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vocab we're five weeks away from the
first test of the 2024 US presidential
election the Iowa caucuses take place
January 15th and these aren't
traditional elections caucuses can be
more like meetings rather than an
occasion where individuals say vote in
the booth 15 states and territories in
the United States use caucuses party
members and party leaders use them to
meet select delegates and show support
for a presidential candidate by public
declaration caucuses often helped choose
delegates for the national conventions
that will happen for both Republican and
Democratic parties next summer so why do
the Iowa caucuses matter you may ask
well while these aren't primary
elections a candidates performance in
Iowa is often viewed as a test for their
campaign strength in the past the Iowa
caucuses have sometimes predicted the
outcome of the presidential election
President George W bush for instance
went on to become president after
winning the Iowa caucuses in 2000 the
same happened for Barack Obama in 2008
and if you want to know just how good of
an indicator Iowa caucuses are in
predicting the next president of the
United States here's a statistic for you
56% of winners of the Iowa caucuses have
gone on to win their party's nomination
for the president presidency now another
possible indicator of a candidate's
potential future success polls CNN's
David challan gives us an Outlook at a
recent poll from Michigan and Georgia to
other Battleground States take a look in
Georgia here look at the different
matchups between President Biden on this
side and three of the different
candidates uh running on the Republican
side so against Haley 4943 in Georgia
haly bests Biden Trump
4944 uh danta here actually this is
within the margin of error but he does
not perform as well that sort of Damages
a bit of his electability argument in
the Republican primary in Michigan which
Joe Biden won by a little bit of a
healthier margin than he did Georgia in
2020 uh what you see here Haley
trouncing Biden uh 50- 38 Trump you
showed 50- 40 against Joe Biden and
again DeSantis is the one that's below
50 here but he also is besting uh Joe
Biden in Michigan underneath the horse
race we look look at some attributes so
this in Georgia here we asked um does
which candidate does not have the
attributes you want a president to have
when it comes to temperament okay that
is Donald Trump's worst score 58% say he
doesn't have that quality 47% say that
of Biden but across the other three
understanding people like you policy
positions and sharpness and stamina
which is Joe Biden's weakest point you
see 66% % of Georgia voters say that
Biden does not have the sharpness and
stamina that they're looking for in a
president in line with our election
coverage today which US state will be
the first to hold a primary election a
few days after the Iowa caucuses New
Hampshire Hawaii Florida or New
York if you said New Hampshire ding ding
ding you are correct New Hampshire had
the tradition of holding the first US
presidential primary since the year 1920
this year that will happen on January
23rd all right now we want to highlight
someone doing extraordinary things our
CNN audience voted that the recipient of
this year's CNN hero of the Year award
should go to Dr quain Stewart he cares
for the pets of people experiencing
homelessness Dr Stewart said that he
wanted to be a veterinarian ever since
he was a kid then he started a nonprofit
called project Street Vet more than a
decade ago after helping to examine and
treat the dog of a homeless man outside
of a 7-Eleven where he used to get his
coffee the dog owner's words thank you
for not ignoring me well they inspired
Dr Stewart to help more people in
similar situations he started by setting
up small dropin clinics to provide free
medical care to pets whose owners
wouldn't be able to afford otherwise and
since then Dr Stewart and his volunteer
teams have treated thousands of animals
while giving their owners some hope and
dignity too in his award ceremony speech
Dr Stewart spoke about what it means to
him the 2023 CNN hero of the year is Dr
quain
Stewart if I as a child could dream of
doing something that was impactful then
I think I found it or it found me and
I'm I'm so lucky to to be doing what I'm
doing it it's been a wonderful journey
and as I get older I start thinking
about those big questions in life uh why
are we here what defines us why are we
human and I think the answer at least
for me the answer is in the question
what does it mean to be human and I
believe it's Humanity it's looking out
for each other believing in each other
helping one another and all of these
people embody
that
uh this part certainly wasn't planned
but the the 100,000 I I want to
celebrate with all of you it splits
evenly uh 10 ways pretty nicely so it is
it is my contribution to all of us I
want to say I'm honored to know you and
to be a part of this
fraternity
um I I am here in part
because I'm here in part because I've
been willing to share and give
throughout my life there's no reason to
stop doing that
tonight I have um one last Quick thought
I was in the streets one day and uh an
un housed man and his pet after I
delivered care we got to talking and he
said sort of
nonchalant uh he hadn't eaten in almost
two days and I uh was due for lunch
myself I returned with a sandwich for
myself and for him he tore off uh it was
a sub sandwich he tore off a corner of
it really just a piece piece of bread he
ate it and he gave the rest to his dog
and they've taught me a lot
too um I'll close by saying this an act
of kindness can change your
day change someone's day an act or
gesture of kindness can change
somebody's life thank
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today's story getting a 10 out of 10
it's one that makes me feel good from my
head tomato toes The Mystery of the
missing tomato American astronaut Frank
Rubio became one of the first to grow
and harvest a tomato in space it was
ultimat his passion project during a
record-breaking stay on the
International Space Station it lasted
more than 371 days longer than any
American astronaut in history but his
tomato went missing Colonel Rubio said
he probably spent spent 20 hours
searching but he was unable to catch up
with it before he had to return to Earth
well 8 months past Harvest day when
Colonel Rubio said he was sure that he
had securely velcroed the tomato in a
little bag he got some mighty Vine news
from his former crewm mates we can
exonerate him uh we found the tomatoes
all right I got a chance to meet Colonel
Frank Rubio this weekend at the Army
Navy game and I asked him about his
mission in Space full disclosure though
I was not brave enough to ask him about
the missing veggies here with Colonel
Frank Rubio recently back from the
longest ever mission in space 371 days
Welcome Back Sir thanks so much Cory
yeah I appreciate it uh longest for an
American astronaut and it's awesome to
be here and it's awesome to be here with
my family yes and so we have House
Divided you know first Colonel here he
went to Army West Point graduate of 1998
but it's House Divided Andrew as you can
see in Lydia are on opposing sze of
today's epic rivalry Colonel we'll start
with you what makes this rivalry so
special you know what it's a fact that
we are absolutely going to go at it
today and Army's going to win for sure
but the other 364 days we are brothers
and sisters in arms we work together and
uh I work with some amazing Navy people
out there and so yeah uh we are best of
friends except for today except for
today awesome to be here with you I hope
you got some inspiration from today's
show Harriet Tubman once said always
remember you have within you the
strength patience and the passion to
reach for the stars to change the world
all right time to show some love this
shout out's going to Crockett Middle
School in Hamilton New Jersey go go go
cougars thank you for letting us spend
part of our day with you and this shout
out goes to the RedHawks in Albany in
the state of Oregon South Albany High
School rise up shine bright Superstars
thanks for making us part of your day we
appreciate you and we'll see you right
back here tomorrow I'm KY wire and we
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