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well. he's been able to successfully fund-raise off the cases framing himself as the victim. it's helped in his polling numbers as well. the big question is whether today's trial will work in the same way. let's get to brynn gingras in manhattan. what do we expect to hear today? >> reporter: hey, poppy and phil. good morning. listen, the outcome of this trial could really affect how the trumps do business in the state of new york. that's if the state's attorney gets their way at the outcome. essentially, like you said, we are expecting both the defense and state's attorneys to give two hours each of closing arguments. and the former president did want to participate in those closing arguments, but according to court paperwork, there was some back and forth between the defense team and the judge about whether or not he would be allowed to, what those conditions would look like. and ultimately, the judge writing that i assume because he did not reach that deadline that he had put forward, that mr. trump will not agree to the
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these two candidates? >> well, believe it or not, phil and poppy, there are still undecided voters here in iowa. so this 2forum allows the opportunity it solidify themselves as the clear trump alternative. policy differences, those will also come into focus. and it is remarkable to see just two podiums up on that stage tonight after covering this republican primary for so long when there were so many candidates at the outset. what i can tell you is things have really intensified on the campaign trail in the last few days. here are how nikki haley and governor desantis are thinking about tonight. >> i like being underestimated. so, you know, i could sit here and say this, but you know what, i think that being the underdog suits me better. so buckle up. i think that it will be an interesting ride. >> we've been waiting for this.
i've done 150 plus town halls and this has come to this moment. don't complain what happens in a general election if you don't play in this caucus. it matters. >> reporter: so i can tell you from being at some of nikki haley's town halls is that voters tell me that they were attracted to her as a candidate based on past performances. some people say debates aren't all that important. but from speaking to voters, that sort of proves otherwise. so tonight could be hugely consequential both for the former ambassador and for governor desantis. phil, poppy. >> and we'll all be watching. thanks so much for your reporting. >> and the iowa caucuses may be a make or break moment for ron desantis. david axelrod who knows his way around a campaign says in a new piece for desantis iowa is becoming a matter of political survival. he and his aligned super pacs
phil, thanks for having me. absolutely. look, when we're facing temperatures on monday, historically low temperatures, probably going to be minus 13 or minus 17 degrees and that is not including the windchill, what matters most is having organization on the ground. and unlike president trump and unlike governor haley who is renting an organization to try to turn people out in the state, we have a strong 1500 person volunteer caucus operation that is going to be on the ground, driving voters out on a very cold night and we're super excited about that. that is what the investment in the state has been about. >> do you think the weather may be an advantage for you guys? >> well, i won't say it is an advantage or not. of course we wants a many iowans to come out on monday and participate in the caucus as possible. but what i'm saying is having an organization -- we've been saying this for months. we knew it would be a cold night regardless of the temperature. probably not this cold. but we knew it would be cold and it was important to have
six days? >> reporter: good morning to you, phil. the voters we spoke to here in iowa, many of them are still making up their minds. they take the fact that iowa goes first very seriously. they want to vet these candidates because they know that a big finish here for any of these candidates could mean significant momentum and that they could go on to play in other states. >> all eyes are now on iowa. >> reporter: haley, desantis, rama ramaswamy, and trump, all converged on iowa over the weekend. >> now's the time to be active. now's the time where you guys can make a difference. >> reporter: with just one week remaining before the iowa caucus, the gop candidates are pouring millions of dollars into the first voting state, flooding the air waves in an attempt to challenge former president trump's considerable lead in the polls. >> you know, backstage they say to me sometimes, sir, don't tell them that they're going to vote
inhospitable. a lot remains before these palestinians are, in fact, able to return to their homes. phil, poppy? >> jenny hanseler, thank you so much. now to capitol hill. this comes after house speaker mike johnson reached a spending deal with chuck schumer on top-line spending levels. it marks a critical first step towards averting a shutdown with just 11 days until the deadline, but the right flank is calling the deal, quote, total failure. lauren fox joins us. does this mean there won't be a shutdown. >>. >> reporter: it doesn't guarantee there won't be a shutdown, phil, but it sets both democrats and republicans on the right track to try and avoid one. in some ways the deal that was reached and announced yesterday looks a lot like the top line negotiation that was part of the debt ceiling deal that passed during the summer, and in part, that is no coincidence because it is the deal that republicans
and democrats really find as the middle ground. what this deal includes is $886 billion in defense spending, about $704 billion in non-defense spending with an agreement to also reprogram about $69 billion in non-defense spending. that also was part of the debt ceiling deal. in some ways, phil, this really puts mike johnson in the exact same position that former house speaker kevin mccarthy found himself in after that debt ceiling deal passed in june with the house conservatives really revolting against mccarthy. the question now becomes, how do conservatives react? already, they're saying this deal is worse than they thought, but many of those members are the same ones who would never vote for a spending deal to begin with. so right now the first spending deadline is coming up on january 19th. there's a second deadline for the rest of government funding on february 2nd. it looks promising that they have taken this step, but now
they have to write the bill, agree where all this money is going, and that is, again, another hurdle that republicans and democrat haves going to have to iron out in the days ahead. phil, poppy? >> not at the finish line yet, lauren fox. thank you. well, ahead, more on those new developments overnight. what we're learning about the moment a chunk of a passenger plane ripped off of a flight. the chair of the safety board will join n us in a a moment.
16 years. i have never seen anything like this. what are national security officials you're talking to saying? >> well, look, phil. the words that are being tossed around a lot at this moment are unforced error. all of this really could have been avoided, officials say if the pentagon had just disclosed within 24 hours that the secretary had been hospitalized on january 1st. what we know at this point is that for days the u.s. -- the pentagon did not inform even his deputy secretary of defense just why she was taking over his responsibilities, and we should remind viewers that she was actually in puerto rico at the time. she was not even in washington, d.c. when she was told that she would have to be assuming some of his responsibilities in order to continue secure communications and maintain operational readiness, and just on thursday, about four days after he was admitted to the hospital, that is when she was finally told that he was hospitalized, and so this is