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polls were predicted, he won't make history. that's an addition to the history that donald trump is already making and be the first former president to be running for office while under criminal indictment. anything can happen and iowa. the winter weather there is perilous to say the least. the caucus format can't be challenging in terms of getting up the vote. here is how tomorrow will work. i wouldn't republicans will hold caucus meetings in person at more than 1600 caucus sites this year. seven pm local time, caucus goers in iowa will check and to their corresponding precincts where they will hear speeches from representatives from each of the candidates before voting and a secret ballot. the iowa caucuses marked the first time that donald trump has returned to an election of any time since he lost the 2020 presidential election. he incited the january six insurrection, and wrapped up his ever growing list of legal troubles. a victory in iowa will hold his official come back to electoral politics, even has his eligibility for running for office is under review by the
we are of course, now, in an election year, pointing out the obvious, and the biden administration is engaged on multiple fronts. how much of a challenge do you think that it poses to the administration? it being an election year is one of those wild cards, and the president certainly is having to balance the broad support he has among the american people for supporting israel in a matter of self—defence. but increasingly we are seeing among american citizens, whether they work for the government or are private american citizens, and american representatives and local legislators, in congress in particular, increasing unease — dismay — at the nature of the way the israelis are prosecuting this war, the way that they have been going about or interpreting self—defence. and it is not an interpretation that is acceptable to many americans.
make history. and he's already making history, because he is the first former president to be running for office while under criminal indictment. but anything can happen in iowa, the weather there is perilous, to say the least, and the caucus format can be challenging for getting out the vote. so here's how it's going to work. tomorrow, iowa republicans will hold caucus meetings in person, at more than 1600 caucus sites. at seven pm local time, they will check into their corresponding precincts where they will hear a speech from representatives from each candidate before voting in a secret ballot. the iowa caucuses marked the first time that donald trump has returned to an election of a time since he lost the 2020 presidential contest in sight of the january 6th insurrection, and wrapped up his ever-growing list of legal troubles. he's going to have his official come back to electoral politics, you had some eligibility to run for office is under review for the supreme court. tomorrow's results will also tee up the race to come, and unveil who trump's main challenger is going to be. the moment, it appears to be
thieves, rapists than the political parties and the elected representatives. >> reporter: harassment is one of the main reasons election officials across the country have called it quits. across 11 western states, more than 160 top local election officials have left their positions since november 2020. >> we're asking a lot of our elections workers to deal with not only the general misinformation out there but directly people being attacked. >> reporter: republican bill gates is on the board of supervisors for arizona's largest county. >> how concerned are you about the fact there are election conspiracy theorists now becoming election officials? >> i'm very concerned about that. we're seeing that in some small counties. we are only as strong as our weakest link. >> it's very sad because we need experienced election workers. >> reporter: fortunately for bob, he returned to his old election job in a different
come monday night. >> well, first of all, iowans have very hearty souls. shannon: despite a forecast that doesn't get out of negative digits on caucus day, rachel payne caufield says people take pride in setting the pace in a presidential election year. >> we're accustomed the bad weather. we'll dig ourselves out of snow banks if we immediate to. shannon: from school gyms to church auditor auditoriums, more than 1600 precincts, there will be some party business and many most paces representatives will give one final pitch. in bigger caucus gatherings, the candidates themselves will often show up. i've covered these in the past where if you're at one of the bigger ones, the candidates try to get there themselves. and it's so interesting to watch the reaction of the crowd, because it's very telling when somebody walks in, the buzz or the boos or whatever it is when they come through the door. [laughter] >> you don't want to send your candidate to a precinct caucus
states will be under a second trump term with no guardrails and frightening and that's the number one case democrats need to make. >> let's not forget mark esper did say he wanted him to shoot people at protests. let's talk about roger stone for a moment. roger stone is the guy who in the summer of 2020 looked at the polls, saw that his guy was losing, that donald trump was losing, and said you know what we're going to do. we're just going to declare victory and say we won anyway. this is the guy in on the idea beforehand that they were going to lie because they were going to lose. how you have him talking with a cop, a former cop, about killing two democratic representatives. will there be any fallout from that? >> well, i don't know. i don't know what you can do to roger stone. if he's just talking about it, i don't know that it suffices for a conspiracy. you need an agreement to put somebody in jail. but it just goes to show, if this is real, i mean, the fact we can even think it's real tells you a lot about the people who surround donald trump. donald trump himself is a man
could hack into our election equipment through the power outlet. >> what do people believe? >> nonsensical. it never has been like this before. it's not stupidity. they don't care about truth or integrity. they just want their outcome. i think that's it. >> reporter: she's spent most of her life working in the court system as a county attorney, but she says the abuse she received as an election worker topped it all. >> i have been treated better by murderers, child molestermolesters, thieves, rapists, than the political parties and the elected representatives. >> reporter: harassment is one of the main reasons election officials across the country have called it quits. across 11 western states more than 160 top local election officials have left their positions since november 2020. >> we're asking a lot of our elections workers to deal with not only the general misinformation out there but
skate in. >> the rest of us have to go home because eugene has upstage us all. >> congratulations of the further review. you're all separately great friends of mine and i love that this has come together so beautifully. we will be watching tomorrow and every weekend. congratulations and i will see while later. thank you. >> have a good night, ali. >> good morning to all of. u.s. saturday the 13th. i'm ali velshi. we are two days away now from the iowa republican caucuses. the first in the nation khamenei to contest that kicks off the 2024 election season. caucuses, as you may know, originally from that old school political tradition that demands that participants physically attend the meeting in order to participate. caucus goers have to sign in, they report to the respective precincts on monday night. beginning at seven pm, local time, representatives for each candidate to brief speeches in each case caucus -- candidate for choice in a secret ballot. there's no early voting, there is no absentee voting, there is no mail-in voting in this
going ten for ten on our legislative package. we went ten for ten bipartisan. with both democrat and republican support! and people said well, how were you able to get you know, republicans to vote yes on increasing a minimum wage to $15? which we were able to do. how did you get republicans to vote yes on being able to have an earned income tax credit and the child tax credit, making a permanent, and having the most aggressive assault on child poverty in our state's history? how did you focus on getting the service year option, getting the largest tax cut to military veterans in a generation in the state of metro and? the answer was simple. we actually went and had conversations with them. we went to their communities. you know, and michael rose is the lieutenant governor. when you go out and you actually go out to communities, even communities you think historically might not have voted for you in the first place, you let them, know i'm planning on being your government, it's amazing the kind of response that not just that will get, but that they will force their representatives to give your
no. the doesn't date that far back? yes and no- the first _ doesn't date that far back? yes and no. the first time _ doesn't date that far back? yes and no. the first time there _ doesn't date that far back? yes and no. the first time there was - doesn't date that far back? yes and no. the first time there was a - no. the first time there was a presidential election was only 1996, so in that sense, it is very young. but even under authoritarian law, the kmt allowed for local elections and also some form of national elections for some representatives so there was the practice of voting, but of course, yeah, they were sort of limited in terms of the types of people that they could vote for and how the ballots were counted. yes and how they _ how the ballots were counted. yes and how they would have different parties with very different ideology is putting forward their case to be able to be ruling the self ruled island of taiwan. if we stay with kmt, they are the longest party in taiwan. give it a bit of context about them, how they were formed? so, i think this is one of the big stories is the decline of kmt support. at least looking at the numbers, they will do less well than in 2020 and if you look at all of