i think that the weather gives a slight advantage to nikki haley over ron desantis for the race for second place because nikki haley seems to be coming on strong in suburban areas. well-funded city governments -- you might have to drive quite a ways. i think that could be an issue. it will affect all of the candidates, but probably best in the urban centers. there are still quite a bit of republicans who live there. host: has the weather affected candidates coming in to do door-to-door politicking that we know that they love to do in iowa? guest: certainly. we have had a pretty mild winter until now. we have not had many cancellations. there have been a lot of events that have been canceled. itors. ■r that the caucuses that will happen tomorrow will be reported correctly? >> it is funny that you say that because donald trump actually finished second to ted cruz in the 2016 caucuses and he went on a rant about how it was rigged against him. there was a fairly clear margin between trump and cruz. in 2012, the republicans had a bit of a fiasco because rick santorum and mitt romney ended up fi

>> look for an upset with vivek rising up into second place or possible upset by nikki haley over ron desantisects ron desantis to come in second and if something deviates from that, you can see possibly a vivek-donald trump ticket with vivek as vp. we'll have to see. >> todd: does any of this matter? most recently mayor pete was running for president. for republicans, ted cruz in 2016 and rick santorum in 2012 and mike huckabee in 2008. 20% of caucus members and 14% of republican winners have won the president's seat. a lot of numbers and a lot of low percentages. in light of low percentages, why do we ascribe so much importance to iowa? >> iowa is the heart of the country, usually first up and then new hampshire comes in and selects the new candidate. there is a saying on the republican side, iowa picks corn and new hampshire picks president and that is how it has been for last few years. there is always upset in the making. >> todd: nikki haley, thank you for joining us, i mean, terry shilling. thank you for your time. united and alaska airline grounding boeing 737 max nine jets after this.

haley's weakness puts us in grave danger. >> nikki haley has a 17 point lead over joe biden. >> ron desantisonsistently trails. >> ron desantis is plummeting. >> you cannot beat trump by trying to be trump. and you cannot stop wasteful washington spending when you voted to add trillions in national debt. ron desantis, he is phony, failing, just too weak. >> ao this week, abc news compiled da on how many times each republican presidential hopeful visited iowa from september to the end of 2023. governor desantis was a distant second in the number of visits, behind vivek ramaswamy, who had 192. nikki haley was in third with visits to the hawkeye state. bummerew jersey governor, chris christie did not visit the state at all, but he was a gur in the granite state last year. 39 visits, he was the second most seen republican in n hampshire in the final months of 2023. he was just ahead of nikki haley with two dozen visits to the first in the nation primary state. next, a visit with the curator of drake university caucus collection. >> we are in the drake university archives and special collection o

nikki haley has some gasps of life left.>> trump has a sizable lead over nikki haley. ron desantis has a relatively small share. >> far more ron desantis voters have gone to him. the other thing that is a real challenge for nikki haley is the types of desantis voters that are likely to go to trump are the most diehard and fired up, the most likely to dissipate. just like in iowa, one of the reasons donald trump over performed is his coalition was the diehards, the people that will turn out to go to the caucus. we don't have a once in a decade snowstorm happening in new hampshire tomorrow, i don't believe. it's still a problem that her coalition is less enthusiastic.>> if you talk to people on the ground in iowa, despite these addictions, there are no signs, there's not a lot, you are a politician, you know when things are jammed up, and that's not the feel on the ground there. if it's just the diehards who come out, those diehards are more trump than nikki haley. >> people have had trump signs up in south carolina since 2016, they literally have not taken them down. five of the sev

is it over for nikki haley and ron desantis? ey was spent in iowa. his time was spent in iowa. his effort was spent in iowa. he doesn't have an organization in new hampshire, doesn't have support in new hampshire. she can go on. he can't. across town at the des moines curling club, there's no talking politics during play. although off the ice, one member admitted to tactically changing team from democrat to republican. so you switched? idid. i changed my affiliation. so that i have now the opportunity to vote for nikki haley and more importantly, not donald trump. and the one thing they seem to unite on here is a weariness about the campaign ahead. it's messy right now. it's divisive. i don't feel like you can talk to anyone about what issues are important to you without someone getting up in arms. iowa has already swept aside two republican campaigns. and with the next battle approaching in new hampshire, it may not be long before we see another candidate knocked out. former subpostmasterjo hamilton was right behind one of fujit

the other story coming out of iowa will be does nikki haley leapfrog over ron desantis, and if she canpick up a big enough win over him, does he drop out? >> and you mentioned the enthusiasm and who shows up. the weather could play a role in all of this too. we're seeing there's a storm that could be moving in to iowa about a week out as well. paul, one of the reasons that trump hasn't been spending a lot of time in iowa, at least lately, is that he's requesting to be in the couroom for two days, two separate cases this week. tomorrow there's the appeals court hearing dealing with trump's claim of presidential immunity, which he argues shields him from prosecution in the federal election interference case. what are your expectations in this immunity matter tomorrow and the prospects of a trial in that case in march? >> trump is saying he has absolute immunity during the time that he was in the white house, criminal prosecution. he made that same argument about immunity from civil lawsuits and the d.c. circuit told him that he was wrong. so i think the court will use the same analysis a

as nikki haley and ron desantis bicker over which of them has the best chance of beating donald trumpasa hutchinson, who tried and failed to take on the former president. and as primary season heats up, we'll take a look at how the issue of abortion rights could take centre stage this november. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to this special program on the us presidential primaries. after a freezing cold start to the 2024 election season in iowa this week, the race for the republican nomination will heat up on tuesday when new hampshire voters take to the polls in the first primary of the 2024 election cycle.

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nikki haley. she's vaulted over florida governor ron desantis who's at 16% in this poll. let's go through the numbers again. donald trump, 48%, nikki haley, 20, and ron desantis at 16%. so going into the final hours of this caucus campaign here, this is so important certainly for haley because it shows that she has some mauchlt here in iowa as well as of course as we've seen in new hampshire. but donald trump still in overwhelming lead in this race. slightly below the 50% mark. he was at 51% just a month ago, but that's basically within the margin of error. so he leads dramatically. the question is will all these supporters be able to turn out monday night. i've covered several iowa caucuses. i cannot recall one with this much uncertainty where weather is a wild card. do these supporters who respond to polls actually make it to the caucuses? i would add a bit of caution to these numbers, but that's where this race sits right now, jim. >> jeff, as you know as you've covered some of the iowa caucuses, and i've covered some but not as many as you. iowans are hardy folk so the

out of the "des moines register" conducted by my next guest shows trump holding a lead over nikki haley and ron desantis the vote among likely caucus goers despite a key endorsement from kim reynolds, desantis still sits in second position at 19%. that same poll also finds 73% of likely republican caucus goers believe that trump can beat boiden regardless of his legal challenges, which is up from 65% back in october. on thursday governor desantis was quick to dismiss his poor polling numbers in the hawkeye state. >> those polls have never predicted the caucus because it's hard to determine who is going to show up. so that's why i don't think we put any stock in that. the people that swoop in and do a rally here or there, the people that just spend gobs of money on television, it typically doesn't work. >> if trump were to win the iowa caucus, is it game over for ron desantis and nikki haley? joining me is iowa pollster and public opinion researcher jay ann celer is. the site has been called the best pollster in politics. thank you so much for being here. in your experience, has any candidate for either

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come on i wach come back, vafrmel cals are seemingly siding with the former president over ron desantis and nikki haley bob van der plat, the evangelical leader in iowa joins us next. ron desantisd bob van der plat, the evangelical leader in iowa joins us next. over ron desantis and n haley and bob van der plat, the evangelical leader in iowa joins us next. president over ron desa nikki haley and bob van der plat, the evangelical leader in iowa joins us next. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yup, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network. give your business a head start in 2024 with this great offer. plus, ask how to get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. >>> the former president's lead in the iowa polls is his connection with evangelical voters and something his campaign has played up promoting a v

i think that the weather gives a slight advantage to nikki haley over ron desantis for the race for second because nikki haley seems to be coming on strong in suburban areas. well-funded city governments -- you might have to drive quite a ways. i think that could be an issue. it will affect all of the candidates, but probably best in the urban centers. there are still quite a bit of republicans who live there. host: has the weather affected candidates coming in to do door-to-door politicking that we know that they love to do in iowa? guest: certainly. we have had a pretty mild winter until now. we have not had many cancellations. there have been a lot of events that have been canceled. it has affected their ability to go out and knock on doors. i have done that work. it was pretty cold. it was very cold. i remember going out and trying to knock on doors. it is brutal. it is just not safe to send people around. the high today will be minus nine. host: we are going to open up our regular lines, which means democrats can call in (202) 748-8000. republicans can call in at (202) 748-8001. indep

rochester, new hampshire. >>> in the meantime, nikki haley is using the moment to try to win over ron desantisporters, breaking down the strategy heading into the pivotal event. >> this news broke while nikki haley was at one of her many campaign stops at a clam shop, a lobster shack, she came out and said about ron desantis, he has really good campaign and been a good governor but now it is a two-person race between her and former president trump, that's what they have been saying in new hampshire for a while because of how he was polling solo and not competing the state. now it is a reality. and she was to pitch to potential ron desantis voters, here she is with dana bash today. >> they love america and they want a new generational leader, telling them that i am that new generational leader, look at the fact that we can actually win. that is what the that's what -- that is what the supporters want, they don't want to lose. >> going to continue campaigning, was to do well in new hampshire, her campaign is saying that they think ron desantis support is going to be split between nikki haley and

nikki haley is gobbling up in whicheds, 41%. nikki haley and ron desantis fighting overr. there is a lot to be said for what the numbers represent. the democratic party is bringing out barack obama and michelle obama and john kerry helping with the campaign to protect the party, but not biden. if voters say enough is enough, it is democratic policy or if it is biden, let me listen to barack obama, i'm persuaded by the voices. he is failing, if they continue to fail, they will have their work cut out for them and exit on note gop has to coalesce. the democrats are so good at their mob mentality. we need to combat that. >> kaylee: jason, we brought in 97 million, cash on hand and tiktok that reaches 67 million e. their argument is we've got this. >> jason: what the voters tell people with polls, they don't have this. what will they do to solve this? more joe biden? more joe biden giving vigorous speeches out there? policies are upside down, people don't like the policies and kamala harris is not an asset to the campaign. democrats are in the lead they have an organizationa

over resources to nikki haley. >> let's go over to jeff in iowa. ron desantis is in iowa, previewing a sharp contrast between his vision and ambassador nikki haley's vision. a voters asked him, why has he not gone directly after donald trump? >> reporter: that really is a question that hangs over the final 12 days of the republican contest in iowa. the voting begins on january 15th. the florida governor has been making stops across the state for weeks now. it was a question earlier, just outside des moines, when they voted said, why are you going so soft on donald trump? this is what ron desantis said. >> i think the narrative is this. i think what the media wants is, they want republican candidates to kind of like smear him personally. that is just not how i roll. >> reporter: we talked to the voters afterwards. he was not on camera there. he said, look, he needs to go stronger and draw for next met far stronger contrast. the reason why this is obligated, because it is a delicate balancing act. they are trying to get some of those trump voters, those who are h

vivek ramaswamy who has visited ercounty twice with over 182 stops, ron desantis, with over . nikki haley just below 40. asa hutchinson, around 20. the former president at stops. this is september 1 through december 31. each of them have been in the state other than chris christie who has dropped out, each of them have been in the state since the beginning of january and have gone to many more different events, but that is what it looks like the months that they have spent and iowa leading up to the big day, which is tomorrow, and now we are just hours away. despite the bitter cold temperatures there are still thousands of campaign volunteers out there hitting the streets and iowa neighborhoods. they are knocking on doors for candidates, and we caught up with two canvassers out yesterday in west des moines. >> we are on sunset drive with tabatha and verna. it is -7 degrees right now. what are you doing? >> we are caucusing. for ron desantis. >> give people the cards, go to the website. these people here were just [indiscernible] they are going to come monday night and caucus for ron. >> w

i think that the weather gives a slight advantage to nikki haley over ron desantis for the race for second because nikki haley seems to be coming on strong in suburban areas. well-funded city governments -- you might have to drive quite a ways. i think that could be an issue. it will affect all of the candidates, but probably best in the urban centers. there are still quite a bit of republicans who live there. host: has the weather affected candidates coming in to do door-to-door politicking that we know that they love to do in iowa? guest: certainly. we have had a pretty mild winter until now. we have not had many cancellations. there have been a lot of events that have been canceled. it has affected their ability to go out and knock on doors. i have done that work. it was pretty cold. it was very cold. i remember going out and trying to knock on doors. it is brutal. it is just not safe to send people around. the high today will be minus nine. host: we are going to open up our regular lines, which means democrats can call in (202) 748-8000. republicans can call in at (202) 748-8001. indep

former president trump enters the night with a clear lead over nikki haley and ron desantis in the final nbc news/des moines register/mediacom poll. our team is in place covering it all this evening. hallie jackson starts us off. >> reporter: tonight a brutal freeze and below zero wind chill on caucus night with candidates carefully crisscrossing iowa. but despite the low temperatures high expectations for former president trump. >> you can't sit home. if you're sick as a dog, you say darling, i've got to make it. even if you vote and then pass away, it's worth it. >> reporter: new polling shows mr. trump 28 points ahead of the rest of the field, with florida governor ron desantis slipping to third just behind former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, who's taking attacks from her rivals. >> she loses to everybody. and she's really not much of a republican. >> reporter: mr. trump has visited iowa less often than his competitors, but his sons here as surrogates. >> there's been criticism that your father's legal issues have distracted him from the campaign. is that a shadow hanging over this ca

so you mentioned that nikki haley and ron desantis have cancelled or postponed events. nikki haley is doing some events over the phone like a town hall type thing. ron desantis was a able to get one of his events done earlier this morning before the conditions really deteriorated here. i'll let you listen to him talking to some potential caucus goers. >> i view the choice on monday as boiling down to this. donald trump is running for his issues. nikki haley is running for the donors' issues i'm running solely for your issues, your family's issues, and to turn this country around. that's the sole focus. that's the sole mission. . >> reporter: so here we are days before the iowa caucuses, when really you would have candidates going all across the state meeting with as many potential caucus goers as they possibly could. it's really hard to do that, nearly impossible, especially tonight, to get people all in the same room to travel. now the snow is supposed to stop. and then it's going to get absolutely frigid here. and the campaigns are already looking to monday to see how they might manage that. it's iowa it

as nikki haley and ron desantis bicker over which of them has the best chance of beating donald trumpo take on the former president. and as primary season heats up, we'll take a look at how the issue of abortion rights could take centre stage this november. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to this special program on the us presidential primaries. after a freezing cold start to the 2024 election season in iowa this week, the race for the republican nominations will heat up on tuesday when new hampshire voters take to the polls in the first pprimary

election, it could have an impact. >> in the race for succeed place, you're seeing nikki haley and ron desantis fight over china and not even mention what maybe they will now. 11 days left. we. >>> up next, former house speaker nancy pelosi will be here live. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome become. i want to get to my guest former house speaker nancy pelosi. thank you so much for joining me. appreciate it. it is now 2024. an election year. i want to play for you president biden's first campaign ad of the year. it's being released in conjunction with the anniversary of january 6th. >> there's something dangerous happening in america. there's an extremist movement and does not share the basic believes in our democracy. all of us are being asked now what will we do to maintain our democracy. >> how potent will that be for voters? >> i think it's very important, but i think it also recognizes that democracy is a personal issue. freedom to whether it is to have access to health care, when, if, and how to have expan your family, freedom to be in the workplace in a very strong way because you have health care and you ha

as nikki haley and ron desantis bicker over which of them has the best chance of beating donald trump to the nomination, we will hear from asa hutchinson, who tried and failed to take on the former president. and as primary season heats up, we'll take a look at how the issue of abortion rights could take centre stage this november. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to this special program on the us presidential primaries. after a freezing cold start to the 2024 election season in iowa this week, the race for the republican nomination will heat up on tuesday when new hampshire voters take to the polls in the first primary of the 2024 election cycle. tuesday's republican primary will test former president donald trump's front—runner status after his landslide victory in iowa, and former governor of south carolina nikki haley is looking to establish herself as the main rival to mr trump with a strong showing in the granite state. after finishing a close third behind ron desantis iowa, nikki haley has been making her pitch to voters. things are tough right now. you do not have to turn on th

nikki haley jumping over ron desantis, and things strangely tying up at the end.onth post-new hampshire if what a lot of new hampshire experts -- if they're right about what they think will happen on the ground that nikki haley will continue her momentum, possibly beat donald trump. we've seen him melt down after he lost to ted cruz, after he lost, of course, to joe biden. that's a month of melting down. we have a decision by this judge that could bankrupt him. we don't know how much money he has. that could put him out of business in new york, and you're going to have a month of spiraling before the south carolina primary. for people that say it's over, i understand, and it's -- but i think there's an outside shot. maybe it's 10%, maybe it's 15%, but things keep breaking against donald trump. march doesn't get any easier with him for judge chutkan. there's a good chance of him getting convicted by the end of the month. a lot coming at him. >> i agree with you that people tend to think this is a foregone conclusion, and that's not really the case. i will say -- le

nikki haley and ron desantis. we've started to see nikki haley game a lot more ground. i feel like over the last several weeks.tell us about where you think they might end up? >> yeah, look, i mean one out of every $4 that have been spent so far has been spent by nikki haley or on her are in her behalf, say, for example, with the pack, she clearly has momentum. and if you're governor desa%tis and you've pushed everything into iowa, let's say he comes in 3rd place. it's hard to see a path forward for him in new hampshire. that won't happen. it won't happen in the nevada caucus. then he has to turn to nikki haley's home state of south carolina. so it'll be a lot of pressure on him to get out if he is in 3rd place. he has to come in second place tonight. he has a and enthusiastic engage group. haley doesn't necessarily have that. donald trump has the biggest a group there. so the thing to watch is what is the distance between first and second and then begin second and 3rd. i mean, that's not rocket science. but as the donald trump run away and then as desantis in 3rd place, if he is the pressure on him to leave w

nikki haley. ron desantis was favored over trump last february, but his support dropped to 8%. california's primary is march 5th. county election offices will send out mail-in ballots by february 5th. tonight cbs evening news will have live updates from iowa coming up right after this newscast at 6:30. here's norah o'donnell. >> reporter: hey, sara. our special coverage tonight of the iowa caucuses, what the latest polling and americans cast their first votes in the 2024 presidential election, those headlines and more on the cbs evening news. >> thanks. >>> still ahead, a different kind of tribute to martin luther king, this election is a choice between results or just rhetoric. californians deserve a senator who is going to deliver for them every day and not just talk a good game. adam schiff. he held a dangerous president accountable. he also helped lower drug costs, bring good jobs back home, and build affordable housing. now he's running for the senate. our economy, our democracy, our planet. this is why we fight. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message. loving this pay

he has overwhelming lead over former ambassador nikki haley and former governor ron desantis who spokeo tony dokoupil this morning. >> when people take a poll, they can push someone one way or another. there are a lot of people that haven't made a final decision. >> reporter: polls can be wrong and no one knows that better than donald trump who surprised many with his win in 2016. sunday trump took nothing for granted, urging voters to get out no matter how low temperatures go. >> brave the weather and go out and save america. that's what you are doing. >> reporter: haley braved bitter cold hoping to pick up last minute support. >> we are going to get out and caucus today. if you are giving your speech, speak from the heart. >> reporter: president biden will be watching developments very closely. a new cbs news poll finds trump support among national republican primary voters has risen to its highest level yet even as haley leads president biden by a wider margin. but voters in iowa and across the nation may have much more to say before the general election. >> there are more than 1600

the story is his dominance over his top two rivals. 51% to ron desantis 21.3 percent to nikki haley 19.3%the bit -- this is the biggest victory in u.s. history in any competitive caucus. amna: we are joined by our panel for analysis. david brooks, jonathan capehart, amy walter, and strategist kevin madden who advised mitt romney's campaign. lisa desjardins is at ron desantis' watch party. this was not the result the desantis campaign wanted, a clear and decisive win for former resident trump. tell us what folks in the room are telling you and reacting to the news. lisa: i can tell you that there is not yet anyone saying they are disappointed, but the eyes of the supporters of ron desantis in the room look like they would like a different outcome clearly. there are folks coming in who said if desantis ended the night in the 20%, that is something that could help him continue on his campaign so we are watching the numbers. everyone here is watching the numbers mostly. second third, the position may matter very much to this campaign. they had more staff in this state and spent more, desantis

what they do, okay, everybody for ron desantis stand in that corner, everybody for nikki haley over therele start making speeches and i know ron desantis has had the best ground game, we'll find out by next tuesday. p precinct captains have so much, they will try to generate enthusiasm with their neighbors. nikki haley people, come here, donald trump will do this and that. >> bill: and the trump campaign told us they enlisted more than 2000 so-called caucus captains and those are people they have pledges who go into precincts and identify 10 people who come out and caucus for trump. friday night that campaign said they had 2000 caucus captains. >> ainsley: happens on martin luther king day. a lot of businesses will be closed. they usually caucus 8 p.m. >> steve: 1500 precincts and "fox and friends" will be there. today fauci will testify on covid and pandemic response. >> ainsley: senator rand paul is next. >> brian: our cameras captured a migrant jumping razor wire, lawrence is live on the ground in eagle pass, he is next. we believe at newday usa we have a noble purpose. our purpose is

over the years, they have watched others consider presidential runs and ultimately choose not to. he watched his own vice president run against him, and drop out months ago. when it comes to nikki haley and ron desantisone on the offense against ron desantis consistently, but has really held off on nikki haley over the better course of the last year, callinger bird brain now and th. in the last couple of days, they have turned their attention toward her. i want to let you see a statement from trump adviser talking about ron desantis and nikki haley saying in part, quote, we will still smack ron around because why not. we don't really see her as a threat. we understand that the donors are going to try and proffer up. back to the idea of being the trump alternative. for trump and his campaign, it would not be the worst thing in the world to have ron desantis come in second place, and nikki in and third, and both going to new hampshire, duking it out for second place. >> nikki haley has been struggling to find a way to get past a couple of guests. you never know what's going to stick with voters. there were her controversial comments on the civil war and slavery, and then another remark that has seemed

least inclined to be resistant to his lawlessness, nikki haley and ron desantis for their part have collected zero senate endorsements between them. over in the house trump has endorsements over 100 members. ron desantis who served in the house has five. nikki haley has one. it's not just elected republicans, though. it is the moneyed republicans who helped get them elected. all of them are also falling in line. according to the website puck news trump campaign has put out the word to gop voters if they're not on the trump train by next month it will be noted on their permanent record and that forgiveness will get harder thereafter. the threats have apparently been effective. the hotel entrepreneur who previously gave $20 million to desantis' super pac has recently signaled to trump allies he's now supporting donald trump for president. ed mcmullen, a trump fund-raiser who served in trump's administration described a tidal wave -- a tidal wave of republican donors rushing to make amends and secure their place among trump's allies. i've never had the experience of people reaching out in such large numbers to do a mea culpa and say how c

ron desantis dropped out over the weekend. >> yes. good morning to you. donald trump and nikki haley. the big question, if there is no ron desantis, who will haley get tomorrow as far as voters? will voters in new hampshire, who were going to vote for ron desantis, move to donald trump, or will they still want a trump alternative? desantis doesn't really have a lot to offer as far as the number of voters. he was running a distant third in new hampshire. and even if haley picked up every single one of them, she'd. still be behind donald trump in new hampshire. but it will give us some idea of haley's potential ahead. you can lose the first two contests, iowa and new hampshire, and still get the nomination, but it's rare. bill clinton lost both but won his party's nomination and of course the presidency. haley needs a really strong performance tomorrow. she was in concord, new hampshire, this morning, one of five campaign stops as the hours count down to the primary. >> so, happy preelection day. i am so excited. it's been almost a year that we've been campaigning in this great state, to

have a lot of independents, a lot of moderates that really like nikki haley and even some democrats prefer her over joe biden. but, ron desantisskipping new hampshire. he is is going to be in greenville south carolina on tuesday. he going to try to beat nikki haley in her own state. >> brian: i know you are jealous any time somebody goes to south carolina and it's not you. 40% of new hampshire residents do not belong to either party. they are going to try to participate. here is a reaction to the results in iowa. look. >> we're going to come together. it's going to happen soon, too. this is the third time we have won. >> we love you. >> this is the biggest one. i want to congratulate ron and nikki for having a good time together. we're all having a good time together. [laughter] i think they both actually did very well. i really do. i also want to congratulate vivek because he did a hell of a job. >> but i can tell you, because of your support, in spite of all of that that they threw at us, everyone against us, we have got our ticket punched out of iowa. >> i can safely say tonight iowa made this republican primary a two-perso

we know president trump has a commanding lead over nikki haley, even before ron desantis dropped out. david miller filed a report this weekend and pointed to the fact democrat dean phillips is on the ballot and biden is not and suggesting mr. biden's strong showing could wound biden and lure big hitters into the race. that might be a stretch, if you think it is a stretch, look over editorials from the "new york times" and politico and the wsj, stories about biden being on the back foot in michigan. john fetterman got a lot of attention for blasting the out of control border and party insiders have laced the white house for not paying more attention. this could generate more interest to mr. phillips, what will it do for president biden? >> harris: what i love about that, i was in the green room this morning getting new hampshire makeup, it is cold, it comes with hot tea. dean phillips walked in behind me. wow, he's here for a republican primary. i think he's getting the point you are making, emily. all eyes on new hampshire. biden just didn't think it was worth his time. i don't know t

easy leader over nikki haley and ron desantis. this is a rural county. many counties in iowa are rural. we go back in time to eight years ago. you see the way the vote was split? okay. come to today and that's a pretty good number. that's the kind of number the trump team likes to see. cook county is rural as well. look at this. 75 out of 99. this is farmland. this is what feeds america. a lot of time feeds the world. 27% reporting right now. this is an easy lead. if you go back eight years and see the battle. hang on one second. go back eight years and see the battle that played out. it was a three way fight. it was a two-way fight among ted cruz and donald trump. the worlds and evangelical voters. here we are eight years later. with me. 76%. they would take that in the trump campaign all night long. anecdotal stuff coming in. as we said earlier, it's early and it will be for some time. >> quick question. let's look at the tota what percentage is in? >> we are at 4%. a couple thousand here and there. >> bill at the big board we will check in throughout

iowa caucuses cbs news found all three of the top gop contenders, nikki haley, donald trump, ron desantis, begin the year with a lead overdent biden in potential november matchup, with haley having the largest lead. b@ is something likes to talk about on the stump. in iowa, in her stops in new hampshire, she has been talking about polling that shows her in a general election matchup, she fares the best. in this cbs poll, she would beat president biden in a■u general election matchup, 53% to 45%. michael in michigan, hi. >> hello. >> we are listening to you. your thoughts on campaign 2024. >> i am a former donald trump supporter. but i must admit i am one of those people who has been described as having to hold their nose to vote for drop -- donald trump in the past. personally i do not like him. he is arrogant. i think he talks out of both sides of his mouth. but i was a one issue voter. i don't believe in our abortion freedom, as some people claim we havei believe life begins at conception and everything else is arbitrary. i also not like the democratic side. hillary clinton. i think she is another politician who speaks

nikki haley. when you look over the last seven months, ron desantis has visited 99 of iowa's counties. o nikki haley's. she's visited less than a third of them. if you look at the sheer number of events between nikki haley and ron desantis here, nikki haley has held about one-third of the events of desantis. when you look at the polling, it will be tough come january 15th if desantis is able to eke this out to say that going around the state from border to border had something to do with it. and frankly, when you look at the amount that's been spent on the air waves, nikki haley has spent about 50 million compared to ron desantis and donald trump, 15 million. nikki haley has relied largely on those tv ads and now come 14 days from now, we'll see how far that will take her. >> rick, i know you know a thing or two about making a strong finish in iowa since you're part of the ted cruz campaign which beat donald trump and won the iowa caucus, but how important is this final two week stretch? can her advertising blitz have a real impact? i'm curious how much minds are made up by this point.

nikki haley, then i don't see how you survive. just the same way nikki haley is saying ron desantis' campaign is over because he didn't win iowa, which which is where he put all the eggs in his basket. i don't want to see donald trump as a nomy and definitely not as the president, but if he does pull off new hampshire even if it's close, i think it's a wrap. >> i say candidates never run out of reasons to run, but they do run out of money. if it gets harder and harder to find donor enthusiasm and dollars to come in when you're not winning anymore. lastly, it's a delegate hunt. if you're not winning delegates in new hampshire and it's a resource state -- >> nikki haley is clearly trying to court independent moderate voters in new hampshire. she shared a bitter critic how the republican party is doing. i want you to watch this. >> we have lost the last seven out of eight popular votes for president because you keep pushing people away. i'm bringing people in. am i conservative, yes? i am a conservative through and through, but i am not going to stop trying to win every republican, every independent, and every democrat because that's wh

over the last year, which is two realities. you have the reality here on the ground where nikki haley and ron desantis have been all over the scene today, attacking one another. then you have the second reality of the undisputed front- runner donald trump and that new york city courtroom, dealing with that. that is what continues to play out. the big question that continues to swirl, that will be answered on monday, will anyone emerge here as an alternative to trump? and what has become a common split screen in this presidential primary, gop front runner former president donald trump spent his day in a new york city courtroom as the other 2024 gop candidates were back on the trail in iowa. >> so, get excited, four days until caucus. that's you know, i am a guy, i am running on your issues and your families issues in this country's issues. i am not running for any other reason. >> ron doesn't defeat biden, trump is head-to-head with biden, on a good day, he might be up by two. and every one of those polls, i defeat biden by double digits. >> supported governor ron desantis and former south carolina governor nikki haley lashing on

we're watching nikki haley, the numbers are not great, ron desantis was 43 points behind -- nikki haley's 40 points in a head to head and her home state. so where the tell is, that this is overi think ron desantis positioned himself as the off ramp. he was what modern voters would've wanted if they didn't want trump. nikki haley has positioned herself as the alternative. they do not want an alternative. it might be good enough to win new hampshire, but not good enough to go past new hampshire. >> reporter: we do have to sneak in a very quick break, we are just getting started tonight doing the special coverage of the new hampshire primary, lots, and lots more to come over the next two hours in manchester including some of the things the panels have talked over, what's up with the future, what happens with trump, what's up with nikki haley we will be right back. be right back (dad) did you say 25 dollars a line? (sister) and we can save big on things we love, like netflix and max! (dad) oh, that's awesome (mom) spaghetti night -- dinner in 30 (dad) oh, happy day! (vo) starts at $25 per line... ...guaranteed for 3 years, for a limited time only... ...and get both netflix and m

over 50%. it's significant that nikki haley did not come in second. ron desantis put it all on the table in iowa and came only a distant third. new hampshire is make or break for him but honestly, it's looking very good for donald trump. we are kind of laughing in new hampshire that with nikki haley calling it a two-person race, i'm, a two-person race for second place? she doesn't want to acknowledge how far ahead trump is at this point. host: was it a surprise that nikki haley didn't do better in iowa? guest: maybe a little bit because she was showing progress and she's the one who had the buzz a month or two ago and she was steadily gaining. ron desantis went to all 99 counties in iowa and nikki haley did not do that. she was focusing a lot of new hampshire and had made that comment about how iowa makes a mistake and new hampshire corrected. i think she was speaking tongue-in-cheek. this could be it. it really looks like trump has it in the bag but you never know with new hampshire. the republican primary here is always had a different result from n hampshirewhe

over corporatism that nikki haley represents. the days of putting americans last, of kowtowing to large corporations, of caving to woke ideology, are over. >> you know, maria, ron desantiscomfortable going after nikki haley but not donald trump, the guy that is on a path to the nomination right now. >> and i think that was essentially the problem, one of the biggest problems all along. it's actually quite simple what happened to ron desantis. ron desantis was never well liked. his campaign was never well run. and as a result, his super pacs ended up not being well resourced for those reasons. his strategic message was also never well received. and so what it seems like to me is after he won his election for governor, his re-election for governor, he became the golden boy. but at the end of the day, he was always really just a gop mirage. everyone who was dying to turn the page from trump focused all of their hopes and dreams and promises on ron desantis. and so he was like this glistening, beautiful, glittering thing in the desert, but when you got really close up to him, there was no there there. he was more like a lifeless political carcass, even from the moment that

polls show donald trump with a big lead over nikki haley and ron desantis in iowa, but the only votesll come next monday at the caucuses. ed o'keefe is in des moines. >> reporter: former president donald trump is set to spend most of this week far from here in courthouses in various parts of the country. so his opponents are trying to peel away his big lead. remember, trump didn't win here back in 2016. but now it appears he's built an operation designed to win. former president donald trump downplaying the january 6th attack on the capitol three years ago and reiterating his plan to pardon those who participated. >> some people call them prisoners. i call them hostages. release the j-6 hostages, joe. >> reporter: but president biden has no plans to do that. >> trump's mob wasn't a peaceful protest. it was a violent assault. they were insurrectionists, not patriots. >> reporter: as for trump's gop opponents, florida governor ron desantis warns if republicans pick trump -- >> i think it's going to be a really nasty election. i don't think that puts republicans in a good position to win

polls show former president donald trump with a wide lead over nikki haley and ron desantis.the culture wars a central part of his campaign, such as his efforts to remove black history and lgbtq studies from books and from schools. well, there are places that young black students can go to learn about their culture and past. cristian benavides reports. >> reporter: in tampa's black english bookstore, a celebration of african american culture is also a refuge. >> every book is liberated. >> reporter: gwendolyn henderson is the store's owner. >> when i walk into a space, i really need to see myself. >> reporter: from cooking to nonfiction to -- >> mind your business, taking care of yourself. >> reporter: henderson, a public schoolteacher, has witnessed the growing culture wars over books and race. current florida law allows parents to challenge books over perceived indoctrination, race-based teachings, sexual content, or gender identity. pan america, an advocacy group tracking educational censorship, found more schoolbooks were banned in florida than any other state. >> is this