"hannity" starts right here, right now. with the iowa caucuses only four weeks away candidates on both sides of the aisle are pounding the campaign trail. earlier today ted cruz officially kicked off his six-day bus tour in the hawkeye state. the cruising to caucus tour. the man himself, 2016 republican presidential hopeful, texas senator ted cruz. senator, how's the tour going? looks like you got a big crowd behind you now? >> sean, good evening. it's great to be with you. yes, it's incredible. we're on the first day of a six-day barnstorming tour through the state of iowa. we're doing 28 counties in six days. we started in boone, then in carroll and now in guthrie county. the energy, the enthusiasm we're seeing on the ground has been incredible. what we're seeing all across iowa and really all across the country is we're seeing conservatives coming together,