investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if he s reelected. then we ll talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go and republican candidates are battling an unexpected challenger, mother nature. as we look at iowa city right now, the temperature today, minus ten. the temperatures and forecast to warm up kind of, by caucus time tomorrow, but will remain below zero. conditions on the ground are treacherous for campaigners. it could hinder the ability of voters to get to caucus locations. however, the candidates are braving the weather today. they are blitzing nine cities and the crisscross on the state for
expectations. ron desantis must win iowa outright. the reason being, he is now in fourth place in new hampshire. he is 60 points behind and nevada. he is third place in south carolina. anything that doesn t radically change the narrative for ron desantis leaves him limping out of iowa. i would even suggest, he pulls off a one, he will have all the momentum. i don t think he ll pull it off, but if he does, he will have momentum. a win and i what didn t do it for santorum and huckabee, and ted cruz. i think ron desantis and his partner on this trail, his wife, have some hard decisions to make tomorrow night. whether or not to withdraw from this for good, his days on the campaign road. there is a new poll today that could indicate donald trump is not back and republican strongest twice if they want take back the white house. according to cbs news, nikki haley leads president biden and a matchup by eight points. ron desantis leads by three, trump only leads the president