This is the Mark Simone show on 710 W.O.R.

Filling in for Mr. New York, here's Jesse Weber.

Hey, everybody, welcome to the show.

Good to be back with all of you today on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Maybe we can all remember a little bit of his preachings today. I think we all

need a reminder, right? Work together, kindness, love. Maybe we don't keep further dividing each other

every five seconds, particularly on racial lines. Maybe we can keep that in mind. I think everybody

needs a reminder. Now, you may know me from Len and Michael in the morning. I also co-host always in fashion here on 710 WOR with my father Mark Weber on Saturday and Sunday nights. I'm a legal contributor on News Nation, anchor on the long crime network, and we got a lot to get into today. We got the prosecutor going after Donald Trump, a lot of her being in hot water. We're going to talk about Biden. We're going to talk about the MTA. We're going to talk about the FAA. Oh, my gosh. Wait to hear about the safety of the friendly skies. But first, the Iowa caucus. So it is not only MLK Day. It is the official start of the nomination process. Who will be nominated as the presidential candidate?

Day one, Iowa caucus, this is a big deal for Republicans.

Millions and millions of dollars of ad spending has gone to Iowa.

It's not just about theories now.

It's not about predictions.

It's not about debates.

It's not about polls.

This is the actual voting. Now, it's complicated. It's not about predictions. It's not about debates. It's not about polls. This is the actual voting. Now, it's complicated. It's complicated because of all things, the weather. It is frigid in Iowa right now. I'm talking temperatures with a high of negative three. So what does that mean? It's going to affect turnout. You really need to make people want to come out for you. And you have to campaign to win over the people that actually do come out. And you have to think that the people that show up to vote, they have to really believe in their candidate, right? This is not, you can't have any of this wishwashy, oh, well, you know, I guess I'll vote for it. No, no, no, no, no. You need committed voters. The way that I look at it, the people who are voting today, it's more of a big deal for them. It's more of a big deal today than in other voting sessions. Now, to be clear, the way all of this works, because it can get a bit complicated, what's in Iowa caucus.

Well, today, registered Republicans in Iowa, they're going to go to all of these party meetings.

They're going to talk about party business.

They're going to talk about the different candidates.

And representatives from the different campaigns will make one final push to those in attendance. They'll give speeches on who they should vote for and then these registered Republicans vote.

And I think there's 1,600 sites.

So it's really important for Haley and DeSantis.

And yes, Donald Trump, their people to go there.

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