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the nearby volcano. >> now thehe town is under evacuation orders and around 60 house holds have left so far. many residents who evacuated before last month's eruption still haven't returned. what more can you tell us about what's expected of these lava flows and how urgent the evacuations are? >> reporter: the evacuation is very urgent, it's not so much because of the threat of the lava throw to the human race there, it's because this lava flow reduces a gas that can be an irritant for people are respiratory problems and livestock. after that december 18th eruption which was also causing the evacuation of this area, the city officials built lava walls which have worked successfully to divert the flow of the lava to protect the town. three homes were destroyed on the outskirts of town.

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shebang. we are going to, no thank god, will probably be done with ramaswamy. >> oh yes him, yes him saying he's not gonna be on the ballot in colorado. i was like my man you're not making it -- to but the biggest thing is in all seriousness. through the fox news poll on december 18th. would you caucus for donald? trump 83% said yes. 83%. i'm not a math major. but if he wins iowa or desantis has spent 100 and $50 million according to nikki haley yesterday. and you can go to desantis's website to check out that. she spent $15 million in december. he's putting all his chips in the back skit. if he doesn't win, when he finishes in third, when he finishes in third and trump wins. now we're going to go to new hampshire, we are gonna know by the 24th i think. >> nikki haley is doing better in new hampshire though, she has after that south carolina which of course was the governor of that state. >> so a couple of things, now let's just pull out the big table here. so you're right, with desantis if he doesn't do well in iowa,

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live underplayed how crazy that december 18th meeting was". how was it underplayed? maggie haberman: hutchinson: because donald trump faded into the background as this was all being described. one of the ways in which donald trump has escaped a lot of accountability over time is he gets people fighting with each other, and that's what people focus on. he considered extreme, really unprecedented actions. now he didn't take them, but he was unwilling to foreclose options until the last possible second no matter how extreme and potentially dangerous they were. jake tapper: i remember talking to you after that meeting and you were shaking. maggie haberman: hutchinson: i was. and it was frankly-- it took a little bit to process exactly what had happened, but i remember getting a text from a senior republican senate advisor asking me if there was going to be an issue in terms

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rudy giuliani: i'm going to categorically describe it as you guys are not tough enough. or maybe i put it another way. you're a bunch of pussies. excuse the expression, but that's-- i'm almost certain the word was used. sidney powell: i mean, if it had been me sitting in his chair, i would have fired all of them that night and had them escorted out of the building. jake tapper: the january 6 committee discovered text messages sent during and following the meeting by cassidy hutchinson, the assistant to mark meadows who testified live before the committee hearing in june describing the meeting as unhinged. she also snapped this photograph of mark meadows escorting rudy giuliani from the white house to make sure he did not get back into the mansion. you tweeted, "somehow the committee testimony featured live underplayed how crazy that december 18th meeting was".

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was telling fox news is he going to win this state. here's what he said on december 18th. >> well, look, the victory is to win a majority of the delegates. we are going to win here in iowa. >> bill: and we caught up with governor desantis in grimes, iowa yesterday. after one of his town hall events and i asked him again, directly, does he still stand by those comments that he will win this state? take a listen. >> you previously said, quote: we are going to win iowa. do you still expect that and stand by that. >> look, you know, i kind of like being under estimated if people are going to say oh well, is he not. let them set those expectations. that's fine. i usually do better when i'm the underdog but we are going to do well. >> and here's a look at the latest polling here in iowa. donald trump obviously still with a commanding lead sitting at 51%. desantis just short of 19%. nikki haley just above 16%. trump, obviously, significantly ahead of the others. iowans on the ground have been telling us they really don't

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california has the most for republicans. iowa has 40. it is only 40. but it has significant impact on the impression you make as a candidate in your campaign all the way out here through the primary. you need to get 1250 roughly in order to get the nomination. bill melugin knows that live in des moines getting things set for us. good morning to you. what's happening today live in des moines? >> bill, good morning to you as well. there has been some media speculation out there that maybe the desantis campaign is starting to run out of steam here in the state of iowa. keep in mind he has gone all in on the state visiting all 99 counties in iowa and he has the endorsement of the popular republican governor here as recently as a few weeks ago, he was saying he expects to win the state. here is what he told fox news december 18th. >> look, the victory is to win a majority of the delegates. we will win in iowa.

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live underplayed how crazy that december 18th meeting was". how was it underplayed? maggie haberman: hutchinson: because donald trump faded into the background as this was all being described. one of the ways in which donald trump has escaped a lot of accountability over time is he gets people fighting with each other, and that's what people focus on. he considered extreme, really unprecedented actions. now he didn't take them, but he was unwilling to foreclose options until the last possible second no matter how extreme and potentially dangerous they were. jake tapper: i remember talking to you after that meeting and you were shaking. maggie haberman: hutchinson: i was. and it was frankly-- it took a little bit to process exactly what had happened, but i remember getting a text from a senior republican senate advisor asking me if there was going to be an issue in terms

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wednesday under a december 18th, court order. they included deposition transcripts naming several prominent figures including prince andrew and former presidents donald trump and bill clinton. shimon prokupecz is joining us now. a lot of people were waiting for these names to come out to see who was in his orbit. it did you know necessarily mean they did anything illegal, but it does tie them to jeffrey epstein, who is a fallen figure by all measures. >> reporter: right. that's correct. it is important to note that none of these people named have been accused of any kind of criminal activity or wrong doing. these are not names that are necessarily new. we were expecting these names, of course. but it sort of highlights just the relationship and sort of what jeffrey epstein -- what his relationships were with these individuals. and for the first time, really for years, people have been fighting to look at these

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person who has been prosecuted is a woman. there are many many other people who -- as well. >> the documents also contain excerpts of depositions taken -- previously reaching an out of court settlement in her sexual abuse lawsuit against prince andrew. she alleged in her deposition that maxwell directed her to have sexual contact with people, including former new mexico governor, bill richardson. prince andrew and tech guru, marvin penske. the attorneys for ghislaine maxwell said in a statement on wednesday that she consistently and vehemently maintained her innocence. this is the first set of documents to be unsealed under december 18th court order with more expected in the coming weeks. the documents are expected to include 200, names including some of epstein's accusers. prominent business people and politicians. >> thank you for that. now to some of the other

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this just in to cnn. hannah fisher was a manhattan federal court ceiling documents linked to jeffrey epstein begins today. >> carol, what can we expect? >> reporter: we just learned from the judge overseeing this litigation that the parties will be filing these unredacted, unsealed records, with the identification about 150 people. in the judge's order she said the party will begin filing the unsealed record outlined in this court's december 18th order later today. this began back in 2015 by robert stu frei. someone who was accused of sexually abusing her, using her as a slave. she sued maxwell in a defamation lawsuit. it has been nine years of litigation. they have multiple witness

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