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
Right now and yet, the whole Point Today for each of these candidates is to get people to go out. How do you think this Place Tonight . Look. I think the road Conditions Stuff is more important than the ambient temperature. Ms. Midwesterners go out in the cold a lot. They like to wear shorts when they should not be. They get to bring their coats. This is the thing that midwesterners take pride in. But objectively, if the roads are not in good shape. Look. Its not going to play out for everybody the same way. Nikki Haley Spalling says her core voters are less enthusiastic and trumps motors but trumps voters are first time voters and Ron Desantis has much more built out ground game. You can see it affecting things in different ways and different places