i i m wolf blilitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, trump appeals to the supreme court. the former president asking the nation s highest court to overturn colorado s ruling banning him from the ballot. his legal team says what happened on january 1 was not an inrex. also tonight on the drink of a global war after explosions killmore than 100 people in iran. the president there pointing the fing they are at the united states. is the war in the middle east about to get much bigger? and we are live tonight in iowa as nikki haley and ron desantis face some tough questions about days to go before the caucuses here. who has more momentum? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. we re live from des moines, iowa, where cnn will host back-to-back town halls tomorrow night days away from the republican caucuses. we ll have much more on that in a moment, but we have breaking news tonight at this hour. former presi
desantis fight harder. he s going after nikki haley quite a bit in ads, what do you think about iginla? that fine but nikki heal isn t the leader, you know, donald trump is, so that s that s where it needs to be. 12 days before iowa opens the voting in the gop primary, trump holds a commanding lead, yet he s emerged nearly unscathed, at least in the onslaught of attack ads from his rivals. departmentis and two allied groups supporting his candidacy support $7.6 million targeting haley in iowa last year compared to less than $2100,000 for trump. haley and her leading superpac spent $10 million targeting desantis and $1.5 million at trump. it s a dizzying back and forth with allies of haley mocking desantis you can t beat trump by trying to be trump. and belittle the management of his campaign and superpac. in a world of chaos the last thing america needs is another dumpster fire. supporters of desantis casting haley as a flip-flopper.
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end, but iginla think la la l will this will win. reporter: meryl streep returns and natalie portman as jackie. but stone is the frontrunner. emma stone has essentially won every single award you could win. reporter: race for best actor is tight. andrew garfield, ryan gosling and mortensen are all up for the honor. but the momentum is with denzel washington for fences and casey affleck in manchester by the sea. everyone will be on the edge of their seat for that competition. do you know who is hosting the oscars? i ll give you a hint, he s touching your face. reporter: jimmy kimmel is taking on the most challenging role. the late night host will emcee for the first time. he really is going to rely on his relationship with the actors in the room to try to make them comfortable and relaxed. reporter: although a few will probably be excited and degr