ron desantis with thomas matthew also in the hawkeye state. we will take a look at how local republicans in iowa are preparing for next month's caucus as the independent candidate robert s kennedy junior met with voters in phoenix. conversations with political reporters on the latest campaign news in new hampshire and iowa. but first, a look at the response of the colorado supreme court's decision to bar former president donald trump on the state ballot for the 2024 nomination. the president himself released a statement, calling the decision completely fall -- flawed. he went on to say we have full confidence the u.s. supreme court will rule in our favor and put an end to these un-american lawsuits. next, a look at reaction from the colorado supreme court's decision from ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley. u.s. supreme court will reverse that but here is the larger thing with the left. they are doing all this stuff to basically solidify support in the primary for him coming get him into the general and the whole general election wil

we saw desantis in handily in the hawkeye state yesterday. take a listen to how this went back and forth at each other even though they were at separate events. she represents more of the old republican establishment. which, quite frankly, did not serve this country well and have been rejected time and time again. >> if you punch me, i punch back. ron desantis lined in every one of his commercials. >> as they fight each other in the hawkeye state, it is interesting to see that they are responding to each other in realtime. take this, in ukraine yesterday. we saw ron desantis calling out nikki haley's position in ukraine. her hours later in the state saying, that's just not true. >> i think that there is a real risk that she would send american troops to ukraine to fight. >> today he said that i want our troops to be in ukraine. i've never said anything like that. nowhere near it! >> you don't have to take my word for it. these two are really intensifying their battle against each other. look at how they are spending their money. they have spe

the florida governor is in the hawkeye state wrapping up a campaign tour of all 99 counties in iowa buth- powered endorsements from iowa's governor has not had mucht on the poll numbers. desantis showing in the polls that he is back behind donald trump, whose lead appears to be growing at this point. the former president is pushing lies about the 2020 election, saying he hopes judges will let them prosecute that race. he is claiming his rival is handing out these signs. look at these on screen right there. these signs say biden attacks democracy. he is encouraging his supporters to enter ballot counting facilities to guard the votes. we are live in iowa. steve is in newton with the campaign and kristen holmes is in cedar rapids with team trump. pretty astonishing to hear trump's allegation that president biden is waging a war on democracy as he is facing federal election interference charges. he is the one that tried to overturn the 2020 election but we saw campaign signs being handed out to supporters today. >> reporter: yes, jim. this was the most forceful rebuttal we have seen to joe

see governor ron desantis also in the hawkeye stage. we will also look at how local republicans are preparing for next month caucus. and see robert f. kennedy, jr. as he met with voters in phoenix. and conversations with political reporter stephen miller and paul on the latest campaign news in new hampshire and iowa. first a look at the response to the corado supreme court's decision to ban president trump from the nomination. the former president himself released a statement calling the decision "completely flawed." he went on to say that we have full confidence that the u.s. supreme court will rule in our favor and put an end to these un-american lawsuits. next, look at reaction to the colorado supreme court's decision from fellow republican contenders ron desantis, and nikki haley. >> i think the u.s. supreme court will reverse that but here is the larger thing with the left. they are doing all this stuff to basically solidify support in the primary for him coming get him into the general and the whole general election will be all of

iowa case customers a little more than a month away and presidential hopefuls rally voters in the hawkeyetate this weekend. alexis mcadams live from des moines, iowa, with the latest 2024 updates. hello, alexis. reporter: hey, mike. another busy weekend here in iowa and things continue to heat up on the ground and these candidates drumming up support ahead of the iowa caucuses and trump is ahead in the polls and ron desantis tells me he's peaking at the right time and has what it takes to hit all 99 counties here in the hawkeye state and the question is do voters think that matters? we asked them, watch. >> i personally, i'm a republican and i think that's a landslide and that's where i think. >> he has a chance and it'll come down to the next six weeks or so. there's a chance and he's younger and he's not as complicated as donald trump right now. reporter: ron desantis is on the ground quite often hire, even though there's a shakeup in the super pact team again, mike, he's confident he's going to win the iowa caucuses this as trump was back in town again in iowa talking to energized crow

see governor ron desantis also in the hawkeye stage.lso look at how local republicans are preparing for next month caucus. and see robert f. kennedy, jr. as he met with voters in phoenix. and conversations with political reporter stephen miller and paul on the latest campaign news in new hampshire and iowa. first a look at the response to the colorado supreme court's decision to ban president trump from the nomination. the former president himself released a statement calling the decision "completely flawed." he went on to say that we have full confidence that the u.s. supreme court will rule in our favor and put an end to these un-american lawsuits. next, look at reaction to the colorado supreme court's decision from fellow republican contenders ron desantis, and nikki haley. >> i think the u.s. supreme court will reverse that but here is the larger thing with the left. they are doing all this stuff to basically solidify support in the primary for him coming get him into the general and the whole general election will be all of this le

the gop pack in the latest iowa bulls, haley and her supporters lowering their expectations in the hawkeye state saying that they are simply hoping for a strong showing in the caucuses. >> well, the battle right now in iowa is for second place setting anybody who looks at numbers agree i'm not quite sure why ron desantis keeps talking about the fact he can win. you know me pretty hard to do. haley and the senator started close battle. second governor haley started off 3%. she's been going ever she would come in get someone to spend the ballot to times. trump had a very popular governor he's going down. >> that's a big win >> in the latest you gov poll, president trump leads with 58% support. trump has a 36 point lead over florida governor ron desantis who has been heavily prioritizing iowa in recent weeks. haley took aim at the florida governor's campaign strategy during last night's town hall. he went into congress. saying he was going to cut spending yet he raise the debt limit and hundreds of billions of dollars to do it. >> he tells you he's energy independent. but in florida, he banne

he says people in the hawkeye state will show up. i asked him why is trump still ahead then? watch.ng back to iowa, you spent so much time on the ground. you've talked to so many people, made those connections, why is donald trump still ahead in those polls? >> look, i think that people -- the horizon of iowa caucus voters, they are not making decisions six months in advance, even three months in advance. i think now we're past thanksgiving, i think the caucus is now something that's more front and center. going into the caucus, more than half of iowa potential caucus goers said they didn't even consider the caucuses having started yet, even though people had been campaigning. some of it is just that. we laid the groundwork where we've got support in every county. >> and it is a lot of work. mentioned he's traveling, jon, with his wife and young kids across iowa. he's hoping it works out in his favor. pulling up that video that we talked about trump and desantis there on stage in iowa. desantis with the iowa governor reynolds who is super popular and an evangelical leader in iowa. d

trump was here in the hawkeye state tuesday night for a rally.his supporters not to get complacent. even warning some trump voters could see those poll numbers and choose to stay home on caucus night if they feel the contest is a lock. his rally came an hour after colorado supreme court ruled he was disqualified from being a candidate. the court says violated insurrection act with his behavior on january 6th, 2021. now, california's lungt governor wants her state's election office to do the same. in a letter to the california. california must stand on the right side of history. california is obligated to determine if trump is inje'kel for. it can be the basis for a similar decision here in our state. now, you got the trump campaign, the rnc, even trump's rivals running for the white house saying that they think this should be fought. that this is not going to stand. and trump, of course, has made it very clear that he is eager to get his supporters to chip in with his legal fight and he has been campaigning heavily since this colorado decision wa

bob vander blatt is a key maker in the hawkeye state. desantis looking ahead to the white house. >> we got to win. because i can serve two terms, could be elected in 2028 and served until january 20, 2033. as that date approaches, what what i be able to tell you i accomplished for this country? we will be able to say a number of important things. >> reporter: this as super pac money has flooded this race. never backed down is supporting desantis, pouring cash into his ads and the ongoing tour of all iowa counties. nikki haley received a big endorsement from the super pac americans for prosperity. she has the best chance to beat donald trump. vivek ramaswamy ramaswamy is working to host hundreds of town hall events over the next several weeks. he wants to hit 200 here. back out here live, six weeks to the iowa caucus. trying to get as much support as they can. griff: alexis mcadams. >> many in the nation's capital are wondering who might be ousted next. ♪ about what comes next in life. for her. i may not be in perfect health, but i want t

hear what he is saying to try to galvanize republican support in the hawkeye state. >>> and cnn is thenews organization on the ground in gaza without an israeli escort. what we are hearing from the injured inside a field hospital. >> the world isn't listening to us, she says. nobody cares about us. we have been dying for over 60 days, dying from the bombing, and nobody did anything. >>> we are fewer than five weeks away from the iowa caucuses, and despite dominating in the polls, former president donald trump took his campaign to the hawkeye state for the third time this month, telling voters not to take his front runner status for granted. watch. >> we are leading by a lot, but you have to go out and vote. because so much means, you know, going out, the margin of victory is very important. it's very important. even for foreign countries watching, but it's very important, that margin of victory is so, so powerful. >> cnn's kristen holmes joins us live with more on the trump campaign final push in iowa. kristen, what is trump's message leading up to the caucuses? >> reporter: first of a

and donald trump does appear to be getting stronger in the hawkeye state. according to a new poll just this morning from the des moines register, 51% of likely republican iowa caucus goers say that he is their first choice. that is a staggering, 32 points ahead of ron desantis, 35 points ahead of nikki haley. the former president is up eight point since october. desantis and haley remains statistically stagnant. plus the pool of persuadable voters is getting smaller. 49% say that their mind is made up. making it even harder, to see anybody catching up with him. our great panel is back with us. jeff, you are a former political reporter for the des moines register. this is a poll that candidates this time of year are waiting to see, and it certainly doesn't look good for anybody except donald trump according to the poll. the caucus process might make for a few surprises but what are you hearing? >> we've seen a lot of surprises. but, time is running short for those surprises to emerge. a lot of the rivals, they were hoping to see some movement particularly fl

he down played the polls though touting his ground organization in the hawkeye state. >> iowa voters will choose, not pundits and polls. we have the best organization in iowa. we have tens of thousands of iowans who have committed to caucus for us. >> reporter: fielding questions on foreign policy, saying he feels israel over ukraine has the most need for u.s. assistance. >> it's the state of israel because they are our strongest ally in the middle east. we have a relationship with them that's like no other, and they have the whole world against us. they require the united states to be there, to stand with them as a friend. ukraine has all of europe. these european countries need to start pulling their weight. >> reporter: he's also supporting congressional republicans who are refusing to authorize further military aid to ukraine unless more is done to secure the u.s. southern border. >> what they are seeing is you've got to defend our own country's borders before you start sending money all across this world. as president, i'll do the border on day one. day one we're going to declar

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. >> six weeks until the iowa caucuses, donald trump says he will blitz the hawkeye state.xpect to see nikki haley on the ground in hawkeye state and vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis who just completed that 99 county tour. >> lawrence: i will be there tomorrow and i'm inviting you to come have breakfast with friends with us. will i see you there? >> i will be there. >> lawrence: donald trump laying out his vision for america in that packed town hall with sean hannity. what did voters think? ask our panel. sammy, go to you, you are a new york democrat, undecided what does biden need to do to get your support? >> he needs to close the border and he's not talking about that. that is a problem for democrats. you see the mayor of new york city want to cut serviceings and cut police and that is affecting new yorkers and donald trump is saying, i will fix that for you. there is a problem democrats need to face and biden has not cut mustard with many democrats. >> lawrence: ari, you are independent, heavy on the fiscal issue. what do you want to hear from donald trump to shore up s

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. >>> still to come, former president trump and floor the governor run canvassed for votes in the hawkeyeh six weeks left until the iowa caucuses. >>> we have the latest on the suspect la police arrested in the murders of three homeless men. that report is just ahead. >>> former president trump and floor the governor run held dueling campaign rallies in iowa saturday. with just six weeks to go before the iowa caucuses, ron has traveled to all corners of the state, he has gone to places where trump is unlikely to visit, the former president meanwhile dredging up his lies about the 2020 election and handing out these signs and accusing the democrats of subverting democracy. >> we have a lot of opponents but we have been waging a all out war on american democracy. you look at what they have been doing, becoming more and more extreme, they waged a all out war with each passing day. >> trump encouraged his supporters to go into a ballot counting facility next year to guard the board votes. kristen was at saturday's rally and has this report. >> reporter: the former president really delivering

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and though the former president may be leading in the hawkeye state, he is not necessarily the focus of his top two rivals. former president donald trump returning to iowa tonight with just weeks until the january 15th caucuses. >> hello, iowa. >> reporter: his rivals storming the state as well, trying to cut into trump's commanding lead there, but mostly attacking each other. >> so nikki, i think there's a real risk that she would send american troops to ukraine to fight. >> today he said that i want our troops to be in ukraine. i've never even said anything like that, nowhere near it. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis the middle of a six-day swing through iowa, fighting from behind as a cbs news poll shows him trailing by trump by 36 points in the hawkeye state. former south carolina governor and u.n. ambassador, nikki haley, is further behind desantis, though fairing much better in new hampshire. >> i've done well, over 120 something, 140 town halls. and i never talk about my opponents. but today i am. >> reporter: haley on monday taking on her top rival to challenge trum

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but first we are nearly six weeks out from the iowa caucuses gop candidates dissent on the hawkeye states to try to separate from the pack. ♪ ♪. rachel: it w but welcome back tx and friends. happening today in iowa trump, desantis and vivek ramaswamy holding campaign events across the state. >> a countdown is on its estates and caucuses are just six weeks away. >> 2020 were gop candidate for president vivek ramaswamy joins us now. good morning. >> good morning, how are you? i was good we want to talk about the position you have taken. quite strongly talk about carbon capture pipelines running throughout iowa. he would try their gop rivals a kind of on the spot about it straight talk about it, went to get their position. earlier today seems to be somewhat peculiar and a localized to iowa when it comes to animate domain and is pipelines. part of the much bigger broader conversation about climate change. help us understand this issue none of us had heard of pipelines that are carbon captured. >> look, i can titus the major issue for people on the ground across northern and western iowa. wha

keep it up, hawkeyes. i rise today to congratulate riley cramer of troop 89 for achieving the rank of eagle scout. the eagle scout rank is the highest and most prestigious achievement a scout can attain. to earn this rank scouts must fulfill leadership roles, exemplify the scout oath and law, display exemplary outdoor skills, speak better than their congresswoman, earn at least 21 badges, and complete a comprehensive service project for their community. for riley's eagle scout project he worked with mater of riverdale on a half mile trail for the city. this trail supports our community and gives people space to exercise and get out and enjoy nature in scott county. congratulations, riley, on this honor. and congratulations to riley's family and everyone who supported him on his journey to become an eagle scout. thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise for a cheers worthy holiday shoutout. this month, simpson storm red ail has the official launch party at west hill brewing in indianola, iowa. the idea for this

bryant york will join us and tells what he is watching for the hawkeye state and who he thanks will when they caucus coming up 43 days from now. stay tuned fox news contributor in a moment. arthel. arthel: it meanwhile pro- palestinian demonstrators swarming an upscale mall in midtown manhattan to demand an immediate and permanent cease-fire in gaza. anti- israel rallies keep spreading across the u.s. in some cases leading to violence between protesters, the public and police cb cotton is live in new york city with more. cb, these protesters have targeted a few places in the city right now, tell us more. that is right protesters have targeted an upscale shopping mall here in manhattan at least twice now the crowd out numbing the security guards outside who try their best to keep the marchers out, watch. >> once the protesters were inside some of them spread out to march and chant on all three levels of the moment you see someone on their screen waving the palestinian flag on the second fl floor's a crowd below chance again while you are shopping bombs are dropping the scene halting some

and he's hoping his commitment to the hawkeye state will deliver caucus goers next month in some iowans? >> to me, the obvious choice, i'm going to see where there is any other choice. the saints this campaign thinks a win in iowa or even a close second could be the key to success in other early primary states. >> but trump's allies see desantis says iowa focus as fatal. i think going all-in in iowa makes you look whatever momentum, desantis, crime saturday, trump trying to double it. holding 2 events saturday with hundreds of iowans in attendance. some telling news nation they like florida's governor, but that he needs to wait his turn. i think desantis isn't quite ready. >> bp, a great candidate after trump's next. >> term in office. but it wasn't just desantis. the trump hammered saturday. the former president's speech in cedar rapids delivered heavy hits on the biden administration. >> joe biden is not the defender of american democracy. joe biden is destroyer of american democracy. the amped up attacks. just trump's shifting his focus from the primary election to the general. but h

now, i want to talk a little bit about my experience here in the hawkeye state.july. i've been driving around the state, crisscrossing, visiting hundreds of campaign stops, reporting on all these different candidates. and every single day, i will see a donald trump yard sign outside a home, a farm, and business. it's very common occurrence. but for florida governor ron desantis, i can only remember a handful of times seeing one of those yard signs for him. now, the yard signs don't win elections. crowd sizes don't win elections. voters when elections. but from the conversations that we have been having on the ground and also from the polls which showed donald trump with a dominant 30-point lead, it really does feel like the momentum is heading in trump's direction. yasmin? >> let's talk about how the former president is actually framing himself now has a defender of democracy. from president biden, what are voters saying about that? >> reporter: yasmin, that's absolutely right. for months now, we have heard president biden call former president trump a threat to

ramaswamy, desantis, and haley will all be back in the hawkeye state next weekend.ill meet up for their fourth debate wednesday night in alabama. i lisa desjardins. amamna: and our politics monday team is here for a check-in on the 2024 campaign. amy walter of the cook political that is report with amy walter. and tamara keith of npr. good to see you both. the candidates will be debating wednesday night, this one hosted by news nation at the university of alabama at tuscaloosa. it has the most strict requirements so far. doug burgum failed to qualify and this is what he said in part, he said "these arbitrary criteria ensure advantes for candidates from major media markets on the coasts versus america's heartland. none of their debate criteria relate to the qualifications related to actually doing the job of the president." how are you looking at this next debate? amy: i think the most important thing about his debates is the fact that donald trump has not been there. forget about what the rnc rules are, that has probably been the reason why the field has winnowed as

he spent a lot of time in the hawkeye state says he's talked one-on-one with people and made importantnections he says will put him on top and iowa. >> you hit 99 counties here in the state, how do you feel? >> is a lot of good work but it's important, you shall people you expect to have to earn their vote, not entitled to vote and you get to talk to people from all walks of life. we hear about things through the filter of media, social media, this is talking to real people every day and you get good feedback and questions and they have good suggestions so that something valuable and it reminds us you are a servant, not a ruler in this country and going to these places shows that i believe in that servant model, is important in this day and a age. >> even with all the time he spent in iowa, trump is ahead in the polls. according to a poll by the des moines register, 43% of likely republican caucus door say they picked trump the president. the former ambassador to the un nikki haley, tied for second sitting at 16%. another live look, desantis will stand side-by-side with iva, kim reynol

he has promised a surprise here in the hawkeye state. i asked him what that would look like.s for him would be anywhere in the double digits. yasmin? >> sara dean for us, thank, you sarah, appreciated. jonathan, let's talk to some of this. i want to talk specifically about nikki haley, if we can write it, not committing to a win in iowa. saying we're gonna do well, but not necessarily sure if they're gonna pull through. obviously, quite different from ron desantis, who thinks he's gonna pull out in iowa, all the -- pointed to a different outcome there. what do you make of this with nikki haley? >> yeah, we're watching these candidates defined victory down, they're all looking for the nicest participation trophy in iowa. nikki haley saying she doesn't just have a good showing, of course, the expectation would be that whatever her showing is in iowa she'll say that that was a good showing, it'll move on to new hampshire, and i suspect she's in a better position in new hampshire, polls suggest, that if you go to new hampshire, go to nikki haley -- there's a lot of energy around

he is expected to return to the hawkeye state for an event here on wednesday.e is leading in the polls pretty consistently, about 30% from his nearest gop competitors here. that support for the former president is not just playing out in his polling numbers. it's something we have heard in so many conversations with voters over the last few months and across the state. they say that the former president, they are supporting him and they are wondering whether to consider another candidate. at the same time, as they are willing to go to these campaign events, they are comparing the former president to these other candidates. i want you to hear a few of my conversations with iowa voters who attended vivek ramaswamy events. at this point in the race, they aren't sure whether to abandon the former president or move on. take a listen. >> i'm still leaning toward trump. he has the track record. it's hard to turn that away. he's done a lot for the country. >> between trump and vivek, who do you want to become the next president? >> i'm not going to commit to that right

thank you for all you do for the hawkeye state and for president trump. let's go, caucus.et to that 75%. thank you all so much. [applause] [indiscernible chatter] >> we appreciate you. rep. gaetz: we have to be willing to sa yno -- to say no. nice to meet you. what is your name? bo. [indiscernible chatter] rep. gaetz: terrific. thanks for coming out. >> how are our representatives doing from iowa? rep. gaetz: i am a fan of senator grassley. he's doing a lot of investigative work. i don't think we would know about what is going on with the bidens and ukraine if it were not for senator grassley. >> how about the representatives? rep. gaetz: they find video and stuff. he is interacting with people. [indiscernible] >> ok, thanks. rep. gaetz: you have been turned into the volunteer camera guy. [indiscernible chatter] rep. gaetz: we have real oversight going. i think the jury is still out. [indiscernible] >> i'm just a real american. [laughter] >> thanks for what you do for president trump. it means a lot to us. >> i can't go anywhere without her now. >> football player? oh no.

thank you for all you do for the hawkeye state and for president trump. let's go, caucus.. thank you all so much. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we've got to be willing to say no. >> that's right. >> nice to meet you. what's your name? bow. >> that's okay. i'll redo it. >> terrific. thanks for coming out. >> how are our representatives doing from iowa? >> out kelly on a hugee fan of senator grassley. i don't know people would know what's going onh with the biden's. >> what about the representatives? [inaudible] >> just a lot. a microphone in his face. >> you have been turned into the volunteer camera t guy. [inaudible] >> here we go. all right. [inaudible] >> great. [inaudible conversations] >> at least we got the subpoenas out. we've got real oversight. we got a majority. so that's not, that's not the biggest -- [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> there we go. there we go. >> god bless you all. i can't go anywhere without her now. there you go. >> one, two, three. >> sure, thanks. >> they are behind enemy lines. >> thank

mount diablo, hawkeye 37 miles an hour. and those winds will remain gusty later on tonight. going into tomorrow, it'll be breezy to gusty depending on where you are. and as we look at these storm impacts scale, we do have a weather alert overnight through tomorrow. brief heavy rain, gusty winds, thunder chance and minor flooding is expected both on the roadways and in low lying areas. i'll be back with more on that flooding and the timeline coming right up. >> dan okay, sandy, thanks so much. get the abc seven news bay area app for the latest weather conditions and to access the same radar that sandhya and our entire weather team use. search abc seven news bay area in your device's app store to track weather coming into your neighborhood. absolutely any time you wish. >> now to the new class action lawsuit against the city of san francisco and sfpd chief of police, the unsanctioned dolores hill bomb of the summer sparked a clash between skateboarders and police. at least 113 people, many of them juveniles, were arrested tonight to abc. seven news reporter j.r. stone is track

hawkeye 26 miles an hour, mount diablo about 20 miles an hour. the fog has been a concern for concord visibility down to two and a half miles. three miles in livermore as well as novato. so we are getting set for a return to the rain and wind. it won't be as cold overnight, and they're going to turn into showers throughout the afternoon. so that means we're not going to see a lot of heavy downpours or widespread rain. it's a weak system. and then behind it we have those dangerous waves and the high surf warning. so here's a look at the morning lows. notice how mild in the 50s with those breezy winds and timing out the rain for you, you'll notice that in the morning it's in the north bay. could see a stray shower elsewhere. but as we get into about 3:00, you can see the spotty nature of the shower activity. you'll notice more wind than rain. then we get a break late on wednesday. thursday mostly dry. could be an isolated shower. and then friday you saw that looking at more wet weather. but it's going to take a minute to get here. this is 4:00 in t

> i want to start with iowa, a month and a half from now republicans will be gathering across the hawkeye state to select the first winter in the republican contest, let's go first to jeff in iowa. how's it feeling there besides i'm guessing pretty cold. >> there is a bit of snow on the ground with christmas shopping season, it is time for the iowa caucuses to enter a new phase. talking to voters, it is clear the ones who at least are inclined to participate are paying a new level of attention. it is hard not to, there are so many television ads from donald trump and run the sentence over the meat and -- weekend. there is no question the former president still looms large. he holds a commanding lead in all the polls even though there have not been many recent polls, one strategy is says it feels like we are flying behind. when you talk to voters, the set of republicans who are interested in moving on from the armor president, half the party are beginning to focus more intently, we talked about nikki haley. others are still considering vivek ramaswamy. we did get news that doug burgum is s

mount diablo, hawkeye 37 miles an hour. and those winds will remain gusty later on tonight. going into tomorrow, it'll be breezy to gusty depending on where you are. and as we look at these storm impacts scale, we do have a weather alert overnight through tomorrow. brief heavy rain, gusty winds, thunder chance and minor flooding is expected both on the roadways and in low lying areas. i'll be back with more on that flooding and the timeline coming right up. >> dan okay, sandy, thanks so much. get the abc seven news bay area app for the latest weather conditions and to access the same radar that sandhya and our entire weather team use. search abc seven news bay area in your device's app store to track weather coming into your neighborhood. absolutely any time you wish. >> now to the new class action lawsuit against the city of san francisco and sfpd chief of police, the unsanctioned dolores hill bomb of the summer sparked a clash between skateboarders and police. at least 113 people, many of them juveniles, were arrested tonight to abc. seven news reporter j.r. stone is track

republican presidential candidate nikki haley says she has momentum and competes with donald trump in the hawkeye state. >> they are paying attention now and things are starting to move, we will do everything he have. does he have a strong hold? of course he has, do people support trump? they do. >> we have more with nikki haley, and chris sununu who just endorsed nikki haley's 2024 bid. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a critical endorsement in new hampshire as governor chris sununu throws his support behind nikki haley. >> a sweet, older woman who has come to a lot of event. i saw her coming in here, she said so, are you going to finally endorsed nikki haley? you bet i am, let's get this thing done! >> cnn sat down with both nikki haley and governor sununu, although nikki haley is ahead of ron desantis, she still pulling well behind trump. how much can this endorsement really boost her? >> you now, that is to be determined even governor sununu admits they are not really sure how much. he's going to try, the sununu name. the current governor who endorsed her who is now in his fourth term,

he wrapped up a 99 county swing in the hawkeye state. he remains percentage points behind trump, joining us now is 10 alberta who was the staff writer for the atlantic, he has a book titled the kingdom, the power, and the glory. american evangelicals in the age of extremism, the book comes out tomorrow. congratulations. pretty certain americo will not elect trump, do other leaders in iowa, do they share that concern? >> i don't think they share the certainty in fact, when you survey the evangelical pastor, as i've done over the past couple of years, there is a resignation to the idea that trump in the short-term, the intermediate term at least has a good hold on a lot of the congregants and they are not going to deviate from him anytime soon, he's had a long- running feud with trump, some of the reporting that came out of my group trump using disparaging vulgar language to refer to certain iowa evangelicals was aimed towards him among others, it's no surprise he would support ron desantis. i don't think trump retains an overwhelming lead

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trump will return to the hawkeye state. >>> let's bring in political white house reporter daniel lippman for perspective on the white house and beyond. good to see you. biden's campaign condemned trump's comments. the statement reads in part, tonight donald trump channeled role models as he praised adolf hitler on a promise to rule as a dictator and threaten american democracy. it goes on to say he's betting he can win this election by scaring and dividing this country. he's wrong. daniel, is trump wrong by betting on this hateful rhetoric? he's currently the front-runner. >> reporter: you make a good point. the biden campaign doesn't seem like it's working. there are a lot of democrats who would like them to shift to more of those comments you read, talking about him being a dictator for a day, about shredding the constitution, going after his political opponents and focusing less on the policy accomplishments of the biden administration. one other point is that, while he talks about poisoning the blood of americans, four of his kids have mothers who came to america, who are immigrants.

. >> you can't have hawkeye haley here saying she is conservative and nuanced n d nikki appealin liberalsn new hampshire. you have to have the same message everywhere. >>> joining me now, senior editor for "the atlantic," ron brownstein. appreciate you being with us. >> hi, rosemary. >> you wrote about two theories for beating donald trump that concluded that neither one will likely dislodge trump from his commanding lead for the race to be president. why has nikki haley nor ron desantis found a way to challenge trump with just five weeks before the iowa caucus? >> yeah. they are common problems that neither is attracting a coalition broad enough to really threaten trump. they have alsoly jointly made the decision they are largely going to defer to another day, making the strongest possible case against trump and focus on trying to edge out each other to get them into a one-on-one race. you know? they are operating from different theories about what it takes to beat him. desantis is running to trump's right. trying to peel away core supporters. if he gets it to a one-on-one race, the vote

hawkeye 26 miles an hour, mount diablo about 20 miles an hour. the fog has been a concern for concord visibility down to two and a half miles. three miles in livermore as well as novato. so we are getting set for a return to the rain and wind. it won't be as cold overnight, and they're going to turn into showers throughout the afternoon. so that means we're not going to see a lot of heavy downpours or widespread rain. it's a weak system. and then behind it we have those dangerous waves and the high surf warning. so here's a look at the morning lows. notice how mild in the 50s with those breezy winds and timing out the rain for you, you'll notice that in the morning it's in the north bay. could see a stray shower elsewhere. but as we get into about 3:00, you can see the spotty nature of the shower activity. you'll notice more wind than rain. then we get a break late on wednesday. thursday mostly dry. could be an isolated shower. and then friday you saw that looking at more wet weather. but it's going to take a minute to get here. this is 4:00 in t

. >> ainsley: and just made an ad buy in the hawkeye state. >> lawrence: there was criticism of the president getting too comfortable and he made a big ad buy. he is beating biden in national polling by four points. >> ainsley: number two, tied, ron desantis and nikki haley tied in iowa. >> lawrence: the mood is right now, if you can get one candidate against donald trump, they would have a fair shot. he just finished the 99 iowa counties. >> ainsley: and endorsed by governor kim reynolds. trump endorsed her, she wanted to stay neutral and trump blasted her, so she decided to support ron desantis. >> lawrence: on saturday, never back down is the pact backing ron desantis, three senior advisors decided to walk away. >> ainsley: the ceo and other officials. then nikki haley. >> lawrence: she passed vivek ramaswamy, her big contender there and tied with desantis. >> ainsley: she is trying to overtake desantis. >> lawrence: the cal vary came in, co-institute has americans for prosperity and is backing her, a lot of money coming with this. >> ainsley: they will deploy largest gras grassroots in th

with just over a month to the iowa caucus is -- busy spreading fear and loathing in the hawkeye states in iowa this weekend, trump rejected his own worst