of us military aid and receives an estimated $3000000000.00 annually. many months. we spoke to professor siad mohammed mirandi from the university of to ron. he says nicky hayley's remarks revealed the ignorance of american politicians when it comes to understanding the middle east. the 1st she also mentioned iraq. and then the 2nd time around she mentioned she named ron. and i think it means that she doesn't know the difference between iran and iraq. and that i think is reflective of the general ignorance that exists in the united states about our region. not only is the united states and its leadership, supportive of genocide and gossip, and the, the mass killings that we're seeing in the west bank over the past 2 and a half months. over $300.00 palestinians have also been slaughtered in the west bank including children below the age of 10. so not only do they support that, but they are ignorant in their support of this really regime. and she is openly advocating actually cleansing, in other words, expel the native population from their homes. and which has already been done once because the people of guys that are from the whole of pales

we've heard from the side, but how much more i d a professor at the university of to ron. he says, a cooperation between the ride and saudi arabia can lose in the us grip. on the middle east. folks, countries are very influential in the region and saudi arabia has been at war with the admin 4 years. and the ron has been been an ally, ibm. and so the fact that the 2 countries have reconciled to a large degree has had a positive impacts on the file between saudi arabian government. and also i think that across the region is these tensions. and it's also help the 2 countries work more closely than before when it comes to palestine. so you wrong wants to push, so the radio or towards a stronger position with regards to the ongoing genocide. and i think this pro small between the run and so do you rate it does create a better environment for the saudis to tilt further away from the united states. and the less leverage the americans have in the so in saudi arabia or across the persian gulf, the better it is for the palestinians. and it, and it is, it becomes a bigger problem for

we've heard from the side, but how much more i need a professor at the university of to ron. he says that the cooperation between the ride and saudi arabia can lose in the us grip on the middle east. both countries are very influential in the region and saudi arabia has been at war with the admin 4 years. and the ron has been been an ally, ibm. and so the fact that the 2 countries have reconciled to a large degree has had a positive impacts on the file between saudi arabian government. and also i think that across the region is these tensions. and it's also help.

to gain momentum, nearly 600 harvard faculty members signed a petition in support of harvard's president claudine gay. resist the growing pressure to remove her. university of pennsylvania's president stepped down amid outrage after the hearing. >>> ron desantis, his new pitch to try to win over trump's primary votes. >>> and the man who called sandy hook a hoax returns to x, alex jojones gets a a wararm welclco fromom elolon mumusk himself.. >>> just moments ago we got more numbers, more polls, this one from des moines register, critical poll showing the state of race in iowa. only five weeks to go until the caucuses. in that poll donald trump leading with a majority 51%, ron desantis and nikki haley battling it out for a distant second. david is back with us. when you look at these numbers, trump has been a runaway front-runner in this race, dig into the numbers. >> you showed the top line there, phil, just take a look at it again, this lead 51% over 19% for desantis and 16% for haley, this is the largest lead that any republican has held this close to the caucuses in the history of the des moines register iowa poll, a commanding lead and a historic one and he has majority support. that's key. you've noted that there's been change

hosted by the tv network news ignition at the university of alabama, featuring the smallest group of candidates to qualify for a debate so far. just four. ronesident tom transc and the debate and opted to host a private fundraiser in florida. the candidates came out swinging against nikki haley, launching a range of verbal attacks on her record and against each other. more on that debate about the candidates discussed the hours ahead. police say at least three people have been killed and one has been injured in a shooting at the las vegas campus of the university of nevada. the gunman is also doubtful to police say another person is in a critical condition at a hospital. there is no clear indication of a motive. in a white house statement president biden called the shooting a horrific act of gun violence. there have been 39 mass shootings in the united states this year, surpassing last year's record of 36, according to the washington post. the deadliest mass shooting happened in october when a 14—year—old shot and killed 18 people and wounded 13 others. nearly one week into the united nations climate summit in dubai, critics say not enough

going to bring back in raw me, hillary now from boston, distinguished public policy fellow at the american university of a route. thanks for staying with us. i'm sure you're listening that to what and ron was reporting, we need to emphasize again the limitations of our reports. and given that he is a constraint that in that hotel room, but what we can say is that we have and he has heard extensive small arms fire and this sizable explosion just in the last few minutes. and all of this happening in the center of romano. what, what does that tell you from hillary as well? it tells me that this is another class using military force between one of the most heavily armed and well trained and technologically advanced armies in that whole world. oh, facing small bands of a young man, a neighborhood groups and get together and create these forms of resistance groups. they call them and they're not to shoot for well trained or not . and they don't have a significant intelligence capabilities. technological capabilities barrier to mentally stops because most of the serious military resistance groups that exist to them, there was facts of already been taken apart by these real. these are the peop

it was about to a geo political expert and professor at the university of care, ron, he says, washington will play it safe as a direct confrontation with around. but i'm very, as global repercussions, and all wars are good for the us military industrial complex. but i think it's pretty clear that the united states under obama, under bush, under trump, they never, it never struck. you run itself because they knew that there was how the ation would be swift and severe. the ron today is much more powerful than it was back then, and the united states has many more problems today, then it had back then. so obviously, any strike against the run by there is even washington would have severe consequences. all we have to do is look at the persian gulf view spaces on the other side of the persian gulf are all wonderful. and those regimes that host us spaces would be seen as hostile by iran, if they are strikes from the united states, and therefore their infrastructure, including the oil and gas assets would be all legitimate targets. so if the americans want to carry out that strike against the ru

by the tv network news nation at the university of alabama featured the smallest group of candidates to qualify for a debate so far. just for. florida governor ronand former newjersey governor chris christie, and once again, leading gop condemned the former president donald trump skipped the debate, instead opting to host a fundraiser in florida. the candidates came out swinging against nikki haley, launching a

the event at the university of alabama featured the smallest group of candidates to qualify for a debate so far — just four — former un ambassador nikki haley, florida governor ronchristie. once again, leading contender former president donald trump skipped the debate. the candidates came out swinging against nikki haley, launching a range of verbal attacks on her record and against each other. nikki, you were bankrupt when you left the un, after you left the un you became a military contractor, you actually started joining service on the board of boeing who back you scratched for a long time. that mass does not add up. it adds up mass does not add up. it adds up to the fact that you are corrupt. there is nothing to what he is saying — there is nothing to what he is saying in— there is nothing to what he is saying. in terms of these donors— saying. in terms of these donors supporting me, they are jealous. — donors supporting me, they are jealous, they wish they were supporting them, but i am not going — supporting them, but i am not going to — supporting them, but i am not going to sit there... that gives you a taste of that debate. a film set in south korea and

from said, well home and, but i'm the professor of the university of tab on you says corporation between a ron and savvy rebate, couldn't listen to the us grip on the middle east. both countries are very influential in the region and saudi arabia has been at war with the admin 4 years. and the ron has been been an ally, ibm. and so the fact that the 2 countries have reconciled to a large degree has had a positive impacts on the file between saudi arabian government. and also i think that across the region is these tensions. and it's also help the 2 countries work more closely than before when it comes to palestine. so you wrong wants to push, so the radio or towards a stronger position with regards to the ongoing genocide. and i think this properly small between the run and so do you rate it does create a better environment for the saudis to tilt further away from the united states. and the less leverage that americans have in the so in, so the radio or across the persian gulf, the better it is for the palestinians. and it be kind, it is, it becomes a bigger problem for these ready to machine. a soft lemma in the us said the has

of this with us around university professor side. well, having about on the, you know, he believes that cooperation between russia and the ron can help to pro cook peace in the middle east. it is the responsibility of the wrong to support the oppressed people of that country. we have to remember that when the united states and the europeans were supporting the apartheid regime in south africa, countries like iran, countries like russia, were supporting the and see nelson mandela and other freedom fighters in southern africa. russia is also taking a stance in defense of the policy, new people, russia being a major power, a un permanent member of the un security council has extraordinary influence across the world. so i think both countries have a major role to play in ending this. and i think the fact that the united states and europeans have been so insistent on opposing a ceasefire and helping this way, the regime carry out this genocide they have been completely discredited. so it is for the global south and influential fires, such as russia such as the wrong $2.00 to $5.00 the solution. the one person supposedly being killed and a nu

university president. she was visited by one of our major donors, ron lowder prior to palestinian festival, and was , and it was expired to her that the nature of the organization, and that they were not just festival, that they were putting on, but that they were a group that was calling for the annihilation of the state of israel, and for the genocide of the jewish people. she was given evidence of that fact, and information and documentation. and, you know, i'm sure that she reviewed her that with the board chair, but decided to put the festival on anyway and came to backfire on her as mr. lowder's comments were correct and in fact that the festival turned out to be exactly what he outlined it to be. she was given an opportunity to right the wrong and really did not. and the board, you know, was very passive about it and did not really do anything. i wanted to speak up and do something about it and make my position clear, i talked to other board members, and it was the same old same old, everyone was just, did not want to be involved in the controversy and did not want to buck the system or block the pre

to coast. what he discovered is shocking and troubling. ron haster, political science professor at the university of california, we have been having some troubleg contact with him. we had him a moment ago, but his connection seems to have dropped. but here is a sampling of what he found. he wanted to know how much these students knew, so he hired a survey company to survey 250 students and here is what he found. the chant "from the river to the sea" 47%, only 47% accurately identified the jordan river, the river, and the mediterranean being the sea. others identified the nile river, euphrates, some said caribbean sea, some said the dead sea, and some people even said the atlantic ocean. ron haster is back on the line with us. ron, you wrote in your op-ed there's no shame in being ignorant unless one is screaming for the ex termination of millions. but how do you explain this level of lack of knowledge of the facts when you are out there in the streets screaming this stuff. >> look, john, we have all been, you know, 18, 19 years old and said stupid things. i believe what i said. i don't teach students because they are smart when they come to ca

affiliated vessels to be legitimate. todd's it's. elizabeth kendall is a middle east expert at the university of cambridge early as she explained how credible the west claims that ron was responsible for this attack. while it certainly will address presents a step change in what we've seen so far, they would no longer be doable. deniability from a wrong, by using a proxies in the region, but i don't think there's any doubts to question if there's any reason to question us and tell them is it does fit the behavior from the wrong, which since mid october has been doing stuff, geographical escalation, i think would make logical sense very wrong in talking global shipping is ideas that way of focusing international attention on trying to perhaps rain in israel's actions in gaza as well. where these attacks are very blurry and highly aggressive . it is trudging a capital line still between actually these thinking vessels or creating crippling damage or engender and loss of life states for now, at least this does look still casserly calibrated to create maximum disruption, but without actually provide change without the who the rebels and human has carried out more than

of lies. they are lies. >> steve: but, first, florida governor ron desantis last night vowed to shift of burden of student loans from the federal government to the actual universities>> now, i don't support having a truck driver having to pay a student loan for someone that got a degree in gender studies. these student loans are going to be backed by the universities. because they need to have an incentive to produce gainful employment. >> brian: he was not a gender studies major. kevin o'leary, mr. wonderful himself joins us now with a great economics background. good to see you, kevin. ♪ ♪ if you struggle with cpap... [man struggles] ...you should check out inspire. no mask. no hose. just sleep. learn more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. with the money i saved, i started a dog walking business. oh. [dog barks] no it's just a bunny! only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ can we get real clear about life with psoriasis? yeah, i'm ready. is your treatment leaving you with uncontrolled symptoms? like the cover-it-ups and brush-it-offs? enough with goo

university of alabama. particularly with florida governor ron desantis, they have been locked in a close race to be the leading alternative to donald trump. >> her donors, these wall street liberal donors, they make money in china. they are not going to let her be tough on china and she will careful to the donors, she will not stand up for you. >> he's mad because those wall street donors used to support him. >> and desantis and haley ferociously tangled throughout the night over her newfound support from some corporate donors, over their respective views on china, their foreign policy views and much more. but perhaps the biggest fireworks of the night came from former new jersey governor chris christie and ohio entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. when they exchanged a fierce battle over this -- >> this is the fourth debate, fourth debate that you would be voting in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blow hard in america. >> your version of foreign policy experience was closing a bridge from new jersey to new york. so just walk yourself off that stage and enjoy a nice meal and get the hell out of this race.

by the tv network news nation at the university of alabama featured the smallest group of candidates to qualify for a debate so far. just for. florida governor ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy and former newjersey governor chris christie, and once again, leading gop condemned the former president donald trump skipped the debate, instead opting to host a fundraiser in florida. the candidates came out swinging against nikki haley, launching a range of verbal attacks on her record and against each other. you were bankrupt _ and against each other. you were bankrupt when - and against each other. mm, were bankrupt when you left the un, after you left the un you became a military contractor, you actually started joining service on the board of boeing whose back you scratched for a very long time. that maths does not add up. it adds up to the fact that you are corrupt. there is nothing to what he is saying. — there is nothing to what he is saying, and in terms of these design — saying, and in terms of these design -- _ saying, and in terms of these design —— donors supporting me, they— design —— donors supporting me, they are — design —— don

university of alabama is home to battles on the football field. >> but tonight the battle was on stage in the news nation. cw, republican debate. florida governor ron desantis and the vec ramaswamy came out swinging against former un ambassador nikki haley who has been climbing in the polls. the attacks are recent endorsements from big money, wall street donors. they make money in china. >> they are not going to let her be tough on china and she will cave to the donors. now you're a multi-millionaire that math does not add up. it adds up to the fact that you are corrupted. they're just jealous. they wish that they were supporting them. but i'm not going to sit there. >> missing again tonight was the gop front runner chris christie slammed former president trump. >> the 5th guy who doesn't have the guts to show up and stand here. >> and former president trump has called on the rnc to stop holding these debates altogether. reporting from the university of alabama, rashad hudson. >> back to you. >> major missteps kept hundreds of dispatching jobs unfilled in oakland, a deep dive into the city's hiring process for 9-1-1, dispatchers revealed hundreds o

university of alabama tomorrow night for candidates will hit the stage, hoping to make their case to voters. >> the stage is set wednesday night for candidates vying for the republican presidential nomination will hit the stage. florida governor ron desantis we must reverse our country's decline. former un ambassador nikki haley. >> we need to know that a strong america doesn't start or says strong america prevents force businessman vivek ramaswamy is people in my generation feel like the american dream isn't available to them. and former new jersey governor chris christie, hard to see the anger will all make their case live from the university of alabama. that will also air on many cw stations across the country. moderators elizabeth vargas and megan kelly say the goal is to make voters well informed ahead of that critical decision. i've watched these candidates say i'm going to seal the border. >> and i keep saying how and so now i get the chance to actually ask them exactly. how is that going to work if you're candidates mean much higher they're not going be able to give 30nd answers and move on. >> unlike past debates, former president trump and the front runner in this race is not expected to participate. he's also calling o

university of alabama is home to battles on the football field. >> but tonight the battle was on stage in the news nation. cw, republican debate. florida governor ron desantis and the vec ramaswamy came out swinging against former un ambassador nikki haley who has been climbing in the polls. the attacks are recent endorsements from big money, wall street donors. they make money in china. >> they are not going to let her be tough on china and she will cave to the donors. now you're a multi-millionaire that math does not add up. it adds up to the fact that you are corrupted. they're just jealous. they wish that they were supporting them. but i'm not going to sit there. >> missing again tonight was the gop front runner chris christie slammed former president trump. >> the 5th guy who doesn't have the guts to show up and stand here. >> and former president trump has called on the rnc to stop holding these debates altogether. reporting from the university of alabama, rashad hudson. >> back to you. >> catherine heenan was watching alongside our political analyst tonight and mix reactions right to about 2 hours of clashes. yeah, we expected the reactions

from iowa state university shows the field tightening behind donald trump while 54% of respondents have trump as their top choice, the gap for second shows governor ron desantis down to 17%, while nikki haley has risen to 15%. but trump supporters like congressman matt gaetz are not taking that lead for granted. >> so what i need from all of you at the tip of the sphere, at the front line of this fight, with the first most dispositive voice in this upcoming caucus contest, go out there, recruit ten captains that can recruit ten other people to commit to show up in caucus. my only worry is low turnout. >> all right, here to talk more about the political jockeying in iowa, des moines bureau chief for the gazette, aaron murphy. all right, aaron, great to see you. donald trump, you know, hasn't had to do a whole lot, you know. he's there now, but he has a whole lot of support compared to the others in the race. how do you explain this? >> it really hasn't wavered. the people who support the former president have been with him through thick and thin over not just this year but past years, and so the people who have found their way to donald trump's camp over the years hav

ron desantis. jeff zeleny, cnn, washington. >>> harvard corporation one of the xwofrnig governing bodies re university will decide on their president. claudine gay apologized for failing toe threats to jewish students during congressional testimony last week. jason carroll is there. >> my name is claudine gay. >> reporter: tonight more signs of support for harvard university's president claudine gay amid calls for gay's removal after harvard board of directors meeting. as of monday roughly 700 members of the school's faculty have signed a petition which calls on university leaders to resist political pressures and outside forces trying to remove gay. harvard legal scholar, who previously slammed gay for her testimony before congress, signed a petition supporting her. in an email to skrn okron on mo he wrote once external pressures from from donors or politicians pursuing their ideological agendas override the internal decision making processes of universities, we are on the road to tyranny. harvard alumni association said it unanimously supports claudine gay. and students say gay's testimony fell short, but would like her to stay. >> i feel like she does support the jewi

president of brandeis university ron liebowitz will tell us what his school is doing to address anti-semitism" returns in just a moment >>> brandeis university founded by the jewish community in 1948 to counter anti-semitism weighing in on the terror attacks in israel and their president ron liebowitz discusses what the school is doing upholding free speech. brandeis president liebowitz joins us this morning. good to see you, president liebowitz. did you have an idea, would you say, three, four, five years ago, that there was an undercurrent to the extent of what we've seen on college campuses since october 7th let's try -- one second. >> thank you for having me, first of all. >> you're welcome. start over. >> i've been president since 2016 and anti-semitism has been a problem for a long time on college university campuses. here it's a little bit more focused, because we are a jewish-founded institution with roots, and years ago started looking into how we might address the issue. i started a conversation with robert kraft and the foundation to combat anti-semitism who himself was dedicated t

university of alabama. all of them trying to gain traction against former president donald trump. the 4 qualifying candidates include governors chris christie and ronantis. >> along with ambassador nikki haley and ramaswamy. my main focus is actually going to show everybody that i'm able to speak the truth and answer the questions that come from the moderators. i'm looking forward to it. former president donald trump also qualified but doesn't plan to appear the former president has skipped every debate so far citing his wide lead in the polls. we've got some tough questions for them and they can handle it. these are very smart people. one of the debates, 3 moderators, megyn kelly says tomorrow's debate will matter to primary voters, especially those still undecided. it's going to be fun. it's going to be spicy and you're going to learn something. it's also one of the last chances for the candidates to pitch themselves to voters ahead of next month's iowa caucuses. kelly said she expects those on stage to take advantage of this opportunity. the other thing is they need to debate the need to have a back and forth with one another. not just answer th

university of alabama. >> all of them trying to gain traction against former president donald trump. the 4 qualifying candidates include governors chris christie and ron desantis. >> along with ambassador nikki haley and ramaswamy. my main focus is actually going to show everybody that i'm able to speak the truth and answer the questions that come from the moderators. i'm looking forward to it. former president donald trump also qualified but doesn't plan to appear the former president has skipped every debate so far citing his wide lead in the polls. we've got some tough questions for them and they can handle it. these are very smart people. one of the debates, 3 moderators, megyn kelly says tomorrow's debate will matter to primary voters, especially those still undecided. it's going to be fun. it's going to be spicy and you're going to learn something. it's also one of the last chances for the candidates to pitch themselves to voters ahead of next month's iowa caucuses. kelly said she expects those on stage to take advantage of this opportunity. the other thing is they need to debate the need to have a back and forth with one another. not just answe

ones we've seen from university showed that trump still holds a very strong joties you with2% of likely republican primary voters. nikki haley jumped up to about 70% followed by ron desantis at 12. she is making that movement upward and we are seeing some serious movement here in her home state, but again that margin where sync between trump and the rest of the pack is so large that her team continues to say hey, it's a slow and steady race, where an a for the logo and we will keep, keep at that. we're trying to give one out one a time period when you see their strategies, specific strategies in south carolina, what are they like? >> nikki haley talks a lot about how this is home. i mean she talks a lot about growing up in south carolina. she leans a lot on her personal biography but now that we've seen thinks taking a turn particularly on the world stage where singh hurling into more of her identity as a former u.n. ambassador as opposed to former governor haley, if that makes sense. donald trump has continued to come and hold very large-scale events thinking rallies but he has incorporated some one-on-one time. i'm thinking back when he came to summerville sout

to a different phase from the kind of high intensity operations that we see today. well, let's discuss this. so it's ron me, whore, he's a distinguished public policy fellow at the american university. if i read, she joins us now from boston around the as we've been reporting, jake sullivan is a set to meet with nelson. yahoo! i understand on thursday. also what we've had over the last couple of days from 5 and what turn do you think those discussions might take this time as well? the united states on israel have been able to, remarkably, put themselves in a corner almost by themselves as a little people in the eyes of most of the world. if you look at the polling evidence of demonstrations, the vote of the un, any measure that you take the entire world who the exception of one or 2 smaller countries of the united states is a critical of what is what it was doing. emulate critical um and this is something that is very troubling for, for the united states because it has the complications that have been for medicaid applications, economic institutions. and the united states is not very good at diplomacy. it's very the killing, it's very good of training arms, the kill, a lot of peopl

university of alabama is home to battles on the football field. >> but tonight the battle was on stage in the news nation. cw, republican debate. florida governor ron desantis and the vec ramaswamy came out swinging against former un ambassador nikki haley who has been climbing in the polls. the attacks are recent endorsements from big money, wall street donors. they make money in china. >> they are not going to let her be tough on china and she will cave to the donors. now you're a multi-millionaire that math does not add up. it adds up to the fact that you are corrupted. they're just jealous. they wish that they were supporting them. but i'm not going to sit there. >> missing again tonight was the gop front runner chris christie slammed former president trump. >> the 5th guy who doesn't have the guts to show up and stand here. >> and former president trump has called on the rnc to stop holding these debates altogether. reporting from the university of alabama reshad hudson. back to you. >> and just ahead in about 10 minutes, our catherine heenan will break down some key moments from the debate with our political panel. now to our 4 zone weather f

only be assigned to read excerpts of the play under governor ron desantis prohibitive education legislation. i spoke with two romeo and juliet experts, professor -- of harvard universityn, resource carlo and dean oxford university about its enduring relevance. >> i think because shakespeare has such tremendous sympathy, one of the things he changes about his sources that he blames the parents. we think of the teenager as something that is the product of the 1960s, and that generation, but in fact, i'll say, he invents the teenager. lots of people, maybe until now, encounter the play as teenagers, and after that, i think that something wonderfully nostalgic by the idea i love, which means that this is a play we return joy returning to,. >> professor wilson, let's talk about the balcony scene. it's probably the most famous scene in english literature. i read the first few lines of it. but soft, what light through yonder window breaks? it is the east, and julia is the sun. talk to me about that moment in the prey, and or as made that seem iconic? >> romeo and juliet are embroiling controversy, this controversy in florida, there was controversy in 1968 with the film, but

university. quite a night, quite a tone change from ron desantis on a number of fronts. i thought it was really interesting. what's your read? >> reporter: good morning, poppy and phil. when i was talking to people close to the campaign, they were very excited for him to have this opportunity to talk directly to iowan voters. this has been their message, their strategy, to go all in on iowa. they really saw this as a big platform at a time a lot of people are tuning in and what we heard, to poppy's point, from the florida governor, a much more direct attack on the front-runner, former president donald trump. >> thank you. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate ron desantis answering questions from iowa voters and taking aim at the gop front-runner. >> donald trump, so he's -- when he gets off the teleprompter now, you don't know what he's going to say. i went to the rallies with donald trump. he said he was going to build the wall and have mexico pay for it. that didn't happen. the last year with covid, i think was mishandled dramatically. shutting down the country was a huge mistake. one thing in this case i think is important to point out is donald trump flip-flopping on the rig

to gain some traction over former president donald trump. >> tonight, the qualifying for gop candidates face off here on stage at the university of alabama governors chris christie and ronantis, ambassador nikki haley and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. we've been preparing for days and days. we've had an entire team here working on of the research for weeks. one of the debate's moderators, elizabeth vargas points out. it's one of the candidates final chances to pitch themselves to a national audience before january's iowa caucus. megan aliana and i have been crafting questions trying to figure out what questions need to be asked looming above all 4 candidates on stage, former president donald trump. the gop is leading contender for the presidential nomination, who is again skipping a presidential debate, meaning more focus on those present tonight. if you're candidates mean much higher they're not going be able to give 30nd answers and move on. they're going to need to know below surface level. >> every single topic with topics ranging from the economy, inflation, border control and the wars in israel and ukraine. >> moderators say tonight will matter to primary voters,

to get some traction over former president donald trump. >> tonight, the qualifying for gop candidates face off here on stage at the university of alabama governors chris christie and ron desantis, ambassador nikki haley and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. we've been preparing for days and days. we've had an entire team here working on all the research for weeks. one of the debate's moderators, elizabeth vargas. >> points out. it's one of the candidates final chances to pitch themselves to a national audience before january's iowa caucus. megan aliana and i have been crafting questions trying to figure out what questions need to be asked looming above all 4 candidates on stage, former president donald trump. the gop is leading contender for the presidential nomination, who is again skipping a presidential debate, meaning more focus on those present tonight. if you're candidates mean much higher they're not going be able to give 30nd answers and move on. they're going to need to know below surface level. >> every single topic with topics ranging from the economy, inflation, border control and the wars in israel and ukraine. >> moderators say tonight will matter to primary

to gain some traction over former president donald trump. >> tonight, the qualifying for gop candidates face off here on stage at the university of alabama governors chris christie and ron desantis, ambassador nikki haley and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. we've been preparing for days and days. we've had an entire team here working on of the research for weeks. one of the debate's moderators, elizabeth vargas points out. it's one of the candidates final chances to pitch themselves to a national audience before january's iowa caucus. megan aliana and i have been crafting questions trying to figure out what questions need to be asked looming above all 4 candidates on stage, former president donald trump. the gop is leading contender for the presidential nomination, who is again skipping a presidential debate, meaning more focus on those present tonight. if you're candidates mean much higher they're not going be able to give 30nd answers and move on. they're going to need to know below surface level. >> every single topic with topics ranging from the economy, inflation, border control and the wars in israel and ukraine. >> moderators say tonight will matter to primary vote

to gain some traction against former president donald trump. >> tonight, the qualifying for gop candidates face off here on stage at the university of alabama governors chris christie and ron desantis, ambassador nikki haley and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. we've been preparing for days and days. we've had an entire team here working on of the research for weeks. one of the debate's moderators, elizabeth vargas points out. it's one of the candidates final chances to pitch themselves to a national audience before january's iowa caucus. megan aliana and i have been crafting questions trying to figure out what questions need to be asked looming above all 4 candidates on stage, former president donald trump. the gop is leading contender for the presidential nomination, who is again skipping a presidential debate, meaning more focus on those present tonight. if you're candidates mean much higher they're not going be able to give 30nd answers and move on. they're going to need to know below surface level. >> every single topic with topics ranging from the economy, inflation, border control and the wars in israel and ukraine. >> moderators say tonight will matter to primary vote

> host: ron desantis is running for president, fighting back against woke and fighting back against the preponderance of university, academia based censorious nurse and they i policies central to some of his national political ambitions come up been part of passing and signing into law there, people who support him and he himself will say we have to fight fire with fire to use a terrible term given who we are talking about, using the left's tools against them because what choice do we have, there's only one conservative, left of center academic administrator. and it is on the rise and particularly, the hamas massacre, and a lot of tumult in college campuses including a palestinian student organization, what do you say to the overall approach, where is it wrong or is it wrong? >> i have lots of responses to that and one of them is i take a backseat to no one on hired reform. 22 years, probably more before i started fire. i've written about this in the "national review," i talked about that on the attorney radical idea, higher read has gotten wait'll too expensive, even that fact alone, how much the idea they try to argue with a straight face that it costs $70,000 for tuition bu

of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university in des moines for cnn's town hall with florida governor ron desantis. i'm jake tapper. right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning toin over republicans here in iowa. it's a state that can make or break presidential candidates. governor desantis has visited all 99 of iowa's counties. he won the endorsement of the state's popular governor, kim reynolds. but he is facing steep competition from his rivals, including former president donald trump. tonight's event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the people in the room on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have questions of my own. this is not an interview. this is a town hall. the audience are voters who plan to participate in the caucuses, registered republicans and those who plan to register as republicans by the time of the caucus. to find tonight's questioners, we reached out to republican-affiliated groups, as well as business groups, farm associations, parent groups, religious groups and conservative advocacy organizations. guests of the desantis camp

ron desantis is running for president, has made fighting back against woke and fighting back against kind of the preponderance of university academia based censorious ness and i policies are kind of central to at least some of his national political ambitions. and he's been part of passing and signing into laws there. people who support him, and sometimes he himself will say, look, you know, we kind of have to fight fire with fire to use a terrible term given who we're talking to here. but we're showing the left or using the left's own tools against them, because what choice do we have? there's only one conservative for 5 trillion left of center academic administrators. the precise number, by the way. i think so. i saw that in the appendix d in your book. but what do you say to that argument? because it is on the rise and it's particularly on the rise, i think post october seventh, the hamas massacre in israel, where there's been a lot of tumult on college campuses, including the student, palestinian student organizations. so what do you say to that overall approach? where is it wrong or is it wrong? yeah, i mean, i have lots of responses to that and one of them is that i take a backseat to

ron desantis who is running for president has made fighting back against woke and fighting back against kind of the preponderance of university , academia based censorious nests and dei policies central to some of his national ambitions and he has been part of passing and signing into laws there people who support him and sometimes he himself will say look, you kind of have to fight fire with fire, to use a terrible term given who we are talking to hear, but we are showing the left, we are using the left's tools against them because what choice do we have, there is only one conservative four 5 trillion left of center academic administrators. >> that's a precise number by the way. >> i think so. i saw it in appendix d of your book. but when you say to that argument? it's on the rise and particularly on the rise post october 7, the massacre in israel, where there has been a lot of tumble on college campuses, including the palestinian student organizations. the overall approach, where is it wrong, or is it? >> i have lots of responses to that, and one of them is that i take a backseat to no one on advocating for hire and reform. i've been doing that for 22 years, probably more, even before

ron desantis is running for president, has made fighting back against woke and fighting back against kind of the preponderance of university academia based censorious ness and i policies are kind of central to at least some of his national political ambitions. and he's been part of passing and signing into laws there. people who support him, and sometimes he himself will say, look, you know, we kind of have to fight fire with fire to use a terrible term given who we're talking to here. but we're showing the left or using the left's own tools against them, because what choice do we have? there's only one conservative for 5 trillion left of center academic administrators. the precise number, by the way. i think so. i saw that in the appendix d in your book. but what do you say to that argument? because it is on the rise and it's particularly on the rise, i think post october seventh, the hamas massacre in israel, where there's been a lot of tumult on college campuses, including the student, palestinian student organizations. so what do you say to that overall approach? where is it wrong or is it wrong? yeah, i mean, i have lots of responses to that and one of them is that i take a backseat to

to set themselves apart. good evening from new york. >> hello from the spin room here on the campus of the university of alabama in tuscaloosa. site of the debate, 2024. it is wrapping up. chris christie, ronesantis, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy once again the former president did not take part. nikki haley, who has been rising lately as a contender in some polls and in the eyes of some campaign watchers and certainly in the eyes of some big donors came in for -- she had a lot of criticism heading towards her tonight from desantis and ramaswamy. >> no doubt that. i know you will be speaking with some of the debaters tonight. look forward to that. pamela brown is checking the facts. gary has his focus group of voters in iowa. and our political panel here. first, a moment from the debate stage. a clash between chris christie a vivek ramaswamy with nikki haley it in the middle. >> you do this at every debate. don't interrupt me. you say this -- you do this -- you do this at every debate. you go out on the stump and say something. all of us see on video. we confront you on the debate stage. you say you didn't say it and then you back away. i want to say -- no i'm not done yet. look -- >> ho

university of alabama. donald trump is not going to be there. very curious to see whether receiving audition around nikki haley, especially as calls for chris christie to dropout increase and ron desantis has had publicized problems to his fundraising. jonathan: he is only running because the former president is running and maybe he wouldn't be if he wasn't. lisa: does this open a window if dominic raab is not the republican nominee? jonathan: i think they tried to clean that up. lisa: it was an effective and people are thinking on one hand you can go back to the same kind of race and give a hand what if he is not the nominee? jonathan: anne-marie with some thoughts around this around the corner. let's kick off the conversation with torticollis -- with george, go base -- george goncalves. what about right now? george: 2020 three probably was a soft landing aided by fiscal spending. that has created this perfect environment. be careful about extrapolating, this could just be a moment in time and now it gets more challenging going forward. jonathan: you have at this rate could call for the month of march for bob corker -- for four to six months. what did you predict you will sta

of myself. >> and she can. it was this parallel universe last night where nikki haley was the front-runner in the primary race to be the republican nominee. ronng her a little bit, but then defending her in that moment. as chris christie said time and again, we're living in this fantasy world where donald trump isn't beating us by 40 points. why won't you, governor desantis, or ambassador haley or you, vivek, talk about the guy we're all trying to defeat? or maybe you're all just playing for second place. you're running for 2028. vivek, you're probably looking for a job in a new trump administration. >> or on a podcast. >> or on a podcast. why are we living in a fantasy world where donald trump is not the front-runner? >> i would say nikki haley is a rising star. i've heard from so many people who have never voted republican before, and please don't tell me all her positions. i know. i'm just saying, when you have somebody connecting like that, with people who may disagree with her political positions, but they still say, i like her. i like how she stands up for herself. she seems pretty sane and rational. i may not agree with her position on