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starts right now. >> martha: thanks very much. good afternoon. im martha maccallum. live in des moines, iowa. this is "the story." were just hours away from our third big event of this week. tonight we will speak with former president donald trump as he heads in to caucus week, monday night, very important night for him. he will take the stage here this evening with me and with bret baier. that will happen at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. here in iowa. we have a lot more ahead on tonigh...

republicans are branding his surprise appearance as a p.r. stunt. peter doocy asked the white house about this moments ago. >> the last time he was on the hill he said the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. >> i did say that, and what im saying today. >> president biden does not help him with his business deals but does help him skirt congressional subpoenas. >> that is not even true. that is a jump tha incredibly-- >> john: "this hour has seven days,"...