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it could come to a matter of minutes if tehran were to attack tel aviv and the houthi attacks we're seeing. this was a matter of trust and confidence and we don't know all the answers. >> brian: not like locking your keys in the car. >> ainsley: national security. monday night nobody knew. it was disclosed on tuesday. if something happened monday night, we could have been in big trouble. >> brian: we took seven and a half minutes of your time, we apologize. >> ainsley: you took up the time, we'll take it. >> steve: last night martha and bret asked questions of nikki haley for one hour and tonight desantis. here is nikki haley talking about whether austin should be

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border except they need more money from republicans. >> i think it's just untenable and not just border states, it's democratic states that were sanctuary states and cities. they can't handle it and become an issue that bubbled to the top. from last night the almost 100 questions we filtered in there were a lot of immigration questions. there are a lot of immigration questions coming up in tonight and for the former president. and i think it's just an issue on not only republicans' minds but americans's minds how to deal with that border. >> bill: our fox power ranksings are out. you know them from last hour. frontrunner donald trump. no mystery there. then we have desantis and haley as the challengers and hanging in there is chris christie and vivek ramaswamy. looking forward to tonight and see what we get from the governor from florida and tonight the president will be back in iowa out of court. thank you, bret.

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Special Report Democracy 2024 Iowa Town Hall with Gov. Ron DeSantis

dollars in the president either has to sign or vietor everything. and then finally, i'm really sick of how congress puts itself above the people. you look at nancy pelosi, how much money she makes trading stocks? she would be like the best hedge fund manager in the world with these returns. so i have always supported a 28th amendment to the constitution that basically says this. congress shall make no law respecting the citizens of the united states that does not also apply to members of congress themselves. [applause] >> bret: has your 5-year-old ever seen snow like this? >> gov. desantis: so it's interesting. they had never seen snow until about a month ago. they were floridians, born and raised. last christmas of '22 it was 19 degrees in hall has he on christmas day. but there was no precipitation. we were hoping for a white christmas. it didn't happen. enough to they have come up. initially when they saw the snow they're like man, this is so cool. i said so you don't want to live in florida anymore? they're like no, no, no. we want to live in florida we want the snow in florida. it doesn't work that way, kids.

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Special Report Democracy 2024 Iowa Town Hall with Gov. Ron DeSantis

so, now's the time. >> we did the 99. now we need caucus night to victory. god bless. ♪ [applause] >> bret: welcome to des moines, iowa. good evening from the iowa event center tonight. the second of three special town halls this week, just days before the first in the nation iowa caucuses featuring republicans who want to be president. it's a snow-filled and windy des moines as we take a look live outside. and it is cold. but people are here ready to ask some questions. good evening. i'm bret baier. >> martha: good evening, everybody. i'm martha mccallum. this evening's session is with florida governor ron desantis. >> bret: tomorrow, former president trump will join us. >> martha: and we have invited iowa republican voters from across the spectrum to attend

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Special Report Democracy 2024 Iowa Town Hall with Gov. Ron DeSantis

when they promised you that they would reduce spending. i beat the teacher's union in florida on school choice. i beat fauci on covid. i beat george soros on crime by removing two radical left prosecutors. i beat the democrats on election integrity. we have the strongest election integrity in the country. and we actually count the votes on election day and report the results. imagine that. [applause] >> gov. desantis: and i beat the left by banning china from buying land in the state of florida. it's not enough to just talk. it's not enough to just have campaign slogans. you need a leader who is going to go in there and win these big battles on your behalf. i'll fight for you as president. i'll win these battles for you. and that will allow us to lead this country to great american comeback. [applause] >> bret: so you said there is a possibility that president biden by the not be the nominee. what are the chances that he is not the nominee? >> gov. desantis: look. i think there are clearly people in the democratic party who look and say you know what? this guy is a few fries short of a happy meal. that's just the reality. okay?

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Special Report Democracy 2024 Iowa Town Hall with Gov. Ron DeSantis

i think we need to work with the europeans for them to do more. i am willing to work with them because we have military relationships to help to do it. but we can't just have a blank check and we can never send american troops over to fight in ukraine. [applause] >> bret: governor, as you look at the most important issues facing voters. the economy is number one. number two is immigration. our latest poll. that tracks with the questions we are receiving here over these town halls. our first question comes from amal i can't, she is from des moines, hi. it says you are undecided or leaning one way or the other; is that right? >> that's correct, yeah. >> bret: okay what's your question for governor desantis. >> hi governor desantis, my name is amalia, i'm 22 years old. you promised florida to end fracking will you promise the country the same thing so everyone has access to clean water. >> gov. desantis: we frac in this country. it's important. it's the way you get to be energy independent and energy dominant. i want to lower people's gas

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on wednesday donald trump is at 9:00 p.m. eastern. martha and bret will be there to moderate. we'll be in iowa next sunday noon to two with perino and hemmer. do it again on monday and the fallout for you on tuesday. then we'll get a state of the race in 2024 for republicans. >> dana: indeed we will. >> bill: looking forward to it. >> dana: i am. this is an unfortunate situation. violence erupting in new york city. one migrant says everyone has a knife. the fight that caused the killer stabbing. >> do you expect to coach the team here next year? >> dana: jets fans say it was a great way to end the season. the question is will bill belichick remain the head coach of the new england patriots?

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Special Report Democracy 2024 Iowa Town Hall with Amb. Nikki Haley

down. that's how we will start to get our financial situation back on track and that's why i think we need an accountant in the white house. [applause] >> bret: michelle is of the same mindset she is a financial adviser. from west des moines. it says here you are undecided michelle is, that true? >> i'm going to make my final decision after tomorrow night's town hall. >> bret: you have a question for the governor. >> hi. >> nice see you again. most americans are counting on social security benefits during their retirement years. as you highlighted, current projections show that social security as we know it today is no longer sustainable. what changes should you become president, would you make so americans can be confident in the future that social security will be there for them? >> first, acknowledge what i just said that it's going to go bankrupt in 10 years. medicare will go bankrupt in 8. every one of my opponents, every single one, has said they are not going to touch social

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Special Report Democracy 2024 Iowa Town Hall with Amb. Nikki Haley

[applause] >> bret: we obviously just got through the anniversary of january 6th. do you agree with democrats and people like lynne cheney or liz cheney, rather, who say former president trump is a threat to democracy? >> what i think is i think the american people can decide this. what i have said is he said january 6th was a beautiful day. i think january 6th was a terrible day. i hope we never see that happen again. that's the focus we should have. i believe the american people and i trust the american people. and all these people who are trying to tell whether it's iowans or granite staters or south carolinians what they are going to do before they have even done it, everybody is tired of that talk to the people of iowa. they are still making up their mind right now. so for you all to say that trump is 30 points up, i would say wait until caucus day. because that's the only day that is truly going to show where americans are. [ applause ] >> bret: all right. governor, we have many more questions from our audience here. when we come back, how governor haley would navigate the challenging issue of abortion on

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Special Report Democracy 2024 Iowa Town Hall with Amb. Nikki Haley

and involved in politics. they can twist and turn this all they want. they see what we see, we are surging in the polls, not just in iowa. not just in new hampshire, not just in south carolina. but i will say that's the problem with politicians. rather than talking about what they can do they just want to talk things up and makes things up that they are saying that i said. i'm happy to dispute it every day of the week. at the end of the day, i would rather be talking about inflation and our economy and education and how we have to go back to the basics and get our kids reading again. about a border that's out of control. about the fact that we need law and order back in this country and that we need a strong america that we can be proud of again and that's what i'm going to stay focused on. [applause] >> bret: governor, we have a lot more questions on those very topics. when we come back, we will talk about a lot of those topics with governor haley come up. and, also, deal with the frontrunner in this race, former president donald trump. ♪ [applause]

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