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readout on the florida governor's standing in the 2024 race and the uphill fight to catch donald trump. new reporting this hour on why he said what he said. plus, mike pence is doing it today, tim scott is doing it, so is ron desantis and francis suarez, but donald trump is not. most are walking in parades, but not the former president. he's giving more evidence he's running a very different kind of campaign. no labels says they want to give voters a third-party alternative, but some critics wonder if what they really want is to deny joe biden the presidency. i'm dana bash, let's...

Is resinating. he's polling second in new hampshire behind jeb bush. that's according to this cnn poll. he's in a tight race near the top in iowa in this survey of likely caucus goers. let's talk to former advisor to four presidents and political analyst. david, donald trump tweeted this. mexico's biggest drug lord escapes from jail. unbelievable corruption. and u.s.a. is paying the price. i told you so. his campaign has what others lack. that is energy and enthusiasm. is this someone hah that can win the nomination? >> i wouldn't have said so three months ago. today, you never can tell. i don...

Point, it may be giving him a boost among some republican voters s. this helping him among a base of supporters -- >> how is it possible he's polling so high? >> he's polling second in some areas. >> especially in a place like new hampshire. that's surprising to me because new hampshire is a place that takes this very, very seriously. i think some of -- first, it's name id. he's very well known across the country. another reason is he's willing to say things especially in this early primary stage, that gets the base of the party really excited. they want someone who is willing to give it to ch...

He or she was supposed to do. what it has resulted in is these gigantic scrums where a candidate is out there trying to talk to supporters and there's 20 or 30 cameras, it distracts from what serious campaign coverage should look like. >> there's an element here, or a moment here where he might actually be a serious candidate, where he was bumping up in the polls. >> even now he is polling second, even now there are people who defend him, even now he's got upwards of $4 million to spend on paid advertising. even now he's making media and community appearances until today, sunday. his name will...

Republican presidential candidates are working their way across iowa at a fast and furious pace. packing in as much last-minute campaigning as they can before caucus tuesday. nbc's brian mooar joins us from washington with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. the candidates are battling awayen o the ground and stepping up the air war. >> good to see you. >> reporter: the gop presidential candidates are making their closing arguments in iowa. >> they'll do anything to any other country that we don't want them to do to us and that would solve a lot of our problems. ...