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and day, eight days. so you just have to put on that warm coat and get out there. i said it to one of our people and they said oh, that's good news. i said why is it good? because their people don't have the enthusiasm to vote and my people will walk on glass. they don't care, right? right? >> our kristen holmes is in des moines right now. kristen, what are you hearing from your sources inside the trump campaign? i should note to our viewers, it is negative 7 degrees where you are in des moines. i'll stop talking so you can get through this quicker. what can you tell us? >> yeah, it is very cold, jim. got a little gust of any in my face and it is not pleasant. we are waiting to hear from former president trump. he's doing a video rally from a hotel in iowa tonight. it is not open press. just something that is streamed. but what we are waiting to hear from his team is the de mdes
>> no question. but i think the point that david and kristen are raising is an extremely significant one, as we move into the general, he's going to be the nominee. how long can you really keep donald trump in this more reserved place? everything we know about him, everything we've seen, you know, he doesn't like to be scripted or when he feels he's under attack or pressure, you know, doesn't react in a really bombastic way. and so, you know, i think if they're banking on keeping a disciplined donald trump to win the general>> it does help when fox provide him these safe spaces to do town halls where he doesn't get significant pushback, as opposed to tough questions to haley and desantis. >> he can go to fox news and find a safe place or a home there, but he's still going to have to compete with joe biden. the thing joe biden and kamala harris are doing is they're actually campaigning now. kamala harris was in atlanta, georgia. she's been in south carolina
deportation. >> now, this all comes as the final des moines register poll shows nearly half of caucus goers in the hawk eye state support the former president. trump would win the highest share of iowa republicans for a non-incumbent in history. kristen holmes is with the trump campaign in iowa for us right now. a lot of the same kind of incendiary rhetoric coming from the former president, kristen. what can you tell us? what did he say? >> reporter: yeah, jim, i think he was making up for lost time after he cancelled three of the four events. he was here speaking for nearly two hours and touched on almost all of the same messaging that we have heard for the last several months, as you talked about. immigration, they believe that is key to his win. he also talked about his legal problems. at one point he talked about the fake elector slates, bringing up that all of this was unfair in relation to his indictments. take a listen.
and his team, that he's going to win by a large margin tomorrow. but the question is, just how big of a margin, and will it be enough to stop the momentum they see from nikki haley not only here in iowa but particularly in the new hampshire. we know his team has been very concerned by her rise in the polls there. they are spending $4.5 million combined just ahead of the primary, just attacking nikki haley. just for reference, his team is spending $0 attacking florida governor ron desantis. they're pouring all of their money into these attacks on nikki haley. and he spent a significant portion of his time today going over nikki haley's record, saying that she wasn't suitable to be president, that she was weak, a message we're likely to continue to hear the next couple of days, the next couple of hours, as we lead up to these caucuses. >> all right, kristen holmes with the trump campaign. did not think we would hear the former president invoking thomas jefferson today, but here we are. kristen, thank you very much.
with abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel with a look at what we can expect this weekend. sandhya >> yeah, it is going to be a wet and windy tomorrow. larry and kristen right now on live doppler seven. you're seeing some moisture up in the clouds to the north of us. rain is falling up around crescent city and eureka. they're going to get hit hard. we are going to have our share of a drenching. it's a level two on our storm impact scale. as you look at the wider picture, one thing to keep in mind is that moisture stretches all the way out towards the hawaiian islands. so while there may be a spotty shower or two this evening, the main action is coming in while you're sleeping and then spreading at 9 a.m. you will notice tomorrow light to moderate rain moving through. we have our next round coming in in the afternoon and that is going to soak the bay area. this is also going to dump heavy snow in the sierra. 10 p.m. tonight until 4 a.m. sunday. a winter storm warning goes up 1 to 2ft of snow. those gusty winds, snow levels actually rising so it may be difficult to impose. able to get up there. i would hold off
and again. let's not forget these funding fights keep on popping up. so if it's not this one that will do him in, it might be another one. >> well, let's talk about that. congress only has until midnight friday to pass something to keep the government running. speaker johnson has wavered about the idea of a continuing resolution or a cr to kick the can down the road a few weeks or a month. here he is in november, and then this week. >> i hate crs as much as everyone does. we're not going to do this again. we're not doing this under my leadership. i'm not ruling out anything, committing to anything. >> kristen, does a shutdown make any sense for the republicans? did they gain anything by, you know, saying we believe in certain things and we're going to shut down the government until we get it? >> i do not think it has any benefit to republicans at all because the reality is that the issues on which they say they want to shut down the government around the border, oh, we're
they're very family oriented. so i'm with kristen. >> they're also not knew. i saw "beatlemania." i'm pretty old. i loved it. i love these things. >> just not stanley cup -- >> i'm going to bring the stanley cup. >> finally, the nfl playoffs kick off this week. in perhaps the biggest game, the chiefs versus the dolphins, is only available streaming on peacock, not on network tv. the nfl certainly scored a touchdown getting $110 million in comcast which owns peacock for exclusive rights to stream the game. but this will be the first time ever a playoff game is not available on broadcast or cable tv. so kristen, are you as outraged as i am about this, and at the nfl's greed? >> i'm probably only not outraged because i think i already subscribe to peacock, so it's no extra money out of my pocket. i'm use today to paying extra because i pay for the nfl red zone channel. i'm a huge football fan. i can understand how if you are a football fan you're now like, wait a minute, i got to
tension here, i'm not so sure. >> then there is desantis who is all in on iowa. he has campaigned in all 99 counties. he has a big, strong gain there. kristen, what happens if desantis doesn't do well, if he -- if he loses by double digits and, god forbid from his point of view, if he actually finishes behind nikki haley. is he done? >> he does not have much of a path past iowa. he polls in very low numbers in new hampshire. he's kind of nowhere in south carolina where it's all about trump and all about haley. and the withdrawal from the race of chris christie has made it even better for haley which makes it even worse for desantis. he's right now got to be looking i think at 2028. he's very young. right now he's still very well liked by a lot of republicans. the problem he faces is those same republicans just like donald trump a little more. >> you seem to be saying he's --
on the border. would a shutdown at least show their voters, you know, we're fighting for your principles? >> i mean, this is what i -- i don't know that it's the crazy party. i think there's many members of congress in the house, on the republican side, who actually feel that this is insane and are tired of this. and they've spoken out against the freedom caucus. i think that that particular group, though, is willing to take things to the edge. their entire message is about if we don't set things alight, nothing's going to change. that is the message to the -- to the voters, that is the message to their own party. so i think we're going to be seeing this over and over again. i really do. >> they're going to lose. people in regular life have to compromise every single day. and when they see this going on and the government shuts down and people aren't paid, it is bad all around. and they will lose the message like kristen said. they will lose what the point is versus -- >> let's talk about the big picture here, unfortunately, that's not governing, that's
dangerous. and so, indeed, does the family of george carlin whose daughter says she finds it disrespectful. i think we're going to see more of this. the fact that ai is taking over and being able to represent people in ways they don't want to be represented -- >> after i knew you were going to say this, that people would be interested, it's an audio, not a visual. here it is. >> you know how much americans love reality tv? we love it so much, we elected a reality tv show host as president. [ laughter ] well, not we -- i was dead at the time. so you elected a reality tv show host as president. >> i got to say i'm not sure that sounds like george carlin. but it's an interesting and somewhat troubling development. kristen? hit me with your best shot. >> i love a good red carpet. the good news is if you love awards shows, the "golden globes" which were a week ago, they actually had pretty good ratings. bounced back after a tough 2023.