♪ ♪ maria: and we begin this sunday morning on the eve of the iowa caucuses as republicans in the hawkeye state are preparing to cast their vote for the party's nominee this november. former president trump comes into iowa with major momentum having maintained a double-digit lead over his rivals since fox news began polling the race last february. today he is holding the largest lead in des moines register history, and in a new poll just released by rasmussen reports, trump is beating pruden by 8 -- president biden by 8 points in a potential matchup. inflation up a higher than expected 3.5 last month and up 17.6% overall since biden took office with food up a stunning 3 3%, and and energy up a whopping 32.8%. in joe biden's administration.