And the Good evening and welcome back to Iowa tonight. We are live at Grandview University in Des Moines for a special night of these back-to-back

CNN town halls.

They're only 11 days to go until the Iowa caucuses, so good evening everyone.

I'm Aaron Burnett.

Now, of course, you just heard from Governor Ron DeSantis moments ago.

This hour, the former South Carolina governor

and former UN Ambassador Nicky Haley joins us.

And tonight, Governor Haley comes here

in the midst of a heated rivalry with Rhonda Santos.

It's just days before their first one-on-one debate, which will be right here on CNN.

And tonight, Governor Haley will answer questions directly from Iowans.

We'll have some questions of my own as well, but in the

audience are voters who say that they plan to participate in the Iowa Republican

caucuses, both registered Republicans and voters who plan to register as Republicans

which it's important to note is allowed as latest caucus night right here in Iowa.

So to find tonight's questioners we cast a wide net. We reached out for help to various organizations, including business

groups, farm associations, parent groups, young professional organizations,

religious groups, and conservative advocacy organizations.

Now guests of the Haley campaign and Grandview University are also in the audience tonight,

but I do want to note they will not be asking questions.

We've asked everyone here to be respectful to each other and to Governor Haley so that everyone here in this room and everyone watching at home has a chance to hear from the candidate.

Now, please welcome Governor Mickey Haley. Thank you

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