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headquarters in new york city. call it a perfect political storm. fresh off his headline-grabbing trip through iowa, governor ron desantis is back on his home turf, again throwing shade at donald trump. his pitch to voters just an hour ago, pick me if you want someone who won't spend all their time on cable news and social media. >> for me it's like okay, what's that true north? you obviously have to win or you don't get a ticket to the dance. once you do that, how are you going to be able to bring about big change to make people's lives better. president biden's surprising new sou...

The lowest daily rate in two years. we'll go live to texas in just a minute. we start with ron desantis, making the most of a golden political opportunity handed to him arguably by none other than donald trump who canceled the rally in iowa citing bad weather warnings. desantis had the state and pretty much all of the media attention to himself. after speaking to party leaders and meeting with voters in sioux center and des moines, he made an impromptu stop down the street from where trump's event was spoepd to be held. >> thank you all for coming out. it's a beautiful night. it's been a gre...

He took his role very seriously this weekend. we're also seeing other signals where there was a slate of legislators that came out and supported ron desantis. he's gotten some decent sized endorsements there. again, people on the ground showing up and giving those rave reviews. ron desantis putting in the work this week. he did his first pizza ranch of iowa. >> always got to do that. that is like basic iowa 101, you've got to go do that. matt, i want to play part of what else desantis had to say this morning back in florida. he's echoing things he's been saying about the party. it's probably t...

And asa hutchinson and potentially mike pence, then ron desantis has a very difficult time getting to the margin he needs to win this thing, but i think that's the question. i don't think 2028 got ron desantis -- it's going to be time for him. i think it's going to be past time. you have to strike while the iron is hot, as all politicians who have been successful have done. he may have waited too long in the attempt to take this race away from donald trump. >> oh, boy. natasha korecky, thank you for your great reporting from iowa. matthew, we'll see you again in just a bit. the number of mig...

Fly out? guess who was on the ground? myself, other reporters, thousands of iowans as well as ron desantis who already made his way into the state by that point. he not only hit sioux city and cedar rapids, he hit des moines, stood on the table alongside his wife and is beginning to make the case through retail politics that they should turn to him instead of donald trump. he also announced that a third of iowa republican legislators endorse him here this weekend. this is notable. i was talking to iowa republicans who say it is going to be an uphill battle to eclipse trump in the state of iowa...