you do, and remember, so far, brianna what we've seen americans are supporting ukraine. they epose the big bully nation attacking a smaller nation. americans have that basic theme. >> one aspect of the weaponization that president zelenskyy alluded to in his speech was food. and there was some discussion of whether the black sea grain deal, the initiative, would come up at the united nations. we know there have been

discussions behind closed doors about it. but not much optimism coming. some kind of resolution to offer that grain to the world once more. >> so there are alternative ways they can run the grain, by train and so forth, none of them have seemed to be satisfying reproductions of what you can do by running this across the black sea. and the russians, you know, control those waterways pretty well. and no one is really willing to take the risk of doing that, now, we're seeing the attacks on the ports as well. i'm not even seen sure the ports are in condition to load that grain if they would have it. so the collapse of that deal is one of the weaponizations he was discussing. for one, the countries most dependent on ukraine's grain are feeling it most acutely. >> and he alluded to that across the world they are feeling this,

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♪ an update for you now in the hunter biden investigation. several witnesses now raising doubts about the allegations made by an irs whistle-blower. remember, gary shapley claimed there was political interference in hunter biden's taxes but there's new testimony from fbi and irs officials that run counter to that claim. and they could undercut part of the republican party's impeachment probe against the president. cnn's kara spinel has been following all of this, let's go back to what the allegations actually were and how they're being refuted? >> yeah, this is an interesting development, boris, gary

shapley, the irs whistle-blower had testified before the house republicans saying he attended this october 2022 meeting with a bunch of law enforcement officials including david weiss. he said at this meeting, weiss said he didn't have the ultimate decisionmaking authority on whether or not to bring a case against hunter biden and asked for and denied status as special counsel. so now they've talked to a number of agents including the agent, conducting the investigation against hunter biden, his number two, and also gary shapley's former boss at the irs. these officials have testified they don't remember it the way shapley does. specifically, the fbi supervisor said in my recollection, if he would have said that, i would have remembered that, that's specifically talking about weiss saying he doesn't have decisionmaking authorities. those other officials saying they don't recall that coming up in meetings. shapley's lawyers say unlike the

others, shapley took handwritten notes during the meeting and memorialized those notes in an email to the supervisor. they're holding that to that position. now, these officials don't discount everything that shapley said, in fact, they say there's some things that shapley testified to that they recall happening as well that is that weiss couldn't get the attorney's office in washington, d.c. or los angeles to team up with them in order to bring this case. of course, this is not the end of the road here. the committees are also subpoenaing other officials to testify. and merrick garland, the attorney general, is on capitol hill and will face this. >> kara spinel, thank you for that. let's take you to capitol hill where mel lan any zanona is there for us. a date has been set to start that process. what can you tell justice. >> reporter: yeah, so this is going to be the first public-facing stem that they

take since house republicans launched their inquiry a week ago from today. we know the hearing is going to be held at the house oversight committee on september 28th. we're told it's going to focus on elements of corruption and abuse of public office. while the witness list has yet to be finalized, he wants to bring in two witnesses. he wants to bring in a financial expert that can speak to the bank records pertaining to the biden family business deals and also a constitutional expert that's going to speak to why they think an impeachment committee is warranted. and the committee is going to issue their first subpoenas as early as this week. they want to obtain personal and business records from hunter biden and james biden which would be the first outreach to members of the biden family. but the white house is emphasizing that republicans have yet to directly link president joe biden to those family business deals and they also see this effort as a distraction from all of the house's gop problems right now.

i want to read you a statement from ian sams, he said staging a political stunt hearing in the waning days before the government shutdown, the personal attacks on president biden are more important that preventing a government shutdown and the pain it would inflict on families. they're warning that could slow down the investigations but as of right now it's full steam ahead, boris. >> they cancelled the vote on potentially cancelling the government. thank you so much. it appears that americans are united by at least one thing and that is an unrelenting negative view of politaoliticsp. that's according to new numbers released by the puew research number. americans feel exhausted when thinking about politics.

55% say they feel angry. and the numbers reveal reasons why, according to pew, just 14% of american adults believe that most elected officials care about the thoughts of people like them, only 15% think all or most currently serving elected officials ran for office, even in part, out of a desire to serve the public. a majority say they think most were motivated, instead, by the desire to, quote, make a lot of money. chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is back with us from iowa. well, that is a bleak view right there. so you actually went to iowa looking at evangelical voters who have traditionally gone for former president trump. i wonder are they feeling negative? are they feeling negative on him? what did you find? >> look, about the government overall, and it's no surprise, right, the news you hear from washington, is the government going to shut down? are they going to get anything accomplished. >> yeah. >> you can understand the negative views here but the pew

poll is voters overall, the 54s who are participating in this republican primary contest and watching it very carefully are actually optimistic and excited about this race because, of course, these republicans are eager to move president biden outside of office but as the former president goes to iowa tomorrow to dubuque county he's testing the resilience of these all-important evangelical voters. >> the fact that trump is leading in polls, he is, but you can't take it for granted, there's so many unknowns with trump right now. >> for all of the unknowns in the republican presidential race, pastor mike demark customer does know this, donald trump's grip on many evangelical voters in iowa remains firm, for now at least. >> there's a loyalty with trump you can't just peel that away from some. i think many in the evangelical right now are willing to hear from other people. >> reporter: whether iowa

republicans whether to hear from one of trump's challengers is the question. the question could rest in iowa churches were evangelical voters hold considerable sway and candidates are going to great lengths to win them over. but the former president's latest comments on abortion calling a six-week ban a terrible mistake gives him pause. >> for evangelicals there are four issues that matter. life is usually right at the top. i know most people, the way they evaluate presidential elections is the gas prices, that's it. gut for an evangelical -- no. >> reporter: four months before iowa opening the presidential contest new ideas on that will be at the center of the debate. >> we ask this in the precious name of jesus, amen. >> amen. >> reporter: a visit to the ft. des moines church of christ, it's part of the appeal to christian conservatives. >> our rights are endowed by god.

they do not come from the government. >> reporter: south carolina governor jim scott is weaving in bible verses on the campaign trail. >> thank you, by the way. >> reporter: with fall harvest season soon at hand a fresh sense of urgency remains over the race. while many republicans are hoping for a fresh start -- >> i think we need new leadership. >> reporter: -- a deep loyalty remains among the evangelicals. >> i love everything he stands for. >> reporter: sally hoffman sees both sides. >> for me, it's huge to have three supreme court justices during his term. i'm a big proponent of life. i like what trump has done in office, his personality concerns me a but. i like nikki haley and desantis. >> reporter: iowa republicans made up two-thirds of caucus attendees and helped bring ted cruz to victory over trump.

while hardly a monolith, these are voters that could solidify it. and for damascus, he's waiting and deciding. >> trump with the litigation going on, what's going to happen with that? is he going to receive a felony conviction or not? it does open the race for everybody and i think that's why a lot of these people are still in it. >> and brianna, there are still unknowns hanging over the race. and the pastor said directly there, all of these indictments and of course, the former president's comments on abortion. we are seeing and you can feel this contest really starting to pick up in its intensity, because the candidates are running outside of time to sort of introduce themselves and catch on with voters. the former president goes back to iowa tomorrow. we're told he's trying to squeeze out the oxygen for other candidates in the race. i thought there are a lot of open minds out there, we'll see, less than four months before this process finally starts in

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we're following a developing story out of massachusetts where state police say they're investigating, quote, the sequence of events before a man died following what one witness described as a violent confrontation between fans at

the patriots and dolphins game. brynn gingras is following this. >> police were called to the 300 section of gillette stadium there, as you said during the game of the new england patriots and the dolphins for someone needing medical attention. that person was 53-year-old dale mooney who eventually died later at the hospital. and as you just mentioned, according to at least one witness who had video of this incident said there was some sort of altercation between fans before police were called to that area of the stadium. according to this person who spoke to our affiliate wcvb saying he, dale mooney, the victim, grabbed another fan and they started tussling around. and at one point, another fan walked over and he punched him. and the man went out. it was pretty hard to watch. now, our affiliate also spoke to mooney's wife, now widow, shoo

said her husband is a 30-year season ticketholder of the new england patriots. went to the game last night with his three friends and they described to her that they were being verbally assaulted or taunted, rather, by some fans. so getting to the bottom of exactly what happened is still in the hands of investigators right now. not just with the state police, but the d.a.'s office who is waiting for the autopsy of mooney to come back before they can find out what went down, as of now, no charges have been filed. >> tragic incident. thank you for that. brianna. after about a day and a plea from the public's help a $100 million military jet it appears to be found. but this mishap is putting the focus on a program with a complicated history. (light acoustic music plays)

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