welcome to inside politics live from iowa. here we go. the first vote of the 2024 presidential election are tonight. after months of rallying, tens of millions in campaign ads, voters will finally have their say. and in the last few hours, candidates are scrambling to reach as many of those voters as possible. you have to get it done quickly. we have to set the stage. think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. we are the nation s best days actually still be ahead of us. here in iowa, you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. tonight will come down to the one word we use each and every election day turnout. who can get the most voters out. the record-breaking cold weather here in iowa will make that even harder than ever before. take a look at the scene outside right now. subzero temperatures, dangerous conditions complicating travel to the caucus sites. 1,657 separate caucus sites across the state. it is a crucia
Phone call with russian president putin. Reporter julie, good afternoon. According to white house officials, it is the first time in a long time that President Trump has spoke within the russian president vladamir putin. The phone call last little more than an hour, the president tweeting saying, quote, we had a long conversation with president putin as i have always said long before the witch hunt started, getting along with russia, china and everyone is a good thing, not bad thing. We discussed trade, nuclear, venezuela, even the russian hoax. Very productive talk. According to mike pompeo, russia played a big role in thwarting the uprising in venezuela this week. Nicholas maduro was set to get on a plane to go to cuba, but was talked out of it by russia. They did talk about whats going on in the country. Listen to sara sanders here. The president s primary focus throughout the call was ab helping the people of venezuela, making clear that the United States stands with the people of
Who can get the most voters out. The recordbreaking Cold Weather here in iowa will make that even harder than ever before. Take a look at the scene outside right now. Subzero temperatures, dangerous conditions complicating travel to the Caucus Sites. 1,657 separate Caucus Sites across the state. It is a crucial night where well learn how strong donald trumps grip on the Republican Party really is, and if any of his rivals can beat expectations and change the nature of this race. Cnn is covering these iowa caucuses from all angles. I want to start with elana treen, whos been following the trump campaign. Reporter well, good afternoon, dana. I really want to focus on donald trumps closing arguments to iowans over the weekend. His main message was to please turn out and caucus. We know that over the past
i mean, look at palm springs at 110. phoenix 111 today. the northeast there is that cold front. much relief here where temperatures are back down into the 70s in places like boston and back into chicago. amara. i am already over the summer. i just can t wait for the autumn temperatures. but, hey, at least for you, you have the nicer temperatures in new york, right? yeah, come up to new york. you know what? i m gonna do that. the nice air-conditioned house waiting for you. [ laughter ] take you up on that. thank you. former president trump says it is likely he will be indicted two more times, but the imminent threat of more criminal charges doesn t seem to bother the republican frontrunner. appearing in erie, pennsylvania, saturday the former president was defiant about the legal peril hanging over him, claiming it was because he is a threat to president biden s re-election. cnn s elana treen has more. reporter: good morning. like with all of donald trump s
charges. thousands of his supporters flocked to the event in rural south carolina yesterday where trump slammed the justice department. cnn s elana treen has the details. reporter: good morning. i am in pick he haens, south ca, where former president trump spoke to a crowd of his supporters at a rally on saturday and it s important to note this is his first presidential rally since the news of his federal indictment and learning of the federal charges against him in the classified documents case and he spent a lot of time during that speech talking about these charges. he continued to repeat that he denied any wrongdoing. he also argued that others were not being prosecuted for doing the same thing that he did, and that he was entitled to taking those documents with him. of course, prosecutors argue he had some of the most sensitive documents in his possession and his refusal to turn them over amounts to obstruction. he spent a lot of time on that. the other thing i want to point o