including the weather right now. it is here. decision day in iowa. good afternoon. i am erin burnett in washington. i am in new york. we want to welcome you to live coverage of the iowa caucuses. we are counting down to the official start of the first contest in the republican presidential race. we want to confuse people. washington, you are in new york. everybody, get ready. the battle for iowa taking place against those record cold temperatures we have been talking about. some places in iowa, the real feel temperature is 35 below zero, which has not stopped the candidates in a contest all about turnout trying to get every single person out they can. these final hours, they have been making one case for the candidacies. we know that this is how we are going to get our country on track. remember, today is the day we make history. i am running on your issues and family issues to turn this country around. here is what is interesting. you did not see trump, right? he
now that nancy pelosi is in asia, there are questions whether she will visit taiwan or not. something the chinese government has been threatening her not to do. 99 days before the midterm elections. we re keeping a close eye on big races across the nation. five states, michigan, missouri, kansas, arizona and washington will hold primary elections tomorrow. all eyes on kansas, where boorgs rights will be on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overruled roe v. wade back in june. voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that could pave the way for more abortion restrictions. next door in missouri, three candidates are locked in a tight race for the republican nomination to succeed retiring senator roy blunt. all three seeking donald trump s endorsement, which he hasn t given yet. with us to start our coverage this hour is dasha burns in kansas. and washington correspondent in missouri. dasha s this the first major test of abortion rights on the ballot
Rogue, where would that leave him . Which he did in georgia. Weve seen it. Right. Weve seen this before. And look, i think hes already, to your point, jamal, i think he has already begun doing a little bit of this with nikki haley. He hasnt given her a nickname, but he has begun floating around the Birther Theory like he did with obama, very effectively in some corners against nikki haley. I was just texting with david kochel, who you mentioned earlier. He has done 40 years of iowa caucuses, worked on six president ial campaigns. His prediction is trump under 50, which is a bad night for trump, if thats the case. And Haley Squeaking past desantis. Momentum beats mechanics. And to me what was interesting, the two desantis surrogates weve had on the air since weve been on, the donor and his Campaign Managers both alluded to Ron Desantis did in florida 100 of what he promised
endorsement, which he hasn t given yet. with us to start our coverage this hour is dasha burns in kansas. and washington correspondent in missouri. dasha s this the first major test of abortion rights on the ballot since roe v. wade was taken away by the supreme court? how are things shaping up there? jose, behind me is one of five abortion clinics in the entire state of kansas. it became one of a few in the entire region since the supreme court decision overing roe v. wade. many of of the surrounding state states have enacted all out bans or significant restrictions to the procedure. the stakes are high because of that here in kansas as kansasens become the first in the nation to vote on the issue since the supreme court decision. watch. it s the final push in the first
you re done in two minutes. you say to newt, what? what the hell are you doing? you believe you i expect this from sol olinsky. this is what he taught barack obama, and the stuff you re saying is one of the reasons we re in the trouble we re in right now. this total ignorant populist view of the economy that was proven to be incorrect with the soviet union, with chinese communism. also today, tom donahue, president of chamber of commerce called the front runner foolish, saying, quote, i was very disappointed with the intramural carrying on with the republican party. he also scolded gingrich and perry for attacking romney s record. it sounds as if you re attacking the capitalism and the free-market system. and that s not what we re about. to attack that, to me, is inconsistent with who we are. governor perry has dialed back his rhetoric. he was calling governor romney a vulture capitalist. he s not using that term anymore. that line of attack cost him the support o