This current point until the four hours until iowans start casting their preference and finally open this 2024 republican president ial nominating contest. You heard the closing arguments from Nikki Haley and Ron Desantis. All is on the line for both of them. Perhaps more for Ron Desantis who has invested so much time and money in the state. There is No Doubt Nikki Haley is looking ahead to New Hampshire but it depends how she finishes in iowa tonight. Of course, donald trump, he has been on the phone all day with some of his Precinct Caucus captains. They are the people who will be his volunteers at all of the locations trying to make sure their supporters come. How this is going to unfold is 1657 precincts across iowa from one corner to the other. 730 locations in schools, libraries, churches. In just a few hours, those republicans are going to show up, wait in line, and go through the doors at 7 00 in iowa, 8 00 eastern time, and begin giving their preference. The big question, wild
Its also a conservative state. And as weve seen, almost half of Nikki Haleys supporters are democrats and independents that are not going to come out in a republican primary. Ron desantis has the proven credentials as a conservative, and he is the only candidate that can unify the party of both trump supporters and people that would like to go a different direction, move forward, and fix this country for once and for all. James uthmeier, lets stay in close touch. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. This important note to our viewers, Tomorrow Night ill be moderating a Cnn Town Hall with Ron Desantis live from new hampshire. That will start at 9 00 p. M. Eastern Tomorrow Night. And coming up, trump may be marching towards victory in iowa, but what about his support nationwide . John king is standing by at the Magic Wall for us. Plus, Ron Desantis really stepping up his attacks on trump today. Listen. But if you dont kiss that ring, then hell try t
Development. He hemorrhaged support in that department. They went to Ron Desantis for a little while but now they have come back. There is an interesting reason for that. That is because of the indictments. After so many years of being told that institutions are corrupt, there is a sense that the institutions that are indicting Donald Trump for 91 felonies are also corrupt. It has changed the minds of some collegeeducated voters to say okay, we are going to give Donald Trump a shot because he is being victimized by these corrupt institutions. These are voters that he did not have that he has now. One other thing i would like to say about Donald Trump which is so fascinating to me. Ron desantis has gone to every county in the state. Nikki haley is out there 10
To bed and so on. But getting back to a few moments ago, yes, we talked about how the court cases helped solidify the republican party behind him. Also at the same time, we have to get what wolf was saying before the commercial break. Why did it take Ron Desantis so long . I was there in 2012 when Rick Santorum came Out Of Nowhere and won the caucus. Those candidates were going at Each Other tooth and nail. It did not happen this time around. It was weird. Desantis and Nikki Haley went after Each Other, sniped at Each Other the other night the cnn debate. Trump got none of it. The enemy of my enemy. Is my friend. Thats not the way it was. All stay with me. Were about 90 minutes away from the start of the iowa caucuses. So what exactly will be taking Place Tonight . Well go through the details. A Special Report is next. Plus, after tonight, on to New Hampshire that is where Nikki Haley has the endorsement of the states popular republican governor chris sununu. So what isis he heararing
Been traversing the state. She continued to do that today. One of the interesting things about Nikki Haley is her husband is deployed overseas. He is in the South Carolina national guard. While she is here preparing with her daughter and her son, she is not here with michael. She has not been able to speak to him today. Listen to how she described that. He is in the middle of a lot of stuff. As you know the world is on fire. He has not had access to communication for a few days. Even today . No. Our hope is that we are going to hear from him. I pray that he comes home to us safely. I know he is part of me and i am proud of him. We know as jessica was saying earlier that Nikki Haley and Ron Desantis are really battling it out in iowa for