tonight s candidate on that main stage was run desantis of course. tonight s setting is iowa, where many the mistakes as do or die. florida governor said that the polls don t tell us the full story, and that he is building momentum. among tonight s highlights, desantis said that he does plan to replace obamacare. but when we see that plan is tbd. and he forcibly went after donald trump on everything from inflation to the border to the satanic display inside of the iowa capital. with me to break down all of this that we just saw and heard, jamal simmons, scott jennings, ana navaro, and paul begala. everyone, let s get your take. let us start with you scott, how did he do? i thought it was the best i ve seen him, really lately on the campaign. i think this format, and jake did a great job with it, is a far more instructive format, if you really care about what the candidates think about issues, instead of roman style coliseum attacks on one another. so i thought if you are
[applause] good evening and welcome to iowa, where in just 34 days, caucus goers here will cast the very first votes of the 2024 presidential race. we are live at grand view university and des moines for cnn s town hall, with florida governor ron desantis. i am jake tapper. and right now, the presidential hopefuls are furiously campaigning to win 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, and he won the endorsement of the state s popular governor, kim reynolds. but, he is facing steep competition from his rivals including the republican front runner, former president donald trump. tonight s event is about the voters. governor desantis will have the opportunity to answer questions directly from the iowans in this room, on the issues that will help them determine who wins the republican nomination. i will have some questions of my own, but this is not an interview, th
thanks again, everyone. [applause] all right, thanks, jake. good evening. i am abby phillip in washington. and you were just watching a special live cnn town hall. and tonight s candidate on that main stage was ron desantis, of course. tonight s setting is iowa, where many now see the stakes there for ron desantis as do or die. the florida governor said that the polls don t tell the whole story, and that he is building momentum. among tonight s highlights, ron desantis said that he does plan to replace obamacare. but when we see that plan is tbd, and he forcefully went after donald trump, from everything, from the border, to the satanic display inside of the iowa capitol. with me to break down all of this that we just saw and heard is jamal simmons, scott jennings, and navarro, and paul but gala paul begala scott, we will start with you. far more instructive think about issues instead of lowman style colosseum attacks on one another. so, i thought if you were an und
the trump administration under trump, donald trump. trump at the time said they would do that. donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. so when he gets off the teleprompter, you don t know what he s going to say. a whole lot of trumps from ron desantis. he knows he s the number one front-runner. ron desantis goes after, you guessed it, donald trump. why the florida governor showed new urgency in attacking the front runner after months of pulling his punches. plus losing support over indiscriminate bombing of gaza. how the israeli prime minister is reacting as we learn the idf has started flooding some hamas tunnels. breaking overnight, a done deal. nearly 200 countries sign on to a historic climate deal to move away from fossil fuels. hear what happens next. cnn this morning starts right now. here is where we begin. witnessing a very tenuous moment in the history of u.s./israel relations. the public rift over the war in gaza is growing with president biden delive
released. we will not stop working until we get every hostage back home. but now pressure is growing for israel to reduce this sunday, truce collapse.0 fighting between israel and hamas resumes after a seven-day pause and more than 100 hostages released. we will not stop working until we get every hostage back home. but now pressure is growing for israel to reduce civilian deaths. the way israel defends itself matters. what will change in the next phase of the war? i ll talk to national security spokesperson john kirby. plus, bankening on iowa. ron desantis faces off in a debate against a governor he s not actually running against. this country must choose freedom over failure. as nikki haley gain ground in the battle for the number two spot behind donald trump. i just have one more fella i have to catch up to. can desantis really win iowa? i ll talk to the presidential candidate as he completes his 99-county tour and expelled. the u.s. house remove