going to pause here and talk to a reporter from the gazette and iowa use the dew point bureau chief erin murphyoins us welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> we are going we talk about what's going on with the presidential campaign and iowa. can you tell us a little bit about the latest polls of sue president trump former president trump is still way ahead of the rest of the pack. >> yes we just got a new poll yesterday one of the more reliable polls i will pull like you said it shows a president trump with a commanding lead but what struck me over these past hfew months we've been having l summer into the fall now is how study that has been. former president trump's numbers have not wavered. it's been in the mid to high 40s throughout this thing. the rest of the pole is in the high single digits in the low to mid double digits. those 25ub or 30-point throughot the year. >> or any other candidates makingf movements to seriously threaten the former presidents lead in iowa? >> we are starting to see a little bit and that latest i will pull nikki haley is now tied for second in the pole with ron

erin burnett "out front." >>> just ahead, more reaction to the breaking news. senator chris murphy, a key democrat on the foreign relations committee is standing by to join us. >>> plus, we'll get an update on the chaos in the u.s. house of representatives as 20 republican di defacters torpedo jim jordan's attempt to gain the speakership. >>> we'll have more on the breaking news from the middle east in a few moment. there's also breaking news in washington. republican congressman jim jordan trying to win over 20 republican holdouts after failing to secure the speaker's gavel on the first ballot. another vote has been set for tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is tracking all the action on capitol hill. manu, how far is jordan saying he's willing to go, prepared to take his fight to become speaker? >> reporter: he's ready to go for the second ballot tomorrow morning. he does not appear to have the votes in the second ballot as republicans plunge deeper into turmoil as we're in the second week following the unprecedented ousting of kevin mccarthy a